Embers of Sword

Chapter 303 Taoist, Swordsman, Monk
Yingcheng is a small town located sixty miles southwest of the imperial city. Merchants from Ba County and Nan County who want to enter the imperial city will most likely choose to stop here. As a result, this small town is rich and prosperous, and many wealthy young men from the capital will come here to spend a fortune and spend a good night.

Tonight is just an ordinary night in Yingcheng.

Apart from the slightly heavier rain, there was nothing unusual.

In the private room of the tavern.

The portal of the teleportation array talisman dissipated in the air and turned into star-like fluorescent lights.

Deng Baiyi held her chin up and looked at the black-clothed young man in front of her, and was stunned for a moment. When Junshan Zhenren proposed to go to the imperial city together, Deng Baiyi hesitated for a long time, but finally chose to agree. The matter of Taishangzhai was a hot topic, and she was worried that the feud between the Taoist sect and the Dasui Sword Palace would expand. Maybe she could help a little if she went there. But she really didn't expect to meet Xie Zhen so suddenly.

Xie Xuanyi was also stunned. He had actually thought about the scene he would see after following Master Junshan across the seven teleportation portals.

But I never expected it to be a scene like this.

The reunion of old friends often happens unexpectedly.

The scene was silent for a while.

"You seem to have lost some weight?"

Xie Xuanyi took the initiative to speak, breaking the silence with a smile.

Deng Baiyi had indeed lost weight, a lot. Ever since she left Lichao City, she had been sleeping in the open air, cultivating her vital energy, and trying fasting. She had lost a lot of weight overall. Coupled with the incident with "Master Tang", she now looked a little haggard.

However, she herself did not notice these changes.

"Yeah……"

Deng Baiyi smiled, tucked her hair, and said softly, "You seem to have lost weight too."

Xie Xuanyi didn't lose weight.

But Deng Baiyi was not "wrong". Due to the cohesion of the Principle of Destruction, Xie Xuanyi's temperament changed.

This black suit looks more solemn and murderous than it did half a year ago.

Although they only exchanged a few pleasantries, this reunion was much warmer than Xie Xuanyi had expected.

If...there wasn't a third person.

"Mr. Xie, please help me, this place is a bit crowded!"

A childish voice broke the silence.

The young boy in Taoist robes muttered in a low voice: "The damn bald donkey didn't use any mercy. My precious clothes were torn..."

Junshan Zhenren raised his sleeves and rubbed them back and forth with his fingers with great pain.

This Zhanxing robe was torn into pieces by the Mingsha staff during the fight with Miaozhen.

But he didn't really suffer a loss, because Miaozhen's Buddhist beads were also cracked by the shock.

This third voice caused a subtle change in the atmosphere in the tavern.

"cough……"

Xie Xuanyi silently moved to the side.

This private room is actually not small. Not to mention that there are only three of us, it can accommodate a few more people.

“It’s still crowded!”

Junshan Zhenren still frowned and said unhappily, "You, you, you go sit across from me, sit with little girl Deng."

"...?"

Xie Xuanyi sighed lightly and sat over.

He finally saw it.

This Junshan Zhenren brought me here intentionally.

Even if he hadn't met Miaozhen tonight, he would eventually find a way to bring himself here.

In fact, there were already signs of this happening.

When following Junshan across the void portal, Xie Xuanyi vaguely felt a familiar breath... If he guessed correctly, there should be several of these seven teleportation talismans, which were engraved by Deng Baiyi himself.

"Senior Junshan!"

Deng Baiyi blushed and shouted, then quickly sent a message: "You asked me to wait here tonight... So you were waiting for Xie Zhen?"

"Why, isn't this good?"

Junshan Zhenren ignored the voice transmission behind him and responded directly: "When you were practicing sword in Lihu Lake, weren't you thinking about meeting Xie Zhen? Since I brought you to the Imperial City, isn't it the best arrangement to meet you early?"

