??393: Chapter 5 Golden Sword
393: Chapter 5 Golden Sword
“Is it over?”
Huang Su was sowhat perplexed, gazing at Xie Zhen with confusion.
What mystery did that third bamboo slip hold?
The farce had escalated to such an extent; if it were to end this way, wouldn’t it be too embarrassing, too face-losing?
Had the Pavilion Master of Tai Shang House really just backed down?
“It should be over now.”
Xie Xuanyi squinted his eyes, glancing at the black dot mixed into the Sword Qi in the distant sky.
His face remained expressionless, but he sneered inwardly…
The old fellow had indeed intervened.
Outside, a burst of noise and booing arose.
The crowd on Xining Street parted once again; Li Chen left Yuanqing Building and then controlled his Qi to depart.
Prince Jiangning didn’t say a word and promptly made his way back to his residence.
The public opinion that had fernted for ten days in the Imperial City collapsed on this day without a fight.
The crowd in Xining Street looked at each other in dismay, not expecting the drama to rise quickly and resolve just as swiftly.
Was it really over just like that?
Huang Su’s expression was complex, as she seed to have sothing to say but stopped herself.
Xie Xuanyi saw her thoughts and, with a smile, beckoned to a young servant in the distance.
He then slapped down a stack of silver notes, “Tell the shopkeeper that I’m covering Yuanqing Building’s costs today.
All the food and drink expenses are on Xie.”
After he spoke,
The two left, Huang Su waved her sleeve to summon the flying swords, and two Floating Clouds sliced through the air, hovering outside the tavern.
Xie Xuanyi, without any politeness, stepped directly onto the flying sword.
…
…
“Why did the Pavilion Master of Tai Shang House retreat?”
Riding on the Floating Cloud, the two didn’t land in the Imperial City, nor did they go far.
They simply ascended, taking a slow flight through the clouds.
Obviously,
Huang Su wanted to have a talk with Xie Zhen.
She gazed at him with incomprehension, her eyes falling on the third bamboo slip in the youth’s hands.
“Do you want to take a look?”
Xie Xuanyi smiled slightly and threw the third bamboo slip out.
Huang Su quickly caught it and scanned it with her mind, only to reveal a disappointed look, gazing sowhat resentfully at the young man before her.
“It’s empty?”
That third bamboo slip was actually blank.
Xie Zhen frightened the unreasonable Pavilion Master of Tai Shang House away with an empty bamboo slip?
“Because of Chong Kan.”
Just then, a calm voice sounded in the air.
“Master Qi.”
Xie Xuanyi shifted his head, unsurprised, following the voice and naturally called out.
Now, he was able to call his forr junior brother ‘Master’ with an unchanged expression.
The lightning dissipated, and faint golden light began to radiate from the cloudy sky above Xining Street.
The golden light was extrely beautiful, but if one drew near, they would feel the chilling and solemn Killing Intent.
“You saw
coming?”
In the clouds, a slightly surprised voice erged.
The golden light scattered.
A figure clad in a golden robe appeared; a cold figure standing with hands behind his back, surrounded by strands of Sword Qi.
Qi Lie was sowhat surprised by Xie Zhen’s reaction.
“Not seen, but guessed.”
“Huang Su, as the younger master, is still young.
Although she is in the Yin God Realm, if she faced the Pavilion Master of Tai Shang House directly, she would inevitably be at a disadvantage.
Add Prince Jiangning to the equation, and the situation gets even worse…
Since the Sword Palace decided to co to the Imperial City, they wouldn’t send just one person.”
Here Xie Xuanyi told a small lie.
This explanation was logical and convincing.
But in reality, he had not guessed.
Great Success God Soul in the Yin God Realm, he directly “saw” the truth.
After Huang Su used the Floating Cloud Cut to slash through the void, faint traces of Killing Intent were hidden within the Sword Array.
At that mont, Xie Xuanyi knew.
There wasn’t just one person who had traveled through the void with Huang Su.
The Sword Qi from Golden Turtle Peak was different from that of other peaks.
