MJWCATFPITWOC Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Experience

The wind and snow were fierce, and the snow mist made everything hazy, even in broad daylight. Visibility was extremely low.

At dawn, a middle-aged man wearing a thick cotton-padded coat trudged through the snow, his hands tucked into his sleeves. Suddenly, he saw something wriggling and swaying in front of him, approaching him step by step in a strange manner.

The middle-aged man stared intently, and as he made out the true face of the approaching figure, a chill ran down his spine. His legs went weak, and he could barely stand. He hurriedly turned and ran wildly, stumbling and falling in the snow in his panic. Ignoring the pain, he scrambled away, shouting, “It… it’s appeared!!”

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–A prosperous small town in the Northern Region

On the streets, cultivators from various sects, clad in robes of different colors, gathered among the crowds, attracting curious onlookers from the common people.

A cultivator in blue robes looked up at the blazing sun, his brows furrowed in impatience. “What time is it? Why haven’t the people from Lingfeng Sect arrived yet?”

A Lingfeng Sect disciple shrank his neck and explained, “The Deputy Sect Leader said they set off three days ago, but we don’t know…”

“Three days and they still haven’t arrived? Who did Lingfeng Sect send this time?”

“Could it be a useless person who can’t even use spiritual power?”

“That’s right. Flying on a sword from the Southern Region would take at most a day. How is it possible that they haven’t arrived yet?”

The cultivators from the various sects discussed among themselves, making various speculations about the people Lingfeng Sect had sent this time.

“Alright, stop guessing. This is just an experience anyway. It’s not a big deal if they’re a little late,” Qin Feng said, stepping out from the crowd. He scanned the surroundings with his eyes, warning them.

Despite his words, the others didn’t take it too seriously, at most lowering their voices and continuing to whisper.

Seeing this, Qin Feng frowned. “How could it be like this?”

“There’s nothing we can do,” a sigh came from the side. Li Juemu raised his hand and patted Qin Feng on the shoulder. “The Lingfeng Sect now is not the Lingfeng Sect of the past.”

“To be precise, it’s the Futian Sect that’s not doing well.”

Qin Feng was puzzled. “What do you mean? Fu Lingxuan of the Futian Sect is young and promising, and is now the Deputy Sect Leader. Although he has the title of ‘Deputy,’ he’s practically no different from the Sect Leader. And Mo Yifeng is the youngest Mahayana stage cultivator in history, and was even named Sword Master. How could the Futian Sect be doing poorly?”

Li Juemu’s gaze fell on the young disciples in front of him, and he shook his head. “You said it yourself, Fu Lingxuan is now the Sect Leader, and Mo Yifeng is the Sword Master. How could the Sect Leader and Sword Master still shine in various competitions like they used to? For these young disciples, they are just legends, and legends are just legends after all. Without seeing them with their own eyes, how can they truly revere them?”

Qin Feng was momentarily speechless.

Li Juemu continued, “You should have noticed it too, right? In recent years, the Lingfeng Sect hasn’t entered the top three in various competitions for a long time. Although it still carries the title of ‘Strongest Sect,’ how much weight does that actually hold in the eyes of these young disciples? You can tell from their attitude.”

Saying that, he raised his head and looked at the blazing sun. The sunlight reflected in his eyes, creating a dazzling golden light, just like that person.

Over the years, he had clearly seen the decline of the Futian Sect. Occasionally, he would wonder, if that person was still around, if that incident hadn’t happened back then, would the Lingfeng Sect in these ten years be completely different?

Unfortunately, there were no “ifs” in the world.

After all, that person had been missing for many years.

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed. “Hey, hey! Look at the sky!”

“That’s… a person?!”

“He’s flying so fast!”

“It’s flying on a sword! This speed is too exaggerated!”

Hearing this, Li Juemu raised his head and immediately recognized the person. His heart stirred, and he blurted out, “No way…” He himself didn’t realize that when he said this, his tone contained an undeniable expectation.

High above, the figure arrived above the town in an instant. Under the gaze of everyone, he slowly descended.

The Lingfeng Sect disciples saw the person and were so shocked that they hurriedly stepped forward to salute. “Sword Master!”

Qin Feng also saw the appearance of the person, and his eyes lit up. “Is that really the Sword Master himself? But… wasn’t it said that the Sword Master wouldn’t participate in this kind of experience?”

Li Juemu was equally stunned. Ever since Shen Yucheng left, Mo Yifeng had not participated in any activities in the cultivation world, and all matters were handled by the Deputy Sect Leader.

What day was it today?

Qin Feng was so excited that he didn’t know what to do. “This is the first time I’ve seen the Sword Master in person! This experience is worth it!”

Li Juemu glanced at him, suddenly remembering that Mo Yifeng had disguised himself when he came to the Dingxu Sect last time, and no one knew he was the Sword Master. No wonder Qin Feng didn’t know.

However, they had a conflict last time, so it would be best not to expose him.

“Is that really the Sword Master?!”

“No one told me the Sword Master was so young and handsome!”

“I thought the Sword Master was an old man like in the books. He doesn’t look much older than us!”

“Nonsense! He’s the youngest Sword Master!”

The young disciples were excited, not expecting to see the legendary figure in person in this situation.

Seeing this, Qin Feng turned to look at Li Juemu. “Isn’t their reaction pretty good?”

Li Juemu glanced at him, his tone indifferent. “Their current attitude is just excitement about the title of ‘Sword Master.’ You wait and see, they will soon start questioning him.”

With the last person arriving, the leaders of the various sects stepped forward to prepare to set off. The Dingxu Sect sent Li Juemu, and the Qionghua Sect sent Nie Yue. Ten years ago, she was just Lingyi’s junior sister, and now she was the senior sister of the sect.

