Chapter 170

Chapter 170: The Path in the Left Hand, the Sword Ancestor in the Right!

Zhantai Ge sat in the divine official’s chair, toying with the cloth doll in her hands, while the divine official’s seal that had once belonged to Zhantai Zhan was tossed to the floor like a piece of trash.

　　From the shadows, an elder bowed respectfully and said, “Congratulations, Miss Ge, on becoming the new divine official.”

　　Zhantai Ge smiled and said, “Don’t you think my sister is incredibly foolish?”

　　The elder said nothing.

　　Zhantai Ge glanced at the elder and said, “I know you all preferred her over me. If she hadn’t stubbornly insisted on opposing the Guanxuan Sword Master and caused the fortune of our many worlds to drain away, you never would have helped me.”

　　The elder lowered his head slightly and still said nothing.

　　Zhantai Ge continued, “But it doesn’t matter, none of that is important. What matters is that I am now the divine official……”

　　As she spoke, she suddenly turned to look at the elder and smiled, “Do you know about this cloth doll?”

　　The elder kept his head slightly lowered. Faced with this unhinged individual, he chose to stay silent, yet his eyes were filled with worry. This new one who had risen to power was not necessarily a good thing for their many worlds.

　　Zhantai Ge smiled lightly and said, “I want to know everything about that man.”

　　The elder looked at Zhantai Ge and asked, “The one that Divine Official Zhan helped?”

　　Zhantai Ge nodded.

　　The elder was somewhat puzzled. “What do you want his information for?”

　　Zhantai Ge broke into a smile, a smile that sent a chill down the elder’s spine.

　　As the power of the Guanxuan Sword Master’s order dao faded away, the entire boundary between the void and reality returned to calm, and the many worlds settled down along with it, allowing the major powers across those worlds to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

　　The Guanxuan Sword Master’s strength was truly terrifying!

　　The pressure had been overwhelming!

　　And this wasn’t even the true form appearing in person. If the true form were to show up, just how powerful would that be?

　　The real world.

　　After Xin Gongzi watched Ye Tianming enter the space-time tunnel, he immediately said, “Give chase.”

　　Behind him, countless powerful figures quietly withdrew.

　　But before long, an elder appeared behind him and bowed respectfully. “Young Master, he’s gone.”

　　Xin Gongzi’s brow furrowed. He turned to look at the elder. “Gone?”

　　The elder nodded. “After he entered that space-time tunnel, it was as if he simply vanished. We used every means at our disposal and still couldn’t track him down.”

　　Xin Gongzi was silent for a moment, then let out a soft laugh. “It seems someone else is helping him.”

　　The elder asked in puzzlement, “Who could have that kind of power? Enough to evade our detection?”

　　Xin Gongzi turned to gaze at the world below and said quietly, “It seems the one backing him is truly no ordinary figure.”

　　The elder said in a low voice, “Then should we……. still give chase?”

　　Xin Gongzi said, “Of course we chase!”

　　As he spoke, his eyes slowly closed. “Let an enemy go today, and suffer for ten thousand ages…… we cannot make that mistake.”

　　The elder nodded. “I have already had people seal off every passage leading to the many worlds. The moment he enters any of them, we will know immediately.”

　　In this entire universe, when it came to intelligence capabilities, no one could match the Guanxuan Universe, for the Guanxuan Universe had the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, and the Immortal Treasure Pavilion had money.

　　The elder added, “Young Master, who do you think is the force helping him?”

　　Xin Gongzi smiled and said, “In recent years, our Guanxuan Academy has grown far too fast, so fast that many powers have begun to feel uneasy. As a result, they all want to hold us back, and this Ye Tianming may well be a pawn of certain forces. On the surface it appears to be targeting the Young Lord, but in reality it is aimed at our Academy.”

　　The elder said with disdain, “They think they can hold back our Guanxuan Academy? They truly overestimate themselves.”

