My Disguise Is About to Be Exposed — Urgent, Need Help Now!
6: Chapter 6: What Do I Do?
My Disguise Is About to Be Exposed — Urgent, Need Help Now!
“We greet the Sect Master!” “We greet the Sect Master!” The moment the cold beauty appeared, the surrounding Azure Cloud Sect elders and disciples cupped their fists in salute.
As for the inner elders, they had been blown who-knew-where by that world-shattering Sword Intent.
Her arrival caused the spiritual energy around her to stagnate, the flow of the Great Dao to slow.
She alone seemed to be the center of heaven and earth.
It was none other than Azure Cloud Sect’s Sect Master, Yun Yao.
“…Immortal?!” Guyue Fangzheng, still on his knees, stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that this tiny Azure Cloud Sect actually harbored an Immortal.
Though he could not perceive her specific cultivation level, the aura she projected was identical to those elusive Immortal ancestors in his family.
No — the pressure she exerted was even greater than those ancestors.
Without question, this woman was a powerhouse even among Immortals!
Yun Yao paid no attention to anyone else.
Her eyes were rimmed with red, fixed upon Zhang Xuan.
Confusion, shock, bewilderment, excitement, uncertainty — countless emotions swirled in her gaze, all tangled together.
The moment he saw Yun Yao, Zhang Xuan was momentarily stunned.
“Xiao… Yao?” He stood frozen, a cascade of past-life visions flashing through his mind.
… “Master, Master!
Little Yao can’t walk anymore!” “You little brat, stop pretending!
Or I’ll spank your butt!” “Boohoo!
Master is mean!” “Is that so?
Then I won’t buy you candied hawthorns.” “Ah!
Master, I was wrong!
Master is the best!” “Heh, you little rascal.” “Fine, once we reach the city, I’ll buy Little Yao some candied hawthorns.” “Yay!” Along an ancient road, a man in green robes carrying a sword held the hand of a filthy little girl.
The two walked toward the horizon beneath the setting sun.
The girl wore two antenna-like pigtails, drool dribbling from the corner of her mouth, her clever eyes filled with longing for candied hawthorns.
… “Boohoo, Master!
The senior brothers at the academy stole my candied hawthorns!” The girl cried to the green-robed swordsman.
“How dare they bully my Little Yao!
Master will go get them back for you!” The green-robed man charged into the sky, sword in hand.
He returned with two figures sporting black eyes and swollen faces, clutching a straw bundle of candied hawthorns.
The green-robed man’s sword, however, was missing.
“Master, I’m sorry.
It’s all my fault.
You got beaten up because of me.” “What nonsense!
Even candied hawthorns can’t shut your mouth?!” “Master…” “Did I lose?
When their ancestor showed up, what was I supposed to do?” “Little Yao, don’t worry.
Give Master a couple more years to train, and I’ll beat that ancestor so hard he won’t know what hit him!” “Ew, Master, that’s gross!” “Shut up and eat your candied hawthorns!” … “Master, Little Yao has always caused you trouble since childhood.
I fear this time I will bring you down again.” The young woman stood tall and graceful, but blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
She looked up at the sky filled with powerful enemies, her eyes filled with utter despair.
She had killed only one clan disciple who had tried to force himself on her.
She never imagined it would draw out so many powerhouses.
She did not regret it.
She only lamented that she could no longer stay by her master’s side to repay his kindness of raising and teaching her.
“Master’s kindness — Little Yao can only repay it in the next life!” The young woman watched the titanic palm descending from the sky and closed her eyes in despair, crystalline tears sliding from the corners of her eyes.
“How dare you bully my Little Yao!” But in the next instant, a flash of sword light illuminated heaven and earth.
The young woman’s eyes flew open in pleasant surprise.
Before her stood a green-robed figure holding a sword, his back turned to her.
Rain-like bodies of cultivators fell around them.
The green-robed swordsman turned his head, revealing a sharply defined profile and that same insufferably smug expression.
“Little Yao, does Master look cool or what?” The young woman broke into tears of laughter and nodded emphatically.
… “Answer me!” “Why were you able to activate my master’s Sword Intent?” Yun Yao pressed Zhang Xuan, her eyes red, her voice trembling slightly.
The sound pulled Zhang Xuan back from his memories.
He looked at Yun Yao before him, his expression complex.
Was this not his first-life disciple when he had been Sword Venerable Cangming?
After all these years, the little girl who had once given him so much trouble had grown into a sect master — and had become an Immortal.
Of course.
If she had not become an Immortal, she could not have lived so long.
Zhang Xuan sighed with emotion.
Seeing the look in Zhang Xuan’s eyes, Yun Yao felt her heart wrenched, as though seized by a great hand.
She knew that look all too well!
It was the look she had dreamed of countless times.
Though his features were entirely different, the gaze was exactly the one her master used to give her.
“Mas… ter?” “What?!” The moment those words left her lips, the crowd erupted.
The Azure Cloud Sect elders and disciples stared with wide eyes.
This fellow was the Sect Master’s master?
Guyue Fangzheng’s pupils contracted sharply.
Brother Zhang was an Immortal’s master?
What was going on?
No one could believe it.
All eyes turned to the two who remained standing.
“Oh no!” Zhang Xuan’s heart lurched.
Because the instant the word “Master” had left Yun Yao’s mouth, the system’s alert had sounded in his mind.
[Warning!
Host’s previous identity as Sword Venerable Cangming is about to be recognized!
This mission is about to fail!] [Once the mission fails, the host will be reincarnated as a woman in the next life!] [Current Sword Venerable Cangming identity exposure level: 1%.
Passive activation of host’s first-life talent: Chaos Infinite Sword Body!] Boom!
In the next instant, a majestic radiance erupted from Zhang Xuan’s body, a sacred aura spreading outward from him in all directions.
Under that aura, the swords carried by the surrounding Azure Cloud Sect disciples began to ring and hum, all turning toward Zhang Xuan in homage.
Myriad Swords Return to Origin!
Gasp!
Such a phenomenon was terrifying beyond measure.
Everyone drew a sharp breath, their faces filled with horror.
Those cultivators with swords struggled desperately to restrain their weapons, their faces stricken.
Guyue Fangzheng felt an inexplicable suppression, as if he had sunk into a quagmire.
Breathing became difficult.
His Wind Thunder Sacred Body was being suppressed!
He could tell that Zhang Xuan had activated some kind of special physique.
He did not know exactly what it was.
But of one thing he was certain — this physique was superior even to his own Sacred Body!
“Brother Zhang…” Guyue Fangzheng gave a bitter smile.
This fellow was indeed not simple.
Yun Yao watched Zhang Xuan with eyes filled with surprise and excitement.
Because she recognized this quality.
This was her master’s unique, one-of-a-kind, never-before-seen-and-never-to-be-repeated Chaos Infinite Sword Body!
“Able to activate Master’s unique Sword Intent, and possessing the Chaos Infinite Sword Body…” “And those eyes…” Tears shimmered in Yun Yao’s reddened eyes.
All of these signs made her almost certain — the person before her was most likely her master, Sword Venerable Cangming!
As for why her master looked nothing like before and had become a mortal… Yun Yao figured her master must have encountered some accident.
But now she had already become an Immortal.
She could help her master.
As long as her master returned, everything else could be resolved!
At this thought, a breathtaking smile bloomed on Yun Yao’s cold features.
But the person at the center of it all, Zhang Xuan, wore a dark expression with not a shred of the thrill of showing off.
Especially when meeting Yun Yao’s gaze, he felt somewhat at a loss.
What do I do?
My disguise is about to be exposed — urgent, need help now!