As she was thinking this, she had already spoken to Li Yan.
"I have something to deal with now. I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Li to entertain Fellow Daoist Su for a while. You're familiar with the clan; you can take Fellow Daoist Su for a look around. I'm sure she won't be disappointed. I will arrange for Fellow Daoist Su's accommodations shortly."
Arranging accommodations was, of course, something the Third Elder didn't need to do personally, but she still had to show her attitude to demonstrate respect for "Gui Qu Lai Xi."
Li Yan smiled and nodded. He knew the Third Elder was in a hurry to get to Hong Yin's place and temporarily had no time to entertain Su Hong.
Now that almost all the clan's elders were in seclusion, he had no choice but to agree. It was impossible to just leave Su Hong and her two companions hanging here.
Besides, Su Hong was staying for his "Qing A Wang" investiture ceremony. From this perspective, he should treat her the same way he would treat Zhuo Lingfeng, who would be arriving later.
Wan Qingshe, who had already started walking towards the door, also heard the conversation behind him. At the same time, being here, his divine sense was naturally spread out at all times.
Therefore, he also saw a very uncomfortable scene in his divine sense. Su Hong actually blinked her beautiful eyes a few times when she looked at Li Yan. It was a girlish expression he had never seen before.
The anger that he had been suppressing in his heart could no longer be contained.
"Boom!" an explosion rang out in his mind.
His body came to a sudden halt, and he slowly turned his head.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Li! There is one thing I forgot just now. I hope to spar a few moves with you."
As his words fell, Li Yan and the others all looked stunned. Then, that strange look appeared in Li Yan's eyes again.
"Is Fellow Daoist Wan talking to me?"
"Of course it's you, Fellow Daoist. You are not a cultivator from my Wind God Continent. When you first entered the Wind God Continent, my master, 'Peerless Sword of Hua Tian,' also detected you."
"But seeing that your aura was not sinister, he did not seek you out. However, since you came to the Tianli Clan these past few years, some things have become strange."
"Therefore, this time when I came to the Tianli Clan, my master also asked me to inquire about your origins, but it is clear that you are unwilling to say. This may involve your privacy, so I will not make things difficult for you."
"But you must prove yourself, prove that you are not one of the villains on the Wind God Continent's wanted list. For that, you can only use your own cultivation methods."
"Those villains all have their own unique divine abilities. Although they may be able to change their appearance and aura, once they fight, the characteristics of their cultivation methods cannot be concealed. Am I right, Fellow Daoist Li? Hahaha..."
"Wan Qingshe, you are truly imposing. In my clan..."
When the Third Elder heard their short exchange, her beautiful eyebrows shot up, and she began to reprimand him. Gong Shanhe had left the clan's affairs in her hands, and he certainly knew she could handle them.
Even if the First Elder were here, he would not allow anyone to act so presumptuously in the Tianli Clan.
Seeing this, Li Yan waved his hand at the Third Elder. His mind was racing. The other party's master was a Spirit Transformation cultivator.
Some of them were indeed guarding a continent, while others had remained in the lower realm for other reasons. Their purposes might not be for the entire continent, but their strength was undeniable.
Therefore, it was highly likely that cultivators like Gu Jiuqi knew about cross-boundary cultivators entering the Desolate Moon Continent, because there were only a few weak points for entering a continent.
Of course, if you had a secret location and the Spirit Transformation cultivator had not left behind a monitoring magical treasure, it would also be impossible to detect.
Therefore, it was possible that the Spirit Transformation cultivator named "Peerless Sword of Hua Tian" had noticed him entering the Wind God Continent, as the other party had said.
However, for Wan Qingshe to use this as a reason at this time was too far-fetched, a bit of a stretch. He had been on the Wind God Continent for some years now. If they wanted to find him, they would have come long ago.
To say he wanted to test his divine abilities was clearly just an excuse to teach him a lesson, or perhaps he had more sinister intentions. Needless to say, this reason was actually quite plausible, given that the Tianli Clan currently had no Spirit Transformation cultivator.
