Embers of Sword

Chapter 29 Aftermath
"Chichichi..."

After half an incense stick of time, the soul search was over.

Xie Xuanyi opened his eyes.

He looked down at the soul held in his palm.

The ghost was shattered, turned into ashes, and drifted away slowly in the wind.

In the end, only a wisp of soul like a piece of residual cotton remained in Xie Xuanyi's hand.

Only a remnant soul was left, which meant that Xu You was completely dead. Even if a powerful ghost cultivator who could "refining corpses and reviving the dead" took action, he could not use this remnant soul to revive him.

"Great Sage Bai Ze..."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his head, stared at the dry finger bone, and fell into deep thought.

He had actually heard of the name of this demon saint. He was a top figure who was very influential a thousand years ago. However, the conflict between the human race and the demon race at that time did not seem to be as intense as it is today. It was mentioned in the books in the Dasui Sword Palace that the Great Sage Bai Ze traveled around the world, made many friends, and was friends with many great practitioners.

Therefore, the Great Sage Bai Ze’s caves are spread all over the four regions, and there is more than one of them.

However, after his death, these caves seemed to disappear... In the past thousand years, none of them have appeared in the world.

Is this finger bone a relic left behind by Great Sage Bai Ze?

There was a huge amount of information in Xu You's soul, and Xie Xuanyi simply sorted it out.

The vitality of Lichao City is unusual, and it is suspected that a secret realm of sages is about to be born.

This news should have been kept strictly secret, but it was known by the Demon Country.

There must be a traitor among the high-ranking officials in Qingzhou.

The truth of the "Eight Hundred Mile Ban" has thus surfaced: the Imperial City Department is responsible for monitoring the four borders, the Hunyuan Instrument captures the secrets, and although the Demon Kingdom has obtained the intelligence, the Imperial City has also noticed something strange in Qingzhou, so there was an order for a strict investigation, completely blocking the border of Qingzhou.

Xie Xuanyi chuckled softly and put the finger bone in his arms.

"interesting."

He murmured softly: "Ten years have passed, and those old guys in the imperial city should have retired... Is that the guy who is in charge of the 'Hunyuan Instrument' now?"

The finger bones of the Great Sage Bai Ze are good things.

Although the demon cultivator received the information from Qingzhou, he did not dare to believe it easily.

Before taking action, they wanted to find out whether this secret realm was left by the Demon Saint Bai Ze...so there was this intensive bone delivery mission.

but now.

The most crucial token fell into his hands.

The most interesting thing is that due to the pressure exerted by Da Chu, the demon spies seem to need to use "identity credentials" to make contact.

This also means.

As long as Xie Xuanyi can prove that he is "Y3", then he really is.

Xie Xuanyi squatted in front of Xu You, looking at this soulless, empty body, and said lightly: "Xu You, ah Xu You... dying in my hands, you have died a worthwhile death."

If it were someone else, the first thing they would do would be to hand over the token.

The Imperial City Administration has strict rules and clear rewards and punishments.

Hand over the token and you will be rewarded handsomely!
But... Xie Xuanyi is not like others. He never likes to follow the rules.

"What is the identity certificate of 'Yi San'?"

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes and stared at Xu You for a moment.

He recalled the memory fragments of the previous soul search. The black-robed venerable summoned Xu You in the spiritual world, and Xu You knelt respectfully. It was not easy to have this kind of soul communication across thousands of miles. There must be some special object that could serve as a "bridge" connecting the two spirits.

Xie Xuanyi snapped his fingers.

The Qingyuan Dan energy that was overflowing in the sky and earth suddenly burned with a hissing sound and rushed towards Xu You's remaining body.

In an instant, the body burst into flames!
And after dozens of breaths.

Xu You was completely reduced to ashes, this time not only his soul but also his body.

The clothes turned to dust.

The corpse turned to ashes.

But vaguely, a small object was visible, shining faintly.

"This ring is also a treasure... but it is not my natal item."

