Youth Must Be Seized Early; How Could One Remain Young Forever? Chapter One Hundred and One: One Sword Settles an Old Grudge

Yu Hou stared at Luo Zhi’s retreating figure, spat hard, and his gaze slowly turned icy.

How could this man be so bold...

“Keep yourself in line,” the Foundation Establishment cultivator said indifferently.

Yu Hou spread his hands and glanced sidelong at the cultivator suspended in the air, his expression haughty. “Fine, fine, I’ll give you face. Isn’t that enough?”

The Foundation Establishment cultivator merely flicked him a glance, his expression unchanged, and flew away at once.

Seeing that look, Yu Hou smiled smugly and continued onward with his hands behind his back.

“Tch, look at this kid, so arrogant...”

“Get yourself a Golden Core cultivator in the family, and you can act the same!”

“Ah, truly, some are born under lucky stars while others are not. How enviable!”

His pose immediately stirred a round of quiet discussion nearby.

Recently, news that the Yu family had gained another Golden Core cultivator had already spread far and wide. Coupled with Yu Hou’s daily swagger, many people had learned that the newly advanced Golden Core was none other than his great-grandfather.

That alone was enough to make others keep their distance. On top of that, quite a few cultivators had come to the door bearing gifts, and that only made him even more reckless.

Looking at Luo Zhi in the distance, Yu Hou suddenly had a slight thought in mind.

...

The thin veil of night had unknowingly covered everything near and far.

At the gate of Luogu Market, a lean figure stepped out, glanced warily behind him a few times, and, seeing no one in pursuit, summoned a flying artifact and headed west.

Not long after he left, a young man in a white dao robe also walked out through the city gate, gave a cold snort, and instantly summoned a flying artifact, racing in pursuit of the lean figure’s direction.

And that young man in white was Yu Hou.

“Hmph! Thinking of going to snitch? I’ll kill you right now and see how you report it!” Yu Hou said, staring at the black speck flying far ahead, and slowly drew out a long saber.

In the moonlight, the blade gleamed with a chilling shine.

The quality of their flying artifacts differed considerably, and so did their speed. Before long, Yu Hou caught up to the gaunt man and laughed with excitement. “Hey! Old Luo!”

The shout immediately drew Luo Zhi’s attention, and he turned at once.

“It’s you?!”

“Heh heh, if not me, then who?” Yu Hou said with a grin.

Luo Zhi did not slow at all, and shouted, “What do you want?”

“What do I want?” Yu Hou paused, then smiled darkly. “Naturally, I want to kill you.”

At those words, Luo Zhi immediately poured spiritual power into his artifact and abruptly increased speed, fleeing ahead.

Yu Hou gave him no chance to escape and accelerated as well. The distance between them was closing rapidly.

Watching the terrified old Luo run for his life, Yu Hou laughed loudly. “Today you can die in peace! From now on, your daughter can be handed over to me!”

“I’m afraid the one who dies today will be you!”

The moment the words fell, four streaks of light burst up at once from the forest below.

They leapt high into the air and instantly surrounded Yu Hou.

The newcomers were the four from the Profound Sun Sect.

“It’s been a long time, Yu Hou,” said Bai Qingzhou in a cold voice.

Yu Hou’s face changed. He looked around once, then said, “You’re... people from the Profound Sun Sect! So this old dog went back to report after all!”

“Correct. Today is the day you die,” Bai Qingzhou said calmly.

Yu Hou burst out laughing in fury. “You dare kill me?!”

Bai Qingzhou’s gaze was cold. “And why would I not dare?”

“Do you think this bumpkin still doesn’t understand?” Yu Hou blurted. “Yu Wenwu is my great-grandfather! And he is a Golden Core—”

Before he could finish, a flash of cold light shot forth, straight for Yu Hou’s face.

Clang!

At the critical moment, Yu Hou barely managed to block Bai Qingzhou’s attack with the long saber in his hand.

