Embers of Sword

Chapter 419 Avalanche
The Thirty-three Caves, as the name suggests.

Thousands of years ago, thirty-three great practitioners joined forces and offered their own cave-sky barriers to form such a world.

In order to seek the truth, Xie Xuanyi observed the "sword intent" left by the predecessors of the Sword Palace one by one, and visited almost all of the thirty-three caves.

He knew where Jiang Miaoyin was in seclusion.

Jiang Miaoyin practices the "Ice Soul Sword Art". This sword art was created by the Jade Bone Fairy, one of the founders of Yuping Peak. If one wants to comprehend this sword art, one needs to step into the Ice Soul Cave.

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The tundra is vast and the snow is flying heavily.

A man in black robe wielding a sword in the wind and snow.

In the thirty-three caves, divine consciousness is compressed to a great extent. Although this place is a blessed land, it is also a place where great monsters are imprisoned after all.

Even Xie Xuanyi's spiritual consciousness was compressed within a hundred feet.

He flew over the cave with his sword and soon saw the figure of a woman in white sitting there.

The figure sat in front of a high mountain cliff, facing the dry wall, with a long waterfall frozen by the snow behind him. Although he was wearing a veil and his face was not visible, he exuded a cold and lonely aura.

Xie Xuanyi landed on the cliff.

The moment the sword energy converged.

The woman's cold voice sounded faintly.

"Senior brother."

The figure of the sitting woman trembled slightly.

The snow is falling.

The snow-white debris fluttered like fireflies and landed in front of Xie Xuanyi.

The woman said in a low, mournful voice, with a hint of self-mockery: "You're finally here... I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

"Shut up."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the woman in white with her back to him and said expressionlessly, "Say one more word and I'll beat you to death."

"..."

The woman fell silent immediately.

Xie Xuanyi had been here before. He knew that a great demon was imprisoned in this Bingpo Cave.

Snow mandrill.

The Snow Mandrill's innate magical power is like the "image of all living beings" he wears, which can transform into human form based on his insight into people's hearts.

A practitioner who steps into the Bingpo Cave Heaven.

If there is regret in the heart.

They may be captured by snow mandrills and tricked into the snow.

"you again."

The woman in white, who was sitting with her back to Xie Xuanyi, slowly turned her head. Her veil was blown up by the wind, revealing a pair of pale eyes without pupils. Xue Xiao's eyes were cold and disgusted: "Xie Xuanyi... After so many years, what are you doing here again? Didn't you comprehend the stone tablet of Bingpo Cave Heaven back then?"

Xie Xuanyi asked back then, traveling through the thirty-three caves.

Not only did he comprehend the sword inscriptions of the Sword Palace's predecessors, but he also fought with most of the imprisoned monsters.

He had a fight with the Snow Mandrill that year.

There is no suspense in the ending.

The Snow Goblin, who was good at bewitching people, was unable to display his abilities when he met a pure swordsman like Xie Xuanyi, whose mind was extremely clear. He was simply crushed.

"I'm here to find someone."

Xie Xuanyi frowned and asked, "Did a woman enter the 'Ice Soul Cave Heaven' a few days ago?"

"Looking for someone?"

Snow Xiao was stunned when he heard this.

"Hehehe..."

The next moment, the woman in white who was sitting there quietly couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She looked at the black-clad boy in front of her, her eyes full of teasing: "Have you fallen?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi remained silent.

Xue Xiao smiled even more happily: "More than ten years ago, you were still a perfect Yin God, but now you are only at the initial stage of Yin God?"

She saw clearly.

The aura of Xie Xuanyi is much weaker than it was back then!

This guy has definitely fallen into decline!

However, there was one thing that made Xue Xiao feel strange. After so many years, Xie Xuanyi's appearance not only did not age, but became younger.

"In a sense, it has indeed fallen into decline."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "But are you sure...you want to go against me because of this?"

"Something interesting."

The woman in white slowly stood up and shook off the snow on her body.

She said with a joking smile, "A while ago, a woman did come. She had a good cultivation level and a very stable Dao heart...but she always had a trace of obsession in her heart. These few days, she studied the inscriptions and I tried to comprehend her sword intent. Before I met you, I was still wondering what obsession this woman had that made her sword path so 'sad'?"

"I advise you not to take advantage of her."

A golden light flashed between Xie Xuanyi's eyebrows.

A golden flying sword slowly flew out.

[Chronic Illness] was suspended above Xie Xuanyi's head. This was the first time he used his natal flying sword after being promoted to Yin God.

Although the battle between Taoyuan and Meng Kejian was a life-and-death fight between the Yin Spirits... but after all, Chen Chong was by his side.

The Thirty-Three Caves are different.

Here, Xie Xuanyi can act without restraint.

