Embers of Sword

Chapter 36 Jialiu
Rumble!
The tide roared like thunder, and countless waves rolled in!

When the high tide came, Lu Yuzhen, a Taoist priest in a white robe sitting on the river, raised his head and looked at the tide that was surging like an avalanche. He uttered a long sigh of admiration and stretched out his arms to welcome the wave.

Then with a loud bang, the white robe was swallowed by the waves!
Xie Xuanyi's eyes were fixed on Lu Yuzhen from beginning to end.

Perhaps because of the huge difference in their realms, he did not catch any trace of the Taoist priest in white robe leaving.

"Crash..."

When the tide washed the river bank and reached him, only a few turbid waves of moderate size were left.

The white-robed figure swallowed by the tide disappeared into the night.

"Lu Yuzhen."

Xie Xuanyi silently memorized the name.

After Lu Yuzhen left, Xie Xuanyi noticed that not far in front of him, on the Lichao River, there was a streak of light and fire hanging, like a lantern, half immersed in the waves of the river. At this moment, it finally burned out and disappeared into the darkness at an extremely fast speed... This was a talisman that had been posted long ago, blocking the aura and movement within a radius of a hundred feet.

The noise from the fight between him and Lu Yuzhen just now was quite loud.

But no one in Lichao City noticed anything.

But now that the talisman has burned out, things are different.

Xie Xuanyi originally wanted to look for his own natal flying sword... but now it seems that [Chen Illness] is trapped in the secret cave of Great Sage Bai Ze.

That legendary holy treasure, can it cut off the connection between a cultivator and his natal object?

Xie Xuanyi stood in front of the tide, suppressing the urge to go forward and take a look.

If Great Sage Bai Ze really has a cave dwelling located in the Lichao River... then it must be monitored by various forces in Qingzhou at this moment. The "Eight Hundred Mile Ban" in Fengsui City can show the attitude of Qingzhou's top leaders towards this secret realm.

With my current strength.

If you rashly step into the Lichao River, you will probably be discovered immediately.

Not to mention retrieving the flying sword.

By then, it would be extremely difficult to even escape.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, a very slight vibrating sound came from the ring worn by Xie Xuanyi.

This is the communication device left by the demon country for Xu You.

After leaving Tai'an City, there was no movement at all.

Xie Xuanyi has been waiting for letter from the Demon Country.

At this moment, he silently retreated, left the Lichao River, and returned to the bustling streets... He found the most remote and deserted dark alley, and after confirming that no fly pupil noticed him, Xie Xuanyi threw out the purification talisman and slowly immersed his soul into the ring treasure.

"Yisan, what's taking so long?"

Xie Xuanyi’s consciousness entered the interior of the magic weapon.

His soul attached to the remnant soul of Xu You and knelt on the ground. Not far away was the mysterious master who had been assigning tasks before.

"Your Excellency."

Xie Xuanyi controlled Xu You's residual soul and replied carefully: "Lichao City is heavily guarded and has many flying pupils."

"Yeah... it doesn't matter."

The reaction of this venerable monk just confirmed his guess.

The spy network of the demon country is dense and huge.

After the Battle of Drinking Poison, the specific identities of these spies were not found out one by one, in order to resist the severe crackdown by the Imperial City Bureau... Most of the time, the Demon Country's Venerable only knew the "code names" of his spies, and did not know their specific identities. It seems that this Venerable was completely unaware of Yi San's replacement.

"You're pretty fast. Have you reached Lichao City already?"

The black-robed elder turned around and looked at Yi San who was kneeling on the ground.

He smiled and praised: "You have done a good job. After this matter is completed, the day of going south will come soon. By then, the Great Master will definitely reward you generously."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi fell silent upon hearing this.

It seems that the big shots in the Demon Country are very good at making empty promises?
When he searched Xu You's soul earlier, he saw the scene of Xu You's promise to Shen Yan... The ordinary and confident Xu You actually dared to promise Shen Yan the entire Beijun.

