The Romantic Cultivator

The battle was actually not over yet, at least for Ji Yuan.

After Ji Yuan had killed the Immortal Abyssal Gong Nephilim, he quickly displayed his Million Swords Field with his life and death sword domain, creating volleys of profound swords against the citadel walls that housed the mighty cannons.

Although the citadel walls were made of black celestiums and were extremely sturdy, but against the life force energies swords of Ji Yuan's Million Swords Field, the cannons totaled six in all were all completely destroyed.

Two of the huge cannons had been used against Ji Yuan and it had a slow recharge speed. 

Luckily for Ji Yuan and the Ancient Old Ones, these 6 huge cannons all had the same power source and only 2 could be fired at any given time, with the other 4 acting as reserve in case a cannon was destroyed.

And Ji Yuan had already taken the blunt of profound energies of the 2 cannons. 

The abyssals were cruel people and they did not hesitate to fire at Ji Yuan even though he was fighting near their citadel and there were hundreds of friendly abyssals on their side.

The order of the Immortal Abyssal Gong Nephilim was very clear; they had to fire the cannons at Ji Yuan.

The abyssal army had lost their morale and their leaders had ordered a general retreat since they could not defeat the numerical superior Ancient Old ones and moreover, they had also lost the use of their powerful huge cannons that could level the formidable palaces of the Nightfall Heights.

So, they ordered their surviving army to retreat to their citadel and ordered the 10th rank epic gargantuan tortoise monster to move away from the Nightfall Heights.

Although the abyssals had a 10th rank epic profound monster on their side but it was completely useless in this battle; it was because the head of this formidable monster could only reach to 1/3 of the height of the Nightfall Mountains and there was nothing for it to attack nor could it see what was on top of the Nightfall Mountains.

In other situations, it may be able to roll over the huge walls of the enemy's formidable walls but in this case, it had no other use other than being just a mobile fortress. 

Either the Ancient Old Ones or Ji Yuan bothered to attack the unkillable 10th rank epic gargantuan monster too and they were contended to just let it carry the remaining abyssal army away. 

Ji Yuan hovered back to the mountains of the Nightfall Heights and did not give chase as he was actually too heavily injured.

It was only his rage that had driven him forward earlier and he was now sored all over his body. 

It was only when it was finally over that he had realized that he had tanked two powerful profound energies blasts and had survived. 

But he knew that it was also due to fighting efforts of Xiang Li, Anyang and Aura as he muttered. "Thank you, everyone…"

Just as he was about to disappear from the battle scene in secret, he was suddenly being confronted in the heavens by Xuan Qiaoqiao, the 5 Cardinals, Millenium Jun Feitian and numerous elders of the Ancient Racel they had spurted wings and had surrounded Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan had forgotten that the Ancient Race could actually fly and they did not need to be at the 8th cultivation realm in order to fly in the air.

However, they were all looking quite respectful and not in a threatening manner. 

Cardinal Harpy Li Yifen, Cardinal Confidant Jun Qianfeng, the Cardinal Pope, the Cardinal Herald and many others were all thanking Ji Yuan respectfully, "Senior, thank you for coming to our aid today!" 

The Cardinal Patriarch quickly said to Ji Yuan, "Senior! We are really thankful to you today. Are you… our Great Patriarch Sword Saint?"

Ji Yuan was startled: What Great Patriarch Sword Saint?! What is he talking about?

Xuan Qiaoqiao of course knows that the masked man was Ji Yuan and when she saw Ji Yuan was hesitating, she quickly said with a sheepish look. "Senior, I am the Cardinal Priestess of this era. Of course you are the Great Patriarch Sword Saint, right?"

Ji Yuan quickly caught on the hint that was given to him by Xuan Qiaoqiao by pretending to say coarsely to everyone, "Indeed I am. There is no need to thank me. It is my duty. I need to go now and do not follow me…"

"Wait, senior!" It was Millenium Jun Feitian that had suddenly halted him.

Ji Yuan was startled as he thought: Have he seen through my disguise?

Millenium Jun Feitian said quickly, "Senior, I wonder if you could accept me as your core protégé? I am willing to obey all of senior's instructions. I am also not afraid of any hardships!"

