Embers of Sword

Chapter 177 Flowers Will Bloom Again

When Xie Xuanyi left Xuanshui Cave, the snow on Lotus Peak had melted.

The boat is sailing on the sea of suffering, and it passes by in a flash.

But in the outside world, a full forty-nine days had passed.

The harsh winter in Dasui Sword Palace has ended. The sunlight shines on the mountain gate, and the grass leaves sway in the wind. Huang Su, Xu Nianning, and Duan Zhao are standing in front of the stone steps of the mountain gate, waiting for the Spark Portal to open.

"congratulations."

Huang Su put his hands behind his back and spoke softly.

Forty-nine days of enlightenment, this record...if it were to spread, I'm afraid the entire Da Chu Dynasty would be shocked.

After ten days of sudden enlightenment, one can ascend to two realms in the Cave Heaven Realm.

What should we gain from forty-nine days?
"I actually sat and meditated for forty-nine days..."

After hearing the news, even Xie Xuanyi himself was a little surprised. He smiled and shook his head, saying, "Actually, there's nothing to congratulate."

Although the epiphany takes a long time.

But he was actually the same as Duan Zhao... Xie Xuanyi also did not accept the sword inheritance from Xuanshui Dongtian.

There was no obvious improvement in his realm.

but.

To Xie Xuanyi, these sword inheritances were nothing.

Being able to meet the sword intent of the "First Master", this time of comprehension in the Xuanshui Cave is already worth it.

"The Sword Palace seems to have become much more lively in the past two months?"

Xie Xuanyi looked up into the distance and spoke with a smile.

Huang Su threw out a soul jade slip, pointed it towards the direction of Jinao Peak, and said softly, "A lot of things happened in the Sword Palace in the past two months, and the jade slip has recorded them all... You can take a good look at it on the way."

"On the way?"

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows and followed Huang Su's gaze, looking towards the Jin'ao Peak behind him.

"Thank you, Brother Zhen."

Xu Nianning reminded carefully: "Master Attorney General has been waiting for you for a long time."

……

……

At the back mountain of Jin'ao Peak, several law enforcers came to greet them respectfully.

Seeing this scene, Xie Xuanyi couldn't help but feel a little emotional... In his previous life, as the master of Lotus Peak, he had never enjoyed such treatment.

Everyone in the Sword Palace knows about it.

The lawyer is "not in harmony" with himself.

The mountain behind Jin'ao Peak never invites traitors like me who disregard laws and regulations.

now.

The Chief Lawyer actually sent someone to welcome me?

What exactly happened during your retreat?
After just a few steps into the back mountain, a familiar deep voice came into my heart.

"You came."

next moment.

The sword energy swept over and wrapped Xie Xuanyi... Then the surrounding environment changed rapidly, the wind whistled, and the floating clouds dispersed.

Xie Xuanyi came to the pavilion.

The lawyer is refining the sword.

Above the pavilion, there are twelve flying swords hanging, each of which is surrounded by a bright light as bright as lightning, emitting a heart-pounding pressure.

The so-called "sword refining" is not a strange thing for sword practitioners.

The young nobles in the Da Chu Imperial City like to "work like hawks and lackeys" when they have nothing to do. For sword cultivators, in addition to practicing a natal flying sword, they also need to sharpen their sword heart when necessary... After the Yin Shen realm, sword cultivators not only need to practice the soul, but also the sword.

"Sword refining" is the necessary skill for the soul.

He used his own spiritual thoughts to forge the flying sword, just like wild beasts in nature used rough objects to sharpen their teeth.

Xie Xuanyi raised his head and glanced.

These twelve flying swords should have been of the "Spiritual Treasure" grade, but under the divine consciousness of the Yang God who controls the law, they can only tremble and emit constant wailing sounds.

I can tell.

Zhang Lu doesn't seem to be in a very good mood.

"Whoosh."

The pressure from the pavilion's sword energy dissipated in an instant.

Palm Lawyer waved his sleeves and casually slapped out twelve flying swords, which turned into streams of light and shot into the purple bamboo forest in the distance. That purple bamboo forest had accumulated majestic sword energy over the years because of Palm Lawyer's "sword refining".

When Yang Shen refines the sword on a daily basis, countless sword intentions will arise out of thin air.

The bamboo forest at the back of Jin'ao Peak was just the right place to take in all of this powerful sword intent.

"...Don't worry about telling me the result of 'Xuanshui Dongtian'."

It was beyond Xie Xuanyi's expectation.

He just wanted to speak when the lawyer interrupted him.

Tong Tian Zhang Lu stared at the black-clothed boy in front of him, slowly calmed his breathing, and said softly: "Sit down."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi wasn't quite sure what the lawyer was up to.

