Chapter 325

Chapter 325: Meeting Ye Guan — What to Talk About?

Looking at that shocking sword scar, Ye Tianming guessed who had drawn the sword — it was clearly the Guanxuan Sword Master, because he could sense the power of order within that sword scar.

Ye Tianming’s gaze suddenly became somewhat fervent, because within that power of order he also sensed another kind of sword dao. This time, the aura of that other sword dao was very distinct, and extremely powerful.

This former Guanxuan Sword Master had fused the dao of order with another sword dao.

The two could be fused together!

This undoubtedly opened up a new direction for him.

Ye Tianming suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued walking forward. He wanted to see where this stellar avenue ultimately led.

The stellar avenue beneath his feet ran through the entire city!

Ye Tianming followed the stellar avenue forward, and soon he arrived in the heart of the city. It was extremely quiet — not a single person in sight.

Like a dead city.

Ye Tianming looked around with some puzzlement. The surrounding buildings had mostly been reduced to rubble, a scene of utter devastation.

Soon, he arrived at a vast plaza. In the plaza stood half a stone stele, with the other half scattered on the ground. Dozens of zhang to the right of the stele stood a massive altar, upon which blazed a roaring stellar flame.

Within that stellar flame, Ye Tianming sensed an incomparably terrifying power!

Ye Tianming’s expression grew solemn as he slowly walked toward the stellar flame.

He had not left the stellar avenue beneath his feet — he could not leave it.

The altar stood right beside the stellar avenue, just offset from it.

Had it not been offset, it would likely have been cleaved apart by that sword strike long ago.

Ye Tianming came to the side of the altar and turned to look at it. The altar was covered densely with runes, crafted in the likeness of stars, radiating an eerie stellar power — and that stellar power was continuously flowing into the stellar flame.

Ye Tianming was studying the stellar flame when he suddenly turned around. At the far end of his line of sight, a group of people were rapidly sweeping toward him. In the blink of an eye, they appeared not far from the altar.

Twelve people — seven men and five women.

At the front were a man holding a long spear and a woman in white. The man was handsome, the woman cool and aloof.

The twelve of them looked at the flame with gazes of intense fervor, yet also with wariness — none dared to get too close.

At that moment, someone suddenly looked toward Ye Tianming at the side. “He came out of the pigpen.”

Hearing this, the others all turned to look at Ye Tianming. They gave him a once-over, and soon their brows furrowed.

Because there was no “incense fire” within Ye Tianming’s body.

In the plaza, everyone looked at Ye Tianming with curiosity — the kind of gaze that looks down from on high.

Seeing those gazes, Ye Tianming suddenly understood somewhat why that scholar, the Guanxuan Sword Master, had such a volatile temper.

He had to admit, he was starting to feel a bit displeased with the people of this world himself.

At that moment, one of them suddenly laughed. “This number nine pigpen is really something. Not long ago one ran out, and now another one has run out. This divine dao temple is really slipping!”

Another person said, “I heard the divine dao temple only just sent a divine son down there. How is there still a pig running out?”

A man laughed. “Looks like this number nine pigpen is about to go out of control, haha……”

“Shut up!”

At that moment, the white-robed woman at the front suddenly swept a fierce glare across several people in the group.

Those who had been laughing and chatting immediately fell silent.

The white-robed woman glanced at Ye Tianming, then shifted her gaze to the stellar avenue. “That sword cultivator who once called himself the Guanxuan Sword Master cleaved open this StardriveCity that had stood for over a hundred million years with a single sword strike. Can any of you do that?”

No one spoke.

The white-robed woman continued, “Not only that, he also carved out a stellar avenue through this star system by sheer force. To this day, not a single person has dared to set foot on it. Do any of you dare?”

Everyone’s expressions turned somewhat ugly.

The white-robed woman looked at them and said bluntly, “A single glance from him could erase you all tens of millions of times over. What right do you have to mock anyone?”

Everyone’s faces burned.

A young man suddenly couldn’t help but say, “No matter how strong that Ye Guan is, can he surpass the gods of the Divine Hall? Can he? He……”

The white-robed woman suddenly raised her hand and delivered a slap.

Smack!

The young man’s right cheek immediately turned red.

Everyone: “…….”

The white-robed woman glanced at him. “Trash. Are you one of the gods?”

The slapped young man’s face turned extremely ugly, but he didn’t dare talk back. He could only lower his head. Then, as if sensing something, he suddenly turned to look at Ye Tianming nearby and snapped, “What are you looking at, you stupid pig?”

Ye Tianming looked at him. “Who’s the stupid pig calling stupid?”

The young man said angrily, “You, naturally.”

Ye Tianming nodded. “So the stupid pig is calling me stupid.”

Everyone: “…….”

The young man was momentarily stunned, but quickly caught on and flew into a rage. “How dare you insult me.”

Ye Tianming looked at him. “You’re too dumb. Go read a few more years of books before you talk to me.”

Xiaohun: “…….”

Everyone: “…….”

