Nine Yang Sword Saint

“It’s my daughter, Lianyi. She’s just in time to pay her respects to Young Lord,” Mu Liancheng spoke with delight.

“No need to hurry.” Yang Dingtian said, “Don’t tell her my identity for now. I’m afraid she might reveal some information in front of others.”

Mu Liancheng was startled for a moment, he nodded and said, “That’s true. Lianyi is still very young after all.”

He faced outside and replied back, “Lianyi, what’s the matter?”

“The three are anxious from waiting, they’re asking when the martial contest will begin,” Mu Lianyi spoke from outside.

“We will begin immediately. Please ask them to go to the stage, bring them there first. I’ll come over now,” Mu Liancheng said.

“Okay father,” Mu Lianyi replied and left.

Mu Liancheng asked, “Young Lord must be hungry right? I will ask someone to prepare some wine and dishes.”

“I’m in no hurry to eat. Let’s go to the contest stage first,” Yang Dingtian replied.

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The Mu Clan Docks’ martial arts stage was naturally inferior in comparison to Cloud Heaven City’s stage. It was only about a thousand square meters that were laid with bricks.

Over here, Yang Dingtian finally saw the Mu Lianyi who was considered the beauty within these several hundred miles.

She might be a beauty, but she wasn’t the kind of absolute beauty like Dongfang Bingling and Ximen Yanyan.

She had a beauty that portrayed health, vitality, and wild nature.

Her skin wasn’t snow-white, it was the healthy wheat color instead.

She had two big eyes, a high nose bridge, refined and delicate lips. She had a face that was tender and wild, yet imposing at the same time.

Perhaps due to harvesting pearls all year round, her delicate body was filled with healthy vigor and was also quite similar to a water snake. She had a small waist that looked slim but powerful, she had the most slender legs that Yang Dingtian had ever seen…

On the contest stage, there were several Mu Clan Docks’ servants, armed guards, and even Mu Liancheng’s three adopted sons. These people were all looking at Mu Lianyi, who was on the stage, with admiration and worship. Only the three male youths who came to participate in the martial contest for marriage were looking at Mu Lianyi with eyes of passion and infatuation.

Mu Lianyi’s style of dressing was very different from the regular young ladies from other prestigious clans. To ease the convenience of her regular dives, she would normally be wearing tight-fit clothing that was made of snakeskin. However, her shoulders, breasts, and groin area were embedded with intricate armor. This style of dress might have been convenient for maneuvering but it also exposed her figure.

Mu Lianyi looked at everyone, when she saw the newcomer Yang Dingtian, her eyes paused for a moment before shifting away. “All the heroes that are here, despite the fact that I have repeated these words many times, if you want to marry me, you might suffer the bitter retribution from the Raging Flames Castle. Our Mu Clan Docks is a minor faction is totally helpless against them. When that time comes, you might be implicated and might even lose your life. Thus, there is still time for you to back out.”

Mu Lianyi had a very pleasant voice which was loud and clear. It was straightforward and firm like the sound of pearls hitting on silverware while her eyes had this naturally sexy and electrifying captivation.

As though they were electrified by her eyes, the three youths immediately boiled with passion, they struck their chest, “What do I have to fear for if it is for the Young Lady?”

“That’s right. If doing so would prevent Young Lady from falling into the hands of evil, it will be worth it even if my head drops!”

Mu Lianyi heard the responses and replied, “I will express my gratitude from all the affection you have conveyed. Nevertheless, if you want to marry me then you have to win against me first! I’m a six-star Mystic Martial Warrior, if you can’t even defeat me, then you are naturally not a match for that bastard from the Raging Flames Castle. You need not come up at all!”

This fiery beauty, Mu Lianyi, was actually a six-star Mystic Martial Warrior, three classes higher than Yang Dingtian. However, Yang Dingtian knew that if he had to make a move, he was certain that he could defeat her.

Finally, Mu Lianyi suddenly drew out the curved saber on her waist and said, “Who is going to come first?”

“Let me!” A thunderous roar echoed. A 1.9 meter tall robust and sturdy man jumped onto the contest stage while wielding a long-handled large saber.

