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Chapter 353 - 154: The Treasure of the Divine Weapon, A Midnight Visitor_2

Chapter 353: Chapter 154: The Treasure of the Divine Weapon, A Midnight Visitor_2

A disciple from the Zongheng School at the Academy came, and within the span of an incense stick, persuaded the Imperial Family to abandon the Great Emperor.

’What you need is the bloodline of the Ji family, is the glory of Central State.’

’Once the Chi Xiao finds its master, it then accepts them as a scion of the Ji family, and by marrying them to a daughter of the Zong family, the bloodline continues unbroken, and you have a lord who can revive the dynasty. Gentlemen, you can leave your names in the annals of history—such a grand opportunity, why refuse it?’

’Do you wish to be a decaying official, or the minister of a reviving lord who follows the dragon?’

An incense stick ago, Grandmasters and Elders were so excited that they took up swords and were ready to fight to the death with the Academy.

An incense stick later, they entered Taihe Palace, bowed deeply, and asked His Majesty to grant the Chi Xiao Sword freedom to roam the world.

Ji Yanzhong closed his eyes, the old man’s heart sighed with desolation, reminiscing about what had happened at that time.

The young man was only seventeen, talked and laughed naturally and freely, and could already sway great forces.

Yet that young man, was only ranked fifth among the current Five Calculations of Zongheng!

Si Wei, the Five Calculations of Zongheng, the six Palace Masters, Gongyang Su Wang, and the Three Sects of the World outside it, Martial World Grandmasters.

The Divine General dominates, the Dharma Form opens and closes, the legend of Martial Arts observes from outside this mortal world.

Why has this world once again become tumultuous, just like eight hundred years ago?

While drinking, Ji Yanzhong felt as if he had detached from this world.

He could feel that this strategy was merely a lid on a pot about to boil over, not knowing when it would explode, having heard that disciples from the Three Sects of the World had also ventured into the world, among them, the Breaking Army from the Stargazing Lineage was a prodigy who, in his youth, made the Five Calculations of Zongheng cry.

No, the oldest one among the children of Zongheng in matters of strategy is not inferior to Breaking Army.

Back then, young Breaking Army never spoke of the past.

So, he impulsively grabbed a bamboo pole and made the eldest sister among the Zongheng children cry.

Then he threw down the bamboo pole, clapped his hands, and said,

’So it is, also strategy.’

’The Zongheng family is too weak, I will not join your ranks,’ and then he strode away.

It was the strongest generation in eight hundred years.

During such an era of emerging heroes, the Red Emperor started that period of prosperity, and now, is his legend to end in another era of prosperity? Ji Yanzhong drank, and he suddenly said, "Tomorrow, I hear there’s a grand martial competition finale?"

Emperor Chen smiled and nodded.

Ji Yanzhong patted the Sword Box and said, "Chen Country’s grand sacrifice, using Martial Arts to worship the ancestors, I’ve come, so I must take a look, indeed."

"Tomorrow’s grand sacrifice."

"I shall regard this ritual object while witnessing Martial Arts!"

"Just as the Red Emperor himself would come here, to watch his descendants’ Martial Arts!"

The warm atmosphere of the feast just now suddenly became grave.

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Li Guanyi was unaware of the banquet on the other side, because an unexpected guest had come to find him.

The Little Sword Saint, Xu Huixiang.

When Li Guanyi returned to his own courtyard, the young Sword Saint was already sitting there quietly, his demeanor gentle and serene, calmly watching a leaf falling, seemingly merging with the entire yard. Such a foundation, Mental State, far surpassing Chen Yuyun.

"Mr. Li has arrived."

Xu Huixiang stood up, Li Guanyi returned the greeting, and after exchanging pleasantries and sitting down, they got to the point. Xu Huixiang held his tea and said, "I shall be leaving this place."

Li Guanyi showed a hint of surprise.

The young Sword Saint smiled slightly and said, "I was only in Chen Country for a temporary stay."

"Invited by the Crown Prince, I bolstered his influence here while I could peruse various Sword Manuals. Now three years have passed, the time agreed upon with my grandfather has come, and it’s time for me to leave. But before I go, there is something I wish to ask Mr. Li."

"Mr. Li, since you’ve broken my Heart Sword, do you understand the Sword Dao?"

Li Guanyi thought for a moment, looked at the Little Sword Saint before him, and said, "Sword Dao, I do not understand."

"But, during my ’travels,’ I once heard a gentleman describe it, dividing the sword into Threefold, as the Emperor’s Sword, Duke’s Sword, and Commoner’s Sword."

Xu Huixiang mulled over it and said, "Please enlighten me further, Mr. Li."

Li Guanyi said, "The Emperor’s Sword uses the border city as the edge, mountains and rivers as the blade, Ying Country as the spine, Chen Country as the hilt, Central State as the guard, wrapped with the barbarians, clothed with the four seasons, circled by Bohai, belted with Changshan; governed by the Five Elements, discussed in terms of Crime and Virtue; initiated with Yin Yang, maintained with the classics, practiced through autumn and winter."

"This sword, thrusts unrivaled, lifted unchallenged, laid unmatched, wielded without equals, above determines the floating clouds, below cuts the earthly records. When this sword is used, it regulates the dukes, and the world submits."

Xu Huixiang pondered for a long time and said, "It seems, the Duke’s Sword, then, would take Chen or perhaps Ying as its main force."

Li Guanyi said, "Yes."

Then Xu Huixiang said, "Then, please Mr. Li, no need to speak of it."

"Speak of the Commoner’s Sword."

He was decisive.

Li Guanyi said, "That gentleman said, the Commoner’s Sword, with disheveled hair and tattered crown, Manhu’s tassel, and Short Back Clothes, speaks with fierce eyes and difficulty. Clashing in front, it slashes the neck and collar, severs liver and lungs below—this Commoner’s Sword, no different from a cockfight, once life is terminated, it’s useless for the affairs of state."

Xu Huixiang fell silent, then he smiled softly, his hand on his sword, and said, "That’s the rhetoric to persuade dukes and kings, it’s not the Sword Dao, saying so, it seems to convince the kings not to indulge in the sword."

Li Guanyi watched him stand up and, after thinking, said, "Actually, I think there is a fourth kind of sword."

Xu Huixiang was curious, "What is it?"

Li Guanyi fell silent for a long time, then he said, "I also don’t know how to explain it clearly to you..." Xu Huixiang looked at Li Guanyi, thinking of what he saw and heard during their Heart Sword exchange, he said, "Perhaps, I understand."

"This sword cannot be spoken of with me, Mr. Li’s heart, I have comprehended."

"It’s merely One Sword to slay lords and marquises."

"Merely One Sword to save the masses."

The young Sword Saint spoke out the matters within Li Guanyi’s heart, then said, "Therefore, I felt that the gentleman’s description of the Commoner’s Sword was incorrect. Speaking of which, observing Mr. Li’s Mental State these past days, I’ve grasped a new sword; Mr. Li has a poem, ’Ten years of sharpening a sword, frosty blade never tested.’