This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder

Chapter 187: Saving the Hero instead of the Damsel

Chapter 187: Saving the Hero instead of the Damsel

On the Vast Heaven Islands, numerous people could be seen cultivating on each mountain. The first to eighth mountains were full of people, each in their own territory, and only the central mountain was practically void of people except for a few. Atop the peak of the central mountain stood a boy at the cusp of becoming a man, or at least in appearance. The man was naturally Tianyi, and despite his youthful appearance, he was actually thirty-eight years old now, practically middle-aged. Of course, compared to the other disciples aside from Daoyi and Xi Ri, he was practically a baby.

Now that Tianyi thought about it, were there any other disciples near his age?

Tianyi shook his head. It was not the time to think about it. Instead, Tianyi raised his hand so that all eight mountains and seas seemed to be within his palm’s grasp. He could clearly sense Daoist Moneybag placing an unnecessary formation and burning through a considerable amount of spirit stones in the process. Simultaneously, he could detect Bing Huoyuan and Ji Wutong fighting “sparring” again.

In fact, Tianyi could sense every disciple within the Vast Heaven Islands, and he didn’t even need to use his spiritual sense. As the master of the domain, he could sense everything that was occurring within. It was as if his consciousness had merged with the Vast Heaven Islands. There was a sense of intimacy that he couldn’t quite place, but Tianyi attributed it to being the creator of the domain.

Descending down the mountain to the edge where the land touched the waters, Tianyi knelt and moved his hand through the ebony liquid formed from his true qi of chaos. Tianyi had managed to make some minor success in condensing his spiritual qi into a liquid form.

The black lakes were proof of it.

When Tianyi first formed the Vast Heaven Islands, the black lakes needed his constant presence to maintain their state. Otherwise, they would return to their gaseous state and dissipate, but after three years, if Tianyi left Vast Heaven Islands, the black lakes would remain unchanged.

It wasn’t just the liquid qi of the Vast Heaven Islands that had changed, but Tianyi’s inner cosmos as well.

Within Tianyi’s inner cosmos, gaseous qi stilled filled the entire space, but now, black streams of black liquid ran throughout the cosmos like pathways. Compared to the entire inner cosmos, the streams were like a line of thin silk, but the benefits brought by them were immense. Tianyi could sense that his inner cosmos was more linked, more complete.

Although he would still need a long time to accumulate the liquid qi, Tianyi already perfected the particular method. It was only a pity that he could only change the state of his own qi and not externalized qi for some strange reason. In a sense, the Vast Heaven Islands was an extension of his inner cosmos since the liquid qi could exist. Once the liquid qi exited his body, Tianyi would feel some interference that caused it to return to its gaseous state.

Tianyi had Daoyi and Xi Ri try to liquify their qi using the technique he created, but they were met with unanimous failure.

Perhaps it was because his cultivation method was unique and one of a kind, Tianyi had thought. It must be known that the true qi of chaos formed from the Primordial Heavenly Scripture could not replicate by itself as Tianyi’s did.

Banishing any further thoughts on the matter, Tianyi decided to christen the liquid state of qi as ye. It wasn’t anything revolutionary; it was simply the word for liquid.

Surveying the Vast Heaven Islands once more, Tianyi’s figured disappeared from the central mountain. It wasn’t a movement technique but a teleportation technique only applicable within the Vast Heaven Islands. When Tianyi reappeared again, he was at the boundary of the Vast Heaven Islands. He flew towards the nameless fortress town that he had yet to visit.

Honestly speaking, the three years on the central mountain of Vast Heaven Islands was a bore. Daoyi and Xi Ri visited whenever possible. And due to the excellent cultivation environment of the Vast Heaven Islands, Xi Ri entered the mid Core Formation Realm, transforming his polished core into a tempered core.

Aside from that, Tianyi had to make do with Jian Wuyan’s constant visits whenever she returned. She was the only other person aside from Tianyi’s two fellow reincarnators that Tianyi allowed to step on the central mountain. Interacting with the fanatic of a girl was an experience all in its own, but there was only so much Tianyi could take.

As for Duwa, she had attained a territory on the seventh islands thanks to her attendants, but Tianyi never met her. Who would want to meet a girl who only wanted you for your body, especially to use as a lightning rod?

