128 There Will Be a Way Out
Hearing Lin Ran’s request, the empress was stunned for a mont before asking with a smile, “How about I lend you the throne for a few days?”
“The throne?”
Lin Ran thought for a mont and waved his hand. “How can I do that? Besides, I don’t need it.”
“Oh, you actually know you are not supposed to do that?”
The empress shouted sternly, and the smile on her face instantly disappeared. “The Sacred Abyss Sword is more important than the imperial jade seal of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty! Even if I want to use the Sacred Abyss Sword, I have to hold a sacrificial ceremony to inform the previous emperors. How can I lend it just like that?”
Lin Ran was shocked by the empress’s reaction. He quickly waved his hand and said, “It’s my fault for not making it clear. I want you to make a fake Sacred Abyss Sword and pretend to have lost the real Sacred Abyss Sword.”
The empress blinked. “What do you an? Tell clearly!”
“Can you just do as I said and I’ll explain it to you later?”
Lin Ran said helplessly, “It’s really a long story. A fake sword can’t be made in a short ti. I’ll explain it to you when I have the ti.”
The empress still stood rooted to the ground. “Explain first. I have a way to make a fake sword.”
Lin Ran didn’t know what the empress could do to make a fake Sacred Abyss Sword in a short period of ti, but he could tell that the empress was very determined.
After thinking for a mont, Lin Ran turned around and gave Huo Qiyun a look, asking him to take Xiao Huai away first. Then, he invited the empress to sit down and began to tell her what he had seen tonight and his guess about the Dragon Elephant Divine Master, Liu Hongshan.
In order to make the empress trust him, Lin Ran explained everything in detail.
This was the first ti he was so honest with the empress. He only hid the part about the death of the Sword God and lied that the Sword God was seriously injured.
By the ti Lin Ran explained the cause and effect, it was already more than an hour later.
“Do you believe now?”
Lin Ran heaved a sigh of relief and took a few more sips of tea before continuing to ask, “Can you get soone to make the fake Sacred Abyss Sword?”
The empress did not answer. Instead, she changed the topic and said, “Your plan is to let Xiao Huai bring the fake sword back. Then, you will follow her all the way.”
“If you see Liu Hongshan, it ans that Xiao Huai is not lying. If you don’t see him, it ans that this is another trap set up by Xiao Huai, and you kill her on the spot, right?”
Lin Ran nodded. “That’s basically right. Is there a problem?”
“There’s a small problem.”
The empress nodded slightly, her clear eyes filled with seriousness and worry. “If your guess is confird, how do you want to deal with Liu Hongshan? Are you confident in defeating him?”
“No.”
Lin Ran shook his head calmly. Before the empress could speak, he continued, “There’s always a way out. What I have to do now is to confirm if this person exists and what he did. As for how to deal with him, that’s the next step.”
Looking at the indifferent Lin Ran, the empress felt inexplicably uncertain.
However, on second thought, Lin Ran seed to have always been like this. On the surface, he looked carefree, but he knew what to do.
The empress was not an indecisive person to begin with. After thinking it through, she no longer hesitated.
After a pause, the empress said seriously, “The body of the Sacred Abyss Sword is made of teoric iron. It can cut iron like mud without leaving a trace, not to ntion the emperor’s sword intent contained in it.”
“Liu Hongshan once served as a general of the Western Garrison. He must have seen the Sacred Abyss Sword at a certain sacrificial ceremony. If he’s really still alive, ordinary fake swords can’t fool him.”
Lin Ran’s heart sank when he heard this. He really didn’t expect the Sacred Abyss Sword to have so much story behind it. Was his plan going to be ruined before it even started?
Seeing Lin Ran’s disappointed expression, the empress smiled and continued, “However, there’s always a way out. If you get the Sacred Abyss Sword of Mount Sword, you might be able to fool him.”
“Sacred Abyss Sword of Mount Sword? Isn’t that sword in the secret room of the Hidden Sword Pavilion?”
Lin Ran asked subconsciously. After saying that, he suddenly thought of sothing and frowned. “I rember you saying that the Heavenly Saint Dynasty only has one Sacred Abyss Sword.”
“That’s right. There’s indeed only one real Sacred Abyss Sword.”
The empress smiled playfully and explained, “However, there’s another replica of the Sacred Abyss Sword in Mount Sword. It’s a pure sacrificial artifact. The real Sacred Abyss Sword will only be used during large-scale celebrations. As for the other small-scale sacrificial offerings, that sacrificial artifact will be used instead.”
“That sacrificial artifact was forged by the previous emperors. Although the material is not as good as the Sacred Abyss Sword, its appearance is almost the sa. Moreover, it has been used by the emperors, so there is also so emperor’s sword intent.”
Lin Ran asked, “Where is that sacrificial artifact?”
“In Sacred Sword Hall.”
The empress replied casually. Seeing Lin Ran’s confused expression, she added, “It’s the place where the Sacred Abyss Sword is said to be buried.”
Hearing the empress’s explanation, Lin Ran was still confused. “Is there such a place on Mount Sword?”
This ti, it was the empress’s turn to be confused. “You’ve been guarding Mount Sword for six years, but you actually don’t know about the Sacred Sword Hall?”
Before Lin Ran could speak, the empress thought of sothing and said, “It’s strange. I go to Mount Sword more than ten tis a year, but I’ve only seen you a few tis… You’ve been in Mount Sword for six years. What have you been doing all this ti? Why didn’t I see you?”
“Um… I went to wipe the swords!”
Lin Ran scratched his head and replied awkwardly, “There are so many swords on Mount Sword, and Daoist Li didn’t help. I was busy every day!”
The empress smiled and did not ask further. After thinking for a mont, she replied seriously, “Since you want to create the rumor that the Sacred Abyss Sword is missing, I can’t get people to bring it over. You have to steal it yourself. Moreover, only the few of us know about this… Do you know what this ans?”
Lin Ran nodded, his expression gradually turning solemn. “It ans that we can’t be discovered. Otherwise, we’ll beco traitors of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.”
“In the eyes of the world, that sacrificial artifact is the real Sacred Abyss Sword.”
The empress’s tone suddenly beca heavy. “The cri of stealing Sacred Abyss Sword is the sa as killing the emperor. Once you’re exposed, I’ll have to mobilize the entire army to hunt you down. All the prefectures, counties, and towns will put up arrest warrants to arrest you. Even those martial artists will chase after you.”
“In short, for a long ti, you will never have peace… Have you really thought it through?”
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