Embers of Sword

Chapter 462 A favor must be repaid
absurd!

How ridiculous!
Hearing what the Liguo Crown Prince said, Xie Xuanyi's lips twitched slightly... Was this guy really here to thank me? Thank me for what? For disturbing the peace of Yuanzhou?
"Many years ago, I met your master once."

The prince stood on the sedan chair and said with some regret: "Your master is indeed a genius..."

"Is it?"

Xie Xuanyi raised his eyebrows.

Did he meet this prince in his previous life? Why didn't he have any impression of him at all?
"Your master once challenged seven people of the same realm with his sword in Qianzhou."

The prince smiled and said, "These seven are all my disciples."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi fell silent. He did have some memory of this incident. In the early years, he was unruly and went around asking for sword skills in the name of discussing Taoism. It was all thanks to the support of Master Chunyang who backed him up from behind that nothing went wrong.

It's not very polite to go to the Dali Dynasty and cause trouble.

Back then in Qianzhou, seven powerful sword cultivators of the same level came to challenge him.

Xie Xuanyi defeated them all with one sword.

A kind-hearted person once told him that these seven people were retainers of a certain important figure. If he angered that important figure, it would be difficult for him to leave Qianzhou... But nothing happened afterwards. After defeating the seven swordsmen, Xie Xuanyi continued to live in Qianzhou for some time, and nothing happened until he left.

The so-called important figure turned out to be the prince.

"You didn't cause him any trouble?" Xie Xuanyi asked.

"You are not as skilled as others, so you deserve to lose."

The prince smiled nonchalantly and said, "They lost too quickly. They were defeated before they even had a chance to announce my name... In this case, what is there to pursue?"

Xie Xuanyi was a little surprised.

This Prince of Li State is actually different from what he had heard.

Some time ago, when he was on a diplomatic mission, he heard the monks of the delegation mention this person. The monks of Fanyin Temple all changed color when they mentioned the prince. Although Buddhism was forced to be involved in the party struggle, the precepts left by the Zen master warned everyone to stay out of it. These monks did not dare to utter filthy words, but only implied that this prince was not a kind and loving person, and sometimes even a little "crazy". Although the prince's mansion recruited a large number of guests, the requirements were extremely harsh. Those extraordinary people who became disciples of the prince needed to abide by the precepts and various rules. If they made a mistake and angered the prince, they would suffer extremely harsh punishment.

But the words just now sounded very tolerant.

Moreover, when Xie Xuanyi thought back to those years, he did not encounter any subsequent troubles in Qianzhou.

"What happened to those guests later?" Xie Xuanyi asked subconsciously.

"them?"

The prince smiled and began to sigh, "The Prince's Mansion never keeps idle people. They were defeated by your master, so they naturally asked someone to deal with them... Although they didn't announce my name, seven people surrounded one person, but he was defeated in one move. It was too embarrassing. Don't you think it's a coincidence that one of them was an undercover spy planted by the Ninth Prince. If it weren't for your master, this spy should have been lurking in my mansion for a long time. I treated him well before, giving him wine, horses, beauties, ten thousand taels of gold, and hundreds of acres of fertile land. Later, I peeled off his skin and hung him in the Yuzhou Desert to die in the sun."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi had nothing to say.

As expected...there is no such thing as a groundless rumor in this world.

"As the saying goes, there is no coincidence in the world. All stories in the world are born out of coincidence... Every drink and every bite is destined by fate."

The prince sighed and said jokingly, "It was the Qianzhou competition that revealed the hidden player that made me realize that the Ninth Prince had ulterior motives... So I made arrangements in Qianzhou in advance and guarded against this usually respectful and obedient younger brother, which prevented me from getting into trouble. Later, Mr. Nalan made a divination for me and said that the cause and effect of Qianzhou's victory would fall on your master Xie Xuanyi. I would like to thank him in person for such a great favor, but unfortunately I never had the chance. Later, the Beihai Incident happened."

Speaking of the back.

The prince expressed sincere regret.

He asked sincerely, "But fortunately... although Xie Xuanyi is dead, there are still disciples like you alive. If the cause and effect had not dissipated, but continued... then this kindness should have fallen on you. Tell me, should I thank you?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the chariot that looked like the sun.

After hearing these words, he just thought that the prince was a lunatic.

"Because of this?"

