Chapter 157 The True Flying Sword

A dark shadow, as thick as a water vat, suddenly emerged from the cave, darting its pitch-black tongue while its two lantern-like eyes glowed with an eerie green light.

Everyone gasped in shock, sucking in a sharp breath. Who would have thought that such a demonic entity was hidden inside this cave?

Aside from Chen Yiyi, no one could have anticipated that after the zombie was destroyed, an even more terrifying creature would suddenly burst forth from the Liang family's ancestral tombs.

"A snake! Such a huge snake!"

Liang Bingyan and Tang Miaoyi screamed in fright. Women are naturally sensitive to reptiles like snakes, and they instinctively shrank back behind Chen Yiyi.

Master Sun took a deep breath and said with a trembling voice, "I understand now, I understand. No wonder the Liang family's fengshui formation was disrupted. It turns out a demonic entity occupied the nest as a lair, hiding inside to cultivate! It ruined the fengshui veins and severed the Liang family's fortune!"

While he was mediocre at subduing ghosts and suppressing zombies, he possessed considerable accomplishments in the realm of fengshui. Having followed Liang Bingyan to survey the area for several days earlier, he had already sensed that a hidden root of misfortune lay behind the corpse mutation of the Liang ancestors.

If they had given him a few more days, he might well have found the cause.

"There's actually a giant monster hiding inside."

Meng Jianbo and the guards turned pale with fright.

"It seems to be staring straight at us." Several guards felt a chill run through their entire bodies under the demonic snake's emerald gaze.

"What a terrifying look, as if we share a feud spanning eight lifetimes." The wandering sorcerers and practitioners all harbored a bad premonition.

At that moment, a playful voice rang in everyone's ears.

"You failed to figure out the situation, cast spells indiscriminately, and destroyed the cultivation setup it meticulously arranged within the cave, ruining nearly a century of its foundation in a single moment. If it doesn't hold a grudge against you, against whom would it hold a grudge?"

The speaker was none other than Chen Yiyi.

Everyone turned their heads in unison.

It had taken Master Sun several days to figure out that there was a problem behind the Huo family's fengshui formation, but before the arrival of the giant demonic snake, he still had no idea where the problem actually lay.

Yet as soon as Immortal Master Chen arrived, he saw right through everything. No wonder earlier, after Xue Yang and those wandering sorcerers destroyed the zombies and acted arrogantly in front of Immortal Master Chen, the Immortal Master completely disdained them—he had already understood everything in his heart.

Recalling the various miraculous powers displayed by Immortal Master Chen, Master Sun felt an even deeper reverence for him.

Of course, how could he know that Chen Yiyi understood nothing about fengshui metaphysics? However, he didn't need to understand; with a single sweep of his divine sense, what was there that could not be instantly clear to him?

"Then what should we do now?" Liang Bingyan asked in terror, hiding behind Chen Yiyi.

"Whoever caused the trouble should be the one to deal with it," Chen Yiyi said with a light smile. This demonic snake had cultivated for several centuries, and he actually wanted to see how deep its cultivation truly was, so he was in no hurry to make a move.

Hearing this, Meng Jianbo turned around and looked at Xue Yang, the descendant of Maoshan.

"Master Xue, this monster still relies on you to resolve it!"

He felt that these wandering sorcerers had truly courted disaster.

Though those zombies were dangerous, they only came out at night to plague the surrounding mountainous region, keeping the situation somewhat manageable.

As for the giant demonic snake they had just provoked, it was incomparably more terrifying than the zombies. Furthermore, they had thoroughly angered it, and unlike zombies, this demonic snake would run amok indiscriminately regardless of day or night. If this wasn't resolved tonight, he dared not imagine the consequences.

Although he knew Immortal Master Chen possessed supreme methods, he also knew those wandering sorcerers had previously spoken with utmost disrespect and would certainly be unwilling to step forward just like that, leaving him no choice but to let those people try first.

Xue Yang's face turned ashen to the extreme. This giant demonic snake had hidden too deeply; even he had been deceived.

Yet matters had reached this point; if he failed to deal with it personally, wouldn't his hard-earned reputation as a Maoshan master be completely dragged through the mud?

"A mere demonic snake is nothing to fear. Watch how I subdue it! Fellow Daoists, follow me!"

Xue Yang summoned the surrounding wandering sorcerers to assist him in exterminating the demon.

Yet this time, the wandering sorcerers who had previously followed his every lead were clearly terrified.

"Master Xue, this giant demonic snake looks terrifying!"

"Its cultivation level must be quite profound, right?"

"If it has lived for several centuries or more, relying solely on people like us, will we..."

The reason these people had previously dared to follow Xue Yang to deal with the zombies was primarily because dealing with ghosts and zombies had always been the signature, household skill of the Maoshan sect.

When it came to subduing demons, however, Maoshan had no particularly notable achievements to speak of.

To put it bluntly, they somewhat lacked trust in Xue Yang and were terrified of following him to their deaths.

"You bunch of cowards, are you really scared of this demonic snake? Watch me destroy it!"

Xue Yang could not allow his newly established reputation to be destroyed just like that, so he had no choice but to brace himself and press forward.

Xue Yang fiercely bit the tip of his tongue, spat a mouthful of fresh blood onto his coin sword, and then pinched a talisman paper, wiping two fingers along the blade of the coin sword.

