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Chapter Sixteen: That Inconspicuous Person
writer:无罪      update:2022-07-21 15:26
  Many in the Chu Dynasty called Consort Zhao Xiang Demon Consort Zhao. This was because her looks and smile were too charming. At this time, her smile was enough to drain the color from the most beautiful flowers in the world, but these Qin grandmasters shuddered.

  She was the empress dowager, but in reality, she was the ruler of the Chu Dynasty. All of the weapons of the Chu Dynasty were for her to use. Just now, she used one item and managed to seriously wound a Qin grandmaster. How many terrifying Chu weapons like this did she have?

  The shadow of the indigo mountain disappeared in front of her, but there were still many energies falling through the air like indigo tree leaves, cutting the air, and making crackling sounds.

  This kind of sharp and powerful essence even blew to Wei Wujiu who was hundreds of feet away. Looking down at the many tears in his clothing, he said, “This is the Door Sealing Token, one of the five great lone weapons of the Chu Dynasty. Also, among the numerous lone weapons, not all of them can be used to fight against enemies. Do not tell me that you have many of the Chu weapons like this.”


  “If they are known to outsiders, they do not count as killer weapons.” Consort Zhao Xiang looked at Wei Wujiu and said scornfully, “You speak so well, so why not you come first to try and see what else I have?”


  Wei Wujiu sneered. “Since the Door Sealing Token is in your hands, then the Meru Formation is naturally here.”


  Consort Zhao Xiang sighed and said with some regret, “An old person is an old person, you think clearly. But you can gamble. Maybe the Meru Formation is not here, or maybe it does not have the power it is said to have.”


  “You have such an idea.”


  Listening to the talk between Consort Zhao Xiang and Wei Wujiu, the numerous Qin grandmasters around them felt cold, and even felt a cold sweat break out on their backs.

  Based on some limited records in the cultivation books, the Meru Formation of the Chu Dynasty was a self-destructive seal weapon. The seal weapon was special in that the more powerful the attack was, the more powerful the explosion was.

  From a certain meaning, Consort Zhao Xiang, a cultivator with a strong physical body, and such a seal weapon were a perfect match. If there were more grandmasters attacking her, she could activate this seal weapon with more power. Her body could be enough to endure the power of the seal weapon but not theirs.

  Perhaps from the start, she had been waiting for them to gather in the surroundings, and then use the legendary Chu weapon.

  “I want to know, if it is not close combat, will such a weapon like the Meru Formation be useful,” Wei Wujiu looked at the provocative Consort Zhao Xiang and said coldly.

  When he said such words, a white bone-like light came from in front of him with a powerful lifebond presence. A pale white sword floated in front of him.

  This sword seemed to be made from white bones, and gave off an ancient presence.

  “Using the sword is better than using the seal weapon because it can change according to your thoughts. How can even the strongest of seal weapons do what you want outside the body? The sword can be frequently used, but how about these seal weapons?”


  Wei Wujiu looked at Consort Zhao Xiang, and then slowly said, “The Chu will be defeated by the Qin, this is inevitable.”


  A clean wind swept in front of him. His sword flew out, the white energy dense and there seemed to be hundreds of white sword shadows flying in the air.

  The other Qin grandmasters immediately understood.

  There were sounds of air tearing, twelve sword lights flying like serpents to Consort Zhao Xiang and Xiang Yan.

  Each grandmaster chose a different route after the Lifesource Realm. Many people did not use the flying sword as the main tactic against the enemy, because if a sword was not in the hand, they could not perfectly endure more vital energy and primal energies, and would be flooded in an instant. Other than this, for cultivators above realm seven, the distance in the air was greatly shortened, and some people were even faster than flying swords.

  Yet most Qin grandmasters had swords as lifebond items. They did not primarily use the sword after reaching realm seven, but in their cultivation process, they had used the flying sword for a long time. They naturally knew how to use the flying sword. Even more importantly, even if they were using the flying sword against the enemy, when a dozen cultivators were working together, the power of their flying swords was still terrifying.

  These flying swords even cut through the original primal energies of the universe laws in this area. They came like an umbrella, putting Consort Zhao Xiang and Xiang Yan into its own world.

  These swords were the swords of grandmasters, and when they flew around each other, their swords did not affect each other, and even caused the sword essences of other swords to grow stronger.

  Such a scene, in Consort Zhao Xiang and Xiang Yan’s eyes even had a feeling of beauty.

