Several Pei family powerhouses threatened with feigned ferocity.
*Puff!*
*Puff!*
*Puff!*
Several streaks of sword energy flashed.
More corpses were added to the ground.
The other Pei family powerhouses dared not linger any longer, fleeing in utter terror.
"Master, I'm sorry, this servant has caused you trouble."
Pei Nanwei bowed her head to Ling Fan.
Ling Fan waved his hand dismissively.
"Master, we should leave the royal city quickly. The Ninth Elder's strength is not top-tier within the Pei family. The elders ranked higher are even more terrifying. Although your swordsmanship is peerless, your cultivation is a significant disadvantage. With just the two of us, we cannot contend against the Pei family."
"Leave?"
Ling Fan chuckled softly.
"How can a mere Pei family make me apprehensive."
Ling Fan recalled something and suddenly asked, "That Ninth Elder just now said you are merely a tool of the Pei family. What is that about?"
A flicker of sadness flashed in Pei Nanwei's eyes.
At this moment, she finally revealed a hint of a wronged little girl.
She shook her head.
Stubbornly refusing to speak.
Ling Fan frowned, "You won't even listen to me now? If you don't tell me, you don't need to follow me anymore."
Pei Nanwei trembled and quickly said, "No, I'll tell you..."
"Master, you may not know, but I was born with a complete Sword Body..."
Ling Fan nodded, not surprised by this.
In fact, he had long suspected this.
Pei Nanwei's Sword Body was flawed, incomplete.
Initially, Ling Fan thought it was due to Pei Nanwei's own bloodline not being pure or strong enough.
However, later Ling Fan discovered that Pei Nanwei's sword intent was surprisingly powerful.
This formed a stark contrast with her flawed Sword Body.
The most likely explanation was that her Sword Body had been damaged postnatally.
Pei Nanwei continued, "From the moment I was born, I received unprecedented attention and focused training from the family. At first, I thought the family saw great potential in me, which is why they invested so much effort and resources into nurturing me."
"But later, I gradually discovered something was amiss..."
"When I was sixteen, the year I entered the Profound Gang Realm."
"The Pei family produced a sword... it was an extremely terrifying treasure sword, but it seemed to be severely damaged. The Family Head asked me to cultivate with this sword."
"But whenever I touched the sword, it began to drain my blood, and my head felt like it was being pricked by needles, causing intense pain..."
"I was terrified, but I dared not resist. Because if I resisted, the Family Head would threaten my parents' lives, and even use the greater good of the entire Pei family to pressure me, as if I were a sinner of the Pei family for not feeding the sword with my blood..."
"The Family Head also appeased me, saying that this sword was a martial king's weapon close to the Upper Profound Grade. As long as I helped it recover, he would bestow the sword upon me and later pass on the position of Family Head to me."
"I didn't believe any of this... This continued for two years. My cultivation speed slowed down, but my mental power grew stronger. I even condensed sword intent ahead of time. At the same time, I felt my emotions becoming colder and colder, indifferent to everything. I felt less like a living person and more like a sword, a weapon..."
"I don't know what the Pei family's ultimate goal is, but I know it's definitely not for my own good..."
Pei Nanwei's gaze was hollow.
She spoke calmly,
As if she were recounting a story she had heard about someone else, rather than her own personal experience.
Ling Fan nodded.
"Let's go, lead the way, to the Pei family."
Ling Fan said.
Pei Nanwei trembled all over.
She looked at Ling Fan in shock.
"Master, going to the Pei family now is like walking into a dragon's den and a tiger's lair! Why would you walk into a trap!"
Ling Fan smiled indifferently and said, "The Pei family dared to bully my maid. As her master, how can I not help you seek justice."
After speaking, he strode forward.
For a moment, Pei Nanwei stared blankly at Ling Fan's retreating figure.
"What are you still standing there for? Lead the way."
"...Yes!"
...
Sword Master Pei Family.
In the vast Flowing Cloud Kingdom's royal city, it occupied a large area with magnificent structures.
Luxurious and resplendent.
Those who didn't know might have thought it was a royal palace.
Instead of a martial arts family.
At this moment.
In the forbidden area deep within the Pei family.
Pei family powerhouses with extremely powerful auras were gathered.
The aura of the leading figure had surpassed the peak of the Heavenly Origin Realm, showing a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation, clearly a quasi-Giant Spirit Realm existence.
This person was the current Family Head of the Pei family.
One of the most powerful figures in the Flowing Cloud Kingdom's royal city.
Pei Ming.
In the center of the Pei family powerhouses.
Was a bone tower constructed entirely from the bones of an unknown monstrous beast.
At this moment, a shocking sword cry emanated from the bone tower, and simultaneously, wisps of eerie sword light flickered, causing the entire bone tower to tremble incessantly.
The faces of the numerous Pei family powerhouses were extremely grim.
This bone tower was built from the remains of an incredibly powerful Giant Spirit Realm monstrous beast.
Its hardness was such that even a Lower Profound Grade spirit weapon could not leave a single scratch on it.
Yet, it was now showing signs of cracking.
How could this not shock them.
The sword sealed within...
Was simply too ferocious!
Pei Ming, the Family Head of the Pei family, shouted coldly, "Attack together! Suppress it temporarily. We must not let it escape, otherwise all our previous efforts will be in vain."
"Yes!"
The Pei family powerhouses also knew the seriousness of the matter.
They all attacked.
Instantly.
Powerful martial qi surged across the sky, weaving a net of heaven and earth, striking into the bone tower.
Immediately, numerous talismans were activated on the bone tower, emitting an ancient aura.
Vaguely, a giant, terrifying monstrous beast stood atop the bone tower, roaring to the heavens.
*Buzz buzz buzz!*
The trembling of the bone tower began to slowly subside.
Through the windows of the bone tower, one could see countless talisman chains interwoven, heavily sealing a blood-red ferocious sword within.
Pei Ming and the Pei family powerhouses breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Ming said with a grim expression, "Where is Nanwei? Why hasn't she been found yet! After forcibly suppressing it this time, if we don't feed it sword blood soon, I'm afraid it will truly break free next time!"
The Third Elder of the Pei family said, "Old Nine has already been sent to capture her."
"Hmph! This is utter nonsense. As a genius of our Pei family, she actually stoops to being someone's servant. This is a disgrace to our Pei family! Once we capture her, we cannot grant her freedom. She must honestly complete her mission."
A Pei family powerhouse said.
"And that person who dared to bewitch her, I heard he's just a useless early-stage Profound Gang Realm cultivator of seventeen or eighteen years old. He dared to shame our Pei family, we must wash away the Pei family's disgrace with his blood!"
Another Pei family powerhouse said fiercely.
Just then.
Suddenly, a report came from outside the forbidden area.
"Something terrible has happened!"
A Pei family powerhouse, with a look of panic and shock, knelt respectfully outside the forbidden area.