Embers of Sword

Chapter 101 Chihun Taoist
"Since living is so difficult, why should we die?"

Bonfires light up the darkness.

It also illuminated the face of the little girl in red. Jiang Huang looked at the young man in black squatting in front of her in confusion and felt that this Xie Xuanyi was really a stranger.

"You won't kill me?"

Jiang Huang couldn't understand.

When she fought with Xie Xuanyi, this guy's sword was full of murderous intent, and every move was intended to take someone's life.

And now.

Xie Xuanyi has changed.

She couldn't tell what had changed...

The flying sword still exudes a terrifying sword aura.

But the murderous aura that overflowed from him back then has dissipated a lot out of thin air.

"Why should I kill you?"

Xie Xuanyi stood up and said calmly: "If I wanted to kill you, you would have died when Jinlishan left. Why wait until today?"

"..."

Jiang Huang was silent for a moment, frowned and said: "But I want to kill you."

"I saw it."

Xie Xuanyi looked up.

The Phoenix Fire scorched the grotto, but that was all it did.

He said calmly: "...seeing you fail."

"???"

Jiang Huang was very angry.

What made her even more angry than Xie Xuanyi not killing her was that Xie Xuanyi didn't take her seriously at all.

"Xie Xuanyi! Sooner or later I will kill you!"

Jiang Huang stood up angrily, but because her legs were weak... the action ended in failure.

She could only bang the wooden wheelchair hard.

But... for a person who is slapping his wheelchair hard, these words really have no deterrent effect.

Snapped!Snapped!
The crisp sound of clapping echoed in the cave.

Facing Jiang Huang's declaration, Xie Xuanyi remained very calm.

If it were put in those days.

He had already struck with his sword——

But this year is not the same as before, and he is no longer the Xie Xuanyi of the past.

"Wait until you stand up."

Xie Xuanyi lit the bonfire, sat down by himself, and sighed contentedly. At this moment, his clothes were soaked with sweat...

Rebuilding the Sword Qi Cave Heaven was much more difficult than he had imagined.

Especially the battle with his inner demon, which consumed 90% of his energy.

The sound of swords lingered in the cave, and Shen Kuang slowly moved to Xie Xuanyi's knees, like a docile kitten, rubbing the sword against Xie Xuanyi's palm.

Jiang Huang pushed the wheelchair to the campfire.

She stared at Xie Xuanyi, looking at him over and over again.

"What have you experienced in these years?"

Jiang Huang discovered something very strange.

Ten years have passed.

Xie Xuanyi...seems to have gotten younger.

For practitioners, changes in appearance are not sufficient criteria for judging age.

When one reaches the Yin Shen realm, one can stop the five senses from "changing".

Of course, many great practitioners would not do this... but there are also some old antiques in certain sects who travel around as boys.

Jiang Huang could see that Xie Xuanyi was wearing a special magical tool that could change his appearance.

But a person's soul cannot be changed.

After Chen Yan was sacrificed, the strong sword energy almost filled the entire cave——

If you feel Xie Xuanyi's breath carefully, you will find that it is like a new grass that has just broken through the soil, exuding vigorous vitality all over his body.

Ten years have passed.

Instead of getting older, Xie Xuanyi became younger!
"I said I slept for ten years, do you believe it?"

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "In these ten years... I haven't experienced anything."

Jiang Huang was silent. Xie Xuanyi didn't look like he was lying.

"On the contrary, what have you experienced in the past ten years?"

From the moment Xie Xuanyi rescued Jiang Huang.

He knew it.

Sooner or later this day will come.

The "old soul" in Jiang Huang's body will wake up.

"I……"

The little girl in red was stunned. These words seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, falling on the lake of her heart, splashing countless ripples.

All of a sudden.

She was slumped in her wheelchair.

The eyes that were originally shining like burning fire suddenly became blank.

"What have I experienced in these ten years?"

Jiang Huang muttered to himself.

She repeated Xie Xuanyi's question and was also questioning herself.

A painful groan came from the wheelchair, and the little girl in red fell forward palely and landed in front of the bonfire.

A strong wind blew, splashing up a pool of sparks.

Xie Xuanyi frowned as he watched this scene.

Jiang Huang looked in agony. She covered her forehead with both hands, veins bulging, and intense pain came from her sea of consciousness, like a knife stirring -

"Uh... ah..."

