Embers of Sword

Chapter 157: Battle of Yangshen
Today, the Da Chu Imperial City welcomed a warrior dressed in coarse linen shirt.

This warrior did not put on airs, nor did he ride a dragon horse or a giant chariot, nor did he step on a flying sword. He just walked alone from the city gate into the imperial city, chatting and laughing with the vegetable vendors and merchants along the way, and also gave a tip to an elderly body cultivator who was performing on the street.

Just a moment later, a dozen Black Scale Guards appeared respectfully and politely invited him to the palace for a chat.

Half an hour later.

The Lord of Forget-Sorrow Island sat in a secluded and quiet attic somewhere in the imperial palace. Outside the window was a pond full of golden koi. If he casually threw in a handful of bait, he would see hundreds of koi jumping out of the water in sparkling waves.

Sitting opposite the tea table was a white-haired old man.

The old man was wearing a bright red robe. Although his eyebrows and beard were all white, he was full of energy and spirit, and the depths of his eyes seemed to contain the sun and the moon.

He poured a cup of tea himself and brought it to the middle-aged man.

"As the master of Wangyou Island, why didn't you say hello in advance when you came to Dachu Imperial City?"

The old man smiled and said, "The Holy Queen has many trivial matters today, I am afraid she has no time to meet you."

"It doesn't matter."

The Lord of Wangyou Island said with a smile: "Anyway, I am not here to visit that person... To be precise, my visit this time can't even be considered a visit."

"Oh?"

The old man raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Old Imperial Master, please stop pretending. Aren't you tired of pretending to be ignorant when you know the truth?"

The Lord of Wangyou Island raised his teacup, drank it slowly, and said with a smile: "A warrior came to visit, so why would he have anything else to do... Of course, he wanted to challenge me to a fight."

The word "fight" spread throughout the small pavilion.

The layers of water vapor caused the koi to leap out.

"Clatter!"

When the mist cleared, the old man holding the teacup had a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

The old state teacher scolded in a deep voice: "You kid, you insist on having a fight in the Great Chu Imperial City, and you have to be so arrogant?"

"In fact, Duan wanted to have this fight many years ago."

The Lord of Wangyou Island smiled and said indifferently: "I have heard that the royal family of Dachu has produced an amazing 'martial arts genius', who is the face of the Dachu Dynasty against the Nanli martial arts. Some people even call him the 'exiled martial arts immortal'. If it weren't for the fact that he got married too early, my wife would have stopped him and come to arrange this fight more than ten years ago."

"But fortunately, ten years is but a blink of an eye for us. I'm sure he's been waiting for this battle for a long time."

"..."

The old state teacher looked unhappy.

"I am a rough man. I can't drink tea or appreciate the scenery."

The Lord of Forget-Your-Island leaned half of his body against the attic window sill. He said calmly, "It's only because my wife respects the library that I am sitting here with you. I'm afraid that the guy must have noticed the moment I stepped into the imperial city. If the Queen didn't show up today, could you really stop the fight alone?"

"If you really want to fight, I can't stop you."

The old imperial teacher was helpless.

He held the teacup in both hands, staring at the tea leaves swaying in the cup and gently asked, "But let me be honest, no third person will know about today's conversation... Did you really come to the Imperial City just to exchange martial arts skills and come here to challenge others, or do you have another purpose?"

The Lord of Wangyou Island grinned upon hearing this: "I said I was just here for a competition, do you believe me?"

The old national teacher had a complicated expression.

"My wife likes Chen Jingxuan and Xie Xuanyi the most."

The Lord of Wangyou Island stretched out two fingers, and then slowly tapped one finger. He said meaningfully, "Over the years, the Xie family of Jiangning has thrived in the Great Chu Dynasty, and it is not without the protection of the 'Wu Zexian'. Because of my wife, I have always disliked the Xie family of Jiangning, but it is not good to bully the younger generation. Today, I have invited the person behind the Xie family to fight, which can be regarded as a way to vent my wife's anger."

"As expected..."

