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Chapter 258 The king of the world, the hero of the four directions!
As the sword maniac's voice fell, the Scarlet Heaven Sword and its sheath were stuck upside down one foot and three centimeters into the ground. Others could not see the problem, but King Gongyang Su laughed arrogantly and said, "You use the realm of the supreme sword to forcibly control the Scarlet Heaven Sword, but you are talking nonsense here, old man!"

Sword Maniac Murong Longtu replied: "It is to help you break the barriers in your hearts."

"The Scarlet Sky Sword itself is nothing special."

"The powerful ones are Chidi and the heroes of that generation."

"Isn't it a big mistake to abandon their achievements and put the world's hopes on this sword? Since you are the masters of the academy, you should not let this sword take away your state of mind."

Master Mo Xie and Master Su Yue both felt a little awed.

They are much younger than Murong Longtu. When this sword maniac was causing bloodshed in the martial arts world, the leader of the Mohist school was still racking his brains over how to piece together the mechanism, while True Man Su Yue was still copying "The Great Taoist Sutra of Purity and Tranquility" under candlelight.

Then the two palace masters stood up, bowed and said:

"Thank you Sword God for your guidance."

Only Ji Yanzhong rushed to the Chixiao Sword and looked at this magical weapon with heartache.

Murong Longtu accepted the greetings from Mo Xie and Su Yue Zhenren and said with a smile: "You two were just temporarily confused by the legends you have heard since childhood. Even without me, you can figure it out by yourselves."

Seeing Ji Yanzhong's appearance, the sword maniac stretched out his hand and pulled out the Chixiao Sword.

The unruly Chixiao Sword was obedient in the hands of the sword master, without any trace of its previous appearance. Murong Longtu put the sword back into Ji Yanzhong's hands and said, "It's just a sword."

“Why do you value it so much?”

Ji Yanzhong replied subconsciously: "The glory of the Zhongzhou royal family for 800 years has been here."

Murong Longtu said: "If the glory of the Red Emperor is to fall on this sword."

"Then it would be better for the Red Emperor's line to die out more quickly."

Ji Yan was shocked and angry, but for some reason, he felt a sense of powerlessness as if the words were like a sharp sword that pierced through his heart and something he had been avoiding. Murong Longtu said, "If the Red Emperor had relied on this sword to gain the world, people would not have been thinking about him for eight hundred years."

"If you hold this sword, the world will be peaceful. There would not be the Red Emperor besieged by the Turks five hundred years ago, and the Xue family's divine generals would not be needed to rescue him. If you hold this sword, you can be destined by heaven and the people will support you. There would not be the tragedy of Ji Chengfeng three hundred years ago, and Emperor Wu of Chen would not be able to create the current national destiny."

"Only by putting down this sword can you regain the things that are truly important to you."

Murong Longtu's words were like a sword, cutting through the reality that Ji Yanzhong was escaping from.

Murong Longtu said: "Don't worry, this sword has never been damaged. I just hope that you can remove the influence of the legend of the Scarlet Sky Sword and look at Guanyi fairly."

The old man reached out and patted Li Guanyi on the shoulder. He had the kind of smile that old men often had when they were bragging about their children, and said, "Even if we don't go to see the Scarlet Sky Sword, Li Guanyi is still an outstanding person."

"Isn't it?"

Gongyang Su Wang said: "It is so."

"So, what you just said just now, is it just that you want us to put aside the legend of the Scarlet Sky Sword and only consider Guan Yi's own courage and talent?"

Murong Longtu laughed triumphantly: "Of course... not!"

"It would be best if you listen to reason. If that doesn't work, I still have some sword principles to share with you."

"It's not that long from here to Zhongzhou Academy."

"Let my child accompany me for the last part of the journey."

King Gongyang Su was slightly startled. He looked at Murong Longtu and heard something from Murong Longtu's words. King Gongyang Su subconsciously tightly gripped the hilt of the sword. Finally, he loosened his hand holding the hilt and said softly:

"it is good."

"Then, we will go back to the academy and quietly wait for you two to arrive. In addition, Yuwen Lie also knows about the matter of the Scarlet Sky Sword Master, so it is useless for you to change our views."

"This news will eventually spread all over the world."

Murong Longtu simply replied, "No problem."

Originally, Gongyang Suwang and other palace masters of various academies planned to take Li Guanyi back to Zhongzhou Academy. After being interrupted by the sword maniac Murong Longtu, Gongyang Suwang, the leader of the Mohist school, Zhenren Su Yue and Li Guanyi said goodbye and prepared to return to the academy early.