　　Xin Gongzi smiled lightly. “Still young after all. Though they’ve read a few books, their insight and understanding are ultimately still the thinking of those at the bottom.”

　　As he spoke, he paused, then added, “By the way, the Young Lord should be coming up soon, shouldn’t he?”

　　The elder said, “We just received word that the Young Lord has awakened and will be coming up shortly.”

　　Xin Gongzi nodded. “Make preparations to welcome the Young Lord.”

　　The elder seemed to want to say something but held back.

　　Xin Gongzi turned to look at the elder. The elder said in a low voice, “Young Master, once the Young Lord comes up, at that point you……”

　　Xin Gongzi said calmly, “The Academy belongs to the Yang family. Understood?”

　　The elder lowered his head slightly and said nothing.

　　Xin Gongzi said, “Notify everyone to welcome the Young Lord.”

　　With that, he glanced down at the universe below. “Young Lord……”

　　As he spoke, a strange smile crept across the corners of his mouth, and he turned and walked away.

　　The Guanxuan Universe, Guanxuan Academy.

　　Yang Jia had awakened by now, but his soul was still ethereal. The Guanxuan Universe had paid an enormous price to preserve him.

　　Yang Jia stood before the statue of the Guanxuan Sword Master, and he stood there for a full day and night.

　　All around him, the powerful figures of the Guanxuan Universe dared not disturb him.

　　Two consecutive defeats!

　　Everyone knew that this Young Lord’s state of mind had likely been shaken.

　　At that moment, Tower Elder appeared beside Yang Jia, and with it came the Xingdao Sword.

　　Yang Jia slowly turned around. He looked at Tower Elder and said respectfully, “Tower Elder.”

　　During this time, Tower Ancestor had told him everything.

　　The little tower looked at Yang Jia before it, and a flicker of complexity passed through its eyes. It had followed three generations of the Yang family, so it naturally had feelings for them, which was why it had been unable to bring itself to let Ye Tianming kill Yang Jia before.

　　Yang Jia looked at the little tower. “Why has it come to this?”

　　The little tower said, “Order needs restraint. That was your father’s thinking back then, because if the order of the Yang family went unchecked, then the Yang family would become the greatest evil in this universe.”

　　As it spoke, it paused, then added, “That is also why your father chose not to unify the great civilizations back then. He wanted this world to have different voices.”

　　Yang Jia slowly closed his eyes. “Then Ye Tianming is also……”

　　The little tower nodded.

　　Yang Jia looked at the little tower. “Was he truly formed from a single drop of blood?”

　　The little tower let out a quiet sigh.

　　Yang Jia said softly, “He came to help me restrain order……”

　　The little tower said, “Yes.”

　　Yang Jia looked at the little tower. “Tower Ancestor, was I wrong?”

　　The little tower asked in return, “What do you think yourself?”

　　Yang Jia’s expression grew dim. “When I first came to the Guanxuan Universe, I told my father that within a hundred years, I would bring the Guanxuan Universe to an entirely new peak on my own, a peak that would surpass his…… Yet only after leaving him did I realize just how hard, how incredibly hard that is. The internal problems of the Academy, it’s not that I didn’t know about them, but Tower Ancestor…… without my father’s support, I simply cannot keep them in check!”

　　After taking over Guanxuan Academy, he had only then realized just how many problems the Academy had.

　　The great clans and sects truly dared not openly defy him, but they would pay lip service while doing as they pleased behind his back.

　　Kill them?

　　It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about it, but could he really start slaughtering sects and great clans the moment he took office?

　　And he needed justification for it!

　　He naturally didn’t want to throw the Academy into chaos the moment he took charge, so his plan had been to eventually start a war, wear down the strength of the great clans and sects, and then cultivate his own trusted followers to gradually take control of the Academy.

　　But he never anticipated that Ye Tianming’s appearance would throw all his plans into disarray.