  There were only a few people in the world who would be able to see so many powerful grandmasters attacking together with their swords.

  Looking at this scene, Consort Zhao Xiang’s lips curved up slightly. She said dismissively in a soft voice, “They do not dare to even get close, how can they kill me?”


  “Follow me,” she said softly to Xiang Yan.

  Then her figure disappeared from the spot. She charged forward, to where Wei Wujiu and Fang Qilin were. A unique seal weapon appeared in her hand. It looked like a yellowed and weathered piece of old wood, but on this piece of old wood, there were many seal scripts, like ants were climbing over it.

  In this moment, these seal scripts lit up, giving off doled golden light. It was like countless ants were madly climbing on the seal weapon, piling together, and then growing wings to fly into the sky.

  The golden seal scripts flew into the sky, each small script giving off a destructive presence that caused even realm sevens to shudder.

  “Such a mad woman.” Wei Wujiu looked at Consort Zhao Xiang whose phoenix robe seemed like it was burning, and shook his head.

  None of the other seal weapons of the legends had such a presence. This seal weapon that was like an old piece of wood was the Meru Formation.

  She wanted to charge in among them, and then activate the seal weapon. She cultivated herself, and when she was charging at full power, it was hard for even flying swords to stop her.

  But could such a charge stop their spread out power?

  When he was shaking his head, a vicious presence hard to describe with words climbed on his face, like a metal like light gilded his face.

  He did not dodge.

  He just took a deep breath, and called back his flying sword. His vital energy was forced out of his body. In this instant, his entire body seemed to be expanding outwards. Even if he and she were both seriously wounded at the same time, in the next moment, this supreme existence of the Chu Dynasty could not avoid the fate of being killed.

  The other Qin grandmasters sensed his intentions, and with numerous shouts, even the cultivator who had been following him all this time flew out.

  These cultivators were not pedantic people. If they were able to reach their goal, they did not care about the process, much less that this was Wei Wujiu’s own choice.

  A golden light followed behind Consort Zhao Xiang. At this moment, many people were shocked at Xiang Yan’s speed. This general of the Golden Dagger army was not much slower than Consort Zhao Xiang.

  If there was an unknown factor, then the general of the Gold Dagger army was the greatest factor in the eyes of the Qin grandmasters.

  Zhang Kuangdao, who was standing beside Lian Bo, had a cultivation near the bottom of the thirteen Qin grandmasters, and was the most inconspicuous.

  And at this time, his figure stopped.

  Volume 5 16 - Joy

  The God Killing Army was the strongest army of the Qin Dynasty. Its leader, General Bai Qi, may not be the strongest general in terms of individual cultivation and strength, but when he and the army behind him were together, he was the strongest general of the Qin Dynasty.

  Sensing the puzzlement of the realm seven grandmaster in front of him, a ripple appeared in his murderous mind. He gazed in the direction of the Great Floating Water Prison with a hint of confusion.

  The empress had never had any problems in countless previous battles …… Did she have a problem now because she had not fought for so long.

  At this time, there were also many other confused people in Changling.

  Mo Shoucheng had stopped. Some strands of his hair fell but he did not notice it but the wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes deepened.

  He understood the empress better than this killing general. He knew the empress would not have problems. Since the empress would not have problems, then it could only be the Nine Death Silkworm.

  Ever since the Nine Death Silkworm officially appeared and announced his existence to Changling and even the entire world, he had always won against the empress.The empress could not find him. But the empress’ people were decreasing.

  For people like Mo Shoucheng, this was a dangerous signal. This meant …… even an heir of the Nine Death Silkworm, after seeing the empress for who she was, could win against the empress in relatively fair battles. So he did not just worry that the empress would go mad, he also worried that the empress may be defeated by the Nine Death Silkworm.

  He was one of the wisest people in Changling who knew there was no meaning in thinking about the distant future. Yet, thinking of the unpredictable fate that this dynasty that was already so powerful and peaceful would endure, he still gave a pained groan within.

  For the empress, the changes in the Great Floating Water Prison were expected, but for Changling, the changes in the Great Floating Water Prison were a sudden event.

  The Divinity Bureau did not know. The Astrology Bureau did not know.

  Ye Celeng’s carriage was heading towards Sky Falling Alley. A spy from the Yan was possibly hiding there. Bureau Chief Chen was reading files in the Astrology Bureau.

  The empress stood patiently in front of the spirit lotus pond. A faint smile appeared on her perfect face, a smile that was rare and crueler for its rarity.

