Is This Blade Real?

After wiping out the Black Wind Stockade, Jun Changxiao took Zhou Tianba's Azure Dragon Scythe Blade with him. He had originally planned to use it himself, never expecting it would come in handy as proof.

When Wei Yile and Wei Yi'ai saw the Azure Dragon Scythe Blade, they exchanged a meaningful glance. The two had once been to Black Mountain and met Zhou Tianba, so they naturally recognized the long blade that had stood before the tiger-skin chair.

Could he really have destroyed the Black Wind Stockade?

Impossible, impossible!

There was no way a Pulse Opening rookie could have done it. There had to be something fishy going on!

Jun Changxiao said, "Since City Lord Xie knows this blade belonged to Zhou Tianba, would it do if I used it as proof?"

City Lord Xie fell into thought.

He found it difficult to believe that the Iron Bone Sect Leader could have wiped out the Black Wind Stockade. But according to the investigation, there had been nothing left in the stockade besides corpses. Now that Jun Changxiao had produced the Azure Dragon Scythe Blade, there were only two possibilities.

First, he had gone to Black Mountain before anyone else after the Black Wind Stockade was destroyed.

Second, he had been present when the Black Wind Stockade was destroyed, but someone else had done the killing.

"Sect Leader Jun."

City Lord Xie said, "Could you tell me how the Black Wind Stockade was destroyed?"

Ding!

Side Quest triggered.

Again?

Jun Changxiao opened the Attribute Panel. The Side Quest was—make City Lord Xie determine that the host was the one who destroyed the Black Mountain Stockade [Uncompleted].

"Looks like producing the Azure Dragon Scythe Blade still isn't enough to convince him."

Sect Leader Jun fell silent for a moment before saying, "City Lord Xie, the truth is, it would have been impossible for Jun alone to wipe out so many bandits."

City Lord Xie said, "Someone helped you?"

Jun Changxiao shook his head. "Not a person. A spirit."

"A spirit?"

City Lord Xie looked baffled.

Jun Changxiao said solemnly, "More precisely, a Heroic Spirit."

"A Heroic Spirit?" City Lord Xie understood even less.

Jun Changxiao said, "City Lord Xie, do you know that my Iron Bone Unyielding Sect was once an Ancient Sect?"

"I've heard a little about it."

City Lord Xie had heard of it long ago.

However, after learning that the Iron Bone Sect had supposedly been founded on Iron Bone Mountain in the East Sea's Aolai Kingdom, his assessment had been just four words: utter nonsense.

Jun Changxiao said, "Though my Iron Bone Unyielding Sect no longer possesses its former glory, the Heroic Spirits of our ancestors remain. In times of crisis, they possess Jun and grant him immense power."

City Lord Xie said in surprise, "Such things exist in this world?"

"Mhm."

"You mean an ancestral Heroic Spirit possessed you, and then you wiped out the Black Wind Stockade in one stroke?"

"That's right."

Jun Changxiao nodded.

For a Pulse Opening rookie like him to destroy the Black Wind Stockade was far too shocking, so he had made up an ancestral Heroic Spirit. In any case, they had no way to verify it.

"Tsk, tsk."

City Lord Xie said, "That truly sounds mysterious beyond measure."

Wei Yi'ai said, "City Lord Xie, this brat is spouting nonsense. Do not believe him lightly."

Wei Yile said with a smile, "Sect Leader Jun, I would like to ask something. Since the Iron Bone Sect has ancestral Heroic Spirits that can possess people, why did it fall to Ninth-rate?"

Jun Changxiao said blandly, "The first Sect Leader of my sect once defied the heavens. He was later suppressed beneath Five Finger Mountain, and the sect was cursed by Heaven. That is why it declined to this state over the passing years."

If he couldn't even round out a lie, what the hell was he bragging for?

Speaking of which, Sect Leader Jun's shamelessness in giving the Iron Bone Sect's history a breast enhancement was comparable to that tiny East Asian country.

"Nothing but lies!"

"This is bewitching the masses with evil words!"

No matter how extravagantly Jun Changxiao boasted, the Wei brothers still refused to believe him, because there was enmity involved.

City Lord Xie smiled. "Sect Leader Jun, can you demonstrate this Spirit Possession?"

Jun Changxiao said rather helplessly, "Ancestral Heroic Spirit possession is something one may encounter but cannot seek. Please forgive Jun for being unable to demonstrate it."

"Hmph."

Wei Yi'ai said, "After all that talk, you're still just lying."

Wei Yixiao added the finishing blow. "This so-called Spirit Possession is utter nonsense to begin with. How could City Lord Xie possibly be deceived by a yellow-mouthed child like you?"

