Embers of Sword

Chapter 314 Measurement
Fali was a senior monk sent from Fanyin Temple to Dapudu Temple. He came to Dachu when he was young, and lived in seclusion in Hongshan, where he has been practicing Buddhism ever since.

Time passed without a trace in the mountains, and before he knew it, he had already reached the fifth level of Yin God.

But through the bamboo leaves, Fali found that... he couldn't see through the boy in front of him.

"Donor, please enter the forest."

After a moment of silence, Fali spoke in a heavy voice. He no longer concealed his aura, but slowly straightened his back, and his aura began to rise. The wind howled, and the broken leaves formed a crouching tiger, vaguely covering the world.

Are you kidding me?
As a dignified Yin God, am I not qualified to measure Xie Zhen's sea of ​​divine power? !
"In that case, Xie will not be polite."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyes slightly, reached out again, and broke off the previously broken and healed bamboo branch. He just held the thin, withered branch and stepped into the Brahma Sound Forest.

The deep chanting of Buddhist scriptures could be heard in the Fanyin Forest.

Every sound and every word is like a rock falling into the lake of my heart.

……

……

"Crash."

It was raining heavily, with raindrops falling in a disorderly and dense manner, bouncing up crisply.

Through the sound of the raindrops, you can hear a very light sound of swords scratching the ground, like the tip of a sword touching the ground, but there is no spark, just a slight splash of water.

Eventually, the sounds all faded away.

Qi Lie stood in front of the library and gently knocked on the wooden door in front of him.

The wooden door was not closed, leaving a gap. It was only knocked lightly and then opened with the wind. It was obvious that someone from the library would be coming today.

Thousands of rain threads and dim light drifted into the library.

Qi Lie saw the man sitting at the end of the library. Chen Jingxuan was rarely reading papers. He just sat by the fire to keep warm. Tea was laid out on the jade table. Everything was just right. The water in the teacup had just boiled. The moment Qi Lie pushed the door open, Chen Jingxuan had just started brewing the tea.

The heat was brewing and dissipating. At this moment, the library did not feel like early spring, but rather like winter. A faint chill spread from the jade desk.

"Xiao Qi, are you here?"

Chen Jingxuan raised his head, a faint smile on his pale cheeks.

He had been waiting here for a long time.

"Mr. Jingxuan, I won't come in."

Qi Lie didn't like this feeling. He was a straightforward swordsman who valued laws and rules, and he valued following his heart even more.

However, the process of interacting with the Sky Monitor always made him feel that...laws and rules were just pawns manipulated by fate.

This is actually a very scary thing.

After Qi Lie came to the imperial city, he spent most of his time hiding in the streets. Even he himself didn't know when he would go out or where he would go.

But those who watch over the heavens know.

Qi Lie's visit to the library today was completely an unexpected thought.

But Chen Jingxuan had already prepared tea.

Qi Lie really didn't like the feeling of being "seen through".

"..."

Chen Jingxuan didn't say anything, still with a faint smile on his face. He didn't refuse, nor did he continue to invite.

Qi Lie was standing at the edge of the library.

He whispered, "I just left Mr. Yan."

"Ah."

Chen Jingxuan responded softly.

"Can the Hunyuan Instrument check the life and death of practitioners?"

Qi Lie asked the question that mattered most to him.

"Ah."

After a brief silence, Chen Jingxuan responded softly again. As the favorite disciple of the old national teacher, he was one of the very few people who knew about the past of Zhao Tongtian and Yan Xin. If the Sword Palace Chief of Law decided to exercise the "right to know" in another ten years, then the person who would use the Hunyuan Instrument to check the destiny on behalf of Yan Xin would be Chen Jingxuan.

Qi Lie took a deep breath and asked seriously, "I want to know...how much luck is needed to use the Hun Yuan Yi once?"

"You want to use the Hun Yuan Yi to find Xie Xuan Yi?"

Chen Jingxuan lowered his eyes. From the moment Qi Lie uttered the first word, he guessed the other party's intention of this visit.

"Yes."

Qi Lie subconsciously straightened his back again. He looked at the sickly man. For some reason, even though he was lying on the couch, he gave people a sense of oppression like a tiger crouching... Yan Xin was an old man full of vitality, but Chen Jingxuan was a young man with a hint of old age. These two sky monitors gave Qi Lie completely different feelings.

No one expected that the position of the library owner would change in such a short period of time.

Chen Jingxuan began to practice, and in just over twenty years, he became the new national teacher in charge of the Hunyuanyi's destiny... Throughout the history of Da Chu, he is the youngest one, no doubt about it.

