Chapter 1 The Beginning
The matter concerning Yang Qianrou was something Ning Beichen did not delay for even a moment. That very day, he took a flying ship towards Xu Feng Mountain.
More than a month had passed since then. Ning Beichen did not know if Yang Qianrou was still alive. If Yang Qianrou was alive, then everything would be negotiable. If she was dead, then that heartless old demon Tie and his bird demon would have to pay with their lives for her!
"Young Master, below is Xu Feng Mountain, but Xu Feng Mountain has a restriction, and the flying ship cannot get close. We can only stop here."
The person piloting the flying ship said respectfully to Ning Beichen.
"It's fine, just stop here."
Ning Beichen replied.
"Yes, Young Master."
The flying ship began to descend onto an open space, and Ning Beichen, along with Haitang and Liu Yilin, disembarked from the flying ship.
Not long after, the flying ship took off again and departed.
However, the flying ship would not go far, but would find a safe place to dock nearby. It would wait for Ning Beichen to send a signal, and then the flying ship would pick them up again.
This was all predicated on Ning Beichen and the others being alive. Otherwise, there would be no chance of returning.
Ning Beichen arrived at Xu Feng Mountain. He had no intention of playing any games with that heartless old demon Tie. Instead, he stood outside Xu Feng Mountain with Liu Yilin and Haitang.
"Old Demon Tie, crawl out here!"
Ning Beichen roared, his voice like rolling thunder, resounding throughout Xu Feng Mountain.
Old Demon Tie, who was inside Xu Feng Mountain, heard Ning Beichen's voice and immediately let out a furious roar. He emerged from Xu Feng Mountain. For so many years, no one had dared to be presumptuous in Xu Feng Mountain. He never expected to encounter someone challenging him today.
"You are all seeking death!"
Old Demon Tie saw the three young people on the ground and displayed a murderous aura.
He had a bulbous nose, a pockmarked, broad face, was tall and stout, and wore a large red robe like a clown. In his hand, he held two large axes, making him look more like a butcher than a cultivator.
"Are you Old Demon Tie? More than a month ago, a friend of mine was captured by your bird demon. Her name is Yang Qianrou. Is there such a matter?"
Ning Beichen did not immediately resort to shouting and fighting. After all, Yang Qianrou being captured by Old Demon Tie's bird demon was just a one-sided statement from the Old Ancestor of the Zhou family. Before understanding the situation, Ning Beichen would not act as a blind pawn.
"You're talking about that beautiful young girl? Yes, my bird demon did capture her."
Old Demon Tie readily admitted.
"Since you admit it, then it's easy. Where is she? Hand her over."
Ning Beichen said sternly.
"Hahaha, what do you think you are? A mere child dares to threaten me? I think you're tired of living. Coincidentally, I'm in need of a few servants. You will stay here and be my servants."
Heartless Old Demon Tie laughed brazenly. He completely looked down on Ning Beichen, not just looked down on him, but utterly disdained him.
Even the major families and sects dared not come to Xu Feng Mountain to cause him trouble. These three little brats, where did they get the courage from?
"Seeking death!"
Before Ning Beichen could speak, Haitang could not stand it. A delicate and exquisite bow appeared in her hand. She was seen nocking an arrow inscribed with mysterious witch characters onto the bow and then shooting it towards Heartless Old Demon Tie.
With a "whoosh!"
The witch-inscribed arrow, carrying a faint black light, flew towards Heartless Old Demon Tie.
Heartless Old Demon Tie thought this was just an ordinary arrow and did not put Haitang's witch arrow in his eyes at all. To injure him with such a light arrow was a dream.
Therefore, Heartless Old Demon Tie directly grabbed the incoming witch arrow with his bare hand.
"Courtier!"
Haitang snorted coldly and activated the witch power on the arrow.
With a "bang."
The witch arrow exploded in Heartless Old Demon Tie's hand, and the fragments all turned into black insects that landed on Heartless Old Demon Tie.
Heartless Old Demon Tie immediately felt a piercing pain. He wanted to shake off the insects on his body, but these insects clung to him like leeches, tenaciously attaching themselves.
"What the hell are these things?"
Heartless Old Demon Tie grabbed an insect and crushed it. He saw that the crushed insect left no corpse, but instead turned into a ball of black mist and dissipated.
However, crushing one or two insects was of no use, as they were all over his body, even in his hair and on his face, making him appear very eerie.
These insects even seemed to be trying to burrow into his eyes, nostrils, and ears.
Heartless Old Demon Tie, unable to bear the bites of these insects, let out a burst of fire to burn himself. He was indeed ruthless, and his method was very effective. The flames indeed burned away all the insects on his body.
However, after being burned by the flames, Heartless Old Demon Tie became completely bald. His large red robe was fine, likely made of special material that was not afraid of fire.
But as the saying goes, the damage was not great, but the insult was extremely high. This was exactly the situation now.
"Little girl, you're seeking death!"
Heartless Old Demon Tie was so enraged that he swung his Xuan Hua long axe and attacked Haitang.
"Old man, your opponent is me."
Ning Beichen naturally could not let Haitang get hurt. He took a step forward to stand in front of Haitang and punched towards Heartless Old Demon Tie.
"Little brat, how dare you look down on me!"
Heartless Old Demon Tie swung his axe at Ning Beichen's fist.
With a deafening "boom."
A small devilish cloud exploded, its power affecting an area of ten miles.
Trees were uprooted and turned into fresh sawdust that flew in all directions. Some large rocks around were also crushed into powder by the force of their attack, and a hundred-meter-deep pit appeared on the ground.
*Scrape, scrape, scrape...*
Ning Beichen and Heartless Old Demon Tie, like two rebounding ping pong balls, with two "clang" sounds, were both sent flying backward.
However, Ning Beichen's body was lighter, so he flew farther and was embedded in a pile of rocks.
Heartless Old Demon Tie, on the other hand, was only sent flying back more than ten meters and fell into the large pit.
However, both stood up at the same time. The relaxed expression on Heartless Old Demon Tie's face had quietly disappeared, replaced by a serious and solemn expression.
This小子 was not as simple as he had thought, and it was not just him, but also the woman who had shot arrows at him earlier.
However, Heartless Old Demon Tie did not believe that Ning Beichen could defeat him. The previous attack was not even a warm-up. This was just the beginning.
"Sacred Skill, Hurricane Axe!"
Heartless Old Demon Tie slammed the Xuan Hua long axe in his hand onto the ground.
With a "rumble!"
A giant axe formed by a hurricane appeared out of thin air and swung towards Ning Beichen with fierce power.
Facing such a wide-ranging attack, dodging was useless, so Ning Beichen simply did not dodge. Was it a sacred skill? As if he didn't know any.
The ancient bronze sword automatically sprang from its scabbard, and as if an invisible hand was controlling it, the ancient bronze sword, at a speed invisible to the naked eye, pierced towards the hurricane giant axe at an angle.