Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 72: The Sorrow of the Sword God
Just when Qiong Baji was about to kill Shaoyang Jun to avenge the murder of his son, he heard his enemy in front of him say something shocking, "Your son is not dead!"

Hearing this, Qiong Baji didn't know whether it was true or not, but his love for his son made him involuntarily move his sword palm away by three points. Even so, the force was still enough to kill the enemy.

When the sword palm was three inches away from Shaoyang Jun, it was suddenly blocked by an invisible air wall. The sword energy hit the air wall and was mostly offset, and then hit Shaoyang Jun's neck, leaving only a shallow blood mark.

When Qiong Baji saw that Shaoyang Jun was not dead, he immediately grabbed him by the collar and asked, "What did you mean by what you just said?"

Shao Yang Jun was not afraid of the powerful man in front of him, and laughed: "Ha, literally. The son of the senior still has a chance of survival."

"Tell me! Where does the hope for life come from?"

"The senior's son nearly died when he was practicing swordsmanship and became infatuated. Thanks to the senior for using the Western Frontier Divine Sword to keep him alive for many years and hiding it in the Fire Spirit Vein to keep half of his body from decaying. However, this practice has also led to the current situation where there is no cure."

Qiong Baji seemed to be touched on a sore spot and said angrily: "You don't need to remind me of this. You just need to tell me how to cure my son."

Shao Yang Jun once again said something shocking: "There is no way to cure your son. You have been wasting your efforts."

"You dare to deceive me, you are seeking death!" Qiong Baji thought he was deceived and attacked with his palm.

Shaoyang Jun responded with a palm strike, and the remaining force shook the whole area, causing the two men to retreat one after another.

After the palm strike, Shao Yang Jun said calmly: "Senior, please wait. I said that the method I used to treat your son does not mean that there is no way to revive your son."

After the palm strike, Qiong Baji judged that the strength of the man in front of him was unfathomable through the palm strike and the inexplicable protective aura that appeared around him before. He was definitely not as simple as he had shown in the previous fight. He still couldn't kill him even if he had used all his trump cards. In addition, he heard that Shaoyang had a way to revive his son, so he calmed down and said, "Go on."

Seeing that Qiong Baji stopped attacking, Shaoyang Jun knew, "Just now when I fought with Senior, I found that although your sword moves are extremely powerful, they actually hurt yourself first and then others. Senior is a pure-blooded person of the Luantan Sword Clan, with extraordinary talent and profound skills, and is the one who can best adapt to such sword moves. However, you still suffered hidden injuries when you were young, causing you to still look like an old man even though you have superb skills now, and eventually develop an incurable disease, which affects your strength. Every time you use a sword move, your life span will be reduced."

Qiong Baji understood after hearing this and said, "Humph! Shaoyang Jun, you are a person with a heart."

“If you dare to challenge the might of the Sword God, how can you not be prepared?” Shao Yang Jun did not evade the question and frankly admitted that he did it on purpose. He then continued, “It was because your son practiced these sword moves forcefully and he was not a pure-blooded person of the Lu Tan Sword Clan that he was attacked by the sword moves during his practice and entered a state of neither life nor death.”

Hearing this, Qiong Baji's indifferent expression finally disappeared, leaving only a father who blamed himself for his child's illness, "It's my fault. I just hope to hear my son's voice again. I won't force him to practice sword anymore."

"Senior, please don't blame yourself. Everyone wants their son to be successful. After your son is resurrected, you will have plenty of time to make up for it.

"you mean?"

"Although I cannot cure your son's illness, I can rebuild his body and enable him to be reborn. Come here." With a voice of "Come here", a figure jumped out from the woods, wearing a night gown and a bronze ghost mask covering his face.

The man with the ghost face came before Shaoyang Lord and said with the courtesy of a subordinate, "I am Guisha, one of the Twelve Evils of Tianchi, paying my respects to my Lord." It was Guiyou, who was aliased as Guisha.

