I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 29

In terms of innate talent, Yun Yu was actually considered the worst among her fellow disciples. While her four Junior Sisters and Junior Brothers all possessed Single or Mutant Heavenly Spiritual Roots, she had only dual roots of Metal and Earth.

However, dual spiritual roots also had their advantages. The Metal spiritual root granted Yun Yu’s sword stronger attack power, and the Earth spiritual root made her physique superior to that of an average person. In terms of both defense and pure physical strength, she surpassed cultivators of the same rank, which was why she could fight a Nascent Soul Mid-stage cultivator bare-handed.

In the eyes of the Maple Flower City Lord, Yun Yu was merely a slender young man. His decision to abandon his weapon and engage him directly was pitifully foolish.

The City Lord’s confidence vanished along with the blood spray the instant Yun Yu’s fist struck him.

If the City Lord’s cultivation hadn’t been slightly higher than Yun Yu’s, he wouldn’t have just been knocked back a few dozen meters; he would have been knocked unconscious.

“You, you’re a Sword Cultivator?” the City Lord spoke, involuntarily covering his mouth. His jawbone felt like it had been broken; opening his mouth to speak was excruciatingly painful.

“Of course, but you simply don’t deserve for me to draw my sword,” Yun Yu said, her gaze landing on the Cheng Family Patriarch, who was running over from the front hall.

The Cheng Family Patriarch genuinely had not expected to witness this scene. His timing was eerily perfect; he arrived just in time to see Yun Yu send the City Lord flying with one punch, scaring him half to death.

Anyone capable of defeating a Nascent Soul stage cultivator could not simply be a Core Formation stage Sword Cultivator! These people had been calculating against him from the start, deliberately concealing their true cultivation!

Sure enough, when the Cheng Family Patriarch quickly scanned Yun Yu’s cultivation again, he could only sense that the opponent was far stronger than him; she was definitely not the Core Formation stage cultivator he had previously perceived!

“You, who exactly are you people!” the Cheng Family Patriarch muttered to himself. He was genuinely panicked now. Nascent Soul stage cultivators were truly not people he could afford to provoke, let alone people who had some Master.

Anyone who could be a Master to Nascent Soul cultivators must be a Transcendent God stage Venerable! These people truly were from a major sect! If not the Dao-Seeking Sect, then they were most likely disciples of the Heart-Comprehension Sect!

The Cheng Family Patriarch tried to run away while Yun Yu and the City Lord were fighting, but the moment he took a step, Yun He blocked his path.

“Patriarch Cheng, wait a moment. I have a question I’d like to ask you,” Yun He said with a smile. “If I recall correctly, Patriarch Cheng previously told us that Young Master Hu was injured and recuperating. Why is it that the moment we opened the door, we saw Young Master Hu had been poisoned to death?”

“I don’t know, I’m not sure about that…” The Cheng Family Patriarch was flustered. His only reliance now was his identity. As long as he could escape this sparsely populated area, even if the opponent was a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, they couldn’t do anything to him without him striking first.

Yes, that’s it! After all, he was the patriarch of a major clan. If they dared to attack him, it would be equivalent to actively disgracing their own sect and Master! They must be people who care about their reputation!

“Since you’re not sure, let’s sit down and have a good talk,” Yun He said, drawing her sword and holding it horizontally in front of the Cheng Family Patriarch.

“Th-this was all the Wang family’s idea. I just listened to his instigation,” the Cheng Family Patriarch dared not use force. He knew that any attempt to flee or resist would give Yun He a chance to strike.

Conversely, as long as he cooperated now, Yun He, constrained by the reputation of the Dao-Seeking Sect, certainly wouldn’t easily strike him. The Dao-Seeking Sect has always claimed to be benevolent, and their disciples should be the same!

“Senior Brother, should I keep this person for practice, too?” Just as the Cheng Family Patriarch finished speaking, Zuo Wuyi had already chased him over with her sword, a look of scornful amusement on her face.

“True Person Yun, I’m willing to say anything. You can’t let her kill me!” Seeing Zuo Wuyi approaching, the Cheng Family Patriarch panicked.

He didn’t know Zuo Wuyi’s background, but he clearly saw how decisively Zuo Wuyi killed. If he clashed with her, he definitely wouldn’t escape death.

“True Person Yun, don’t you want to find out the truth about the Hu family? I know what the truth is! As long as you protect me, I can testify for you that it was the Wang family’s people who attacked the Hu family in the middle of the night and took the opportunity to kill everyone!”

Seeing Zuo Wuyi getting closer, the Cheng Family Patriarch dared not conceal anything, frantically speaking to let Yun He know that his value was far greater alive than dead!

“Did you not have a hand in this matter at all?” Yun He asked.

“No, I only sent a few people to assist the Wang family and help provide some cover,” the Cheng Family Patriarch’s ambition was not as great as the Wang Family Patriarch’s. He only agreed to step in more actively after the incident; he truly didn’t take much direct action upfront.

