Blood Sword Hall, Blood-robed Young Master

"This isn't an ordinary map; it's a treasure map!" Xiao Ming exclaimed, both surprised and delighted, as realization dawned on him.

He had always wondered why his first recent fortuitous encounter was finding a storage bag, which gave him a large amount of spirit stones and various medicinal resources. But what kind of fortuitous encounter was finding some cultivation resources?

At most, it was just good luck, like stepping in dog poop.

Now, Xiao Ming understood.

His fortuitous encounter wasn't the spirit stones and elixirs in the storage bag, but the treasure map in his hand!

Upon closer inspection, the marked location was hundreds of miles away from the Qingtian Sword Sect, named Lingyun Cave.

Next to Lingyun Cave, a line of small text was written:

"On the night of the full moon, Lingyun Cave opens!"

"So, when the full moon arrives on the fifteenth, Lingyun Cave will open..." Xiao Ming mused, "There are still about ten days until the full moon on the fifteenth. I can prepare in advance."

"When the time is right, I'll go and check it out!"

After some thought, Xiao Ming took out all the identification tokens from the storage bag and dumped them into his spatial ring.

Then he threw the storage bag in as well.

He didn't know who had lost this storage bag, so it was best to keep it hidden to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Similarly, after killing Shen Bingqing earlier, he had emptied her spatial ring, and that ring was now thrown into the deepest part of his own ring.

Xiao Ming always acted meticulously!

After doing all this, Xiao Ming shot up into the air and quickly met up with Lin Feng and Wang Hao.

The three continued along the path they had come from, swiftly heading towards the exit.

About fifteen minutes later.

The three of them suddenly stopped and coldly stared at the ground.

On the ground stood three individuals with powerful auras. One of them was older, probably in his twenties or thirties. He had a handsome face, wore a blood-colored robe, and exuded the strongest aura!

"Their clothes are embroidered with a small sword dripping with blood; they should be from the Blood Sword Hall," Wang Hao whispered.

Blood Sword Hall?

Hearing that name, Xiao Ming's eyebrows involuntarily twitched.

Before participating in the Eight Sects Tournament, Sect Master Li Changfeng had specifically mentioned that among the eight branch sects, the disciples of the Blood Sword Hall were the strongest!

In the previous Eight Sects Tournaments, generations of Blood Sword Hall disciples easily won, overpowering the other seven sects!

Given the Blood Sword Hall's formidable foundation, it was likely that this generation of Blood Sword Hall disciples would be no less formidable.

Furthermore.

The Blood Sword Hall was also known for its cruel methods. It was said that during the various tournaments, they often annihilated other sect teams.

This had almost become a traditional skill of the Blood Sword Hall!

However, since there was no clear evidence, even though everyone knew the Blood Sword Hall's methods were dirty, they could do nothing about it.

"The Blood Sword Hall blocking our path means they have ill intentions. Everyone, prepare for battle!" Xiao Ming growled.

At this moment.

The young man in the blood-colored robe spoke. He looked up, scanned Xiao Ming and the others, and sneered, "So it's the useless disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect."

"Now you have two choices. First, hand over all your identification tokens and then stick out your necks to die."

"Second, my Blood Sword Hall will kill you and then snatch your tokens!"

As soon as these words were uttered, Lin Feng and Wang Hao were instantly enraged!

What kind of choices were these?

No matter which they chose, they couldn't escape death!

Besides, who would live and who would die was still uncertain!

"Ew, it smells so bad! Which ill-mannered fellow is letting out spicy five-spice farts here?" Xiao Ming said, pinching his nose deliberately with a look of disgust.

Hearing this, the young man was immediately furious. "You damn brat, how dare you insult me?!"

"Oh? Was it you who was letting out farts? My, my, my, why are your farts coming out of your mouth?" Xiao Ming said with a surprised look, "Could it be that you have hemorrhoids in your mouth!?"

"You're the one with hemorrhoids in your mouth, your whole family has hemorrhoids!" The young man was beyond furious, his chest heaving up and down, murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, one of his subordinates next to him sneered, "Are all people from the Spirit Sword Sect so ignorant? They don't even know common sense. Hemorrhoids can only grow in the butt crack; how could they grow in the mouth..."