A sigh.

Chen Jingxuan stood up slowly. He seemed to be seriously ill and even getting up became difficult for him. However, as he stood up, the light in the entire library began to change. An invisible, huge force leaned out, slightly pressing down on a small part and landing on Qi Lie's shoulder.

The sword at Qi Lie's waist began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Not everyone can use the Hunyuan Instrument to detect."

The two were twenty feet apart.

Chen Jingxuan said softly, "To inspect the destiny within the Hunyuan Instrument's cage, one must pay a price... Even the Sky Monitor cannot take whatever they want."

"I know."

Qi Lie's eyes were blazing, and he said in a deep voice: "The Lord of Law has accumulated luck for decades, just to exchange for a chance to check the breath of Master Lian's soul... I don't need to know where my senior brother is, I just need to know whether my senior brother is still alive or died in the North Sea!"

After saying this, Qi Lie suddenly realized that the surrounding environment had changed... From the moment Chen Jingxuan stood up, the entire library suddenly rose thousands of feet higher.

Qi Lie, who was standing at the door of the library, slowly raised his head.

The library is like the vast blue sky.

Countless golden tablets were flying and floating above his head, like stars.

This scene was extremely shocking.

This is Chen Jingxuan’s paradise, and it can actually cover himself directly?
Qi Lie opened his mouth with a complicated expression.

"..."

He knew that the man in front of him was one of the peerless geniuses who was as famous as his senior brother, but he did not take it too seriously before. The combat power of the Sky Monitor lineage was limited. But at this moment he knew that he was wrong. This golden library was an extremely complete world of rules. Every floating golden scroll and every suspended golden thread were the power of the Tao condensed by Chen Jingxuan.

If it was a life-and-death duel between two people, the winner would be decided the moment they were covered by the thousand-foot golden tower.

Qi Lie soon understood why Chen Jingxuan did this.

The question he came to ask today is indeed worthy of being covered by this blessed land.

Thousands of golden threads hung in front of Qi Lie.

Chen Jingxuan put his hands behind his back with a calm expression. He directly placed the power of "choose" and the answer of "view" in front of Qi Lie.

These countless golden threads gathered together to form a huge circle.

In the center of the circle are countless surging sea waters and cold, pale waves.

A broken flying sword kept falling.

Falling.

Draw a long, long line.

Qi Lie recognized it at a glance... This was Xie Xuanyi's serious illness.

"That's all the images of the North Sea that the Hunyuanyi could capture."

Chen Jingxuan said softly: "I have checked your brother's whereabouts many times over the years. This is not a question of how much it costs, but Xie Xuanyi's "destiny", which is beyond the range of the Hunyuan Instrument. Why don't you try to see if you can hold this sword and measure this destiny?"

"..." Qi Lie raised his head and said bitterly: "What do you mean?"

"I do not know why."

Chen Jingxuan said slowly: "Xie Xuanyi's fate is very special. In a sense, the exploration of the Hunyuan Instrument is to measure a person's past and infer his future through the fate line... But his past seems to have been cut off by something. Anyone who tries to spy on him will definitely pay a tragic price."

Under the distant blue sky.

Golden light flows.

Qi Lie was silent for a long time.

In the end he made a crazy decision.

He really reached out his hand to grab the sword that sank in the North Sea ten years ago.

……

……

"Stab!"

The sound of sword energy shattering exploded in the void.

The branches and leaves of Fanyin Forest were scattered and countless raindrops exploded out of thin air. However, these broken branches and leaves, and raindrops, did not scatter, but instead swirled around Xie Xuanyi.

at the same time.

One after another, solid Sanskrit characters fell towards Xie Xuanyi.

Today's Dapudu Temple is a complete Buddhist kingdom.

At this moment, the Fanyin Forest is just like the Lotus River in the Xuanshui Cave Heaven... In a sense, it is a blessed land with special rules.

If you want to cross the Lotus River, you need to cross the sword intent left by the predecessors of the Sword Palace.

The same is true for Fanyinlin.

If you want to pass through the Fanyin Forest, you need to pass Fali's measurement.

Xie Xuanyi did not choose to resist.

He simply walked forward calmly, all the way straight, allowing the Sanskrit sound to fall and the Purple Palace to open up.

The only difference between him and those who were trying to pass the level was that Xie Xuanyi raised the bamboo branch and concentrated all his spiritual thoughts on the broken branch, using it as a barrier. Countless Sanskrit words condensed into golden light, which were bounced away by the sword energy the moment they touched Xie Xuanyi's sea of consciousness. Finally, the Sanskrit words were superimposed one by one, and the skinny and slender bamboo stick was filled with golden light, like a dazzling sword.

