Jade Lake Peak's Green Mountain Sword Boat had been stationed in the Western Sea for many days. Given Cheng Youtian's cautious, meticulous nature, he would never have overlooked anything. He had indeed found many treasures left behind by the Western Sea Sword Sect, yet there was still no trace of the First Child Sword. Something was clearly wrong.
"I don't know how many days you hid on that island, or what method you used to deceive even Qing'er, but I know it's in your hands."
Jing Jiu said, "White True Person overlooked it for the moment, but she'll remember eventually. When that happens, will you hand it over or not? So you simply ran away."
This was an accusation aimed straight at the heart, a thoroughly malicious conjecture.
Tong Yan withdrew his gaze and resumed playing chess against himself without a word.
"That sword is mine. It always has been," Jing Jiu said.
Many, many years ago, True Person Daoyuan had brought him from Chaoge City to Green Mountain.
Some years later, True Person Daoyuan died from Nan Qu's sneak attack. Before dying, he severed Nan Qu's Dao Tree, seized the First Child Sword, and gave it to Jing Jiu.
Three hundred years ago, Jing Jiu gave it to the new Divine Emperor, who had just lost his father, as consolation, and also to celebrate his accession to the throne a few years earlier.
He had spoken the truth. The First Child Sword had been his from beginning to end. Now that Nan Qu was dead, it should belong to him all the more. In the past, when the Soul Imprint was still attached to the First Child Sword, he would never have needed to ask Tong Yan. But when Pei Baifa killed the Western Prince that year, the First