Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 293: Sword Worship Coffin
The next day.

Huang Sixi bid farewell to Yu Yue and Chu Chu, and left the valley alone on the Fire Unicorn.

This trip is to the headquarters of Tianxiahui, which is a dangerous place with many masters.

The Fire Kirin could help Huang Sixi, but Roaring Sky Dog had no ability to deal with such a situation, so Huang Sixi left it with Yu Yue and Chu Chu.

The Fire Kirin is extremely fast and can travel thousands of miles a day. If Huang Sixi travels at full speed and does not encounter any accidents on the way, he can reach the headquarters of the Tianxiahui in one day.

However, the Fire Kirin had a strange appearance. In order to prevent panic, Huang Sixi did not take the wide and flat official road. He tried to avoid residential areas, but chose to travel through the uninhabited mountains and forests.

In fact, the Fire Kirin can climb over the mountains as if walking on flat ground, which is almost the same as taking the official road. However, Huang Sixi is not familiar with the terrain. If he rashly travels through the deep mountains and gets lost, he will delay his journey.

Before noon that day, Huang Sixi had lost his way. Fortunately, the Fire Kirin had a keen sense of smell and was able to track the residents in the mountains. It quickly stopped a pair of hunters for Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi saw the young man on the left with a curly beard and a mature appearance, so he asked him to show him the way to the west.

He shivered unconsciously. "Not long ago, a big fire broke out in the west, burning down the forests within a radius of dozens of miles. The villagers said it was caused by a mountain demon, burning the good land into a ghost area. No one dared to go there!"

After saying that, he secretly glanced at the Fire Qilin, his heart pounding. Could it be that this giant beast was a mountain monster?
Huang Sixi didn't believe that there was any mountain monster causing trouble. Forest fires were normal. Even if the fire had not been extinguished, he could still travel safely by riding the Fire Kirin.

Huang Sixi took out a pen and paper, intending to ask the bearded young man to describe the specific route and the landmarks or reference objects along the way to facilitate his identification while traveling.

But the bearded young man stuttered and spoke unclearly.

However, the young boy next to him spoke clearly and explained the route clearly, and warned Huang Sixi:
"Brother, if you insist on going west, you must be careful when passing by the Sword Forging Villa. Rumor has it that the fire originated in the villa. They may have provoked some enemy, and someone set the villa on fire. The fire could not be controlled, so it set the nearby mountains and forests on fire!"

"Don't talk nonsense! Be careful or the guards in the villa will slap you in the face!" The bearded young man blamed the boy for speaking without restraint.

"I'm not talking nonsense. My uncle happened to be nearby when their villa caught fire!" The young man retorted, straining his neck:

"I secretly went to see when the fire was put out a few days ago. Their villa has now been burned to ruins, the guards have been killed, and even the owner of the villa was hacked to pieces. I'm not afraid of them coming to attack me!"

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Their family is a century-old manor, and they must have another business in other places. In a few years, they will be able to rebuild the manor!" The young man with curly beard said seriously: "When they recruit guards again, you dare to say you are not afraid?"

"Bah!" Not only was the young man fearless, but hatred was also evident on his face:

"They relied on their wealth and power to bully the nearby mountain folks. My father just shot a sika deer outside their village, but their slaves' dogs bit off his leg. The destruction of their village is retribution. If they can rebuild the village, it's God's fault!"

The bearded young man was speechless and suddenly couldn't respond.

He turned his head to look at Huang Sixi, clasped his fists and said, "Whether this forest fire was caused by Zhujian Mountain Villa, we only heard it from others and cannot take it seriously. If you have no other questions, we will leave now."

Huang Sixi did not finish his question, but threw a piece of silver to the bearded young man and the boy respectively.

He then took out a fine steel dagger and handed it to the boy as an extra gift.

He then asked the young man, "Does the Sword Forging Villa have any other names? What is the owner's family name?"

Seeing that the dagger was extremely sharp and could help him cut prey, the young man couldn't help but cherish it like a treasure. Naturally, he answered all of Huang Sixi's questions: "Their masters are all surnamed Ao. Outside, they call themselves Baijian Villa, but they made their fortune by forging swords. The nearby villagers call them Zhujian Villa!"

The young man had no good feelings towards Baijian Villa, but he also knew that Baijian Villa was famous in the world. He thought that the villa was destroyed this time because it had offended some powerful person.

The young man got Huang Sixi's silver and weapons, but he didn't want Huang Sixi to take risks, so he showed Huang Sixi the way: "There are rivers to the south and north of Baijian Villa. Big brother, you can bypass the villa and go west by water, it will be the same!"

Huang Sixi casually asked him: "Can we find a ferry boat along the waterway?"

Without waiting for the boy to reply.

The young man with curly beard rushed to say: "There are countless villages and towns on both sides of the river. Not to mention boats, if you want to relax, you can easily find a girl with delicate skin and tender flesh!"

