Sword Slays the Eastern King

Xiao Changlü turned around and looked at Chen Lingxi.

Chen Lingxi's smile grew even brighter as she softly said, "I come from the Chen Family of Linchuan, but we are just a small, insignificant family."

My father once served as a secretary in the Ministry of Rites. Although it wasn't a high-ranking official, he still held the rank of Principal Fifth Rank official, and his life was quite comfortable.

"Later, after Rong Chun Mirror Listening what he said, my mother's family suffered a calamity, and the Chen Family was also implicated. My parents both died on the execution ground."

As for me, Chen Lingxi, I have been thrown into the Criminal Law Bureau and become a slave to the officials."

When Chen Lingxi mentioned the past, her tone seemed to carry a hint of reminiscence.

But his smile grew even wider, "I wasted two years in the Inverted Room the Baosu Marquis Residence in the Yuan River."

He began learning martial arts at the age of nineteen, and by fortuitous opportunity, he also acquired the method of the Qi Circulation Realm!

His breathing was calm, but a flash of lightning seemed to pass through his eyes.

Xiao Changlü listened attentively.

Then Chen Lingxi said, "And I am only a little over 21 years old this year, not yet 22."

"I've only been learning Qi Circulation Realm for a short two years."

Xiao Changlü's pupils contracted slightly.

He cultivated his Nine-Revolutions Blood Qi in just two years?

Can you climb to the Ninth Floor?

At this moment, Chen Lingxi felt his Dao heart was clear, and his eyes became increasingly confident.

His body circulated with Qi and Blood, and Spiritual Qi flickered. "My Qi and Blood have reached the Nine Revolutions, and my Spiritual Qi has ascended to the Ninth Floor!"

I also killed Rong Chun in the Ancestral Mountain to avenge my parents!

"Rong Chun also thought I was from outside the realm and didn't believe that I killed him just to avenge my parents."

"Because in the eyes of those from beyond this realm, parents in this world are merely stepping stones for them to enter this realm, and who would care about the lives of mortals?"

He paused slightly as he finished speaking, and two blazing flames seemed to ignite in his once calm and serene eyes.

"But I care!"

"Because I am not from beyond that realm!"

Chen Lingxi was beaming with smiles, and her eyes shone brightly.

He stood at the Longevity Bridge, his robes fluttering in the wind, his Qi and Blood and spiritual energy mingling and shining like a rising sun. Though he had not yet reached the zenith, his radiance seemed enough to pierce through the long, dark night.

"I have already killed Rong Chun! Now I have come to borrow a Mystic Entry Blood Essence from the Heavenly King..."

I don't even believe it myself, even though I say it's for the sake of all living beings.

However... whether it's Rong Chun or Mirror Listening, there must be other highly skilled individuals in the palace secretly manipulating everything.

I suspect this person is the Emperor Daye, and therefore I must use divination to uncover the secrets within.

Only by obtaining the secret can one avenge one's parents; only after the grudge is resolved and the mind is clear can one seek immortality.

Xiao Changlü listened silently, even frowning slightly.

It's truly astonishing that someone could cultivate Qi-Blood Nine Revolutions in just over two years.

He boasted that his martial arts talent was unparalleled, having started learning martial arts at the age of eleven and taking a full eight years to reach the ninth Nine Revolutions of cultivation.

Eight years of hard work, day and night, honing his muscles and bones, and circulating his Qi and Blood.

Countless drops of blood and sweat, countless fortuitous opportunity, were shed before finally reaching the Nine Revolutions Realm.

But this young man in front of me claims that he has only been practicing martial arts for a little over two years, yet his cultivation of Qi and Blood has already reached the Nine Revolutions level.

Not to mention the even more profound and difficult-to-cultivate method of the Qi Circulation Realm, which has already reached the Ninth Floor...

This cannot be explained by the word "natural talent".

But who was Xiao Changlü? He stared at Chen Lingxi's eyes, which held a smile yet contained unparalleled arrogance.

The light shimmered on the Longevity Bridge of Immortality, casting his heroic and extraordinary face in shifting shadows.

He remained silent for a long time, until the sea of clouds outside the bridge transformed from a fleeting glimpse of beauty on the horizon into a deep, dark indigo, and the cold moon quietly rose in the sky.

Xiao Changlü then withdrew his gaze, then dipped his finger into the teacup and flicked it downwards.

The drop of water suddenly burst through the air and was propelled many distances.

It contained a trace of barely perceptible Qi and Blood, like a merciless carrier pigeon, carrying this drop of water towards Azure Splendor Prefecture Seat.

Before long, someone rode up from afar; it was none other than Xiao Taozhuo.

Xiao Taozhuo rode a magnificent steed, spurring it on, and in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, she arrived at the foot of the hill where the Longevity Bridge was located.

Xiao Taozhuo arrived at the Longevity Bridge, looked up at the long bridge suspended in mid-air with its flowing spiritual light, and looked at the young man on the boat who was about the same age as him. A strange light flashed in her eyes.

Every time she saw Chen Lingxi, she was incredibly astonished.

