Chapter 059

Chapter 59: This Time Is Different, She Has Backup

Ye Wan Wan asked again: “Agree or not!”

The group looked angry. Wang Niu, pushed past patience, said loudly: “What is there to fear? If you truly open it, I will kneel and shout great aunt three times. Not just three times, ten times is fine!”

Others echoed: “Right!” “We are so many. Are we afraid of one girl at the Qi Refining Stage?”

Seeing tempers flare, Ji Chang Huai frowned slightly and said: “Everyone, calm down.”

Someone snapped back: “Young Master Ji, do not try to stop us. Today we will make this rude girl learn how harsh the world is. Stop pretending. If she had such great skill, why did we not see her make a move just now?”

Another added: “She only stepped into Cloud Mountain Cave by grabbing one step ahead of Young Master Ji. Otherwise, would she even deserve to go in?”

Ye Wan Wan laughed coldly: “I do deserve it.”

She did not look at the others. She faced Ji Chang Huai directly and asked: “Tell me if I am right, Young Master Ji. In the bet at Cloud Mountain Cave, did you lose?”

People grew even more furious: “You arrogant girl, do not push your luck. How could Young Master Ji lose?”

“Ji Chang Huai,” Ye Wan Wan called with a cold voice that echoed through the trees, and everyone fell quiet without thinking.

Ji Chang Huai stiffened and stared at Ye Wan Wan in a daze.

Ye Wan Wan asked, stressing each word: “Do. You. Admit. Defeat?”

Ji Chang Huai’s lips moved. The words circled by his mouth for a long time, but he still could not spit them out. Did he lose? It seemed like he did. But if he lost to an unknown girl, what had all his years of hard training been for? His body trembled. No, he would not lose. His master would not allow him to lose. He began to doubt himself.

Ye Wan Wan saw it. That was exactly what she wanted. Breaking Ji Chang Huai’s Dao Heart was the point of her bet. Winning once was the first sword she returned to him. She would never forget those Seven Swords.

“Ji Chang Huai!” Ye Wan Wan called again. This time she quietly used a hint of Primordial Spirit Power in her voice. No one noticed.

Others urged him on: “Young Master Ji, hurry and say it. You won. She only took advantage of a loophole.”

Cold sweat soaked Ji Chang Huai’s back. He wanted to run, but the situation gave him no way to escape.

Just then, a voice that sounded like music to his ears rang out: “How could my eldest senior brother lose? In the way of the Array Dao, no one has ever beaten him. The one who lost must be you.” The playful voice came from the side. As everyone looked over, Ye Qian and Dou Ming stepped out of the brush.

Ji Chang Huai blinked in surprise and almost cried out with joy: “Junior sister.” If one looked closely, his eyes were a little wet. Yes, he would not lose.

Ye Qian walked up with a smile and called softly: “Eldest senior brother.” She did not spare Ye Wan Wan a single glance.

Dou Ming stared at Ye Wan Wan with open hostility and scoffed: “You dare challenge my eldest senior brother? Anything seems to shove its way forward these days, dirty and grimy.”

Ye Wan Wan lowered her eyes and laughed under her breath: “Good. Very good.” [I want to kill them all.]

Perhaps her killing intent was too strong, because Fang He An and Li Wan Zhi both sensed it. Their eyes turned icy. One reached for his belt. One gripped his sword hilt. They wanted to stand in front of Ye Wan Wan.

But Bai Jian moved first. She stepped to Ye Wan Wan’s side, took her hand, and drew the Greatforce Sword without a sound. Zheng. Holding it in one hand, she pointed the blade at Dou Ming and said: “Not happy, fight.”

Dou Ming’s face changed. Late Golden Core.

Ye Wan Wan stared, then turned to the clear eyed Bai Jian. Bai Jian spoke softly to her: “Tell me who you want to fight. Senior sister will help you.”

Fang He An added: “Junior sister, as soon as you say the word, senior brother will help you.”

Li Wan Zhi shouted: “I hate people who only rely on their mouths. They open them once and the herbs within ten miles die from the stink.”

Dou Ming’s face went dark as he snapped: “Who are you calling foul mouthed?”

Li Wan Zhi snorted: “Whoever answers is who.”

Listening to the three of them, Ye Wan Wan’s eyes curved into crescents, and she could not help smiling. The smile softened her eyes and warmed her cold heart. When they saw her relax, the three finally breathed out too.

Fang He An whispered: “Do not be scared. Senior brother has your back. If they bully you, I will poison them. If we still cannot win, it is okay. Young Senior Uncle and the three senior uncles are outside. They will back us.” He did not say the rest: if senior uncles still could not do it, then they would call even more people. Bring the whole sect. There was no way to lose.

Li Wan Zhi said proudly: “Right!”

Bai Jian answered: “Mm!”

The four of them seemed to form their own small circle, shutting everyone else out. It was not that others isolated them. They isolated everyone else.

A flood of courage rose in Ye Wan Wan’s heart. This was different from before. This time, she had backup.

“Since you will not admit defeat, then let real skill decide the truth. We will merge the Cloud Mountain Cave bet with this one. If I open the Dream Realm,” Ye Wan Wan said, sweeping her gaze over everyone, including Ye Qian, whose face changed when she saw Ye Wan Wan, “remember this. All of you must kowtow three times to the four of us, slap your own faces ten times, and call out great aunt three times.”

Li Wan Zhi added quickly: “And eldest master.”

Ye Wan Wan nodded: “And eldest master.” Fang He An and Li Wan Zhi nodded hard.

Without waiting for more nonsense, the girl summoned the Heart Questioning Sword. The sword vibrated in midair. At her lifted finger’s command, it shot forward. She ordered: “Go!”

The Heart Questioning Sword stabbed into the gray vortex. The vortex shivered, then seemed unchanged. Wang Niu and the others, who had tensed up at first, burst into wild laughter when they saw this: “Hahaha, that is all she can do.” “I thought she was strong.”

But deep where the sword tip pointed, a blue light bloomed. In seconds, countless streaks of light swam along the blade. As the sword’s force grew stronger, a golden flash burst out.

Bang!

The blue lights exploded. They scattered in the air and turned into many moving threads. Everyone’s faces changed color. This was their dream threads.

The crowd cried out in shock: “Quick, grab them. Their Primordial Spirit is hidden inside. If it scatters, they are done for!”

Everyone rushed around in panic. Even Dou Ming and Ye Qian hurried forward, trying to snatch the threads back. No matter how they moved or reached, the threads would not return. They could not be guided back into place.

Wang Niu’s eyes went blood red as he charged at Ye Wan Wan and shouted: “You are doing this on purpose to kill them, you nasty girl!”

Others were furious too. But the girl only gave them a cold look. She raised her hand, formed a seal, and said in a low voice: “Return.”

Before everyone’s eyes, those masterless looking dream threads that had scattered around the sky flew back to the brows of Li Yun and the others.

Whoosh.

Countless dream threads returned to their places. All across the secret realm, the sleeping people opened their eyes and woke up. The loud gasps and the breath of life they let out stunned everyone. Wang Niu, who had been charging at Ye Wan Wan, stopped in his tracks. He stared at the newly awake people in disbelief.

“They… woke up.”

All of them woke up.