Unsheathed

The commotion at the bow of the ship was loud but largely inconsequential.

This was because a sword cultivator had summoned his bonded flying swords, not one, but an abnormal two. Yet, not a single drop of blood had been spilled in the end?

The onlookers were quite disappointed by this result.

There were two hundred or so passengers on the immortal ship, and many of them engaged in spirited discussions at this moment. To citizens of the Azure Phoenix Nation, it wasn't strange for all kinds of people to travel on immortal ships. There were official immortals traveling around the world, vagrant cultivators wandering around to seek fame and fortune, and officials and wealthy individuals bringing their families around to broaden their horizons.

While traveling on the immortal ships, the passengers would eventually grow accustomed to the rolling sea of clouds and the sight of immortal cranes soaring through the sky. These beautiful sceneries would no longer appear as special as before. On the other hand, they would feel reinvigorated if they were able to personally witness a conflict like the one that had just taken place at the bow of the ship.

The passengers all held their own views regarding the conflict, and compared to Chen Ping'an's nonchalance and the group of martial artists' cowering, the passengers were much more spirited in their discussions of the conflict. Their views were quite complicated, but they were still able to reach a rough consensus in the end, concluding that the young sword cultivator was far too domineering in his response.

The matter was very minor, so was it necessary for the young sword cultivator to lash out and injure the other party? He could have solved the problem simply by revealing that he was a sword cultivator, yet he had insisted on kicking the burly man so hard that he couldn't stand up afterward. Was this not a case of being too arrogant and overbearing?

Only a little girl who was traveling around the world with her parents remarked in confusion, "Didn't the injured martial artist provoke the sword cultivator first?"

However, including her parents who were a perfect match for each other among the wealthy clans of the Azure Phoenix Nation, all of the adults discussing the matter with excitement and vigor turned a deaf ear to her naive remarks. They continued to speculate the identity of the young sword cultivator, trying to figure out whether he was from Li Tuanjing's Wind Lightning Field, Sun Scorch Mountain that was soaring with sword qi, or some other force.

Of course, there were also those who spoke in a mocking manner, saying that young sword cultivators were indeed very impressive just like the rumors said. This person was very young, yet his temper was already quite big. However, he might come across an even more unreasonable earth immortal one day, so it was only a matter of time before he got a taste of his own medicine.

Upon hearing this, the little girl timidly said, "If that big brother dressed in white and carrying a sword on his back wasn't strong enough, then wouldn't he have already been bullied and beaten up by that big group of people?"