Young White Horse: I, Ye Dingzhi, offer sacrifice to the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

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Ye Xiaofan took three steps back, and Li Hanyi lightly flicked her longsword and snorted coldly, "You have some skill."

After Ye Xiaofan took three steps back, he lightly swung his longsword, drawing a near-perfect arc, and then slashed down at Li Hanyi.

Baili Dongjun put down his wine cup, his eyes lighting up in surprise. "This swordsmanship?!"

"Stop." Li Hanyi raised his sword, and the two swords clashed. The two men each took a step back, resulting in a draw.

"Your surname is Ye!" Baili Dongjun suddenly realized.

Ye Xiaofan shook his head: "My surname is not Ye."

"Then where does this surname Ye come from?" Baili Dongjun asked.

“There was once a lazy wanderer who lived in our village. He loved to lie in the tree and sleep every day. But one day, bandits came to the village. He jumped down from the osmanthus tree where he always slept, broke off a branch, and drove them all away.”

"From that day on, he became the man that all the girls in the village wanted to marry. Many children in the village clamored to learn swordsmanship from him, but he only taught me. However, I never called him master because I hoped that one day he could become my brother-in-law. This person is called Ye Xiaofan."

"Then why are you now Ye Xiaofan?" Sikong Changfeng asked curiously.

"Because one day, he left the village. I asked him where I could find him, and he said that once I mastered the swordsmanship he taught me, I could marry the most beautiful woman in the village."

"If you want to go to a bigger world, leave the village. At that time, he will be famous all over the world, and I will be just starting out in the martial arts world. I will tell him that I am Ye Xiaofan, and he will come to find me." Ye Xiaofan smiled, his tone full of nostalgia.

Li Hanyi asked in confusion, "If you call him Ye Xiaofan, what will he be called from now on?"

"He said he wanted to conquer Beili and become famous throughout the world, so he changed his name to Ye Dingzhi," Ye Xiaofan said in a deep voice.

Chapter 60: Ruler of the World! The martial world is shaken! The Heavenly Revelation Holy Sect becomes famous throughout the world!

"The leader of the Demonic Sect!" Li Hanyi exclaimed in shock, a chilling aura rising from his Iron Horse Ice River sword once more. "You are Ye Dingzhi's disciple!"

Ye Xiaofan gave a wry smile: "The Ye Brother I know would never become the leader of the Demonic Sect. There must be another reason why he has become who he is now. Now that I am Ye Xiaofan, and he has truly become famous throughout the world, he should keep his promise and come to find me."

"In the afternoon, I heard that a swordsman I'd never seen before single-handedly repelled an attack by the Demonic Sect. Was that you?" Sikong Changfeng suddenly said.

"Yes." Ye Xiaofan lightly flicked the sword in his hand and said, "I fought them off, and then I told them my name. Ye Xiaofan."

“So I’ve come to see you.” A cool voice suddenly rang out from outside the tent.

"There are quite a lot of guests today," Sikong Changfeng said solemnly, slamming his spear lightly on the ground.

"It's him?!" Li Hanyi looked at Baili Dongjun with a somewhat surprised expression.

Baili Dongjun smiled somewhat awkwardly: "It's him, but his voice is much hoarse now."

"Entering the martial world ages you quickly; this saying is no joke."

A gust of wind swept by.

Dressed in black with his hair flowing down, Ye Dingzhi stood among them, his expression indifferent, his demonic aura surging.

"Why do people who have become bad people have to dress up like bad people?" Baili Dongjun asked.

Ye Dingzhi smiled, but his expression was slightly stiff. Yes, he hadn't smiled in a long time.

"Everyone's face reflects their experiences. If you cry a lot, you'll have tear stains; if you laugh a lot, you'll have laugh marks."

Ye Dingzhi said slowly, "The more hatred one has, the more coldness one naturally feels."

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat silent.

Baili Dongjun picked up the wine jar and poured himself a cup of wine: "Since you're here, have a drink."

Ye Dingzhi took a sip of his drink, closed his eyes, and seemed to have a few words of emotion.

"You shouldn't practice martial arts; you should focus on being a winemaker. I still remember the first time I drank your wine, it was called 'Early Morning'."

“I also remember your roast beef, it was incredibly delicious,” Baili Dongjun replied.

"The morning wine is refreshing and sweet, a perfect match for that fatty, juicy roast beef. But alas, there is no beef today, only wine. However, this wine," Ye Dingzhi tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp, then said in a deep voice, "is quite spicy, very different from the 'morning wine' of that day."

Baili Dongjun sighed: "The wine you're drinking now is called 'Regret for Not Being There Sooner'."

"Hahahaha, what a wonderful 'regret for not having made it sooner'!" Ye Dingzhi poured himself another glass. "I'll have another one."

In the quiet mountain forest, Sikong Changfeng, Li Hanyi, and Liu Yue all gripped their weapons tightly, ready to strike a decisive blow at any moment.