The most important thing is that the tone of voice of this venerable monk is also the same.

The words between the lines reveal a sense that the evil country may move south at any time and start a second war.

Faced with such a big opportunity, Xie Xuanyi quickly controlled Xu You's remaining soul to kowtow and responded with a trembling voice.

"I will go through fire and water, and I will not refuse even if I die." The venerable waved his sleeves and said, "Okay, no need to be polite."

After a slight pause.

The venerable began to issue a new round of tasks: "You are faster than I thought. The original plan for the handover ceremony was three days later. But since you arrived early, the task can also be advanced... Jialiu will enter the city tomorrow. I will connect your tokens to the soul, and he will be responsible for the handover task of Lichao City."

"...Jiu Liu?"

Xie Xuanyi frowned slightly.

Yisan, Jialiu, these are all codes... These codes seem to be related to the level of cultivation?
Although Shen Yan played a crucial role in the mission of transporting the finger bones, she did not have such a code name at all.

If this is true, then Xu You, who is at the Qi Controlling Realm, was rated as "Grade B", so wouldn't that [Grade A6] realm be the "Dongtian" above the Qi Controlling Realm?
"After the handover mission is successfully completed, Jia Liu will give you a 'Purple Yuan Pill' as a reward for completing the mission." The black-robed venerable's tone was very kind at this moment: "With this Purple Yuan Pill, you can be promoted to Class A in at most half a year."

Purple Yuan Dan? !

Xie Xuanyi, who had been calm all this time, suddenly looked up.

"how……"

The Venerable saw the blurred face of the soul in front of him, showing a look of surprise, and couldn't help laughing: "Are you so happy about a Purple Yuan Pill? When the day of going south comes, the Great Venerable will give you more, maybe... you can even get a chance to 'rebirth'!"

Hearing this, Xie Xuanyi's expression became a little complicated.

He really wanted the Purple Yuan Pill...

But as for rebirth, forget it.

"Thank you, Your Excellency. Thank you, Your Excellency!"

No matter what, act out the whole thing.

The remaining soul of Xu You burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed heavily.

The black-robed venerable who was standing not far away saw this scene, sneered, shook his head, and cut off the spiritual connection with the "Yi San" treasure.

"Complete the finger bone handover, and get a purple essence pill as a reward?"

In the dark night, Xie Xuanyi leaned against the alley, silently clenching his ring.

The words of the black-robed venerable aroused his interest.

Will Jialiu, who will enter the city tomorrow, carry the Purple Yuan Pill with him?
I now have forty-three major orifices ignited!

There are still sixty-five to go... If I absorb the Qingyuan Pills, I will probably need ten more!
But if it is a Ziyuan Pill, perhaps one would be enough!

At this moment.

The magic ring made a vibration sound again. Xie Xuanyi's eyes focused. This vibration sound was completely different from the previous summoning of the soul by the Venerable... It must be that the Venerable in black had established a spiritual connection between the magic rings for the two spies who were about to exchange finger bones.

He followed the vibrations of the demon weapon and immersed himself in its soul.

A familiar world of spirits and souls.

The soul is filled with mist.

Xie Xuanyi controlled Xu You's remaining soul and looked forward.

Deep in the fog stood a tall figure, its outline like a small mountain.

"Jia Liu?"

There was too much fog here, and Xie Xuanyi couldn't see the other person's figure clearly, so he asked tentatively.

"it's me."

Jialiu's voice is just like his personality, his deep voice is as heavy as a hill, it echoes far away, even clearing away the fog.

Xie Xuanyi was looking at him.

He was also looking at Xie Xuanyi.

"You are... Yi San?"

When the two met for the first time, they kept a relatively safe distance from each other.

"Your Excellency hopes that the mission will be advanced, but I have some arrangements to make..."

Jia Liu said in a deep voice: "So the handover of the finger bones should proceed according to the original plan."

"Three days from now at midnight, I will be waiting for you at Chenqing Mountain, south of Lichao City."

　Where are the z fighters?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)