Chapter 159 : Someone Is Fishing for Me
Chapter 159: Someone Is Fishing for Me!
“Fairy Yunqing…”
Yu Taiyan’s voice trembled as he was about to say something, but he saw Li Yunqing raise her palm once again.
“Buzz!”
The Pure Yin force and Immortal-Martial Power converged, directly surging into Yu Taiyan’s body.
“Pfft!”
Yu Taiyan’s limbs exploded instantly, blood splattering everywhere.
“Ah!”
Yu Taiyan let out a miserable scream, trying to speak—but the moment he opened his mouth, his tongue also burst apart.
He could no longer make a single sound.
From the moment he schemed against her—and even used her to scheme against the Sword God and Sword Saint—he was destined not to live.
In fact, Li Yunqing felt that killing him with a single strike would have been too merciful.
“Buzz!”
Li Yunqing clenched her hand slightly, and a flying sword instantly appeared within it.
With a flick of her sleeve, she descended to the ground, bringing Ying Qianqian and Xiaolan down beside her.
“Kill him—for revenge for the Sword God and Sword Saint!”
“For your fellow disciples, your parents—take your revenge!”
Li Yunqing placed the flying sword into Ying Qianqian’s hands.
Having suffered so much, if she did not vent it, Ying Qianqian’s heart would be suppressed for a lifetime.
But no matter what, even after ten or twenty years, Ying Qianqian would likely never return to the carefree girl she once was.
“Alright!”
Ying Qianqian instinctively grasped the sword, her eyes filled with hatred and fury.
If not for that damned emperor’s schemes, her mother and father would still be safe.
Her home would still be intact.
Her fellow disciples would still be alive.
She would not have had to carve up her own face, nor wander like a beggar, crossing tens of thousands of li from the Immortal God Forbidden Zone back to the Capital in hardship.
What sustained her all this time was hatred.
Now that revenge was within reach, how could she hesitate?
“Pfft!”
The sword pierced Yu Taiyan’s abdomen, blood gushing out.
“This strike is for my parents!”
“This strike is for my senior brothers!”
“This strike is for Sword Saint Martial Uncle!”
“This strike is for myself!”
“……”
Strike after strike.
No one knew how many times she stabbed him, until even Ying Qianqian’s freshly changed clothes were dyed crimson with blood.
At last, she beheaded Yu Taiyan with a single stroke, stepping heavily on his head.
Only then did tears surge uncontrollably from her eyes.
What did killing the enemy change?
Could her parents and fellow disciples return?
Seeing this scene, the crowd finally realized that this scar-covered woman was the daughter of Sword God Ying Jiu.
At that moment, everyone seemed to understand.
Yu Taiyan had schemed against the Sword God—and even tried to kill his daughter.
“That’s the Sword God Sect—how did he dare?”
“In a world like this, what use are schemes?”
Someone muttered, their expression filled with lingering fear.
It wasn’t that intelligence and strategy were useless—
but they should not be used like this.
When weak, one should bow their head.
Only when strong can one stand tall.
With sufficient power, schemes are unnecessary.
Without power, all schemes will inevitably backfire.
“Let’s go. Let’s go home.”
Li Yunqing walked to Ying Qianqian’s side, placing an arm around her shoulders, soothing her gently.
“Sword Saint Master and Sword God Master are powerful—they may not necessarily have come to harm.”
As she spoke, Li Yunqing took back the sword and turned—
only to see an aged figure stepping out from the ruins.
“I already said that the Divine Realm is the true trend of the world.”
“If you had governed steadily without such ambition, how would you have ended up like this?”
The Yu clan’s Divine Realm ancestor spoke, looking at Yu Taiyan’s corpse, his tone filled with sighs.
Li Yunqing looked at him calmly.
“Do you intend to avenge him? To become my enemy?”
The moment she spoke, her palm had already slightly lifted.
At the slightest sign of hostility, she would kill him without hesitation.
