The Word of Heaven

Chapter 324 Sparing the Life of the Sword
Xie Yinglian spoke seriously, but was met with only silence.

Not to mention the eunuch leader who came across the creek, even Chu Jun was stunned.

A long silence.

The stream keeps flowing, and the water splashes on the rocks with a clear and crisp sound.

Xie Yinglian didn't feel embarrassed at all. He glanced at everyone briskly, finally landing on the eunuch leader, and said with a smile: "I believe that your silence means that you recognize the importance of my words, so let's continue the conversation."

The eunuch leader looked at her as if she were a madman who was beyond description, and asked in disbelief, "Don't you think you are crazy at all?"

Chu Jun sighed and said, "She thinks she is very sober."

"Of course I am awake."

Xie Yinglian smiled and said to the eunuch leader, "You cannot deny that the conditions I offer are very appealing. Among the subordinates you brought here, there must be people who are interested, but they just don't feel comfortable coming forward."

Chu Jun said: "This should be a technique specially created by the Xie family in order to disrupt government affairs and interfere with the inner court. It does have a certain degree of credibility."

When she said this, her tone was calm and a little deliberate, and her expression was a little embarrassed.

Obviously, in fact, she also felt that Yinping Xie's thoughts were... indescribable.

"There are countless more bizarre things in history books. Please don't feel ashamed about this."

Xie Yinglian advised earnestly, "For example... you may not know, but the history of the former Chen State once recorded an event. About two thousand years ago, a remarkable man appeared among the barbarians. He had ten thousand soldiers under his command. All of his soldiers were dressed in silver-white armor. When they ran, they looked like clusters of blooming flowers. They were invincible and unstoppable. They conquered more than thirty cities within a thousand miles and slaughtered everyone in each city until they were at the capital of the Chen State."

"At that time, the generals of the State of Chen were unable to rush to the capital for various reasons. Just as the barbarians were about to break through the capital of the State of Chen, something happened just as you were about to kill Chu Jun and me."

She looked at the eunuch leader with a serious expression, thought about the absurdity in the history of the former Chen State, and said solemnly: "The queen of Chen State climbed up the city wall and took off her phoenix robe in front of tens of thousands of people, and the barbarians retreated."

As soon as the words fell, the streamside fell into dead silence.

The eunuch leader's eyes were filled with astonishment, and there was no trace of the seriousness he had shown just a moment ago.

After a long silence, he looked at one of his subordinates and asked in a complicated tone: "Is this not fabricated?"

The subordinate bowed his head and replied: "This matter is indeed recorded in the history of the past."

Xie Yinglian's voice followed.

"So even if the conditions I'm proposing aren't so bad that you can't refuse them, at least we can talk about it, right?"

During the conversation, Chu Jun had already sat back down.

The meat was roasted, slightly charred on the outside, and exuded a very pleasant aroma.

She was afraid of the heat, so she took a light bite, leaving the skin and meat intact, and thought to herself that her cooking skills were really good.

Just as she had this thought, the eunuch leader's voice came indifferently.

"I really don't like the example you gave, and the suggestion you made is extremely unreasonable."

The stream suddenly became still, no longer turbulent, it leaped up and turned into transparent silk.

At the same time, countless branches and leaves fell one after another, condensing into yellow ribbons.

The eunuch leader floated above the mountains and forests.

Streams and fallen leaves entangled around him, bringing heavy pressure to Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian who remained by the waterless stream, as if a mountain was about to collapse.

Xie Yinglian stood with his hands behind his back, letting his clothes rustle in the wind, with an elegant posture.

Chu Jun suddenly asked: "What's the point of talking nonsense?"

The moment the eunuch leader appeared, her decision was to fight him, because there was obviously no possibility of negotiation.

"The meaning is..."

Xie Yinglian said softly, his tone suddenly becoming urgent: "How come you have eaten all the meat!?"

Chu Jun was slightly stunned and thought of a possibility, but didn't have time to put it into words.

The eunuch leader's stunned voice came from above the forest.

"Did you say those things before just to wait for the meat to be cooked?"

"Or else?"

Xie Yinglian raised her head, put her hands on her hips, stared at the eunuch leader and shouted angrily: "I have been so tired in Cihang Temple. I finally came out to eat a bite of meat, but you jumped out for no reason and ruined things!"

Then her eyes fell on Chu Jun. Just as she was about to point at her nose and start swearing, she saw that the girl's face was honest and full of innocence.

"The main reason is that I think you won't be able to eat it anymore. I made it so delicious, it would be a shame if I didn't let you eat it all."

There was silence along the stream.

"Die."

The eunuch leader's voice was extremely cold.

As the sound fell, the stream and the fallen leaves suddenly intertwined into one, crashing towards the two people standing by the stream.