"By the decree of the supreme laws, flying sword, strike!"

He then aimed straight at the demonic snake's vital seven-inch spot, and the coin sword shot out violently. It was countless times faster than when he had beheaded those zombies earlier, and its power had also increased exponentially.

"This is the One-Qi Flying Sword!"

"Celestial Master Xue is holding nothing back!"

Seeing Xue Yang execute this sword strike, the group of wandering sorcerers was astonished.

When slaying the zombies earlier, it could hardly be called a flying sword, but this time, it was almost indistinguishable from the legendary flying swords of lore.

"Celestial Master Xue's move truly carries the grace of an immortal casting a flying sword. Hopefully, it can suppress the giant demonic snake."

Though Daoist Master Qingfeng did not step forward, he did not forget to cheer Xue Yang on.

The group of wandering sorcerers also looked at Xue Yang's flying sword posture with full admiration.

Only Chen Yiyi chuckled softly. Could this kind of thing even be called a flying sword?

Bang!

The coin sword struck the giant demonic snake, instantly triggering a shower of sparks, and the giant demonic snake shuddered as well.

"Haha! Celestial Master Xue is so fierce, hitting this demonic snake with a single move."

Seeing this, Daoist Master Qingfeng and the others assumed it had succeeded.

Just as everyone was about to shout in praise, the next second, the giant demonic snake swept toward Xue Yang like a rolling tide of clouds and mist. Its scales gleamed with a chilling light, proving it was completely unharmed.

"Even with the Flying Sword Art I unleashed with my life on the line, I still cannot cut this giant demonic snake! My life is over!"

Feeling a sense of utter despair, Xue Yang collapsed onto the ground.

The sorcerers also retreated in terror, and not a single person dared to step forward to rescue him.

Just as the giant demonic snake lunged toward him—

Swish!

A dazzling rainbow-like sword suddenly flew across the air with breathtaking momentum. It was the Silver Snake Sword shooting out from Chen Yiyi's body. In an instant, the giant demonic snake's head was cleanly severed, and it collapsed dead on the spot!

"An immortal sword!"

"This is a true immortal's flying sword!"

The group of wandering sorcerers who had not dared to step forward were dumbfounded on the spot.

Even Meng Jianbo and the others, who had previously witnessed this sword light cut down the zombies, were struck stupid with amazement.

This sword strike was completely devoid of any hesitation or drag, clean and crisp. Compared to the previous coin sword flying sword, it was as if one were a star in the heavens while the other was merely a firefly on the ground.

"Handsome!" Tang Miaoyi covered her small mouth, this being her sole evaluation of Chen Yiyi in her heart.

Liang Bingyan also wore a look of adoration, though a faint trace of jealousy welled up in the depths of her heart: "Why isn't such an immortal husband my own?"

After the wandering sorcerers' expressions froze for a moment—

"An immortal!" Daoist Master Qingfeng suddenly dropped to his knees before Chen Yiyi.

His kneeling immediately triggered the rest of the wandering sorcerers to drop to their knees as well.

"So it truly is an Immortal Master present! We pay our respects to the Immortal Master!"

Among these wandering practitioners, what they revered most in their hearts were immortals and gods. Having previously ridiculed Chen Yiyi's title of Immortal Master, they were now terrified that the Immortal Master might hold a grudge.

Such flying sword techniques had made them realize that truly only an immortal master could wield them. Xue Yang's previous flying sword required casting spells and spitting blood, but this sword strike had not a trace of superfluous movement. Aside from a true immortal master, who else could possibly execute it?

"Amitabha!"

Master Yuanmie chanted a Buddhist mantra and knelt down as well. Although he believed in the Buddha, the might of such an immortal master left him thoroughly convinced and awed.

Liang Bingyan and Tang Miaoyi stood to the side with glowing eyes; this was the true might of an immortal master!

Seeing everyone kneeling toward Chen Yiyi, Meng Jianbo could not help but bow in worship as well.

Over there, Xue Yang scrambled on all fours to crawl right in front of Chen Yiyi. "Thank you, Immortal Master, for saving my life!"

He had nearly perished beneath the demonic snake, and for Chen Yiyi's flying sword strike, he felt heartfelt admiration. Having cultivated bitterly in Maoshan for twenty or thirty years, he had never seen anyone truly capable of wielding a flying sword. Such a figure was far beyond anything he could ever afford to offend.

His previous insolence now sent a wave of chilling terror through his heart.

If this Immortal Master remembered his offense in the future... according to legends, an immortal executing a flying sword could take a person's head from a thousand miles away.

He felt a profound sense of fear.

Chen Yiyi merely smiled faintly and completely ignored these people. Under everyone's watchful gaze, he extracted the inner core of the giant demonic snake. Although the inner core cultivated by this demonic snake for several centuries did not hold any major use for him, since he had made the trip, he could not return empty-handed. Besides, while useless to him, it would still be immensely useful to others, which was why he went to harvest it.

With his hands clasped behind his back, he walked down the mountain.

Leaving the crowd kneeling there in a daze!

Liang Bingyan and Tang Miaoyi hurriedly followed after him.

Because they still needed to invite Immortal Master Chen to the Liang family!