Mercy toward enemies was cruelty toward oneself.
Moreover, she was not alone—if he was an enemy, he had to be eradicated completely.
“I already understand what happened today. Everything is the result of his own actions.”
“He lacked the strength, yet harbored ambitions he should not have.”
“He sat in that position too long, his ambitions growing, forgetting the caution he once had in weakness—he deserved to die.”
The Yu clan ancestor spoke, then looked around at the ruins.
The plant roots had already receded into the earth, but the entire imperial palace had been flattened.
Of the two hundred thousand Imperial Guards, seventy to eighty thousand had died, blood flowing like rivers, glaringly red.
If he had stepped forward earlier and upheld justice, the palace might not have suffered this calamity.
But preserving the Yu clan meant he had repaid his karmic debt.
More importantly, he did not wish to conflict with this unfathomable young girl.
And even if he could fight her—what then?
Li Yunqing was only fifteen, while he was already nearing the end of his life.
Even victory would mean death.
“Good.”
Li Yunqing nodded slightly and led Ying Qianqian toward the palace gates.
At the same time, her voice rang out across the Capital like thunder:
“Then choose a wise and restrained emperor!”
“If there is a next time, from the hundred-year-old elders of the Yu clan to newborn infants—regardless of gender—I, Li Yunqing, will slaughter them all!”
“Do not say I did not warn you!”
Li Yunqing departed with Ying Qianqian and Xiaolan.
But the entire imperial city remained terrifyingly silent.
No one could have imagined things would develop to this extent.
Especially the words she left behind—they struck fear into every family, martial artist, and citizen in the Capital.
This was not fear from threats—
this was witnessed reality.
The imperial palace—the center of Great Yu’s power—had been flattened, blood flowing like rivers.
A Divine Realm powerhouse had been killed, his corpse still hanging from the palace gate.
Even the emperor himself had been stabbed into a sieve before the ancestor’s eyes, then beheaded, his head trampled into the dirt.
No one dared utter a word.
Did anyone think she was joking?
“Hurry! Draw a portrait of the Sword Fairy—spread it throughout our clan. If anyone offends her, let them die alone—do not implicate the family!”
“Draw her portrait and send it to the sect. Anyone who offends her shall be executed immediately!”
Seeing the state of the palace, messenger hawks rose into the sky, flying in all directions.
From this day onward, the legend of the Sword Fairy would spread across all twenty-two provinces of Great Yu.
Slaying Divine Realm experts, killing the emperor, flattening the imperial city.
Warning the imperial clan and Divine Realm experts to their faces.
Which of these deeds could be taken lightly?
Even the Divine Realm experts in the Capital had not dared to appear—let alone intervene.
“Where did this girl’s killing intent come from?”
In the bamboo courtyard, Feng Lao’s lips trembled slightly as he looked at Ghost Granny with newfound respect.
A Divine Realm powerhouse, hundreds of years old, respecting a sixty-year-old woman at the peak of the Qi Realm—was that reasonable?
Very reasonable.
Because she was Li Yunqing’s master in medical arts.
“Killing enemies and exterminating clans to eliminate future trouble—is that rare?”
“If it were you, you’d do the same.”
Ghost Granny rolled her eyes.
In her opinion, Li Yunqing had been too soft—otherwise, not a single person in the palace would have survived.
“That’s true.”
Feng Lao sighed.
Who didn’t have family?
Mercy toward enemies was cruelty toward oneself and one’s loved ones.
Eradicating roots to avoid future trouble—whether in the martial world or among noble families—who didn’t understand this principle?
Those who didn’t had long since been wiped out.
Li Yunqing was already merciful.
Anyone else would not have issued a warning—they would have exterminated the Yu clan entirely.
But thinking of Li Yunqing’s temper, Feng Lao suddenly stood and walked toward a side room.
“What are you doing?”
Ghost Granny asked in confusion.
