Embers of Sword

Chapter 71: Xie, I don’t have much ability (Second update!)
In the cold wind, Chu Lin slowly raised his sleeves. Between his fingers, a thin talisman was pinched, which made a rustling sound.

Ye Qinglian and Jiang Qihu both saw clearly the words engraved on the talisman!
Ancient text of the demon clan!

According to legend, there is a special bloody ceremony for a demon clan leader to be promoted to a great leader.

That is to devour a certain number of "sacrifices"!
The flesh and blood of these sacrifices will be burned, and their souls will be smelted. The more sacrifices there are, the more the owner's strength will increase... The survival rules of the demon country are far more cruel than those of the human world. It is said that the great Mo Ji back then was so crazy that he smelted millions of lives before he achieved the realm of the great master!

And now.

The talisman that Chu Lin showed was exactly the talisman of the demon clan’s sacrificial formation!
Jiang Qihu's forehead was bulging with veins, and he shouted angrily: "Chu Lin! As the prince of Da Chu, how can you use magic!"

"Magic?"

Chu Lin glanced at Jiang Qihu.

He shook his head calmly: "The great principles of the world do not distinguish between right and left. For me, as long as it can save the country... it doesn't matter whether it is magic or immortal magic."

A snort.

Vital energy flashed from his fingertips, igniting the talisman.

A ray of light lit up above the ship.

"boom!"

At the same time, Ye Qinglian, who had escaped from danger, suddenly retreated violently, putting some distance between herself and Chu Lin.

She clasped her hands together again, and this time the sword energy burst forth, and one hundred and eight flying swords flew out in unison, like a long dragon, connected head to tail, and crashed into King You Hai. The latter had an indifferent expression, and his python robe fluttered as he waved his sleeves heavily.

A huge green array pattern as big as a lotus rose up in front of King You Hai.

Ye Qinglian opened up her sword energy and summoned one hundred and eight miniature flying swords, which instantly crashed into the Qingchan formation pattern.

Chu Lin snorted coldly and said, "Miss Ye, are you repaying kindness with enmity?"

"Chu Lin! You've gone crazy!"

Ye Qinglian shouted sternly: "There are nearly 100,000 lives in Lichao City! Since you are the King of Qingzhou, how can you bear to let them become sacrifices for your promotion to Yang God?!"

"One hundred thousand, is that a lot?"

Chu Lin was unmoved and asked seriously: "How many people are there in the entire Great Chu Dynasty? If killing one person can save ten thousand people, what's wrong with that?"

"you……"

Ye Qinglian was speechless and could only say coldly: "You are really crazy."

"Chu Lin, there's still time."

Jiang Qihu gritted his teeth and said in a hoarse voice: "Extinguish the demon talisman... If you really ignite the blood sacrifice formation, you will be guilty of treason."

Chu Lin turned his head.

He looked at Jiang Qihu as if he were a fool.

"idiot."

King You Hai said softly: "Failure is treason."

Bang bang bang!
Chu Lin raised his sleeves and held them high!
The entire ship was several miles in radius, and huge columns of water exploded one after another. The Qingzhou king of a different surname no longer concealed the aura of his Yuanli that had been hidden for a long time. The ship was pushed up by countless huge waves in an instant. A hundred-foot water tower appeared out of nowhere on the Lichao River, and the bow of the ship carved with a Qilin head glowed with a strange light in the dark night of wind and rain.

This big ship seemed to have given birth to a soul of its own.

The Po Lu "slowly" sailed towards Lichao City.

To be precise... it was this unprecedented tide that was "slowly" moving towards Lichao City.

"kill!"

Jiang Qihu roared, drew his sword, and rushed straight towards Chu Lin. His whole body was burning, and the golden energy condensed into a tall Dharma image behind him. This Dharma image was an angry tiger with flying mane and majestic power!
Ye Qinglian pressed her hands on the ground and summoned her own Dharma image.

Countless vines grew in the sword energy cave, and a giant tree broke out from the bottom of the Po Lu. The main stem wrapped around the vertical mast that she had been leaning against. Countless fallen leaves and flying swords came towards Chu Lin at the bow to kill him.

They are clear.

The blood sacrifice is irreversible, and King Youhai is determined to use the creatures of Lichao City as sacrifices today to perform the Yangshen promotion ceremony.

The only way to break the impasse now is to kill the owner before the blood sacrifice is completed!

"If possible, I don't want to meet you two swordsmen."

Chu Lin looked at the two powerful Dharma images and said, "But now it seems that you two have different ideas from me..."

"That's it."

King You Hai said softly: "I can only ask the two of you to die."

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The sound of the tide is getting louder and louder.

Xie Xuanyi walked in the darkness, and the uneasy feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

He stopped and sighed.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and there were sporadic footsteps getting closer and closer.

really……

The so-called "gentleman's agreement" is simply a lie.

Has the fight between the Chu family and Baihua Valley already begun?
Xie Xuanyi lit the golden Yuan Fire, and the stumbling footsteps really came towards the direction of the fire... After a moment, Xie Xuanyi saw a white face covered in blood. This was a young disciple of Baihua Valley, who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, and had the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment.