This response left Deng Baiyi completely speechless.

She put her hand on her forehead and sighed.

After a long time.

Deng Baiyi said helplessly: "Of course this is good..."

"Okay, that's great. We are all young people now, what is there to be ashamed of?"

Junshan was happy to see such scenes. He smiled and crossed his legs, and taught her in a frivolous manner: "Little girl Deng, you are just too shy. Let me say it for you--"

After a pause, he turned to Xie Zhen and said, "The farce between you and Tai Shang Zhai is getting worse and worse. Deng Baiyi is worried that you might get into trouble, so she came to the Imperial City. She wants to persuade you to 'reconcile' with the Taoist sect."

"She wants to persuade me to reconcile?"

Xie Xuanyi glanced at Deng Baiyi, and immediately understood what he meant. He said calmly, "The matter of reconciliation should be the senior's own idea."

“That’s fine.”

Junshan gradually stopped smiling. "You should be able to see that I have no hostility towards you. When a reincarnated real person goes out, he must follow the law of cause and effect and the laws of nature. That's why I used the sword in Tailing earlier... I deliberately chose this place tonight and brought this little girl to meet you because I wanted to have a frank talk with you."

"What to talk about?"

"The Dao Sect and the Dasui Sword Palace should not become enemies."

Junshan Zhenren said solemnly: "You killed Fang Hang, killed Qi Yu, it's actually nothing... But if you kill Li Chen, this matter will really never stop."

Say this.

Xie Xuanyi seemed to have heard a very interesting joke.

He asked with great interest: "Senior, do you think that a small cave like me can kill Li Chen who is in the late Yin God stage?"

"of course."

Junshan responded calmly without any hesitation: "It's just a matter of time."

Xie Xuanyi couldn't help but laugh.

He entered the martial arts world under the name Xie Zhen, less than a year later.

Perhaps because he has not yet truly "god on a killing spree", most of the opponents he has encountered so far have underestimated Xie Zhen's strength.

Xie Xuanyi originally thought that the world today was the same as it was back then, with people always looking up to themselves and looking down on others. But now it seems that after ten years, the world has finally changed a little.

At least, Master Junshan is much smarter than he thought.

"I have taught Li Chen. I know him too well."

A familiar look of emotion flashed in Junshan's eyes.

When he thought of Li Chen this time, his expression was not much different from when he thought of Qi Yu.

to him.

Li Chen and Qi Yu are originally two very similar grains of dust in the tide of mortal world, even though one is a perfect Yin God and the other only has a cave heaven.

Junshan lived two lives.

In his two lives, the shadows of "Li Chen" and "Qi Yu" almost overlapped.

In his first life, he was the co-master of Tai Shang Zhai and Yu Qing Zhai.

Li Chen served him, waited on him, and respected him... As a result, he was blessed and eventually, step by step, became the abbot of Tai Shang Zhai.

The perfection of Yin God?

This is indeed a realm admired by everyone, and it seems to be only a step away from the Yang God.

But Junshan knew very well that even if Li Chen was given another sixty years, this Supreme Master would not be able to break through this bottleneck.

Some people are destined to have no chance to meet the Yang God.

But Xie Zhen is different.

"In this life, if I want to recover my Yang God cultivation, it will only take twenty years at most."

Junshan Zhenren said softly: "I have a feeling that the time it takes you to reach Yangshen... may be shorter than mine. So, whether to kill Li Chen or not depends on whether you want to."

Twenty years...

It shouldn't take that long.

Xie Xuanyi lowered his brows slightly. He had only spent more than twenty years practicing in his previous life. If it weren't for the massacre in Beihai, he would have already achieved the status of Yang God.

In this life, it is naturally faster.

And even stronger!

"Susu..."

The candlelight in the private room flickered without wind. Deng Baiyi looked at the black-clad teenager beside her in shock. She took a sip of wine silently to digest the shock in her heart. There were too many "unexpected" things tonight.