He was truly large and sturdy like a rhinoceros, the muscles on his body were like steel. That large saber in his hand weighed at least 200 kilograms, but he was wielding it effortlessly.

Mu Lianyi’s height wasn’t very different from him, however, in front of his powerful bison-like body, it made her look delicate and slender. It seemed as though a single punch from him was enough to break Mu Lianyi’s delicate body.

“An is Niu Dali and An come from Mt. Sky Dragon 800 miles away! An is the Sky Dragon Stronghold’s Young Lord. There was one day when An was planning to plunder, but An encountered Young Lady who was transporting pearls. An was shocked by the Young Lady’s beauty and had forgotten to attack while An was hidden in the bushes. An only awoke after Young Lady had left far away. Afterward, An announced to all the heroes within the few hundred miles radius that if anyone dares to plunder from Mu Clan Docks’ carriages, An, Niu Dali would kill their entire family.” Niu Dali pounded on his chest and continued, “Young Lady, An knows that An is not worthy of you. But when An heard that you are hosting a martial contest for marriage, An couldn’t help but come down from the mountains. An don’t even dare to look at you, let alone marry you. But if anyone dares to bully you, An will risk his life against them!”

(TL note 1: ‘An’ is a northern China dialect for I)

(TL note 2: The miles here refers to the Chinese mile which is around 500 meters)

Once Niu Dali spoke, everyone instantly burst out laughing. Yang Dingtian looked at this strong man with curiosity and couldn’t help but laugh as well. This Niu Dali was truly a cute and outspoken person.

Mu Lianyi bowed with respect after hearing Niu Dali’s statement, “Thank you Big Brother Niu.”

“Don’t… don’t… Don’t look at An with such eyes, An cannot take it,” Niu Dali instantly became very embarrassed. His large face instantly blushed as he clenched his large saber tightly, “Young Lady, let us start our fight. Otherwise, my mind might just forget how to move.”

“Okay Big Brother Niu, please give me some pointers,” Mu Lianyi flicked her curved saber and pointed the blade at Niu Dali.

“Huuu…” Niu Dali’s eyes changed and his embarrassed face instantly turned into an expression of might. The large saber in his hand lifted up through the air like a thunderbolt while his muscles were echoing as they tensed up.

“An is coming,” Niu Dali brandished his large saber and rushed at Mu Lianyi.

Yang Dingtian had a slight change in expression when he saw this. This Niu Dali might look boorish, but his strength was rather competent. He had an innate physical strength even though his mystic qi class might not be high, he was still rather overbearing. He was an unpolished gem. After some sculpting, he could obviously become an expert.

“Boom!” All of a sudden, Niu Dali’s saber was cleaving down at Mu Lianyi.

As Mu Lianyi’s curved saber received the large saber there was an instant outburst of sparks and a loud crash. Mu Lianyi’s delicate body shuddered while the bricks underneath their feet were shattered.

Immediately after, Niu Dali’s blade twisted and brandished towards Mu Lianyi’s waist.

His moves were flawed, however, he was blessed with innate physical strength. This made his moves extremely overbearing. The vicinity within a few meters of his body was actually well fortified and didn’t allow any attacks to force their way in.

This Niu Dali was truly a natural martial maniac. His flawed saber arts were actually executed in such an overbearing manner that made it bursting with killing qi.

Mu Lianyi took advantage of her nimble maneuvers and evaded.

After over a dozen moves, Mu Lianyi immediately spotted the flaws in Niu Dali’s saber arts. All of a sudden, her delicate body moved like a sea snake that buried into Niu Dali’s frenzied saber slashes.

Everyone gasped as they were worried Mu Lianyi might be turned into mince at the next moment.

Unexpectedly, Mu Lianyi’s delicate body twisted and turned with absolute accuracy, thus evading all the dangerous saber edge slashes, she finally got near to Niu Dali.

“Bang!” Once Mu Lianyi got near, she struck the back of her saber on Niu Dali’s chest.

“Ahh!” Niu Dali yelled out miserable and took over ten steps backward before he immediately sat on the ground.

“An, An lost so quickly?” Niu Dali sat on the ground in astonishment for a moment. Subsequently, he scratched his head and immediately leaped off the contest stage and declared, “An lost, but An will not leave. An will wait for that bastard who bullied you.”

