Ancient Sky Fiend - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: The Ominous Sword

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

The man whose face was covered with pockmarks hurriedly said, “We don’t know this for sure. But there are rumors about her parents… It wasn’t Senior Sister Su’s own fault to be sent to this place.”

“Parents? What did her parents do?” Yun Shu continued.

“This is a taboo in the sect, and the disciples are not allowed to talk about this. There are again rumors saying that her parents betrayed the sect and took away something very important many years ago. Therefore, most Elders don’t like her.”

Yun Shu finally had a basic idea of Su Lingwen’s circumstances. Although he didn’t exactly know what happened to her parents, she herself was innocent.

Since she was innocent, Yun Shu decided to help her!

He didn’t care if someone in the sect was going to jump out and stop him!

“Good.” Yun Shu turned around and walked toward the entrance of the cave.

After Yun Shu left, the disciples suddenly uttered a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground, gasping hard.

Feng He walked Yun Shu out. On their way, he said to Yun Shu, “Senior Brother Yun, I still have one more thing to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“Please follow me,” said Feng He, leading Yun Shu to the other side of the cave.

As the cave was, in fact, quite spacious, there were a few forks. Yun Shu followed Feng He and came to a smaller cavern, looking like a secret chamber.

“Several seniors and other disciples once lived in this cave before. After many years, they left some precious books and items! Since now you’re the owner of the cave, they should also belong to you, Senior Brother Yun!” Feng He said to Yun Shu.

“Really?” Yun Shu suddenly became a bit excited.

Feng He nodded and said, “Totally true! There are thirty-eight different kinds of martial art skills in this cave, and the most powerful one has even reached Rank four Ordinary Level!”

His Thunder Move was Rank Eight Ordinary Level, and his Fiend Eagle Claw was Rank Five Ordinary Level.

Rank Four Ordinary Level? That was nothing to Yun Shu.

“Senior Brother Yun, we still have some weapons here. They’re not terrific, but I’ll say they’re rather decent in the valley.” Feng He was quite excited, introducing everything to Yun Shu.

The weapons were nothing special, some even broken. However, people in the Valley of Crime still regarded them as treasures. After all, these things were in limited supply here.

Yun Shu slightly shook his head despite Feng He’s enthusiasm. The so-called treasures were not appealing to him at all.

However, when Yun Shu was about to look away, he noticed something unusual. He walked back to the pile of weapons. Rummaging around, he pulled out an ugly-looking sword.

It was not really a sword, per se; it appeared more like a flattened iron bar. It didn’t have sharp ends, looked rather dark, and the surface was uneven.

“Senior Brother Yun, this is not even finished. We use it to light bonfires. You’re interested in it?” Feng He didn’t understand why Yun Shu had taken a fancy to it.

Yun Shu stared at the black sword, scrutinizing it. “No, this is something special.”

“How?” Feng He was a bit surprised.

Yun Shu just kept looking at the sword. Instead of answering Feng He’s question, he used his golden pupils. Instantly, he saw through the black sword, which appeared totally different now.

“High-quality iron. Made of fine ores. Unfinished…” Yun Shu murmured in a low voice.

Feng He asked, “You know weapons?”

Yun Shu shook his head. “I can just… tell. What’s more important is that there is a stream of ominous air hiding in the sword. I guess this is the reason why it is unfinished.”

“Ominous?” Feng He was a bit nervous. “We should throw it away then.”

Yun Shu smiled. “Not necessarily. It can still be useful. I’ll take this.”

Yun Shu carried the black sword behind his back.

Seeing that, Feng He asked worriedly, “Will something bad happen?”

“No worries,” Yun Shu said. “It’s nothing to me.”

Feng He had nothing else to say on the matter.

“Then what about these things?” Feng He pointed at the weapons and books.

“Leave the weapons here. But take the books out.”

Feng He hurriedly carried all the fighting skill books in his arms. Even though they were nothing in Yun Shu’s eyes, they were definitely more than precious in this valley.

This was also Feng He’s first time touching the books. After all, Jiang Chun never allowed anyone to come close to them in order to make sure he was always the boss in this cave.

Feng He was exhilarated about having so many martial art skill books in his arms, feeling as if he had gotten his hands on a mother lode.

However, he dared not even take a quick peek at any of the pages since, at the end of the day, the owner of the cave was still Yun Shu.

“Where are we going?” Feng He asked carefully.

“Just follow me.”

Yun Shu walked to the entrance of the cave in large strides, with Feng He hurriedly following him.

When they returned, the disciples were still here. They bowed to Yun Shu together in a respectful greeting.

Yun Shu looked around and said, “Gather everyone here.”

Their new boss had just given his first command. The disciples instantly carried it out.

After a little while, all the disciples living in this cave were standing in front of Yun Shu, waiting for his orders.

“So… Have you made any progress in your cultivation?” Yun Shu asked.

The disciples remained silent this time as they didn’t know how to answer the question.

“Senior Brother Yun, we have basically stopped cultivating ever since we entered the valley,” said Feng He.

“Why?” Yun Shu asked coldly.

“We don’t have enough resources, and the cultivation technique—”

“Is that the true reason?” Yun Shu directly broke in.

Feng He became speechless, hearing Yun Shu’s words.

At this time, someone chimed in, “We’re not like you, Senior Brother Yun. We are not talented. Even if we keep cultivating—”

Yun Shu sneered. “Talented? You know what everyone called me before I came here?”

“…”

The disciples exchanged looks between each other.

Yun Shu continued, “People called me the biggest loser ever in the Fire Mystic Sect! I couldn’t reach the first level of Qi Sky Realm in ten years! That was quite something, wasn’t it? But I never got lazy or wanted to give up for even a single day! Never!”

The biggest loser in the sect had just killed Jiang Chun!

What happened to him? Did he wake up on the wrong side of the bed one day? Did the sun rise from the west? Or maybe, they were the ones who had lost sight of their dreams and ambitions?

Most of the disciples lowered their heads out of shame.

Once again, someone geared himself up to say, “But Senior Brother Yun, we don’t have any martial art skills or herbs. A higher-level realm is useless for us…”

“You will have martial art skills.”

The disciples couldn’t understand his line of thought, feeling confused and perplexed.

“Feng He!” Yun Shu shouted.

“Here!”

“From now on, you keep the martial art skill books. There are more than thirty different martial art skills, and we will all have access to these books.”

The cave remained silent for a second. And then suddenly, a buzz of exclamation filled the cave, turning into a cacophony of sounds.

“We can read the books? All of them?!”