Xie Xuanyi, who was sitting on the other side of the campfire, watched the little girl in red rolling around silently.

really.

Just as I expected.

Jiang Huang's soul was severely damaged...

If I'm not mistaken, it should be after the Northern Hunt that year that the strong men in the Imperial City sealed Jiang Huang's soul, blocking the consciousness of this great demon that had not yet transformed into a form in the sea of ​​gods, leaving it imprisoned in the cage of the Imperial City forever in the form of a "demon body".

Descendants of phoenix blood are something you can only encounter by chance.

The Da Chu royal family places great emphasis on blood inheritance, and all royal children compare themselves to dragons and phoenixes.

If one could really control such a giant phoenix-blood monster and tame it as a mount, it would definitely be an extremely glorious thing.

Later, Jiang Huang escaped from the imperial city by chance and came to Jinli Mountain to heal his wounds...

However, the seal on the soul has not been released.

Her sea of consciousness had undergone a "transformation" over the long years, and in order to avoid the restrictions of the seal, her main soul had become distorted.

So there was a "little guy" who was ignorant of the world and followed Xie Xuanyi happily.

If there had not been the transformation of Jinlishan, she would have completed all these changes in her sleep.

Finally, the main spirit returned to its rightful place.

It's a pity that man proposes, God disposes. If there had been no volcanic eruption, Jinli Mountain would have been a good place for recuperation.

But after the landslide, if Xie Xuanyi hadn't intervened...

Jiang Huang's spiritual transformation will be directly interrupted by external forces.

Ten years of meditation were ruined in an instant.

The clear mind and spirit that has been differentiated with great difficulty may also fall into complete depravity.

After a moment, silence returned to the cave.

Xie Xuanyi saw it clearly. There was a strange red light flashing between Jiang Huang's eyebrows. It was obvious that the main soul had always wanted to occupy the body, but unfortunately the pain brought by the seal was too intense. The main soul could not bear it, so it chose to "hide" again.

"Hey..."

The little girl in red lying on the ground slowly opened her eyes. The gloom in her fiery pupils completely disappeared.

In its place, there is a clear stupidity.

"Why am I here?"

Jiang Huang looked dazed, her memory still stuck at the time before she fell into a deep sleep.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Xie Xuanyi's face.

She blinked, somewhat confused.

"You sleep so badly that you not only sleepwalk but also talk a lot in your sleep."

Xie Xuanyi lifted the little fellow by the collar and said calmly, "Next time when we go to bed, I'll change the formation for you."

Jiang Huang pursed his lips in grievance.

She always believed what Xie Xuanyi said.

But when the little guy saw the charred charcoal above the cave, he couldn't help but speak.

"Thank you, Zhen."

"I just had a dream."

Xie Xuanyi paused and looked at Jiang Huang.

The little girl's eyes flickered with hesitation, and she whispered: "There was a sister in my dream who kept talking to me..."

Is it the main divine soul?
Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyes and asked softly, "What did she say?"

"She said...you are not a good person."

Jiang Huang's voice became even quieter: "Also told me to be careful and not to trust you easily."

"Anymore?"

"No more...that's all."

Hearing this, Xie Xuanyi sighed in his heart.

He carried Jiang Huang back to the original quiet formation, and then pushed the wooden wheelchair over.

"She's not wrong. I'm not a good person."

Xie Xuanyi squatted in front of the little guy and said seriously: "But... now I am the only one in the whole Da Chu who can save you."

Jiang Huang was confused and didn't understand what was going on.

"Have a good sleep."

Xie Xuanyi stretched out a finger, slowly placed it on Jiang Huang's brow, and said softly: "When you see her again later, remember to tell her what you just said."

hum!
A wisp of spiritual power gently swept out and immersed in Jiang Huang's sea of ​​consciousness.

The little guy closed his eyes.

A ray of red light emerged from between the eyebrows——

The bright red light illuminated almost the entire cave.

Xie Xuanyi carefully examined the scarlet light and murmured, "Sure enough... it is the 'Nine Deaths' of the Imperial City."

He spent many days with Jiang Huang and checked his soul more than once.

Nothing unusual was found.

This time, the main spirit broke free and showed signs of breaking through.

The Nine Deaths Forbidden Technique is a forbidden spiritual technique of the Da Chu royal family.

