I Have A Sword

Chapter 781: Too Weak

Chapter 781: Too Weak

Ye Guan was stunned by Little Pagoda's words. What happened to Yi Nian?

Feeling like he didn't have the luxury of time to think about it, Ye Guan set the thought aside and disappeared into thin air.

When he reappeared, he was already in front of Yi Nian. He stood frozen as stared at the unfolding scene before him.

Yi Nian was surrounded by bizarre shapes of spacetime. It looked like the spacetime inside the tiny pagoda had been split open numerous times.

Yi Nian was immersed in it, gently manipulating the pieces of spacetime in front of her, allowing the fragmented spacetime pieces to rearrange themselves.

All of a sudden, Yi Nian's figure alternated between phases of being illusory and solid.

Yi Nian's manipulation of the fragmented spacetime pieces began to become more and more intense; the nearby spacetime trembled and became illusory.

Ye Guan was puzzled. "Master Pagoda, what is she doing?"

Little Pagoda anxiously exclaimed, "Quick, make her stop! I can't bear it anymore!"

Ye Guan hurriedly called out, "Yi Nian!"

Yi Nian suddenly stopped what she was doing. She looked up at him and grinned before taking a step forward. With this step, the spacetime behind her instantly returned to normal; the tremors across the ground started dying down as well.

Ye Guan asked, "Yi Nian, what were you doing just now?"

Yi Nian replied, "I was playing with time."

"Time?"

"Yes."

"Can you be more specific?"

"I was reorganizing time."

"Reorganizing time?"

"Don't you know how to do it?"

Ye Guan was at a loss for words. Seeing Ye Guan's stunned look, Yi Nian pursed her lips and smiled without saying anything.

Ye Guan humbly asked for guidance, "What does 'reorganizing time' mean?"

Yi Nian looked at him, blinking as if Ye Guan's innocent question had stumped her.

Seeing the innocent and puzzled expression on her face, Ye Guan suddenly felt awkward, as her face seemed to be saying, "It's so simple, but you don't know it?"

Yi Nian paced back and forth with her hands behind her back, frowning in contemplation.

Ye Guan was completely puzzled. What is this girl doing?

After a moment, Yi Nian stopped pacing and then looked at him, embarrassed. "I don't know how to explain it to you."

Ye Guan's expression froze, causing Little Pagoda to burst out into a peal of laughter.

Ye Guan remained silent. He had to admit that it was a bit painful, but he couldn't retort at all.

Yi Nian was truly extraordinary. She was the first person capable of manipulating the spacetime in here.

In other words, she had reached a high level of achievement when it came to time.

Ye Guan refused to believe that she was just a Divine Dao Realm cultivator.

Ye Guan smiled and asked, "Could you teach me how to do that?"

Yi Nian hesitated a little bit.

"No?" Ye Guan asked.

Yi Nian whispered, "I-I think you're a bit too weak... You can't withstand the power of time..."

She took out a thin crystal fragment from her small bamboo waist bag and handed it over to Ye Guan.

The moment it appeared, Little Pagoda was shocked. "Wow! Wait, hurry up and tell her. Tell her to put that away!"

Yi Nian seemed to have realized something as well, and she swiftly waved her right hand. A mysterious energy enveloped the crystal fragment just then.

"What was that?" Ye Guan was deeply shocked. It didn't last that long, but he felt like he couldn't breathe earlier.

Yi Nian smiled and said, "Eternal."

"Eternal?" Ye Guan asked.

Yi Nian nodded and explained, "It can compress an entire universe into a primordial proton."

Ye Guan was utterly confused; he had no idea what she said just now.

Yi Nian offered it to him and said, "This is my gift to you."

Ye Guan shook his head, declining it.

"Actually, I lied to you earlier. That was just an ordinary tanghulu." With that, he took out a handful of candied hawthorn and said, "See, I have plenty."

Yi Nian blinked and smiled, but she didn't say anything in the end.

Ye Guan said, "I had no ill intentions. I just wanted to know whether you actually know what a tanghulu is or not. Clearly, you don't know anything about it."

Ye Guan placed the tanghulu and the crystal fragment in Yi Nian's hands. Then, he turned around and left the tiny pagoda.

Left all alone, Yi Nian stood quietly, staring at the tanghulu and the crystal fragment in her hands.

After a brief pondering, she smiled to herself. Only half of her face was visible, but she was still a breathtaking beauty.

***

Little Pagoda said, "Why didn't you take that crystal fragment? It's definitely only second to the Qingxuan Sword out of all the treasures you possess."

Ye Guan shook his head. "If I had taken it from her, then I'd have zero sense of decency."

He was greedy, but he still had his principles.

Little Pagoda said in a low voice, "That lady's background is definitely extraordinary."

Ye Guan nodded slightly. "Master Pagoda, why do you think she came to find me? For treasures? I don't think that's likely because whether it's the Qingxuan Sword or the spacetime within the pagoda, she only showed interest in them but never had any intention of taking them. If it's not for the treasures, then what?"

Little Pagoda said, "Don't worry about it too much. If she comes with good intentions, then befriend her. If she comes with bad intentions, then destroy her."

Ye Guan laughed heartily, agreeing that there was no need for him to overthink things. Moreover, Yi Nian had shown no malicious intent so far.

Right at that moment, the distant sea of clouds suddenly started to churn. In the next instant, the clouds parted, and a man dressed in black with a saber on his back slowly emerged. Upon seeing him, Ye Guan frowned.

The man in black looked at him expressionlessly and said, "We meet again."

Ye Guan glanced at him and laughed blandly, saying, "Brother, we have no grievances of grudges, why—"

The man in black interrupted, "I just don't like you, so..."

Swoosh!

Ye Guan suddenly disappeared.

The man in black's eyes narrowed as he swiftly drew his saber and slashed forward.

Swoosh!

Ye Guan's sword shattered the man in black's saber, and the sword pierced the man in black's forehead, immobilizing him.

Qingxuan Sword!

Ye Guan flicked his sleeves and said, "You better not interrupt me while I'm talking, do you understand?"