Embers of Sword

Chapter 253 Watch the Mountains and Rivers for Me

What will be the consequences of killing this young prince of the Qin Mansion?
The Qin family is the number one family in Da Chu.

Qin Zu guards the fortune of martial arts and is the master of martial arts in the Great Chu Dynasty. Although Qin Zu usually does not care about worldly affairs, if someone really wants to cut off the Qin family's incense... this celestial being will not ignore it at all.

No other Holy Son would dare to kill the person standing here today.

Unfortunately.

Xie Xuanyi is not one of those people.

During this northern expedition, he had already killed Xie Sheng and Fang Hang. What difference would it make to add Qin Wanyang?
However, Xie Xuanyi did not rush to draw his sword.

He stood on the sword energy, silently sizing up the young prince in gorgeous robes standing in the Sanchen incense formation.

Emperor Qi escaped from trouble.

The entire main city is shrouded by Ruyi Avenue.

But judging from the Dao cages that rose from all directions at this moment, the remaining Dao of Ruyi Avenue had already been scattered all over the ancient country over the past thousand years...

How powerful is the power of this great way?

Even if only a strand of it falls, it is something that ordinary people cannot bear.

Prince Jiu's soul has been cultivated to the peak of Yin God, but it is still unable to withstand the erosion of Ruyi Dao... The wisp of Dao that has entered Qin Wanyang's body at this moment is certainly not as powerful as the Dao in Prince Jiu's heart, but Yan Xie only left a wisp of remnant after all. How did this guy seize the control of this body under the invasion of Ruyi Dao?

Xie Xuanyi was quite curious about this.

This abandoned disciple of Changshengzhai was one of the very few people he "looked up to" in his previous life. This person behaved strangely, was very good at planning, and often did not act according to the rules.

"You, go kill him."

Xie Xuanyi put his hands behind his back, looking calm, and said something to Ao Ying.

"I?"

The witch looked resentful and a little helpless.

If she hadn’t met Xie Xuanyi at the Ghost Ridge and hadn’t been beaten down to a lower realm… she wouldn’t be afraid of the ninth level of the Cave Heaven.

But now, all the bones and blood have been fed to Fengmou, and there is no time to activate the secret treasure.

She was not very sure that she could kill the person in front of her.

“Just do it.”

Xie Xuanyi reached out and gently pushed Ao Ying from behind.

The demon woman was helpless, so she swept her sword energy and crashed directly into the Sanchen Incense Formation.

At this moment, the young prince of the Qin Mansion, whose body was controlled by the Yanxie divine consciousness, had an indifferent expression. He floated back and at the same time, put his hands together. Countless talismans turned into thunder in the air and went towards Ao Ying to kill him!

The Taoist's most proficient thunder method is extremely effective in killing demons and evil spirits!
However, the dragon descendant itself is a pure yang being, not an evil creature, so these thunders cannot directly detonate it like they do with evil creatures...On the other hand, when Ao Ying broke into the secret realm of the snowy mountains, she had already experienced the Taoist monks' magical powers of thunder, so she was already prepared.

"Clang clang-"

Ao Ying raised his hands, and the red robe on his arms was cut into pieces, but his skin made a sound like golden iron, and pieces of demonic scales emerged.

A dragon-born demon, his true form is powerful.

Ao Ying took on the thunder magic and ran, and in a flash she was in front of Qin Wanyang. She didn't bother to talk nonsense and just punched Qin Wanyang in the face!

"Xie Xuanyi, you are so calculating!"

The remnant of Yan Xie sneered and continued to float back, while sending a cold voice: "Do you think that instigating the evil spirit to kill people will not be counted as your karma?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi still had his hands behind his back, remaining indifferent.

Let Ao Ying take action.

He just wanted to see what this evil Yan was planning and what tricks he had up his sleeve.

but.

He was disappointed.

Except for the Three Dust Incense Array.

Yan Xie did not show more magical powers. It seemed that his original intention was to test Xie Zhen's identity through this game, but he never expected that the Three Dust Incense Formation would be broken. At this moment, Yan Chen controlled this body of the Ninth Layer of the Cave Heaven and fought fiercely with Ao Ying. Every move was a thunder attack.

The only "backup" method was that Yan Xie secretly dispersed a wisp of divine consciousness and drew an obscure and complex teleportation array pattern underground... Xie Xuanyi had seen this array pattern before. When Qin Wanyang was killed by Rong Chan in the alley, he planned to use this method to escape.

I just watched quietly for dozens of breaths.

The torrent of iron cavalry surrounded Ao Ying and Yan Xie, and Yuantian Ruyi Dao surged in like a tide.

Xie Xuanyi finally took action.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, he no longer hid his natal flying sword.

A golden light blooms between the eyebrows!

In the golden cave, [Chronic Illness] was slashed out in an instant.

A flying sword kills in a flash.