Upon first seeing Chen Lingxi, with her youthful appearance, even a light cough caused her Golden Body Perfection Qi and Blood to almost freeze.

Later, her second uncle wanted to go with her to kill the crown prince. After returning, her second uncle told her that this person killed the crown prince with the flick of his palm. In terms of combat power, he was probably already at the Mystic Entry Realm realm!

Mystic Entry Realm...

Even for Xiao Changlü's daughter, it was too far away.

And today, he has come to Azure Splendor Prefecture again, sitting opposite his father...

His face was as beautiful as jade, and he was exceptionally handsome.

Xiao Taozhuo lowered her head, inwardly thinking, "I wonder how old this person is, still wearing the face of a teenager, swindling and deceiving people."

She thought this to herself, but then respectfully took out a Jade Slip from her bosom.

Chen Lingxi raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat surprised.

The Jade Slip shimmered with spiritual light and faintly exuded a mysterious aura...

Without a doubt, this Jade Slip is a Jade Law Document!

Xiao Changlü reached out, and his Qi and Blood surged forth, flowing straight down, as if an invisible hand had drawn the Jade Law Document into his grasp.

He tossed the Jade Law Document to Chen Lingxi.

Chen Lingxi took the Jade Law Document, glanced at it, then looked up, her smile unchanged, "It seems the Heavenly King knows a great deal about cultivators."

He paused, then said, "Does the Heavenly King want me to use the Jade Law Document to prove that I am not from beyond this realm?"

"What does it matter?" he said, and then opened the Jade Law Document, preparing to write.

Xiao Changlü shook his head slightly. "Actually, whether you are from beyond the realm or not is not important."

He spoke slowly, his tone extremely calm. "You only need to write in that Jade Law Document that taking my Essence Blood is not a scheme against me, but rather for the purpose of calculating the Emperor Daye."

"And my condition is extremely simple:... after you obtain the calculation results, you must inform me."

Whether the Emperor Daye was possessed by someone from beyond the realm, or was threatened or bewitched, I must be informed."

Xiao Changlü stood up after speaking for a while.

He walked to the Longevity Bridge with his hands behind his back, gazing at the surging sea of clouds above, as if looking at the land beneath the clouds where he had fought for many years.

In the far distance, night had fallen, and the lights of the villages on the ground twinkled like pearls scattered on a dark brocade.

"Nowadays, even the court assemblies are presided over by Cao Chancellor."

Many officials in the court had not seen Emperor Daye for a long time.

It was as if... he didn't care about this imperial court at all.

Xiao Changlü frowned slightly and continued, "If the enemy's arrival were traceable, that would be fine, but Emperor Daye is becoming increasingly unpredictable..."

I also want to know what the reason behind this is.

He sighed and looked again at the war-torn area of Azure Splendor Prefecture in the distance.

There, his Severing Evil Heavenly Army is locked in a standoff with the imperial army, with countless soldiers buried on the battlefield and countless civilians displaced.

"When a great war breaks out, countless lives are lost... But if there is no war, the people suffer from numerous construction projects and cannot survive."

The world has been in chaos for far too long.

"If..."

Xiao Changlü shook his head and said, "If Emperor Daye, then so many troubles would have arisen."

I wish to free him from his cage and restore peace and order to the world.

"Let my old soldiers return home, and let the people of the world return to peace."

After listening to Xiao Changlü's words, Chen Lingxi could tell that he was not faking it.

Perhaps in Xiao Changlü's eyes, he was still an outsider.

Such a person would naturally disdain such pretentious posturing.

Therefore, he developed a great deal of admiration for Xiao Changlü.

"It seems this person is not merely after the power to seize the world! He has also witnessed the suffering of the people."

He muttered to himself, feeling even more respect for this Heavenly King Severing Evil.

All people in the world, whether they are the Rebirth Realm or powerful martial arts cultivators, hold the power of life and death over mortals.

Only Xiao Changlü, whose cultivation of Qi and Blood was clearly unparalleled and who was one of the most outstanding figures in the world, was still worried about the common people he did not know.

There are really not many people like that anymore.

Chen Lingxi glanced at the Jade Law Document and thought to himself, "If Sight-Roaming fruition in the future, we can summon Xiao Changlü according to the agreement in this Total Perception."

but...

Chen Lingxi's thoughts shifted.

"I was actually lying." He smiled bitterly to himself, "I came to request Xiao Changlü's Mystic Entry Blood Essence not because of the Dao of Calculation, but to Sight-Roaming Emperor Daye You Daye..."

"Very well, let me see what the consequences will be if the Jade Law Document is violated?"

Chen Lingxi then inscribed numerous clauses on the Jade Law Document according to Xiao Changlü's many requests.

Amidst the flickering Spiritual Qi, lines of text still appeared on the Jade Law Document.

He then signed his name.

Chen Lingxi.

Xiao Changlü extended his finger again, and that faint wisp of Spiritual Qi flowed once more, engraving his name on the Jade Slip as well.

The Jade Law Document instantly split in two and fell into the hands of the two men.

Xiao Changlü casually tossed the Jade Law Document to Xiao Taozhuo, who was standing under the Longevity Bridge.

