In the scene.
A young man dressed in black, with a face as sharp as a blade and a cold, austere presence, wielded Yellow Springs like a god of slaughter, cutting enemy after enemy in two!
His own body was covered in wounds, each one horrifying to behold!
The images shifted rapidly, like scenes flashing past on a galloping horse.
Yellow Springs Saber was either killing or on its way to kill.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, Qin Shuang felt a pull from the Yellow Springs Saber in his hand. It drew some of his Qi and Blood into itself!
[Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber (Master acknowledged): High-grade Spirit Artifact, 10%; can advance by devouring Artifact Spirits!]
At the same time, a notification appeared in his mind.
More information flooded into his Sea of Consciousness.
"High-grade Spirit Artifact?"
"It can advance by devouring other Artifact Spirits?"
Qin Shuang looked at the notification on the panel, a trace of shock showing in his eyes.
At that moment,
Qin Shuang felt his consciousness connect with the Yellow Springs Saber in his hand, as though they had become one. He could even sense a consciousness within the saber.
"Is this the Yellow Springs Saber's Artifact Spirit?"
Qin Shuang closed his eyes. He sensed that the Artifact Spirit within the Yellow Springs Saber was overjoyed by his arrival, leaping with excitement as it slowly drew closer to his consciousness.
The Yellow Springs Saber's Artifact Spirit was ice-blue, shaped like a flame, and radiated terrifying power.
"You need to devour Artifact Spirits and Nine Heavens Profound Ice Iron to advance?"
Qin Shuang sensed the information coming from the Artifact Spirit and fell into thought. He reached out to it with his consciousness. "Artifact Spirit, once I reach the Divine Wheel Realm, I'll find you a weapon with an Artifact Spirit to devour!"
Qin Shuang knew full well
that only high-grade Spirit Artifacts possessed Artifact Spirits.
Those who owned high-grade Spirit Artifacts were generally already in the Divine Wheel Realm. If he wanted the Yellow Springs Saber to devour an Artifact Spirit and advance, he would have to wait until he broke through to the Divine Wheel Realm. Otherwise, he would simply be courting death.
The Artifact Spirit seemed to understand what Qin Shuang meant. Its flame-shaped form faded away and merged into the Yellow Springs Saber.
Qin Shuang withdrew his consciousness and slowly opened his eyes.
At the same time,
a Divine Eagle circled overhead, then plunged down and landed on Chen Qinglang's shoulder. Chen Qinglang untied the wax-sealed scroll from its leg. Seeing that Qin Shuang had awakened, he immediately stepped forward, bowed, and presented it to him respectfully. "Hall Master, a message from the Divine Eagle in Qingzhou City!"
"Mm."
Qin Shuang took the scroll, broke its seal, and read it. His brows drew together deeply.
The intelligence had come from Jin Shisan.
It said that rumors were spreading through Jianghu: the famed Divine Weapon of the peerless Demon Lord Li Tianhen, the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber, had reappeared after 110 years and fallen into the hands of Qin Shuang, Hall Master of the Azure Dragon Society.
The news had spread throughout Qingzhou City.
Many Jianghu experts had arrived in Qingzhou City yesterday. Among them were Xiao Jiulang, the Divine Saber Sect's saber prodigy known as the Overlord Saber; Yu Shiqie, the Saintess of the Jianghu Holy Land Pudu Jing'an Nunnery; Tang Jie, a leading talent of the younger generation from the Tang Sect; and numerous experts from powerful factions such as Thunderclap Hall, Pushen Hall, True Martial Hall, and Nine Nether Mansion of the Demonic Sect.
Overlord Saber Xiao Jiulang had even taken up residence at his Fusheng Restaurant. The inns around it were packed with Jianghu experts.
The Azure Dragon Society had already been taken over by Xiao Jiulang and Tang Jie. The two had also seized control of the local gangs in surrounding cities such as Jinyong City and Maple Leaf City, and sent people into the mountains to search.
Jin Shisan, Su Shi'er, and Jiang Shi'yi had gotten wind of it and fled in advance. The Divine Eagle's message urged him to stay away.
"Miss Nangong's guess was right... The Yellow Springs in my hands is the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber that belonged to Li Tianhen 110 years ago!"
After reading the letter, Qin Shuang's eyes glittered with murderous intent. He murmured, "Xiao Jiulang, Tang Jie! You sons of bitches! One day, I'll use the Yellow Springs Saber to chop off your heads!"
He had never expected that one was a genius of the Divine Saber Sect and the other a master of the Tang Sect's hidden weapons, yet both had seized his restaurant and stolen his Azure Dragon Society for the sake of the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber!
