Cang Juezi, however, paid no heed to the Grand Elder's pleas and excuses. The Xuan Pin Lie Que sword erupted with a blade of light, sweeping towards the Grand Elder.
"Cang Juezi, don't think I fear you!"
"You must know, I am only one realm lower than you!"
Seeing that his pleas were useless, the Grand Elder's demeanor changed, and he spoke sternly.
Cang Juezi's face was expressionless as he swung his sword again.
"One realm is a world of difference. Furthermore, with this sword in hand, my actual combat power can already rival experts at the eighth stage of the Art of Sorcery!"
"So, you are not just one realm behind me, but two!"
"Die!"
Cang Juezi's voice was chilling, his killing intent surging like clouds, causing the temperature of the entire hall to plummet to freezing point.
This showed how indignant he was at the Grand Elder's betrayal.
"If you show me no mercy, I will show you none! We'll just go down together!"
"Heavenly Demon Dismantling Body Technique! Explode!"
The Grand Elder's face contorted in a savage grin as he roared.
Everyone present heard the words "Heavenly Demon Dismantling Body Technique" and their faces turned ashen with terror.
This was a technique used by the Mysterious Sect of Demonic Cultivation a hundred years ago. It was sinister and vicious, capable of allowing a cultivator of a lower realm to drag a cultivator of a higher realm to their death!
It was equivalent to a human bomb!
Who would have thought the Grand Elder had secretly cultivated such an evil art!
Inside the great hall, everyone scattered in panic, fearing they would be taken down with the Grand Elder.
Even Cang Juezi's expression turned grim, a flicker of apprehension in his eyes.
If the Grand Elder truly unleashed the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Body Technique, then even being two realms higher would be useless; he would be swept away by the terrifying blast wave generated by the Grand Elder's self-detonation!
In the blink of an eye, a vacuum zone formed around the Grand Elder.
No one dared to approach.
Only the Grand Elder remained in his spot, his body swelling like an inflated balloon, emitting terrifying fluctuations.
"Hahahaha… why aren't you coming?"
"Cang Juezi, you coward, you wanted to kill me, didn't you?"
"Come on! Come here!"
The Grand Elder extended his index finger and beckoned to Cang Juezi.
Cang Juezi's face was ashen, and he remained silent.
As the Grand Elder's body expanded to its limit, about to explode into a rain of blood at any second,
To everyone's surprise, a cunning glint appeared in the Grand Elder's eyes.
With a sudden leap!
His swollen body, like a gliding flying squirrel, soared towards the outside of the great hall!
Everyone had been deceived by him!
He didn't know the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Body Technique at all; it was merely a bluff to create an opportunity to escape!
"Damn it!" Cang Juezi was furious.
For the first time, he felt the need to improve his intellect.
Being tricked by the Grand Elder once was bad enough, but to be tricked twice in a row!
Cang Juezi wanted to pursue, but the Grand Elder was flying higher and higher, further and further away, making pursuit impossible!
Cang Juezi gritted his teeth in anger, wishing he had an RPG to shoot the Grand Elder down!
However…
Just as this thought crossed Cang Juezi's mind, he saw the Grand Elder in the sky fall down with a *plop*, as if struck by an RPG.
Cang Juezi was overjoyed.
While wondering who had done it, he heard a voice.
"I originally didn't intend to intervene, but running away without fighting is too much."
"Besides, a man's word is his bond. If you say you'll self-destruct, you must self-destruct."
It was Ying Chen!
Ying Chen gazed down at the Grand Elder calmly.
He suddenly extended a finger and pointed at the Grand Elder's balloon-like body!
"No!"
Amidst the Grand Elder's terrified cry, his body exploded with a boom.
Blood rained down and scattered across the ground.
From beginning to end, Ying Chen's gaze was indifferent, without any change in his expression.
He had truly lived up to the saying, "If you are not dignified, I will help you be dignified."
"Hoo!" Seeing that the Grand Elder had finally paid for his crimes, Cang Juezi let out a long sigh of relief.
He then cupped his sword in both hands and approached Ying Chen.
With a *thud*, he knelt on the ground, offering his sword to Ying Chen.
"Thank you, Ancestor, for bestowing this sword!"
Even though the sword belonged to Cang Juezi, he still presented it to Ying Chen.
This was his way of telling Ying Chen: he had completely surrendered, not just this sword, but his life as well, belonged to Ying Chen!
Ying Chen casually accepted the Xuan Pin Lie Que sword.
Although this sword was merely a mid-grade spiritual artifact, it was incomparable to Ying Chen's former life-bound artifact, "Azure Sky with Moon."
However, in this era of declining Dao, having something was better than nothing; he had no right to be picky!
Not to mention that Ying Chen could upgrade the sword's rank and increase its destructive power.
Therefore, until Ying Chen remade "Azure Sky with Moon," this Xuan Pin Lie Que sword would accompany him for a long time.
"Young Master Ying… ah, no, Ancestor…"
At this moment, Aunt Tang walked over.
She trembled, initially wanting to address Ying Chen as "Sir," but then she thought that if even Cang Juezi knelt and acknowledged him as Ancestor, what right did she have to be an exception?
So, she simply acknowledged Ying Chen as her Ancestor.
Aunt Tang slowly knelt and placed a little girl she was holding in her arms on the ground: "Ancestor, this is the child you were looking for. Min Ziqiong's daughter."
In fact, Aunt Tang didn't need to introduce her. The moment the little girl arrived before Ying Chen, he already knew her identity.
The reason was simple: Ying Chen sensed a familiar aura from the little girl!
This aura felt as if there was a blood relation between them.
*Buzz!*
Suddenly, the air between Ying Chen and the little girl produced a strange humming sound, and ripples like a river connected Ying Chen and the little girl.
Small waves of energy surged.
At first, there were only two or three, but then more and more.
Finally, it formed a magnificent scene resembling a boiling sea!
Ying Chen's pupils contracted, and he uttered four words: "Bloodline Resonance?"
Bloodline Resonance was a rare phenomenon that only occurred between individuals with a blood connection!
The more waves generated by the Bloodline Resonance, the closer the relationship between the two proved to be!
And a situation like the current one typically only occurred in cases of soul-bound cultivation partners, direct disciples who had received inheritance marks, or offspring born from the union of parents who had cultivated together!
However, Min Ziqiong was an ordinary person, not a cultivator of the Mysterious Sect.
Thus, the last possibility could be ruled out.
As for a cultivation partner, that was even more impossible.
With one possibility remaining, it meant that Ying Chen's guess from before was correct!
This little girl, from somewhere, had obtained Ying Chen's inheritance, thus gaining the ability to awaken him and trigger Bloodline Resonance!
"But, what inheritance did she obtain? Could it be that after my life-bound artifact 'Azure Sky with Moon' was damaged, the scattered life-bound marks entered her body?"
Ying Chen pondered with suspicion.
At this moment, as the Bloodline Resonance intensified, the little girl seemed to have her blocked vocal cords cleared. She opened her mouth and shouted at Ying Chen, "Daddy!"