Xie Xuanyi found what he wanted. He put on the ring and tried to activate it.

But with just a slight immersion of divine consciousness, the ring began to glow with a scarlet light!
There are a total of ten formations set up here!
When the Demon Country gave the "treasure weapon", they had already anticipated the current situation. If Yi San encountered an accident and unfortunately died, this ring would never be leaked!
Because once a "strange divine thought" invades and tries to open the spiritual space inside the treasure, the ring will immediately destroy itself!
But it's a pity.

Several years ago, Xie Xuanyi had seen exactly the same trick.

"Sure enough, this is the proof of 'Yi San'. The demon country has left a mark on Xu You's soul."

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows.

When he crushed Xu You's soul before, he deliberately kept a trick... At this moment, the remnant soul that was entangled in Xie Xuanyi's palm was injected into the ring!
The ring was flashing with a strange light, and then gradually returned to calm.

"Now, who is Yisan, who is Yisan?"

After doing all this, Xie Xuanyi laughed sarcastically.

The uneasiness that weighed on my heart finally dissipated.

The Hunyuan Instrument in the Da Chu Imperial City can capture the secrets of heaven and detect cause and effect.

The demon country also has the same method.

The black-robed venerable who designated the bone delivery plan found the most "safe" way to enter the pass with the help of the divination... But he could not have imagined that choosing this method to enter the pass would completely change the mission. The finger bones of the Great Sage Bai Ze were successfully delivered to Yi San, but Yi San had changed his person!

Kill Xu You and get the token.

From this moment on, Xie Xuanyi turned from a prey to a hunter.

The Broken Yuan Formation, which had a corner torn open by the finger bones, was continuously leaking out vital energy... In order to kill Xu You, Xie Xuanyi crushed two Qingyuan Pills, which still had some remaining vital energy.

Every bit of information should be appreciated as it is not easy to come by.

This energy cannot be wasted.

Xie Xuanyi sat cross-legged in meditation, absorbing all the remaining vitality of the two Qingyuan Pills. Due to the loss during the battle, the two pills only ignited nine acupoints.

Now a total of forty-three acupoints have been lit.

There are still sixty-five acupoints that have not been burned.

During the process of meditation and breathing, Xie Xuanyi vaguely felt that there was something "strange" in his body... Forty-five acupoints were ignited, and golden energy was lingering in the acupoints, burning like a torch. These energy flowed along the meridians and condensed towards his dantian.

This is the most important place for practitioners!
The vital energy condenses here, and when the amount reaches a certain level, a qualitative change will occur.

Refining Qi, building foundation, controlling Qi... and then it is the cave heaven.

The seemingly weak human body becomes an endless treasure after the introduction of vital energy.

Ignite the acupoints, sublimate the muscles and bones, and control the vital energy.

Afterwards, the practitioner will open up a "cave heaven" in his body.

Having achieved this step, the practitioner has already escaped from the mundane world. If he wishes, he can practice fasting and only feed on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, storing his vital energy in the Dantian.

If one does not participate in worldly struggles, his life span will be extended to three generations.

Normally.

The practice of Qigong practitioners only ignites the acupoints, and the position of Dantian will not change...

But Xie Xuanyi felt that the golden energy was dividing its power and sending it to the dantian!

The "cave heaven" that he condensed back then has disappeared.

But the empty Dantian was now condensing with wisps of golden aura!
These vital energies are in floc-like form and very thin, but one can vaguely feel that they are about to condense into the shape of a "water drop".

"I'm still a little bit lacking in vitality."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and put aside all distracting thoughts.

He didn't bother to think about what this golden energy could condense into...

There are still some "aftermath" tasks that need to be completed.

Xie Xuanyi raised his head and glanced at the sky.

The moon is dark and the wind is strong, the night is deep, it is a good time to kill someone to silence him.

Xu You is dead...

But Shen Yan is still alive.

　"Oral branch."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)