A small face, pale as paper.

After seeing the figure standing in the Yuanhuo, wearing a bamboo hat, and knowing that it was the "Tan Yiwei Special Envoy" next to Jiang Qihu, the disciple of Baihua Valley breathed a sigh of relief.

She leaned against the stone wall and said in a weak but respectful voice: "Mr. Xie...can you save me?"

These past few days, everyone on the Po Lu was discussing Xie Zhen.

The group of cultivators from the Chu family portrayed Xie Zhen as an unfathomable and mysterious person, who was most likely a disciple of a master in the imperial city.

The rules of Baihua Valley are very strict. Although these female disciples are curious, no one dares to talk to Xie Zhen due to the rules.

Mr. Xie? That's a new name.

There was no need for the female disciple to explain.

Xie Xuanyi probably had guessed what had happened.

"Did the Chu family do this?"

Xie Xuanyi spoke calmly, without a trace of fluctuation in his voice.

"……Yes."

The disciple of Baihua Valley was named Yuan Yi. She said in a sad voice, "They had no intention of abiding by the rules we set earlier. Many sisters were killed."

She didn't lie.

Xie Xuanyi could see that the heart of this Foundation Establishment Stage girl was about to break, due to the huge blow she had suffered.

Although he appeared unmoved on the surface, he sighed softly in his heart.

When walking in the world of cultivation, one must be extremely careful.

No matter what, you must be on guard against others.

To allow such a low-level mistake to be made, Baihua Valley has been too lenient in teaching its disciples over the years.

"Hide behind me."

Xie Xuanyi raised his head, his eyes passed Yuan Yi, and looked further into the darkness. Behind Yuan Yi, there were sounds of footsteps, and more than one.

"Thank you, sir."

Yuan Yi's eyes were full of gratitude as he walked carefully, holding on to the wall.

Xie Xuanyi walked forward.

When the two of them passed by each other, Xie Xuanyi suddenly asked, "Do you have a sword?"

Yuan Yi was stunned for a moment.

sword?
If she remembered correctly, at the previous banquet, Xie Zhen attacked the Chu family's Dongtian Realm with his fists.

Everyone is speculating that Xie Zhen is a body-cultivating cultivator.

He is asking me to borrow his sword now. Could it be that this Mr. Xie is also a swordsman?

Thinking of this, Yuan Yi hesitated for a moment, and she suddenly remembered the teachings engraved in her heart.

After entering Baihua Valley, the first lesson my master taught me was that a sword cultivator’s sword is the most precious thing in the world.

When a person dies, the sword breaks.

"...Yes." Yuan Yi took a deep breath and reached out to touch his waist.

"No need to take it for now."

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "It's good to have a sword. Next, take care of yourself and the sword."

Yuan Yi was stunned.

The darkness was broken by the light of fire. Someone in the distance lit a talisman. The sky dozens of feet above was lit up by the light of the talisman. The talisman was like a canopy, wrapping and covering the two of them.

"Xie Zhen? It really is you."

A sinister laugh sounded from the end of the talisman.

Behind the skinny ghost were a dozen or so guests from the Chu family dressed in gray.

Xie Xuanyi stopped moving forward and kept a distance of twenty feet from the group of people.

He smiled and looked at the thin ghost, and whispered: "Where in life can we not meet? This is fate."

"You and I are indeed destined to be together."

The thin ghost smiled and said, "But brother Xie, I have a better affinity with the girl behind you."

Xie Xuanyi glanced back at Yuan Yi. The little girl was so frightened that she was trembling and didn't dare to look up at the Chu family's guests.

"Tsk, tsk."

When the skinny ghost saw this, he couldn't help but laugh.

He threw out a round object, which rolled and landed next to Xie Xuanyi.

"Little girl, look at what this is. Does it look familiar to you?"

There was a pop.

"Senior Sister Chun Ling..."

Yuan Yi fell to the ground, his face pale and his eyes filled with fear.

It was a human head.

Covered in blood, his facial features were bleak.

Xie Xuanyi frowned. He remembered the owner of this head. He was one of the ten people who drank at the previous banquet, a powerful leader of the Cave Heaven Realm sent by Baihua Valley.

Dongtian Realm, just die like that?
"Hahaha."

The thin ghost squatted down, admiring the frightened little girl with interest. He comforted her in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, you will be there to accompany her soon."

next moment.

A sound of breaking wind sounded.

Xie Xuanyi instantly appeared in front of the thin ghost.

"...?"

The thin ghost raised his head with a dazed look in his eyes.

Immediately followed by a loud bang!
He didn't have time to react before he was hit in the jaw by a knee strike. He flew high into the air and hit the stone wall heavily. His remaining strength did not diminish after he bounced back. This happened three or four times before he finally stopped.

"???"

The Chu family's guests who were laughing a moment ago were instantly silent.

