Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 315 - 249: Whirlwind (32)

Chapter 315: Chapter 249: Whirlwind (32)

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom resounded as the massive sword pierced directly through Bai Yiyi’s body, nailing her firmly to the entrance of the City Lord Mansion.

The ground thundered, a sword scar hundreds of meters long was cleanly sliced into the earth, making it seem as though the very ground had been cleaved in twain.

Zheng Tu had just revealed a trace of a smile upon witnessing this scene but then saw the beast begin to writhe violently, actually entwining itself directly onto the blade.

Xuanmingzi’s gaze flashed, and in his perception, despite the great power of that sword strike, the creature had managed to dodge it with its incredibly flexible body.

The body that appeared to be impaled was, in fact, tightly wrapped around the sword and had not truly been penetrated.

Upon seeing the beast attempting to climb up while entwined with the sword, Xuanmingzi was slightly taken aback: "Climbing onto my sword? What kind of shameless tactic is this?"

Although he found this tactic very strange, Xuanmingzi couldn’t really think of a good solution at the moment.

Thinking of himself swinging the sword around, if he couldn’t shake it off, it would be not only unsightly but also a waste of effort; if he managed to throw it off, it might cause massive damage to the City Lord Mansion.

It was during Xuanmingzi’s moment of contemplation that Bai Yiyi had already climbed further up the sword body.

Xuanmingzi reluctantly smiled and simply released the longsword, casually placing it to one side.

At the same time, just as the Divine Sword descended from the sky above the City Lord Mansion, it suddenly vanished, leaving the monstrous beast to crash heavily onto the ground, causing yet another collapse of buildings.

Meanwhile, in the sky above the storeroom.

The flying sword suddenly shook and split into more than eighty streams of sword light, bringing forth a series of thunderous noises, sweeping towards the storeroom from various angles.

"Impudence."

Xuanmingzi lowered his head and bellowed fiercely at the scene.

With his roar, it was as though a bolt of thunder exploded in the sky.

Under the thunderous reverberation, not only did the sword light falter and scatter, but the beast also let out a painful roar, freezing in place, trembling uncontrollably.

Just as Xuanmingzi temporarily restrained both the sword and the beast, he saw another surge of Sword Intent rising from another part of the City Lord Mansion.

More than twenty flying swords burst through the roof, emitting sword cries.

In the next instant, the twenty or so flying swords swelled with the wind, and in a blink of an eye, they transformed into several ledgers over a dozen meters long.

Or rather, these flying swords were originally these ledgers, temporarily refined into flying swords by someone.

Accompanied by the breeze, the pages of the books flipped quickly, revealing the densely packed characters recorded within.

Zheng Tu was slightly startled when he saw this, and he immediately roared out loud, "Those are the account books for land sales and loans, Xuanmingzi! Retrieve those ledgers at once!"

Xuanmingzi was also slightly surprised when he heard this. He knew how crucial those ledgers involving dealings of earth veins were, as they related to the future operation and wealth of the entire Cangjiang City.

"Who exactly are these thieves? Not only are they thoroughly acquainted with the location of the storeroom and accounting room within the City Lord Mansion, but they also managed to find the ledgers easily?"

In this moment, Xuanmingzi began to suspect that there could be an inside accomplice within the City Lord Mansion.

At the same time, each of those ledgers erupted with a heaven-shattering Sword Intent, slashing towards the direction of the tower.

Xuanmingzi instantly formed hand seals, ready to strike down fiercely upon the scene.

But he heard Zheng Tu shout, "Be careful! The ledgers must not be damaged!"

Xuanmingzi sighed inwardly and immediately withdrew most of his strength.

Despite being hesitant to tackle the flying swords transformed from the ledgers, Xuanmingzi, after all, was a powerhouse with the third rank of inheritance from Ming Mountain Sect, and after expending a bit of effort, he easily deflected all the assaults of the flying swords, the beast, and the ledgers, standing like an enormous mountain range in front of Zheng Tu.

No matter how the flying swords, beast, or ledgers attacked, or how they seemingly anticipated his moves to dodge in advance, they couldn’t prevent the situation from gradually coming to an end under Xuanmingzi’s control.

Finally, Xuanmingzi captured the flying swords transformed from the ledgers.

As he was seizing the ledgers, with the pages fluttering about, Xuanmingzi occasionally caught glimpses of the content on the ledgers.

When he saw those tremendous numbers, Xuanmingzi seemed to recall the past fluctuations in land prices he had experienced, his eyes revealing a hint of sadness.

He knew that behind each of these numbers lay thousands upon thousands of families torn asunder.

The Xuanyin Taoist, who had returned from the mortal world, also caught sight of the numbers on the ledgers and thought to himself, "Has the land price started to fall? The surface transaction price was inflated, but in reality, it has fallen..."

His expression was inscrutable, but his brow seemed to darken further.

After Xuanmingzi shattered the Sword Intent and sword light on the ledgers and made sure they were safe, Zheng Tu hurriedly took the ledgers and flipped through them.

After checking several ledgers and finding no issues, Zheng Tu finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

All of a sudden, he looked at a spot of ink on one of the ledgers and frowned slightly, "I said that there must not be a single ink stain on the ledgers, yet someone still managed to dirty them."

But in the next instant, that small smudge suddenly expanded, turning into a large amount of explosives from the present world.

A glaring flash of light instantly engulfed the entire tower.

