Embers of Sword

Chapter 28: Venerable

Xie Xuanyi didn't believe a single word that came out of Xu You's mouth.

Sitting in the position of deputy city lord of Tai'an City, working for the Demon Country...

Xu You's heart had long been rotten.

Every word he said was likely false.

Once you choose to believe, you will definitely be pointed in the wrong and fatal direction.

Therefore, Xie Xuanyi chose to use "Soul Search".

Special moments, special people, special means.

There is no room for mercy.

……

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Amidst a painful scream, Xie Xuanyi slowly and resolutely merged his soul into the heart lake of Xu You's Zifu.

The spiritual gap between the two was too great. Xu You, who had long been exhausted, had become a lamb to be slaughtered. He struggled desperately, but no matter how he struggled, it was of no avail. He could only wail and let Xie Xuanyi look through his dirty "life".

Xie Xuanyi put his hands behind his back, and stood in the form of spirit, suspended above Xu You's purple palace heart lake.

Countless images are suspended before your eyes, and you can watch them by flipping them at will.

Xu You was a man of good talent. He got a chance when he was fourteen. Through the method of visualization, he sensed the vitality of heaven and earth. It took him a year to light up his acupoints one after another. He became a practitioner on the right path at a young age and was highly valued by the royal family of Da Chu... That year, the governor of the northern border had not yet been dismissed, so Xu You became a disciple of Zhong Du, the governor of Jiayong Pass.

It coincided with the most brutal "battle of drinking poison" in nearly a hundred years.

The demon country had been attacking the northern border for ten years, with Jiayong Pass being the first to be hit, and the entire battle line stretching nearly a thousand miles.

The brutality of this war was unprecedented in the past six decades. More than half of the 108 garrison commanders in charge of guarding the northern border were killed or wounded, but Da Chu managed to defend the northern border. In the final battle, the national master of Da Chu made personal arrangements and killed the great master of the demon country, "Mo Jin", on the spot!

The mastermind of the war, Mo Zhi, was killed and the demon country's ambition to move south was instantly extinguished.

This protracted and brutal war came to an end in an absurd and dramatic way.

This battle is a great victory!
The border of Northern County, a thousand miles of red soil, all drank the blood of the black poison and achieved peace!
This is why this battle was called the "Battle of Drinking Poison".

In this battle, Xu You passed on top-secret intelligence to the garrison commander Zhong Du several times and made great military achievements, for which he was awarded a title. After the war, he was sent to Tai'an City and was promoted every year!

But in the "soul-searching" scene, Xie Xuanyi saw the truth about the conferment of the title.

Xu You failed in the first mission of delivering intelligence... On his way out of the border, he was discovered by a big shot from the Demon Country and was directly intercepted.

In this situation, the only option is death.

Xu You did not commit suicide immediately, but knelt down and begged for mercy, crying bitterly, begging the other party to spare his life.

The big man of the Demon Kingdom forced Xu You to swear an oath of his soul and spirit, and turned him into a pawn of the Demon Kingdom.

then.

Xu You then had another identity.

He worked hard for Da Chu and even more for the Demon Country.

This information was finally delivered to another garrison commander on time. The Demon Kingdom deliberately let the enemy win and won several battles in a row...Xu You became Zhong Du's trusted general, but in the final battle, the wrong information he sent also led to the death of the Jiayong Pass garrison commander.

Zhong Du died on the day the Battle of Drinking Poison ended.

But the war in the North was over.

It was a big win for everyone.

Xu You, who was originally considered a "discarded pawn" by the demon country, survived in a confused way and accepted a reward that did not belong to him. This war was too tragic and too many people died. After the victory, everyone was pardoned. Perhaps it was a joke from heaven, or perhaps it was fate playing tricks on justice. From beginning to end, no one linked the death of Zhongdu Zhenshoushi to Xu You. When a useless discarded pawn landed in a key position, it was worth paying attention to again.

As a result, Xu You was highly valued by the demon clan. He was responsible for taking root in Tai'an City, waiting for the call from the north one day.

He is admired by thousands of people.

The people of Tai'an City regarded him as a hero.

The Imperial City of Da Chu allocated him a salary.

For a full forty years, Xu You lived a life obsessed with money and paper, except that his cultivation speed slowed down a bit...

Forty years later, he was still at the Qi Controlling Stage.

With his reputation and the military exploits he had made in the Northern War, as long as he entered the Cave Heaven Realm, he would officially become the new lord of Tai'an City.

Over the years, Xu You has laid sufficient groundwork for his promotion to city lord.

He eliminated bandits and solved flood problems for Tai'an City, brought in food for relief, and even raised an adopted son...

Everyone thought he was a hero.

But the irony is that all he did was just to become the city lord and give back to the demon country.

How ridiculous!

A spy from the demon country was actually just a little bit away from becoming the city lord of the human race.

Once Xu You succeeds.

One day, the damage caused by his backstab will be immeasurably heavy.

"What a great actor. What a great actor."

"He deceived his subordinates, deceived his adopted son, and even deceived the Hun Yuan Yi..."

At this moment, Xie Xuanyi suddenly understood why Xu You acted so lavishly and heroically at the night banquet in Tai'an City.

There are many ways to solve the problem of Qingyuan Dan.

Xu You chose the most troublesome but most glamorous one.

Because he has long been accustomed to "cheating".

For so many years, he has always packaged himself as a righteous and chivalrous man. The despicable shadow of kneeling in the snow in the north and selling out his country for personal gain has long been buried in the deepest part of his heart.

"I just don't know, after deceiving so many people, can you deceive yourself?"