Ao Ying only felt his cheeks go cold and his hair fell apart. A flying sword wrapped in pitch-black thunder brushed past his cheek and directly cut off the head of the young prince of the Qin Mansion who was holding his hands together in front of him. The iron wall formed by countless talisman papers rising from the ground was as fragile as paper in front of the flying sword.

"Crash..."

After the host died, his vital energy dissipated and the talisman papers turned into flying ashes.

This……

Kill now?
Ao Ying was a little stunned. He had heard that Xie Xuanyi's killing methods were clean and efficient.

But this is too clean and neat.

It took less than half a breath to kill a person with a serious illness and return to the sword!
Before Ao Ying could recover, he heard a muffled bang and something exploded in front of him.

Xie Xuanyi, standing on the sword energy, stretched out his palm and blasted out Yuan Fire, destroying the corpse with great skill.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't care what Yan Xie called him...

Because there is only one ending to this regret.

That is death.

So what if he recognized himself as Xie Xuanyi? The remnant of the great master Chongkan was killed. Could a mere Yanxie still hope to escape from Dayue Country with a wisp of remnant?
This is simply impossible.

Xie Xuanyi burned Qin Wanyang's body and his robes, and at the same time, he did not forget to absorb the severed head into his palm. Before his life was completely cut off, he performed a soul search... Unfortunately, although Xie Xuanyi moved quickly, the wound from the severed head was too fatal, and the soul search only read extremely rare and scattered fragments.

After confirming that the remaining traces of Yan Xie were reduced to ashes and all evidence was burned.

Xie Xuanyi threw the head in his hand into the void filled with primordial fire.

He sent a voice message to Ao Ying: "Come up."

The sword energy slowly fell, and the Dragon Goddess looked at the young man in black with a strange expression.

She saw the scene of Xie Xuanyi killing Qin Wanyang very clearly, and the scene of searching his soul even more clearly.

This guy, although he was born in Dasui Sword Palace.

But he really doesn't care about his identity, he even uses evil magic like "soul searching"!

If I am not mistaken...

Because he had killed someone too quickly, the soul search yielded no results, and Xie Xuanyi's eyes showed disappointment.

It is reasonable that such a person would plant poison.

Thinking of this, Ao Ying felt completely hopeless. At this moment, her heart was churning again. She lowered her eyes and looked at her chest.

There is a slight burning sensation at the heart area.

"Xie Xuanyi..."

Ao Ying gritted his teeth and spoke with difficulty: "If you want to force me to go to Da Chu... you might as well kill me now."

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows and looked at the witch with some surprise.

The demon girl closed her eyes and said in a sad voice: "Ao Ying would rather die now than live in the future and become a prisoner of Da Chu."

indeed……

If he was captured like this, Da Chu would be captured like this.

Her ending must be extremely miserable.

As a dragon-born monster, who happened to absorb the holy blood of a true dragon, Ao Ying's bloodline will soon experience an unprecedented ascension. If he is thrown into the Da Chu Imperial City, those powerful royal families who claim to be "true dragons" will use all means to break Ao Ying's fighting spirit and tame him into a spiritual beast of the imperial city.

Jiang Huang was trapped by the Nine Deaths Ban. This ban made her life worse than death, and even after she separated out a second soul, she was unable to escape the "confinement".

"..."

The witch straightened her chest, ready to be pierced through the heart by a sword.

I just waited for a moment, but there was no movement.

The dust was swirling and the sound of cavalry was getting closer and closer.

Xie Xuanyi suddenly said, "What if I don't kill you and don't send you to Da Chu?"

Ao Ying was stunned for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes, a little dazed.

She looked at the man in front of her warily: "What... do you mean?"

"You can go back to the demon country."

Xie Xuanyi said word by word: "Red Dragon Luck, Phoenix Eyes, they are all yours."

Ao Ying laughed at himself: "Is there such a good thing in the world?"

"Of course not."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "Your life is in my hands. The reason why I am so 'generous' to let you return to the demon country is because the 'Sword Gu' has been planted. As long as I have the intention to kill you, even if you are thousands of miles away, you will die instantly."

Ao Ying looked pale.

"As I said before, when you return to the Demon Country, you can go to the Eclipse Marsh to visit the Demon Lord and seek refuge."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "You might as well see how many people can cure your poison... But if I'm not wrong, your life will not be easy when you return to the Demon Country, right? You have completely offended Chiling City this time. Lord Jiu wants to kill you, and Peacock Grand Venerable also wants to kill you. None of those famous demon lords are willing to help you."

Ao Ying is just a casual cultivator from the Demon Country. He has no sect or school behind him, and no one to support him.

That's why she took the risk and did the crazy act of stealing treasure.

If I could return to the demon country.

Not to mention visiting the Eclipse Marsh to seek a cure, even just staying alive requires extreme caution.

If you are caught by your enemies by accident, you will be killed without a burial place!
"you……"

Ao Ying was speechless for a moment.

"You can rest assured. I won't use the 'poison' for no reason."

Xie Xuanyi threw out a lotus token and said, "If you hold this token, you can feel my soul calling you. You must respond to my request."