Xie Yinglian no longer had the time to reprimand Chu Jun for his selfishness. He felt the heavy pressure brought by the extreme gap in realm between him and the eunuch leader. There was a faint sound from the bones hidden under his flesh and blood, which was the sound of them gradually breaking under the heavy burden.

Even though this was clearly an angry attack from the eunuch leader, it was clearly not his full strength, but it was enough to crush the two men to death.

The air became extremely thick under the heavy pressure.

The flames went out instantly, the firewood was crushed into pieces, and even the soft soil became compacted.

Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian could hardly move at the moment, how could they possibly take this attack?
The eunuch leader looked down at the two girls seemingly indifferently, but his mind was far away.

The distance remained calm throughout, with no sign of the aura of immortality rising up, nor any sign of the gaze falling upon this place from afar.

The eunuch leader was very satisfied.

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Pei Jinge's carriage did not move forward even a little bit.

From the afternoon till this evening, the huge convoy stretched across the official road, blocking the flow of people.

No one dared to voice their dissatisfaction after learning of her existence, and silence spread between heaven and earth.

The forest was less than a thousand miles away, but everything in it was within her perception and was clear as day.

She could even guess what the eunuch leader was thinking.

"How could his people die so easily?"

Pei Jinge murmured to himself, still feeling annoyed when thinking about Gu Zhuo's figure.

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At this moment, countless dead leaves and broken branches mixed in the stream and fell down with a loud bang.

Just a moment ago, Xie Yinglian took out the fragment of the Yuanmie Mirror from his arms.

The sky was filled with dusk, and the broken mirror disappeared, and the surroundings were suddenly dark.

Then, an extremely strong red light burst out from the mirror and collided head-on with the stream.

The dead leaves were burned in an instant and the broken branches turned into charcoal.

The air was not thick and it was extremely hot.

The stream water evaporated into mist, which spread out in an instant, hiding the figures of Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian.

The eunuch leader's eyes were cold without any trace of surprise.

Given the personalities and positions of these two people, how could they not keep the fragments of the Yuanmie Mirror for themselves and hand them all over to the Sky Patrol?

He stretched out his hand, and with his five fingers he grasped, gathering the thick fog from the air.

The fog stagnated for a moment, then showed signs of collapsing, constantly colliding and squeezing each other.

A terrifying weight was created as a result, and there were constant explosion sounds in the fog, which were the sounds of the stones and various objects left in it shattering.

How can flesh and blood be an exception?
At this moment, a ray of sword light suddenly cut through the thick fog.

The eunuch leader's expression changed slightly.

The sword light dyed his eyes and face white.

That's folded snow.

He sensed the breath of Gu Zhuo remaining on the flying sword, and he flicked his sleeve towards the sword's edge to slow down its sharpness, then used his previous five fingers to lock the sword's body, preventing it from moving forward an inch.

The thick fog suddenly dispersed and stopped collapsing.

The figures of Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian suddenly appeared, with residual mist still on their sleeves, and they ran quickly towards the cliff.

The eunuch leader had a cold expression on his face, and exerted his mighty true energy on Zhexue, causing the flying sword to tremble, and then he threw it out again.

Zhexue broke through the air and flew away.

The flowing light divided the twilight in the mountains and forests into two halves.

Chu Jun's Dao heart had sensed it long ago, and she turned around and faced the sword. In a very short time, she ignored the disturbance of her true essence and affected her meridians, and connected several Dao seals to forcibly control Zhexue.

The light stopped for a moment, then moved forward again.

In just a moment, the terrifying power exerted by the eunuch leader on the sword had already injured Chu Jun from a distance.

A mouthful of blood spurted out of the girl's mouth, and her face turned drastically paler, and her eyes were as dim as an extinguished charcoal fire.

The light sank slightly into the two people's sides, and the true energy contained in the sword body dispersed wantonly, bringing about a strong vibration.

Amid the continuous rumbling noises, Chu Jun half-knelt on the ground, clearly seriously injured.

The eunuch leader slapped from a distance.

When the palm fell, the sky suddenly darkened and the sunset disappeared.

The forest was dark, and the lingering fog began to sink early, clinging to the ground.

Xie Yinglian stopped running forward.

Several eunuchs were already standing on that side of the cliff, blocking the way to jump off the cliff.

She turned around, suddenly pulled out the snow that had sunk into the ground, and held it horizontally in front of her.

Amidst the silence, a heart-shaking voice was heard.

It wasn't just Zhexue's sword that was bending.

Xie Yinglian's palm was broken, and blood flowed along with her violently shaking body.

Her body began to move backwards because she could not withstand the power of the palm.

So Chu Jun propped up his body and didn't have to move forward. He could just stretch out his right hand to block the sword.

