The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 971 - 969: The Person Behind Diao Yiran!

Chapter 971: Chapter 969: The Person Behind Diao Yiran!

Diao Yiran swung her palms a couple of times, a sneer of disdain appearing on her face.

"Then come and try, let’s see who ends up slapping whom!" Lin Bai said with a cold laugh.

Jiang Long, hearing Lin Bai’s words, instantly had a bad premonition dawn on his face.

Originally, Jiang Long had wanted Lin Bai to apologize.

But before Jiang Long could speak, a sudden fragrance accompanied by a sharp screech spread around, and upon a closer look, Diao Yiran had already charged towards Lin Bai.

"Don’t appreciate a kind gesture, eh? You’ll only be happy after I give you a couple of slaps."

Diao Yiran huffed coldly, took a step forward, letting the breeze of her movement pass as she swung her palm straight for Lin Bai’s face.

"Lin Bai, be careful."

Tang Bufan quickly warned.

"Hmph." Two flames ignited in Lin Bai’s eyes, and in an instant, he turned into a waning shadow and vanished from everyone’s sight.

Jiang Long and the other Warriors were all dumbstruck.

Lin Bai disappeared?

Tang Bufan was also stunned.

However, at that moment.

The crisp sound of a slap echoed.

Jiang Long and Tang Bufan both fixed their gaze to see that Diao Yiran, who had charged at Lin Bai, was suddenly sent flying backwards, crashing ten meters away, rolling over and over.

When she showed her face, everyone saw a bright red handprint on Diao Yiran’s flawless cheek, and because of the excessive force of the slap, blood was seeping from the corner of her mouth.

"How dare you hit me!"

Diao Yiran climbed up from the ground, looking at Lin Bai in shock.

"This slap, I am returning it to you on Tang Bufan’s behalf," Lin Bai said coldly. "If you continue to make a nuisance of yourself, it won’t be something a slap can settle."

Lin Bai’s gaze was sharp and icy as he stared at Diao Yiran.

"You! Fine, just you wait, I’ll make sure you understand what the consequences are!" Diao Yiran huffed coldly. "Jiang Long, you’re really something, watching him hit me and doing nothing to stop him. You can’t escape blame for this either!"

"Everyone present today must die!"

Diao Yiran roared furiously.

"I!" Jiang Long looked at Diao Yiran with annoyance and initially wanted to explain, but his gaze turned hostile, and ultimately he held back and stayed silent.

Jiang Long thought to himself, it’s not that I didn’t try to stop it; I just didn’t have the ability to do so.

Jiang Long had realized that Lin Bai’s speed had already exceeded everyone else’s.

After that one step, he completely surpassed the speed of the Human Elixir Realm Eighth Layer; even if Jiang Long wanted to stop him, he couldn’t!

"Since you still want to stay at Nine Turtles Mountain, then go ahead and rush to your deaths, we’re leaving!" Diao Yiran snorted coldly, immediately turned around, mounted her fine horse, and galloped away.

Those followers who had been with Diao Yiran also mounted their horses and followed suit.

"Hmph, kid, your name is Lin Bai, right?"

"Good, you better find yourself a nice burial plot during this time."

"Kid, do you think we’re despicable for fawning over Diao Yiran? It’s because you don’t know who’s behind her!"

"Just wait, your days are numbered."

Before leaving, each of Diao Yiran’s followers gave Lin Bai a cold smile and then followed Diao Yiran away.

Lin Bai and Tang Bufan watched them leave without the slightest intention of stopping them.

"Sigh, Junior Brother Lin Bai, you’ve got yourself into big trouble." After Diao Yiran and the others had left, Jiang Long finally began to speak, sighing as he addressed Lin Bai and Tang Bufan.

"You might not know, but the person behind Diao Yiran has Heaven-reaching influence in the Primordial World," Jiang Long said.

"Oh? Is that so? Who has such great power to be Heaven-reaching in the Primordial World? Could it be that he is one of the three Supreme powerhouses from the Miracle Ridge?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

"How did you know?" Jiang Long exclaimed in surprise when he heard this.

"What?"

Lin Bai said offhandedly, could it have actually hit the nail on the head?