  In her plan, today, Ba Mountain Sword Field …… or rather, that person’s remaining subordinates would all disappear. Through them, she could possibly trace the Nine Death Silkworm! If the Nine Death Silkworm did not die, she could not eat or drink. She knew Emperor Yuanwu also could not eat or sleep either. Otherwise, he would not go to that place where that person died every year.

  Many people in Changling confirmed that that person had died then, completely dead that he did not even leave any dust behind. Yet when she thought she had finally obtained Changling and the world, the shadow of the Nine Death Silkworm had silently appeared again.

  The most painful thing in the world was when you felt that you could completely forget something, someone constantly forced you to think of those things. When you felt you had already won, but found out that you had not.

  She knew it was the same for Yuanwu. So she had been unhappy for many years, and did not smile for many years. She knew the Nine Death Silkworm would truly disappear from the world when she learned the secrets of the Nine Death Silkworm.

  Today, she finally had such an opportunity. So she had a rare smile.

  She waited patiently.

  A long time later, her eyebrows slowly rose. Appearing in front of her was not the middle-aged man who had followed her for many years like Palace Attendant Rong, but another palace attendant.

  This palace attendant did not know her true emotions. She walked up quickly, and bowed respectfully like the yellow-robed middle-aged man who usually reported to her.

  The news from the Great Floating Water Prison reached her ears in great detail. The joy she felt disappeared at the palace attendant’s first words.

  She was silent, showing no other emotion.

  After the palace attendant finished reporting, she did not hear a response. She did not know if the empress had heard clearly but did not dare to look up. She could only maintain her respectful posture and freeze where she was.

  “Why is it like this!”


  “Have you really come back to life?”


  The empress looked up at the sky and shouted in fury.

  The palace attendant did not hear her angry shout. Before she spoke, invisible ripples appeared in this space. An energy storm stunned her and threw her out.

  “How dare you betray me, how can you betray me!” She took a deep breath and said coldly.

  She was most skilled in using such means, so she immediately understood what kind of people had the abilities to do such a thing.

  **

  Huang Zhenwei was in the pitch black underground river.

  His vital energy gathered primal energies of the universe that shone with blurry light yellow light in the river like a candle flame that would be extinguished at any moment. He could not find traces of the Nine Death Silkworm.

  To his fear, he felt an indescribable vibration.

  He was far from the Great Floating Water Prison, and could not sense the battle. But he could confirm through this vibration that it came from someone who cultivated the same method as him.

  Emperor Yuanwu. Only he could sense Emperor Yuanwu’s presence vibrating at this time.

  Emperor Yuanwu had reached realm eight under the pressure of the Deer Mountain Conference. His vibration now could not be due to another breakthrough. So Huang Zhenwei was extremely agitated. He could not imagine what could cause the calmly cultivating Emperor Yuanwu to have such powerful emotional swings.

  Even so, he had a bad feeling.

  **

  Some faint coolness appeared in the quiet clinic.

  Ding Ning, who had been sitting on the bed and looking at the door, smiled. His smile contained indescribable emotions. He saw Zhangsun Qianxue push open the door and enter. He looked hard as though he wanted to merge her into his gaze.

  Zhangsun Qianxue turned her head to look away from Ding Ning’s face. She said coldly, “When do you prepare to meet Lin Zhujiu?”


  Ding Ning looked at her and said slowly, “When I make sure everyone is safe.”


  **

  In the imperial palace.

  The empress pushed open the half-closed door of the imperial study. She walked in and saw Emperor Yuanwu in cloth robes standing in front of an enormous map. She said coldly, “This is an unfair battle. Any dissatisfaction towards the Qin Dynasty and Changling, even past dissatisfactions, will be put onto us.”


  Emperor Yuanwu looked peacefully at her and did not speak.

  The empress looked at him and said, “You said last time for me to wait. I listened to you, but now, I do not want to wait.” She paused and then added. “If we cannot eliminate all enemies, then we should be cruel to the end, and grab everything.”


  Emperor Yuanwu gave a small smile.

  “No matter what you decide,” he said gently, “I will forever stand by your side. Why else do you think I am looking at this map?”


  The empress looked at his peaceful face. For an instant, she felt moved. She knew this powerful man had done enough for her, yet her emotion only lasted for an instant. She also knew that at many times, she was only the mistress of the family. She did the evil things in the family. Most people in Changling thought that Emperor Yuanwu focused on cultivation and did not care about court matters.

