Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way

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BOOM! As if it were sentient, the storm clouds seemed to sense Gu Suihan's attack and formed an even bigger bolt of lightning in the sky, the crackling of the lightning even more piercing than the chirps of a million birds.
It crackled without stopping as if it was trying to rupture Gu Suihan's eardrums.

The sword Qi was a few hundred meters wide, large, and violent enough to slice right through the sky.
The surroundings were not able to withstand the force and things looked distorted from a distance.

Nature was a formidable force in itself.
Lightning and thunder continued to rip and rumble within the cloud.
The sword Qi was like a rainbow, except that it was sharp beyond compare.
Gu Suihan swung the sword, making the blade glint brightly as it vibrated wildly.

When the sword collided with the clouds, it made several booms in the sky which resonated for miles.
The countless bolts of lightning weaved together to become a ferocious dragon-like creature in the sky.

Taohua was still staring at the rubble in front of her in a daze when she heard a terrible noise above her.
She snapped out of her daze and looked up at the sky.
The clear blue skies had become extremely dark without her realizing it and a frightening storm cloud was sending lightning bolt after lightning bolt towards a human figure standing below.

“What's that?” Taohua asked.

“I don't know.
Perhaps some cultivation bigshot is going through their Heavenly Tribulation.” A young man dressed in coarse linen stood next to Taohua and looked up at the sky in fear.
He tugged at the daze Taohua so that they could find a place to hide.

“That's Young Master.” Taohua's eyes widened in shock.
She could recognize that familiar figure even from this distance.

The young man next to her paled and gulped when he heard what she said as his mind went into a panic.

Taohua looked at the terrified expression on the young man who had always been so gentle and considerate toward her and felt disappointed with him for some reason.

Meanwhile, the fight between man and cloud continued.

“I will break you!” yelled Gu Suihan.
The veins on his hand bulged as he gripped his sword tightly.
The tip of his sword trembled slightly and attacked the lightning dragon with more aggression than it ever had.

ROARR! The lightning dragon roared and swooped down on the lowly mortal standing below.

“Now!” The sword Qi tore through the lightning dragon, slicing through every bolt, and stabbed the storm cloud easily as if there was nothing in its way at all.
A hole in the sky appeared and the sun could shine through again.

Roar! Gu Suihan could still hear a faint roar in his ear, as if the cloud was still indignant about losing.
But there was nothing it could do, so it slowly faded into the distance.

It was as though the violent and destructive storm cloud and the incomparably dark skies that had blotted out the sun earlier and struck terror in the hearts of mankind were nothing but an illusion.

“You're nothing compared to that thing.” Gu Suihan smiled frostily as he watched the clouds slowly disappear.

He was someone who had consumed the lives of millions of living creatures for his cultivation back when he was on Earth.
Now, he was just using the lives of ordinary folk to nourish his sword.
The difference was as great as the difference between heaven and Earth.
He had actually managed to survive that terrible attack back then, so there was no way he was going to die from this pathetic attempt by the cloud.

“You're very clever and I hope you stay this way.” Gu Suihan looked calmly at the sword he had just placed back in its sheath with a sinister smile on his face.
That concentrated and nauseating murderous aura burst from inside him and filled an area spanning a few hundred meters around him.
Countless people either died or went insane from getting hit by that aura.

Pfft! The young man standing next to Taohua instantly felt like he had been struck by lightning.
He yelped and sprayed a mouthful of blood out.
Blood flowed out from his eyes, nose, and ears as his face paled and he collapsed onto the ground.

Gu Suihan had no idea what sort of effect he had on the people below.
Or perhaps he knew but didn't care.
To him, whether these people lived or died didn't make any difference to him.

He turned to stare at where the Seven Kill Sect was and that bad premonition in his heart only grew stronger.
He could sense that a storm was coming.
The calm before the storm was almost over.

“A disaster is about to befall, so it's best to be prepared.
Even though I intended to hide, I'd better make alternative plans as well, just in case.” Gu Suihan looked away, then took a few steps into the sky, disappearing without a trace from this little town that he had practically wiped out earlier.

“Sir, is anything the matter?” Sun Miaozhi hurriedly got Gu Suihan a stool and bowed low before the young man.

“Nothing, really.
I'm going to live here from now on, so prepare a room for me,” said Gu Suihan lazily as he sat down and picked up the teacup that Sun Miaozhi had offered him.

“Yes, sir, I will get it arranged right now,” said Sun Miaozhi before scuttling out again.
He wondered, Gu Suihan only comes once a year.
Why does he suddenly want to live here now?