Before leaving, King Gongyang Su did not forget to give instructions to Qilin.

"You must come, little one."

The only Confucian scholar who could still laugh and call Jian Kuang a coward rubbed Qilin's head and said, "I think you are a rough jade gentleman, perfect for the academy."

Qilin's head raised involuntarily.

King Gongyang Su smiled warmly and said, "Besides, there are only you and the old Qilin in the academy left in the world. You are his only fellow tribesman in the world, just like your ancestor."

"Like Jian Kuang and Li Guanyi."

"What do you think of Jian Kuang's attitude towards Li Guanyi? Very good, right?"

"Then you will know what Qilin will do to you."

The Qilin held its head high and wagged its tail. It thought the fruit was delicious. It licked its tongue and said, "Is there any fruit left in the academy?"

King Gongyang Su smiled warmly:

"Ah."

"You will reap the rewards if you go to the academy."

Qilin was very happy.

The Mohist master couldn't help but say to Master Su Yue: "Isn't Gongyang Suwang a Confucian? Why is he so weird?"

Master Su Yue said calmly: "In Confucianism, this is the Spring and Autumn style of writing."

Mo Xie burst out laughing.

Hou Zhongyu's master, the old sorcerer, had originally intended to die, but because Zhang Ziyong's vitality returned to the world, he was able to maintain his life and survive. He had originally lost all desire to live.

But Li Guanyi and the old sorcerer chatted for an hour. Li Guanyi said unintentionally, "If you die, no one will know about your disciple's affairs." The old sorcerer remained silent for a long time and finally sighed.

He chose to go to Jiangnan with Gongsun Wu Yue and others for a short trip.

"you're right……"

"After I die, who will remember that child?"

The old sorcerer smiled with a complicated tone, and decided to leave behind his inheritance, then slowly grow old and slowly meet his own end. However, the sorcerer lineage was not the orthodox lineage of martial arts practice, and it was difficult to find a successor.

So Li Guanyi picked up his pen and wrote a letter of introduction for the old man.

It was originally supposed to be written for Yan Daiqing.

But Li Guanyi thought about it and wrote the letter to the [Seven Old Ghosts of the Qilin Army].

As for the experience of this old sorcerer, it is too legendary.

In his introduction, Li Guanyi used a method that could detonate the seven old ghosts in an instant.

"This old senior is Hou Zhongyu's great master."

Then he carefully folded it and handed it to the old sorcerer, saying, "Don't worry, senior. After you go to Jiangnan, you will have a group of disciples who want to inherit your teachings."

He watched the old warlock leave, thinking.

I hope you guys won't be scared.

After Li Guanyi resolved these issues, Jian Kuang personally hosted a banquet here, using the remaining fine wine from the Gongsun family, and invited Gongyang Suwang and others to drink and chat before leaving. After Li Guanyi toasted, he took the initiative to withdraw.

Most of the Gongsun family has left, and Wan Mingyi, the man who only said "Fei Ye Fei Ye", has also returned to his own family. The lobby of the Gongsun family stands on the mountain like a stone pillar, but it seems a little empty.

Li Guanyi searched for a long time and saw the silver-haired figure.

Ever since that 'big brother' suddenly fled as if he had been defeated yesterday, Yaoguang's mood has changed. Even though her face remains the same as before, without any emotional ups and downs, Li Guanyi can feel Yaoguang's mood.

When Li Guan saw Yaoguang sitting quietly on the steps, looking at the evening breeze and the stars in the night sky, he thought for a moment, reached out his hand and picked up Qilin, letting Qilin leave first, and then slowly walked behind the girl.

The steps further ahead in the lobby had been shattered, replaced by a cliff-like structure torn apart by fierce energy. The night wind was blowing under the cliff, and a girl in simple sorcerer's clothes was sitting there with her knees hugged.

The hood was taken off and his silver hair was flying in the wind.

The silver starlight fell on the girl's shoulders, making her look thin and lonely. Li Guanyi looked at her quietly and slowly walked over.

A dessert suddenly fell down and swayed in front of Yaoguang.

The silver-haired girl lowered her gaze and looked in the direction of the snack. A young man in a blue Taoist robe was standing next to the remaining pillar. He bent over and looked at her with a smile. He hooked his fingers and his internal energy turned into a silk thread that connected the snack.

It is clearly a very remarkable method of controlling internal energy, but it is being used to do such a thing.

Yaoguang's eyes were calm and she withdrew them. There was no ripple on her face. She just said in a calm voice: "You are here."

