Six thousand funeral flowers
"Oh dear, silly. No matter how vast this world is, it's still a world of people in the end. Who's in charge of all the people in this world?"
Zhang Qi said to Zhang Ba.
Mi Yun looked up at Su Yuanshan, the so-called leader of the martial arts alliance. He pretended not to know Ling Yuanwei, but in fact, he found her in just one night after Gu Jiuyu's accident. In other words, he had been paying attention to all the news in the capital from beginning to end. The martial arts world and the imperial court have never been completely separate.
Baiyue wants to regain its strength, so it needs to develop a more powerful poison, collect the legendary sacred artifacts, and find the long-lost cult leader. But then, can a demonic cult that is no longer tolerated by the world really return to its former glory?
Mi Yun didn't know, but now she needed to find her only goal, and perhaps the broken jade would give Bai Yue the answer.
"Today, all of you heroes have gathered here, and I, Su, am also filled with excitement at this sight. The Jade Fairy of the capital has specially prepared a Hundred Feathers Flying Dance, and invites you all to enjoy it together."
Today's other protagonist has finally made his appearance. Yu Yangxian stood in the center of the prepared arena, kneeling on one knee, her face covered by a half-sleeve, dressed in a feathered robe, looking as if she were about to ascend to heaven.
As the music began, footsteps moved, but to the surprise of the martial arts world, Yu Yangxian's first step was extraordinary, clearly demonstrating the lightness that only someone with internal strength could achieve.
"This Jade Fairy actually knows martial arts. No wonder Alliance Leader Su always invites her to stay for a while. I originally thought... but I didn't expect it might really just be for martial arts."
Yu Yangxian couldn't hear the conversation around her. She raised her water sleeves, wrapped them around the ribbons hanging above, and then spun around, her feet stepping into the air as if she were performing a light-footed martial arts move.
Then, the moment she grabbed the ribbon, her body plummeted, and she fell backward like a bluebird skimming the water. But at the lowest point, she spread her arms and gracefully curved through the air, returning to the sky, drawing cheers from the audience.
"This move is like the Chen family's Bird and Beast Flight, but it has been made into such a beautiful form. It's truly an eye-opener."
What was even more eye-opening was yet to come. Soon, Yu Yangxian grabbed one ribbon, stepped onto another, and then quickly moved upwards along the direction of the ribbon, each step effortlessly graceful. Even in the air, her movements were as elegant and composed as if she were on flat ground, as if it were not a display of lightness skill, but simply a deity taking a casual stroll in the mortal realm.
"That's Takeobuchi, that's really impressive."
Soon, the martial arts practitioners present suddenly realized why the dance was called "Hundred Feathers Flying to Heaven," because the sheer number and ingenuity of the lightness skills that Yu Yangxian incorporated into the dance were truly breathtaking.
The sects to which these light-body skills belonged weren't angry when they saw their own moves. Yu Yangxian dared to perform here because she had already reached an agreement with everyone. On the surface, these light-body skills were their own unique secret techniques, but in reality, the simple ones were easy for others to learn. As for the truly difficult ones, Yu Yangxian couldn't learn them to the highest level. Therefore, the greatest benefit of this dance for them was to make these martial arts famous throughout the world. In the capital, the famous Yu Xianzi would perform a dance using their light-body skills. Compared to arena battles that value killing moves more, this would be much less costly.
As the music slowed, Yu Yangxian landed, bent her knees to partially cover her face, and returned to her initial pose. Just as everyone paused for a moment, about to cheer for her, suddenly, Yu Yangxian moved again! This time, she used a light-footed skill that was as smooth as water and the moon, leaving no trace. Those who couldn't recognize her could only gasp in surprise, while those who did were simply astonished.
Mi Yun frowned deeply, because this time, Yu Yangxian's movements weren't just creating ripples on the water; she had actually cultivated the Moon Shadow technique in such a short time. However, more than her cultivation speed, she was concerned about—
Who taught her the Water Ripple Moon Shadow technique? And how dare she, how dare she, use the lightness skill that only the Demonic Sect possesses in front of so many martial arts practitioners?
Before she could think any further, a blade suddenly flew out of nowhere and attacked her vital point. Its speed was beyond Mi Yun's comprehension, and she instinctively activated the Water Ripple Moon Shadow to dodge it!
Just as everyone was observing Yu Yangxian's internal energy, a stronger and more direct fluctuation suddenly appeared, immediately drawing everyone's attention to Mi Yun. By the time she realized what was happening, it was too late.
"Bai Yue's internal energy technique is a move from the Demonic Sect! She's a member of the Demonic Sect!"
Mi Yun grabbed the second-floor railing, glanced at the people around her, and made a decision in just one glance.
Run!
But when she tried to escape, things were not as simple as before. Suddenly, everyone seemed to have found a target, and all kinds of weapons and moves rushed in, blocking Mi Yun's way so that she didn't even have a chance to find an exit.
"So this is the legendary righteous sect of the martial arts world."
Mi Yun was surrounded by the crowd. Although she was wearing a mask, the disdain on the human skin mask was still clearly conveyed to everyone's eyes, which was in line with everyone's stereotype of the Demonic Sect, and was extremely provocative.