As the man spoke, his voice grew weaker and weaker, because he suddenly realized that Xiao Ming was deliberately speaking sarcastically, humiliating his own senior brother!

Hemorrhoids growing in Young Master Xueyi's mouth—didn't that mean... The subordinate looked at Young Master Xueyi in horror, only to see Young Master Xueyi staring at him with a sidelong glance, as if he was about to go on a killing spree the next second.

"Senior Brother, I, I didn't mean that..."

Young Master Xueyi ignored him, his face grim, and his voice cold. "You two, go! Kill all those Spirit Sword Sect fellows for me, tear them to pieces!"

"Yes!"

The two subordinates impatiently shot into the sky, each wielding a sharp sword, their faces ferocious as they charged towards Xiao Ming and the others.

The Cultivation Level of these two was not low; both were at the Danhu Realm Great Perfection, but unfortunately, they were just ordinary Great Perfection cultivators.

Without Xiao Ming's command, Lin Feng and Wang Hao each grabbed their sabers and swords, and like fierce tigers descending a mountain, they shot out, each choosing an opponent and furiously slashing.

Xiao Ming, meanwhile, stood in the void, coldly staring at the young man on the ground.

The 'Inspect' function was activated, and immediately, the information of the young man in the blood-colored robe appeared before his eyes:

Name: Li Yunhuo (Young Master Xueyi)

Cultivation Level: Divine Sea Realm early stage

Destiny: Boundless Luck (Purple)

Main Cultivation Technique: Blood Sea Sutra (Heaven-tier)

Physique: Evil Blood Demonic Body (Saint-tier mid-grade)

Martial Arts: Blood Rain Across the Sky, Blood Sea Surging Slash, Evil Blood Eye, Blood God's Wrath

Movement Technique: Blood Shadow Phantom Step (Earth-tier)

Sword: Blood Crying Sword (Heaven-tier low-grade)

Life Script: Li Yunhuo, who showed astonishing talent from a young age, saw his strength advance by leaps and bounds after joining the Blood Sword Hall. If nothing unexpected happened, he would eventually cultivate to the Tribulation Transcending Stage and reign supreme in one region.

Recent Fortuitous Encounter 1: Affected by some unknown force, his storage bag was lost, and the fortuitous encounter has dissipated.

Recent Fortuitous Encounter 2: After the tournament, he successfully joined the Qingtian Sword Sect and became an Inner Sect Disciple.

Recent Fortuitous Encounter 3: One month later, he will have a heavenly sensation and advance to the Divine Sea Realm mid-stage... After reading this person's information, Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes.

So this guy was the Young Master Xueyi that Li Changfeng had mentioned.

It had to be said, Young Master Xueyi was quite formidable, much more powerful than Shen Bingqing.

His Cultivation Level was Divine Sea Realm early stage, his luck was the rare purple, and he had even cultivated the Evil Blood Demonic Body, which was a level higher than the Ice Marrow Sacred Body.

Furthermore, Young Master Xueyi's cultivation technique, martial arts, weapon, movement technique, and so on, were not much different compared to Xiao Ming's.

This was the strongest opponent Xiao Ming had encountered since he started cultivating!

However.

Even so, Xiao Ming was not afraid!

Although Young Master Xueyi was very powerful, Xiao Ming was no pushover. In a clash between two strong opponents, Xiao Ming had a good chance of defeating this guy!

At this moment, Young Master Xueyi was stunned.

Because he was angrily discovering that his two subordinates were actually no match for Lin Feng and Wang Hao!

Although Lin Feng and Wang Hao were only at the Danhu Realm mid-stage, the strength they unleashed was even greater than that of ordinary Danhu Realm Great Perfection cultivators.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two dull thuds sounded.

Young Master Xueyi's two subordinates were killed by Lin Feng and Wang Hao respectively, their shattered bodies crashing heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

After defeating their opponents, Lin Feng and Wang Hao stood with their sabers and swords, coldly staring at Young Master Xueyi.

Young Master Xueyi was utterly furious.

Xiao Ming, however, smiled.

"Is this all your Blood Sword Hall amounts to, and you still want to threaten us?" Xiao Ming sneered, twirling the tiangang sword in his hand, and said indifferently,

"Speak, Young Master Xueyi, how do you want to die?!"