Once branded by this forbidden technique, the soul is like being trapped in a cage.

Nine deaths, nine deaths, just as the name suggests.

Even if the person who was hit by the spell died nine times, he would not be able to escape the soul brand...

Even after being hit by this forbidden technique, Jiang Huang was still able to figure out a way to split his soul and cultivate it into a human form. This was enough to make him a genius.

However, it would be wishful thinking to think that you can remove this forbidden technique with just this little cleverness.

The main spirit has been locked up...

Once the soul and spirit are united.

The "Nine Deaths Ban" will take effect again!
If one wants to lift the forbidden technique, one must either find the original caster and remove the seal, or use extremely powerful external force to forcibly break the confinement.

As for the former, Xie Xuanyi had no hope.

The latter is worth a try.

The Sword Washing Pool on Lotus Peak can cleanse the soul and perhaps even break free from the shackles of the "Nine Deaths Forbidden".

only……

Xie Xuanyi had one more thing to do when he came to southern Xinjiang.

After letting go of Jiang Huang.

Xie Xuanyi set up several more formations.

The power of the soul just now contained in the finger was enough to make the little guy sleep peacefully for more than ten hours...

Even if the main spirit awakens again in the middle of the journey, there is nothing to worry about.

From the conversation just now, Xie Xuanyi knew...the main soul was not stupid.

Now Jiang Huang's soul is missing, and the Phoenix Fire is gone.

Without me, it would be extremely difficult to even survive in southern Xinjiang, let alone recover.

If she wants to live, she has to stay by his side.

Xie Xuanyi came to the outside of the cave. The wind and rain were still strong, but the thunder gradually died down... Only half of the night had passed.

The Sword Qi Cave Heaven has been reshaped.

The reason why he traveled thousands of miles from Lichao City to Southern Xinjiang was naturally to settle accounts with Yinshan.

And the reckoning is not just about killing people.

After killing Jin Yuan and reshaping the cave heaven...Xie Xuanyi only had one thing left.

It is also the most important thing.

Back then, countless monks, led by the White Ghost, chased him for a full three thousand miles, from south to north, and finally forced him into a desperate situation.

This matter...if you think about it carefully, there is something extremely unreasonable about it.

When he fled thousands of miles away, he kept his whereabouts secret at all times, and with the help of "cause and effect" treasures, he hid the secret.

Even the bookstore's divination could not reveal the truth.

But the Yinshan White Ghost knew it.

Especially the time in Qingzhou.

After traveling thousands of miles and being exhausted, Xie Xuanyi, with the help of the Jiang family, successfully settled down and avoided the investigation by the Imperial City Division.

If I could be given some more time to recuperate.

He will definitely be able to recover from his injuries, take a deep breath, and even have hope of "breaking through".

But just as they landed, the Yinshan White Ghosts swarmed in with a group of encirclers.

The news leaked too quickly.

So much so that... in the end he had nowhere to escape and could only go to the North Sea.

For Xie Xuanyi, the most important thing on this trip is not to seek revenge on Yinshan, nor to kill Bai Gui's disciples.

he wanted to know.

How did Bai Gui know his whereabouts back then?

Near the hilltop occupied by Taoist Jin Yuan, there is a truly ruthless man, this man is the third disciple of Bai Gui, "Taoist Chi Hun". If I remember correctly, Chi Hun was the evil cultivator who followed Bai Gui to hunt down me back then... Now, ten years have passed, and several disciples under Bai Gui have been promoted to Yin Gods.

However, this Taoist Chihun still remained in the realm of cave heaven.

After staying in the Cave Heaven Realm for so many years, he must have already cultivated to the tenth level of the Cave Heaven and achieved perfection.

There is only a slim chance of becoming the Yin God.

Xie Xuanyi’s real target has never been Jin Yuan.

And wanted to fight with "Chi Hun".

He must condense the sword energy into a cave.

"Crash."

Xie Xuanyi stood on the top of Xiaohuang Mountain. He brushed off the rain on his hat, put it on his head again, and looked up at the scarlet sky not far away.

At the end of the sight, there are mountains and miasma. A towering mountain with a huge black flag standing on it can be vaguely seen.

Countless mountains are crawling below.

The black flag fluttered, causing a whistling sound.

There is the mountain gate of Taoist Chihun.

(End of this chapter)