"Wow, he's got some skills!" Liu Xiaoyuan hadn't expected this man to be so capable; his Flying Cloud Sword was being forced to retreat step by step.
It seems I have no choice but to go all out.
"Flying Cloud Sword, it's up to you!" Liu Xiaoyuan thought to himself, as he exerted all his strength to activate the Flying Cloud Sword.
The Flying Cloud Sword is a superior magic weapon, a level higher than the opponent's flying sword. Although their cultivation levels are similar, Liu Xiaoyuan has the advantage in terms of magic weapons.
Therefore, when Liu Xiaoyuan fully activated the Flying Cloud Sword, he immediately stabilized the situation and then turned the tide, forcing the man's flying sword back.
"What's going on?" The man was dumbfounded. The Flying Cloud Sword, which had been retreating steadily just moments before, had now turned the tables and won, leaving the man speechless.
"Go!" Upon seeing this, the man once again exerted all his strength to urge his flying sword forward.
Although his flying sword shone brightly, it still couldn't reverse the defeat.
With a loud "bang," the man's flying sword, which was trying its best to block the Flying Cloud Sword, broke into several pieces.
The man was dumbfounded when he saw what was happening before him. His flying sword had been destroyed just like that. How could this be?
The man was a man who knew how to make choices, unlike some cultivators who, upon seeing their flying sword break, would stand there dumbfounded and at a loss.
The man, however, was different. After seeing his flying sword destroyed, he looked completely bewildered, but he didn't slow down and fled directly into the deep mountains.
"Where do you think you're going!" Liu Xiaoyuan certainly wouldn't let this guy leave. Firstly, he hadn't told Tan Lingshan his whereabouts; secondly, he hadn't told her about the wondrous use of the Tan family's small cauldron; and thirdly, he knew the Tan family's small cauldron was on his person. If he let him escape and spread the news, he would be in big trouble.
Therefore, Liu Xiaoyuan would absolutely not let the man escape. Even if he couldn't capture him alive in the end, he would send him to meet the King of Hell.
Liu Xiaoyuan immediately used his power to propel the Flying Cloud Sword toward the man.
The Flying Cloud Sword flew like a shooting star, instantly appearing behind the man. The man was startled and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Damn it! What the hell!" the man cursed inwardly, speeding up as much as he could. If he got hurt by the Flying Cloud Sword, he really wouldn't be able to escape.
However, no matter how fast the man was, he couldn't go any faster. The Flying Cloud Sword chopped off the man's right leg with a single strike.
"Ah!" Blood gushed from the severed area, like a light drizzle falling from the sky.
Even though the man was a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, he couldn't help but feel pain after his right leg was severed, and his speed suddenly slowed down.
Liu Xiaoyuan immediately grabbed the man, first noticing that his hands were crippled, then lifted him up and threw him to the ground like a chick.
"Ah..." The man rolled around in the forest, in excruciating pain.
"Now you know that killing you is as easy as turning my hand, right?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked, looking down at the man.
The man was still screaming in agony, having no time to answer Liu Xiaoyuan's question. The pain in his legs and hands made him wish he could end his life with a single sword stroke.
Liu Xiaoyuan realized that the man's shouting and yelling wasn't a solution, and he didn't know how long the pain would last.
So, Liu Xiaoyuan tapped the man a few times to temporarily stop his pain, hoping to get clues about Tan Lingshan and Tan Jia Xiao Ding from him.
After the man's pain was relieved, he immediately stopped wailing.
"Liu Xiaoyuan, if you have the guts, kill me." The man said venomously, but because he was in so much pain that he had no strength left, he was panting heavily as he spoke.
"Don't worry, if you cooperate with me, I'll give you a quick death. If you don't cooperate, it's simple, I'll make you wish you were dead!" Liu Xiaoyuan said calmly.
Upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, a hint of fear appeared on the man's face. Sometimes death isn't scary; it's a relief, it only takes a moment.
But if life is worse than death, then one will suffer a lot of painful torment.
Therefore, the man was afraid, afraid of being tortured by Liu Xiaoyuan. If a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining wanted to torture you, he would have all sorts of ways to do so.
"Liu Xiaoyuan, you're a demon!" the man roared at Liu Xiaoyuan.
Liu Xiaoyuan spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry, to bad guys I'm a devil, but to good guys I'm a saint."
"Speak, let's stop wasting time. Where is Tan Lingshan?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked the man.
The man glared at Liu Xiaoyuan, turned his head away, and tried to set an example of resisting punishment.
Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "You don't want to talk about it, huh? Well, I'll let my Flying Cloud Sword tell you what will happen if my Flying Cloud Sword were to pierce your injured leg." Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a grin.
"Liu Xiaoyuan, my sect will never let you get away with this!" the man said through gritted teeth.
"I'm not afraid. You'll die before me anyway, so what do I have to fear?" Liu Xiaoyuan said nonchalantly. "Besides, aren't you grateful to me for letting you suffer enough of the world's pain before you die?"
The man was truly terrified, thinking that if he were to be tortured by Liu Xiaoyuan before he died, it would be worse than death.
"Have you thought it through?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a grin, holding the Flying Cloud Sword, ready to torture the man.
Seeing the Flying Cloud Sword in Liu Xiaoyuan's hand, the man was terrified and hurriedly said, "I'll talk, I'll talk!"
The man wanted to commit suicide, but he didn't have the courage, so he decided to confess honestly and hoped that Liu Xiaoyuan would give him a quick death.
Liu Xiaoyuan patted the man's face a few times and said with a smile, "That's more like it. If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have said all that nonsense and wasted everyone's time."
"Tan Lingshan is in these mountains. I've tied her to a big tree on the mountaintop. I think with your late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, you should be able to find her quickly," the man explained.
Now that Tan Lingshan's problem has been resolved, the next step is to deal with the Tan family's Xiao Ding.
Liu Xiaoyuan was very curious about this matter. Why would the Tan family's small cauldron attract so many cultivators, and who leaked this information? It was all a mystery.
Now, it remains to be seen whether this man can unravel the mystery for Liu Xiaoyuan.
"What exactly happened with the Tan family's small tripod? Tell me everything you know!" Liu Xiaoyuan said.
Upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, the man glanced at Liu Xiaoyuan.
Seeing this, Liu Xiaoyuan scolded, "What are you looking at? Don't waste time, hurry up and talk!" As Liu Xiaoyuan spoke, he brandished the Flying Cloud Sword in his hand, and the man was so frightened that he dared not say any more nonsense and immediately confessed.
(End of this chapter)
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