“Thank you Big Brother Niu.” Mu Lianyi said, “Big Brother Niu’s moves are flawed but powerful. If you have a good master guiding you, you will surely improve in leaps and bounds. If I can survive this crisis. I will bring Big Brother Niu to a veteran’s place. It should prevent an unpolished gem like you being buried in the sand.”

“Okay! Okay! My skills were all blindly learned from my father. He’s in a daze more often than he’s sober,” Niu Dali said.

Right now, Yang Dingtian had no choice but to reassess Mu Lianyi again, her cultivation was far beyond what he imagined. During the fight with Niu Dali, she never used any mystic qi from the start to finish. All she used were her moves since she didn’t want to take advantage of Niu Dali. If she were to use her mystic qi, Niu Dali wouldn’t even be able to withstand a single blow.

But not everyone noticed this point. When the white-clothed youth saw how Mu Lianyi had to use ten moves to defeat Niu Dali, he was instantly delighted. He quickly leaped onto the stage with an utmost confidence for victory.

“I am Cui Yiping and I come from the Yellow Sea Sword Sect which is 3,000 miles away. I have traveled to this place and didn’t expect to see a Young Lady who would be this beautiful in such a remote area. I am a member of a righteous sword sect and will not be misguided due to charm. My reason for participating in the contest is definitely not for lust. I am just assisting after I happened to witness such injustice,” Cui Yiping might have spoken like this, however, his eyes couldn’t help but gaze passionately at Mu Lianyi’s charming face and fiery hot figure.

“Please give me some pointers,” Mu Lianyi’s impression towards this Cui Yiping wasn’t nice. She merely nodded and immediately raised her curved saber.

Cui Yiping was angered when he saw that Mu Lianyi’s attitude towards him was worse than how she treated Niu Dali. He instantly sneered and said, “Young Lady, my martial dao is definitely not some unorthodox art from the mountains.”

After giving his advice, Cui Yiping immediately revealed his longsword and executed a sword art. His wrist which turned shed some sword flowers, it was indeed very graceful.

“I’m a one-star Mystic Martial Warrior, Young Lady please be careful!” Cui Yiping suddenly yelled out while his sword extended out with a sword light that was a few meters long. The man and sword combined, he thrust towards Mu Lianyi’s chest like a shooting star.

“Boom!” Mu Lianyi’s curved saber abruptly burned with a fireball, cleaving at the oncoming opponent.

“Bang!” Cui Yiping along with his sword flew several meters before he finally crashed on the ground.

Cui Yiping’s sword move was graceful and had astounding strength. But Mu Lianyi only used just one move to defeat him.

Everyone was instantly shocked before they immediately burst out with laughter.

Cui Yiping got up while being in a sorry state. He spoke with an expression filled with resentment, “You uncivilized woman who doesn’t know what’s good for you. You’re full of tricks with a body with brute strength. Today’s humiliation will be cleansed in the future. Farewell!”

Finishing his statement, Cui Yiping walked away.

Everyone burst into laughter again, however, Yang Dingtian didn’t. This Cui Yiping was a solid one-star Mystic Martial Warrior, but he was actually instantly defeated by Mu Lianyi. It seemed like her strength was far beyond his expectations.

After Niu Dali and Cui Yiping were defeated. There was only Yang Dingtian and a black-clothed man left, everyone looked at the two of them.

The black-clothed man looked over at Yang Dingtian with a look of inquiry. Yang Dingtian shook his head, this indicated that he wasn’t going to go on stage.

That black-clothed man instantly leaped onto the contest stage.

“My name is Jia Ming, a nobody. Greetings to Young Lady,” The black-clothed man had ordinary looks but his eyes had this faint radiance.

“Greetings to this mister,” Mu Lianyi bowed with respect.

Immediately after, the black-clothed Jia Ming slowly drew out his weapon. It was a black iron ruler. Even from such a far distance, Yang Dingtian could feel the special energy that was coming from the iron ruler, this showcased that Jia Ming was an expert.

(TL note: Iron Ruler is a long flat-like mace weapon which isn’t normally used in the military)

It was apparent that Mu Lianyi and Mu Liancheng felt the special energy, seeing as their expressions turned grave.

