Internal conflicts within Schicksal reached a peaceful end last year.
Following the riots, only Otto remained from the direct line of the Apocalypse family.
Therefore, despite there being no precedent for a woman rising to power in the Apocalypse family, they had no choice but to accept it.
After all, only Apocalypse lacked such a precedent: women as heads of the family were not unusual in the Kaslana and Schariac families.
Regardless, the three families are closely related, so it is fine if their traditions are similar, right?
Thus, Otto did not need to support a puppet to rise to power.
However, due to a certain dissatisfaction, Otto simply had Kallen temporarily take over the position of Bishop of Schicksal and then fled.
"There is still only endless yellow sand here, nothing new at all."
Cheng Lingshuang and Otto rode at a slow pace through the desert.
"I think the real problem would be if something new appeared in this desert."
Otto made a gesture with her hand.
She recently discovered that she seems to get along well with Cheng Lingshuang, as both are the type of people who have not been affected by time.
However, Otto does not dare to trust Cheng Lingshuang at this moment...
If this girl were to say "I want to be your mother" again, Otto would truly faint.
"Furthermore, the Battle of Kipchak, which occurred six years ago, resulted in a stalemate between both sides... at least the government had no resources to cause trouble in the desert."
No one asked you that.
A large part of the reason why Cheng Lingshuang and Otto do not get along is because Cheng Lingshuang feels that Otto is a bit opportunistic; she can analyze something like that from a casual comment she makes.
"It seems there is a settlement up ahead, let's check it out and resupply... Hyah!"
"Drive!"
Otto, who had received special equestrian training, was able to keep up with Cheng Lingshuang's pace at this point.
In a short time, Otto and Cheng Lingshuang arrived at the gate of the settlement.
However, as they approached, Otto and Cheng Lingshuang discovered there were people lying on the ground at the entrance, extending to a house at the end of the street, where a loud male voice was coming from.
"Golden Sands Gang Eagle? Today I'm going to give a beating to a bunch of scoundrels like you! What? You can't even last thirty rounds against me and you're still not convinced? If you're not convinced, get up and keep fighting!"
"A gang seeking revenge?", hearing the shrill male voice inside, Otto arched an eyebrow and looked at Cheng Lingshuang.
"I guess it's a gang vendetta, I had only told my second older sister, but I don't think it's unusual in the world of martial arts."
Cheng Lingshuang also looked inside with curiosity.
When the disciples descended from the mountain, she went directly to Vienna with Otto and the others.
Therefore, her knowledge of the martial arts world was still based on the oral accounts of her second older sister.
Looking at the crowd of people on the ground, it is clear that this damn Golden Sands Gang has offended some powerful figure and has been driven out.
"Doesn't that voice inside sound familiar?", Tian Shi's expression was a bit strange.
"Does it sound familiar?"
Cheng Lingshuang and Otto showed perplexed expressions when they heard Tian Shi's voice.
A burly man?
Does anyone know him?
"I don't know them at all."
Cheng Lingshuang shook her head.
"But since you have said it, Master, there is no harm in going in and taking a look."
"In reality, you just wanted to join the fun, didn't you?"
Tian Shi knew exactly what kind of personality Cheng Lingshuang had.
Although she seems indifferent to everything, Cheng Lingshuang actually likes to give those arrogant types... well, pretentious ones, a good blow to the head.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Lingshuang remained expressionless, indicating she was serious, and continued walking inside.
The further they advanced, the clearer the conversations seemed to them.
"I am impressed, I am impressed, May I ask what sect you belong to, sir?"
"Sir? I am Ma Feima of the Taixu Sword Sect! I am Ma Feima and I do not change my name!"
Cheng Lingshuang: "..."
Is this my younger brother?
"Crazy... Crazy Ma Feima?"
The other voice, the one that had been beaten, seemed to be in shock.
"I'm glad you know my name, don't say it's me who is bothering you today; it was your subordinates who robbed me first!"
"Lingshuang, judging by your age, your younger brother is only eighteen years old this year, right?"
Otto looked at Cheng Lingshuang at her side with a strange expression.
She was not forgetful; she could not easily forget who Ma Feima was: the youngest disciple of the Taixu Sword Sect, the sixth eldest of the sect, even shyer than the seventh eldest, Qin Suying, and the kind of well-behaved boy who never caused trouble.
"Does a child change that much as they grow up?"
Cheng Lingshuang's eye twitched.
"But perhaps some blind fool is using Little Ma's name."
At that moment, the sounds behind the door gradually diminished.
"Don't say I'm bullying you, I'm taking these things, if you're not happy, you can come find me at Mount Taixu!"