He sat down and asked with a smile: "So if the Chief Lawyer is looking for me today, if it's not for Xuanshui Cave Heaven, then what else could it be for?"

The Chief Lawyer said calmly, "Do you know everything that happened in the Sword Palace recently?"

Xie Xuanyi was stunned for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "I probably know everything."

On the way to ride the sword.

Xie Xuanyi scanned the jade slip given by Huang Su with his divine sense.

A lot of things have happened in the Sword Palace in the past two months...

The news of the great battle between the headmaster and the Qin family's ancestor had already spread vaguely from the imperial city.

Many people knew that the headmaster was not only safe and sound, but also "extremely powerful". This news calmed countless disciples. The opening of the Dashui Sword Palace this time was under tremendous pressure... The spread of this news was enough to allow the Dashui Sword Palace to maintain an aloof attitude, firmly surpassing all the aristocratic families and sects, and continue to be on par with the Taoist sect.

only.

As soon as the news reached the Sword Palace, the headmaster announced that he would begin his retreat.

The announcement of the retreat did not make the Sword Palace disciples as nervous as they were ten years ago... The tone of the headmaster's announcement of the retreat was almost exactly the same as ten years ago.

There was a battle with Qin Zu first.

I'm afraid not many people will believe in this "retreat".

Besides that, there are many little things.

Jiang Miaoyin went to the Thirty-three Caves to ask her conscience, Qi Lie took over the Sword Washing Pool, and at the same time served as the master of the two main peaks, Jin'ao Peak and Yuping Peak.

None of this matters.

Recently, the news that has really attracted the attention of countless people... came from Zhenyin Peak, Si Qi.

Si Qi, along with a group of fellow apprentices, rode on cranes out of the Sword Palace and delivered the "Sword Qi Order" of the Dasui Sword Palace to the people living at the foot of the mountain and the surrounding cities. Because of this action, the Xiaochongshan formation pattern masters are now running at full capacity, devoting their efforts to carving formation patterns to support the "load" of the Sword Qi Order.

This matter was Xie Xuanyi's "last wish". Because the Sword Palace was closed, it was forced to be shelved ten years ago. Now that the Dasui Sword Palace has reopened, Si Qi brought up this old matter again.

only.

The proposal to send out the Sword Qi Order for no reason was opposed by many people.

In Dasui Sword Palace, not only the main peak participates in the meeting.

The retired elders of the Keqing Mountain of Zhenyin Peak all expressed their opposition. They did not think it was a good thing. In previous years, there were naturally many sword-cultivating disciples from the Dasui Sword Palace who went down the mountain to enforce the law, but after all, when they were away from home, everyone had to respectfully call him Immortal Master. In this way, when they went down the mountain, they would be covered with a layer of lofty gauze, and whenever they wanted to leave, they would not have to worry about getting into trouble.

And once a large number of "Sword Qi Orders" are sent out.

Then the aloof image of Dasui Sword Palace would inevitably be destroyed.

If the immortals no longer sit on the clouds, how can they still be called immortals?
Besides.

The fact that the "Sword Palace Communication Order" was widely distributed was actually a taboo. All the major families and sects had such a communication order, but no one had ever given it to the people below the mountain... Since this kind of object was born in the "cultivation world", it should be kept away from the mundane world.

only.

Amidst numerous controversies, Si Qi still made up for the regret that Xie Xuanyi had not been able to complete that year.

Zhenyin Peak sent out the first batch of Sword Qi Orders with a tough attitude, but because many elders opposed it... These Sword Qi Orders only covered eleven small and medium-sized cities outside the sect, with a radius of less than a hundred miles.

Standing behind Si Qi are Huang Su, Qi Lie, and Zhou Zhiren.

These people who had not yet grown up in Lotus Peak back then.

Now it has truly become the backbone of the Sword Palace.

"These days, the Jinao Peak Law Enforcement Hall receives hundreds of 'bounty missions' every day. Some people travel across mountains and rivers to come to the Law Enforcement Hall and sound their swords to seek justice."

The Chief Lawyer said softly, "On the surface, the person who did this was Si Qi. But in fact... the real driving force was you."

"I just told Si Qi my thoughts..."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said frankly: "Today's situation is inevitable for the Sword Palace. The people's will is in favor, so we just go with the flow."

"Do you think this is a good thing?"

The Chief Lawyer asked coldly, "Of these hundreds of cases, more than 90% are trivial matters. During this period of time, the disciples of Jin'ao Peak have been too busy to handle everything. If we really want to send the Sword Qi Order farther away, how can the Dasui Sword Palace handle it all?"

"So I also told Qi Lie that there should be more than one Law Enforcement Hall."