Li Guanyi saw that the dim sum battle had failed.

He took the snack back awkwardly, flicked his wrist, and threw it to Qilin with a very standard and natural movement. Qilin didn't care about that and ate it happily.

Li Guanyi moved lightly and landed next to Yaoguang. He sat shoulder to shoulder with the girl in the remnant of the battle. The wind blew up from below, and Yaoguang's hair passed by Li Guanyi. Everything was quiet.

after awhile.

Li Guanyi: "Is it because of 'Uncle Ye'?"

Yaoguang hummed.

Li Guanyi actually saw the whale fisherman and Yaoguang's silver hair that were very similar during the final escape. He had fought all the way to now and was considered a smart man. From Yaoguang's reaction and the remaining memories after being drunk, he roughly guessed something.

He turned around and looked at the girl who had accompanied him through all the dangers in the past year or so. He saw that Yaoguang was just looking quietly into the distance. In Li Guanyi's eyes, that delicate face that seemed to never have any emotional fluctuations was clearly filled with sadness.

Yaoguang looked into the distance and took the initiative to say, "I'm sorry."

Li Guanyi: "What?"

The silver-haired girl looked at Li Guanyi and said in a calm voice:
"I may not be able to accompany you to toast to Senior Sword Maniac right now."

"This must be a violation of our agreement, the agreement between the Yaoguang lineage and the White Tiger Clan."

"So, sorry."

Li Guanyi looked at Yaoguang.

Li Guanyi suddenly had a feeling that this girl had always been in fear deep in her heart. She had the calmness of magic, the trust between them in life and death, but also the fear like a brand brought by her childhood experiences.

As soon as Li Guan stood up, Yaoguang saw the young man in front of her walk in front of her, then suddenly lifted up his Taoist robe and bowed. The young Taoist, whose black hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin, knelt on his left knee so that his eyes could be level with Yaoguang's.

Then he stretched out his right hand and said gently, "Can you give me your hand?"

"Don't worry, it will be fine in a moment."

It's like the first time we met.

The silver-haired girl was puzzled, but still held out her hand: "If that's what you want."

Li Guanyi stretched out his hands, the hands of a hero holding a halberd and fighting in this world, and closed the girl's delicate hands in his palms, then lowered his eyes quietly, and asked: "Do you also understand the motto of the astrology school?"

"No, I don't understand."

Li Guanyi replied: "It's just that people in this world are afraid of loneliness. I think companionship can make your mind much calmer." This is what Yaoguang said when Li Guanyi and Yaoguang first met and trusted each other for the first time.

At that time, Li Guanyi killed the deserter with his own hands. Yaoguang comforted him in this way. The silver-haired girl also obviously recalled it. She looked at the boy in front of her. Li Guanyi said:
"I won't ask you about your relationship with Uncle Ye. Just tell me when you're willing to talk about it."

"But I hope you remember it."

"No matter who you are, no matter what your past is like, just as you have always been by my side, I will also be by your side. This should be mutual."

The silver-haired girl said in a calm voice: "Even if I am an orphan and have a blood feud with someone?"

Li Guanyi raised his face, with a youthful and high-spirited smile, and asked back: "So, do you need an accomplice who can lead you to fight against the bloody feud?"

The silver-haired girl sat there quietly.

She didn't react.

The ambitious young hero said the same words as Yaoguang said and did when they met, saying: "I am willing to accompany you and experience the most grand escape in the secular world."

"This is..."

In the light of the stars and the setting moon, a faint smile appeared on Yaoguang's face, but it seemed brighter than the moonlight. Such a smile disappeared in just a moment.

She held the boy's palm and lowered her head.

The silver-haired girl's forehead gently touched Li Guanyi's forehead.

The silver hair and black hair hung down and mixed together.

This is an emotional expression within the rationality and restraint of an astrologer.

replied:
"A covenant of destiny."

………………

The news of the sudden appearance of the Master of the Scarlet Sky Sword spread like wildfire, and Chen Dingye also knew about it.

Ye Buyi and Zhou Liuying were all outside the camp. They were just basic military officers and were not qualified to go to the Emperor Chen to hear about this major event, but even they could feel the depressing atmosphere inside.

The civil and military officials who accompanied him were all somewhat panicked.

Chen Dingye would also be furious.

He would smash all those precious antiques and porcelain to pieces like an angry beast, and then blame all the civil and military officials.

