In Red Blade Star System 47, after Bie Xuening saw Chi Jiuyu and the others off, she glanced at Huang Qi.
When she had captured him earlier, she had thought he would use that sliver of Xuan's essence. But he hadn't.
"Sword Venerable, you can't kill me!" Huang Qi stared at her.
Bie Xuening didn't reply.
Huang Qi wasn't wrong.
His true body was stationed at the Sword Sect and couldn't be moved lightly.
With only the sliver of power stored in her Jade Talisman, she indeed couldn't kill this Cang of the Truth Insight Realm, who possessed a trace of Xuan's essence.
Xuan was the mightiest Ancestor of the Cang Race, the source of all transcendence in the Great Profound Realm.
Even her junior brother, before he went into seclusion, wouldn't have dared claim he could reliably defeat Xuan.
What's more...
Cang Bumei. Xuan Busi.
"This unexpected turn of events was indeed beyond my expectations."
Her original intention had only been to let Zhang Yunlu undergo a trial.
If she succeeded, the power stored in the Jade Talisman would send her and her disobedient disciple back to the Central Continent.
If she failed and unfortunately found herself in danger, Bie Xuening would still save her—but the matter of taking her as a disciple would end there.
Instead, they had run into Xuan's scheme.
Had her own sword path drawn Zhang Yunlu into disaster, or had Xuan's plans been so vast that they brought calamity down upon them?
Or was it both?
All these thoughts passed through her mind in an instant.
"No matter what Xuan is planning, I need only make you use his essence now," Bie Xuening said coolly.
The power stored in the Jade Talisman wasn't much, but it was enough for one more sword strike.
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