Then...

A light flick of the finger.

In an instant, a drop of Essence Blood flew from his fingertip.

That drop of Essence Blood, filled with immense power, hovered in mid-air. No bigger than a soybean, it was like a gemstone refined to its fullest extent, crystal clear and exuding an incomparably Qi and Blood.

Even the blazing spiritual light of the Longevity Bridge seemed to dim somewhat under the oppressive power of this drop of Essence Blood.

The runes flowing across the Longevity Bridge also slowed down considerably.

Chen Lingxi released a stream of Spiritual Qi, which enveloped the stream of Mystic Entry Blood Essence and stored it in the Hongdong Bag.

Chen Lingxi thought she would be punished by the Jade Law Document, but the Jade Law Document did not react at all.

His thoughts immediately began to race...

"Speaking of which, I haven't used this Mystic Entry Blood Essence yet, so it doesn't count as a breach of contract."

His agreement with Xiao Changlü was that he would use his Essence Blood to calculate the Emperor Daye.

He has only collected the Essence Blood and has not yet used it, so the Jade Law Document will naturally not trigger the Heavenly Punishment.

Chen Lingxi couldn't help but look up at the Twin Luminous Mirrors in the sky.

"It's a bit of a pity. I was curious to see what the consequences would be if the Jade Law Document was violated."

As Chen Lingxi thought this, her Divine Sense returned to her Hongdong Bag, scanning over the Beast-Fighting Palace and the Purple True Treasure Bottle.

The Beast-Fighting Palace lay quietly in a corner of the bag, and the white jade bottle inside still emitted a warm and bright purple light.

As the light pulsed, it was being slowly amplified by the immense power of the Cauldron Vessel within the palace.

"It seems we won't be able to take these two treasures out this time."

Under the Thorough Awakening Divine Ability, only one item can be brought back at a time.

He was bound to bring back Xiao Changlü's Mystic Entry Blood Essence on this trip, so naturally he couldn't bring back the Beast-Fighting Palace and the Purple True Treasure Bottle.

But then he changed his mind again...

"The Purple True Treasure Bottle hangs in the Beast-Fighting Palace and is still being blessed by the Beast-Fighting Palace's wondrous power."

If I were to take this Purple True Treasure Bottle Purple True Treasure Bottle away from Total Perception, its power would not be fully realized."

His thoughts then fell upon the Beast-Fighting Palace.

"This Beast-Fighting Palace isn't as helpful to me as I'd imagined, and frequent use could very well invite Cauldron Calamity..."

"And..."

His eyes gleamed. "Besides, this Beast-Fighting Palace and the Purple True Treasure Bottle would have fallen into my hands even in the present world, so what's there to regret?"

He can kill Crown Ying Chi again when the time comes, and these two treasures will naturally be his. There's no need to rush.

Thinking of this, he also stood up, clasped his hands in farewell to Xiao Changlü, and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will certainly keep you informed of the outcome!"

These words were not just for show; he had already made up his mind, and if there was a result, he would inform Xiao Changlü in the present world.

Xiao Changlü nodded slightly, put his hands behind his back, and leaped down to the ground, heading towards Azure Splendor Prefecture Seat.

Xiao Taozhuo glanced at Chen Lingxi on the Longevity Bridge, then suddenly asked loudly, "Senior, how old are you this year?"

Chen Lingxi raised an eyebrow slightly. "I am already twenty-one years old."

"Liar." Xiao Taozhuo out her tongue and followed her father.

The father and daughter, one in front and one behind, were swallowed up by the night.

Chen Lingxi turned her head and looked at the mountain in the distance.

On the mountaintop, Eastern King Mystic Entry Realm Dong still stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at him.

As night deepened, the murderous intent in the Eastern King's eyes did not diminish in the slightest; on the contrary, it intensified even more than before.

He stood atop Flowing Cloud Mountain, his robes fluttering, his Qi and Blood surging, like a god coldly looking down upon his enemy.

A slight smile appeared on Chen Lingxi's lips as she muttered to herself, "That day I saw Demon Lord Zhang and Xiao Zhushan fighting fiercely."

"Upon careful consideration, I'm afraid my current combat strength is still somewhat inferior to that of Xiao Zhushan."

But compared to that Demon Lord Zhang, he is far inferior.

"But how does he compare to the Eastern King of the Mystic Entry Realm par with Xiao Changlü?"

As he finished speaking, he suddenly bent his knees and jumped!

The Longevity Bridge beneath his feet suddenly trembled, and he leaped high into the air.

This person and the bridge are like the rising sun, soaring straight into the sky.

Chen Lingxi's robes were now billowing in the wind, making them appear incredibly elegant.

The Thunderlight Treasure Sword at his waist gleamed brightly.

The pale golden lightning patterns on the scabbard suddenly lit up as he infused them with his spiritual energy.

The blade extends from the guard to the tip, like an awakened lightning serpent swimming within the scabbard.

Lightning flashed in Chen Lingxi's eyes...

"The Thunder-Hiding Sword Canon!"

"The Thunder-Bearing Heavenly King's Method!"