She didn't expect at first that Master Junshan would bring her directly to Yingcheng to see Xie Zhen.

Secondly, what she could not have imagined was——

Junshan Zhenren begs Xie Zhen not to kill Li Chen? !
It's ridiculous.

Ask for a cave in heaven, and don't kill the Yin God to complete it?

What’s even more ridiculous is…she actually thought Junshan’s request was very reasonable.

Although Deng Baiyi was worried that Xie Zhen would get into trouble, she had a vague feeling in her heart that if this farce continued, Xie Zhen would definitely be able to stand to the end.

This is really an unreasonable and ridiculous belief.

"senior."

Out of respect, Xie Xuanyi still called Junshan Zhenren "senior".

The candlelight divided the square table into two halves.

Xie Xuanyi picked up the wine cup, took a sip, and said slowly, "So Senior chose to stay here tonight because he wanted to make a big deal out of a small matter."

"Yes."

Junshan Zhenren also raised his wine cup and took a sip: "I can see the future of this farce... Li Chen is a stubborn person, and he can't see through many things. If the fight continues, it will not be a good thing for the Dao Sect or the Sword Palace."

"There are many things that Li Chen can't see through?" Xie Xuanyi tested with a smile.

Master Junshan narrowed his eyes.

He stared at the brow of the black-clothed youth opposite him and said meaningfully, "This lotus is very beautiful, but it's a pity that one petal is used. I heard that Lord Jiu of Chiling City was seriously injured in the Northern Hunt. This is really incredible news."

What happened in the Beishou secret realm is top secret.

There are many pieces of information that outsiders have no way of knowing unless Xie Xuanyi and Lu Yuzhen tell them.

Junshan's words are quite meaningful.

He is indeed a reincarnated real person.

Prince Jiu didn't see this lotus in advance.

But Junshan saw it.

The existence of this lotus means that if Li Chen takes action, it will most likely develop into a fight between the Sword Palace and the Taoist Sect.

In other words.

In fact, it was a duel between Zhao Chunyang and Xiaoyaozi.

The Da Chu Dynasty was extremely happy to see this scene. The Holy Queen and Qin Zu had long wanted to restrain and suppress the two major sects.

"Senior...you are more powerful than I thought." Xie Xuanyi praised sincerely.

"Yuqingzhai swordsmanship was born from Dasui Sword Palace." Junshan Zhenren shook his head, not showing any enjoyment. Instead, he explained seriously: "My master told me that this is the best swordsmanship in the world, but unfortunately it is not complete. The other half of this swordsmanship is in Yuping Peak of Dasui Sword Palace."

Xie Xuanyi listened quietly.

“So… half of the swordsmanship inheritance of Yuping Peak actually belongs to Yuqingzhai.”

Junshan smiled and said, "Zhao Chunyang is the master of swordsmanship for thousands of years. I cannot compare with him, so I naturally cannot see through his path. But I can clearly recognize the sword intent hidden in a petal of this lotus."

"I see."

Xie Xuanyi twisted the wine cup, looked at it for a moment, and said slowly: "Regarding the matter of Beijiao Villa, I actually want to explain. Senior should know... Some people must be killed, Fang Hang and Qi Yu are such people. In their world, there is no reconciliation, only life and death, so I can only ask them to die."

"You don't have to explain."

Junshan said calmly: "I also killed many people in my previous life."

"In fact, Li Chen is also one of these people."

Xie Xuanyi sighed and said, "If Senior can make him give up his killing intention, I can not kill him."

"He will."

Junshan just raised his head, his eyes penetrated the formation pattern, silently looked at the ceiling, and repeated it softly.

"...He will."

……

……

A cool breeze blows across the top of Tailing Mountain.

The rain got heavier.

"Little Mountain Master, are you leaving just like that?"

Duan Zhao looked at the barrier where the holy light was dissipating with a confused look on his face.

