The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 416 - 415: A Generation of Heroes (48th Update)

Chapter 416: Chapter 415: A Generation of Heroes (48th Update)

Lin Bai froze, looking at Qi Prince in surprise.

Lin Bai asked on a whim, but didn’t expect Qi Prince to actually know the answer.

"What is the Essence of Fire?" Lin Bai curiously asked.

Qi Prince said, "Five hundred years ago, to the west of Shenwu Kingdom, there was a small country. The scale of its Territories was less than one ten-thousandth of the Shenwu Kingdom, but peculiarly, all the warriors in this country had fire type martial souls and practiced flame cultivation skills, their powers were terribly strong."

"This was originally a nation formed by a tribe. They worshiped fire, and it was believed that the existence of this tribe could be traced back to the ancient times."

"There was a sacred flame in their tribe, called the Essence of Fire."

"Whosoever had passed the test of the Essence of Fire in the tribe and upon awakening their martial soul, the Essence of Fire became their martial soul."

"The Essence of Fire is a spirit born from fire and bound to perish in fire. It is born again in the flames and shall perish in them as well."

Qi Prince said calmly.

"The Essence of Fire!"

Lin Bai narrowed his eyes.

Qi Prince laughed again, "This small kingdom was called the Lihuo Kingdom. As I recall, when I was looking at the ancient documents, the royal family of the Lihuo Kingdom carries the surname Xu!"

"Xu?" Lin Bai looked at Qi Prince and uttered.

"Yes, the Xu from the Prime Minister’s Xu family!" Qi Prince said blandly.

With Qi Prince’s statement.

Lin Bai suddenly realized something.

Back then, outside Hanshan City, after Xu Jiangsheng’s suicide, he was burnt to charcoal.

And at the Year-end Tail Sacrifice, when the golden-faced man died, he also turned into charcoal.

Lin Bai felt at the time that this manner of death was familiar, but he had forgotten where he had seen it before.

"Could he be the resurrected Xu Jiangsheng?"

In Lin Bai’s heart, the golden-faced man was almost certainly Xu Jiangsheng!

Qi Prince continued, "Lin Bai, don’t underestimate this Shenwu Kingdom. This place is like a den of dragons and tigers. Everyone you see with status within the Shenwu Kingdom has a powerful force support."

"Take your Spirit Sword Sect for example, the current Sect Leader Su Zhan, he originally comes from the 72 states of Lingnan’s Su Dynasty, a prince! However, Su Zhan’s status within the dynasty was low, relegated to a minor royal relative."

"Behind Canghai Yuntai Palace, there is the most powerful sect within the 72 states of Lingnan, the Saint Seal Sect."

"Over the years, the Fire Palace has also built a relationship to the Saint Seal Sect through Canghai Yuntai Palace."

Qi Prince spoke with cool understatement.

However, on hearing these words, Lin Bai’s heart surged with waves of shock.

"Su Zhan and Su Cang, father and son, actually hail from the Su Dynasty of the 72 states in Lingnan, so why did they come to the Spirit Sword Sect?" Lin Bai exclaimed in astonishment.

"And what exactly is the relationship between Canghai Yuntai Palace and the Saint Seal Sect, the most powerful sect in the Territory of all nations?"

Qi Prince shook his head and said, "I am not entirely clear about the situation, but Lin Bai, what I can tell you is that many dynasties and sects in Lingnan have planted spies within the Shenwu Kingdom."

"They are looking for a certain thing, and this thing was once within the Spirit Sword Sect."

"Unfortunately, when Su Zhan took action, Jian Xuan resisted hard and escaped with many of the Spirit Sword Sect’s invaluable secret scripts, causing all the valuable items of the Spirit Sword Sect to disappear."

"And Su Zhan himself stayed at the Spirit Sword Sect instead of going back to the Su Dynasty."

Qi Prince said with a faint smile.

Lin Bai was surprised and asked, "You’re saying that Jian Xuan took away something invaluable?"

Qi Prince said, "I don’t know what Jian Xuan took away exactly, but I know that Su Zhan’s staying at the Spirit Sword Sect must have everything to do with what Jian Xuan took."

"And Ling Tianzi also came for that thing."

"In order to conveniently deploy their spies, the Saint Seal Sect directly annexed Canghai Yuntai Palace as their vassal sect, letting them keep an eye on Jian Xuan’s movements."

"Now you know, there are man-eating crocodiles lurking under these deep waters in the Shenwu Kingdom."

Lin Bai was stunned by Qi Prince’s words.

Was Ling Tianzi also here for Jian Xuan’s items?

Would Ling Tianzi attack the Spirit Sword Sect?

Qi Prince said, "Lin Bai, don’t underestimate Su Cang and Duan Canghai. Even if you are now bathed in glory and radiate dazzling light, if you belittle either of them, you will die."

Lin Bai looked up at Qi Prince and said, "On what basis should I believe your words."

Gasp-

As Lin Bai spoke, Qi Prince’s face turned a dark purple and he spurted out a mouthful of black blood.

"It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not, it’s just the last words of my life."

Qi Prince said weakly, swaying.

"You poisoned yourself?"

Lin Bai was shocked.

"What? Do you expect me to let myself be captured all tied up, to kneel before Bai Huatian, and beg pitifully for him to spare my life?"

"I, at the age of seven, began my military service; at eighteen, I became a Conferred King."

"I, conquered the south and the north, with countless military merits."

"I, a top-ranking military marquis, commanding twenty million soldiers, towering above all."

"I can not kneel before anyone again..."

With his last words, Qi Prince’s head slammed straight onto the teacup in front of him.

Black blood flowed from his seven orifices, Lin Bai sensed that the life essence in Qi Prince had disappeared completely.

A top-ranking military marquis, a generation’s hero, Qi Prince had perished.

He died in this Lake Pavilion, his soul buried between heaven and earth.

Lin Bai stood silently for a long time, and then left the Lake Pavilion, shouting, "Qi Prince is dead! All soldiers of Qi Mansion, drop your weapons and surrender immediately! Stop resisting in vain and shed unnecessary blood."

Once he was finished, Lin Bai spread his wings and descended outside Qi Mansion.

The moment Lin Bai left, Qi Mansion was thrown into chaos.

"Is the Prince truly dead?"

"Really? The Prince is dead, what are we supposed to do?"

"What shall we do?"

"Let’s surrender. Prince Consort is right, we don’t need to shed this much meaningless blood."

"In that case... I will surrender."

The hundred thousand powerful troops in Qi Mansion collectively lowered their weapons.

Right as Lin Bai stepped out of the mansion, he saw Qi Rui’s head placed at the gate of Qi Mansion.

"Qi Rui, he..." Lin Bai spoke incredulously.

Chu Jiangliu laughed triumphantly, "Haha, earlier while patrolling, I discovered several men in black trying to escape with Qi Rui. Of course, I did not let them. I immediately beheaded Qi Rui."

"Prince Consort, how was that? Did I do an awesome job?" Chu Jiangliu laughed delightedly.

Lin Bai shook his head silently, "This is divine fate. Qi Prince, I assured you that I would not kill Qi Rui, but someone else did... This could be the celestial cycle of karma, Qi Rui once massacred so many innocent warriors in Shenwu Kingdom, it’s time for him to pay his dues in Hell."

"Princess Chang, please send someone in to clean up the mess."

"Qi Prince died of poisoning."

Lin Bai spoke softly.