“Huff…” Jia Ming’s iron ruler extended out and his body flashed towards Mu Lianyi like a zombie.

Mu Lianyi was shocked. She immediately placed the curved saber in front of her and abruptly jumped off from the ground.

“Bang!” There was a muffled sound of a crash.

There weren’t any sparks this time while Mu Lianyi’s reflective saber was actually contaminated and turned pitch black. Her face suddenly turned pale at this moment as she was obviously injured by this attack.

This person had strange moves and his weapon was also strange.

Mu Lianyi’s delicate body retreated rapidly as she wanted to use her nimble maneuvers to move around the opponent, she traversed around the stage like a shadow.

Mu Lianyi was fast, however, it was soon apparent that this Jia Ming was even faster. He was just like a black apparition that instantly moved and kept in close proximity near Mu Lianyi at all times.

“Bang!” Mu Lianyi was struck on her chest.

“Bang!” She was immediately struck on her waist after.

“Bang!” The side of her legs was subsequently struck.

Everyone present was instantly infuriated. This Jia Ming’s moves were utterly despicable.

“Shameless…” Mu Lianyi was angered by humiliation. She didn’t try to dodge anymore and instead, she brandished her curved saber while her body burst out with intense mystic qi glow as she rushed at Jia Ming.

In an instant, Mu Lianyi arrived in front of Jia Ming, her curved saber was cleaving downwards on his shoulder.

“Huff…” All of a sudden, Jia Ming’s figure instantly vanished.

“Bang!” Immediately after, Mu Lianyi felt pain on her back, Jia Ming had appeared behind her and his iron ruler struck on her perky round butt.

This individual had strange moves and he was fast as a phantom, this made his attacks unguardable. Furthermore, every move of his was despicable and unbearable. It caused everyone to be furious just by watching the fight. Mu Lianyi, who was a six-star Mystic Martial Warrior was actually not a match for him.

“I’m going to risk it all!” Furious with shame, Mu Lianyi stood straight before she abruptly leaned backward while her curved saber slashed at Jia Ming’s waist like a snake.

“Bang!” The iron ruler in Jia Ming’s hand swung down and smashed onto Mu Lianyi’s chest.

Yang Dingtian’s expression changed. He then spoke to Mu Liancheng, “Uncle Mu, this man came from an unknown origin and his moves are devious and evil.”

Mu Liancheng’s body trembled for a moment and a hidden weapon suddenly appeared in his hand, he was ready to fire at any moment. However, this was a contest and he knows that he must not break the rules.

Seeing that the black iron ruler was smashing towards her chest, Mu Lianyi quickly twisted her curved saber and blocked it against Jia Ming’s iron ruler.

“Bang!” The two weapons clashed hard. There was this soft and strange energy that made its way into Mu Lianyi’s arm. Once she felt that energy, it felt as though her energy was like mud that sank into the sea. Her energy was quickly consumed forcefully, causing her delicate body to go soft as she immediately collapsed on the ground.

Jia Ming sneered and moved forward, he thrust his iron ruler at Mu Lianyi’s chest, trying to tear off a piece of her snakeskin clothes.

Mu Lianyi was alarmed and quickly rolled.

“Ss…” Her action caused the iron ruler to immediately rip off the snakeskin on Mu Lianyi’s chest, this revealed the skin within.

“Despicable! I’m going to kill you!” Mu Lianyi was infuriated as she pressed onto the clothes on her chest. She quickly evaded the next attack but exposed the vital point on her abdomen.

“There is nothing unfair in a battle! You fell into my trap!” Jia Ming yelled out while his iron ruler extended by a few meters. He vigorously pointed at Mu Lianyi’s qi vessel area.

“Ahh!” Mu Lianyi let out a miserable scream and immediately flew several meters. She spat out a mouthful of fresh blood while her legs were staggering as she nearly fell off the contest stage.

“Young Lady, it seems that this is my victory,” Jia Ming let out a proud smile.

“It’s too early to say that,” Mu Lianyi sneered and said.

“Sea Snake Transformation!” She let out a delicate yell while her beautiful eyes shot out a ray of bewitching blue light.

In an instant, her entire body had completely transformed into a snake that immediately lunged at Jia Ming.

