The Path Toward Heaven

Liu Shisui opened his eyes, awake, and he found that he was on the ground as Xiao He lay by his side, unconscious.

Judging from the scene, they had fallen from the sky and landed on a mountain, in a pit created by the impact. They were lying in the pit at the moment.

Liu Shisui wanted to check on Xiao He; but as he tried to move, he felt the unbearable pain throughout his body, as if all of his bones were broken.

He used the Sword Awareness to check himself, and found he had been injured severely, and his Sword Pill and the Devil Pill were both damaged to a great extent.

Xiao He woke up. As shy saw his pale face, she instinctively wanted to help him get up, but this slight movement aggravated her wound, making her spit out a mouthful of blood.

The flying sword, hovering in mid-air quietly, grew a bit dimmer, unlike its usual appearance, which had been bright and intimidating.

Liu Shisui was quite stunned.

Xiwang Sun, as the behind-scene master of the Old Ones, must be at a high state of Cultivation, but unexpectedly, his sword will could render such a powerful assault from one hundred miles away; even the peak masters at the Green Mountain Sect in their upper state of the Broken Sea might not be able to achieve such a feat, since the sword will wasn’t as effective as the real flying sword.

Another thing that shocked him was this flying sword.

Had this sword not helped them, both of them would have already been dead.

Even though this sword had a high spiritual state, it was still a miracle that it had blocked the powerful assault from Xiwang Sun in the absence of its master.

“Is this the rumored flying sword of the Fairy State?”

Xiao He’s face was pale, either because of her severe wound, or because of the fact that this flying sword of the Fairy State had stayed on her wrist for over ten years.

As Liu Shisui was about to respond, he suddenly sensed something; he stood up by pushing against the side of the pit with difficulty, looking to the east.

Hundreds of white sword lights appeared suddenly in the sky, flying toward Haizhou City like shooting stars.

Seeing this spectacular scene, the expression in Liu Shisui’s eyes was complicated, partly relaxed, and partly excited.

Based on the number of the sword lights, the Green Mountain Sect must have sent out all of their disciples in the Undefeated State and beyond.

Standing up and looking at the sword lights filling the sky, Xiao He was shocked speechless for a long time before remarking, “The Green Mountain Sect must have emptied its nest sending out so many people.”

Looking at her from the corner of his eyes, Liu Shisui hesitated for a while, but he still couldn’t help but tell her, “Miss Xiao He, since you are on our side now, it’s not quite appropriate to say so.”

Xiao He realized that the connotation of “emptying the nest” wasn’t so positive, and she smiled apologetically.

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The sword lights, covering most part of the visible sky, headed toward the West Ocean, followed by numerous magic treasure lights, and a few precious boats.

In the end, a row of tide rose up in the sky, with tremendous power and amazing energy.

“Is it the Connection of Water and Sky of the Great Marsh Sect?” Xiao He exclaimed in a trembling voice, her face even paler now.

Though she had prepared this escape from the Old Ones for ten years, she, as a devil Cultivation practitioner, was still instinctively scared of the orthodox Cultivation sects. Seeing this scene, it was natural for her to be afraid.

Liu Shisui watched the sky in silence.

The Cultivation world hadn’t witnessed such a grand exercise in over a hundred years. The last time something like this happened was during the last monster invasion.

What was happening this day would shake up all of Chaotian, and all this had been triggered by Liu Shisui.

Liu Shisui should be proud of his accomplishment, but he wasn’t. He couldn’t explain why he felt this way, and all he knew was that his emotions were complicated.

The orthodox Cultivation sects mounted an all-out attack on Haizhou City, and the Old Ones would have a hard time defending themselves no matter how powerful they were, meaning so wouldn’t have the extra manpower to pursue him and Xiao He.

Xiwang Sun should have thought that he was dead already.

Liu Shisui helped Xiao He get out of the pit. Though the plan was for him to ride the sword to leave, he found his injury was too severe to establish the connection with the flying sword.

After being hit hard by Xiwang Sun, the flying sword was a lot quieter now, looking like an exhausted human.

“Can you still walk?” Liu Shisui asked Xiao He.