Ignoring the two of them, Jun Changxiao said, "City Lord Xie, that is how the Black Wind Stockade was destroyed. Zhou Tianba's blade is also here. Believe it or not, this Sect Leader has nothing more to say."

Why wasn't it complete yet?

It seemed City Lord Xie was somewhat difficult to fool.

The system said, "He is a City Lord, after all. He has eaten more roads than you have walked rice; naturally, he won't believe you so easily."

"True."

Wait!

Eaten more roads, walked more rice?

My system, if we're uncultured, can we not talk nonsense? My scalp is about to explode from your display of talent.

Ding!

Congratulations, host. You have completed the Side Quest and received 10 Sect Contribution Points.

Ding!

Contribution Points: 86/100.

The system: "..."

Jun Changxiao: "..."

City Lord Xie smiled. "The matter that has troubled this City Lord for many days has finally been cleared up."

"Sect Leader Jun." He rose and cupped his hands. "On behalf of the people of Qingyang County, this Sect Leader thanks you for eradicating the Black Wind Stockade that had wrought disaster for so many years."

Wei Yile and Wei Yi'ai were instantly dumbfounded.

The City Lord believed such utterly unfounded nonsense?

Jun Changxiao was also somewhat stunned, but he said solemnly, "As a member of Qingyang County, it is only right that I uphold chivalry and righteousness. As the leader of a sect, it is only right that I Eliminate Evils for the People!"

"What fine chivalry and righteousness! What fine Eliminate Evils for the People!"

Appreciation filled City Lord Xie's eyes. Then he waved a hand, and a thousand taels of gold appeared on the tea table. "This City Lord has never mistreated a Man of Integrity. Sect Leader Jun, take it!"

After storing the gold in his Spatial Ring, Jun Changxiao cupped his hands. "Many thanks!"

He did not even pretend to decline. This guy's skin was truly thick.

"City Lord Xie."

Wei Yi'ai came out to stir up trouble again. "A thousand taels of gold is no small sum. Please consider it carefully, lest certain people take it away for no reason at all."

"Indeed."

Wei Yile smiled. "Who knows whether that blade is genuine? City Lord, please think twice."

Damn it.

Were they giving them face for nothing?

Jun Changxiao said coldly, "Ever since this Sect Leader came in, you two Elders have targeted me at every turn. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Wei Yile smiled. "Sect Leader Jun, do not misunderstand. We are merely discussing the matter at hand."

"Discussing the matter at hand?"

Jun Changxiao gripped the hilt of the blade. "If it is genuine or not, wouldn't a match between you and this Sect Leader prove it?"

"Fine." Wei Yile agreed readily.

At the Training Ground.

Jun Changxiao stood holding the Azure Dragon Scythe Blade and secretly asked, "How much time is left on the Talisman of Speed?"

The system said, "Twenty minutes."

"Twenty minutes, huh."

A smile curled Jun Changxiao's lips. "Taking care of these two won't delay my return to the sect."

Snap!

Wei Yile drew his Nine-Section Whip and looked toward the watching City Lord Xie. "Blades and swords have no eyes. If any accident occurs, I ask City Lord Xie to bear witness."

This fellow had no interest in verifying whether the blade was real.

"Fine."

Apparently enjoying the spectacle, City Lord Xie said, "This City Lord shall bear witness. Blades and swords have no eyes; the dead and wounded bear their own responsibility."

After receiving the answer, Wei Yile looked at Jun Changxiao. Intense killing intent surged in his eyes as he said, "Sect Leader Jun, are you ready?"

"Come." Jun Changxiao said.

Whoosh!

Wei Yile poured Martial Apprentice-level Spirit Power into the Nine-Section Whip and lashed it fiercely. It shot out like a long snake, powerful and treacherous in angle. Clearly, he intended to severely injure or kill his target.

"He really is striking hard." City Lord Xie shook his head.

He had heard of the grudge between the two sects at the city's Training Ground, but he had not expected the Spirit Spring Sect Elder to strike with lethal intent the moment the fight began.

Could that fellow dodge it?

As the thought crossed his mind, he saw Jun Changxiao take a step in his field of vision, dragging afterimages behind him as he evaded the whip strike at incredible speed.

"This..."

City Lord Xie's expression froze.

Whoosh!

At that very moment, Jun Changxiao circled behind Wei Yile. His gaze abruptly turned icy, and as he swung the long blade, a blade shadow trailed behind it as it slashed down.

Pfft!

The sound of flesh tearing rang out, and Wei Yile's head flew straight away.

Jun Changxiao stood behind the corpse, maintaining his slashing posture. Expressionless, he said, "Elder Wei, is this blade real?"