After he finished speaking, the door was about to open.
"The crazy Ma Feima? What a prestigious name!"
"Hey! Who is back to their old ways, what old man is in the mood to test his mettle...?"
Ma Feima, carrying a cloth bag and strutting with an air of indifference, pushed the door open and responded instinctively to the provocative voice.
However, mid-sentence, Ma Feima suddenly realized that something seemed wrong.
Why does this voice sound so familiar?
Ma Feima, who normally looked down on people, lowered his gaze cautiously.
"Old what? Go ahead."
A strange smile appeared on Cheng Lingshuang's usually cold face.
She recognized him immediately.
Even though he had grown a lot and had hair thicker than that of an eighteen-year-old, and even had a scar on his face, Cheng Lingshuang, the older sister who had seen him grow up, still recognized him.
"Your sister Otto, I, and our Grand Master are watching you... You, Uncle Ma, are imposing, not even our Master has your imposing presence, Are you going to beat me to death right here?"
"Fifth Older Sister, what are you saying...?"
When Ma Feima saw who it was, his knees buckled and he almost knelt.
Why has his fifth older sister returned?
As for how terrifying she is, his fifth older sister, who does not look kindly upon anyone, is among the top three in his mind.
"I... I..."
Ma Feima's mind was a bit confused and he didn't know where to start.
"Judging by how imposing Grandpa Ma is, you must have already reached the peak of the Sword God realm in our Taixu Sword Sect, right? Would you mind giving the Older Sister some advice?"
Cheng Lingshuang raised her sword with a smile on her face.
"The Supreme Sword God of the Void? Master, Grand Master, save me! The Fifth Older Sister is really going to kill someone...!"
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"Tell me, scoundrel, haven't you ruined the reputation of our Taixu Sword Sect?"
In the wild camp, Cheng Lingshuang looked at Ma Feima, who looked like a dead dog, and asked him in exasperation.
You can embarrass yourself like that in front of our ancestor, even I, as your older sister, feel ashamed to look at him!
"Well... it's not that bad, anyway, in all the years I've been out of the mountains, I've never met anyone who can beat me," Ma Feima said awkwardly.
"Is your older sister not going to do anything for you?"
Cheng Lingshuang was somewhat disgusted.
Although she hit Ma Feima mainly because he was showing off too much in front of her, she was also genuinely disappointed in him.
Furthermore, there is something else that is hard to believe.
"Older sister... I didn't dare tell Second Sister and the others either."
While saying this, Ma Feima's tone suddenly became strange.
"What happened to the Older Sister?"
Cheng Lingshuang immediately noticed the strangeness in Ma Feima's tone and involuntarily frowned.
"Eh... it's nothing, it's just that our eldest sister has gone into seclusion, and our second older sister has returned to lead our sect."
Ma Feima's tone became even more embarrassed.
"Very well, Grandpa Ma has become more capable, even daring to deceive the older sister, fine, I will call the Grand Master, and you can go deceive the old man!"
"No, no, no!", Ma Feima tried to stop her hastily.
"What do you wish?"
Their camp was not very large, so Tian Shi naturally heard the conversation between Ma Feima and Cheng Lingshuang.
"N-nothing... it's nothing," Ma Feima tried to hide it.
"Little horse, you are not good at lying."
Tian Shi patted Ma Feima on the shoulder, which immediately made the young man, who looked between thirty and forty but was actually only eighteen, blush.
"Tell me, did the Seven Swords fall or what?"
Tian Shi also had a vague sense of unease at that moment.
"No, it's the Eldest Sister and the Master..."
Ma Feima scratched his head, looking somewhat conflicted.
"It can't be said that they split up; the problem actually arose from the Fourth Older Sister."
"Didn't the Third and Fourth Older Sisters say they were going to live in seclusion? Didn't they leave?", Cheng Lingshuang asked, arching her eyebrows.
"The third and fourth older sisters went to live in seclusion on the shores of the East Sea, but a damn person claimed to have seen someone possessed by demons on the shores of the East Sea..."
"Is it our older sister who fell into demonic possession?", Cheng Lingshuang could not help but frown.
"Yes, the Fourth Older Sister," Ma Feima scratched his head in annoyance.
"The Third Older Sister had already written to the Eldest Sister to ask for a solution, but... the news reached the ears of our Master."
At this point in Ma Feima's speech, Cheng Lingshuang's expression turned somewhat pale.
How could they not know what kind of person their master was?
Those who fall into demonic possession will be killed without mercy!
"What about the third and fourth older sisters...?"
"Hmm," Ma Feima nodded bitterly.
