Embers of Sword

Chapter 453 Trading
The splendor of the golden chariot is so dazzling that one cannot take their eyes away.

Yan Xie's face remained calm, and he tried hard to calm his heart bit by bit.

The development of this meeting tonight was really beyond my expectation.

He vaguely felt that Lu Yuzhen's plan was not that simple.

“I came here today…”

"It's nothing important, actually."

The young man in the golden chariot stood up and looked around.

Thousands of brilliant lights converged and formed a big sun, hanging above the head.

The young man smiled and said, "Is this your mountain gate? It looks good, but it's not what I imagined. Didn't you say that Bai Ze left behind a secret realm?"

"?"

When Yan Xie heard this, he couldn't control his expression.

He frowned and looked at the paper Taoist beside him.

Bai Ze secret realm?

Lu Yuzhen never told himself what was going on.

"Aha..."

Lu Yuzhen noticed Yan Xie's mood change, smiled, reached out and patted Yan Xie on the shoulder.

His expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "This matter has not been spread yet. Da Chu's gang has not received the news yet, and Mr. Yan is also unaware of it."

"That's true."

The young man got straight to the point and said, "So does the secret realm really exist? I want to see it."

these ten years.

The reputation of Paper Man Dao spread throughout Da Chu and Da Li, and even to the northern demon country.

It’s just that… despite his reputation, he’s not trustworthy.

Lu Yuzhen smiled and didn't mind the words. "Of course, the reason we met tonight is to inspect the goods for you."

He raised his sleeves and waved them gently.

"Boom!"

A few miles away.

The Pure White Mountain began to tremble.

The headless coolies carrying baskets on their backs stopped one by one and turned their flat-cross-sectioned "necks" as if looking at the gate. As for the heads buried on the ridge path, they all turned in unison, revealing expressions of horror and fear.

The trembling sound was like thunder, and the ground where the golden chariot rested began to crack.

The dragon horse, which had finally calmed down, neighed anxiously again and pounded the ground with its four hooves.

"Oh."

The young man slowly raised his head and uttered a faint exclamation of admiration.

The clouds changed colors, and invisible pressure gathered around them, like a storm...

In the entire pure white mountain world, everything is eclipsed except for two stone pillars that stand tall and majestically, as if holding up the collapsed sky.

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Yanxie looked at the ceiling with a complicated expression.

Half a year ago, after the confinement in Changshengzhai ended, he left the Taoist sect and wandered like a lonely ghost... In the rainy suburbs of the imperial city, he met this mysterious paper Taoist. Lu Yuzhen seemed to have the ability to read minds, guessed his plan, took the initiative to propose cooperation, and put forward a saying of "sowing seeds and reaping fruits".

Yanxie was once the most proud disciple of the Taoist sect, and he knew very well what the Paper Taoist was doing.

This guy travels around the world, creating all kinds of causes and effects.

It is just like the knife seller in the folklore, who sells knives on credit for ten years without asking for a penny. Ten years later, when the fruits are ripe, the knife seller comes to take the knives and the karma.

Yanxie did not refuse Lu Yuzhen's proposal for cooperation.

Don't be greedy for this free gift.

But... he really needs this kind of help.

There was a blank period of ten years in Yan Xie's life.

The great Taoist Chongkan punished him by making him reflect on his mistakes facing the wall for ten years.

Three thousand six hundred days and nights.

He reflects on his mistakes seriously every day.

Over the past ten years, there have been more than one cases in the Taoist sect where the leaders of fasting sects have raised questions, asking whether the punishment imposed by the Great Immortal on Yan Xie was too severe.

But all these doubts eventually turned into nothing.

Stealing the [Yin Yang Mirror] is indeed a serious crime.

But... destroying the [Yin Yang Mirror] is a capital crime.

This is a treasure that has been passed down in Taoism for thousands of years!
Those monks who pleaded for Yan Xie thought it was just a crime of theft at first, but after knowing the truth, they all chose to remain silent. Who could have thought... After facing the wall for ten years, he was expelled from the Taoist sect, and the crime to be settled was the crime of "breaking the mirror"!
just.

Yan Xie never repented for the incident of "breaking the mirror".

He felt that he had only done one thing wrong from beginning to end.

That means losing to Chen Jingxuan.

The gamble from ten years ago has been settled, but his life has not ended.

Every day facing the wall, Yanxie was "reflecting on his mistakes". In the last duel, he did do many things wrong... But it didn't matter, there was still time for everything.

This time.

He will win it all outright.

The reason why he was wandering around the outskirts of the imperial city like a lonely ghost, the reason why he met Lu Yuzhen...

This is actually not a coincidence.