Where's the little mountain master? He just abandoned me like that!
The two groups of disciples from Fanyin Temple and Yuqingzhai looked at each other in bewilderment.

I have heard that Miao Zhen and Jun Shan are both unruly, but this is too unruly...

Of course, the one with the ugliest expression was the special envoy Tonggu.

He came for the talks on the orders of Yuan Jimo.

But after the barrier dissipated, corpses were scattered all over the ground, all the evil cultivators were dead, and the mountains were in a tragic state...

The envoys from Southern Xinjiang have been completely killed!

What is there to talk about!
How is he going to report to the chief monk after he returns? !

"Everyone, please stay!"

Looking at the mess on the top of the mountain, Tonggu lost his patience and subconsciously used the privileges of the Imperial City Bureau to retain the people who were about to leave.

He took out his magic weapon and used the power of the Tao to envelop the top of Tailing Mountain and condense a new barrier!
"Someone died in Tailing tonight. The Imperial City Department is investigating the case according to the law. Please follow me back to the city."

After these words were spoken, there was chaos on the top of the mountain.

Tonggu is having a headache.

This mess tonight is really hard to deal with.

The only solution he could think of at the moment was to take these "onlookers" back to the imperial city.

By doing this, at least I can give an explanation to the chief.

But the situation of the three major sects was hard to explain…the envoys they sent traveled thousands of miles, but they didn’t even get to see the special envoy of the Imperial City, and they all died!

When this news came out, who would believe that the royal family of Da Chu was willing to cooperate in the encirclement and suppression of the Paper Man Sect?
The matter of exorcising the demon may have to be postponed because of this!
Tonggu glanced around and the only good news was that the cultivation level of these Taoist disciples and the monks of the Fanyin Temple was not very high. He had already notified other special envoys of the Imperial City Bureau through a communication order, and these people should be able to be taken away smoothly.

Just when he had this thought.

A trembling sound was heard from the top of Tailing Mountain.

In the distant sky, there was a sun burning with green light, "slowly" walking towards us in the rain. Although it only took a few steps, each step spanned a hundred feet.

The thirty-one-word mantra of the Mingsha Staff condensed and fell, surrounding the young Buddhist like stars.

Miaozhen’s last step was to break the barrier.

He came before the Bronze Bone Envoy and chanted a Buddhist name softly.

Tonggu knew that a remarkable young monk had come from the Dali Dynasty. He was the reincarnation of a high monk from the Fanyin Temple. He was of noble status and profound realm. He had come to the west to receive the Buddha bones from the Dapudu Temple. Now, he looked really majestic and worthy of awe, but for some reason, he vaguely felt that there was anger in the monk's expression.

He knows it too.

It is actually inappropriate to detain these monks tonight.

All those who died in Tailing were evil cultivators from southern Xinjiang. How could this matter withstand investigation?
But he is a special envoy of the Imperial City Bureau after all. No matter who comes near the Imperial City, he must give the Imperial City Bureau some face.

So he thought for a moment and waited for the other party to speak.

If Miaozhen's attitude is sincere enough, he may reconsider whether to continue detaining people.

"The donor is a special envoy of the Imperial City?"

Miaozhen actually spoke and took the initiative to ask questions.

"Yes, I am Tonggu."

Tonggu nodded and gave his name.

"Bronze Bone... what a good name. Just because these people died, you want to arrest me and the envoys from the Brahma Sound Temple?"

Miaozhen gave a lukewarm compliment and then asked a second question.

"Yes."

Tonggu was silent for a moment and continued.

Thereafter.

There is no third question.

After asking these questions, Miaozhen just said "OK" lightly.

Tonggu's hair suddenly stood up, and he suddenly heard a violent sound of breaking wind. The young monk standing in front of him raised his magic staff without warning, and thirty-one golden mantras burst out. The whistling wind and thunder completely obscured his vision.

(End of this chapter)