Xie Xuanyi smiled softly: "Just like Fangyuanfang..."

“You think this is a business?”

“If this isn’t business.”

Xie Xuanyi asked softly: "So what do you think this is?"

This question left the lawyer speechless.

When the Sword Palace opens, there will be a large number of sword-cultivating disciples walking around outside.

Slay demons, eliminate monsters, eradicate evil cultivators, and uphold justice.

How can this kind of thing be a business? If you tell anyone about it, you will definitely be laughed at.

“Practitioners and ordinary people are like water and boats.”

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "The Da Chu royal family can kill all the ordinary people, but if they do so... what is the meaning of the royal family's existence? Fangyuanfang's business is very big, but in fact it is very small. They collect gold, silver, magic weapons, and spiritual medicines, but they are missing the most important thing. The greatest significance of ordinary people to the cultivation world is to provide 'incense'."

"..."

Zhang Lu looked at the disciple in front of him with a complicated expression.

"There were thousands of Buddhist temples built in the Southern Dynasties, and everyone practiced Buddhism devoutly and chanted the Buddha's name."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "In terms of influence, Fanyin Temple is even better than Taoism... Tens of millions of incense sticks were sent to the Buddha shrine in the Southern Dynasty. But how many people in Dachu are willing to devoutly burn incense for my Dasui Sword Palace?"

Tongtian Zhanglu coldly spat out two words: "Brutal theory!" "The Sword Palace enforces the law, not for the sake of doing good."

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "Back then, I told Si Qi that what the Sword Palace should do... is to do more good deeds and reap more good results, that's all."

Do more good deeds and reap more good results.

So... open more law enforcement halls.

If the day really comes when the sword energy order spreads all over the world, why must the Dashui sword cultivators pay homage to the mountain gate in person?
"Besides, regarding the matter of the 'Law Enforcement Hall'... you didn't express any objection, did you?"

"According to the practice of Jinao Peak, if there is no objection, it means permission."

Xie Xuanyi raised his head, looked directly into the eyes of the old man in front of him, and smiled: "With your personality, if you really don't want to wade into this muddy water, who can open the Law Enforcement Hall outside the Dasui Sword Palace... Even if Si Qi has ten thousand guts, he would not dare to do so."

In the phrase.

The person who truly stands behind Si Qi is capable of influencing the entire situation.

In fact, it is the law.

All the discussions, objections, and doubts.

In front of the Great Swordsman in the Yangshen Realm, they are all just clouds.

This is also the reason why no one dared to comment when Xie Xuanyi proposed this idea.

At that time, Xie Xuanyi was already more powerful than all the people who wanted to "question" him combined.

The pavilion was silent for a long time.

After a while.

The lawyer sighed softly and said, "Okay."

He looked at Zhao Chunyang's disciples, with countless complex emotions flashing through his eyes. In the end, all his thousands of words converged into this word.

This word represents his attitude towards this matter.

He approved of what Xie Xuanyi did.

And...acquiesced to the expansion of the Law Enforcement Hall.

After taking a deep breath.

Zhang Lu calmed down his heart and asked with a complicated expression: "Now... you can tell me. What happened in Xuanshui Cave Heaven?"

"I……"

Xie Xuanyi hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "I haven't seen Venerable Lian."

This statement came out.

Zhang Lu's body was slightly stiff.

"But...I met the First Lord."

Xie Xuanyi then said, "He claimed to be the first owner who created Xuanshui Cave Heaven. He told me... Venerable Lian left a trace of divine consciousness at the end of the blue sea of Xuanshui Cave Heaven."

"First Master?"

The lawyer was stunned, his brows furrowed.

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "You don't know the 'first master' either?"

"I've only heard of it, but there's no historical data."

The Chief Lawyer sighed softly, "A lot of the ancient historical books of the Dasui Sword Palace have been lost... The library only has records from the past thousand years. The 'first master' you mentioned was a figure from a thousand years ago."

A thousand years.

The higher the level of a practitioner, the longer his lifespan.

But at the same time... the higher the realm, the more cause and effect are involved. Killing living beings at will, or participating in worldly struggles, or working hard for the sect and family behind you will cause changes in your destiny.

Theoretically speaking, a person in the Yangshen realm can live for a thousand years at most.

But being able to live for 500 years is already considered an extremely long-lived immortal.

Even a force as transcendent as Wangyou Island cannot avoid being associated with "cause and effect"... Cause and effect will cause a practitioner to age quickly.

Xie Xuanyi said no more and directly projected the memories in his sea of consciousness with his elemental force.

"..."

Zhang Lu quietly looked at the scene on the other side of the sea of suffering and fell into deep thought.