"How are you doing what I told you to do?"

"I dare not neglect the orders of my lord. The moment I received the letter, I went to wait outside the Fire Spirit Vein for a long time. After Su Huanzhen took out the sword, I immediately entered the cave, collected the soul and blood of the person who took the sword, and sealed it in this pearl. Now I hand it over to my lord." After saying that, he took out a precious pearl from his arms and handed it to Shaoyang Jun. The pearl emitted a strange light from time to time, symbolizing that this thing was extraordinary.

"Ha, well done. When you return to the headquarters, you can collect an infinite immortal pill. Go down."

"Thank you, my lord. I obey your command." Then he turned into a black shadow and disappeared into the woods. Qiong Baji watched the whole conversation between Shaoyang Jun and the ghost-faced man. After the ghost-faced man left, he said, "I didn't expect that the mysterious assassin organization in the world, the Twelve Evils of Tianchi, is actually connected to you. Who are you among the Twelve Evils of Tianchi? You can actually command the ghost of the Twelve Evils."

Shao Yang Jun laughed and said, "Ha, Senior, you are wrong. I am not one of the Twelve Evils of Tianchi. I am just the one who commands them."

Qiong Baji didn't want to get entangled with him on this issue, so he asked, "Do you have any method to rebuild my son's body?"

"This is the method." After saying this, Shaoyang Jun used his own all-encompassing power to activate the pearl, which actually emitted bursts of strange light. Then the strange light converged, and a clear figure emerged from the pearl. It was the son that Qiong Baji had been thinking about day and night.

When Qiong Baji saw his son again, he could no longer suppress his suppressed emotions, "My son! My son! Is that you?"

His son was also very excited to see Qiong Baji, but he was unable to speak because his soul had just been restored.

Upon seeing this, Lord Shaoyang said, "Senior, please don't get excited. Your son's spirit has just recovered not long ago, and he cannot leave the pearl for too long. After his body is rebuilt, he can reunite with you and enjoy the happiness of family." After saying that, he took the soul of Qiong Baji's son back into the pearl to nurture it.

Qiong Baji was very calm and asked, "Tell me, what do you want me to do for you? Kill someone? Or teach you martial arts?"

Upon hearing this, Shao Yang Jun did not state his request, but instead asked Qiong Baji a question, "Senior, do you know why your son has this disaster?"

Qiong Baji didn't understand what he meant, but still replied: "If it weren't for your careful planning, my son wouldn't have encountered this disaster."

"Wrong! Your son's misfortune was not caused by me, but by you, Senior!"

"What do you mean by that?" Qiong Baji was extremely angry when he heard this.

"I hope you will calm down your anger for now and listen to my detailed explanation."

"I'll give you some time to explain."

"Looking at the current martial arts world, your strength is unmatched. But because of your strength, your son will definitely become the target of public criticism."

"How do you say that?"

"You are very powerful, but you have to go out to find a cure for your son, so you can't protect him all the time. The Fire Spirit Vein is not a dangerous place. Any martial arts master can enter it, and there are many people who know about it. The Western Frontier Sword is related to the future fight against the resurrected evil god. Therefore, no matter from which angle, your son's life and death is just a chess piece used by someone to control your actions."

Qiong Baji thought carefully about Shaoyang Jun's words and felt that what he said made a lot of sense, so he said, "Then how about I take my son and retire after this matter is over?"

"Your ability is indeed rare in the world. Will your son be as capable as you after your resurrection? After all, you cannot protect your beloved son all the time. What if someone kills your son and puts the blame on others while you are away?"

"Whoever dares to do this will be killed by me."

"Ha, the last thing the martial arts world lacks is conspirators and assassins. Throughout the history of the Bitter Realm, aren't there many people who have become the knives of others because their relatives were killed? Moreover, Senior is suffering from an incurable disease. In the past, he offended many people in his pursuit of swordsmanship. How can he protect your son for the rest of his life?"

(End of this chapter)