Ji Yuan was startled by this sudden request and he was thinking: Yesterday you are plotting to kill me and today you want to be my core protégé? If I were to let you know that I am Ji Yuan, then I am going to be a dead shit.

He pretended to say solemnly, "I am long in seclusion and have no wish to accept a core protégé. Also, I am actually planning to ascend very soon. Farewell…"

With that he had jumped down from the mountains of the Nightfall Heights and disappeared in the dense woods below.

When he was gone, the Cardinal Harpy Li Yifen began to sigh softly. "I wonder what the Great Patriarch Sword Saint looks like behind his mask."

The Cardinal Jun Qianfeng giggled softly, "He must be a really old cultivator. But no matter how old he is, if he is willing to take me as his consort, I don't mind at all."

Xuan Qiaoqiao: …

She said unhappily, "This senior is probably dying very soon. Look at his injuries and you can tell. If you become his consort then you will be a widow very soon!"

The Cardinal Pope was startled as he interrupted weakly, "Your Cardinal Priestess. Senior has just helped us. You should not have cursed him in this manner."

The Cardinal Patriarch, the Cardinal Herald and many of the elders were all muttering the same too.

Xuan Qiaoqiao: …

What senior? He is a fake…

Xuan Qiaoqiao was not bothered by their remarks but she was suddenly smiling as she looked down at the dense forests below the mountains; she was now determined not to spare Ji Yuan from her clutches.

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It was nearly nightfall when Ji Yuan had finally climbed back to the top of the Nightfall Heights and he was cursing bitterly.

Why did they have to surround him and forced him to jump down from the mountains? 

Now he had to painfully climbed up the Nightfall Heights again. 

He could not display his 8th realm cultivation to try to hover up or else he would be recognized and he could not explain himself.

Therefore, he could only climb up the Nightfall Heights despites his heavy injuries. 

This reminded him of the old days when his old master would kick him down the mountains and he would then be forced to climb up again. At that time, he was not even a golden celestial and it was even worse for him than now. 

His old master had told him that this was 'training'. 

At that time he would curse his old master and arguing with him that he would never have the chance to fall down the mountains and to climb up so pathetic again. Hence, he did not need this torturous 'training' at all. 

While he was climbing up the Nightfall Heights, he was also cursing Anyang, Xiang Li and Aura because they were resting while he was struggling with the climb.

He felt as though he was their slave instead.

Luckily for Ji Yuan, most of the defensive arrays had been damaged and his climb did not trigger any alarms. 

But as he walked awkwardly back to the Cathedral of the Songs, he was quite startled to chance upon Holy Harpy Yue Wushuang and her followers.

When she saw Ji Yuan, she immediately walked to him and said unhappily. "Our Cardinal Harpy is looking everywhere for you and she thought that you may be dead. But you are alive instead."

Ji Yuan laughed weakly, "Heehee, sorry to disappoint you but I am a tough nut to crack."

Yue Wushuang had by now know that Ji Yuan was Millenium Jun Feitian's enemy and she was not polite to him like the first time.

She scoffed coldly at him, "Are you pretending to be hard at fighting in the battle earlier today? Look at all the fake golden blood that are all over you. You can't even beat a normal abyssal cultivator at your cultivation realm. You should use red blood instead. Are you thinking of getting a reward from our Cardinal Harpy?"

Ji Yuan was smiling weakly when he had heard her: Actually, this is my own blood…

But he quickly said, "I have accidentally rolled over the corpses of some high level cultivators. Hahaha…" 

There were actually plenty of rubbles around and many cultivators were still missing in the aftermath of the earlier battle. 

So, she had assumed that Ji Yuan had been trapped in the rubbles or were unconscious in the aftermath of the battle that were several hours ago. And that was why she had led her sisters to comb the battlefield for Ji Yuan.

Luckily for her, she had finally found Ji Yuan after digging the rubbles for several hours. 

Yue Wushuang said coldly to him, "Quickly get back to the Cathedral of the Songs. We have to search for the other survivors."

Ji Yuan laughed weakly as he ran off hastily.