“Swish… Swish… Swish… Swish…” Mu Lianyi’s delicate body slithered around like lightning in the sky. The curved saber in her hand had turned into countless saber lights which slashed towards Jia Ming at rapid speed.

It was extremely fast, strange, agile, and sharp.

Yang Dingtian was astonished upon seeing this. After Mu Lianyi executed the Sea Snake Transformation, her lethality actually increased by several folds. Be it the speed or the strength, everything had grown stronger.

The Sea Snake Transformation was definitely Mu Lianyi’s trump card which could only be executed in crucial moments.

“Dragonfish Transformation!” Jia Ming yelled out on the stage with a roar that echoed in the sky. A black giant shadow suddenly rushed out and engulfed Mu Lianyi’s sea snake.

Two lumps of gray shadows were locked in an intense fight.

A few minutes later, the victor had been decided.

“Pfff…” Mu Lianyi’s delicate body flew several meters while vomiting fresh blood.

“Lianyi!” Mu Liancheng was alarmed as he quickly rushed and caught hold of his daughter in mid-air.

When Niu Dali saw that Mu Lianyi was injured, he was instantly furious. He brandished his large saber and dashed towards Jia Ming on the stage and roared, “You dare hurt Young Lady Mu! An will tear you into pieces!”

As he roared, Niu Dali brandished his saber in a frenzy and had actually utilized all his strength to its limit while he roared with a thunderous voice, he assaulted Jia Ming.

Jia Ming sneered as he extended the iron ruler in his hand, he gently tipped it on Niu Dali’s large saber.

Niu Dali’s mountain-like body instantly blasted off violently while he bled from the seven apertures of his head. His large saber was shattered.

“Bang!” There was a loud sound when Niu Dali’s body crashed, a giant pit formed in the ground. He was drenched in blood and unconscious.

Niu Dali wasn’t even able to withstand half a move from him. Everyone present had a drastic change in expression when they found out that Jia Ming was actually so powerful.

“Tsk. Tsk. All of you can’t even take a single blow. And yet, you dare come to participate in a martial contest for marriage with such skills?” Jia Ming laughed sarcastically as he continued, “I’m taking Young Lady Mu for sure. My wife, I had already held back earlier. Otherwise, you would be bare naked in front of everyone now. I intentionally reserved my strength so that we could have a great time in our bridal room tonight. Hahaha…”

Once he made this declaration, everyone was instantly infuriated. All of Mu Liancheng’s adoptive sons drew their weapons and got ready for a fight.

Mu Liancheng was currently transferring his mystic qi to help his daughter recuperate, hence was the reason he wasn’t able to talk. But when he saw his adoptive sons preparing to attack, he immediately shouted, “You’re not allowed to go!”

Seeing that no one was coming on stage to challenge him, Jia Ming heartily laughed and said, “You are all really a bunch of trash. I shall greet my father-in-law here. Let us conduct the wedding immediately, I’m already salivating since I can’t wait to have some fun in the bridal room…”

Jia Ming’s manner of speech was getting more shameless by the moment. He looked at the recuperating Mu Lianyi and stared at her body, he didn’t conceal his sinister expression anymore.

“This mister. If I didn’t guess it wrongly, you’re not Jia Ming, right?” Yang Dingtian suddenly spoke in a cold voice.

“Of course not. Even an idiot could easily see through this,” Jia Ming snorted.

“Did you come from the Raging Flames Castle?” Yang Dingtian asked coldly.

“That’s right. I’m the Raging Flames Castle’s Young Lord, Tuoba Ye. You idiots only realize it now?” The black-clothed man laughed grimly while he continued to speak, “Old Mu, don’t think that you can just make up some martial contest for marriage just to avoid having your daughter getting married to me. You’re still unable to escape from my clutches. Hand over your daughter and the pearl obediently. Otherwise, I will eradicate your entire Mu Clan Docks…”

Jia Ming brandished the black iron ruler in his hands and yelled arrogantly, “I’m asking for the last time! Is there anyone else who wants to try and snatch this beauty and pearl away from me? If there isn’t, then the both of them are mine! Hahaha…”

While letting out a light sigh, Yang Dingtian grabbed his lance and stomped on the ground. He leapt onto the contest stage.