  Even more importantly, she never felt true joy. Without true joy, how could she get joy from someone else?

  She looked at Emperor Yuanwu and smiled. Her smile was enchanting and perfect, so beautiful it was intoxicating.

  Then she turned to leave.

  Emperor Yuanwu looked at her beautiful back and his emotions could not be calmed.

  “Make Ghost Market disappear,” She said to the two palace attendants following her as she walked towards her study.

  Translator Ramblings: Bai Qi’s historical nickname is the “human butcher”.

  Volume 5 17 - The Start of Madness

  The army that seemed to come from hell arrived at the Great Floating Water Prison. With a boom, when the army stopped, and finally seemed to become human. The hooves hit the ground creating a boom in unison.

  The general of this God Killing Army with the two swords criss-crossed on his back sensed the killing intent existing in this area. His gaze, hidden deep in the platinum mask, filled with more murderousness. No one knew his history. They only knew that the aim of the Qin Dynasty God Killing Army was only one, kill that person.

  Each soldier of the God Killing Army supposedly had undergone unimaginable death training, and were one in a hundred from Jiiaodong’s killers. They were one in a hundred because the other ninety nine died in the elimination process. The one remaining was likely more terrifying now than the ninety nine back then.

  The commander leading such an army was naturally a killing god among killing gods. So today, just breathing the air underneath the sunlight, this commander with the platinum mask seemed to smell the murderousness of Changling.

  A black eagle flew down from the sky with new military orders.

  Without any words, after seeing the new orders, this commander brimming with killing intent turned his horse around. The entire army followed behind him like ghosts.

  The army moved through the countryside. The riders moved through the fields, the crops swaying but not breaking. The cavalry really seemed weightless in the wind.

  A child was crying in the farmhouse. A farmer woman who was busy weaving had no attention to spare. But suddenly the child stopped crying. The farmer woman suddenly turned around and saw something she would never forget.

  An unimaginably cold army was moving with the wind and passing by her window.

  Fish Market was desolate during the day and prosperous during the night. The army advanced so quickly. Or rather, the people in Fish Market were like ghosts roaming the outskirts of Changling and did not care about the wind and rain outside when covered by the layers of canopies. So when the army arrived at the port next to Fish Market, no one cared about the arrival of this army.

  The God Killing Army commander stopped.

  The moment he stopped, he did not make any extra movements. Then a vice commander behind him rode out and said in a stern voice that echoed under the canopies of Fish Market.

  “Imperial Orders! Leave this place!” He said only five words, and only spoke once.

  But the echoes continued like countless dangerous voices constantly shouting.

  All of Fish Market started to shake. This was like a lot of wasps suddenly flooding into an ordinary honey bee hive. Dozens of people nearest the canopy appeared in the sunlight.

  A middle-aged person who looked a lot like a schoolteacher but had an extremely pale face looked up at the army and said slowly, “If we leave, what is the time limit?”


  The vice commander at the front glanced at the teacher and said, “This is not about time, but attitude.”


  This middle-aged scholar understood the meaning in the words. His heart suddenly found cold. But the three people behind him did not understand and shouted, “What do you mean? You force us to leave here but do not give us time to move? If we leave here, where should we settle?”


  The vice commander slowly looked up at the speakers and said, “This is a place that should not exist. There is a need to settle you? You wild ghosts should go where you should.”


  “What if we do not go?” A cold sneer sounded behind the hut.

  The vice commander did not change his voice but everyone could sense the cold murderousness in the air. “You dare to disobey imperial orders?”


  “You say we are wild ghosts, what do we not dare?” The person in the shadows sneered.

  “Die!”


  An unusually simple shout sounded.

  As soon as the voice sounded, the vice commander and the horse under him jumped over the middle-aged scholar and the other people towards the rain canopy behind them. With a crack, a black cold lightning in his hand tore apart the canopy underneath the horse.

  The ghostly shadow underneath the canopy was picked up without any resistance. The horse he rose gave a whinny, turning around and leaping into the air like it was flying.

  The black lightning in his hand was a long spear. The ghostly shadow underneath the canopy had been penetrated by his spear and lifted up. When his horse landed back on the ground, the shadow he had picked up with the spear was thrown heavily to the river port at the side.

  Blood surged furiously out of that person’s body. The vice commander wearing a black mask pointed his spear forward, blood dripping off the speartip.

