Embers of Sword

Chapter 120 The Messenger

When Jiang Qihu returned to the mansion, the candle had gone out.

Not just candlelight.

The entire mansion was hidden in the night. The night at Zhenyin Peak was quiet, but at this moment, it seemed a little bleak.

He took out the Ruyi Order.

A spiritual message that had been prepared long ago came out from the token.

"Master Jiang, thank you for guiding me today."

"Xie and Master Huangshan are going somewhere else, so I won't bother you anymore. When everything is settled, we'll meet again."

"Don't blame me for leaving without saying goodbye."

"…Everything was arranged by the gentleman."

The last sentence left Jiang Qihu speechless.

……

……

Huang Su found a new mansion for Xie Zhen at the foot of Lotus Peak.

She also specially went to find the robes, swords, and jade tokens of the true disciples of Lotus Peak... When these items were neatly placed in front of Xie Xuanyi, the latter couldn't help but feel nostalgic in his heart.

Ten years have passed and the format has not changed.

Everything is still the same as before.

"Since you are the son of Xuanyi's brother, you shouldn't live in Zhenyin Peak."

Huang Su said seriously: "From today on, you will live at the foot of Lotus Peak... With this jade token, you can enter and exit all parts of the Sword Palace, except Yuping Peak..."

Pause for a moment.

Huang Su stroked his smooth chin and said seriously: "Since Master Miaoyin won't stop you, then if you want to come to Yuping Peak, you can go too."

"Master...Uncle is joking."

Xie Xuanyi wiped the sweat from his forehead and took the jade token away.

Thanks to the previous remarks, he finally avoided the fate of becoming Huang Su's disciple.

But it's still inevitable to call this little girl "Master Uncle"...

Uncle Master is Uncle Master.

During this period of time, we still need Huang Su's help in investigating the case.

Junior sister is now the acting head of Lotus Peak. Although she is young, her words are effective and she has great power.

Well... If I'm not mistaken, my junior sister's fists are pretty big now.

"I'm very interested in investigating the case."

Huang Su asked curiously, "Why don't you tell me what clues you have obtained over the years and where you want to start your investigation?"

Xie Xuanyi sat at the table, looking at the flickering flame of the reignited candle.

He rubbed his brows and fell into distant memories.

Wake up from Yuzhu Town.

Xie Xuanyi always felt like a pieced-together puzzle. Perhaps because he had been dead for so long, his memories were no longer coherent. He needed to work very hard and exert a lot of effort to recall the past...

The memory of falling into the icy North Sea flooded into his soul.

First it was frozen, and then the scenes flowed backwards.

He went back to Beihai, Beijun, Qingzhou, and then Jiangning.

No.

go ahead.

The time node is at the border between Qingzhou and Jiangning.

Xie Xuanyi's soul came to a vast wilderness.

In this empty wilderness, he saw himself back then, dressed in black, pale, with blood dripping from his abdomen and a long sword wound.

If it were just a flesh wound, there would be nothing to be afraid of...

But the sword wound tore through the flesh and blood, and the sword intent penetrated into the dantian and also into the cave.

This sword.

This was the "beginning" of a thousand-mile escape.

Xie Xuanyi covered his forehead and subconsciously began to recall the source of this "sword wound".

But at this moment his soul began to ache, and this pain forcibly interrupted his memories... After a few breaths, he calmed his breathing and decided to put aside the "sword wound" and first look clearly at this chapter of memory left in the wilderness.

Wild grasses fluttered and a lone crane cried.

The grass debris all over the sky was blown up by the strong wind and hit Xie Xuanyi's face. When the grass debris left his cheeks and black clothes, they were more or less stained with some blood.

Xie Xuanyi's spirit was standing behind his former self.

After countless scraps of grass were scattered—

He saw a familiar figure.

The cry of the lone crane faded away.

A thin figure was walking towards him in the wilderness.

Xie Xuanyi's soul trembled slightly. During the journey to Dasui Sword Palace, this memory of the wilderness appeared more than once, but every time he saw the figure opposite, it was blocked by grass debris and appeared extremely blurry. But this time, he finally saw the appearance of the person opposite him clearly.

The spirit and soul slowly merged with the self of that time.

Xie Xuanyi closed his eyes, then opened them again...

Memory and reality seem to be blurred into one.

Si Qi's face was already very close.

[“Brother, are you okay?”]

If you look closely at Junior Brother Si Qi's face, you will find that Si Qi's complexion does not seem to be much better than yours at that time. His eye sockets are sunken and his expression is bleak.

【“…”】

Xie Xuanyi couldn't hear what he said clearly, and the sound coming out of his throat became very vague.

But he did see it.

He lowered his head and coughed up a lot of blood, then took out a letter from his lapel.

finally.

This letter was delivered to Si Qi.

……

……

"Master left Jiangning and fled to Qingzhou. On the way, he sent a letter."

"A letter?"

"Everything started from here. So I want to start from this letter."

Xie Xuanyi blew on the candle flame in front of him, making it a little bigger, and then said tiredly: "If the clues I have are correct, this letter should have been handed over to Uncle Si Qi."

Huang Su stared at the young man in front of her hesitantly. She raised her first question: "Back then, Senior Brother Xuanyi had many communication orders in his hands. If he really wanted to pass on some news, why would he rely on letters?"

until now.

