# Chapter 1243: Concerns
"Sword!" Lin Feng uttered a single word. The Celestial Fate Sword whistled through the air, arriving before Qi Jiaojiao, exuding terrifying profound meaning power, as if with just a thought from Lin Feng, Qi Jiaojiao would become a dead person.
"Better not move, or a single thought from me will cause your beauty to wither!" Lin Feng spoke coldly, then his body rose into the air, his gaze fixed on the Venerable Lord whose face had turned ice-cold.
The crowd's expressions tightened. Was Lin Feng even thinking of killing an old monster at the Venerable Lord level? But with that terrifying Skyless Sword in hand, it was truly possible.
That Venerable One's expression was icy, utterly cold. Wanting to kill him? Dream on.
"You will regret this!" The Venerable Lord spat out a frigid sound, then his body seemed to merge into nothingness, appearing in another place in the blink of an eye, as if shuttling through the void. His comprehension of spatial power was terrifying.
"Using my family and friends to threaten me, and you still want to leave?" Lin Feng uttered a cold sound, releasing his grip on the sword, and said coldly: "Cut him down!"
"Buzz!"
As Lin Feng's voice fell, the Skyless Sword vanished, as if piercing through the void. The next moment, in the distance, a terrifying aura shot straight into the sky. Earth-shattering collision sounds accompanied by miserable screams rang out, shocking the crowd's hearts into unceasing trembling.
"What a terrifying sword! Lin Feng only spoke a single word, and the sword itself went to kill a Venerable Lord!" The crowd's hearts trembled uncontrollably. This truly must be the sword of the Skyless Sword Emperor; otherwise, how could it be this terrifying? This sword had become a spirit, possessing life. When Lin Feng told it to kill a Venerable Lord, it killed a Venerable Lord!
Soon, annihilating sword energy rose into the sky from afar. The Skyless Sword transformed into a brilliant beam of light as it returned, arriving before Lin Feng, emitting a humming sound as if reporting its success to its master, making the crowd tremble even more.
Lin Feng could not be provoked.
A man who possessed a Sword Emperor's sword, a man who could have a sword kill a Venerable Lord with a single word—who would dare touch him?
This was exactly the deterrent effect Lin Feng wanted. If he wasn't going to intimidate, then when he did, it had to achieve the maximum effect. The Skyless Sword was so terrifying that some would surely want to seize it. But now that he had killed a Venerable Lord on the spot, anyone thinking of taking it would have to consider carefully whether they had the life to keep it.
"Today's events will surely shake the Eight Wastelands!" The crowd thought to themselves. Lin Feng, wielding the Sword Emperor's sword, had killed two of the Ten Great Prodigies, both of whom had hopes of proving their Dao and becoming Emperors. Additionally, he had killed four mid-rank Venerable Martial cultivators, over a dozen low-rank Venerable Martial cultivators, and one Venerable Lord. When the Skyless Sword was drawn, no one could stop it. Sword energy pierced the heavens, slaughtering everything.
Turning his gaze, Lin Feng looked at the last few Qi family guards, causing their bodies to tremble with fear. They didn't dare flee. Even a Venerable Lord couldn't escape, let alone them. With just a thought from Lin Feng, he could cut them down.
"Go back and tell the Qi family: if they want revenge and want to kill me, they'd better be prepared to be killed themselves. Also, I'll take care of Qi Jiaojiao for your Qi family. If your family harms my friends and relatives, I'll make sure to treat this one of the Four Great Beauties of the Eight Wastelands Realm well!"
Hearing Lin Feng's words, the few men's expressions trembled, but a glimmer of hope arose in their eyes. It seemed they might not die after all.
"Get lost!" Lin Feng spat out a single word. The men felt as if they had received a great pardon and quickly scurried away, not even sparing a glance for Qi Jiaojiao. Facing this madman, they couldn't bear to stay a single moment longer. Qi Tian Saint and a Venerable Lord had both been killed, let alone them. Their task now was to return and inform the family. As for what happened after, it was none of their concern, and there was nothing they could do about it anyway.
Having done all this, Lin Feng turned his gaze to the old master of the Wen family and said apologetically: "Senior, I've brought you trouble."
The old master of the Wen family had a faint smile on his face. He shook his head and said: "It's nothing. If not for you, the Qi family's Venerable Lord wouldn't have shown himself. I wouldn't have known they were also involved in today's matter."
"Thank you, senior, for not blaming me. Lin Feng takes his leave." Lin Feng bowed slightly to the old master of the Wen family, then his figure flickered. He seized Qi Jiaojiao and landed on the giant sword. Qiu Yuexin immediately understood and leaped up as well. Then the giant sword broke through the air, whistling away. This was a place of trouble, better not to linger. There were several Venerable Lords there, old monsters who had lived for many years. Lin Feng couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't develop some ideas upon seeing the Skyless Sword, so he kept his sword in hand as a deterrent. Those old monsters were no pushovers.