The young man was furious and wanted to say more, but the white-robed woman beside him shot him a glance. He was clearly wary of her and immediately didn’t dare say another word, though he glared at Ye Tianming with venomous hatred.

The others also looked at Ye Tianming with undisguised hostility.

The white-robed woman looked at Ye Tianming as well. Her gaze held no obvious hostility, but carried that air of looking down from on high — the way a human looks at an ant.

Ye Tianming paid them no mind. He had now largely figured out that the people here had an innate contempt for anyone who came out of the official residences — they viewed them like livestock.

Ye Tianming ignored the white-robed woman and the others. He took one more look at the stellar flame, then turned and walked away into the distance.

He wanted to see what lay at the end of this stellar avenue.

“Wait!”

At that moment, the white-robed woman suddenly spoke.

Ye Tianming turned to look at her. The white-robed woman stared at him. “How did you get up here.”

Ye Tianming said, “I walked up, naturally.”

The white-robed woman’s brows furrowed. Clearly, she was very displeased with Ye Tianming’s attitude.

Ye Tianming paid her no mind and turned to walk away into the distance.

The young man who had been scolded by the white-robed woman earlier immediately stepped forward. “Kill him.”

The white-robed woman turned to look at the young man. “You go.”

The young man’s face immediately turned ugly. That stellar avenue — to this day, no one had dared to set foot on it.

The white-robed woman glanced at Ye Tianming. A flicker of killing intent crossed her eyes, but she said nothing more. Instead, she turned to look at the altar nearby. “Take the stellar flame first.”

Hearing this, everyone turned to look at the altar.

They had gone through tremendous hardship to get here. If they left empty-handed, it would truly be a great loss.

The white-robed woman suddenly stepped forward. She raised both hands, and a small cauldron appeared in them. She murmured an ancient incantation, and soon the small cauldron began to tremble slightly. Before long, the cauldron transformed into a beam of black light that enveloped the entire altar.

But at that very moment, the stellar flame suddenly transformed into a streak of fire that shot into the sky and slammed hard into the small cauldron.

Boom!

The small cauldron was instantly reduced to nothing. At the same time, the stellar flame transformed into a blaze that surged toward the white-robed woman and the others.

The white-robed woman and the others were horrified and hurriedly retreated, but the flame was far too fast — in the blink of an eye it was upon them.

Everyone moved to resist, but aside from the white-robed woman, the rest were incinerated to ash the moment they acted, without even a chance to cry out.

In the distance, Ye Tianming stopped. He turned to look at the group. Aside from the white-robed woman, all the others had been burned to nothing by the stellar flame. However, each person who died left behind a small wisp of flame. That flame was not consumed by the stellar fire — instead, each wisp vanished into the river of stars.

Ye Tianming was somewhat puzzled.

In the plaza, the white-robed woman was barely holding on. Beneath her feet was a special formation array, and it was that array that was blocking the stellar flame for her. But the array was gradually dimming, and clearly the white-robed woman couldn’t hold on much longer.

Seeing that she was about to be reduced to ash, the white-robed woman suddenly looked toward Ye Tianming nearby. “Save me!”

Clearly, she was treating Ye Tianming as her last lifeline.

Ye Tianming shook his head repeatedly. “Not a chance.”

He couldn’t even leave this avenue right now — how could he possibly save anyone else?

Hearing Ye Tianming’s words, the white-robed woman suddenly turned ferocious. “You’re letting me die!!”

Ye Tianming’s brow furrowed. “If that’s how you’re going to talk……”

With that, he began clapping his hands. “Burn, burn beautifully, burn magnificently!”

Xiaohun: “…….”

The white-robed woman glared at Ye Tianming with venomous hatred. “Foolish ant, do you think we actually die? Just you wait……”

Her words fell, and her formation array vanished. She was engulfed in a ball of flame and instantly reduced to ash. But soon, a bright and vivid wisp of flame slowly drifted upward, then disappeared into the starry sky.

Ye Tianming’s brow furrowed.

Xiaohun suddenly said, “That person was so unreasonable. Little Master, you didn’t help her, and she hated you for it.”

Ye Tianming smiled. “That’s human nature. Many times, many people take out their own helplessness on others.”

After saying that, he quietly shook his head. “What a shame about their storage rings.”

The storage rings of these people had not been able to withstand the burning of the stellar flame and had all been reduced to ash.

Ye Tianming took one last look at the stellar flame, then continued walking forward.

At that moment, Xiaohun suddenly said, “Little Master, if you were to meet the little Guan Master, what would you talk to him about? Let me tell you, the little Guan Master has read so many, many books. If you were to debate the dao with him, you might not necessarily win.”

The Guanxuan Sword Master!

Ye Tianming pondered for a moment, then said, “If I can’t win the debate……. then we’ll talk about parenting.”

Xiaohun: “…….”

Just then, Ye Tianming suddenly stopped. He snapped his head around to look toward the far end of his line of sight. At the end of this stellar avenue, two people were slowly walking toward him.

Familiar people!