As Tianyi was flying back to Vast Heaven Islands on his immortal boat, he noticed a commotion below. Perhaps out of habit or just plain laziness, Tianyi hadn’t changed the stealth mode the vehicle was in, so the participants of the battle below didn’t notice him.

Below, one cultivator was being assaulted by over seven demons, all of which were at the Nascent Soul Realm level. As the cultivator was in the Nascent Soul Realm, he was not the Demon Cage Realm denizen. Not to mention he wore the uniform of a Buzhou Immortal Sect disciple.

Tianyi controlled the boat to descend without being noticed. Since they were fellow sect members, he would lend a hand if things got out of hand. If there was one thing Tianyi was disappointed in, it was that the cultivator was a man with hair the color of snow.

Where’s the damsel waiting for the hero to save them? Why am I saving the hero instead? Tianyi thought. He kinda wanted a cliche encounter as well. Plus, saving a beautiful woman was much more enjoyable than saving a man. Maybe he can enjoy the eyes of admiration from a woman?

Jian Wuyan and Duwa didn’t count. Why am I so concerned about this? Is it because my body is that of a teenager’s, so my hormones are affecting me? Do I even have hormones?

As Tianyi sank deeper into his thoughts, the ensuing conflict below escalated. The white-haired man was Sheng Ni, the same one who ranked first on the Nascent Soul Realm ranking board in Paradise Agony Abyss.

Currently, his white robes were soaked in blood, and one of his hands was clutching his chest, but the ferocity within his eyes could never be dismissed. Despite his pale face, a bloody aura of ferocity surrounded him, formed from the blood of countless foes he had slain in his lifetime.

The seven demons—now five as two had fallen in the brief clash between the two forces—eyed Sheng Ni warily. They had originally started out with thirteen demons, but now, over half had been slain by the human in front of them.

Sheng Ni wasn’t one to wait passively, so he struck again. Plus, he was grievously injured, so the longer the battle was prolonged, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

Reddish black qi began to gather at Sheng Ni’s forefinger and converged into a spike. The demons were filled with a premonition of death as Sheng Ni stabbed his finger towards one of them. Without delay, all five tried to dodge the Sheng Ni’s finger.

Suddenly, one of the avian demons that had dodged Sheng Ni’s finger squawked in fear and rage. His feathers had begun to lose their luster. Furthermore, its vitality had been damaged, and he seemed to have aged instantly.

Sheng Ni didn’t miss this chance and appeared behind the avian demon and stabbed his finger into the demon’s heart. Oh, the demon struggled, but it was for naught as life quickly left its body. Simultaneously, some color returned to Sheng Ni’s paling face.

After this, it seemed the demon abandoned any trace of their previous wait-and-see attitude as they attacked Sheng Ni with reckless abandon. Rather than Sheng Ni’s disadvantages disappearing with time, it seemed the longer the demons delayed, the greater certainty of death for them.

It was in this chaotic clash that Sheng Ni was struck in the back by one of the demons. Sheng Ni gritted his teeth as he felt his consciousness grow bleary from the combination of pain and blood loss.

He could see one of the last remaining two demons, the previous one having struck the below behind him, open its maw to deliver a crushing bite, but before it could, it vanished.

No, it didn’t vanish but was vaporized, Sheng Ni realized. A black beam had struck from and above and destroyed all traces of the demon. Sheng Ni turned around as he felt a dangerous sensation to see that the last demon had died as well.

“You seemed to have found yourself in a bit of a bind.” A pleasant voice said, causing Sheng Ni to look up to see a man standing above him. He couldn’t make out any other features due to his blurry consciousness, except that pair of bedeviling eyes and purple robes.

Sheng Ni didn’t know why he hadn’t sensed the man earlier. Once he had noticed the man, the man’s presence seemed to erode the very world itself. That was how powerful the man’s aura was.

“Disciple Sheng Ni of the Buzhou Immortal Sect thanks for senior’s aid.” Sheng Ni said as he cupped his hand.

The man seemed surprised at Sheng Ni’s words, but before Sheng Ni could hear the man’s reply, he felt his consciousness slip into darkness.