Ye Xiaofan had mixed feelings and hesitated several times before speaking, but the two people—the current leader of the Demonic Sect and the eldest disciple of Snow Moon City—simply drank tea and chatted quietly, like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

However, they were already good friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

"You were the one who destroyed the Black Armor Army, weren't you?" Baili Dongjun said, "Besides my master, it could only be you."

Ye Dingzhi said indifferently, "He's just a lackey of Emperor Tai'an. If you see him, just kill him with one sword."

Baili Dongjun smiled.

The Outer Heavens are in the far north, while the Black Armor Army is near Tianqi City.

The two are thousands of kilometers apart, yet they traveled such a long distance for no reason, just to kill an army.

No one would believe that this was something done casually.

but.

It was this very operation that completely extinguished Emperor Tai'an's desire to find the Marquis of Zhenxi's residence.

Li Changsheng, along with Luo Shui, left the Zhenxi Marquis's residence and headed north again.

Ye Dingzhi put down his wine glass and looked at Ye Xiaofan: "I didn't expect you to actually leave the village. What, do you think the most beautiful woman in the village is still not beautiful enough?"

Ye Xiaofan simply shook his head: "My sister has grown into a beautiful woman, and she still thinks about Brother Ye."

Ye Dingzhi looked somewhat dazed, as if he were lost in memories.

That was more than a decade ago, when the Ye family was destroyed and he was wandering the world alone.

He had not yet become a disciple of Yu Shengmo and was living in seclusion in a small village. Although his heart was full of hatred, those days were indeed one of the few leisurely times he had.

Ye Xiaofan looked somewhat sorrowful: "I only realized how much Brother Ye had been carrying after I left the village and entered the martial world."

“The Xiao royal family has been wiped out, Brother Yun, that’s enough,” Baili Dongjun suddenly said.

“There’s one more person,” Ye Dingzhi said hoarsely. “Doesn’t he like being emperor? I’ll overthrow the country his ancestors worked so hard to build, pull him off the throne, and let him see what despair is.”

“Many people will die.” Baili Dongjun tilted his head back and took a sip of wine.

“Many people around me have already died,” Ye Dingzhi said in a deep voice. “Our Ye clan, as well as my master’s sword servants, are all dead.”

"Kill him and then what? He has suffered from your demonic arts and is already a dying man. Perhaps he will be dead before you even reach Tianqi City," Baili Dongjun said in a deep voice.

Ye Dingzhi said slowly, "I will speed things up. The new Heaven Beyond Heaven will replace the Xiao Clan and become the ruler of this world."

"When did you start caring about these things?" Baili Dongjun said with a wry smile.

"This world is already rotten to the core, so I might as well take over." Ye Dingzhi slammed his wine glass heavily on the table.

Baili Dongjun was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "This is not a child's game."

Ye Dingzhi couldn't help but chuckle, as if he had heard a joke.

"The Xiao royal family is more exciting than playing house."

"If they can do it, why can't I? Could it be any worse?"

Ye Dingzhi suddenly raised his head and looked at Baili Dongjun.

Li Hanyi's Iron Horse Ice River sword was instantly drawn, pointing directly at Ye Dingzhi.

The sudden surge of murderous intent startled everyone, but Baili Dongjun remained calm and took another sip of wine: "You should understand."

Ye Dingzhi suddenly burst into laughter: "Very well! Then let me ask you a question, Baili Dongjun: if I were to invite you to Tianqi City now, just like when we drew our swords and stormed the Prince's mansion together back then, this time we'd head straight for the Imperial Palace, would you be willing to come along?"

"I will not shirk my duty!" Baili Dongjun shouted.

"Senior brother, are you crazy?" Li Hanyi asked anxiously.

Sikong Changfeng remained silent, for he understood that Baili Dongjun was serious, and what he was thinking about at that moment was whether he should help them when the time came.

"Alright, then let's kill Emperor Tai'an together and avenge the hatred in my heart. What do you think?!" Ye Dingzhi asked again.

After a long silence, Baili Dongjun shook his head: "Without a ruler, the world cannot be at peace. Although you only killed one person, millions of people in the world will suffer because of the death of this one person."

"Hahahaha." Ye Dingzhi patted Baili Dongjun on the shoulder: "I understand now. All people in the world are one person. I used to care about these things, about all living beings. But in the end, we have become different people."

Ye Xiaofan suddenly said, "In the past few years, I have traveled around the world and met many of your friends, Brother Ye."

"Oh?" Ye Dingzhi slowly withdrew his hand.

"Do you still remember Wang Rensun of the Tianshan Sect?" Ye Xiaofan asked.

"I certainly remember. When I traveled through the Tianshan Sect, I had a long talk with him for several days. I told him that there was once a swordsman in the Southern Manual who said, 'A fine head can be shattered with a single slash.' He roamed the martial world freely and drew his sword against the world's number one master at a young age. He admired him and also developed a sword technique that could shatter the sky with a single slash."

