Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 554 - 445: Yangtang Divine Saber _1

Chapter 554: Chapter 445: Yangtang Divine Saber _1

In Jinque Palace, upon the high platform located on the east side, Mistress Gong Nianci penned densely scribbled characters onto a beast-skin parchment that had been previously blank before her.

"In the 13th year of the Jingtai era, on the 27th of the first month’s Shen Hour (5 pm), Princess Changle, Yu Hongshang’s Yin-Yang counterflow erupted needing an immediate meditation to balance the Qi for a day."

’In the 13th year of the Jingtai era, on the 27th of the first month’s Shen hour, due to Henan’s Xuan Zhen Guan being annihilated, the Tianshi’s mansion’s young Heavenly Master, Xue Yunrou was instructed to investigate the mass murder.’

The twenty or so lines of text all start with "In the 13th year of the Jingtai era, on the 27th of the first month’s Shen hour" and involve many ’heavenly level’ including Jiang Yunqi, Helian Fulong, Fumo Venerable Zhu Mingyue, Lingyou Venerable of Qinglong Hall and many ’ falsely achieved heavenly level’ closely related to Li Xuan.

Either they couldn’t divide their attention due to various duties, or they couldn’t get close to within a hundred li around the ’Qiuhu Office of Chang’an’ for some unknown reason.

None of these words were related to Li Xuan, yet already harbored killings intent among them.

At this moment, the young swordsman who was in attendance received a message from the Capital City through the cyan treasure mirror floating by his side. A look of admiration appeared in his eyes: "As the master predicted more than ten days ago, Xue Yunrou left for Henan, Yu Hongshang closed for cultivation, and Jiang Yunqi entered the palace, all happening on time."

The key was that the master, after writing down these words with the ’Qianqiu Brush,’ barely consumed any lifespan. He was still full of vitality, his complexion rosy.

This was in stark contrast to the situation where Master Zhuang wrote down those four lines of words and immediately perished, turning to dust.

"That’s the skill of using the ’Qianqiu Brush’. We just need to go with the flow, ensuring that those highly probable events definitely happen, then the losses will be minimal."

Gong Nianci saw the young swordsman’s thoughts and smiled slightly: "Take Yu Hongshang as an example, her Yin-Yang Counterflow was already on the verge of eruption. Or take Henan’s Xuan Zhen Guan, they’ve had a deep grudge with the fourth on the black list, the ’Eight-armed Demon Lord’ Liao Daozhen for ten years now, so it made sense for him to seek revenge, especially after establishing a heavenly level, even more so."

Therefore, a comprehensive intelligence network is indispensable. That’s the purpose why I had your siblings cultivate influence in the outside world over the past hundred years."

"I understand!" said the young swordsman seriously, he then showed a look of regret: "It’s just a pity that Luo Yan and Yue Qianqian, couldn’t be moved away from Li Xuan. These two women also possess the capabilities of a false heavenly position at their limit, they might prove to be an obstacle."

Upon hearing this, Gong Nianci shook his head, "You’re wrong there. You must understand that the principle of ’it’s better not to go too far’. The ’Changes’ also mentions that when adversity reaches its apex, it will transform into a favorable situation."

Moreover, everyone in this world has their own fate, which is closely connected with the world and all things. As for people like Li Xuan, his fate is extraordinarily strong. The Qianqiu Brush can determine the cause from the effect and reduces its momentum. The more it reduces, the more rebound it encounters, possibly causing counterproductive results. You will inevitably hold the Qianqiu Brush in the future, so you must grasp the measure."

Actually, Gong Nianci had already tried it before. After arranging for Xue Yunrou, Yu Hongshang, and others with the Qianqiu Brush, she was going to write down the whereabouts of Luo Yan and Yue Qianqian, but the resistance generated in the world made her apprehensive.

But in her opinion, her arrangements are already enough.

From this moment until tomorrow morning, there won’t be any strong reinforcements by Li Xuan’s side.

The young swordsman glanced at the north side with anticipation in his eyes.

He thought his enemies of Li Xuan should seize this opportunity, right? Empress Sun, Zhengtong Emperor, the Mongols, and there were also those mysterious figures hidden behind Jiudeng and Huaibi — whoever it is, today is your chance to kill Li Xuan!

He was eager to bring his junior sister back.

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In the south of Chang’an Qiuhu Office, the Fumo Xiaowei Wang Chang stood before Li Xuan with a serious expression, barring his way forward.

"Sir! In my humble opinion, at this point, caution is still the best policy. If you were to have an accident in there, and we lose someone to coordinate things around here, the consequences would be unthinkable."

He didn’t know how strong the Fumo Zhonglangjiang in front of him was, nor why the headquarters appointed such a young man — who had just entered The Third Door, and was not yet even twenty — as a 4th-rank ’Fumo Zhonglangjiang’.

But even a ’Fumo Zhonglangjiang’, their combat capabilities are usually just at the entry of the fourth door level, at best they are only slightly stronger than the ordinary tenth house level or at the eleventh house level.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but smile ruefully, thinking in his heart that there were indeed few people in the north who knew that he had once hard-pressed Xiangyue. This man in front of him was obviously not as well-informed as Master Lingjie.

"Rest assured, Xiaowei Wang——"

As Li Xuan was saying that, he suddenly heard a commotion. Turning his head in the direction of the sound, he found that an Evil Spirit, riding an Earth Dragon, was walking out of the fog of blood at the forefront of the Fourth Banner led by Sun Chuyun.