“It’s really scary…”

Xue Xiao narrowed his eyes, staring at the golden sword light, and sneered: "You are just a tenth-level Yin God, do you think you can destroy my soul?"

next moment.

The golden flying sword disappeared and reappeared, having pierced through the chest and back of the woman in white.

Hiss!

A burst of blood spurted out!

The veil was torn apart by the sword energy, revealing a perfect and delicate face. It was Jiang Miaoyin's stunning appearance that was like a god. Xue Xiao's eyes were horrified. Obviously, she didn't expect that the flying sword's attack speed after falling to a lower realm could reach such a fast speed... She knelt on the ground with a plop, covering her chest that was pierced by the sword energy, revealing a mournful and sad expression: "Senior Brother..."

The words have not yet fallen.

The flying sword swept back again.

"Jiang Miaoyin"'s body shattered, but no blood spilled, it just collapsed like a huge avalanche.

Countless snow-white dust particles swirled, piecing together to form a hazy figure of a woman.

"I can't fool you."

Xue Xiao sighed, then sneered coldly, "Xie Xuanyi, you really have a heart of stone. Even such a wonderful person calling you senior brother is indifferent to you."

Xie Xuanyi summoned the martial arts divine fetus.

The golden divine light shines across the cliff, and the sharp sword intent tears through the wind and snow.

The two realms of life and death transformed into black and white energy, hanging above the body of his natal flying sword.

"What the hell?!"

Seeing this scene, the Snow Mandrill looked grim.

Has this guy really fallen?
What is the situation with these two top-level Dao realms!
The snow goblin cursed and turned away, turning into a ball of broken frost and snow and disappearing into thin air.

Xie Xuanyi had a cold face and steed his sword towards the depths of the wind and snow.

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A snow-white stone tablet with sword energy fell among the mountains.

Jiang Miaoyin sat in front of the sword energy stele.

She has been in seclusion here for a hundred days.

A thousand years ago, Bingpo Cave Heaven already existed... This sword energy stone tablet contained the essence of the sword attainments of the sages of Yuping Peak over the past thousand years. His mind immersed itself in it.

It is like a green leaf falling into the rivers, lakes and seas.

Jiang Miaoyin saw the evolution of sword power in Yuping Peak over the past thousand years. Each of the Sword Palace seniors left behind their own sword arts before their deaths... Perhaps in the future, she would become one of them.

The comprehension of the sword energy stele of the Thirty-three Caves and Heavens is actually quite similar to the sword intent inheritance of the Lotus River.

Those who come before us sow the seeds for shade, and those who come after us enjoy the coolness.

There's just one difference.

There is no need to rush to choose the "Sword Intent" of the Sword Qi Stele. If you walk through the Lotus River once without making a choice, then the chance of inheritance may disappear... But the "Sword Intent" of the Sword Qi Stele can be viewed and pondered over and over again.

However, the same stone tablet can give different views to different people.

Good fortune, good fortune. Although this place is blessed, one also needs enough fate.

Jiang Miaoyin is not a greedy person.

In fact, she didn't care what kind of fortune was hidden in this sword-shaped stone tablet.

The reason why he chose to step into the "Thirty-three Caves in Heaven" was actually just to seek peace of mind.

Ten years ago, Jiang Miaoyin made a wrong choice, and for the next ten years she suffered from self-blame and guilt.

Even if Xie Xuanyi didn't die.

Even if Xie Xuanyi forgave her.

But she couldn't forgive herself.

Perhaps it was God's blessing that everything went smoothly after entering the Thirty-three Cave Heavens. It only took Jiang Miaoyin a few hours to reach the "Sword Intention Stele" in Bingpo Cave Heaven. When her mind immersed in the stele, all her distracting thoughts, all her uneasiness, all her pain... were soothed.

She seemed to turn into a stone and fall into the vast river.

The sword energy within this sword stone tablet is like wisps of fireworks rising into the sky.

She saw a ray of extremely dazzling and eye-catching light.

When the divine consciousness swept into it.

Jiang Miaoyin seemed to have shed her physical body and truly become a speck of dust. For hundreds of years in Bingpo Cave Heaven, no one had ever been able to touch this most brilliant and dazzling "flame" with divine thoughts. This was the "sword art" left by the founder of Yuping Peak.

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He started practicing at the age of nine.

Five years to refine Qi, five years to build the foundation, five years to control Qi, and five years to reach the cave heaven.

This speed is not fast for the founder of Yuping Peak, and can even be said to be "very slow".

No other genius in history has been like this.

But the real amazing thing about this Yuping Peak master is that it only took her five years to reach the 20th level of Yin Shen.

Cultivation is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.

Each step up becomes more difficult.

Jiang Miaoyin saw the "life" of this ancestor in the sword energy stele. This ancestor joined the Dashui Sword Palace and experienced almost no twists and turns. The founding master of the Dashui Sword Palace took her with him and taught her the initial "Yuping Sword Technique", and then he never showed up to guide her.