The old national teacher sighed and immediately warned sternly: "Remember, when you leave this place, don't tell anyone about these words, especially 'that person'!"

"Don't worry, I'm smart and won't get into trouble."

The Lord of Wangyou Island stood up and said with a smile: "Madam has explained all these things."

next moment.

The middle-aged warrior suddenly paused, and he looked in a certain direction in the distance of the imperial city with some confusion.

A warrior in Yangshen realm has qi and blood as vast as the sea.

Even if he was deliberately disguising himself, he could always sense something as long as he was too close... The moment he stepped into the imperial city, the Lord of Wangyou Island felt the majestic energy and blood of the "Exiled Martial Immortal". Similarly, the other party also locked onto his energy from a distance, just waiting for a formal invitation.

But at this moment, a strange "divine thought" that had not been seen for a long time spread across the imperial city.

The master of Wangyou Island's expression changed.

He looked at the old imperial teacher with confusion.

The old imperial teacher who was sitting at the desk suddenly stood up, his eyebrows raised almost flying up, and looked in the direction of Wu Zexian with an incredulous look.

Although he had completely handed over the library to his favorite disciple Chen Jingxuan, the entire Da Chu Imperial City was still densely covered with threads of destiny. As long as he wanted, he could listen to the voice of destiny in the city at any time -

Just that moment.

The old Imperial Master heard the sound of the Imperial City's Dragon Vein Formation operating, and suddenly heard a sharp, piercing sound. That was the sound made when someone crushed the Imperial Jade Talisman.

The voice led to Wu Zexian.

This means that someone crushed the jade talisman bestowed by "Wu Zexian" and sent a cry for help to the owner of the jade talisman.

This is nothing.

What really made him look surprised and stunned was——

After the jade talisman was broken, the voice of divine thought that sounded came from a very familiar "acquaintance".

That voice hasn't been heard for ten years.

But it still feels familiar.

……

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Sword practitioners ask about swords, and martial artists ask about fists. These two most unreasonable groups of people in the world usually choose to resolve conflicts in this way.

A martial arts arena in the northern suburbs of the Da Chu Imperial City.

The sun is high.

There was only one person sitting on the high platform, with his back to the round drum. His breath was as deep as the sea, and his black shirt was rustling because of the drum.

The moment the Lord of Wangyou Island stepped into the Dachu Imperial City.

Wu Zexian was ready to fight.

His energy and spirit had long been adjusted to the peak state. As long as the Lord of Wangyou Island invited him, he could punch immediately... Of course, the two Yang Gods could not fight in the Imperial City. Even if they left the Imperial City, the battle between the Yang Gods would still turn the area within dozens of miles into a scorched earth.

Yang Shen Wufu's physique can easily crush the void. In just an instant, the two of them can fly out of the sky and use the void as a battlefield.

Unfortunately.

The old national teacher sent someone to intercept the owner of Wangyou Island in advance and invited him to drink tea in the teahouse, hoping to calm down the war. Wu Zexian waited silently for a moment.

Even from dozens of miles away, he could still feel... the rising fighting spirit in the palace.

He knew that this battle would not be interrupted.

The tea party is over, the scenery is over, and the battle is about to begin.

When the Lord of Wangyou Island stood up, he also stood up. Just when the two of them were "in sync" and ready to fight, a crisp and strange sound suddenly came from the cave in the eyebrow of Wu Zexian. The Yangshen warrior was startled, and the expression on his face became strange and complicated.

He sensed the direction in which the jade talisman was broken.

From Dasui Sword Palace.

Lotus Peak.

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Lotus Peak Courtyard.

Countless phoenix fires dissipated.

Jiang Huang, looking pale, fell into the smoke and dust and lost consciousness.

When the special envoy Qingshun took out the jade talisman, Xie Xuanyi decided to give it his all. He summoned the Sword Qi Cave Heaven, and countless golden rays of light wrapped around [Chronic Illness], and deliberately made a sword sound. He wanted to take a gamble and see whether Qingshun could crush the jade talisman faster, or he could draw his sword faster.