Xie Xuanyi did not disturb the Zhanglu. He stood up silently and went to the outside of the pavilion to look into the distance. At this moment, the mist on the back mountain of Jin'ao Peak had dissipated a little, and he saw two figures, one big and one small, in the distance of the purple bamboo forest. Jiang Huang seemed to be walking the boxing stance in a very methodical manner, and the other tall figure in a red robe, with chains wrapped around his body, was patiently giving instructions.

The moment Xie Xuanyi cast his gaze.

The tall figure in the red robe also cast his gaze towards him.

The two looked at each other.

The red-robed demon narrowed his eyes, then looked away expressionlessly and continued to concentrate on teaching the child boxing.

This slight abnormality caught Jiang Huang's attention.

When the little fellow raised his head, the clouds had already gathered again, and only a thin black-robed shadow was left on the distant mountaintop… But because of the half drop of the Immortal Spring between his eyebrows, Jiang Huang confirmed the identity of the black-robed figure in his mind almost instantly, so he quickly stood on tiptoe, waved his fist from afar, and beckoned.

Seeing this scene, Xie Xuanyi smiled and nodded.

After a while.

The clouds on the top of the mountain gathered again, and Zhang Lu was pulled back from his thoughts.

"That's probably what happened."

Xie Xuanyi returned to the pavilion and said sincerely: "If the divine consciousness left by Venerable Lian can only be seen by people once... then this opportunity should be left to you."

"Of course, I can't reach the other side of the so-called sea of suffering now." He laughed at himself and said, "It seems that this divine thought can only be seen by you."

After saying this, Xie Xuanyi noticed that Zhang Lu seemed a little hesitant.

He originally planned to go to the back mountain of Jin'ao Peak and speak frankly with the chief lawyer.

Then open the Spark Portal.

If the Lord Attorney is willing, he doesn't mind sending him to a sea of suffering.

"You really did leave a trace of divine consciousness..."

The old man in the pavilion struggled for a long time, muttering softly.

A long-lost sense of relief appeared on his face.

He was no longer anxious or nervous.

The most painful thing in the world.

It's separation, it's impossible to see each other again.

For practitioners, death of the body and the extinction of the soul is a permanent farewell.

Zhang Lu has always regretted that he failed to save Master Lian on the northern battlefield that year… For so many years, he has been in Xuanshui Cave Heaven, but it has left him a glimmer of hope.

He looked forward to meeting the mind of Venerable Lian.

But I was also afraid... There was no such divine thought in this Xuanshui Cave.

So a whole sixty years went by.

The Chief Lawyer strictly adhered to the rules of the Xuanshui Cave Heaven, and was determined not to let Xie Xuanyi, a prodigy of heaven, touch this cave heaven.

What he was afraid of was not that the cave would change its owner.

But the hope was dashed.

Xie Xuanyi looked at the usually cold-faced Zhang Lu, who showed such an expression, and couldn't help asking, "Do you want to go and take a look?"

"certainly……"

Zhang Lu spoke subconsciously, but then shook his head: "But... not now."

This question made him nervous again.

For him... he knew that Venerable Lian left a wisp of divine consciousness in Xuanshui Cave Heaven.

This is great news.

As for meeting?

The attorney general was unwilling and dared not to do so.

If everything is as the First Lord said... this wisp of divine consciousness can only support one meeting.

So the lawyer hopes that this meeting can be "postponed" again and again as much as possible.

At least.

not now.

"I can't...see her now."

Zhang Lu, who had experienced countless decisions in his life, showed such a hesitant look in front of the younger generation for the first time.

Xie Xuanyi had no idea what the story was between the Chief Law Officer and Master Lian.

But... judging from the look on Zhang Lu's face now, the story between the two doesn't seem difficult to guess.

"An old friend once told me that one of the greatest regrets in the world is to miss something precious that you could have grasped because of hesitation, and then you will regret it for the rest of your life and it will be irreparable."

Xie Xuanyi suddenly spoke.

The lawyer was stunned.

He asked with a smile: "Who said this to you?"

"Chen Jingxuan."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "The people in the library are very difficult to understand. I can't remember everything, but the general meaning is correct."

"But this sentence makes sense. My understanding is: hesitation will lead to defeat."

He said seriously: "A true swordsman will not miss a good opportunity in vain."

There is a reopening day, and no one is young.

Some regrets.

It shouldn't be a regret.

Zhang Lu looked at the young man in front of him with a complicated expression.

He only discovered it at this time.

I seem to like this little guy more than I thought.

It seemed that I understood this little guy even less than I thought.

"No, still not."

After a long time.

Zhang Lu made his choice.

He raised his head, looked at Xie Xuanyi, and said softly: "Anyway, in short..."

"Thank you."

(End of this chapter)