Chapter 157: The Sword Emperor’s New Clothes

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The Qiongzhou Sea Area, with towering waves.

The gloomy sky was covered in thick, dark clouds. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled over the sea, with fierce winds whipping and torrential rain pouring down.

Several warships advanced across the turbulent sea. The cultivators aboard were all clad in armor and armed, ready for battle.

They came from different orthodox factions, arriving in this sea area to suppress a sea serpent demon that had emerged from the ocean depths and gone berserk.

The leader, at this moment, stood with arms crossed, poised atop a flying sword. She was like a beacon for the warships, guiding everyone’s direction.

This person was none other than the second disciple of the Sword Pavilion, the adopted daughter of Sword Emperor Ji Hongye—Ji Ruohan.

Ji Ruohan, a Grandmaster cultivator, wielded the Sword Pavilion’s peerless martial arts.

The world had bestowed upon her the beautiful title “Shadowless Sword Immortal,” and she also ranked near the top on the Right Path’s “Heroes Ranking.”

“Lady Ji! We’re almost at the location where the sea serpent demon appeared. I heard there are several massive whirlpools ahead. Should we slow down now and approach cautiously?”

The cultivators on the warship shouted through the wind and rain towards Ji Ruohan in the air ahead.

Ji Ruohan paid them no mind.

She was currently in a very irritable mood.

She, the esteemed second disciple of the Sword Pavilion, had actually been ambushed from behind by some inexplicable woman, trapped in mid-air and spanked on the butt.

‘Enduring it only makes me angrier the more I think about it. Taking a step back only makes me feel more wronged.’

Although Ji Ruohan knew that woman, being able to fly through the air, must be an expert, even an expert should show some deference and give the Sword Pavilion due respect after hearing its name.

Even though it no longer enjoyed its former glory, the Sword Pavilion had once stood at the very peak of all powers in the Great Yan! It wasn’t something others could casually look down upon!

‘That woman… just you wait!’ Ji Ruohan thought through gritted teeth.

Seeing Ji Ruohan show no reaction for a long time, the cultivators on the ship thought the sounds of wind, rain, and thunder had drowned out their voices, so they raised their volume and shouted again, “Lady Ji! We—”

Before they could finish, Ji Ruohan coldly glanced back at them and said, “Just watch my performance. What you want to do is none of my business. Stay put.”

Arrogant, rude, and utterly contemptuous.

Her voice reached the cultivators on the ship, making many of them gnash their teeth in silent fury, not daring to voice their anger.

As the warships slowly advanced, an abnormal aura began to permeate the wind and rain between sky and earth—Rot Qi.

After inhaling the Rot Qi, the cultivators on the ships began to experience adverse physical reactions.

Some vomited uncontrollably, others felt dizzy and unsteady on their feet.

Even though torrential rain poured from the sky, their throats felt exceptionally dry, as if burning.

None of them had a history of seasickness. They all realized they were getting close to that sea monster beast.

The next second, the already turbulent sea surface suddenly churned with several massive whirlpools, as if trying to suck in everything around them.

Looking closely, one could even see fragments of human bones and shipwrecks swirling within the whirlpools.

It seemed many ships passing through this area had already met their demise.

“Hiss—!”

Everyone gasped in shock.

Not far ahead, a gigantic serpent burst through the sea’s surface. Its body was extremely long and thick, its scales glaringly bright under the lightning flashes.

“This… this is no sea snake! This has clearly evolved into a jiao!”

They never expected that hidden beneath these seas was actually a jiao in the process of cultivating into a dragon!

A snake could not be mentioned in the same breath as a jiao; their powers were not on the same level. Thus, the difficulty of subduing it had multiplied several times over!

Everyone’s gaze converged on Ji Ruohan, wanting to advise her to be cautious, but they found they could hardly even make a sound.

The oppressive force emanating from that sea jiao made them feel suffocated.

They instinctively steered their ships backward, not caring about Ji Ruohan who was moving even closer ahead.

But the very next second, a scene that shocked them appeared.

Ji Ruohan’s figure paused in mid-air for a moment, then vanished, leaving only an afterimage.

When they saw her again amidst the flashing lightning, rumbling thunder, and driving wind and rain, the sea jiao had already let out a mournful cry and crashed heavily into the sea, sending up massive waves.

“Killed… killed it?”

“With just one move?!”

The cultivators on the ships were dumbfounded. Not a single one had even seen Ji Ruohan draw her sword.

As the wind and rain ceased, the sky cleared once more, and the turbulent sea surface calmed. Ji Ruohan returned before them.

“You should feel honored to have witnessed the Sword Pavilion’s capabilities today,” Ji Ruohan said haughtily, brimming with arrogance. “I permit you to spread the tale of what you saw and heard today.”

Having said that, she flew away on her sword.

Her speed was so great it even parted the layers of clouds in the sky, stirring up a straight, towering wave on the sea surface below.

“I never thought… they would still be this powerful.”

“I originally believed… the Sword Pavilion, having been silent for years, was no longer what it once was.”

People couldn’t help but sigh with emotion, thinking it was fortunate they had only been angry in silence earlier. If they had offended the Sword Pavilion, there would have been no good outcome.

Ji Ruohan returned to the capital at once, entered the palace, and prepared to see Ji Hongye.

Ji Hongye resided in a side palace built specifically for her by the Yan Emperor.

As Ji Ruohan arrived at the side palace’s entrance, a familiar figure approached her: “Sister Ruohan, you’re back.”

The one greeting her was precisely the Sword Pavilion’s fourth disciple—Liu Mingyan.

The Sword Pavilion originally had four disciples; Liu Mingyan was the youngest in seniority.

“Mingyan, is Master in?” Ji Ruohan asked.

“She is, but…” Liu Mingyan said with a subtle expression, “Sister Ruohan, you should wait a bit before going in to see Master. Master might be… not very convenient right now.”

Although Ji Ruohan was arrogant and arrogant outside, she actually still respected her master’s ways.

Since Ji Hongye was currently inconvenient, she would simply wait outside the palace for a while.

After waiting for quite some time, Ji Ruohan finally entered the palace with Liu Mingyan.

As soon as they entered Ji Hongye’s bedchamber, the two heard a puzzled muttering from inside: “Is this how you wear it… It doesn’t feel very convenient.”

“Master, you…”

Before the two could even bow in greeting upon seeing Ji Hongye, they were completely dumbstruck by the sight before them.

They saw the white-haired lolita currently lying on the bed, raising two slender, fair legs, and pulling a long white stocking over her delicate, cute bare foot, slowly upwards until it enveloped her thigh.

Furthermore, what Ji Hongye wore was an extremely adorable dress, the kind that made one’s blood race just by looking at it.

Liu Mingyan couldn’t hold back and immediately had a nosebleed.

Meanwhile, Ji Ruohan covered her nose and asked, trembling, “Master… this outfit of yours is…”

“Oh, this is a new outfit my old friend specially had a tailor custom-make for me. It’s called something like… white silk?”

Ji Hongye lowered her two slender legs clad in white silk, her petite body hopping off the bed, and asked the two before her:

“So, does it fit?”

The new DLC has been completed~