Xiao He shook her head.

Liu Shisui turned his back toward her, motioning for her to get on his back.

Xiao He didn’t refuse the offer, wrapping her arms around his neck as she asked, “Where are you going?”

Liu Shisui brought her legs from behind to the front of his body and held them tightly, making sure that he didn’t touch her body. “If you don’t have anywhere to go, come with me to the Green Mountain then,” Liu Shisui suggested.

At first Xiao He thought that she, as a devil Cultivation practitioner, could not possibly stay at the Green Mountain Sect, but she immediately recalled Jing Jiu’s promise; she replied after a moment of silence, “Okay.”

Liu Shisui staggered to the mountain forest with Xiao He on his back.

The flying sword followed them silently.

At the foot of the mountain was a dark valley, and a cliff wall was located at one end of the valley.

“Let’s take a rest over there,” said Liu Shisui while looking at a certain spot on the cliff wall.

The Green Mountain was still a long distance away from here. In his current condition, Liu Shisui had no chance of walking all the way there with Xiao He on his back, and besides, Xiao He was injured badly and needed immediate treatment.

The cliff wall was covered by the green vines, and a manor cave was hidden behind the vines. Liu Shisui walked up to the front of the cliff wall with Xiao He on his back, and entered the cave after dismantling the forbidding formation.

The flying sword didn’t follow them into the cave, instead drifting to a spot in the forest, pointing to a small bump on the ground, showing its curiosity.

Seeing the simple furniture in the manor cave, Xiao He got curious as well, asking, “Is this the hiding place you prepared in advance?”

Liu Shisui put her down on the bed gently, explaining, “I stayed here for a while before going to the Old Ones, and later I asked Xiwang Sun to give it to me.”

“Don’t you fear that they might find us here?” asked Xiao He, worried.

“Under the circumstances, they shouldn’t be able to deal with us, and also they wouldn’t anticipate that we were staying here for rest.”

Liu Shisui took out the magic pill from a stone case and put it in her mouth, which was believed to help heal her wound. “And the forbidding formation here is very strong; even if Xiwang Sun came here in person, he couldn’t enter it in a short time,” added Liu Shisui.

Hearing this, Xiao He felt a bit relieved, closing her eyes to recuperate.

Liu Shisui had taken the Devil Pill and practiced related deviant methods, so his understanding of the devil Cultivation practitioners was far better than the regular Cultivation practitioners. The magic pill he gave to Xiao He was fairly appropriate for her condition.

Not long afterwards, Xiao He opened her eyes, and her condition was much better than before, her face looking not so pale anymore.

“I’d like to ask you a question.”

Liu Shisui hesitated for a while, then asked, “Was it Jing Jiu who asked you to help me back then?”

Xiao He looked into his eyes, wondering how he hadn’t known.

“Yes, it was him. But I’ve been wondering, how could it be possible for him to know you would join the Old Ones at that time?” Xiao He inquired.

Liu Shisui explained with a serious tone, “It’s because Young Master is the smartest person in the world.”

Thinking that she would meet Jing Jiu on the Green Mountain soon, Xiao He felt instinctively fearful, so she wanted to know more about him. “In addition to being a smart person, what kind of person is he in general?” she asked.

“Young Master is a good person.” This was his conclusion after thinking about it for a long moment.

Since the enemy or evil person like Luo Huainan considered Jing Jiu a good person, Liu Shisui figured that his own evaluation should be accurate.

Thinking of Jing Jiu, Xiao He felt the pain in her shoulder, as if the icy cold iron sword were still in it. So she couldn’t accept Liu Shisui’s judgment. “Such a relentless person can’t be a good person. He is an evil person in my eyes,” she snapped.

“Young Master is not an evil man, he is a good person,” claimed Liu Shisui, shaking his head.

“An evil man,” retorted Xiao He, gritting her teeth while looking in his eyes.

Liu Shisui didn’t get angry, but told her about his experience with Jing Jiu instead, attempting to convince her by telling her what Young Master had done.

His story started from the small village and ended at the time when he left the Green Mountain.

Xiao He was kind of perplexed, asking, “Are you telling me that he is the laziest person in the world?”