A few seconds later, the entire tower collapsed instantaneously.

With a thunderous roar, Xuanmingzi swept through the encompassing rubble but was unable to find any trace of Zheng Tu.

Seeing Zheng Tu vanish like that, a hint of raging fury flashed through Xuanmingzi’s eyes.

He quickly tried to suppress both the sword and the beast, eager to ascertain the whereabouts of the thieves.

Yet he saw both the sword and the beast undergoing simultaneous transformation, shrinking back into the hands of a man.

At the same time, the man had already retreated backwards, and an immortal gate was opening not far behind him.

Xuanmingzi’s eyes were livid with rage as he bellowed, "Audacious thief!"

He opened his mouth to spit out an object, and a bronze artifact flew out, forcefully slapping towards the scene.

Simultaneously, a colossal bronze pillar started to emerge in the sky, like a heavenly pillar supporting the earth and heaven, pressing down directly towards Lin Xing.

The pressure of that instant felt like the sky was falling and the earth was caving in; before the bronze pillar could truly descend, the City Lord Mansion had already begun to collapse in large sections.

Beneath Lin Xing’s feet, the ground suddenly rose, and a longsword, dozens of meters in length, was already meeting the bronze pillar.

At the same time, hundreds of rays of Sword Intent emerged behind him, pouring into the longsword to confront the bronze pillar.

At the moment of contact, the longsword shattered with a thunderous crash, and the hundreds of rays of Sword Intent splintered apart.

Little Lin Xing shouted, "Let me up! You can’t withstand it!"

The next moment, under Xuanmingzi’s incredulous gaze, the hundreds of rays of Sword Intent that were on the brink of collapse recombined, forming a beam of light, magnificent and dazzling, striking the bronze pillar like a meteor.

Blinding light instantly lit up the entire battlefield.

A earth-shattering boom resonated over the skies of Cangjiang City.

When everyone looked again, they could see that nearly half of the City Lord Mansion had been reduced to ruins by Xuanmingzi, while the flying sword, the monster, and the masked man who had appeared last were all gone without a trace.

Xuanmingzi still recollected his adversary’s final strike in his mind.

Although he had utterly obliterated all of his opponent’s Sword Intent, confident that he had dealt a heavy blow,

The opponent had ultimately escaped into the immortal gate.

"That was surely not a swordsmanship that could be executed by a second-tier practitioner."

"And that immortal gate opened just at the right time, clearly premeditated."

"Damn it, who exactly has targeted the Zheng Family, to deploy such an expert..."

While the entire Ming Mountain Sect was thrown into chaos with the disappearance of Zheng Tu.

Present day, Xia Country.

Lin Xing said to the Little Lin Xing beside him, "For that last move, thank you."

Little Lin Xing smiled slightly and responded, "You are me, and I am you, we are indistinguishable; there is no need to thank one another."

Then Lin Xing looked at Zheng Tu, who had already fallen unconscious before him.

Just now, beneath the explosion of the tower, Lin Xing had used several attempts at reversing time to make his opponent fall exactly into the immortal gate he opened.

Lin Xing thought to himself, "With this capture of Zheng Tu’s fate, my practice of the Heavenly Secrets is unhindered, and completing the Six Secret Immortal Refining will encounter no more obstacles."

For Lin Xing at this moment, the third inheritance seemed to be only a step away.

...

Outside a hotel in New Ke City.

Jing Shiyu looked out the window at the protesting crowd in the street below, all of them demanding that Lin Xing share his cultivation techniques.

Seeing their righteous fury and loud chanting, Jing Shiyu furrowed her brows, "Are they all paid? So many?"

In her understanding, such large-scale protests were rare in present times.

She turned on the TV, and the news reported another violent incident. It was two groups of college students who had argued over Lin Xing and ended up engaging in a serious brawl.

Jing Shiyu thought to herself, "Are people in New Ke City of White Eagle Country always this quick-tempered?"

Jing Shiyu shook her head and then sent a message to Lin Xing and Bai Yiyi.

"These two still haven’t returned; no idea where they’ve gone."

Although Lin Xing didn’t reply to her message, Bai Yiyi eventually did.

Bai Yiyi: Lin Xing is preparing to complete the Six Secret Immortal Refining, so he will probably be in seclusion from today until tomorrow.

Jing Shiyu was momentarily taken aback, "Complete the Six Secret Immortal Refining? Would that not mean advancing to the third inheritance? I wonder if it will be before or after the finals..."

The thought of the repercussions of the news of Lin Xing’s breakthrough to the third inheritance made Jing Shiyu couldn’t help but give a wry smile.

Looking at the protesting crowd outside the window, she thought to herself, "Now it’s truly like frying in hot oil."

...

In a manor on the outskirts of New Ke City.

Sword Maiden looked at the garden in front of her with complete boredom.

If it weren’t for Taiching’s summons, Sword Maiden would never have come here.

"Sword Maiden, you’ve arrived."

Sword Maiden turned around upon hearing the voice and saw the Second Elder of Zhou Tian Sect, who had been transformed by the Yuhua Reincarnation Scripture and had acquired a part of Taiching’s memories.

Sword Maiden faced him and said, "What is it that you want? Tomorrow is my final match with Lin Xing, and I need time to prepare."

The Second Elder of Zhou Tian Sect looked at her and said indifferently, "For tomorrow’s final match, you should lose."