At that moment,
Qin Shuang was only worried about the things he had buried beneath the jujube tree.
Qin Shuang gripped the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber tightly and looked at Chen Qinglang. In a deep voice, he said, "Chen Qinglang, I'm going to take a look near the Strange Beast King's lair you mentioned. Find cultivation resources on your own."
He knew full well
that Xiao Jiulang had gathered people from the surrounding cities' gangs to search the mountains. Staying with Chen Qinglang and the others would make them too conspicuous. Even though he had placed the Life and Death Seal on them, he still couldn't trust them.
"The Strange Beast King is far too powerful. Hall Master, please be careful!"
Chen Qinglang immediately cupped his fists and said this upon hearing him.
"Mm!"
Qin Shuang nodded to Chen Qinglang, slung a bundle over his back, and headed into the mountains.
Ten miles outside Qingzhou City, at Hualing Village.
A graceful woman dressed in black, with skin as fair as snow, stood in a grove with a long saber strapped to her back. A chill radiated from her.
"Qin Shuang, I hope you don't return to the city. If you do, you'll surely die!"
Nangong Wan'er looked toward Qingzhou City, deep worry in her beautiful eyes. Then she set off toward the Xuan Yin Mountain Range.
Qin Shuang's Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber had been discovered because of her.
If not for Qin Shuang, she might not have been able to drive Situ Rui away.
No matter what, she had to warn Qin Shuang.
Qingzhou City.
The Azure Dragon Society Headquarters.
A tall, upright young man with long, slender fingers and a short, sparse beard sat high in Qin Shuang's tiger-hide chair. Below him stood seven or eight men, their faces full of terror.
"Life and Death Seal? Could Qin Shuang be an heir of Jingyan Palace?"
After examining the Qi and Blood in the bodies of the seven or eight hall masters and deputy hall masters in the main hall, Tang Jie's brows furrowed deeply.
According to the Tang Sect's records,
the Life and Death Seal was an unparalleled martial art of Jingyan Palace, a school that had walked the line between righteousness and wickedness more than 200 years ago. Its Palace Lord, Wu Xingyun, had used the Life and Death Seal to control experts from numerous Jianghu sects. In the end, the outrage it provoked throughout Jianghu led the contemporary heir of the Holy Land, Pudu Jing'an Nunnery, to rally Jianghu experts and storm Jingyan Palace. From then on, Jingyan Palace vanished from Jianghu.
Who would have thought
that the Life and Death Seal would appear again after more than 200 years!
As far as he knew, the Life and Death Seal was terrifying. It could make people beg to live and plead to die!
Once it was placed on someone, they had to take an antidote once a year. Unless they found the person who had placed the seal, no one could remove it!
"Brother Tang, did you find out how they contacted Qin Shuang?"
Just then, a tall young man in a red robe, with several leather pouches hanging from his waist, flashed into view at the entrance of the main hall.
"A-ah... Brother Lei... you... let's talk outside..."
When Tang Jie saw the young man in red at the entrance, his expression changed. Wariness flashed in his eyes as he raised a hand to signal him not to come any closer.
"Brother Tang, don't worry. My stuff is perfectly safe. It won't explode unless something happens!"
Lei Shengyuan chuckled and patted the leather pouches at his waist.
"The people responsible for contacting Qin Shuang have escaped."
Tang Jie watched Lei Shengyuan warily, then continued, "But all these people have the Life and Death Seal of Jingyan Palace on them! Qin Shuang did this!"
Tang Jie's wariness of Lei Shengyuan was no surprise. The leather pouches at his waist were filled with Thunderclap Hall's explosives and Thunderclap Seeds. If they went off, the blast would be terrifying; it could wipe out everything for miles around.
Thirty years ago, an elder of Thunderclap Hall had attended a banquet carrying a load of explosives. They went off by accident, leaving not even a trace of him behind and reducing everything for miles around to ashes. The more than 400 Jianghu guests with him had all been killed as well.
After that, whenever Jianghu experts saw someone from Thunderclap Hall carrying leather pouches, they kept well away.
"Life and Death Seal?"
Lei Shengyuan looked astonished.
As a True Disciple of Thunderclap Hall, he had naturally heard a little about the Life and Death Seal. He immediately stepped forward to examine the hall masters and deputy hall masters. As he inspected them, his expression grew increasingly grave. He murmured, "An heir of Jingyan Palace, the Yellow Springs Heavenly Saber... This man may pose an even greater threat to Jianghu than Li Tianhen!"
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