However, before the sword intent of [Chen Illness] could leave the cave, it was suppressed back by an extremely powerful divine thought.

Boom!
The whole courtyard was suddenly filled with extreme brightness, as if a thousand-foot-high light from the sky suddenly descended, tearing the formation apart in an instant. This extremely terrifying aura lifted the entire courtyard, as if it was going to pull the mansion and the land beneath it off the ground.

But what is strange is that after such a deafening noise and a moment of extreme splendor, it is followed by extreme silence.

The light from the sky cascaded down like fireflies.

If you look closely, you will find that... the array pattern is not broken, there is not even a gap.

It seems as if all this is just an illusion.

but.

In the courtyard, a majestic figure wearing a lotus robe appeared out of nowhere.

The hand of Special Envoy Qing Falcon that was about to crush the Imperial City Jade Talisman.

It was held in the man's hand.

All his movements were forcibly interrupted at this moment.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi stared blankly at the figure that appeared in front of him. Thousands of words piled up in his chest, but at this moment he couldn't say a single word.

Envoy Qing Falcon opened his mouth and tried to say something.

But unfortunately, this attempt ended in failure, not because he didn't know what to say, but because he couldn't say a single word.

"Crash."

A light breeze blew through the courtyard, blowing across Xie Xuanyi's clothes, brushing across Jiang Huang's cheek, and taking away a few dead leaves and fallen flowers...

But this gust of wind, falling on the shoulders of Special Envoy Qing Falcon, seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

Special Envoy Qing Falcon felt as if the whole world was collapsing.

He slammed his knees heavily on the ground, looking at the towering lotus robe, his eyes changed from confusion to fear.

Indeed, I am only at the eleventh level of Yin Shen.

In front of the headmaster of Dashui Sword Palace, he had no right to speak at all.

The old man in the lotus robe looked calmly at the man kneeling before him. He knew what he was going to do...

Crush the jade talisman.

In this way... a certain Yang God in the Da Chu Imperial City can send a ray of divine thought.

He looked calm and exerted his strength slowly.

"Click..."

The sound of bones breaking rang out over the courtyard.

He crushed Qing Falcon's palm.

He also crushed the jade talisman.

The jade talisman contains the purest energy and blood of the Da Chu royal family. After the jade talisman is broken, this energy and blood transmits thoughts to the owner of the jade talisman through the dragon vein formation.

Just for a moment.

This jade talisman spanned thousands of miles, penetrating and connecting the two spaces of Lotus Peak and Da Chu Imperial City.

After the jade talisman is broken, you can communicate through telepathy.

Often this jade talisman is given to important younger generations, or people of noble status and precious lives.

Once you encounter danger.

The owner of the jade talisman can intervene in time -

But today, this jade talisman has completely lost its function.

The old man in the lotus robe, with his hands behind his back, no longer looked at the tall man kneeling on the ground and writhing in pain, but just stared expressionlessly at the faint fluorescence emitted after the jade talisman was broken. He directed his voice towards the space connected to the jade talisman.

Two sentences in total.

The first sentence is: "I am Zhao Chunyang."

The second sentence is even more simple and crude.

"Are you coming over, or should I?"

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(PS: The third update will be a little later tonight, so don’t wait if you don’t stay up late.)
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　　After the disaster, the world restarts and civilization survives.

　　In the sky, giant beasts capable of destroying cities roam and appear; above the earth, secrets of the last era are hidden.

　　The floating city hangs high in the sky, preserving the flame of civilization

　　The technological gap and the rise of mystery have allowed this era to draw technology and mystery from the old chapters, evolve a new form of civilization, and open a new chapter.

　　The twelve long steps to godhood and the twelve lords of the stars will reappear in this era and take charge of the awakened ones on these twelve paths.

　　In the floating city of Babylon, Zhou Yuxuan, who grew up here, looked at the Lord of Stars in front of him: "I only do three things in Babylon: fairness, fairness, and damn fairness!"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)