The Golden Sword carried a resolute Killing Intent, and even if Qi Lie just stood above the clouds, hidden and unmanifested, Xie Xuanyi could still clearly sense it.
He knew that once the Pavilion Master of Tai Shang House decided to make a move, Qi Lie would intervene in this fight as a Law Enforcer of Golden Turtle Peak.
“Just now, I sensed Chong Kan’s aura.”
Qi Lie stood on the Golden Sword.
Looking towards the end of the clouds, he frowned and said, “The Law Enforcent once instructed that there were several Great Practitioners in Great Chu we should be wary of.
Chong Kan was one of them, and with the thods of this great Taoist Master being so profound and inscrutable, Li Chen likely chose to retreat…
presumably on the order of Chong Kan.”
“Chong Kan told Li Chen to keep the peace?”
Huang Su raised an eyebrow, making sure she hadn’t misunderstood.
She was even more surprised.
The character of Great True Master Chong Kan was clear to her.
Different from the gentle and mild thods of the Free Wanderer, Chong Kan had relished the Battle of Poison.
During the years when the Taoist sects and Sword Palace were unparalleled, Great True Master Chong Kan and Tongtian Law Enforcent were often compared.
Both of these Yang God Great Practitioners had similar temperants and characters, both very staunch people.
“Xie Zhen, what evidence do you actually hold?”
Qi Lie was sowhat anxious.
He was very clear.
The other party wouldn’t retreat for no reason… Da Sui Sword Palace’s na might be effective, but they were facing the Taoist sects, one of the few huge entities that could overpower the Sword Palace.
“Xie Sheng is Chong Kan’s plaything, and the Red Dragon Fortune was planted by Chong Kan.”
Xie Xuanyi didn’t hide anything and bluntly revealed the truth: “I stumbled upon the truth behind the Red Dragon Fortune, and Chong Kan does not wish for this matter to be brought to light.”
This statent was like a thunderclap on a clear day.
Huang Su and Qi Lie exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.
“So that’s how it is…”
Huang Su muttered to himself, unable to help but let out a cold laugh, “The alliance between the Taoist and the Xie clan is such an ugly collusion.
No wonder Xie Zhisu acted so oddly; he was terrified of the scandal coming to light, becoming known by everyone under heavens.”
“Indeed.”
Xie Xuanyi replied calmly, “But it truly wasn’t
who killed Xie Sheng.
If the Taoist sect wants to settle this karmic debt, they’ll have to find Ao Ying.”
He didn’t hesitate in the slightest to reveal Ao Ying’s involvent.
After all the hard work of sending Ao Ying from the Great Yue Kingdom back to the Demon Country…
this was the mont he had waited for.
If not to use this “trump card” now, then when?
After a standoff at Yuanqing Building, the death of Xie Sheng was finally “clarified.”
The world yearned for the truth and received it.
Chong Kan, seeking to recover the Red Dragon, would also have to settle scores with the demoness.
This was the strategy of Xie Xuanyi’s response.
One would imagine that the Great True Master, with his boundless capabilities, would have a way to verify from afar whether the remnants of Red Dragon Fortune lingered upon him…
His calmness stemd from the fact that his words were the truth.
Red Dragon Fortune held no interest for Xuanyi, nor had he taken the slightest bit.
“Interesting.”
Huang Su rubbed his temples, carefully reconsidering everything, and said with a light chuckle, “Looking at Li Chen’s reluctant deanor before he left, it seems this fellow was also in the dark.”
After all, it’s a grave scandal.
The truth of the Red Dragon Fortune was known to Xie Zhisu and Chong Kan.
This matter was extrely secretive; there shouldn’t have been a third person who knew.
“Holding onto this trump card is good, but you mustn’t take it lightly or reveal it carelessly.”
Qi Lie pondered for a mont and then spoke seriously, “Xie Zhen, you must rember that Great True Master Chong Kan is not soone you can afford to provoke at the mont, he is a man who repays an eye for an eye…
If a Yang God Great Practitioner chooses to disregard the rules and wishes to kill soone, it is very difficult to stop.”
Xie Xuanyi understood this reminder.
The Great True Master Chong Kan, standing in the spotlight, was not soone Sword Palace feared.