"So, what does this have to do with the Eldest Sister?"
"Eldest sister... she ambushed the Master at the last moment, and the two fell together into the Abyss of the East Sea."
"What?!"
"..."
"But the Master is fine!", seeing Tian Shi's silence, Ma Feima quickly added.
"The Master's martial arts are incomparable, she is immortal... How could the Abyss of the East Sea contain her? My second older sister and my younger sister found the Master on a coast of the East Sea about five months ago, but..."
"What?"
"It's just that the Master seems to have injured her head, now she often confuses people in the Fuyun Temple... like confusing the younger or older sister with the eldest sister, or murmuring 'Grand Master' to the air."
"This..."
Tian Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it was a bit like Alzheimer's, the problem did not seem serious.
Cheng Lingshuang, standing next to him, held her sword and fell into deep thought.
"So, from now on, there will be no more Seven Swords, right?"
Ma Feima did not know how to respond to that.
Although from a disciple's perspective, his eldest sister is a rebellious disciple, Cheng Lingshuang can actually understand her eldest sister's feelings.
Or, to put it another way, you will understand if you look at the Taixu Sword Sect from a family perspective.
The leader of the sect is a strict father, and her eldest disciple, Lin Zhaoyu, is a loving mother.
From Su Mei to Su Yi, there are six children in total.
The situation is that a father has a child who has made a mistake that is theoretically irreversible but can still be saved, and the father wants to kill the child directly.
What must the mother and the other children think?
"Master is currently in the care of the Second Older Sister and Su Yi, Are they well?"
"Fortunately, we were all a bit disappointed and no one had extreme thoughts."
Ma Feima shook his head.
On the other hand, however, they have distanced themselves from their master.
"I didn't want to stay in that mountain environment, so I decided to venture out on my own."
"This may be what is called destiny."
Tian Shi had no intention of arguing at that moment and also sighed.
It is a pity that the Seven Swords of Taixu have been lost.
"It's okay, it's okay, let's not talk about depressing things anymore, let's talk about something happy!"
Ma Feima was somewhat upset by the atmosphere, so he waved his hand and changed the subject.
"Our Taixu Sword Sect has an heir!"
"Eh? Little Ma, have you gone off to seduce other girls?"
Cheng Lingshuang was completely surprised this time, and with a withering look, she was about to pull out her sword and settle accounts.
"Me? Who could I harm? It's the Second Older Sister... Wait, that doesn't sound right!"
Ma Feima spat on the ground.
"Our second older sister adopted a girl, making her the third generation of our Taixu Sword Sect!"
Tian Shi became interested upon hearing this.
"Whose girl is this?", Cheng Lingshuang was clearly more interested than Tian Shi.
"The Li family of Sichuan, the Yijian Mansion and so on."
Ma Feima stroked his beard with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"The head of their family is a suicidal person, always thinking of bringing glory to the family... and then, older sister, grand master, guess what happened?"
"Do you think the two of us are here to listen to your stories?"
Tian Shi's face darkened when he saw Ma Feima's smug expression.
Cheng Lingshuang also quickly pulled out her sword.
However, having said that, Tian Shi understood quite well.
"No, please don't do this, I'll tell you!"
Ma Feima waved his hand in surrender.
"That reckless young master, Li Shen of Sichuan, got involved with the remnants of the Demonic Cult, the sect founded by Yan Shilu, who was defeated by the eldest sister twenty years ago, he even married a Holy Maiden of the Demonic Cult, but who in their right mind could practice the martial arts of the Demonic Cult?"
Ma Feima's face showed a look of disdain.
"They didn't even consider their own limitations, truly believing themselves to be Yama, the King of Hell! In just two years, a group of the Li family was possessed by demons, they encountered the second older sister and the younger sister, who were traveling through the world, and passing by there, they helped them kill the demons, then they adopted a girl and named her Su Shang, since her last name was Li, they called her Li Sushang."
"This name fits my younger sister very well."
Upon hearing this name, Cheng Lingshuang smiled.
"What a joke! The younger sister doesn't know how to take care of children, she treats that girl like a toy, just for fun, all thanks to the second older sister, who educates her."
Ma Feima shook his head.
"But that girl is already four years old and is incredibly smart, I'm afraid that even the Second Older Sister might find her too much."
"Oh... doesn't this show a lack of education?"
Cheng Lingshuang's eyes showed interest.
Does that girl have exceptional talent?
"The Second Older Sister said she is very similar to you, Older Sister."
"I see..."
"..."
Ma Feima felt that his fifth older sister might also be treating the only third-generation descendant of the Taixu Sword Sect like a toy.
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