Gloomy Face Jiang Long said, "This Diao Yiran is one of the top ten beauties on the Miracle Ridge, favored by Senior Zhao Longtu, and taken in as a disciple."

"Senior Zhao Longtu has never taken in a disciple in his life, and Diao Yiran is the only one."

"It is said that the relationship between Zhao Longtu and Diao Yiran is not just a simple master-disciple one."

"You’ve seen it yourself, this Diao Yiran is coquettish to the bone, naturally flirtatious, and this woman will stop at nothing to achieve her goals!"

"When she first joined the Miracle Ridge, she was just a little-known Mysterious-level Third Grade disciple. However, somehow, she suddenly ingratiated herself with Senior Zhao Longtu and, with his support, leapt to become one of the beauties on the Miracle Ridge Beauty Ranking."

"Even if you and I were fools, we could guess what’s going on there."

Jiang Long said indifferently.

"Who would’ve thought that Diao Yiran and Zhao Longtu were actually an item? This old fart really knows how to pick his women. Diao Yiran is indeed not half bad," Tang Bufan said with a playful smile.

"As far as I know, Zhao Longtu is a eunuch." Lin Bai replied with a faint smile.

"What? A eunuch? Lin Bai, how did you know that? Do you know Zhao Longtu too?" Tang Bufan asked in shock.

Jiang Long also looked at Lin Bai with great astonishment.

A eunuch?

Zhao Longtu was a eunuch, and Jiang Long, a Warrior who had practiced for years on the Miracle Ridge, didn’t know this news; how did Lin Bai know?

Lin Bai just mysteriously smiled and did not answer.

Why was Zhao Longtu a eunuch?

This was told to Lin Bai by his Third Uncle.

Originally, Zhao Longtu was promiscuous, once forcibly taking a good family’s woman on the Miracle Ridge. Later, Lin Bai’s father couldn’t stand it anymore. He confronted Zhao Longtu and directly emasculated him with a sword stroke.

Lin Bai laughed helplessly, "I was wondering who was backing Diao Yiran. Turns out it’s Zhao Longtu, haha, then I’m not afraid. After all, this person already loathes me to the bone."

Not to mention that Lin Duo had castrated Zhao Longtu, but Lin Bai had killed Zhao Longtu’s goddaughter, Lin Zi’er, at Canghai Yuntai Palace; Zhao Longtu would not let him off for this!

Since he had already provoked him, Lin Bai was now like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water!

"Team Leader Jiang Long, what do we do now?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

Now that Diao Yiran had left, taking the other members of the Broken Blade Team with her, the only ones left in the Nine Turtles Mountain were Lin Bai, Jiang Long, and Tang Bufan.

"Sigh, the Broken Blade Team no longer exists. With our strength as just the three of us, we can’t continue to venture here. I plan to return to War Soul City."

"Will you come back with me?" Jiang Long asked curiously.

Tang Bufan replied, "Since Team Leader Jiang Long is going back, we won’t stay any longer either. Let’s go back together then."

"Going back?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai paused a moment and then said indifferently, "That’s fine. You two go ahead. I will stay and continue to struggle here."

"Lin Bai, it’s so dangerous for you to venture alone in the Primordial World," Tang Bufan said with concern.

Lin Bai shook his head and replied, "It’s okay, I’ll just stroll around and kill a few Demon Beasts before coming back."

"Then I’ll stay with you," Tang Bufan offered.

"You should go back and concentrate on improving your Cultivation. You staying would only cause me trouble," Lin Bai said with a light smile. "Team Leader Jiang Long, please take care of escorting Bufan back to War Soul City."

"Sure," Jiang Long nodded.

After giving a few words of caution, Jiang Long left with Tang Bufan to return to War Soul City.

Lin Bai watched them leave and stretched lazily, the smile on his face turning serious: "Alright then, now begins the real training!"

Lin Bai turned and looked back, his gaze sharp as a blade, looking towards Nine Turtles Mountain.

Without another word, Lin Bai, carrying the Qingge Sword, walked into Nine Turtles Mountain and immediately, the mountain echoed with the wretched screams of Demon Beasts!