Ye Dingzhi nodded. "He should be the most valued disciple of the Tianshan Sect now, but the story I told him back then was a novel I heard from a storyteller in Wuyou City, and he has always believed it to be true."

Ye Xiaofan said in a deep voice, "The Tianshan Sect's expedition was led by him, along with Li Kong of the Cloud-Piercing Spear. Do you remember this person?"

Ye Dingzhi nodded again: "With one spear, he pierced the clouds and caused ten thousand ghosts to groan. He founded the Golden Spear Sect, which at the time had only a handful of members, yet he called himself the sect leader. It's rather amusing to think about."

“The Golden Spear Sect is now a major sect in Lingnan, with hundreds of members. It is no longer the small sect it once was. With the various sects in the North besieging the Demonic Sect, the Golden Spear Sect was also among those summoned, so he came as well,” Ye Xiaofan said.

Ye Dingzhi remained unfazed: "These small fry, back when we destroyed Nan Jue, these people weren't even worthy of Yan Lingxia's attention. I never expected that now they've become kings."

Ye Dingzhi asked, "And who else?"

"Hua Wuxia, the third young master of the Hua family in Jiangnan, Yan Youxin, the master of the Sanxin Tower in Pinggui City, Lian Cui, the master of Lingluo Palace... They all came. Just like the story you told me back then, I also walked the path you walked back then, met these people, and became friends with them."

Ye Xiaofan let out a long sigh and said, "(Qian Le Zhao) "They don't believe you would become the leader of the Demonic Sect. In their hearts, you are cheerful and enthusiastic, full of chivalry. You must have been forced into this situation. So, they sent me to find you and persuade you to turn back."

Ye Dingzhi handed the wine glass to Baili Dongjun: "Let's have one last glass."

Baili Dongjun then poured a cup.

Ye Dingzhi drank it all in one gulp, then threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, where it shattered into pieces.

"Won't come back."

He tugged at his collar, walked outside, and didn't look back.

“This is a great opportunity. The three of us are here, and we have Ye Xiaofan to help us, while he is all alone. No matter how strong he is, he can’t escape,” Sikong Changfeng said to Baili Dongjun.

"There's no reason to let the Demonic Sect leader go after he's seen us." Li Hanyi also looked at Baili Dongjun.

Baili Dongjun suddenly shouted, "If you go out, we'll be enemies from now on!"

His tone was somewhat willful, like a children's quarrel.

Ye Dingzhi waved his hand: "Didn't I already leave you with a saying back then: 'Once you pursue the Dao, all else is in vain'?"

"...From this day forward, we will be strangers."

"This glass of wine today is already quite a luxury."

"Goodbye, Baili Dongjun."

Baili Dongjun clenched his fists tightly, Ye Xiaofan gripped his sword, and tears streamed down his face.

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Chapter 61: The Azure King unites eight major forces to attack Beili and rescue the Xiao Clan! As long as the Holy Sect lives, the martial world will endure!

Mountains are high and waters are wide, but we will never meet again.

Suddenly, the sound of a flute rang out from the mountains, sounding particularly melancholic and ethereal in the cold, desolate night.

Inside the tent, Baili Dongjun sat at the table, drinking one cup of wine after another without saying a word. After a long silence, Ye Xiaofan grabbed his sword and rushed out, but the mountains and fields were vast, and there was no trace of Ye Dingzhi.

Li Hanyi frowned slightly: "Who's playing the flute at this time?"

Sikong Changfeng placed his spear on the table, sat down opposite Baili Dongjun, and began to drink together: "Since the flute music is quite pleasant and the other party shows no hostility, let's listen to it."

at this time.

On top of the mountain.

The young man in purple stood there, looking down at the tent in the mountains: "Just now, the sect leader went into that tent, but apart from a momentary murderous aura, there seemed to be no further movement."

Beside him, a young disciple with white hair was playing the flute with his eyes closed, the melody melodious...

The mountain wind blew their long robes, making them flutter loudly.

The white-haired immortal took down his flute and slowly said, "I was unwilling to obey Wuxiang's orders before because I felt he was incapable of leading us to victory over Beili. Their dream of restoring their kingdom would only lead us to destruction."

"Unexpectedly, now that Sect Leader Ye has united the forces of the thirty-two sects outside the realm, he has accomplished many impossible things in just a few years."

The Purple-Clad Marquis touched the jade sword at his waist: "Sect Leader Ye does indeed have the opportunity to lead the remnants of the Northern Kingdom back to this continent. He is worthy of our following. No one wants to stay in that bitter and cold land for the rest of their life. This is the most likely opportunity in decades."

“However, Miss might not agree,” the white-haired immortal suddenly said. “She can’t possibly draw her sword against Bei Li right now.”