The young man with curly beard coveted the fine steel dagger in the boy's hand, and wanted to ask Huang Sixi for one. He often went out to meet with boat prostitutes in secret, and knew which girl had good martial arts skills, so he planned to reveal this unique information to Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi ignored him and suddenly raised his hand and patted it. The Fire Kirin got the signal, turned around and ran wildly. In the blink of an eye, it rushed into the forest and disappeared without a trace.

After a stick of incense.

The green mountains and green forests disappeared.

Huang Sixi stepped onto the vast charred mountains.

As he looked around, he saw that the whole mountain and field were covered with burnt dust from a raging fire. There was not a single animal to be seen, no birds to be heard, and even fewer human figures. It was truly like a ghost town.

He took out the map he had drawn earlier and followed the route described by the boy. Although the boy did not want him to adventure through the territory of Baijian Villa, in the mountainous area within a radius of dozens of miles, only the vicinity of Baijian Villa had conspicuous landmarks.

Following these landmarks would help Huang Sixi to move westward quickly.

After walking for thirty or forty miles, Huang Sixi passed by more and more ruins, but he still couldn't see any living creatures.

Until he passed a low peak, he suddenly heard a wailing sound coming from the front of the mountain.

The crying was extremely mournful, as if it was telling of misfortune, and it was sad to hear. However, in the dead silence of the scorched earth mountains, suddenly hearing bursts of mournful sobbing also sounded like the wailing of ghosts, and was somewhat creepy.

Huang Sixi continued walking along the foot of the mountain. When he reached the front of the mountain, he discovered that this was actually a cemetery.

However, most of the tombstones have fallen to the ground, and the graves have been burned by the forest fire like piles of black ash. Only the middle grave is a new grave, and the turned-out yellow soil is particularly conspicuous.

A woman in mourning clothes was kneeling in front of the new grave. The crying sound that Huang Sixi heard just now came from her.

She was crying so hard that she didn't notice Huang Sixi entering the cemetery. It was not until Huang Sixi arrived in front of the grave and heat emanated from the Fire Kirin that she realized she was covered in fire. She looked up in surprise.

She was wearing a veil, so Huang Sixi couldn't see her exact features, but judging from the wrinkles around her eyes, she should be over middle-aged. The woman's voice also sounded hoarse and old: "Who are you? What are you doing here at my Baijian Villa?"

Huang Sixi said, "I just happened to pass by and came here when I heard the crying. Who are you?"

"I……"

The woman spoke bitterly, "I am just a poor person without any children or heirs. My husband was assassinated and my son died a violent death. Both of them were the owners of Baijian Villa, but they ended up like this. I am an unlucky person who brought death to their father and son!"

"It's Madam Ao!"

Huang Sixi saw that she was full of self-blame, so he asked again: "Life and death are determined by fate, and have nothing to do with others. How can there be any such thing as success or failure?"

"It's me who defeated him!"

Madam Ao screamed miserably, stretched out her hand and tore off her veil. Her face below her cheekbones was covered with pits and scars, as if it had been corroded by some poison. There was not a single intact spot, which made her look extremely ugly and terrifying.

Huang Sixi raised his eyebrows when he saw how badly she was disfigured: "Madam, was your face burned?"

Madam Ao shook her head: "I ruined it myself!"

Hatred gradually welled up in her eyes: "After I married my husband, I lived a happy life. But one day, a villain took a fancy to my face. This villain was so cruel that he killed my husband and even wanted to throw my two-year-old son to death. He really deserves to be cut into pieces!"

Huang Sixi said, "According to what you said, the one who killed your husband and son was that evil villain, not you."

Madam Ao was in a daze. It was obvious that she had been so shocked that her emotions were out of control and tears were streaming down her face.

She cried and said, "In order to save my son's life, I threatened to die, and finally stopped the evil villain from committing the crime. But the evil villain was like a maggot on the heel, and he followed me all the way to Baijian Villa, and became a nightmare for my son and me! For more than ten years, I lived in shame and in exchange for my son to grow up and not be harmed by the evil villain. Who would have thought that a fire would separate us mother and son!"

The new grave in front of her was built for her only son. It was a case of the old sending off the young, so no wonder she was so sad.

Huang Sixi asked her, "Was your son killed by that evil thief?"

Madam Ao's hatred surged up again, and she gnashed her teeth in hatred: "The other day, that evil thief came to look for me, and I didn't want to see him, so he lost his temper, smashed several sword furnaces, and started a fire in the manor!
My family has been making swords for generations, so fires are common. The farm had prepared enough water to put out the fire, but when the farmhands put out the fire, they poured too much water, causing the floor tiles to sink, and cold air gushed out from the ground, spreading to the ground, causing the surrounding flames to extinguish themselves without water! "

Huang Sixi immediately became interested. He knew that Baijian Villa was very famous in the martial arts world and many magical weapons were produced in Baijian Villa.

Huang Sixi guessed, "Is there some cold treasure hidden underground?"