Xie Xuanyi came to the end of the Fanyin Forest.

The golden bamboo stick that was as dazzling as a sword was also handed to Fali.

"..."

Fa Li looked down at the young man in front of him, immersed in shock.

Among all the challengers today, Xie Zhen is the fastest, bar none. The Sanskrit of Fanyinlin cannot get close to him at all.

This young man's spiritual realm must have surpassed the Cave Heaven Realm...

Apart from Master Fozi, Fali has never seen anyone else who can do this.

In addition to the shock, there was also a hint of doubt at this moment, which took root, sprouted, and expanded rapidly in Fali's heart.

Although he was a monk, he practiced meditation in Hongshan, away from disputes.

But what happened in the two dynasties would always be reported to the Dapudu Temple. Fali carefully read the case files of the Qingzhou Incident several times.

A year ago, he had never heard of Xie Zhen’s “name”… How could a sixteen-year-old boy who appeared out of nowhere be able to compete with Master Fozi?

The Buddha's son is a reincarnation.

Perhaps, this young man... is also a reincarnation.

This thought arose deep in Fa Li's heart and he couldn't stop it. He stared at the face of the young man in black very hard. He could see that the young man was wearing a "mask magic weapon" that covered his aura, but at this moment, even if he tried his best, he couldn't see through the real face under the mask.

If it was just a chance encounter.

If there were no blessings from the Buddhist rules today.

Fali would at most just take a glance and then look away... The world is full of wonders, and there are too many things he cannot see through, and even more truths he cannot fathom.

But today is different.

Fali's breathing became rapid, and the entire Brahma Forest was filled with golden Buddha light, which swept towards his robes and gathered towards his palms.

His eyes were fixed on the bamboo stick that Xie Zhen was holding up.

The young man concentrated his divine consciousness on this golden bamboo stick and placed it in front of himself.

This divine thought contained all the answers he was curious about.

The two looked at each other.

Xie Xuanyi looked calm. He took off the bamboo stick, condensed it with his divine consciousness and wrapped it up, and presented it to Fali, raising the question he had asked before entering the forest.

This divine sea.

Does Fali really want to measure?
The Brahma Sound Forest, submerged in the golden light, was silent for a few breaths.

The silent gaze between the young man and the old monk did not last long.

Fali took a deep breath.

He made a decision that he would regret for a long time.

The wind was raging, countless Sanskrit sounds fell on Fazhao's robe, and a ray of light from the sky slanted down. With the help of the power of the Buddhist rules, the old monk resolutely stretched out his hand. He grabbed the golden bamboo stick and poured all his soul into it, wanting to see clearly Xie Zhen's sea of ​​consciousness and the past hidden within this sea of ​​consciousness.

"laugh!"

The moment he grasped the branch, the cassock on Fali's shoulders began to burn. He stared at the young man in front of him with confusion on his face, his eyes full of puzzlement.

He thought he would see a lot of "secrets".

But countless Buddha lights were injected into it, and all he saw was a blank void.

blank?

Xie Zhen's sea of consciousness was blank... This was a scene he had never seen before. All the challengers who entered the Fanyin Forest to accept the test had different pasts.

Shang Yi of Yuqingzhai is a girl born in heaven. She was chosen by Shu Ning and soon became the best among her peers after joining the Taoist sect. Her sea of ​​consciousness is filled with the sword energy of Yuqingzhai.

Yuwen Zhong of Qiantian Palace unexpectedly resonated with the Panxuan Mirror, and the shadow of the sage living in the Panxuan Mirror was reflected in the sea of ​​gods.

But only Xie Zhen.

The boy's past is like an ocean.

Nothing at all.

Fali continued to condense the Buddha's light. He suddenly took a step forward and grabbed Xie Xuanyi's wrist.

"...?"

Xie Xuanyi frowned.

He suppressed the outburst of the Dao of Destruction and the sword intent of Chenxia, and stared at Fali in silence. He could feel a strong divine consciousness invading his sea of consciousness.

This is a bit... too rude.

Just as Xie Xuanyi was about to draw his sword to counterattack.

Fa Li's pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had seen something terrifying. The old monk, who was covered in Buddha's light, quickly loosened his palm and tried to retreat.

But it is already late.

"what……"

A painful wail sounded at the end of the Fanyin Temple.

The Buddha's light from the cassock dissipated, countless flames of light disappeared, and Fali fell from the sky and sat heavily in the mud.

He covered his eyes tightly, and two lines of blood flowed out of his eye sockets.

(End of this chapter)