Xie Xuanyi could not understand everything that happened tonight. It was just because of a sword he casually swung in Qianzhou several years ago that the prince went to great lengths to let Lu Yuzhen abandon Xiao Qi, the hidden chess piece, and then dispatched a top-level strongman like Jing San, just to bring him here.

But on second thought, he felt that everything was actually reasonable.

If he was not a devout believer in the art of cause and effect, how could he have conspired with Lu Yuzhen?

If he wasn't a madman, how could he gain the favor of Pure White Mountain?

"What happened in Qianzhou back then was no small matter."

The prince was very serious and corrected him very seriously, saying: "I have always been clear about gratitude and resentment... I will repay gratitude and pay back resentment."

"So how are you going to repay the favor?"

Xie Xuanyi spoke calmly, he wanted to see what this madman would do next.

"A million in gold and a city!"

"Fine wine, beautiful women, treasures, titles, fame, power..."

The prince's Xuanshen cloak was blown by the wind like a battle flag, and his voice echoed in the air.

With a smile, he looked at the young swordsman in front of him and put forward his conditions: "...As long as you nod, I will give you whatever you want!"

The hill was once again greeted by a brief silence.

Then a low laugh was heard.

Xie Xuanyi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He looked at the golden chariot and felt that what he had just said was extremely ironic.

"This... is your reward? You want me to betray Da Chu and join the Li Kingdom?"

Sure enough, there is no most ridiculous thing in this world, only more ridiculous things.

Xie Xuanyi knew that this meeting tonight would not be that simple.

Everything the prince said before was just a prelude.

What kind of favor, what kind of cause and effect.

To put it bluntly, this is a madman.

Xie Xuanyi had no doubt that if the prince had found him back then, he would have said exactly the same thing as he said today.

This guy has only one goal.

Recruit yourself.

"It's ridiculous, isn't it?"

The prince also laughed, and his laugh was very easy-going: "I also think it's ridiculous..."

There was a slight pause.

"Because... the 'karma' in you, whether it is more about kindness or resentment, is really hard to tell..."

The smile on the prince's face slowly faded.

He looked at Xie Xuanyi, his voice gradually becoming colder: "Do you know how many good things you have ruined for me in Liguo?"

"Because of you..."

"The Yuanzhou cavalry has been severely damaged!"

"Meng Kejian is dead and gone!"

"The overall plan to destroy Buddhism has been disrupted and has to be postponed. The Ninth Prince was originally barely alive and had no power to resist, but now he is forcibly breathing again!"

The entire Liting Hill was swept away by this sudden storm!

Every word uttered by the prince contained the "divine pressure" of the royal blood of the Li Kingdom. It was the condescension of the superior over the inferior, the suppression of blood, and the crushing of the spirit and soul.

The void vibrates. The wind howls.

Xie Xuanyi looked calm and his body stood still.

From beginning to end, he never had the slightest hope of luck.

He knew very well that everything that happened tonight would not be a good thing, so his martial arts fetus took root early, and he used both hands to hold the sword and block countless wind and thunder!
The prince standing on the sedan chair wanted to use the blood of the emperor of Li State to make him kneel down.

However, Emperor Chu, who was at the peak of his career, failed to do this.

Xie Xuanyi stood straight.

"The causes of the past and the consequences of today have been offset."

"For a guilty person to not be punished... is a blessing in disguise."

The anger in the prince's tone slowly subsided.

The blazing storm gradually dissipated, and the golden chariot, which was as bright as the sun, now emitted a gentle aura...

The prince resumed his gentle voice: "You can be forgiven and even rewarded. You should be thankful."

"Are you done?"

Xie Xuanyi interrupted the prince's words.

The prince was slightly startled.

"…After that, I'm leaving."

Xie Xuanyi stretched out his hand and slowly slid it in front of him. With a hissing sound, a hole was cut in the void, and the mountain path not far away revealed its true appearance. Tonight, this Zhanjiao Mountain was successively wrapped by two barriers, one was the icy barrier of the [Xuanming Mirror], and the other was the royal blood barrier of the Liguo formation. After the heavy snow and golden light faded away, the stone path was neither bleak nor gorgeous, and exuded a faint black color in the night.

Xie Xuanyi's sword intent also exuded a dark color.

The prince frowned and looked at the crack in the void. Under the guidance of the Buddha's spiritual charm, the golden holy light of the Liguo Emperor's Blood Array enveloped the entire Zhanjiao Mountain, but since when, the surrounding void has been shrouded in a faint black color. These are all the "Sword of Destruction" that Xie Xuanyi silently released. Sometimes, the Dao Realm of Destruction can not only be used to kill people, but also to spy on the weakest areas of the space array.

