"May I ask who you are? Why are you blocking the way?"
Li Xuan initially felt a slight confusion, wondering who this was.
But then he frowned slightly, sensing the chilling killing intent from the young man in front of him.
Instinctively, Li Xuan grabbed his ’Bixue Leique Sword’, preparing for a defense, while narrowing his eyes, revealing a hint of fierceness: "You are posing quite aggressively. Do you bear ill intentions?"
The swordsman finally shifted his crimson eyes from the dragon colt, then glared at Li Xuan with a nacing aura, as if ready to pounce and devour: "Return my teacher’s...my junior sister’s mount to !"
"Your junior sister’s mount?"
Li Xuan was taken aback, thinking, ’Could it be that this ’Demon Qilin’ actually has an owner? But that’s unlikely, isn’t it?’
Divine Beasts in this world, such as dragons, phoenixes, Xuanwu, and White Tigers, cannot possibly be guardian spirit pets or mounts. Unless it’s a Divine Blood Azure Phoenix which evolves its mixed bloodline to pure divine beast along with its owner, others cannot be tad.
Especially Kylin species, having a profound connection with heaven and earth, the possibility of them succuming to humans is almost zero.
The Liudao Division had spent a fortune and costly resources on the ’Heart Controlling Divine Contract’, yet it could only control the ’Demon Qilin’ for about half a year.
He looked at the fellow in front of him with skeptical eyes: "You’re talking about this dragon colt? Do you have any evidence? Does it have any markings or sothing?"
"Evidence?" The swordsman’s breath hitched, then his eyes widened in fury, his gaze sharp as a knife: "I say it is, so it is. What need is there for any evidence?"
Luo Yan chuckled at this: "Ridiculous. If I say the sword you’re stepping on is mine, then it must be mine. My word is law; no evidence required."
Li Xuan frowned, his voice cold: "Surely you don’t think I, Li, am soone to be taken lightly?"
Even if this swordsman could produce any evidence, there was no way he would just let him take this beast.
Firstly, this was an important task assigned to him by the Liudao Division. Secondly, his Wenshan Seal was still inside this Demon Qilin.
It was a matter of life and death for him. Not only was it a tool for bragging, but it also served as a talisman in facing strong enemies. No matter what, he had to find a way to retrieve the Wenshan Seal.
"Will you or will you not?" The swordsman flicked his sleeve, and instantly thousands of Sword Qi rose into the sky, like a waterfall, pointing at Li Xuan: "I’m giving you one chance. Remove the Primordial Spirit seal you put in her right now!"
His body was exuding a pale Gang Qi and a violent pressing Sword Qi, pointed straight at Li Xuan’s Primordial Spirit.
Li Xuan felt a chill in his Divine Consciousness, already sensing the heavenly level power of the opponent harmonizing with heaven and earth.
However, he was the kind not to bow to coercion, and at this mont, he felt provoked.
Li Xuan raised an eyebrow, then scoffed and gave the dragon colt’s backside a pat, creating a clear ringing sound: "Well, I won’t! Why should I give you sothing of mine?"
"You!" The swordsman was seething with anger, fury boiling from his stomach to his forehead, uncontrollable: "You jerk, you dare, you dare to hit my junior sister’s—"
"What now?" Li Xuan laughed coldly and mounted the dragon colt: "Not only did I hit it, but now I am also riding it."
"You’re asking for death!"
The swordsman’s eyes were wide with rage, his pupils flashing red. A three-inch sharp light leaked from his eyes. He had lost his sanity at this mont. With a wave of his hand, the massive wave of swords fell from the sky.
Li Xuan’s face tensed, ready to et his attack, even ready to draw his sword. But at this mont, four chains made of spiritual power pierced through the body of the swordsman from the inside out.
The chains continued to shuttle back and forth within the swordsman’s body, not only making his body full of holes but also locking his Divine Consciousness Zhenyuan in an instant.
"Bastard!"
The swordsman suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood mixed with visceral fragnts. His final looks at Li Xuan and the Dragon Colt were full of regret, reluctance, and hatred. He let out a roar that shook the sky and flew straight up to the sky with his sword.
"Rember this, Li Xuan! In this life, if I don’t kill you, I won’t be a man!"
Li Xuan watched the disappearing light in confusion: "Yan’er, who exactly is this guy? Did he co to make a fool of himself?"
The guy had initially been full of montum, ready to pick a fight. But before he could lay a finger on him, he ended up bloodied, covered in wounds.
"His expression doesn’t seem to be faked, he truly despises you to the extre, and wishes to torture you with a thousand cuts yet he is powerless." Luo Yan seed deep in thought: "I have been thinking about sothing."
"Jinque Palace?" Li Xuan responded swiftly, his eyes slightly narrowing: "I heard from Qianqian that the heavenly level of Jinque Palace is abundant, but due to the restrictions of the divine object, the Book of Jinque, they cannot act against mortals. If it’s them, it’s really possible —"
At this point, Li Xuan looked at the Demon Qilin he was riding with a twinkle in his eyes.