　　After his first defeat to Ye Tianming, his prestige was no longer what it had been. Even when he issued orders, those great clans and sects would not truly comply. Or rather, they would comply on the surface while ignoring him in private.

　　Those below all had their own ideas.

　　Including Bai Ci, whom he had personally cultivated.

　　And the Sword Sect’s sect master as well.

　　The little tower looked at Yang Jia. “Tell me, did you ever give the order to hunt down and kill Ye Tianming?”

　　Yang Jia shook his head. “I wanted to defeat him in a fair and open contest.”

　　The little tower asked again, “Why did you not deal with the matter of the Ye family’s massacre?”

　　Yang Jia looked at the little tower. “Almost every great clan and sect was involved.”

　　The little tower fell silent.

　　Clearly, the reason those great clans had done what they did was to put Yang Jia in an impossible position. If he wanted to punish them, he would have to punish every single great clan and sect.

　　After a moment of silence, the little tower said, “What do you plan to do next?”

　　Yang Jia slowly closed his eyes. “Fight him again.”

　　The little tower said, “Still fighting?”

　　Yang Jia lowered his head and looked at the Sword Ancestor in his hand. “He has comprehended the true intent, and I have comprehended the true intent as well, but my sword dao was suppressed by his, because his sword dao is purer than mine. The reason my sword dao is not pure enough is because of Guanxuan Academy……”

　　As he spoke, he raised his head and looked up toward the sky above. “I want to cast everything aside and go to the real world to train in bitter cultivation, to temper my sword dao.”

　　Having suffered two consecutive defeats, he suddenly understood one truth: to truly manage the Academy well, one must possess unrivaled strength, just like his father. When his father was around, the Academy had no problems at all, precisely because of that unrivaled strength. No other great clan or sect dared to cause trouble, and if any dared, they would be wiped out in an instant.

　　Of course, there was also the single greatest reason of all: he, Yang Jia, as the fourth generation of the Yang family, had lost twice in a row to someone of the same generation.

　　If he couldn’t defeat Ye Tianming, he felt that living had already lost its meaning.

　　Yang Jia looked toward Tower Ancestor and bowed deeply. “Tower Ancestor, I hope you can support me, support a member of the Yang family one more time.”

　　The little tower was silent for a moment, then said, “Without my support, you have indeed taken many wrong turns over these years. Rest assured, from this moment on, Tower Ancestor will personally guide you.”

　　Yang Jia bowed deeply. “With your support, Tower Ancestor, this time I will surely defeat that Ye Tianming.”

　　The little tower smiled and said, “Whoever my little tower has followed has never lost to someone of the same level…… Come, I’ll take you inside the tower to cultivate.”

　　With that, it directly activated the little tower and brought Yang Jia inside.

　　The moment Yang Jia entered the little tower, he was immediately stunned. “Ten years in here, one day outside……”

　　The little tower nodded. “That’s right.”

　　As it spoke, it raised its right hand, and the Xingdao Sword appeared in its grasp.

　　Yang Jia was somewhat puzzled.

　　The little tower glanced at the Xingdao Sword, then looked at Yang Jia. “Your father once wielded this sword. This sword carries its master’s sword dao, and there is also your great-grandfather’s sword……”

　　As it spoke, it handed the Xingdao Sword to Yang Jia. “You must learn to sense the sword dao contained within them, to study them, to imitate them, and then to surpass them!!”

　　Yang Jia took the Xingdao Sword and hung it on the left side of his waist. From that point on, he held the Xingdao Sword in his left hand and the Sword Ancestor in his right.

　　And within his body, there was now an additional spirit, none other than the Fate Bone Spirit. It had already acknowledged Yang Jia as its master, and it was overjoyed beyond measure, for it had found its true destined one.

　　Yang Jia slowly raised his head and looked up toward the sky above. “Ye Tianming…… wait for me!”

　　As he spoke, his eyes slowly closed. “Qingxuan…… one day you will understand that the choice you made was wrong!”