Yan Xie also knows the art of divination, which is a way to spy on the secrets of heaven. He saw a corner of a blank paper at the end of his destiny. The reason why he has not set foot in the imperial city for a long time is that he is waiting for Lu Yuzhen to come to him. One is willing to owe the cause and effect, and the other is willing to accept the gift.

Yan Xie’s plan requires this “knife seller on credit”.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The shaking and roaring sound continued for a long time.

Thunder roared in the sky, tearing the night sky apart, and white flashes of light illuminated the earth.

The golden chariot was suspended in the air, and the dragons and horses lowered their heads in fear.

The originally flat gate location has completely collapsed and turned into an abyss.

The earth cracked open, and white paper like snow flew into the cracks.

This scene is both frightening and depressing.

The young man on the golden chariot watched silently for a long time, and said quietly: "It turns out that Great Sage Bai Ze really left a secret realm in the human world... But once this secret realm descends, I'm afraid many people will die, right?"

"Isn't this what you all want to see?"

Lu Yuzhen smiled and looked at Yan Xie, saying softly: "Fellow Daoist Yan, the list of demons to be exterminated by Da Chu this time was all drawn up by Jiang Qihu of the Imperial City Bureau and Chen Jingxuan of the Library. Chen Jingxuan is most responsible for this major defeat. When the news of the tragic battle came out, the foreshadowing you laid in Qingzhou... was also revealed at the same time."

Yes.

This is what Yan Xie wants to see.

After leaving the Taoist sect, he began to plan how to dethrone Chen Jingxuan from the position of national teacher... This battle in Southern Xinjiang is the best opportunity to launch an attack!

"According to the original plan, they will see this scene when they step into Pure White Mountain tomorrow."

The Taoist master stroked his chin and looked at the young man on the chariot apologetically: "It's just that this plan...has encountered some small accidents."

"Accident?" The young man frowned: "What accident?"

"The paper man technique has been discovered, and Da Chu has postponed the exorcism." Yan Xie said resentfully.

"Is it?"

The young man said indifferently: "This accident shouldn't be a big deal. You have a way to solve it, right? Will the conditions we agreed on before change?"

"Yes."

This time, without waiting for Yan Xie to speak, Lu Yuzhen smiled and said, "This accident is nothing, I will handle it... The conditions agreed upon between you and me will not change, but the results of some things may change. There are always accidents in this world, just like the assassin you sent to Lingqu City, who not only failed to succeed, but also died."

"good."

The young man still had an indifferent attitude: "Most things in this world are unexpected. In my opinion, the death of the assassin in Lingqu City is nothing. His identity has not been exposed, and his death will not affect anything."

Yanxie knows about Lingqu City.

Last night, the treasure ship arrived at the southern border, and a powerful Yin Shen middle realm warrior suddenly died outside Lingqu City.

So far.

The identity of that powerful Yin Shen middle realm master has not been ascertained.

What’s even more outrageous is…

There is no clue about the person who killed him.

"Your Highness is right, but not entirely right."

Lu Yuzhen stretched out two fingers, rubbed them slightly, and said with a smile: "When I passed by Jiangning two years ago, I heard a storyteller say something that made a lot of sense... The storyteller said that if a butterfly in the southern border flaps its wings, it might cause an avalanche in the demon country in the north."

"Shit."

The young man shook his head and sneered, "Do you believe this?"

"It's a bit exaggerated and absurd. But from the perspective of cause and effect, it does make sense."

Lu Yuzhen gradually stopped smiling and said with some regret: "If Your Highness is willing to follow Lu's arrangement and not arrange assassins to attack Xie Zhen... maybe there will be a chance to 'recruit' him next time. At least when we meet, we won't have a falling out."

"Do you think Xie Zhen will break up with me?"

The young man sitting on the golden chariot laughed dumbly and said, "Are you trying to persuade me to give up the idea of meeting him? Or do you want to take this opportunity to change the terms we originally agreed on?"

"No no no..."

Lu Yuzhen shook his head and said softly, "Your Highness, what I promised you will not change. The secret realm of Great Sage Bai Ze really exists, and you have seen it. If you want to meet Xie Zhen alone, all this will happen naturally. I just want to tell you that the assassination in Lingqu City is over, and the possibility of you recruiting him is close to zero. Are you sure you want to continue this deal?"

"You mean the sword cultivator's heart lake sensing?"

The young man was silent for a moment, and then he regained his indifferent expression: "Let the deal continue. No matter what, I want to meet him. After all, he is Xie Xuanyi's disciple... If he is unwilling to surrender, then just kill him. This is still within the scope of the deal. You will help me, right?"

"Of course!"