Just like that Qi family Venerable Lord—if Lin Feng had been careless for even a moment, the other party, relying on his terrifying spatial profound meaning power to step through the void, could have killed him in a single strike. This level of old monster was too dangerous. That was why Lin Feng didn't want to stay at the Wen family any longer. Better to leave early.
Watching Lin Feng's retreating figure, the crowd sighed inwardly. After today, Lin Feng's name would surely appear among the prodigies. After all, Lin Feng had defeated Qi Tian Saint with overwhelming strength and killed over a dozen low-rank Venerable cultivators, and that was before the Skyless Sword had even been drawn.
The old master of the Wen family gazed into the distance toward the Northern Wasteland. There, a recently risen Martial Emperor force was slowly ascending, producing more and more prodigies. Hou Qinglin had also been listed among the Ten Great Prodigies back in the day, hadn't he? Now Hou Qinglin had already stepped into mid-rank Venerable Martial and was even beginning to charge toward high-rank Venerable Martial. And Heavenly Terrace had produced another Ruoxie. Among the younger generation, Lin Feng and Qiu Yuexin were following close behind. It was hard to imagine what Heavenly Terrace would look like in a few decades.
The once-weak Northern Wasteland now seemed to have a fortune descending upon it, filled with vigorous upward vitality.
"Tian Ge, based on the Prophet's predictions and Lin Feng's performance, this man is no ordinary fish in a pond. You can befriend him, but not too closely. Maintain proper distance. Of course, the final decision is yours." The old master of the Wen family's eyes were deep, filled with wisdom, as he transmitted his voice to Wen Tian Ge beside him.
Wen Tian Ge nodded slightly. He naturally understood the old master's intentions.
The giant sword carried Lin Feng and Qiu Yuexin through the air, traveling through the clouds and mist. The direction Lin Feng was heading now was toward Sword City, another one of the four ancient cities.
At this moment, the Skyless Sword had been put away. One of the three uses had been consumed. But others naturally wouldn't know that he only had three chances to use the Skyless Sword. If they knew, the consequences would be terrible.
The projection of the Heaven Void Ancient Array had revealed the Cloud Sea Sect of the Snow Moon Kingdom. It probably wouldn't be long before those who were spying on the Wen family's purpose would find the coordinates. The many experts of the Wen family had set foot on the Cloud Sea Mountain Range, clearly having a special purpose. Lin Feng couldn't know what it was, but he understood that something might happen in Snow Moon. He had to go back.
Compared to the Eight Wastelands Realm, the Snow Moon Kingdom was nothing but a tiny nation. Even Sky-Gazing Ancient City alone was larger than the entire Snow Moon Kingdom. For the him of the past, the Snow Moon Kingdom seemed vast, but back then his cultivation was pitifully weak, and Mysterious Martial Realm cultivators were considered strong. But for Venerable cultivators, the Snow Moon Kingdom was too small.
Any single Venerable cultivator would become a hegemon-level existence in the Snow Moon Kingdom and even the entire Snow Domain. And now the Snow Moon Kingdom had attracted the attention of the Eight Wastelands Realm. The number of Venerable cultivators who would go there would be terrifying. Lin Feng had to go back once, or he wouldn't be able to rest easy.
But he wasn't too worried. After all, it would take some time for the experts of the Eight Wastelands Realm to find the coordinates and travel there. And other forces didn't have teleportation arrays like the Heaven Void Ancient Array; they couldn't arrive instantly and could only travel by air. In that case, his giant sword's speed wouldn't be slower than those major powers.
As for his family's safety, Yan Di had set up a great array in the Snow Moon Kingdom capable of killing Venerable cultivators. At the same time, Lin Feng had left the broken map from before with his parents. So Lin Feng was fairly reassured. But at this moment, his heart was filled with longing for those familiar faces from the past.
"I wonder how everyone is doing!" The coldness on Lin Feng's face disappeared, replaced by a gentle smile. "Father, Mother, Xinye—are they doing well? Liu Fei—has she emerged from her grief? Has that girl Xiao Ya grown up a bit? And those innocent girls—Jing Yun, Yi Xue, Yun Xi—are they all still alright? The ones who went out to explore—Han Man, Po Jun, Ba Dao—where are they now? Old Man Huo, Old Man Chi—what level has their cultivation reached? Old Master Yue Qingshan—has his health improved?"
Thinking of those familiar faces, it all felt like yesterday, so warm and kind. In the cruel world of martial arts, having concerns in one's heart is actually a wonderful thing. Thinking back to those days, he was just a down-and-out youth, bullied by various experts. Now, he could easily kill low-rank Venerable cultivators, beings who were legendary existences in the Snow Moon Kingdom.
Everything felt like a dream!