  This scene was enough to stun people in most places, including the guards of some small cities. Yet this was Fish Market with many lonely and wild ghosts. Many criminals and outlaws needed to rely on this place to hide.

  This vice commander’s spear only tore through a rain canopy, but in the next moment, another six rain canopies were destroyed.

  Five flying swords flew towards the vice commander at this moment. Killing chickens to deter monkeys was a move that everyone could use.

  For the people of Fish Market, this vice commander killed the first person to deter them from defying. For them, if they responded in turn and killed this vice commander, they would also make deterrence.

  Five flying swords appearing at the same moment was something unimaginable at other places. This was also the true reason that outside factions could not interfere in the ghost market.

  However, they did not know what kind of army this was. They did not know that even if they could kill this vice commander, this army’s killing intent and determination would not change. Also, with such an army presence, they could not kill the vice commander here.

  Seeing the five flying swords, this vice commander did not even change how he held his spear.

  Two horses moved behind him. Another vice commander came to his side. This vice commander also wore two swords on his back, but compared to Bai Qi, the two swords were short. Yet when the vice commander pulled out the two swords with reverse grips, the sound of the blade brushing against the scabbard lingered.

  Shocked exclamations sounded.

  This vice commander’s two swords were like two long whips. They seemed to have been folded in the scabbard. So when the swords were drawn out, they swam out like poisonous snakes. Also, the swords were shaped like poisonous snakes, they were slightly round and the blade was covered in scale-like hooks.

  This vice commander attacked. With the swords in hand, countless shadows of snakes appeared in the air.

  There were multiple sounds of metal colliding. The five flying swords were all locked by the hooks of these two strange swords.

  These five flying swords struggled viciously. Their enormous power was something this vice commander could not contend with and they were on the verge of pulling the vice commander off the horse. Yet the two swords of the vice commander only needed to trap the five flying swords for a moment.

  The other vice commander who had moved up also acted. The metal pieces on his black armored arm pulsed like water and formed a black longbow in his hand.

  Four arrows immediately broke through the air.

  His four arrows were all special arrows. The shaft and tail feathers were all cold black steel, but the arrowhead was a deep red gem. The quartet flew faster than most cultivator’s flying swords,

  , and there was a rain of blood underneath the rain canopy. The five struggling flying swords immediately lost their vitality and fell to the ground.

  Four arrows were enough to kill five cultivators who could control flying swords!

  Fish Market was immediately silent. Many rain canopies rippled and spread outwards. Everyone understood the true power of this legendary God Killing Army. They started to understand the power of this army could not be judged by an ordinary army.

  The spear-holding vice commander at the front ignored the people ahead of him who already left Fish Market and he leapt forward on his horse again. The horse moved in the wind like it came from hell. His long back spear flicked casually. With each flick, a rain canopy would fly towards the river.

  No one dared to stop him.

  This army drove deep into Fish market.

  On a turret nearest Fish Market, Huang Zhenwei saw his teacher Mo Shoucheng.

  When he saw this old man again, Huang Zhenwei almost did not believe his eyes. He could sense the old man had aged extremely in an instant. What had aged was not just his appearance but also his spirit.

  Seeing Fish Market in his sight, Huang Zhenwei’s lips started to tremble. “Teacher ……”


  “The madness has started ……”


  Mo Shoucheng turned his head and forced a smile at him. He said softly, “You will be unable to stop anything at this time. You can only choose which side to stand on.”


  Translator Ramblings: How great is the obsession when you decide to make an army to kill one person?

  Volume 3 17 - The Dire Attack of the Xie Family

  His shock did not come from the strength of this surge of primal energy, but its direction.

  The source of this sudden burst of primal energies of the universe was the bleeding old woman’s carriage.

  There was only the old woman who had suffered a blow in the carriage.

  At this time, to his understanding, no one in the Xie Family caravan could stop him from killing Xie Lianying and Xie Rou. He had not considered this bleeding old woman to attack him.

  In the moment he turned, the Silver Rakshasa Thumb Ring on his hand produced large volumes of mercury energy that covered his entire body.

  The old woman, who had lost a large piece of flesh and bled out greatly, looked dire. Even so, her expression was extremely calm. Her arms were held horizontally, facing forward. Half of the carriage had been turned to powder by the abundant power. Many dots of yellow light magically and rapidly rose from the soil in front of her to form two paths of light in her palms.

  The two yellow paths of light seemed to be extensions of her palms. As he abruptly turned around, they charged towards the Chu cultivator and pressed hard on him.

