The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 231 - 230: The Day of Gathering

Chapter 231: Chapter 230: The Day of Gathering

Spirit Sword Sect.

"Hey, hey, hey, older bro, where are you going?"

"Oh, brother, you don’t know? A monster that absorbs demon blood has appeared in the Luoyan Mountain Range. In just over ten days, it’s almost killed off all the King Demon Beasts within the range."

"And every King Demon Beast has had its demon blood drained."

"So, all the warriors of the Spirit Sword Sect are planning to come together and scour the Luoyan Mountain Range for this monster, to bring it to justice and restore peace and prosperity to the mountains."

"I won’t talk to you more, I have to uphold justice and save the people of the world!"

This warrior said with a righteous expression.

And across from the warrior, that young man was none other than Lin Bai.

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai put on a righteous face and sincerely said, "Brother, you are truly righteous and upstanding. You are truly a role model."

"Oh, not at all, I just happened to be standing on the shoulders of giants."

This warrior gave a sheepish smile, turned around, and sprinted toward the Luoyan Mountain Range, leaving Lin Bai with the towering figure of a champion of justice.

Lin Bai watched the warrior leave, rubbed his nose in bitter amusement, and said, "All I did was kill a few Demon Beasts in the Luoyan Mountain Range to increase my cultivation, is it necessary to mobilize all the disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect to hunt me down?"

The one who had been massacring King Demon Beasts in the Luoyan Mountain Range for the past ten or so days, the bloodsucking monster of the disciple’s mouths.

It was none other than Lin Bai.

To hone the Qingge Sword and to enhance Lin Bai’s cultivation level.

Ten days ago, Lin Bai entered the Luoyan Mountain Range in search of Heaven Martial Realm beasts to hunt.

Although at first, he was hard-pressed when dealing with the Heaven Martial Realm beasts.

But later, as Lin Bai and the Qingge Sword became more and more in sync, the power of the Qinggue sword was gradually brought out by Lin Bai.

So much so that in merely ten days, Lin Bai had killed over a hundred Heaven Martial Realm beasts, advancing his cultivation to the Ninth Level of Earth Martial Realm!

"With my current cultivation at the Ninth Level of Earth Martial Realm, I should be able to fight a Warrior at the Third Layer of Heaven Martial Realm."

"Feng Lei Divine Wings, I have trained them to the small success state, and when I use them, they offer a pretty fast speed."

"Qingge Sword has been completely honed and can unleash its full power perfectly."

"Everything is ready, now it’s time to go to the Imperial Capital."

Upon returning from the Luoyan Mountain, Lin Bai returned to White Cloud Peak to rest and wait for the Spirit Sword Sect to notify him to go to the Imperial Capital.

The night was quiet.

The next morning.

A disciple came running to White Cloud Peak: "Lin Bai, the elders have instructed me to alert you to quickly head to the square of the Northern Ceyun Peak. You will follow the elders of the Spirit Sword Sect to the Imperial Capital to participate in the Imperial Hunting Garden, organized by the Shenwu Kingdom."

Hearing the voice, Lin Bai slowly opened his eyes in the room within the courtyard. His eyes revealed a hint of imposing chill as he murmured, "Is it finally time?"

"Perfect, my cultivation is now fully stabilized at the Ninth Level of Earth Martial Realm. It’s time to go to the Imperial Capital."

Lin Bai responded to the disciple, went to bid farewell to Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing, and then headed for Ceyun Peak.

Ceyun Peak was a large square within the Spirit Sword Sect.

Usually, when the Sect needed to undertake missions requiring a large number of warriors, they would assemble here.

Now that the Spirit Sword Sect had ordered Lin Bai to go to Ceyun Peak, it showed the importance they attached to the Imperial Hunting Garden.

Lin Bai silently walked up to the square on Ceyun Peak. Along the way, many disciples looked at Lin Bai with sighs and particularly their eyes carried a hint of regret.

"Heh, Lin Bai is really unlucky, he just started making a name for himself in the Spirit Sword Sect, but he didn’t expect he’d be kicked directly to the Imperial Hunting Garden by Su Cang."

"Yeah, it’s better not to provoke Su Cang, otherwise who knows what shady schemes he might use."

"My righteous brothers, is the Imperial Hunting Garden really that horrifying?"

"You still don’t know? Last year, fifteen disciples went to the Imperial Hunting Garden. Seven were rendered useless, losing all ability to walk, and the remaining eight all died in battle."

"The year before that, twenty disciples went, and they were all killed by the Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Fire Palace."

"The year before that, thirty disciples went, and were utterly vanquished."

"Four years ago, forty disciples went..."

"Five years ago..."

The more the disciples recounted, the colder their hearts became, and their eyes filled with apprehension.

In the past decade, the disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect who had gone to the Imperial Hunting Garden had either been maimed and become handicaps, forever leaving the Martial Arts, or directly killed in the Hunting Garden.

As a result, this year, barely any disciple dared to venture to the Imperial Hunting Garden.

"Is the Imperial Hunting Garden really that scary?"

"Heh, it’s not that the Imperial Hunting Garden is scary, it’s that some people are targeting our Spirit Sword Sect."

"Every year, the Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Fire Palace take pleasure in hunting the disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect."

"Later, even warriors from other smaller factions started bullying us without a good reason."

"At present, within the Imperial Hunting Garden, we from the Spirit Sword Sect are just people to be bullied at will."

"Alas, it’s a pity. In the past, the major sects that dominated the Shenwu Kingdom have fallen to such a low point."

"Indeed, this year, Lin Bai going to the Imperial Hunting Garden, it’s probably more dangerous than beneficial."

All the disciples looked at Lin Bai as he went onto the square on Ceyun Peak, their faces full of sympathy and regret.