Correspondence is still the most common means of communication in the Da Chu Dynasty.

Although the soul communication command is convenient, it is not popular.

Generally speaking, only the core monks of the major holy places and families possess communication instruments.

But a sword master of Xie Xuanyi's level certainly doesn't need to consider these things.

"Under normal circumstances, we would naturally use a communication device."

Xie Xuanyi sighed: "Mountain Master, think about it carefully. At that time, which is better, a magic weapon or a letter?"

All magical instruments can be traced back to their origins.

The existence of the Hunyuan Yi can help one spy on the progress of something through cause and effect, and even forcibly predict the will of heaven.

The use of spiritual and magical tools is bound to leave traces.

And the letters...

Just find the right person, the right one, someone you can trust.

Then it will be safer and more secure than the spiritual weapon.

"You mean, Senior Brother Xuanyi was already in danger at that time..."

Huang Su murmured, "He realized something was wrong and called Si Qi to act as a 'messenger.'"

Until now, it has been the disciples of Zhenyin Peak who have been responsible for matters such as "delivering messages".

Although Si Qi practiced on Lotus Peak, his teacher was the former master of Zhenyin Peak.

this matter.

There is indeed no one more suitable than him!
"……good."

Xie Xuanyi said slowly: "At that time, the soul magic weapon was no longer reliable."

"How did you get this clue?"

Huang Su stared at Xie Zhen and asked the second question.

"When Master was seriously injured and his consciousness was blurred, he revealed some details."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "Don't forget what the library is for."

Chen Jingxuan calculated the secrets of heaven and predicted all the affairs of the world.

This sentence dispelled Huang Su's doubts.

"Si Qi is the 'messenger'. Why have I never heard of this?"

Huang Su's eyes were a little lost and even a little confused. Most of the Dashui disciples were in the same state regarding what happened ten years ago.

They didn't know what was really going on.

Even the closure of the mountain seemed extremely abrupt.

Ten years ago, Huang Su was still weak and was in seclusion.

When she woke up, it was all over.

However... she vaguely felt that Xie Zhen's arrival allowed her to uncover a corner of the truth that had been hidden back then.

At least one thing she was sure of.

That means Si Qi is hiding something from him.

For ten whole years, Si Qi never told her about the "message". She had no idea that Xie Xuanyi had delivered a message to Dasui Sword Palace, and she didn't know... that the messenger was Si Qi.

"This is normal."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said in a gentle voice: "Dasui Sword Palace is not Xie Xuanyi's Sword Palace alone. Since he is dead in the battle of Beihai, everything should come to an end. Knowing these things is not a good thing for you, the mountain master."

With Huang Su's personality, he will definitely make a big fuss.

Why?

"Just wait, I'm going to attack Zhenyin Peak right now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Su stood up.

"???"

Xie Xuanyi quickly reached out and held it down: "Wait...what are you doing?"

"If Si dares to lie to me, I will definitely give him a good beating."

Huang Su rolled up his sleeves and said coldly, "He's so bold! He dared to hide such a big thing from me!"

"calm."

Xie Xuanyi sighed: "If you attack Zhenyin Peak, how should I deal with it?"

Huang Su took a deep breath and sat back down.

Xie Xuanyi felt a little relieved when he saw this.

Si Qi and Huang Su were actually poor children he found when he was traveling. Because they had good talents and their own characteristics, he took them back to the Sword Palace and cultivated them slowly.

Huang Su's aptitude in swordsmanship is quite good.

Therefore, he was favored by the master and accepted as his disciple.

Although Si Qi's cultivation aptitude cannot be compared with Huang Su's, he is upright and smart. As the saying goes, one is righteous and the other is strange, and these two people together are nothing more than this.

Xie Xuanyi believed he understood the temperaments of the two men.

"So what do you think we should do?"

Huang Su calmed down and spoke slowly.

"To investigate the case, of course we should investigate first."

Xie Xuanyi said seriously, "Directly attacking Zhenyin Peak is the worst of the worst strategies. Once things get out of hand, everyone will know my identity, and the investigation will be hindered. Now that we've identified the 'messenger', why not find a time to have a good chat? Given Uncle Siqi's personality, I'm sure he won't be able to hide this even after a few drinks."

"You seem to know Si Qi's character very well?" Huang Su narrowed his eyes slightly.

"After all, I joined the library and did some homework."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said, "I don't know Si Qi's personality, but with a little investigation, I can tell that... he can't drink much."

"Okay... I'll do as you say."

Huang Su looked at the young man in front of him through the candlelight: "What are you going to do during this period of time?"

"Now that I have the identity jade token of Lotus Peak, there's no need to join the excitement of the Sword Qi Ceremony. I plan to go to Xiaochong Mountain in the next few days."

"Library?"

"That's right...all the files of the Dasui Sword Palace will be filed as per the rules and eventually placed in the Xiaochongshan Library."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly, "I know that special files like the Beihai case won't be filed in the library, but during the mountain closure period, there are always other files that can be used. During this period, I will go to the library to investigate the records of cases in and out of Zhenyin Peak before the ten-year mountain closure, as well as the 'exit files' of the outer sect disciples..."

"Interesting." Huang Su raised his eyebrows: "Is this a trick suggested by Chen Jingxuan?"

"nature."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his hat, smiled slightly, and said, "Everything is arranged by the master."

(End of this chapter)