Embers of Sword

Chapter 179 Traveling Far Away
"Xie Zhen! You're finally here!"

Jiang Huang, who was doing horse stance and boxing, felt something in her heart, and the half drop of the Immortal Fountain trembled slightly. She raised her head with excitement.

The inverted demonic fire barrier in front of him slowly opened a gap.

Xie Xuanyi reached out and touched the little guy's head, and asked softly: "How have you been these days? How have they treated you?"

"not too good."

Jiang Huang thought for a moment, then said in a low voice with a bitter face: "I have to practice a lot of boxing and walk a lot every day..."

"but."

The little fellow scratched his head and observed Xie Zhen's expression while cautiously saying, "The food here is not bad. Although the red-robed brother looks fierce on the surface, he is nice to me when he is not practicing boxing."

"Brother?"

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows.

"He told me to shout like that, saying that people in the demon country shout like that." Jiang Huang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, feeling a little helpless.

Zhuque was willing to teach Jiang Huang, partly because of Zhao Chunyang's intervention.

on the other hand.

As a great Yang God demon, it has been imprisoned by sword energy for sixty years. In fact, it has recognized and accepted the reality that it cannot leave the Sword Palace in this lifetime.

By now.

This little phoenix that came to my doorstep had top-notch talent and bloodline, and could be considered a younger generation of its kind who was worthy of being taught.

"If he dares to bully you, tell Uncle Zhanglu."

Xie Xuanyi turned around.

A second figure slowly stepped into the flame barrier.

Zhang Lu looked gentle and nodded to the girl in front of him.

He knew that this little girl was chosen by his senior brother and sent here. Maybe she could become the "mountain guardian beast" of the Sword Palace in the future. Although she was born in the Demon Country, half of her soul was kind and pure. She was a good seedling worth cultivating.

The great demon Suzaku, he had failed in his "teaching".

But Jiang Huang, there are still plenty of opportunities.

"Brother..."

Jiang Huang was a little nervous. She silently grasped Xie Xuanyi's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Did I make any mistakes? When can I return to your yard?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi fell silent for a moment.

He held Jiang Huang's hand, shook his head, and said seriously: "Jiang Huang did not make any mistakes. It's just that my brother is going to travel far away. It may take some time for us to meet again."

"Brother, are you going on a long journey?"

Jiang Huang was stunned for a moment, and murmured, "Is it like the long journey to Yuzhu Town before?"

“Maybe it will take longer.”

Xie Xuanyi thought for a long time and said slowly: "There may be a lot of dangers when we go out this time...so I'll leave you here."

"I know."

Jiang Huang smiled brightly and said, "That red-robed elder brother told me that if I stay here, I can practice. When we meet again next time, I will become very powerful. In this way, my brother will not be in danger!"

Xie Xuanyi burst out laughing.

He didn't expect that the little guy would think so.

But... this way, I don't have to explain myself anymore.

"Dasui Sword Palace is my home."

Xie Xuanyi looked directly into Jiang Huang's eyes and said calmly: "No one will bully you here. If you are unhappy, use this token to contact me."

He took out a sword energy communication token and stuffed it into Jiang Huang's hand.

The little guy pursed his lips and carefully held the token in his palm.

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"You want to travel far?"

Before leaving Jin'ao Peak, Zhang Lu accompanied Xie Xuanyi and walked along a mountain road.

"Does my personality look like that of someone who would go into seclusion and meditate?" Xie Xuanyi asked with a smile.

The lawyer was relieved.

Back then, when Xie Xuanyi was practicing in the Dasui Sword Palace, he often took Jiang Miaoyin down the mountain to play. After he cultivated into a cave heaven, he began to visit people everywhere to ask for swords, and defeated all the people of the same level along the way to be promoted to Yin God.

"Flowers will bloom again, and people will never be young again."

Halfway through the journey, the Chief Lawyer suddenly asked, "Now that you are here, do you still want to compete for the top spot in sword fighting again?"

Xie Xuanyi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Do you think that I am leaving the Sword Palace to follow the old path of 'Xie Xuanyi' again?"

Zhang Lu raised his eyebrows: "Or else?"

"When I was eighteen, I asked about the sword in the fourth realm because I was not sure... whether I was the best in the same realm in the Great Chu Dynasty."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said, "Now I don't need to ask for swordsmanship, because I know very well that I am the only one in the world. In this life, I no longer need the false title of 'King of Swords' to justify and crown me."

"Tsk."

The lawyer laughed.

This young man is as arrogant as ever.

After winning the championship in kendo, you look down on others?

"But... once you are in the arena, you have no choice."

Xie Xuanyi also smiled and said, "Some troubles will not come if I don't fight for them."

The sword energy competition, Prince Jiangning, is just a small trouble.

Now he bears the reputation of Xie Xuanyi's disciple.

The great era is coming.

There will be countless troubles coming one after another.

"Although your master and I have a close relationship, our personalities are completely different."

The Chief Lawyer listened to Xie Xuanyi's words, which was rare, and expressed his inner thoughts: "Several years ago... Senior Brother liked to travel around the world, while I liked to sit quietly in the mountain gate and practice. At that time, Da Chu and Da Li were both in a golden age of prosperity, and the major sects and families were fighting with great pleasure."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and asked, "Was there a 'Kendo Champion' at that time?"

"of course."

The Chief Lawyer smiled and said, "There are countless false names in the world. No matter which era, practitioners will fight for the first place. You and my brother have similar personalities. You could have stayed in the mountain gate and practiced without worries, but you chose to go down the mountain to find trouble... It took me many years to understand that you were right. If a practitioner wants to leave the world, he must first enter the world."