If their speculation was true, then this demonic beast might also have sothing to do with Jinque Palace.
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At the sa ti, within the Forbidden City, Earl Huichang Sun Jizong nervously entered a side hall of Renshou Palace. At first glance, he saw no one. When he looked around, he noticed a woman in red palace attire, looking at herself in a mirror in the corner.
Sun Jizong imdiately felt a chill and bowed deeply towards the corner: "Your younger brother pays his respects to the Empress Dowager!"
"I thought that you would not dare to visit this month."
The woman in palace attire put down her wooden comb, and turned back to her brother with a half-smiling look.
The grand empress dowager of the Great Jin Dynasty was nearly eighty, but this woman appeared to be only in her thirties, with a face so stunning that it could srize all beings: "What? Have you gathered the courage to et today?"
"I have failed the tasks entrusted to and failed to harm Li Xuan. On the contrary, I have damaged the i maiden carefully cultivated by the Empress Dowager. I feel ashad."
Sun Jizong bent his head showing sha: "But I had to co today, there is news from Jinque Palace. Soone told that the reason they are targeting Li Xuan is because Earl Jing’an ca from nowhere and does not exist in the history written by the ’Qianqiu Brush’."
Jinque Palace possesses two divine objects. No one can defy the laws recorded in the ’Book of Jinque’ and the future written by the ’Qianqiu Brush’ must occur.
The Empress Dowager was surprised and her eyes showed a strange look: "So, is this Earl Jing’an beyond fate? But, if that’s all, it shouldn’t be enough to make them so impatient to put Li Xuan to death, right?"
"Empress Dowager is wise!" Sun Jizong expressed admiration and took a deep bow: "The problem is the Wenshan Seal, which has also fallen into Li Xuan’s hands. After the one holding the Wenshan Seal had taken over, all the recent words written by the ’Qianqiu Brush’ turned to dust.
Since then, the ’Qianqiu Brush’ has not successfully written a single word. For Jinque Palace, the future is imperceptible, unpredictable. Besides, I have also heard sothing —"
Sun Jizong looked up at the Empress Dowager: "It is said that when Master Yu forged the ’Wenshan Seal’, he incorporated fragnts of the ancient spirit books ’Heaven, Earth, and Man’ into the seal.
As everyone knows, the heavenly book ’Investiture of the Gods’, the earth book ’Zhenyuan Book’, and the human book ’Book of Life and Death’ are also the sources of the divine objects of Jinque Palace - ’Book of Jinque’ and ’Qianqiu Brush’, which are also transford from their fragnts. It is rumored that when these three books are combined, they can redefine the Heavenly Law."
The Empress Dowager’s eyes narrowed, and she fell into deep thought: "No wonder the people of Jinque Palace, they must regard this Earl Jing’an as a thorn in their eye."
"Indeed, many people wish to put him to death as soon as possible." Sun Jizong said coldly: "However, Jinque Palace prides itself as the righteous path, and has accumulated many virtuous people over thousands of years. Now a group of people led by ’Shaosiming’ believe in the Theory of Reduction; that the divine number 50 reduces to one, and that the ’Qianqiu Brush’ has only written 49 fates, the removed one is likewise in the ’Heavenly Will’ they uphold.
However, their camp is small and isolated, and ’Dasiming’ has an unclear attitude. In my view, those people from Jinque Palace will sooner or later act against Li Xuan again."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager chuckled: "The problem is that you and I may not be able to wait until then."
Sun Jizong looked astonishedly at the Empress Dowager: "Why? If it is about the succession issue, the Empress Dowager can rest assured. The Demon Master has made arrangents. Even if that false Emperor gets his wish, he won’t last long. In a few months at most, things will turn upside down! He has never let you down."
However, the Empress Dowager shook her head and pointed to the side: "Do you see that?"
Sun Jizong looked in the direction she indicated and was slightly startled.
It was a red hourglass, but the red sand inside was falling at a speed so fast that ordinary people could not perceive it.
"The mont all the blood sands in it fall, will be the ti of Emperor Jingtai’s death. But now, it is almost stopping—"
The Empress Dowager’s eyes showed a stern look: "Do you know what I was just thinking? If Li Xuan is an undecided fate, then will our destinies also change because of this? Jizong, this matter has to be settled as soon as possible."
Sun Jizong’s expression changed and he fell to his knees: "Your brother is determined to do everything to eliminate this person as soon as possible!"
He then seed thoughtful: "Actually, a chance has co recently to put Li Xuan in a life-threatening situation."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager couldn’t help laughing: "Opportunity? What kind of opportunity, it wouldn’t be like last ti, right? Now his reputation within and outside the court is soaring, if you don’t get rid of him, you just stir up a hornet’s nest."
Sun Jizong’s eyes flashed with determination: "I won’t let you down this ti, Empress Dowager! The sa thing will not happen a second ti. I’m not always out of tune."
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