"You want me to be the insider of Dasui Sword Palace?"

The moment he took the token, Ao Ying completely understood what Xie Xuanyi meant.

Put a curse on yourself.

Give yourself freedom.

This Xie Xuanyi... hopes that he can become a "spy" under his command!
"Yes, you can think about it."

Xie Xuanyi put his hands behind his back again and said slowly: "Compared to those demon country great masters, my methods are the most gentle."

"consider……"

These two words sounded somewhat ironic to Ao Ying.

What room did she have for consideration?
Either take the token and become Xie Xuanyi's pawn.

Either die here or perish.

However, Xie Xuanyi was not wrong about one thing. Compared with those great masters of the demon country, his methods were the most gentle. At least she still had a glimmer of hope.

"If you have made up your mind, then take the 'Soul Oath'."

Xie Xuanyi casually threw out a bamboo slip and said calmly: "Don't worry, the content of the soul oath will not be too harsh, just swear according to this slip immediately."

"...Soul oath?"

Ao Ying's expression changed slightly.

This Xie Xuanyi is really "cautious". He kept the sword Gu and even swore a soul oath to himself!
But after taking over the bamboo slips.

Her expression softened a lot.

The content of the bamboo slips required her not to keep secrets or lie, and there were many scattered requirements, but they did not force Ao Ying's bottom line... Ao Ying was originally very worried that the content of the soul oath was too much, and once it was recited, it would be equivalent to acknowledging Xie Xuanyi as the master. In this case, she might as well rush into the sword and die!

But now, this bamboo slip is much "loosener" than he imagined.

It doesn’t even affect one’s Tao mind.

Everything she did was for the purpose of achieving enlightenment one day.

"What on earth do you want?"

Ao Ying stared at Xie Xuanyi. She found it increasingly difficult to see through the man in front of her.

It is cruel, indeed.

Kill the young prince of the Qin family without blinking an eye.

It is compassion, and it is true compassion.

At least the jade slip given to me still has a choice, so I don’t have to die.

"Although the sword poison is scary, using it to coerce people is the lowest form of coercion. If one day you really don't want to live and don't mind being killed by the poison... that would be bad for me."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "I want to give you a way to survive, but you also need to provide the value of survival."

"That's it?"

Ao Ying smiled and said, "Why do I feel that you are not telling the truth?"

"You want to hear the truth?"

Xie Xuanyi also smiled and said, "The Demon Country is always trying to move south. The peaceful years are coming to an end, and the human race must be on guard. It is not easy to keep an eye on the Demon Country. After you swear the soul oath, you will take a closer look at the mountains and rivers of the Demon Country for me."

It sounds nice and elegant, but in fact it means being a spy yourself...

But Ao Ying still didn't believe this sentence.

But whether it is true or false is no longer important at this moment.

"Where are the mountains and rivers to see in the Demon Country?"

The demon girl laughed at herself, she could accept the contents of the jade slip, so she read it without hesitation.

The mind settled.

An invisible lifeline slowly fell into Xie Xuanyi's palm.

Xie Xuanyi held it.

Ao Ying felt an unprecedented strange feeling in her heart. She felt that her life was scattered and held in the palm of the black-clothed boy in front of her. The word "fate" was originally illusory. After the oath, the life line dissipated, and there was no trace or form... But Ao Ying felt a sense of restraint in the dark.

She couldn't lie to Xie Xuanyi anymore.

Xie Xuanyi reminded: "Keep this 'Lotus Order' safe. If you have any trouble, you can also contact me through this order."

"Why, I'm in the Monster Country and you're in Da Chu. Could it be that you're really in serious trouble and you can still cross the Northern Great Wall and come to the Monster Country to help me?"

Although he knew it was just a polite remark, Ao Ying, who had just signed a soul oath, followed the guidance of his heart and said it subconsciously.

Xie Xuanyi was silent for a few breaths.

After the soul oath was made, Ao Ying could not keep anything from himself, so this sentence revealed his true nature.

Xie Xuanyi sighed: "I'll try my best."

Ao Ying sneered: "You can't help."

Xie Xuanyi sighed again and asked with a headache: "So, how many enemies do you have in the Demon Country?"

Ao Ying confessed frankly: "Enemy are everywhere I look, I can't count them all."

After the witch lost her secret, her appearance changed.

Xie Xuanyi looked at her face, and it was the first time he saw it so clearly.

That's right... This is a madman who is so cruel that he can steal the secret treasure of Chiling City. He is willing to pay any price for his cultivation and even dares to offend the Great Peacock.

How could such a person not have enemies?

"After returning to the Demon Country, live well. With the [Phoenix Eyes] and the Holy Blood of the Dragonborn, it won't be long before you can break through and become a Demon Lord."

Xie Xuanyi said meaningfully: "But if you are just a demon lord, it is far from enough... If one day you can ascend to the position of a great lord, even if the whole world is your enemy, what does it matter?"

(End of this chapter)