Xie Xuanyi sneered.

He no longer looked at this dirty and filthy life——

In the deepest part of the heart lake, there are several soul fragments, shrouded in forbidden black evil spirit!
These images have been protected by special means!
This was what Xie Xuanyi wanted to see when he "searched the soul". He stretched out his hand and grabbed a piece of black debris!
With a loud bang, the black evil spirit instantly became ferocious when it sensed the vibration from the outside world, and turned into a ferocious beast, rushing towards Xie Xuanyi!

obviously.

The big shot who was in charge of the handover with Xu You knew the "importance" of these memory fragments. After giving instructions on the task, he also gave them a bit of his own spiritual power.

Xie Xuanyi had a blank expression on his face and waved his sleeves.

A hand fell.

Landing on Xu Youxin Lake was a giant hand that was almost several hundred feet in size!

The monster formed by the rolling black energy was caught by Xie Xuanyi in an instant!
During this special period, the Da Chu Dynasty's inspection of evil spirits was extremely strict.

Although this big shot from the demon clan was cautious, he did not dare to be too presumptuous. In order to avoid exposing Xu You's identity as a chess piece, the spiritual power he left behind was only an extremely weak trace!
In Xie Xuanyi's opinion, this trace of spiritual power is really not worth mentioning.

He grasped the fragment of memory and forced it to be projected!

A long dark shadow appeared in front of him.

"The information from Qingzhou has reached the Great Master for the second time!"

The figure was tall and thin.

From a distance, it looks like a dead tree.

The shadow's voice was very stern:
"The Great Venerable has used the sacred technique to find out that there is indeed a violent fluctuation of vitality in Lichao City. If the information provided by Qingzhou is true, this secret realm belongs to the relics left by the Great Saint Bai Ze... Then this time, no matter what the cost, we must bring the relics in the secret realm back to the North Country!"

"You should prepare yourself in the next few days. The token to verify the authenticity of the secret realm is on the way."

"Once the token is confirmed to allow entry, I will tell you the next task."

Click.

After watching this, a large crack suddenly appeared in the memory fragment!

This meant that Xu You's spirit could no longer withstand the pressure of the soul search and was on the verge of collapse. It was impossible for him to watch this memory again.

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes.

This conversation contains a lot of information.

The black shadow who contacted Xu You and said he wanted to assign a task... should be a certain venerable in the Demon Country.

Distributed according to the hierarchical order of the demon country.

Above the Venerable is the Great Venerable.

"The secret realm of Great Sage Bai Ze is about to be revealed in Lichao City? Did the Great Sage of the Demon Country receive the information from Qingzhou?"

Xie Xuanyi thought about this passage carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more his heart palpitated.

The information about the secret realm of ancient sages is absolutely top secret!

If there really is a secret realm in Lichao City that is about to emerge, then there should be only a handful of people who know the inside information, including but not limited to the King of the Sea who is in charge of a state, and the great monks from ancient families and sects who are stationed in Qingzhou and know the surrounding areas like the back of their hands.

Generally speaking, this kind of information will be kept strictly confidential by those who know it.

Once the secret realm comes to light, the aristocratic families and sects will be the first to explore it and benefit from it!
But the Demon Country's Great Lord knew it in advance...

This means that someone has leaked the secret to the Demon Country!
A great cultivator of this level who surrenders to the demon is much more terrifying than Xu You!
Cold sweat was already oozing out of Xie Xuanyi's back. Without hesitation, he immediately grabbed the second memory fragment.

The familiar reflection appeared again.

This conversation should have taken place after the first act, some time later.

"Yisan, the token is on the way."

"If nothing unexpected happens, this token will be delivered to Tai'an City within seven days, and the delivery person will contact you by letter."

"Once you have obtained the item and have checked it to make sure it is correct, take your identity certificate and go to Lichao City immediately... You must complete the second handover before the Sage Secret Realm is released."

"The following are the characteristics of the token and related information."

Xie Xuanyi looked solemn, as the amount of information collected from this soul search was still huge.

B three.

The way this black-robed venerable addressed Xu You was very interesting... If I guessed correctly, the demon clan had set up a huge spy network in the Qingzhou area of Beijun. Xu You was not the only cultivator who betrayed Da Chu during the Battle of Drinking Poison.

The Demon Kingdom has a complete list, and every traitor has his own title.

Yisan is the title of Xu You.

The interesting thing about this title is that, based on Xie Xuanyi's understanding of the demon clan's behavior, the black-robed venerable who is responsible for assigning tasks may not know Xu You's status, name, or specific identity.

That’s why there is the following “bring your ID”——

Da Chu has absolute control over the soil in its territory.

An order.

Qingzhou imposed a ban of 800 miles overnight.

If the demon spy wants to hide his identity, he must be careful and cautious enough.

The same is true for those in high positions who manipulate the spy network.

Every handover is a game. The higher the precision of the mission and the less they know each other, the greater the possibility of completing the handover. Even if there is a mistake in one of the links, it will not lead to the failure of the entire spy network, and it will not be uprooted and destroyed.

Xie Xuanyi carefully checked the mission information left by the black-robed venerable.

He was genuinely curious.

It’s the so-called token...what exactly is that finger bone?
Unpack the last memory fragment.

Xie Xuanyi got the answer he wanted.

"This finger bone of Great Sage Bai Ze can activate the power of the Demon Saint bloodline by simply infusing it with vital energy."

"With this token, I can enter the secret realm..."

"If you stimulate the power of your blood, you can verify the authenticity!"

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(End of this chapter)