Madam Ao did not deny it: "After the fire was completely put out, my son organized people to fill the sunken ground. As a result, after removing the floor tiles, they actually opened a pit. There was a coffin buried in the pit, and the cold air was spreading out from the coffin!
At first, my son and I didn’t know the origin of this pit. Later, when we looked through the family tree in the manor, we found out that this coffin was a magic sword left by Ao Ri, the ancestor of my Baijian Mountain Manor! "

When she said this, she turned her head and looked at Huang Sixi: "Sir, do you know the origin of this magic sword?"

Huang Sixi replied calmly: "This sword was secretly buried underground. Before the coffin was unearthed, even you, Madam Ao, didn't know the situation. How could an outsider like me know the details?"

"That's true!" Madam Ao glanced at Fire Kirin again and said, "Young Master, you have a divine beast as a mount, but you don't have a divine sword as a weapon. I am willing to give you the divine sword. I wonder if you are interested?"

"The magic sword is not in your hands, right?" Huang Sixi saw through her intentions: "Has that evil thief already snatched the magic sword away? You can't get it back at all, so you gave it to me so that I can kill that evil thief and avenge you?"

"Yes! I don't have the ability to take revenge, and I originally wanted to die. Since you just happened to pass by, I'll just shamelessly beg you!" Madam Ao said directly: "If you don't want to take care of this matter, then just pretend I didn't say anything!"

Huang Sixi looked at her and asked about the sword: "What kind of sword is that?"

Madam Ao heard his intention and quickly introduced: "The name of the sword is 'Defeat'! My ancestor Ao Ri once found a rare piece of cold iron and wanted to forge a rare cold sword to annihilate the ferocious beast Fire Kirin that was causing trouble in the martial arts world..."

When the Fire Qilin heard this, it howled angrily and a wave of fire rolled out.

Madam Ao was hit in the face and could not help but step back. After she stood firm, she immediately bowed to the Fire Kirin and said, "Senior, you must be the legendary auspicious beast, the Fire Kirin. Please do not blame me for my words just now!"

Huang Sixi signaled Huo Qilin to calm down, and then asked Madam Ao: "I heard that there is a 'peerless sword' circulating in the martial arts world, which is also made of cold iron?"

Madam Ao explained, "When our ancestor Ao Ri found the cold iron, he split it in two. Half of it was used to forge the 'Sword of Defeat', and the other half was passed down until it was forged into the 'Peerless Sword' in recent years. However, the 'Peerless Sword' has been stolen by the Tianxiahui bandits. No one in the world knows where the Tianxiahui has hidden it. I'm afraid only the leader of the Tianxiahui, Xiong Ba, knows the whereabouts of the 'Peerless Sword'!"

Huang Sixi sighed after hearing this: "It turns out that the 'Sword of Defeat' and the 'Peerless Sword' are actually twin swords. This is quite strange!"

Madam Ao said, "Both swords are made of cold iron, but their power is different. After the Sword of Defeat was forged, the nine swordsmiths who participated in the forging died mysteriously one after another. Ancestor Ao Ri thought that this sword was ominous, so he named it the Sword of Defeat and sealed it in a coffin underground, not wanting it to appear in the world and harm people!"

This is just one side of the story.

Ao Ri may not have sealed up the sword because he thought it was a bad omen, but there may be other reasons: "Since your ancestors did not dare to use the Sword of Defeat, you let the sword break out of the coffin. Aren't you afraid of disaster?"

Madam Ao sighed, "I originally wanted to rebury the coffin and not move it, but the villain insisted on opening the coffin and taking the sword! This villain is known as the 'Sword Demon' in the martial arts world. He is an expert swordsman and has extraordinary martial arts skills. I couldn't stop him at all! I could only watch him take away my family's ancestral heirloom!"

Huang Sixi suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of Baijian Villa: "Where is the Sword Demon now? Is he in Baijian Villa or has he left?"

Madam Ao discovered that Huang Sixi was not afraid of the Sword Demon's name at all, so she felt that her hope of revenge had greatly increased, and quickly replied, "He is still in the villa!"

Huang Sixi immediately waved to Madam Ao and said, "You lead the way. I'll go meet him!"

Madam Ao saw that Huang Sixi agreed to this very quickly and was a little incredulous: "Sir, are you really going to compete with the Sword Demon?"

Huang Sixi asked her back, "Three days ago, I killed Sword Demon's biological son, Bu Shen. Didn't Madam hear about it? He will seek revenge on me sooner or later. Naturally, I don't mind fighting him."

Madam Ao looked miserable, "Three days ago, Baijian Villa was on fire for several days, setting the surrounding forests on fire. People from outside can't enter the villa at all, and we can't receive any news from the martial arts world!"

Her expression suddenly turned cheerful again, and she cursed in a low voice: "The Sword Demon's evil son was actually killed by the Young Master. What a good kill! This demon should have no descendants, and he and his evil son should never be reborn in this life again!"

It can be heard that Madam Ao has a tremendous hatred for the Sword Demon.

(End of this chapter)