"You mean, refuse?"

There was no smile or anger on the prince's face.

He stood silently on the golden chariot, watching the young man turn around and prepare to leave.

"reject."

Xie Xuanyi answered decisively without any hesitation.

A hole was torn in the golden barrier.

Miasma rolled into the area.

Countless dark sword energies swirled around the top of the hill like swimming fish. These sword intentions connected head to tail, forming vivid swimming fish. Xie Xuanyi only summoned the "Realm of Destruction" to survey this space, and did not condense it and release it towards the prince.

It’s not because there is no murderous intent.

It was because he knew that even if all the sword energy fell down at this moment, it would most likely be a waste of energy.

The heart lake had already sensed it.

This guy, who is surrounded by the holy light of the sun, is more difficult to deal with than Jing San.

Xie Xuanyi didn't want to waste his sword intent.

From the moment Jing San appeared, the ominous omen in his heart began to grow, as if something extremely bad was about to happen... No, perhaps it had already happened...

He is ready to leave here.

“No one has ever rejected me before.”

The prince on the golden chariot was neither angry nor sad, and said slowly: "Xie Zhen...you are the first one. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Now there is."

Xie Xuanyi was a little impatient. He said coldly, "I have no interest in talking to a madman... and even less interest in cooperating with a guy who wants to kill me. The assassin from Lingqu City the night before was sent by you, right?"

"Ah……"

The prince smiled at this moment.

The face shrouded in holy light could not help but reveal an expression of dumb laughter.

What Mr. Lu said was really right.

"it's me."

The prince crossed his arms and asked with interest, "How did you guess that?"

He was convinced.

The formation pattern in the Lingqu City assassin's sea of ​​mind was not destroyed.

In other words, Xie Zhen had no chance to search his soul.

The prince has always believed in cause and effect, and has practiced the art of cause and effect. He knows that the existence of "Sky Monitors" can deduce celestial phenomena through clues, so the "death warriors" cultivated by the prince's mansion are different from other cultivators. Even if they self-destruct, there will be no residue after death.

“Actually, I didn’t guess it at first…”

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "It's just that the moment I saw you, I was sure of the target of the Lingqu City assassin's loyalty."

"Is this the induction of a sword cultivator's heart?"

The prince laughed softly and spoke.

"No...it has nothing to do with the Heart Lake Sensing."

Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said sarcastically, "Only a madman like you would consider whether the suicide bombing would leave traces, right? I do have many enemies, but those who have the financial resources to throw out a mid-level Yin God to test, almost no one would choose to hide their identities."

The prince does have a great family and wealth, and he is a venerable person in the middle realm of Yin Shen. He can give up something if he wants to, and detonate something if he wants to.

think carefully.

My enemies either don't have the motive or the financial resources to do so.

Xie Xuanyi sighed and said, "In fact, I now feel a little sympathetic to those assassins who serve the Crown Prince's Mansion. If they were to join the Paper Man Dao, at least they could be covered with a layer of 'white paper incarnation' before they self-destruct."

The prince's disregard for the lives of his loyal soldiers was something Xie Xuanyi had never seen before in his life.

It is said that evil practitioners have lost all conscience.

But those big demons in Yinshan would not refine their disciples into the soul flags for no reason.

The assassin from Lingqu City the night before had already reached the middle realm of Yin Shen, but was directly used as bait. I am afraid that even he himself did not expect that a seemingly ordinary assassination was doomed to be a one-way trip. If the attack failed, the final outcome would be "forced detonation."

"Everyone will die, sooner or later, isn't it all the same?"

The prince said lightly, "The moment he decided to become a death warrior for the prince's mansion, he had no say over how his life would end. This is a wise move. At least I will let him die gloriously... I have sent people to arrange a grand funeral for him in Liguo. He died a worthy death, his family will be treated well, and the sect will also be rewarded."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi was silent again.

What is there to say to such a lunatic?

He separated the void and prepared to leave this mountain.

"I urge you to think about it again."

The prince stared at the back of the young swordsman and said lazily, "After all... you can't go back."

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(PS: Today's update ends here. Please don't complain that it's too little. I need to think about it carefully, stabilize the quality first, and try to update more tomorrow~~)

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