Li Yan and the others knew things that these low and mid-rank cultivators did not. If the other party used the excuse of protecting the continent to come for him, and he did not agree, they could still attack him directly, and it would also involve the Tianli Clan.
If he agreed, he would feel somewhat frustrated. He had found Wan Qingshe's gaze strange earlier, wondering if the man had mistaken him for one of Su Hong's suitors.
Li Yan felt a little wronged, but he couldn't blame Su Hong for this matter. She was here to escort the Nascent Soul physical body. But all in all, the "Sword-Washing Sect" was just bullying the Tianli Clan for having lost the Great Sacrificial Priest.
Otherwise, the Great Sacrificial Priest would have slapped this person away. Who was he to act so presumptuously here? But Li Yan was unwilling to make a move casually.
"Oh? How does Fellow Daoist know that I am not one of those villains? Could it be that just by your word, if you say there is a problem with my cultivation method, then there is a problem?"
"Humph, I am not so bored. The Tianli Clan was once a top-tier sect on this continent. In their sect, there are jade slips recording the wanted villains of the Wind God Continent, and their cultivation methods are also recorded in great detail."
"Of course, I also have a copy here, but it may have a few more people recorded than the Tianli Clan's. After all, they are no longer a top-tier clan. I can make a copy for the Third Elder, and we can see if any of the cultivation methods that appear later are among them."
Wan Qingshe sneered. He knew his reason was far-fetched, and anyone could see his intentions. But he was determined to force the other party to fight.
As for reason, he felt a surge of anger in his chest that had to be vented. So what if he gave them a jade slip? He would cripple the other party later.
This was the power that a top-tier sect possessed. Don't think you are wronged or unconvinced. If you want to reason, you must have the strength to do so.
If Li Yan and the Tianli Clan were weaker, Wan Qingshe could have attacked directly, without giving them any chance to explain.
The Third Elder watched with cold eyes from the side, but the aura on her body had already begun to turn sharp. She too was a decisive person.
Su Hong also frowned. This Wan Qingshe was obviously looking for an excuse to fight Li Yan. She could probably guess the reason for his actions.
However, Su Hong also felt innocent. She was also an outsider cultivator, and she had two Nascent Soul level experts with her. Did he show any signs of investigating them?
Li Yan looked at the other party, and Wan Qingshe also stared back at him.
"How does Fellow Daoist Wan want to test me? Surely it won't be a fight to the death?"
"Simple. Block three of my sword strikes. Whether or not I can force out any of your cultivation, I will have something to report when I go back."
Wan Qingshe's words even seemed to be considerate of Li Yan.
"As you wish!"
Li Yan didn't want to waste any more words. He just wanted to get rid of this person quickly, so he wouldn't be bothered again. And the other party's purpose in coming to the Tianli Clan was also a source of mutual dissatisfaction.
...
In the northern part of the Tianli Clan, in a remote area of endless mountains and ridges, high in the sky, Li Yan and Wan Qingshe faced each other from a distance, separated by several hundred zhang.
Further away, the Third Elder, Su Hong, and the two black-robed, masked elders also stood in the void.
The Third Elder had not notified anyone else. She now had a good understanding of Li Yan's strength. He was a terrifying existence who could definitely handle a Late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.
So, after the three moves, the Third Elder would quickly ask Wan Qingshe to leave. She would have no pleasantries for someone who thought they could bully her clan just because they had lost their Spirit Transformation cultivator.
"Fellow Daoist Li, are you ready?"
The folding fan in Wan Qingshe's hand had already disappeared. He stood with his hands behind his back, his aura completely different from before. It was a kind of majestic presence, as if he were a king looking down on the world. His face was indifferent.
'Stable app that has been running for many years, comparable to the old version of the book chasing artifact. It's used by old bookworms.'
"You may begin!"
Several hundred zhang away, Li Yan, dressed in a green scholar's robe, also stood with his hands behind his back, his feet planted in the void in a natural stance, his face impassive.
