Xuanxia

Chapter 1071 More Trouble Than Expected
Meng Yanlin had been in seclusion for half a month. The instructor of the Sword Academy opened the door and went in. What he saw was... Meng Yanlin who had "committed suicide".

He fell in a wheelchair, already dead, with the sword of wisdom placed across his knees and a letter next to the sword. On the letter, he had written with one finger with great effort.

What was written in the letter... made Fu Qingzhou's temples throb slightly two hundred years later.

"The one who holds the sword of wisdom dies in pursuit of truth and wisdom. My soul can resonate with the sword of wisdom and enter the sword."

"I will abandon this broken body, and in the future I will use the sword as my body, merge into the sword spirit, gain peerless merit, and obtain eternal life. How happy I am!"

"From now on, the sword spirit of wisdom sword will reach a higher level!"

Fu Qingzhou was sweating on his forehead!
He admired and was moved by Meng Yanlin. A man who was so wise that he was almost a demon, in order to pursue the ultimate truth, chose to give up his life, merge his soul into the sword, and resonate with the sword spirit in the sword...

But Qiu Chan can’t have this ending!
"The one who holds the sword of wisdom dies in pursuit of truth with extreme wisdom." This eventually led to Meng Yanlin's soul entering the sword. What about Qiu Chan?

She held the sword of righteousness in her hand and sacrificed her life on the city wall. Because of this, her soul entered the sword of righteousness?
Could it be that her soul will also merge into the sword of justice and will never be able to escape from it?

Fu Qingzhou's breathing became rapid.

But soon, he calmed down.

The situation should be different.

There are two key points here - first, Qiu Chan is not the master of the Righteous Sword at all; second, Qiu Chan's body is not dead yet!
That being said, perhaps there is still a way.

Fu Qingzhou continued to look through the books and indeed found something.

After Meng Yanlin's "death", many powerful people, led by the sword master, gathered together to study the matter and came to a conclusion.

What he did was just to verify the four words "Divine Sword Builds Soul", but "The Soul Returns" was the second step.

The so-called "the soul returns", does it mean that Meng Yanlin's soul can be retrieved?

Agree, that's for sure.

The swordsman at that time left a message, which roughly meant that Meng Yanlin actually talked to him before he "went to death" and proposed the method of "returning the soul".

The method is simple. It is to concentrate the eight magic swords and control them. With the power of the eight kingly swords, the soul can be extracted. In addition, an empty shell body that is still alive but without a soul inside needs to be prepared for the soul to reside.

Of course, they failed to accomplish this task. First, Meng Yanlin had never practiced cultivation, and after half a month, his physical body had completely died. Second, there were other disturbances in the country of Yan at that time, which required the Sword Master to go and deal with them, making it difficult to gather all eight swords.

Therefore, this "return of the soul" has become a mystery left for future generations to verify.

Fu Qingzhou: “…”

Eight swords?
He rubbed his temples.

The sword of benevolence, the sword of virtue, and the sword of justice are all here.
The sword of punishment belongs to Zhao Yuan. It shouldn't be difficult to ask him for it.

The sword is in Hong Ruohai's hands, which is a little troublesome. The rebellion of King Xishuo has not been settled yet. Going to Marshal Hong to ask for the sword will inevitably affect his fighting. But after all, he is one of them, so it is not a big problem.

The same goes for Xian Jian, he is Dong Qianran’s own person, so it’s easy to deal with him.

The ceremonial sword... Where is the ceremonial sword? It can't be in the hands of King Xishuo, right? Oh no, after the Xuanmeng Ceremony, was the ceremonial sword in Zhao Hao's hands, or in the hands of King Xishuo? I have to ask about this.

The Sword of Wisdom seems to be in Lan Xiyu's hands?

The Lan family was destroyed, and it seemed that Lan Xiyu had switched sides?
Thinking of this, Fu Qingzhou’s headache didn’t hurt as much anymore.

Fortunately, I took care of the Yuan family and got back the Sword of Ren and the Sword of De!

Now it seems that only the whereabouts of the ceremonial sword is unclear, and it is not difficult to get the other divine swords.

Fu Qingzhou let out a long sigh. It was more troublesome than he had imagined, but not too troublesome. He could see hope.

At this time, a ray of sunlight shone in, and the candle on the desk burned out, and the flame of the wick went out by itself.