  The Chu cultivator frowned deeply. He gave a deep shout, and the silver energy surrounding him flew like waves.

  His body dropped slightly as the ground under him sank, but he did not hesitate in his movements. His Worryfree Horn flew like a flying sword and swept towards the old woman.

  With a soft poof, flying backwards in a spray of blood and mud, half of the woman’s body was destroyed,.

  But at this time, another unusual presence appeared in the air.

  This presence came from the similarly bleeding young child.

  Because of the massive blood loss, the young child’s extremely pale face was a strong contrast against his dark pupils.

  One attack and half of the old woman’s body had been turned into blood mud. Yet, his seemingly childlike pale face was extremely calm. A cone-like black metal sword twisted and flew out of his bloodstained sleeve, quickly attacking the abdomen of the Chu cultivator.

  The Chu cultivator gave a muffled grunt. Blood seeped out of his nose and mouth.

  His silver energy seemed to have been scattered. The sound of bones cracking came from where the black cone-like sword had hit.

  He could not maintain his momentum. With three balls of energy splashing onto the ground, his body retreated dozens of meters.

  The cone-like sword went several inches into his flesh. His silver energy faded but after another moment, a surge of vital energy once again came out of his body and flooded into his Silver Rakshasa Thumb Ring.

  Mercury-like energy covered his palm which descended and gripped the furiously speeding black cone-like sword.

  The air buzzed. A spray of blood appeared at his waist.

  He forced all the energy and perception from the seal scripts on the black cone-like sword. It immediately became a lifeless object.

  The child depressedly leaned back in the carriage cabin as the Chu cultivator coldly threw this small sword.

  The small sword created a gust of wind as it landed on the child’s chest.

  The child’s chest sank down, blood and flesh spraying outwards. The depression became a clear hole.

  The cabin behind the child was completely annihilated by the great force. All his organs had disappeared and he was about to die. But at this moment before death, he turned to look back, a smile of success appearing on his calm and harsh face.

  In his sight, Xie Lianying, Xie Rou and Ding Ning had retreated to the three Zhou Family carriages.

  In the Xie Family caravan, all cultivators were either dead or wounded with carriage ruins and flesh all over the place. They looked to be in dire straits. But the Chu Dynasty realm seven expert that had created all this did not have a happy expression.

  He stopped among this horrific scene. He was silent for a long moment, his head low. Then he lifted his head and said, “Killing child and senior …… so from the start, you had not captured Chen Tunyun’s family members.”


  Ding Ning, Xie Lianying and Xie Rou had already stopped.

  Xie Lianying took a deep breath, faced the Chu cultivator’s gaze and nodded. He said, “There wasn’t enough time to capture the Chen Family members. But when one is panicked, you will have no time to confirm this.”


  “A great plan.”


  The Chu cultivator’s breathing calmed. In his high voice, he expressed a sincere praise. “Chen Tunyun died for nothing.”


  Xie Lianying turned silent.

  The brave and desperate attacks of the several Xie Family cultivators just now had not stopped this Chu cultivator at all.

  “How did you judge where my step was going to land?”


  The Chu cultivator looked at Ding Ning.

  While he did not know what kind of cultivator was hiding in those three black carriages, he knew that Xie Lianying and Xie Rou were alive because of this youth. The youth had managed to accurately capture the landing point of his two “Slipstream Seals”, and successfully stalled his actions.

  Fu Su had come out of the carriage and was standing beside Ding Ning.

  The fight of life and death that had occurred in a few brief moments just now had surpassed all he had seen before. Cold still flowed through his body. When he heard the words of the Chu cultivator, he looked at Ding Ning with confused emotions.

  He had the strongest parents in the world, the best teachers of the Qin Dynasty, so his cultivation had advanced quickly, and he had learned much more than ordinary cultivators. He knew the “Slipstream Seal” could be tracked as it was a powerful passage of primal energies of the universe. The cultivator would appear to disappear into the air because that flow of primal energies would be so quick, it surpassed the limits of a cultivator’s eyes.

  But even if one knew that the enemy had such a seal weapon, in such a short moment, it was usually not possible to predict where that flow of primal energies would land.

  If the Slipstream Seal was said to create a bridge through the air, the other end of the bridge was decided by the user.

  Ding Ning took a deep breath.

  Of course he could refuse to answer, but if he could not give a convincing answer, Forefather Zhou in the carriage behind him would be even more suspicious of him.

