Chapter Seventeen: Establishing Prestige

  "Bang!" The wooden table and chair beside Haiyun shattered. Even though Haiyun no longer had the power of the sword spirit, his physical resilience remained, and destroying the wooden table and chair was not a difficult task.

  Suddenly, a black gas rushed into Haiyun's house, and from time to time, it transmitted strange laughter.

  Hai Yun was shocked and, ignoring the pain in her hand, immediately stood up and shouted: "What thing dares to barge into my room?"

  "Hey kid, want revenge? Want to be strong?" The dark aura's devilish temptation kept echoing in Haoyun's ears, leaving him stunned.

  Revenge? He had always been yearning for revenge, but now that his dantian was broken by someone, he could no longer cultivate and how would he go find Haitian to take revenge?

  Endless bitterness appeared on Haiyun's face.

  "What? Young one, you don't want revenge anymore?" The black aura asked again after seeing Hai Yun remain silent for a long time.

  "Revenge? What can I use for revenge? Now I'm just a useless person!" The resentful roar kept echoing in the room.

  "Ha ha, young one, as long as you listen to old ancestor's words, I guarantee that you will obtain great power. That whatever Sea Sky, is not even your opponent." The dark energy emitted a gloomy and terrifying eerie laugh.

  Ke Haiyun's eyes lit up as she listened, and she exclaimed excitedly: "You can really give me great power?"

  "Of course, as long as you're willing to acknowledge me as your master, everything will be fine." Hei Qi cackled eerily.

  Unexpectedly, Hai Tian immediately knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "Master is above, disciple pays his respects!"

  "Hah! Very good, from now on you're my disciple, follow me!" A strange cry later, that black air swiftly pounced towards Haichuan, startling Haichuan to let out a shrill scream.

  In an instant, Haiyun was completely engulfed by the black air, and the black air quickly drifted out from under the door. The room was dead silent, without even a shadow of a person.

  Immersed in his cultivation, Hai Tian naturally wouldn't notice Hai Yun's situation. What he yearned for the most right now was powerful strength. If he couldn't even become a One-Star Swordsman, he might not be able to leave this sea even if he wanted to.

  Feeling the endless spiritual energy of heaven and earth constantly transforming into sword spirit power, Hai Tian's face was also solemn. Due to past experiences, Hai Tian absorbed and transformed at a very fast speed.

  Suddenly, a hint of joy appeared on Haitian's face, he felt that his sword spirit power had broken through, and now he had reached the second stage of sword power.

  "In just a few days, I've reached the power of a second-level sword. The Heaven's Stairway technique is indeed worthy of its name - it's incredibly powerful. It seems that recovering my strength won't take much time either, and I might even become stronger than before." Hai Tian's heart was filled with joy. After being reborn, he had initially been consumed by despair, but who would have thought that he would obtain the Heaven's Stairway technique "Nine Heavens Divine Sword Manual" and the equipment refinement secret method "Ninefold Overlapping Waves"? He understood that in the future, he would no longer be an ordinary sword god.

  "Brother Tian! Brother Tian, something's gone terribly wrong!" Little Rain's panicked voice quickly carried over.

  Haitian slightly furrowed his brow, put away the Glacial Jade Bed, and stopped cultivating. He directly opened the door and walked out: "Xiaoyu, what's going on?"

  "Brother Tian, Haiyun is gone!" Xiaoyu panted a few times and told Haitian.

  "Has Haiyun disappeared? What does this mean?" A bad premonition suddenly arose in Haitian's heart.

  Xiao Yu shook her head: "I don't know either, Big Brother told me to call you to the front hall."

  "Living room? Alright, let's go." Haitian didn't hesitate either, immediately closing the door and following Xiaoyu to the living room of the Hai family.

  Before he even entered, he found that some of Hai's masters had gathered together, including the three elders who often didn't care about anything. This made Hai Tian feel that something was not quite right.

  "Father!" Haotian bowed to Hai Wuya, who was sitting in the lead position, and slightly nodded his head to show respect to the other masters.

  "Tian'er, Yun'er is missing." Hai Wuya's face was very gloomy, and it could be seen that his mood was not good.

  Haitian nodded and said: "I heard Xiaoyu say that, I don't know how it went missing?"

  "Just now, one of our family members went to deliver food to Yun'er, but found that there was not a single person in the house. And several guards guarding outside Yun'er's courtyard all said they hadn't seen her go out." Hai Wuya recounted the previous events in a low voice.

  "Didn't you see?" Hai Tian's eyebrows furrowed, could it be that Hai Yun flew away from thin air? But to fly, at least a Sword Emperor level is required. Hai Yun is now just a useless person, how could he possibly fly away from thin air?

  Haitian felt that things were getting a bit troublesome. Although Haitian had already been crippled by him, the resentful gaze of Haiyun earlier made him feel very uncomfortable in his heart. If Haiyun repaired his dantian and returned with some accomplishments to find him, he was not afraid, but this matter was indeed quite troublesome.

  But then again, isn't it difficult to repair the dantian? Without the Sword Emperor's strength, don't even think about helping someone repair their dantian. Unless you find that magical elixir.

  Even Haitian didn't get such a spiritual medicine back then, let alone Haiyun.

  "Dad, is there anything else you want me to come over for?" Haitian asked in confusion.