"..." Xie Xuanyi listened quietly. "If a Yin God wants to become a Yang God, he needs to ask his heart and ask the way."

The Chief Lawyer said with emotion, "This step has stopped countless people. In fact, I am one of them. Before I reached the Yin God Realm, I cultivated very quickly, even faster than my senior brother... But at the final stage of 'Self-examination', I was stuck for a full twenty years. But my senior brother took one step and passed it."

"I once asked my senior brother, what's the point of a sword cultivator going down the mountain and looking for trouble?"

"Brother, tell me."

“Going up the mountain is a fight with the heavens. Going down the mountain is a fight with people.”

“To ask for the truth is to fight against heaven. To ask for one’s own heart is to fight against people.”

Zhang Lu stopped and said meaningfully: "When a cultivator reaches the end of his practice, his ultimate enemy is always himself. Think carefully, which step did you get stuck on back then? Did you ask your heart or the way?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi fell silent, deep in thought.

He asked seriously, "How did you finally achieve the status of Yang God?"

"I went down the mountain and visited many places."

Zhang Lu lowered his eyebrows and smiled, his voice carrying the sweetness of memories, and he slowly said: "I went on the longest journey in my life. When I returned, my mind was perfect, and I achieved Yang Shen... This journey of 'examination of the heart' was accompanied by Junior Sister Lian."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the Chief Lawyer with a complicated expression.

He knew that the relationship between the Chief Lawyer and the Lotus Master was special... had they reached the point where they traveled far away together and questioned their consciences in the mortal world?
It is not easy to be promoted to Yang God!
It is not possible to get promoted simply by completing the two stages of "questioning one's heart" and "questioning the way"!

The Yang God calamity is a life-or-death situation.

This kind of "disaster" mostly comes from the heart.

Zhang Lu and Lian Zunzhe traveled together, returned together, and successfully promoted to Yangshen... This shows that the two of them have reached a close relationship and can trust each other with their lives!
"Traveling far away is a good thing. With your aptitude, it is only a matter of time before you return to the peak of Yin God."

Zhang Lu spoke softly.

This was the first time in all these years that he acknowledged Xie Xuanyi's achievements in front of Xie Xuanyi.

He smiled and said, "Since I have lived a second life, I might as well take a look at...how the scenery of the second life is different from the first life."

"nature."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "In this life, I also want to see different scenery."

The Chief Lawyer escorted Xie Xuanyi to the exit of the clouds and mist on the back mountain.

He should have stopped right there, sent this junior whom he disliked the most away, and left.

But at the end, I couldn't hold it in.

The Chief Lawyer asked softly, "Where are you going after leaving the Sword Palace?"

"Let's go to the Imperial City first."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyes slightly and explained, "I wanted to go directly to the southern border to exterminate the demons... but after all, I can't kill the white ghost, so killing more evil cultivators will not matter."

The most ruthless person who chased him back then was the Yinshan White Ghost.

The injustice has the head and the debt has the owner.

If Bai Gui was alive, it would be meaningless even if Xie Xuanyi pulled down the gate of Yinshan Mountain.

The Chief Lawyer was a little surprised and asked with narrowed eyes, "Are you sure you want to go to the Imperial City?"

"Some things have to be done. Some people have to be met."

Xie Xuanyi smiled calmly and said helplessly: "Everyone says that I killed the emperor. The evidence is irrefutable... But I always feel that the truth is not what they say. I want to go to the imperial city to take a look."

"That's fine too."

The lawyer sighed.

He did not persuade Xie Xuanyi to give up this idea.

The case of the emperor being murdered back then was indeed shocking.

Even he wanted to know what happened in the Hidden Moon Realm...

On the day that the senior brother told Xie Xuanyi's identity, the chief lawyer directly asked about the truth of the Imperial City case.

I never expected that in this unsolved case, the original owner himself didn't even know what happened.

Xie Xuanyi lost a piece of memory!
If you want to find out the truth...

So no matter what, we have to go to the imperial city.

"You should know how important the Imperial City is."

The Chief Lawyer thought for a moment and warned him earnestly, "Now that the Northern Hunt is imminent, you have a special status, so be careful when you go to the Imperial City."

"It's not necessary to find out the truth all at once."

Xie Xuanyi nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I am not the same as I was back then... I have been beaten before, so of course I have to learn to be smarter. This time I went to the Imperial City, I wanted to see what it looks like now."

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This line has reached its end.

Xie Xuanyi stood at the exit of the back mountain of Jin'ao Peak, looking at Tongtian Palm Law, thought for a long time, and slowly bowed.

"No need to be polite...go ahead."

Seeing this bow, Zhang Lu felt complicated and mixed emotions.

He turned away, waved his hand, and signaled Xie Xuanyi that he could leave.

Since entering the Sword Palace.

Xie Xuanyi and Tongtian Zhanglu are a pair of "old and young enemies".

Xie Xuanyi had never knelt before Jin'ao Peak, nor had he ever performed the rituals of respecting elders.

Xie Xuanyi originally thought that he would never reconcile with Zhang Lu in his entire life.

If there are no accidents.

One old and one young, two guys who are proud and stubborn to the core, will probably never have anything to do with each other until they die.

However, fate is often so "absurd" and "funny"——

Achieving an impossible balance might only take a few days.

If you want to untie a knot that you can't untie, maybe you just need to give it a gentle push.

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