"You're so terrified by just one move of lightness skill. If Baiyue returns to the Central Plains in the future, I wonder how scared you will be at night."
"Witch! The strange events in the capital these past few days have indeed been orchestrated by you, Baiyue! And you even dare to dream of returning to the Central Plains? I think you bunch of stray dogs are just dreaming!"
As she spoke, a sharp sword came flying towards her, but before Mi Yun could make a move, a long saber cleaved the sword in two. A man and a woman stood in front of her; they were actually the two gossipy disciples from the small sect.
"Hey, you guys are being really unreasonable. She didn't do anything; she was just watching a performance here. You said I heard about that Demonic Sect when I was a kid, but didn't they disappear a long time ago? They've been gone for so long, which means they haven't done anything bad in the Central Plains for a long time, right? So why are you blaming them for all the bad things that have happened recently? What if one of you did it?"
Zhang Qi's silver tongue infuriated those around him.
"you!"
Zhang Ba also said, "If you can tell who someone is just by looking at their moves, then what about that Jade Fairy just now? Didn't she also use Water Ripple Moon Shadow? Why didn't you attack her, but suddenly attacked a girl who didn't do anything?"
Zhang Qi looked in one direction: "I saw it just now. It was that person who attacked first. Miss Lin was just dodging and didn't actually make a move. Why don't you ask that brother why you suddenly attacked a strange girl? Did you know she was from the Demonic Sect, or didn't you? If you didn't know, why did you suddenly try to kill someone from the martial arts world? If you did know... you couldn't have just discovered it, could you? Why didn't you report it if you knew beforehand? What if the Demonic Sect really has some kind of conspiracy? Don't you want everyone to act on your behalf?"
Mi Yun never expected that these two would become so strangely reliable at this time, nor did she expect that they would be so bold as to stand in front of her.
"Don't worry, Miss Lin."
Zhang Qi turned back and winked at her, then whispered, "We're professionals. We said we'd help you, and we'll help you to the end."
Mi Yun narrowed her eyes and transmitted her voice in return: "You are not from any small sect at all."
Zhang Qi raised an eyebrow. At this moment, all the martial arts practitioners realized what was happening and loudly questioned, "And who are you people?!"
"I already told you, the Miao Miao Knife Sect. If you haven't heard of it, you're just ignorant."
"Don't listen to her nonsense, Alliance Leader!"
Everyone looked at Su Yuanshan, who had been silent since the beginning. They saw him fly down from the high platform, but he stopped in front of the person Zhang Qi had accused of attacking Mi Yun.
"You were the one who did it. Why did you do it? Do you even know who she is?"
The man slowly raised his head, as if he had finally avenged a great grudge, and chuckled at Su Yuanshan, "She is... a member of the Moon Worship Cult, she deserves to die..."
After he finished speaking, his body was suddenly struck by something, and the next moment, his entire body melted into a pool of corpse water.
The moment Su Yuanshan turned around, Mi Yun was already almost at the door.
She didn't administer the injection, she really didn't, but the moment she saw the situation, she ran away without hesitation.
There was nothing she could do. Given Baiyue's reputation in the Central Plains, even though it wasn't her doing, she suspected that it might have been one of their people. In this situation, she had no choice but to run.
Although he ran fast enough, he still took several hits from the people blocking the door. Seeing that Zhang Qi and Zhang Ba were also surrounded, Mi Yun knew he couldn't delay any longer. So he leaped into the sky in a few steps. As he turned around, poison powder mixed with Gu worms spread densely in the air, forming a large black cloud with great momentum, like a locust swarm passing by.
"It's poison! Take cover!"
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Qi and Zhang Ba were already outside the building.
"This is to repay you for blocking your way earlier. As for the rest of the journey, good luck to you."
Mi Yun left behind these words and vanished into thin air without even letting them see his shadow.
"So she really is a master. Her lightness skill is indeed much better than that of the sects we just saw. No wonder..."
Zhang Qi turned to look at Zhang Ba.
Hearing the commotion behind him, Zhang Ba interrupted, "Let's go quickly, this place is not safe to stay."
Mi Yun sped away from the eye of the storm, racing towards the city outskirts, and finally made it out of the city before the gates closed.
After leaving the city, she walked another ten miles before stopping in an inconspicuous grove of trees, leaning against a tree while spitting out stagnant blood.
It was just a minor internal injury. Once she used the Gu worms to expel all the stagnant blood and took the medicine, she would recover seven or eight tenths of her strength in less than a night.
Mi Yun set up a protective circle around herself, surrounded by Gu worms, and meditated to recover her internal energy.
She will not forget the humiliation she suffered today, and she will repay those who attacked her today tenfold.
When she's ready, ready...
When Mi Jun opened her eyes again, she found that it was still dark, and a light mist filled the forest, making it somewhat cold.
She withdrew her Gu worms and prepared to fight her way back into the city.
She walked and walked, and after estimating that she had covered about five miles, she still hadn't left the forest.
Mi Yun finally realized that something was wrong.
It seems that before she could even go there, someone else had already come looking for her.
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