But she immediately heard her senior brother Li Xingyun say, "This is nothing, just a few dozen taels of gold. I've seen much more before."

Then he said to Shen Ye, "Hehe, then I won't be polite."

“Indeed, there’s no need to be so polite.” Shen Ye nodded to him.

Li Xingyun put the bag into his backpack, patted it with satisfaction, then bowed to Shen Ye and Ji Ruxue and said, "I am Li Xingyun, and this is my junior sister, Lu Linxuan. May I ask how you two are addressed?"

"Shen Ye." Shen Ye pointed to himself, then to Ji Ruxue, "This is my woman, Ji Ruxue."

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(I'll try updating more chapters tomorrow...)

Chapter 388! Black and White Impermanence

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"So it's Brother Shen and Miss Ji. I've heard so much about you."

Although Li Xingyun had only recently left the martial arts world, he knew a thing or two about how to greet people in the martial arts world. He quickly cupped his hands again, as if to say, "I have heard of your great name."

Shen Ye's lips twitched, and he thought to himself, "What do you mean by 'long time'? Even your personal trainer, Yuan Tiangang, doesn't recognize me."

Lu Linxuan, standing to the side, was also speechless, covering his face in embarrassment. His senior brother was not only eccentric but also incredibly shameless. It was too embarrassing to be seen with him while adventuring in the martial world.

After exchanging greetings, Li Xingyun asked, "Speaking of which, why were Brother Shen and Miss Ji being hunted down by the Xuanming Sect?"

"To be precise, they are hunting down my Xue'er." Since he was facing the protagonist, Shen Ye said directly, "My Xue'er was escorting a spiritual herb to Fengxiang, and after they found out, they wanted to abduct her halfway."

"What kind of miraculous medicine could make them go to such lengths?" Li Xingyun asked curiously. He had been studying medical books since childhood and was most interested in medicine.

"Fire Spirit Mushroom," Shen Ye said without hiding anything.

Li Xingyun suddenly realized: "No wonder, it's a Fire Spirit Mushroom."

At this moment, Lu Linxuan asked curiously, "Senior brother, what are the uses of the Fire Spirit Mushroom?"

Seeing his junior sister's curious expression, Li Xingyun immediately showed off his knowledge: "According to medical books, the Fire Spirit Mushroom can not only cure all diseases, but also greatly improve one's cultivation. If someone below the Heavenly Realm takes it, they can even skip a whole realm."

"That's amazing." Lu Linxuan's eyes widened immediately, and then she kindly reminded Shen Ye and Ji Ruxue, "Then you two have to be careful. If they fail to steal it this time, they will definitely send people over again."

"Don't worry, with me here, they can't take it away." Shen Ye smiled confidently, then said to Ji Ruxue in his arms, "Isn't that right, Xue'er?"

But Ji Ruxue did not respond. Instead, she buried her head in his chest and muttered something softly.

Shen Ye was trying to listen carefully to what she was saying when he suddenly looked up into the depths of the woods.

Seeing this, Li Xingyun asked, "Brother Shen, what's wrong?"

“Someone’s coming.” Shen Ye lowered his head again; he knew who it was.

"Who?" Li Xingyun asked again.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a cold wind suddenly swept through the once calm forest, followed by a putrid and deathly aura.

Then, a large group of Xuanming Sect members came into their view. What Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan found somewhat familiar was that the coffin these Xuanming Sect members were carrying looked like one they had seen when they were children.

"Junior sister, that coffin..."

"They are the Black and White Impermanence."

As they spoke, Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan exchanged a glance, both seeing a burning anger in each other's eyes.

Ji Ruxue also sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere around her, and lifted her head from Shen Ye's embrace to look in that direction.

At this moment, the Xuanming Sect members were less than twenty meters away from them. As the people carrying the coffin slowly lowered it, the coffin stood up on its own.

boom!

With a loud bang, the coffin lid opened automatically and slammed heavily onto the ground. Then, two figures, one in black and one in white, walked out of the coffin.

“Brother Shen, they are the Black and White Impermanence of the Xuanming Sect, two mid-level experts. The man is called Chang Haoling, the Black Impermanence, and the woman is called Chang Xuanling, the White Impermanence.” Although Ji Ruxue was only twenty-nine years old, she knew quite a bit about the affairs and people of the martial arts world, and immediately told Shen Ye.

Shen Ye nodded, but his gaze fell on Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan. At this moment, the two senior and junior siblings had already taken their stances and were staring intently at the Black and White Impermanence.

"Did you kill these people?"

Hei Wuchang glanced at the corpse of the Xuanming Sect assassin lying on the ground not far away and asked with a forced smile.

Neither Shen Ye and Ji Ruxue, nor Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan responded, which made Chang Haoling's face instantly darken.

Bai Wuchang, who was standing to the side, looked up and saw Ji Ruxue sitting in Shen Ye's arms, as well as the box hanging on her waist. His eyes lit up and he said to Chang Haoling beside him, "Big brother, look, the Fire Spirit Mushroom is on that little girl."

Then she stepped forward, pointed at Ji Ruxue with her pinky finger and said, "Little girl, hand over the Fire Spirit Mushroom honestly, and I'll let you die a little more painlessly."

"If you're so capable, come and get it. Stop spouting a bunch of nonsense." Shen Ye glanced at her and said disdainfully.

"You're asking for it, kid."

Shen Ye's words successfully enraged Chang Xuanling. She looked at Shen Ye coldly and said, "I'm going to skin you alive and make you into lanterns."

After saying that, she took a step forward, as if she was about to make a move.