Lu Yuzhen smiled brightly and said without hesitation: "...I will help you kill him!"

"very good."

The young man nodded with satisfaction and said indifferently: "When everything is over, I will give you what you want."

If you knew the identity of this young man, you would know the weight of this promise!
The paper Taoist laughed.

A strong wind suddenly arose, and countless white papers whizzed past and swept into the cracks in the ground. The stone pillars of the boundary gate shook and made sounds like wind and thunder.

Little by little, the earth is closing up again.

The golden light bloomed again. Without any hesitation, the young man turned the chariot around, drove into the void portal, and left without any reluctance.

Wait until the brilliant light fades out little by little.

The mountain gate returned to its tranquility, and the ground filled with white paper was as flat as before. It seemed as if a heavy snow had fallen on this piece of land, and all traces were wiped out.

The people carrying baskets on the Pure White Mountain resumed their actions.

They continued to climb the stairs step by step.

The faces that grew up in the mud gradually dimmed and closed their eyes.

"..."

Yan Xie looked a little ugly.

He left Qingfu Mountain tonight and came here, originally just wanting to discuss countermeasures with Lu Yuzhen.

I didn’t expect to see an “unexpected character”.

What's more, I didn't expect that Lu Yuzhen had big ambitions and immeasurable ambitions.

Before meeting the man with the "chariot", Yanxie had never been able to figure it out.

How dare Lu Yu really kill the Great Chu Monk in this way? Isn't he afraid of the wrath of the Holy Queen of Renshou Palace?
Now he understands...

This guy is a complete lunatic!

Not only did he want to kill the Great Chu Monk, but he also wanted to kill him mercilessly!

The appearance of this Pure White Mountain secret realm has never been a coincidence, but a carefully designed trap!
Who would have thought that this towering snow mountain was just an "ambush"? Once the Da Chu monks broke into the mountain gate, the "ambush" would be triggered, the Pure White Mountain Secret Realm would collapse, and the Bai Ze Great Sage Secret Realm would come into being... How dangerous was the secret realm of the ancient Great Sage? Without the Yin God Realm cultivation, you are not qualified to enter it!
The pit just dug was enough to ensure that the first group of Da Chu monks who set foot in this place would never return!

No wonder the three major sects suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Lu Yuzhen. This guy is simply not someone that Bai Gui, Chi Xian, Mo Dao Ren and the likes can deal with!
Now everything seems to be ready, except for the east wind.

"Is there your 'paper man' in the Seven Mountains?" Yan Xie suddenly asked.

"..."

Lu Yuzhen did not respond.

"The killing spree in the Pure White Mountain Secret Realm is indeed cruel... but if it drags on for three days, no one knows what will happen."

Yan Xie took a deep breath and asked seriously, "If you didn't place the paper figurine in Zhanjiao Mountain, what would be your solution?"

“There is always something that people covet.”

Lu Yuzhen smiled calmly: "This pure white mountain is right in front of us, those people will eventually step in."

"The willing ones take the bait... Is this your solution?"

Yan Xie thought this answer was ridiculous: "If the three major sects hadn't asked Renshou Palace to help, not even a fly would have flown into this barren Pure White Mountain!"

Speaking of which.

He paused, and suddenly realized that this matter of exorcising the demon was not as simple as it seemed from the beginning.

"I heard that the treasure ships of Baihua Valley and the Jiang family of Qingzhou held a celebration banquet the night they arrived in Lingqu City. Many people believe that this battle to eliminate demons will be a great victory without suspense..."

Lu Yuzhen suddenly asked quietly, "You said, Xie Zhen sounded the alarm for them. Is this three-day delay really a good thing?"

Some were greedy for victory, some were seeking merit, and some were eager to chop off the heads of the paper Taoist priests.

Yan Xie knew that the outcome of tonight's meeting had not yet been decided.

Many Yinshen supervisors advocated staying calm and standing firm first.

But there are also militant factions who want to take the initiative!

In fact...all of these discussions ultimately require one person to make the final decision.

Wu banished the immortal.

This time, there is only one Yang God in charge of exorcising the demons in Southern Xinjiang.

Before the second Yangshen arrived, Wu Zexian was the real leader of the seven Zhanjiao Mountains. If they wanted to attack Chunbai Mountain, they would need him to take action to break the protective formation of Chunbai Mountain!

"..."

Yanxie seemed to be thinking about something.

Lu Yuzhen spoke again and asked softly, "If the Paper Man Sect wins a victory before the arrival of the Great Chu Yangshen in three days, what will happen? Will these Great Chu cultivators stay calm, retreat to the southern border and discuss countermeasures, or will they be enraged, risk their lives and take the initiative to attack?"

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