  "Be careful, just stay home for a while. With Yun's personality, he will definitely retaliate against you." Hai Wuya frowned, he least wanted to see his two sons killing each other.

  "Father, don't worry, Haoyun is now just a useless person, how can he come to take revenge on me? Besides, I won't have the leisure to run around outside, and I need to work hard to cultivate myself."

  "It's alright, you can go." Hai Wuyan's face was full of worry and concern, he waved his hand and let Hai Tian leave.

  Then Hai Tian took Xiao Yu away together, cultivate! Now the most important thing for him is to cultivate.

  For the next month, Hai Tian rarely left his house, spending all day immersed in cultivation. Even when Xiao Yu came to find him several times to go out and play, he didn't leave the door.

  Xiao Yu was so disheartened that he was forced by his father, Hai Tian's third uncle Hai Rui, to return and resume his cultivation.

  However, this month was extremely important for Haitian. His personal strength soared like a rocket, from the power of two swords to the power of five swords.

  Compared with Hai's family, those seniors were even faster, leaving several high-ranking members of Hai's family stunned.

  "Heavenly Child, your improvement speed is fast which is a good thing, but also be extremely careful, this trashy Cultivation Method might also trap you, once you feel something's wrong, immediately stop cultivating, understand?" Hai Wu Ya solemnly exhorted Hai Tian.

  "I understand, Father." However, in his heart, Hai Tian knew that the reason he was able to cultivate so quickly was not just because of the help of the Heaven Stage technique, but also due to the assistance of the Ice Jade Bed and the experience from his past life. If it weren't for these aids, his cultivation speed would be even more terrifying.

  As for the "Ninefold Overlapping Waves" obtained from the Nine Heavens Sword God Cave, Hai Tian did not rush to learn it. This was not because he didn't want to learn, but rather that even the lowest requirement to learn it was to become a formal swordsman, which meant reaching the level of a one-star swordmaster.

  However, Hai Tian's good days soon came to an end.

  "Hey Tian! Come out for me!" A burst of angry shouting entered Hey Tian's ears.

  He stopped his cultivation, Hai Tian put away the Cold Ice Jade Bed and opened the door to walk out. There was a 13 or 14-year-old youth standing at the entrance. This person was Hai Tian's older paternal cousin, Hai Li Feng, who was also the son of Hai Tian's second uncle. In their generation, he ranked as the second eldest, only slightly younger than the missing Hai Yun.

  "What do you want me to do?" Haitian asked indifferently.

  "Tell me, what have you done to Hai Yun?" Hai Li Feng glared at Hai Tian with a fierce gaze, reminding him of the good relationship between Hai Li Feng and Hai Yun, who had been in seclusion for over a month.

  It seems like he's out of luck now, having heard rumors about Hai Tian and Hai Yun's grudge, he came to find trouble with him.

  "I didn't make him disappear, he did it himself." Hai Tian still had an indifferent expression, which made Hai Li Feng extremely angry.

  "Fart! I heard you secretly harmed Hai Yun, causing his dantian to be crippled. This is all your doing! I'm so surprised that the elders are tolerating you!" Ha Li Feng's voice was very loud and soon attracted many other young members of the Hai family.

  Especially those who had a good relationship with Haiyun before, they all stared at Haitian with fierce eyes. They hated him so much that they wanted to tear him apart alive. Others also stood by and watched from a distance, and some even made snickering sounds.

  In the entire Hai family, perhaps the one who is closest to Haitian is only Xiaoyu.

  "Li Feng Tang Ge, didn't you know? Hai Yun Da Ge ambushed Tian Ge in the cave mansion and nearly killed him. Now he's just crippled his dantian, which is already a lucky escape for him!" Little Rain's voice suddenly came from another side.

  Haitian, who had been expressionless all along, finally showed a hint of a smile on his face when he saw Xiaoyu arrive.

  "Hmph! Xiao Yu, I know you have a good relationship with Hai Tian, but that doesn't mean you can openly favor him like this. Let me tell you, after this period of closed-door training, I've already reached the power of the Fourth Segment Sword! And as for you, you've only been cultivating for over a month, do you think you can defeat me?"

  "The power of the four-segment sword is indeed impressive, and it's no wonder that Ha Li Feng is so formidable." Many young members of the Hai family who heard Ha Li Feng's words began to whisper among themselves, their eyes occasionally revealing a look of admiration.

  "Is the power of Four-Stage Sword really that strong?" Haotian replied indifferently, his eyes filled with disdain. If it were a month ago, Haotian might not have been a match for Hailifeng, but now he had already reached the power of Five-Stage Sword and could definitely defeat Hailifeng even without using his sword spirit.

  "Do you dare look down on me?" The contempt in Haitian's eyes was quite obvious, causing Haili Feng to suddenly become furious, "Do you dare fight me?"

  "A fight? You're too weak!" Haitian didn't even think about it and turned around to head back to his room. In his eyes, Hailifeng was a genuine weakling, and he had no interest in competing with someone so feeble.

  "Yi ya ya! You're going too far!" Hai Li suddenly gathered his sword spirit energy in the palm of his hand, and with a fierce push, a white sword aura burst out instantly, pointing directly at Hai Tian's back.

  "Brother Tian! Be careful!" Seeing Hailifu suddenly launch a sneak attack, Xiaoyu hastily shouted out in alarm.

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