Zhou Liuying was thinking this. He had been half-kneeling and saluting for too long. His body was a little stiff, but he didn't hear the emperor's angry voice from inside, so he couldn't move his body to follow the noisy sound of things being smashed.

But he didn't get any angry roars. Instead, he heard a slow, long breath: "Master of the Scarlet Sky Sword?"

"You are really embarrassed."

Zhou Liuying was stunned. Then the gate of this place for a short stop on the way to Zhongzhou opened, and Emperor Chen walked out holding a sword. The officials accompanying him inside bowed their heads and trembled. Then Ye Buyi and Zhou Liuying lowered their heads. Chen Dingye looked at the two young generals.

He sighed and said, "If my ancestors had believed in the remaining power of the Scarlet Emperor's Sword, they should not have rebelled. If they believed that the divine weapons of past emperors could still control the world, I should have gone to see the emperor with my head held high."

"We are all traitors under the rule of the Scarlet Emperor. If you still want to believe in the name of the Scarlet Sky Sword, then go and kill your entire family, then kneel before the Scarlet Emperor in the Zhongzhou Hall and ask the Scarlet Emperor's spirit in heaven to forgive you!"

All the civil and military officials looked pale.

Chen Dingye looked at Ye Buyi and Zhou Liuying and said, "You all, come with me for a walk." Zhou Liuying and Ye Buyi looked at each other and agreed. They followed Chen Dingye and they walked along the river and arrived at an open place.

Chen Dingye gazed into the distance and said, "What a beautiful world!"

"The Great Chen has been established for three hundred years. Isn't it ridiculous to mention how terrifying the Scarlet Sky Sword Master is at this time?"

"My dear friends, it was Li Guanyi who released him back."

Chen Dingye's words made Ye Buyi and Zhou Liuying's expressions change slightly.

Chen Dingye said: "Don't be afraid. Your martial arts are at the third level, which is pretty good for the younger generation. But I know Li Guanyi's methods better than you do. You will not be his opponent."

In Zhou Liuying, Ye Buyi looked at Emperor Chen's back, his sleeves and robes fluttering, holding a sword with a bright yellow scabbard. Emperor Chen asked, "What do you think of me?"

Zhou Liuying said: "I dare not say."

Ye Buyi said: "Your Majesty, please let the people benefit and let Dachen rest and recuperate!"

"A rich country with a strong army!"

Zhou Liuying's forehead twitched.

Chen Dingye laughed, pointed at Zhou Liuying and said:
"Hahahaha, okay, you're saying that I'm suspicious and irritable."

Then he pointed at Ye Buyi and said:
"You mean I am extravagant, the rich are doing what they want, and the people are poor."

"You are right."

Zhou Liuying and Ye Buyi were stunned. Chen Dingye stretched out his hand, looked at his palm, and said calmly: "People like me are ruthless and lawless."

"It's just a wild beast like this."

"You gentlemen, you are also under the command of this beast of mine. It's a pity, everyone."

Chen Dingye walked away. He returned to the camp, drew his sword, and smashed the scroll containing the information about the Scarlet Sky Sword Master, along with the table, and said, "Anyone who brings up this matter to confuse people will be treated like this case."

"In the Jin Dynasty, Ye Buyi replaced Qi Junsong as the fourth-rank Xuanwu general and concurrently commanded the Night Cavalry Cavalry Commander."

"In the Jin Dynasty, Zhou Liuying was a fifth-rank guerrilla general and concurrently a cavalry commander."

"Restart Lu Youxian as the general."

Chen Dingye gazed into the distance.

He suddenly laughed: "In troubled times, beasts should run wild in this world until they die. Who will take such a good head, a hero in the world?"

He leaned back against the table and chair, holding his sword, and said calmly:
"Master of the Scarlet Sky Sword, Qin Wu of Jiangnan, Wan Xiang of Ying State, Regent of the Western Regions, Khan of the Great Desert."

"I...no."

"I'm waiting for you——"

"Come and kill each other."

………………

Yuwen Lie informed Jiang Wanxiang about the Red Sky Sword Master. The Emperor of Ying State sat alone in the deep palace, holding an iron implement and beating the chimes alone. The drum beats were slow, desolate and murderous. After hearing Yuwen Lie's report, he just said, "Red Sky Sword Master?"

"At this point, what else do you want to say?"

Jiang Wanxiang struck the chimes, the sound was desolate and grand, and he said:

"At the age of sixteen, he occupied Jiangnan and had fifty thousand helmets under his command."

"To be honored as a marquis and a general, to conquer the world."