However, at this moment, Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan stepped in front of her, especially Li Xingyun, whose angry eyes were almost spitting fire.

Chang Xuanling, whose path was blocked, paused for a moment. Seeing the boundless hatred in the eyes of the two men, she giggled and said to Chang Haoling, "Oh, this young man's gaze is really frightening. It's making my heart tremble. Big brother, before we take the Fire Spirit Mushroom, you don't mind if I kill him first, do you?"

"Little sister, as long as you're happy, you can do whatever you want." Chang Haoling looked at Chang Xuanling with affection.

"Then, brother, I'll go first."

Chang Xuanling, unable to wait any longer, giggled and then leaped towards Li Xingyun.

"Boy, take your life."

Behind her, Chang Haoling reminded her, "Little sister, be careful."

"Understood, elder brother." Chang Xuanling didn't turn his head, then focused his mind and gathered his energy, and a cold wind carrying a putrid smell immediately filled the air around him.

"Senior brother, let me deal with her."

Seeing Chang Xuanling leap over, Lu Linxuan pushed Li Xingyun aside and drew his sword to stab Chang Xuanling.

Both were mid-level stars, and their initial encounter was evenly matched. However, Chang Xuanling was many years older than Lu Linxuan and had rich combat experience. Before ten moves had passed, Lu Linxuan was at a disadvantage. However, Lu Linxuan's moves were ruthless, and she was fighting desperately with almost every move, which made Chang Xuanling very strange.

"Little girl, why are you working so hard? Did you lose a relative to me?" Chang Xuanling said, moving around Lu Linxuan.

Damn it… Lu Linxuan became even angrier and began to disregard his moves, wildly slashing at Chang Xuanling with his sword.

Seeing this, Ji Ruxue, who was watching from a distance, shook her head: "She can't beat Bai Wuchang; her mind is in turmoil."

Then she asked, "Brother Shen, should we help them?"

Her personality is such that she always seeks revenge. Although she didn't ask Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan for help before, now that they've made a move, she doesn't mind returning the favor.

"Don't rush, Li Xingyun hasn't made a move yet. His strength is far greater than Miss Lu's. The mere Black and White Impermanence are no match for him." After Shen Ye finished speaking, he sighed inwardly. Lu Linxuan and Li Xingyun belonged to the same sect, but Old Li had Yuan Tiangang, a human cheat code, so their strengths were worlds apart. It's true that some people are born in Rome, while others are born to be beasts of burden!

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Chapter 389! A Brief Separation

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On Lu Linxuan's side, her swordplay became increasingly chaotic, making her no match for Chang Xuanling. Coupled with the constant verbal provocations from Chang Xuanling, which reminded her of the scene when her father died at Chang Xuanling's hands when she was a child, she was gradually being completely suppressed by Chang Xuanling.

Seeing that his junior sister was unable to withstand the attack, Li Xingyun could not stand it any longer and directly drew his sword to stab Chang Xuanling.

As a master of the Lesser Celestial Realm, Li Xingyun's sword strike was extremely fast. Chang Haoling, who had been watching his movements closely, saw it but couldn't keep up with it at all. She could only follow behind Li Xingyun and shout, "Xuan Ling, get out of the way!"

Even he couldn't keep up with Li Xingyun's speed, let alone Chang Xuanling, whose strength was comparable to his. She only had time to turn her body slightly and dodged the fatal sword, but was then struck in the chest by Li Xingyun's palm.

"Wow!"

Chang Xuanling coughed up blood and flew more than ten meters away.

However, she only suffered minor injuries. Because of the time constraints, Li Xingyun hadn't used much of his power in that palm strike. So she immediately sat up, pointed at Li Xingyun, and shouted, "Qinglian Sword Song, who is Uncle Yang to you?"

She realized that she had seen the moves and techniques Li Xingyun used eight years ago.

Li Xingyun did not respond, or rather, he had no time to respond, because Chang Haoling had already appeared behind him and struck him in the chest with a palm.

At this moment, it was too late for Li Xingyun to withdraw his palm. He turned to look at Chang Haoling, gathered all his strength, and prepared to withstand Chang Haoling's palm strike. But just as Chang Haoling's palm was about to press against his chest, suddenly, a long sword flew over and hit Chang Haoling's chest directly. Its force was so great that it sent Chang Haoling flying more than ten meters away and pinning him to a tree.

"This is..." Li Xingyun was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look in the direction from which the longsword had flown, and saw that Shen Ye was still in the posture of throwing the longsword.

“It’s only fair to reciprocate!” Shen Ye waved to him.

"Thank you!" Li Xingyun clasped his hands in thanks to Shen Ye, then helped his junior sister Lu Linxuan up.

At the same time, seeing that the situation was not good, Chang Xuanling flew to Chang Haoling's side, pulled the sword out of his chest, then took out a few smoke bombs and threw them on the ground. He then flew away with Chang Haoling, leaving behind only the dozen or so Xuanming Sect assassins they had brought.

"As expected of the Black and White Impermanence, they really run fast!"

Watching the Black and White Impermanence disappear into the woods in the blink of an eye, Shen Ye was too lazy to chase after them. With a wave of his hand, Ji Ruxue's Pure Heart Sword returned to his hand and was then inserted into the scabbard in Ji Ruxue's hand.

"These people are yours to deal with," he said to Li Xingyun and Lu Linxuan.

Li Xingyun nodded, gripped his sword, looked at the Xuanming Sect assassins who were starting to flee, shouted and chased after them. In a few breaths, he killed most of them, but a few clever ones still managed to escape.

He didn't chase after them; they were just some lackeys anyway, and killing them would only bring him anger and nothing else.

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