  So after a moment, he lifted his head and calmly answered. “That place is the most unlikely to be intercepted by the flying sword.”


  Fu Su stilled, and could not understand the meaning of the words.

  This realm seven expert from the Chu Dynasty frowned again.

  He thought back and slowly said, “Just so?”


  Ding Ning looked at him, nodded and said, “Just so.”


  Fu Su thought dazedly, was it because Xie Lianying and Xie Rou had coincidentally disguised the direction of where the two flying swords had been headed?

  “This one is Chen Chu of Silver Thread Workshop,” the Chu cultivator nodded and said calmly.

  His gaze at this time was focused beyond Ding Ning on the black carriage containing Forefather Zhou.His words were clearly directed at Forefather Zhou.

  But Fu Su and Xie Lianying’s gazes focused at the same time.

  “I know who you are, the famed Silver Thread Holy Hand Chen Chu.” Xie Lianying sneered. “A powerful cultivator from the Chu court. I am very fortunate to have met you.”


  Chen Chu was truly famous.

  Only masters who were able to reach “silk road” level and create seal scripts on threads the thickness of a hair, could be called holy hands in the Chu Dynasty.

  The Silver Thread Workshop had only five holy hands.

  Chen Chu wasn’t just a holy hand, he was also a realm seven expert.

  This was even more rare, being able to create and use seal weapons cultivators below realm seven could not understand.

  So from a long time ago, he had been a court crafter.

  But Xie Lianying’s sneer was with another meaning.

  Many of the crafters that remained in the Chu Dynasty’s court were not whole in body.

  Chen Chu naturally could sense Xie Lianying’s disdain, but ignored it. He just sensed a faint presence of danger from the black carriage. He had to obtain more information to decide if he should flee or continue to fight.

  Ding Ning’s eyebrows rose.

  At this time, the curtain of Forefather Zhou’s carriage moved to the side.

  Dressed in loose robes, Forefather Zhou slowly stood up and walked out of the cabin.

  “My surname is Zhou, my name Mei, which is a homonym for misfortune. As a result, I have been unlucky in my life.” With a genteel demeanour, Forefather Zhou said warmly and looked at this Chu Dynasty court cultivator.

  “So it is him. He’s not yet dead!”


  Xie Lianying immediately reacted with shock within.

  “I had not expected Forefather Zhou to still be alive. The old are the strongest.” Chen Chu’s eyes narrowed slightly. His expression was one of surprise.

  “The Changling of present is not the Changling of your time.”


  Chen Chu paused slightly, looked at Forefather Zhou and coldly said, “Why do you have to interfere in this matter?”


  “I encountered it, so this is an opportunity.”


  With eyes full of benevolence, Forefather Zhou looked at Chen Chu and said, “You have two good items on you. I want to give them to these young people with me.”


  Translator Ramblings: Xie Lianying is a very good strategist.

  Volume 4 17 - Problem

  After the Treasure Light Temple was the Cottage Stone Sword Workshop.

  The workshop was very hot. A shirtless man inside was forging a sword. When the pillar of light charged into the sky at Treasure Light Temple, the man turned and glanced over, but did not stop his forging.

  He had a golden hammer in his hands that looked much smaller than the hammers other sword forges used but it seemed to be astoundingly heavy. Each time it struck the burning red blade, the ground of the entire workshop would tremble violently, and a ripple would spread on the burning blade.

  Three breaths after the pillar of light from Treasure Light Temple disappeared, urgent hoofbeats sounded in the streets outside the Cottage Stone Sword Workshop. More than a dozen officials from the Warden’s Office entered the workshop and appeared in front of the man.

  The leading Warden’s Office official wanted to speak, but the man did not give him a chance……

  He suddenly beat faster at the blade with his golden hammer. Ripples formed on the ground.

  The dozen Warden’s Office officials could not stand firm …… They were powerful cultivators so being off-balance meant that their vital energy was shaking inside their bodies.

  These Warden’s Office officials all had shock and disbelief in their eyes. They all knew that the second place after the Treasure Light Temple would have its meaning, yet they had not thought the master of this small place would be so powerful and use such a method to welcome them.

  “Actually, I always wanted to learn from your sword essence.” The man did not look at the Warden’s Office officials as he looked up in the air and spoke.

  There was a turret at that place was a powerful force gestating on it.

  After saying this, his golden hammer landed on the burning sword and did not lift again.

  With this blow, the golden hammer in his hand shattered into countless pieces. These golden pieces did not fly around but instead absorbed by the ripples that formed on the blade again.