The overwhelming and unstoppable force was like an endless tide, constantly surging towards the two people who were using Zhexue as a support, trying to sweep them into the tide and crush them into debris.

The winner has already been decided.

Life and death is just a matter of time.

The eunuch leader looked indifferent.

To him, killing Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian was just a trivial matter not worth mentioning, and the result was determined when the decision was made.

These two people are juniors who have nothing to do with the world's major trends.

After a moment, the eunuch leader retracted his gaze and stopped looking in the direction of Pei Jinge. He looked down at the two girls with some surprise and muttered to himself, "Are they still not dead yet..."

The words stopped abruptly.

A tower appeared in Chu Jun's hand.

That is the Sansheng Tower.

The ancient atmosphere was like a curtain, enveloping her and Xie Yinglian and isolating them from all external influences.

How could he possibly get past the eunuch leader's casual strike?

Like melting snow, the surging palm power completely returned to nothingness.

Before that, Chu Jun had already picked up Xie Yinglian by the waist and rushed towards the cliff.

The Sansheng Tower is the last and most powerful means that Gu Zhuo left for her. With her level of cultivation, she cannot use it for a long time and can only use it at the most critical moment.

This was certainly not the best opportunity, but if she didn't summon the Three Lives Tower she would die, so she had no choice but to fight to the death.

Xie Yinglian had anticipated that Chu Jun had a way to save his life, but he never imagined that it was the San Sheng Tower.

She thought about the Yuanshi Demonic Scripture that she was practicing, and about this treasure that once belonged to Taoist Yingxu. Her eyes, which had originally been dull, brightened again, and she said quickly in a low voice, "Give me the Sansheng Tower."

Chu Jun did not hesitate and handed over the San Sheng Tower without hesitation.

At this moment, the eunuchs in front of the cliff suddenly made way and no longer blocked the way ahead.

This looked very much like fear, but Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian's expressions became extremely solemn because they knew it was not the case.

The number seventeen has been inferred by predecessors in the theory of the origin of the formation, meaning it is incomplete.

Of course, incompleteness is not good, but there is no absolute bad in this world, everything is relative.

If this incompleteness is the gate of life, then the gate of life can also be the gate of death.

Once you break into the Death Gate, you will naturally face the most terrifying attack in the formation.

The eunuch leader's voice came calmly from behind.

"You don't think the Sansheng Tower could be an accident, do you?"

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Chu Jun took Zhexue from Xie Yinglian.

In front of her was a dead end door that had been deliberately left open by seventeen eunuchs.

The Sansheng Tower is controlled by Xie Yinglian, emitting a faint light, facing the eunuch leader directly.

The old eunuch's eyes were like ghostly fire and he threw a punch.

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In the carriage in the distance, Pei Jinge lowered his eyelids slightly.

She tapped lightly on the armrest, the ding-dong sound was shallow, and she thought that this was the end of it for the two little girls.

The person who should have appeared still didn't show up.

Not even a shadow could be seen.

Pei Jinge raised his head slightly.

At some point, the twilight was almost covered by the night, and the stars were already shining.

However, she still couldn't think of a reason to save him.

Given that person's personality, there's no reason to blame her.

Thinking of this, Pei Jinge did not close his eyes, thinking that this was not a question he should think about.

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boom!
The fist of the eunuch leader collided head-on with the San Sheng Tower, and the light on the tower faded away, as if it had experienced a long time in an instant, and was covered with dust that could not be wiped off.

Xie Yinglian vomited blood and flew backwards, directly hitting Chu Jun.

The latter was already seriously injured, and when he was trying to raise his true energy he was suddenly hit, causing his entire body's breath to become disordered.

A mouthful of blood splattered on the Zhexue sword, and he was no longer able to draw his sword.

Up to this time, the two were still more than twenty feet away from the cliff, not far, but already as far as the horizon.

At this moment, their meridians were almost broken and it was difficult for them to even speak.

The eunuch leader looked down indifferently.

For some unknown reason, he hesitated to kill them, allowing Chu Jun and Xie Yinglian to die.

A full half-quarter of an hour later, as the wisp of evening fire in the sky faded away, he finally spoke.

"I thought Gu Zhuo would show up at the last minute and save you in time, but in the end, he never showed up."

Chu Jun smiled, a smile that was effortlessly casual and without any gloom.

Xie Yinglian endured the pain, raised his head, and mocked and scolded: "There are not so many timely rains in this world, you are such an idiot."

The eunuch leader sighed, "Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression changed slightly and became very strange.

There was a cold rain falling sadly.

The dry mountain is somewhat lonely.

In the rain, Zhexue suddenly jumped up.

It was facing the eunuch leader, reflecting his eyes that looked like burning flames.

A calm and gentle voice came from the sword.

"Thank you. If you hadn't waited for a moment, I would have been too late."

(End of this chapter)