Seeing that Bai Qingzhou did not follow the expected script and had actually dared to strike, Yu Hou hurriedly shouted, “My grandfather is a Golden Core cultivator! Did you hear me clearly or not?!”

“I heard you. So what?” Bai Qingzhou replied coolly.

Then he pressed forward again.

The Azure Rainbow Sword in his hand stabbed without the slightest hesitation toward every fatal opening.

Yu Hou was shaken to the core. This man actually wasn’t afraid of a Golden Core cultivator?!

“Fellow Daoist Bai... wait a moment!” Yu Hou cried out hurriedly after barely blocking another strike.

“Anything else?” Bai Qingzhou stopped and asked indifferently.

“You’re from the Profound Sun Sect. If you kill me, my family ancestor will surely wipe out your entire sect! For the safety of your fellow disciples, you cannot kill me!” Yu Hou shouted anxiously.

Hearing this, Bai Qingzhou’s expression remained utterly flat, and he actually did stop.

“We’re killing you exactly for that,” came a voice.

A streak of light flashed by.

A sharp hiss rang out.

One cleanly severed arm tumbled from the sky.

“Ahhh!” Yu Hou screamed in agony.

The pain nearly made him fall from his flying artifact.

It was only then that Ruan Xiuqi, taking advantage of his momentary distraction, had severed the arm at the root with a single sword strike.

Ruan Xiuqi flashed forward, leapt onto Yu Hou’s flying artifact, and held the tip of his longsword against Yu Hou’s throat.

“Don’t move,” Ruan Xiuqi said.

“Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!” Yu Hou howled miserably.

He looked utterly deranged, hair flying wildly, his heart seized by terror. Clearly, he had been frightened out of his wits.

Bai Qingzhou also leapt out and landed on Yu Hou’s flying artifact.

“I have a question for you,” Bai Qingzhou said, looking at him coldly.

“If I answer, can you let me go?” Yu Hou panted and asked in a low voice.

“Hm? You still dare to bargain?” Ruan Xiuqi pushed the sword tip forward again.

Yu Hou trembled and staggered back, fear in his voice. “No, no, no...”

Bai Qingzhou simply looked at him coldly, unmoving.

“Tell me, who was the other person who ambushed me that day?” Bai Qingzhou asked slowly.

Yu Hou’s face turned pale. Weakly, he said, “He was only a rogue cultivator... I don’t even know his name...”

“Then where is he now?”

“I don’t know... I only know he went to Dragon-Tiger Mountain some time ago, saying he was going there to profit from the chaos...” Yu Hou shook his head violently.

“One more question...” Bai Qingzhou stared at Yu Hou. “I had only a simple conflict with you. Why did you want to put me to death?”

Yu Hou hurriedly shook his head, panicked. “I only wanted to teach you a lesson! The decision to kill you was made by those two men! It has nothing to do with me!”

“So that’s how it is...” Bai Qingzhou nodded lightly, then flashed back to his own Celestial Gale Condor.

Seeing him leave, Yu Hou’s mind relaxed. Just as he was secretly rejoicing at having escaped disaster—

A cold gleam once again came from his right.

The blazing light closed in on his neck in an instant.

Yu Hou’s eyes flew wide. Just as he was about to speak...

Slash!

Sword light flew clean through, severing Yu Hou’s head. Blood sprayed across the ground, and he died with his soul dispersed.

The one who struck was Zhang Zhiyan, standing nearby.

“How could we possibly spare you...” Zhang Zhiyan said coldly.

No one was surprised, for in everyone’s plan, Yu Hou was already marked for death. There had never been any intention of letting him live.

“Let me see if he has anything worthwhile,” Ruan Xiuqi said, sheathing his sword and crouching down to search Yu Hou’s body.

“He actually has a storage pouch!” Ruan Xiuqi’s voice rang out in delight.

He immediately lifted the storage pouch for everyone to see.

Seeing this, Chen Li said, “All right, just take the storage pouch and the artifacts, and that will do.”

“Got it!”