'Arrogant fool!'
Wan Qingshe sneered in his heart. The other party clearly knew he was a sword cultivator, yet he was still so conceited, not even summoning a magical treasure or any defensive item.
He had seen many people like this before, who thought they could completely crush him just because their realm was higher than his. In the end, they didn't even have a chance to regret it.
Then, he would soon let the other party know what it meant to be the strongest attacker in the world. He had killed experts whose realms were higher than his more than once.
As for whether he would accidentally kill the other party, he felt it didn't matter at all. On the Wind God Continent, the "Sword-Washing Sect" was a hand that held up the sky.
With a thought from Wan Qingshe, without any visible hand seals or incantations, a silver sword tip suddenly appeared above Li Yan's head and stabbed down towards his Baihui acupoint. It all happened without any warning.
This move even made the Third Elder's expression in the distance suddenly turn solemn. As an observer, she had of course been paying close attention to the two of them.
She saw them exchange a few words, and before the words had even faded, a glint of cold light appeared above Li Yan's head and stabbed down. The attack was silent and swift, truly strange and fast.
She hadn't even seen Wan Qingshe make any move. If she were the one facing this, even if she managed to defend against it, she would have fallen into the other party's attack rhythm, and the fight would have become difficult.
Not far away, Su Hong hadn't even reacted yet. She was still listening to their conversation and was not yet aware of Wan Qingshe's attack.
However, the pupils of the two black-robed, masked elders behind her constricted violently. They had only barely sensed Wan Qingshe's attack in advance.
As the other party spoke, something like a silver hair had flashed from the location of his Niwan Palace and disappeared in an instant, barely causing a ripple in the surrounding space.
'A powerful inner sword cultivator!'
'The "Sword-Washing Sect" is truly worthy of being a top-tier sect on this continent!'
The two black-robed, masked elders praised him in their hearts. Just as their divine sense caught that glint of cold light, the sword tip had already reached Li Yan's head.
At this moment, a crisp "ding" sound suddenly came from the front. A cold light flashed from above Li Yan's head to the side, and Li Yan remained in his original position, motionless.
In the distance, the indifferent expression on Wan Qingshe's face froze. Then, a watery radiance flew to his side and slowly circled around his body, creating rings of cold light.
As the cold light swirled, it emitted a low, faint sword cry. It was a two-chi-long green flying sword. The body of the sword was narrow and slender, like a bamboo leaf green snake waiting for an opportunity to strike.
'The fight is already over?'
In Su Hong's divine sense, the sound of Li Yan's reply to Wan Qingshe still lingered. Then, she saw a silver light flash and fly past Li Yan's head.
Then, that silver light returned to Wan Qingshe's side. Although she hadn't seen it clearly, she finally understood what had happened, and her heart trembled.
Su Hong hadn't seen it clearly, but the others had seen some of the scene. They saw that just as the glint of cold light protruded towards Li Yan's head, Li Yan seemed to have moved his right hand.
A speck of dark light had hit the other party's cold glint. But then again, Li Yan seemed to have been standing there, not moving at all from beginning to end. It was all just an illusion.
Wan Qingshe's heart skipped a beat. His flying sword assassination, killing from a distance, was as easy as turning his hand.
Although it wouldn't be so easy against a cultivator of the same stage, it would definitely force the other party into a flurry of activity, falling into his subsequent attack rhythm.
It was even possible to kill them in one strike.
But just now, he hadn't been able to see clearly how Li Yan had attacked. It was like he had pointed a finger with his cultivation, or like he was holding some kind of magical treasure. His movements were so fast that even his divine sense couldn't keep up.
The moment his flying sword stabbed out, the other party had blocked it. And it wasn't by sweeping his flying sword aside, but by accurately hitting the very tip of his sword, with impeccable timing.
The tip of his flying sword was thin and sharp. In the instant of attack, only he could accurately grasp its trajectory. But Li Yan's reaction was fast and accurate, a direct hit.