“True Person Yun, I won’t touch a single item belonging to the Wang family or the Hu family afterward. I will hand everything over to you to deal with,” the Cheng Family Patriarch said. “I sincerely beg True Person Yun to grant me refuge. I truly regret my actions and sincerely admit my mistakes.”

The Cheng Family Patriarch’s speech was extremely sincere; he was practically on the verge of kneeling down to kowtow and beg for forgiveness from Yun He.

Yun He was kind by nature. After hearing the Cheng Family Patriarch’s words, her heart began to waver slightly. Since he had confessed, perhaps she could consider letting him go for the time being. Would it be more appropriate to let him reveal the truth of the matter and then hand him over to the victims to deal with?

Yun He was somewhat indecisive. She looked at Mo Xiao with a conflicted expression, seeking her opinion.

“If my senses are correct, the incense burner in the front hall was likely filled with a hallucinogenic drug,” Mo Xiao didn’t make the decision for Yun He but instead stated her discovery. “If I didn’t have a specific way to block it, Little Junior Sister and I would already be dead.”

Hearing Mo Xiao’s words, Yun He immediately extinguished the shred of compassion she had just developed and immediately struck the Cheng Family Patriarch with her sword.

The Cheng Family Patriarch had been on guard the moment Mo Xiao spoke. He not only dodged Yun He’s attack but also threw a handful of poisonous pellets at her, hoping to disrupt her vision and take the opportunity to escape.

Yun He might be kind, but the lives of her Senior and Junior Sisters were more important to her than anything else. She would never waste kindness on this kind of person!

Once Yun He decided to strike, she banished all unnecessary thoughts. Her goal was singular: to use her sword to execute the Cheng Family Patriarch. Anyone who tried to harm her Senior and Junior Sisters must die!

The details of the overwhelmingly one-sided battle need not be repeated. About half an hour later, the City Lord had suffered multiple broken bones and was lying on the ground, barely breathing.

As for the Cheng Family Patriarch, who had tried to run, his head had already had an intimate encounter with the ground. Even though he had no breath left, his eyes were wide with intense unwillingness.

“Theoretically speaking, since we caused such a large disturbance, the best solution would be to gather evidence of their wrongdoing and flee, leaving the matter for the local authorities to handle,” Yun Yu said, using a cloth handkerchief to wipe her hands.

“However, the situation is a bit different this time. The City Lord of Maple Flower City is also here and seems to be involved in this incident.” After wiping her hands clean, Yun Yu summoned a small flame and incinerated the handkerchief.

“So, the person lying on the ground now has two choices,” Yun Yu smiled at the prone City Lord. “Either you prove your innocence and then help us clean up this mess, or we directly label you as an accomplice and take your corpse to a nearby sect, letting them handle the cleanup.”

“I-I just heard, heard that there were, were Core Formation stage cultivators here…” the City Lord said, enduring the pain of his broken bones. “I just wanted to gain some benefits and useful items from you. I had no intention of killing you.”

The City Lord’s statement was half-true, half-false. He indeed had no intention of killing them, but he did harbor thoughts of stealing their treasures. He even had the idea of taking their cultivation for his own use…

“That sounds obviously false. If you didn’t have that intention, why did you attack my Senior Brother?” Zuo Wuyi interrupted the City Lord’s desperate argument. “Senior Brother, if you don’t act now, an accident is bound to happen later.”

Due to her system, Zuo Wuyi had seen this situation too many times in her past life. If you leave the villain an opportunity to argue, they either escape, succeed in a sneak attack, or you end up waiting for some sect that makes mountains out of molehills, turning a simple matter into a complex one.

The most hateful thing was that those self-proclaimed righteous cultivators would ultimately give those villains a light sentence, claiming it was “atonement through service,” when in reality, they had just accepted a bribe and minimized the situation.

“This, this is all a misunderstanding. The Cheng family came and said you intended to harm Young Master Hu, so I rushed over in haste. I was just eager to save a life…” The City Lord’s eyes darted away for a moment.

“Senior Brother, kill him. He’s not a good person.” Zuo Wuyi no longer wanted to delve into the City Lord’s actions and words. There were simply too many flaws in his story; she couldn’t be bothered to point them out.

“He is the City Lord. If we kill him, I’m afraid…” Before Yun Yu could finish her sentence, a loud cry of “Hold your blade!” came from a distance.

Before she could even register who had arrived, Yun Yu remembered Zuo Wuyi’s recent warning. She subconsciously drew her sword, channeled her spiritual power into it, and directly shattered the City Lord’s Nascent Soul, crippling his cultivation.

The entire sequence of movements was incredibly fluid, so fluid that Zuo Wuyi and Mo Xiao couldn’t help but be amazed.

“It seems we will have to stay here for a much longer time,” Yun Yu calmly finished her sentence. “I hope this doesn’t delay Little Junior Sister’s cultivation.”

No sooner had Yun Yu spoken than a large group of cultivators wearing identical uniforms rushed to the scene, clearly intending trouble.