“I’m going to break that brat’s legs—no need to treat him anymore. I’m afraid that girl will come here with a sword!”
Feng Lao rushed into the room. After a few screams, he walked out looking relieved.
How could he not be afraid?
Someone capable of casting immortal Dao spells—who knew what other methods she still had?
Were Divine Realm experts strong?
Even if they were, things had changed today.
Before Li Yunqing, even Divine Realm experts could not act freely—
unless they possessed absolute power to suppress everything.
But since she dared act like this today, it meant she feared nothing.
“Good thing Feng Lao advised us back then—otherwise, she might have come here with a sword!”
“Exactly… better not offend this girl.”
“Forget it, let them do as they please. I still want to live a few more years.”
Not only Feng Lao—even the other Divine Realm experts were trembling with fear.
The power Li Yunqing displayed today was far too terrifying.
Even if the Immortal God Forbidden Zone opened, experts from the Central Region would have to behave in her presence.
If she could kill Divine Realm experts at the Profound Realm—then once she reached the Divine Realm, would she not be invincible?
Especially her ability to cast spells—no family or dynasty could ignore it.
She possessed the power to erase any force.
“Do you think… within three to five years, she might open a new path?”
At those words, all the Divine Realm experts fell silent.
When Luo Xuan had arrived, the information he brought had made them immediately rule Li Yunqing out.
But now she had reached the Profound Realm and possessed Divine Realm combat power.
And she had cultivated for only four months.
At this rate, within three years, she might truly open a new path.
Shang Residence.
“Go rest. Recover quickly—we’ll head to the Immortal God Forbidden Zone.”
Li Yunqing spoke, her tone somewhat complex.
She had once said only a fool would go to the Immortal God Forbidden Zone—
yet now she would go herself.
“No! Don’t go!”
Ying Qianqian suddenly became agitated.
“It’s too dangerous! Don’t go—I’ve already lost my family, I don’t want to lose you too!”
“Don’t worry.”
Li Yunqing patted her hand.
“Have you forgotten? I have several incarnations. The Immortal God Forbidden Zone isn’t that dangerous for me.”
With her Divine Intent Incarnations, she could explore freely.
Before, she simply had no need.
“They’re not just your parents—they’re my masters too.”
“Masters who helped me greatly.”
Thinking of how the Sword God and Sword Saint had unhesitatingly sought techniques for her, Li Yunqing could not stand by.
Ultimately, this all began because of her.
Because of her, that damned emperor schemed.
But she would not blame the victim.
She would only ensure she did what was right—others would bear the consequences of their own actions.
Thus, toward enemies, she would never show mercy.
After today, no one in Great Yu would dare scheme against her again.
This was the way of the strong—fear nothing.
“Once you recover, we depart.”
Li Yunqing said, as a flame suddenly flickered at her fingertip.
The flame seemed alive, taking the shape of a crimson phoenix.
It was the trait of Nine Heavens Phoenix Dance—Nirvana Flame.
“This is the Nirvana Flame. It can heal the scars on your face—but your body must recover first.”
Ying Qianqian’s dim eyes instantly lit up.
“Really?”
“Of course. When have I ever lied to you?”
Then Li Yunqing turned to Xiaolan.
“Take good care of her.”
After speaking, she returned to her room, her brows slightly furrowed.
For some reason, ever since her outburst, her Pure Yin Dao had been faintly trembling.
It felt similar to before—an instinctive premonition—
yet without any clear vision.
“A premonition of malice?”
“What exactly is happening?”
Li Yunqing was puzzled.
With the strength she had displayed, who would still dare scheme against her?
Seeking death?
At that very moment—
the space before her rippled like water.
“What is that?”
Li Yunqing suddenly raised her head, staring ahead.
A glowing thread, with a hook attached, pierced through space and shot directly toward her.
Seeing this, even someone like Li Yunqing could not help but curse:
“Damn!”
“Someone is fishing for me?!”