"Isn't Li Guanyi's reputation greater than that of Scarlet Sky Sword Master?!"

"Only laymen and students are bound by the past."

"Have people forgotten that it is heroes who endow magic weapons and bloodlines with glory, rather than bloodlines and magic weapons that determine who is a hero?"

"Carrying on the past and opening up the future is what our generation should do. Let alone the Lord of the Scarlet Sky Sword, even if the Scarlet Emperor revives, wouldn't people like you and me pick up our guns and compete with the Scarlet Emperor in this world?"

Jiang Wanxiang struck the chimes slowly and said:
"Since you are here, please play with me."

Yuwen Lie replied: "Yes!"

The land of Zhongzhou.

Ji Zichang knew the rumor about the Chixiao Sword. It was said that when Ji Yanzhong entered Zhongzhou, the Chixiao Sword suddenly roared like a dragon, then soared into the sky and flew towards the distant horizon, disappearing to an unknown destination.

Ji Zichang's hands trembled slightly: "Has the Master of the Scarlet Sky Sword been born?"

He bit his lips with his teeth, bleeding:

"Li Guanyi, are you going to become my enemy too?"

The heroic spirit suddenly faded, replaced by a feeling of panic and terror. He held his sword. The officials and masters in front of him were clamoring in panic, which made Ji Zichang a little upset.

He said he wanted to balance power, he said he wanted to issue a Red Emperor Order, he said he wanted to order the State of Ying to attack the State of Chen, he said he wanted to allow all regions to come to the throne, he said he wanted to summon the regent Chen Fubi who had rebelled against the State of Chen to enter Zhongzhou, and he wanted to allow officials from all regions to hold their own troops...

Ji Zichang was tired and angry.

He suddenly drew out his sword. The clear sound of the sword drowned out the noise of the people for a moment. The white-haired old member of the royal family wanted to teach the young king a lesson, but the king in his thirties slashed with his sword and injured the white-haired old member of the royal family instead.

Blood was scattered on the Golden Palace.

The royal family members who had been noisy just now looked at the emperor who stood up, and suddenly became eerily quiet. Drops of scarlet blood fell on the Golden Throne Hall, twisting like a red dragon.

Considered to be just puppets, the weak Ji Zichang looked at these uncles and great-uncle angrily and coldly, slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, and said, "Enough."

"The legend of the Red Emperor has lasted for eight hundred years."

"Nothing in the world is immortal. It has been three hundred years since the decline of Zhongzhou. Even if it ends in my generation, it would not be strange."

"but!"

"Our ancestor, with a humble body and a three-foot sword, conquered the world."

"Even if the Red Emperor's lineage is about to end today, the end of the Red Emperor should not be a farce."

"It should be sword and fire!"

The young king held the bloodstained sword and slowly put it back into the scabbard. He wore a crown with twelve tassels. The corners of his eyes under the tassels were slightly raised. He stared at the royal family members in front of him like a dragon and said, "Gentlemen, step down."

After a long time, a low voice sounded:
"...obey the order."

In July of the eleventh year of Tianqi, the summer was hot, the martial arts legend fell, the war in the south of the Yangtze River ended, the Chen and Ying countries withdrew their troops to recuperate, and looking from Zhongzhou to all directions, it seemed relatively peaceful, and the war was concentrated in the western region that had never been covered by the empire.

There is no war in this vast world of the Red Emperor.

The emperor's hunting trip is about to begin.

There is nothing happening in all directions, so...

Peace in the world.

Li Guanyi, Yaoguang, and sword maniac Murong Longtu bid farewell to several palace masters of the academy and left, embarking on the journey to Zhongzhou. About thirty miles behind them, a silver-haired man followed quietly.

"That kid Li Guanyi has a good relationship with Yaoguang."

"I heard that he is going to the academy. He must hope to get the support of the academy, but his foundation is not strong enough and his relationship with the academy is not solid enough. With this gift in my hand, I am sure it will be okay."

"Give it to Li Guanyi, and we will have a good relationship with him."

The whale fisherman was holding a 'gift' in his hand.

Tied up with hemp rope, a white-haired old man.

The leader in formation academy.

Si Wei!

Si Wei was extremely angry. At this moment, the silver-haired man and Si Wei saw a man passing by in front of them. He had messy white hair and was sitting on a black turtle floating slowly in the sky. It was Si Ming, who was left behind because his lightness skills were not as good as Jian Kuang's.

Siming glanced unconsciously.

He met Si Wei's eyes.

"???"

"??!"

(End of this chapter)