None of them saw clearly how Xie Zhen moved, they just felt that in a flash, the figure appeared in front of them.

Xie Xuanyi stood alone in front of a group of people.

He took a quick inventory.

Including the skinny ghost, there are thirteen people in total.

The power of one person was enough to overwhelm the thirteen people, making it difficult for them to breathe.

"Everyone, I think most of the monks from Baihua Valley have been killed..."

Xie Xuanyi spoke softly, and his voice echoed in the huge space.

"Is there anyone whose hands are not stained with blood?"

Xie Xuanyi's question made the Chu family's guests look at each other in bewilderment.

A muffled cough was heard from the far end.

The thin ghost, who was knocked flying and had half of his body embedded in the stone wall, climbed up with difficulty. However, just as he raised his head, he saw the ghostly figure again. Xie Xuanyi appeared in front of the thin ghost again, raised his foot without hesitation, and stepped heavily!

There was a "boom"!
Smoke and dust flew everywhere!!
The skinny ghost's head was stomped heavily into the stone wall.

This extremely violent scene deeply shocked the thirteen Chu family cultivators at the moment.

Including Yuan Yi.

Everyone stared at this scene in amazement.

The skinny ghost's limbs were still outside the stone wall, but his head was deeply sunken inside.

"I'll ask again, whose hands are clean and have not been stained with the blood of Baihua Valley?"

Xie Xuanyi's voice echoed again.

This question actually led to an answer.

"I...I didn't do it. I'm innocent."

Among the Chu family's retainers, there was a short Foundation Establishment cultivator who spoke weakly at this moment.

He had been hiding at the back of the crowd and didn't dare to show up until this moment.

This is what is meant by assessing the situation.

He could tell who was strong and who was weak, and could guess what would happen next.

"it is good."

Xie Xuanyi nodded and looked at the Foundation Establishment cultivator who stepped forward first with an approving look: "Is this the only one?"

There was silence.

Perhaps it was because Xie Xuanyi’s two attacks just now were too powerful.

After waiting for a while, no one else spoke.

"You can get rid of him first."

Xie Xuanyi said softly, "Just now in the bloody battle with Baihua Valley, you all risked your lives to kill the enemy, but he didn't do anything... What's the point of keeping a traitor like this?"

This second question completely stupefied the person who had asked the question.

"Xie Zhen! You are shameless!"

The Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator turned around and tried to escape, but his companions grabbed hold of his clothes.

The next moment, someone kicked him to the ground.

Soon, the bloody scene was staged again...

Yuan Yi stared at the scene in front of him in a daze.

The originally loud curses gradually turned into a plea for mercy, then became weaker and finally disappeared.

The foundation-building monk who was surrounded and pinned down by the crowd.

Finally it turned into a pool of blood and spread to her knees.

Yuan Yi silently took a few steps back, hugging the head of his beloved senior sister with a heartbroken look.

She realized something was wrong.

This group of people...

These evil ghosts.

He is not a member of the Chu family at all.

"You are a dog that always eats shit. You may not seem to have any abilities, but you kill people very quickly."

Xie Xuanyi watched this scene with great interest and chuckled, "You came from Southern Xinjiang, right?"

There was silence.

The eyes of those Chu family's retainers looking at Xie Xuanyi also gradually changed.

It became cold and dark.

They no longer conceal their murderous intent...

Obviously, Xie Xuanyi guessed right.

"From the moment I boarded the Po Lu, I felt something was wrong. Where on earth did King You Hai find such a bunch of 'rough-minded' guys?"

Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "With the Chu family's wealth, it shouldn't be difficult to find a group of 'death warriors', but you guys don't look like 'death warriors' at all."

Speaking of which.

Xie Xuanyi glanced with disgust at the skinny ghost stuck in the stone wall beside him.

Flesh Buddha, skinny ghost, old woman, and young child.

These four people are really weird.

In comparison, Chu Man seemed like a cultivator who had been properly cultivated by the Chu family.

Now the truth is out, these people... these so-called Chu family followers.

They were simply "evil cultivators" recruited from southern Xinjiang.

He had just been disguising himself until he stepped into the secret realm, where he was exposed.

Only in this way would Baihua Valley suffer heavy losses.

The morality upheld by the righteous sects is not worth mentioning in front of the evil cultivators from Southern Xinjiang... The young disciples of Baihua Valley who have not yet fought against the cultivators from Southern Xinjiang are bound to suffer a great loss.

In a life-and-death fight, even if you are in the same realm, you may still die!

This is the reason why the senior sister "Chun Ling" mentioned by Yuan Yi, who was a cultivator in the Cave Heaven Realm, died so miserably.

"Since everyone is being frank with each other, there is nothing to hide."

Xie Xuanyi dusted off his clothes and said with lowered eyebrows: "To be honest, I, Xie, don't have much ability. I can only kill people."

"But... I can promise."

He raised his head, smiled and said, "Today, no one present here can leave a complete body."

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(PS: This is the second update. I remind you again that the group number has been released. You can join the group through the introduction and the end of the chapter~)

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