She walked this long road alone, and although she walked slowly, she also walked very fast.

Jiang Miaoyin was a little confused.

Originally in her mind, the most amazing swordsman in the world was Xie Xuanyi.

It only took Xie Xuanyi five years to go from Qi Refining to Cave Heaven.

only……

Isn’t the ancestor of Yuping Peak an amazing person?
After Jiang Miaoyin's mind merged into the brilliant flame, she unknowingly went through a "life". When she realized that her comprehension was over, she did not hesitate to merge her mind into the stone tablet again...

She found peace again.

I also saw once again the simple and unpretentious heart beneath that dazzling appearance.

This ancestor lived a very ordinary life.

The monks stationed at Yuping Peak spend most of their lives sitting in meditation.

Patriarch Yuping guarded the Thirty-Three Cave Heavens with his own strength, and the nine masters of the Taoist temples under his command were all disciples of Yuping. At that time, the status of Yuping Peak was second only to Lianhua Peak, and it was even slightly on par with Lianhua Peak... The reason why it could be on par with Lianhua Peak was that the swordsmanship of Yuping Peak was essentially different from the swordsmanship of other peaks in Dashui Sword Palace.

The first headmaster of the Sword Palace and the Taoist master of Tianyuan Mountain had a "difficult to explain" relationship. Both of them were extremely beautiful and rare in the history. After the relationship broke down, the Dasui Sword Palace had an additional Yuping Peak and the Taoist had an additional Yuqingzhai.

these ten years.

Because of Beihai's mistake, Jiang Miaoyin has been locking herself away.

She doesn't want to face outsiders.

Perhaps it’s because he was born into the most prominent family in Qingzhou.

Or maybe it was because he joined the most prestigious sect in the world.

Countless people admire her, countless people look forward to her...

She didn't know how to face these people's gazes.

When Jiang Miaoyin began to comprehend the sword intent left by Master Yuping, she vaguely understood something. Perhaps the one who had really trapped her for the past ten years was not outsiders, but herself.

The path left by Master Yuping is a "path to peace".

Don't look outside yourself, look within yourself.

The sword intentions and sword arts of the Dasui Sword Palace are mostly brave and advanced, and are extremely fierce and fierce. Either sacrifice yourself for benevolence, or exchange your injuries for your life.

But this path is different.

peace.

Before the world can be at peace, you must first have peace for yourself.

Through repeated contemplation, Jiang Miaoyin's heart gradually became calm.

She had already forgotten how many times she had comprehended the "Taipei"...

If no one else disturbs you.

Then this mysterious state will continue.

Unfortunately.

Her contemplation was interrupted by a familiar voice.

"... Junior Sister Miaoyin."

Jiang Miaoyin opened her eyes and slowly turned her head.

A familiar figure in black clothes appeared in the snowstorm, with sword-like eyebrows and phoenix eyes. What was different from the previous one was that this black-shirted figure had a majestic golden-robed god on his head, holding up a golden flying sword that gave off a chill.

Jiang Miaoyin looked a little dazed.

The face of the black-clad figure was always captivating no matter how many times one saw it.

"Senior brother?"

Jiang Miaoyin stared at the figure and spoke subconsciously.

Xie Xuanyi's expression softened a lot. He held the golden sword and slowly approached, saying in a reproachful tone, "How could you be so careless when you came here to comprehend the sword tablet? You didn't even set up a formation... Don't you know that there is a 'Snow Goblin' hidden in this Ice Soul Cave Heaven?"

Take two steps.

Xie Xuanyi stopped.

A circle of silver sword lines floated like ripples, surrounding Jiang Miaoyin.

"The Heavy Snow Sword Formation, this sword formation is pretty good."

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes, smiled and praised: "It's just right for self-defense."

Swish!
Jiang Miaoyin raised her palm and retracted the silver-white sword intent. The silver lines in the sky swept into her palm and turned into a snow-white talisman.

Jiang Miaoyin stroked the talisman and murmured softly: "Brother... this sword formation was given to me by you, how could it be bad?"

"Oh?"

Xie Xuanyi smiled and was about to say something.

next moment.

The smile on his face froze.

"Xie Xuanyi" lowered his head and saw a silver flying sword that had pierced his chest at some point, almost exactly the same place as the golden flying sword had pierced before.

So, this black-shirted figure and the martial arts fetus that had been condensed with great difficulty once again turned into a huge avalanche.

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(PS: Let me explain a little bit. The reason for the late update is that I wrote a story about "Yuping Patriarch", but after thinking it over, I decided to delete it. After all, it is irrelevant to the main text. Starting from this volume, I will try my best to advance the main line and avoid irrelevant narratives.)
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