All the Ghosts produced by this battlefield at the moment had not yet had the time to solidify into a form. But not only was the body of this Evil Spirit solid, as if it had flesh and blood, it even had intact armor on it and was holding a curved blade. A crimson murderous aura was lingering around it.

This changed the expressions of all the Liudao Division demon slayers around, who hastily coalesced into small scale formation arrays together.

The Fourth Banner was directly in its path, all of them locked on by the Evil Spirit’s blade intent.

Sun Chuyun showed no fear, holding a sword at her waist, her eyes cold.

"Ghost general?"

Li Xuan’s mind sank slightly. He recognized the Evil Spirit as quite strong among the Mongols and must have at least reached the fourth door level.

But at this time, it had been even less than two Shichen since the big battle between the Mongols and the Jin Army, how could there be a ghost general resurrected so quickly?

"Yan!"

As Li Xuan spoke, Luo Yan already shared his intentions, turning their bodies into streaks of lightning.

With two red electrical streaks appearing from the left and the right, the newly born ghost general turned into pure Yin energy and Sha power, dissolving and disappearing.

"General, this place is eerie. In my opinion, it would be best to form an array—"

Fumo Xiaowei Wang Chang wanted to remind Li Xuan that it would be best to gather everyone together to form an array, so they would not be defeated one by one.

But he did not know the whereabouts of Li Xuan and Luo Yan in front of him. As he turned his head, he found that the ghost general of the fourth gate had already turned into oblivion.

Wang Chang could not help but freeze in place, not knowing the current situation, and wondering what had just happened.

Master Lingjie of Jingjue Temple in the distance saw this scene and could not help but swallow. He was a monk who had reached the spiritual level, barely saw a trace of the trajectory of the light, and thus realized how fearsome these two people were.

Is this the ’Tianji Dihe Yin-Yang Knife’?

It seems that the news he heard previously was not exaggerated at all.

With their unique sword forms, it was not challenging for the two of them to slay Chang Ze and Wu Zhiqi under the aid of several heavenly positions.

Sun Chuyun’s lips twitched, and she released her hand from the hilt of her sword. She believed that she could easily handle this opponent, and it wouldn’t take too much time.

"Duwei Sun, Sister Xuanchen, keep an eye on them—"

Li Xuan also knew that his subordinates were extremely capable. He turned his head and instructed Sun Chuyun, then continued to transform himself into a streak of light, traversing the battlefield.

An instant later, Li Xuan and Luo Yan have already appeared in the center of the battlefield, looking down below.

This should be the deep pit dug by Fumo Xiaowei Wang Chang two hours ago. Within it, a vast amount of Yin energy, blood and evil power mixed together, almost creating a solid substantiveness, and swirling around inside.

"What on earth is this?" Luo Yan sent energy to her eyes, using her spirit eye to scrutinize the pit below, but she also was unable to discern anything special.

She was not particularly proficient in slaying demons and evil spirits; she was just naturally able to resist these things because she cultivated the Light Fire Technique. Thus, she was extremely successful in the demon-slaying tasks assigned by the Liudao Division.

Her spirit eye, however, was more suited for dispelling illusions and fighting.

In Luo Yan’s eyes, apart from Yin energy and blood in the pit, there was nothing else. There seemed to be no anomalies beneath the layer of soil.

At this moment, Li Xuan stretched out his hand and attracted a clump of dirt to his hand. Under the observation of his ’Tao-protecting Eyes’, it could be seen that there were some scattered powders mixed within.

They were a mix of red and white, with the white strips looking like bone dust, and the red strips seeming like powder mixed with dried blood and flesh.

Li Xuan used his ’Tao-protecting Eyes’ to carefully identify the substance, finding that it was teeming with an endless source of fierce and violent energy.

"It must be this unknown powder, but I don’t know what it is."

However, in this place, there was someone who recognized the substance.

With Li Xuan’s call, Yue Qianqian came over during her work and took a look, her face changing instantly: "This is corpse powder, made by grinding the bones of the dead who committed heinous crimes."

Yue Qianqian looked up at Li Xuan: "The so-called heinous sins – treason, rebellion, defiance, disrespect, impiety, conflict, injustice, and internal strife. Those who commit all these sins are rare in the world. They were preparing a body for the summoned spirit of Qiongqi."

"Qiongqi?"

The sense of heaviness in Li Xuan’s eyes deepened: "Is there a way to stop it?"

But at this moment, Li Xuan felt his ’Wuqu Pojun’ on his right arm start to agitate, and those two phenomena began to manifest directly above his head.

The figure of Lv Qiluo also appeared beside Li Xuan: "Your chance to fully restore ’Wuqu Pojun’ has arrived. All you need to do is consume the spirit of Qiongqi, and this Immortal Artifact will be fully restored, even allowing you the opportunity to subdue it. However, I have a premonition that this process will be extremely dangerous—"

As she looked at Li Xuan, she couldn’t help but wonder whether the ’innate gourd vine’ seed and ’Jiutian Xirang’ she had implanted in Li Xuan’s body could suppress Li Xuan’s fortunes this time.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan was initially stunned, then a hint of hesitation entered his eyes.

Li Xuan naturally didn’t want to miss the opportunity to fully restore ’Wuqu Pojun,’ but he knew that since Lv Qiluo could sense the danger, the situation must be perilous.

However, he didn’t have to choose for long, as Yue Qianqian shook her head slightly: "There’s no way around it. The body of Qiongqi has actually been completed."

And at that moment, Li Xuan heard a slight tremor from the ground. When he looked in the direction it came from, he saw a team of two thousand black armored iron cavalry galloping towards this place.