Even disregarding the Pure Yang Sect Leader in seclusion, there was the support of the Tongtian Law Enforcent from Golden Turtle Peak.
But if he was truly provoked, it could be problematic.
A Yang God had many ways to kill soone.
Moreover, for the ti being, Chong Kan had control over the entire Taoist sect.
“And there’s Li Chen, he’s not soone easy to provoke either.
Although Chong Kan has stepped in this ti and suppressed the Pavilion Master, this matter…
will probably not end here.”
Qi Lie pronounced each word with gravity, “The rules of the worldly society are that matters concerning the younger generation should be resolved by the younger generation.
But you killed Fang Hang, and that is true enmity.
It’s very likely that Li Chen won’t let it go at that.”
“I know.”
Xie Xuanyi remained composed.
Was he not clear on what kind of person Li Chen was?
This Pavilion Master was a ruthless man with a sharp approach, and over the years he had finally cultivated a promising talent.
Before this talent could make a na for himself in the worldly society, he was killed.
“In the coming days, Master Qi and I will stay in the Imperial City.”
Huang Su spoke up, “I will be in the open, and he will be in the shadows.
As long as the Pavilion Master remains in the city, so will we.”
“Uncles, isn’t this a bit too grand for the occasion…”
Now it was Xie Xuanyi’s turn to be surprised.
He knew Huang Su’s personality.
His junior sister preferred tranquility.
After restoring Da Sui Sword Palace, she spent most of her ti in closed-door cultivation or ditating atop the mountain.
With its noise and strife, Huang Su would certainly not like the Imperial City.
“Before going into seclusion, the Pure Yang Sect Leader instructed that under no circumstances should you co to harm.”
Huang Su looked earnestly at the young man before her.
“In these few days, I’ll keep an eye on the Pavilion Master.
If he tries anything underhanded, I’ll ensure that Tai Shang House pays the price…”
As she spoke, Sword Qi spilled out from the clouds.
The Floating Cloud Sword Formation quivered, and the sound of swords rang out across the sky.
Xie Xuanyi knew that Huang Su’s words were entirely sincere.
His junior sister’s Killing Intent was only slightly less than his own.
“If I cannot match Li Chen, then there’s Qi Lie.
If Chong Kan takes action, the Law Enforcent will also intervene.”
Huang Su reassured with her usual soft voice, “At worst, we’ll summon both sect leaders, let the Pure Yang Sect Leader and the Wanderer discuss reason.”
“…”
Yet these comforting words made Xie Xuanyi involuntarily forehead.
He sowhat dreaded thinking about it.
If it escalated to this point, how would one end it?
If Fang Hang knew that the trouble caused by his death could potentially draw out the secluded sect leaders from both the Taoist and Sword Palace sects, surely he could rest in peace in the netherworld, right?
“The situation won’t escalate to that point.”
Qi Lie spoke lightly, “Though Li Chen may be mad, he still knows what’s at stake.
With us here, he wouldn’t dare to act against you; at most, he’ll vent his anger on Yuan Jimo.”
“That’s true.”
Xie Xuanyi asked curiously, “Master Qi, don’t you need to guard Yuping Peak?”
Following the Great Water Competition, Jiang Miaoyin entered the back mountain to practice Ask Heart.
Under orders, Qi Lie took over as peak master, personally guarding Yuping Peak.
With such duties, how could he leave the Sword Palace at will?
Qi Lie saw through Xie Zhen’s thoughts and slowly said, “I left the mountain by the order of the Law Enforcent.
He is taking care of Yuping Peak for a while for , while I co to the Imperial City to do so work and et so people.”
Although Qi Lie was not the current mountain master of Golden Turtle Peak…
Everyone was well aware that this was rely a matter of ti.
Tongtian Law Enforcent intended to temper Qi Lie, to further sharpen this most upright sword of the Da Sui Sword Palace, making it more incisive and restrained.
“…”
Xie Xuanyi remained composed but pondered silently.
What matter could be so important that the Law Enforcent would send Qi Lie, entrusted with guarding Yuping Peak, to the Imperial City?
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