They all knew that this was a trap set by Su Cang for Lin Bai. Otherwise, how could Lin Bai have been sent to the Imperial Hunting Garden to meet his death?

Lin Bai heard the fear of these warriors towards the Imperial Hunting Garden, and his face was also very unsightly.

"Does Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Fire Palace want to crush the Spirit Sword Sect like this?"

"It seems I have to be wary of these two major sect’s outstanding disciples during this trip."

"But if they really want to provoke me, I don’t mind sending them on their way!"

Stepping onto Ceyun Peak, Lin Bai’s expression stayed calm, without a hint of murderous intent.

At this moment on Ceyun Peak, about thousands of warriors gathered here.

Most of them were from Divine Alliance.

Hearing that Lin Bai was going to the Imperial Hunting Garden, the happiest must be the Divine Alliance.

Lin Bai had killed so many of the Divine Alliance’s masters, and the warriors of the Divine Alliance were deeply resentful of him, wishing they could eat his flesh and drink his blood.

"This waste! If my cultivation was sufficient, I would definitely turn him to ashes!"

"Yes, daring to provoke our Divine Alliance, he will neither live nor die!"

"Don’t worry, brothers, Lin Bai going to the Imperial Hunting Garden is certain death, this can also be considered as avenging our Divine Alliance elite warriors."

"I regret it! I regret that Lin Bai did not die in my hands, I could not avenge our Divine Alliance Warriors."

A group of Divine Alliance Warriors watched as Lin Bai approached, gritting their teeth, their eyes blazing with anger, as if they wanted to tear Lin Bai apart.

Up to the plaza on Ceyun Peak.

Lin Bai saw, in the vast square, only two warriors were standing in the center.

One of these two warriors was dignified and righteous, brimming with heroism, and exuding a strong sword spirit and oppressive force from the Heaven Martial Realm.

Even from afar, Lin Bai saw the symbol of Sword Alliance embroidered on his clothes.

The other warrior was despairing clutching his head, his eyes empty.

This warrior was not from the Sword Alliance, but a lower-level warrior.

This warrior’s cultivation was only at the ninth level of the Earth Martial Realm. He always wanted to join the Divine Alliance, but he had offended Zhao Mao, who had been suppressing him and would not let him join the Divine Alliance.

Due to Zhao Mao’s retaliation, this warrior was kicked to the Imperial Hunting Garden.

He also knew that going to the Imperial Hunting Garden was surely a death trap!

"You are Lin Bai, aren’t you?"

Lin Bai walked over to the dignified man with a face full of righteousness and asked with a smile, "I am Lin Bai, may I ask who are you?" Lin Bai looked at this man. He was a master of Sword Alliance, but he did not recall ever seeing this person before.

The man laughed, "I am Lu Yuan, I joined the Spirit Sword Sect several years before you. If you don’t mind, you can call me Senior Brother Lu."

The man smiled warmly, as if a spring breeze was caressing his face.

"Nice to meet you, Senior Brother Lu." Lin Bai smiled and said, "Senior Brother Lu, are you also going to the Imperial Hunting Garden?"

Lu Yuan laughed lightly, "The Second Elder asked me to go, He said to protect you when necessary."

"The Second Elder asked you to go to the Imperial Hunting Garden to protect me?" Lin Bai was shocked when he heard this, deep gratitude welled up in his heart.

The Second Elder was truly kind to him, not only did he help Lin Bai a lot, but at such a critical moment, he also sent Lu Yuan to protect.

Lu Yuan, despite understanding the mortal threat, still had no complaints and was ready to embark on the journey.

Even if ten thousand deaths awaited, I would still go!

"Thank you, Senior Brother Lu." Lin Bai expressed his gratitude with a fist salute.

Lu Yuan said, "No need to be polite, you are a warrior of Sword Alliance, so we are naturally family members. Besides, on this occasion, it is obvious that Su Cang is targeting you. How can I sit and watch."

The Second Elder did not tell Lu Yuan that it was Lin Bai who insisted on going to the Imperial Hunting Garden.

Because the Second Elder guessed that Lin Bai insisted on going to the Imperial Hunting Garden, he must be planning to do something. Since the Second Elder did not know what Lin Bai specifically planned to do, he kept it a secret for Lin Bai.

As a warrior who has long been in a high position, the Second Elder knows a lot about warriors.

When Lin Bai insisted on going to the Imperial Hunting Garden, he understood the pros and cons.

"And who is this?" Lin Bai looked at the listless warrior next to Lu Yuan and asked.

Lu Yuan said with a smile, "His name is Zhang Lingdao, a little disciple from the Inner Gate. He offended Zhao Mao and was kicked to the Imperial Hunting Garden."

Zhang Lingdao looked miserable, with a wry smile on his face. He looked at Lin Bai once, made a languid salute and said, "I am Zhang Lingdao, nice to meet you, Senior Brother Lin Bai."

"Ha ha." Lin Bai returned the salute, looking at Zhang Lingdao’s expression, he also knew that he was reluctant to go to the Imperial Hunting Garden.

Just at this moment, a gasp began to ripple amongst the surrounding warriors who had come to send them off.

"The elders are here."

"Greetings to all the elders."

"Paying respects to all the elders."

Right at this moment, Lin Bai, Lu Yuan, and Zhang Lingdao all looked up in unison.

From the mountain path next to Ceyun Peak, about twenty elders walked up.

The leader was the Grand Elder, with the Second Elder closely following behind.

And behind the Grand Elder and Second Elder, Lin Bai saw another person... Su Cang!

Su Cang was looking at Lin Bai, a corner of his mouth twitched with a disdainful sneer, presenting a smug appearance that his plans had succeeded.