Fu Qingzhou raised his head and realized that he had been reading for a whole day and night.

"Brother Fu? Are you looking for me?"

At this time, Hua Wuying's voice came from outside the door.

Fu Qingzhou's eyes lit up.

He stood up and opened the door. Standing at the door was Hua Wuying who had just taken off his mask.

"The messenger said that the order was very urgent when you delivered the message, so I came here as quickly as possible."

Hua Wuying smiled slightly and said, "You said, have you found the sword I lost?" "Yes, I found the Sword of Righteousness, and... Qiuchan." Fu Qingzhou stared.

Hua Wuying's pupils shook!
When they met again in Qiluo Palace before, Zhao Hao said that Hua Wuying felt extremely guilty because he sensed the righteous sword but was too late to rescue Qiu Chan, which eventually led to her "death in battle". Finding Qiu Chan now is also a very important thing for him.

"Miss Qiu has been found?!"

His body stiffened slightly: "She..."

"Don't worry, she's still alive, but... she can't wake up." Fu Qingzhou sighed softly: "This matter is complicated, I'll take you there, and we'll talk on the way."

They walked to the deepest part of the house, and on the way he explained what had happened in the simplest terms.

"Is that so?"

Hua Wuying frowned, "The ritual sword is not a problem. It has always been in Brother Zhao's hands. But he is the prince of Xishuo after all. It is too troublesome for him to stay in Mingjian Pavilion with this identity. That's why he hid his identity and became a spirit dragon. The ritual sword has never been unsheathed."

Fu Qingzhou was delighted when he heard that!
Li Jian is here too!

Doesn't that mean that now all the Eight Swords of the Kingly Way have surrendered?

"But maybe things are not that simple."

Hua Wuying said softly: "Brother Fu, did you just say that we need to control the eight swords of the kingly way at the same time?"

Fu Qingzhou was startled: "Yes."

"Do you think you can do this?" Hua Wuying asked again.

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows and fell silent.

Can I do it myself?
"You haven't been in Mingjian Pavilion these years, but I have stayed in Mingjian Pavilion for three years. I have also done some research on the Eight Swords of the Kingly Way."

Hua Wuying said seriously: "It is true that we can make the sword trust us temporarily and let us control it through communication. Controlling a sword is not as tiring as imagined... But think about it, is it really like this?"

Fu Qingzhou shook his head.

Back then, when his cultivation was still very weak, once he controlled the Sword of Virtue, the consumption on himself would be enormous!
The same goes for Hua Wuying. When he used the Sword of Righteousness at the Xuanmeng Ceremony, it consumed a lot of his energy.

Now that Fu Qingzhou is powerful, it is naturally not difficult for him to use the Sword of Benevolence, but what if he controls eight swords at the same time?

"If it doesn't work, try your best," he replied.

Hua Wuying smiled and patted Fu Qingzhou on the shoulder: "Don't be too nervous. What if things don't go as you think? I'll decide after I communicate with Yijian. Maybe it can find a way to return Miss Qiu's soul."

The two came to a small courtyard deep in the mansion, where Qiu Chan's coffin was kept. At this time, there was a secret envoy flag officer with the cultivation level of the eighth level guarding it. Seeing the two people coming, he immediately bowed his head and saluted.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Fu Qingzhou nodded and said, "Go out and keep watch."

The emissary responded and left quickly.

Hua Wuying came to the coffin, looked down, and his expression became solemn.

"Old friend, we meet again."

He said.

Of course, these words were spoken to Yijian.

Hua Wuying gently stretched out a hand, put his index finger and middle finger together to form a sword finger, gently placed it on the sword of justice, and closed his eyes.

Although Fu Qingzhou had already prepared himself mentally, he was still quite nervous.

After a moment, Hua Wuying opened his eyes, looked at Fu Qingzhou with a solemn expression, and shook his head.

Seeing this, Fu Qingzhou let out a long sigh.

Waiting for the verdict is always the most difficult thing, but once you get the answer, everything becomes simple... Just work towards your goal.

"I understand, Brother Hua."

Fu Qingzhou's expression became firm and calm again: "Let Chan'er sleep here, not in this broken coffin. Find her a big room. When we gather all eight swords, we will wake her up."

(End of this chapter)