Li Juemu smiled and greeted Mo Yifeng. “Brother Mo, why did you come in person this time?”

Mo Yifeng smiled slightly, his expression unusually relaxed. “It’s not bad to participate in this kind of thing occasionally.”

Nie Yue counted the number of people. “Everyone’s here, right? Then we can set off—”

“Wait.” Mo Yifeng’s gaze fell on the stone gate of the town, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. “There’s still one person who hasn’t arrived.”

Hearing this, everyone looked towards the direction of the town’s stone gate.

Half an hour later, a figure sped towards them at an extremely high speed, full of momentum, as if he was about to crash directly into the crowd in the next second.

Mo Yifeng slowly stepped forward, calculating the time. When the figure rushed in front of him, he leisurely opened his mouth. “Half an hour… hmm, it is a bit long.”

The person stopped, not having time to catch his breath. Hearing these words, he was instantly filled with anger. Without saying a word, he reached out and grabbed Mo Yifeng’s collar, looking up and glaring at him. “You bastard! You suddenly flew away on your sword in the Eastern Region! And said ‘See you in the Northern Region’!”

Mo Yifeng’s mouth curled up, the smile in his eyes not intending to hide. “But didn’t you come here too? From the Eastern Region.”

Seeing his expression that seemed to find it amusing, Shen Yucheng almost ground his back teeth.

The young disciples around them were all shocked as they listened to their conversation.

“Did I hear correctly? He ran here from the Eastern Region?”

“Is there something wrong with this brother’s brain?”

“This isn’t the next village, it’s across an entire region! How is it possible to run over here?”

“The Sword Master even said half an hour… he didn’t calculate wrong, did he? Half an hour, is that something a human can do?”

Before everyone could react, Li Juemu also stepped forward. When he saw Shen Yucheng’s appearance clearly, he was visibly stunned for a moment, and the next second, he said, “Yichen? Why are you here? Didn’t you say you were going back to your hometown? How did you come with Brother Mo?”

Hearing this “Yichen,” Qin Feng also quickly came over.

Shen Yucheng was panting, not fully recovered yet. He was surrounded by a group of people, and his scalp went numb. He originally just wanted to return to Hanji Peak in a low-key manner, but he was dragged by this bastard Mo Yifeng for three days and three nights, from the Southern Region to the Eastern Region, and finally ran all the way to the Northern Region. Along the way, Mo Yifeng watched the whole time, and he couldn’t use magic weapons, so he could only run the entire distance.

Mo Yifeng would also say from time to time, “Your stamina is really good.”

He didn’t know what he was implying.

He only knew that he had run for three days and three nights, and the soles of his feet were almost worn out.

He reached out to lift the broken hair in front of his forehead, wiping away the sweat. But his peerless beauty was on full display at this moment, and the surrounding disciples were all stunned.

“Wow… which sect is this beauty from? How come I’ve never heard of him?”

“Seeing him wearing the Dingxu Sect’s robe, he should be from the Dingxu Sect, right? That’s not very nice. They’ve been hiding such a beautiful person all along!”

“But he came with the Sword Master, could he be… the Sword Master’s pretty vase?”

Many disciples were already eager to go up and talk to him.

As soon as the words were spoken, Mo Yifeng coldly glanced at them, suppressing them so they didn’t dare to say more.

Shen Yucheng was already used to this kind of scene. When he raised his head, he inadvertently met Nie Yue’s gaze. Their eyes met, Shen Yucheng’s heart trembled, and suddenly a chill ran down his spine.

He had disguised himself, would she recognize him?

Fortunately, Nie Yue didn’t say anything. She just counted the number of people and then began to explain the content of this experience.

The location of this experience was a village in the Northern Region.

A month ago, this village was suddenly attacked by outsiders. Many villagers were severely injured, and so far two people had died and more than twenty were injured.

The attack occurred at night, and all the victims claimed that before the incident, they saw a figure wobbling forward in the heavy snow. When they tried to run away, they lost consciousness the next second. When they woke up, they were already seriously injured and lying on the ground, rescued by other villagers.

These words made Li Juemu frown. “Did no one see what that thing was?”

Nie Yue flipped through the records in her hand. “There’s no detailed description in the records. We need to go to the village ourselves to confirm the specific situation.”

Li Juemu nodded. “Okay, then let’s set off now before it gets dark.”

“Wait.”

Everyone turned their heads to look at Shen Yucheng.

Shen Yucheng smiled awkwardly and turned to glare at Mo Yifeng. “Sorry, I just came along the way, so you guys go ahead. I’ll go the other way.”

Mo Yifeng raised his eyebrows, and a look of interest flashed in his eyes.

Li Juemu suddenly realized. “Oh~ you said you were going back to your hometown, so it’s in the Northern Region? Not bad, where is your home?”

Shen Yucheng originally wanted to go back to Hanji Peak, but he couldn’t say it directly. What if Mo Yifeng suddenly had the whim to follow him? Then he would be finished?

Jitan Village was too obvious, he might be seen through by Mo Yifeng…

He had to make up a nearby small village.

“In… Yining Village.”

Nie Yue glanced at the letter of entrustment in her hand, her tone calm. “It doesn’t matter, our goal this time is Yining Village, we can go together.”

“……?” Shen Yucheng gave a forced smile.

Why did this conversation seem a little familiar?

He didn’t want to hear the three words “go together” in a short period of time.

Li Juemu instantly associated it. “No wonder you were so anxious to go home, it turns out it’s because something happened to your village.”

“No, it’s not—!” Shen Yucheng was anxious and just wanted to find a reason to slip away when a hand was suddenly placed on his shoulder.

“Let’s go back to your hometown together, Yichen.”

Mo Yifeng smiled slightly.