  The ripples on the blade absorbed all the golden fragments. However, the ripples on the blade did not pass the energy into the ground, but spread it through the air.

  The sword disappeared.

  Countless tangible golden ripples appeared in the air and faced that sword essence on the turret. One wall of the workshop was destroyed like it was paper. The golden ripples charged out, and collided with an enormous and invisible wall of sword energy.

  Boom!

  Two mountains seemed to collide in the air. The turret trembled minutely, and the old man at the top of the turret looked at his feet. The hard stone underneath his feet showed a patch of dense cracks.

  The light in his eyes dimmed slightly, and lines of blood appeared in his wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

  “As expected of someone who has guarded Changling for so many years. I forged the sword for so many years and still cannot match,” this shirtless man said sincerely and vomited a mouthful of blood.

  He did not hesitate at all and turned to leave. He travelled towards the turret. The walls in front of him seemed to not even exist, being easily torn apart by the air currents travelling around his body.

  Yet after passing through one street, he stopped. A youth was waiting for him underneath a locust tree.

  “An Baoshi?” This shirtless man frowned and recalled who this youth was.

  This youth, who felt like he was floating on top of a cloud, bowed towards this shirtless man, saying, “Since Elder Mo Ye has tried the City Guarding Sword, then you must not want to miss the Spirit Void Sword Sect’s sword. The teachers of my sect admired Elder’s sword essence. I would have regrets if I missed it.”


  The shirtless man suddenly laughed out loud. He pointed at An Baoshi and laughed until his body was shaking.

  “One of the two recognized geniuses of Changling, the strongest freak in the history of Spirit Void Sword Sect. I had not expected you willing to be a dog. You wasted Spirit Void Sword Sect’s efforts.”


  An Baoshi’s laughter did not change at the laughter, but his gaze grew prouder. “Everyone has different views. I only care …… if my sword essence can get stronger.”


  “If there was no empress, where would I get so many opportunities to freely use my sword and fight to the death against so many grandmasters?”


  Hearing An Baoshi’s words, the shirtless man stopped laughing. He knew that this freak was a true freak, another kind of cultivation fanatic unlike Fang Xiumu.

  “You and Zheng Xiu are suitable, you are both cruel enough. For you, anyone is just a tool to improve your sword essence.”


  Thinking of something, the shirtless man’s gaze grew strange. He slowly said, “But since you call me elder, I can give you a warning. Ever since Yuanwu’s ascension, Zheng Xiu’s cultivation has stopped improving. Her present may be your future.”


  An Baoshi thought seriously for a moment. Then he said to the shirtless man, “Then I will consider when I reach her level.”


  The shirtless man coughed gently and said, “It is fair to fight now.”


  After saying this, his body released a terrifying sword essence. Fine lights carrying a lifebond presence appeared in the space around him and An Baoshi like metal sprays of sparks created when he forged.

  An Baoshi reached out a hand to swipe through the air. He seemed to attack yet no one saw where his sword essence went. His eyes showed great shock. Then his body shuddered like a blade being forged and beaten.

  Blood trickled down his nose and mouth. The shirtless man stopped moving. He shook his head and then fell down.

  An Baoshi was silent for a moment. He bowed to the distant turret, and then to the shirtless man who had stopped breathing. He was thanking the man on top of the turret, and apologizing to this Cottage Stone Sword Workshop man.

  He had not expected the man to defeat his sword essence despite his serious injuries. This meant his sword was not powerful enough.

  A cold general in black armor stood behind the tired Mo Shoucheng. He did not speak, but the sudden heavy breathing caused Mo Shoucheng to know what he was thinking.

  Mo Shoucheng sighed softly and said, “I know you feel it is unfair, but for my choice, An Baoshi cannot die …… Also, An Baoshi does not even care, so why should I care how people in Changling think of me?”


  This cold general’s body started to tremble minutely. He bowed to Mo Shoucheng and said, “Mister is righteous.”


  “How can you make such a decision!”


  “Like draining the pond to get the fish, this is shaking the foundation of the country!”


  “The heavenly mandate belongs to Changling, our Changling has so many geniuses because these cultivation places are not restrained. It is already natural for the cultivators of these places to join the army for service …… You are destroying your own foundation, it is simply …… simply mad!”


  Dozens of officials stood on the usually quiet path in the palace. The empress stood on the jade stairs, looking coldly at these officials who wanted to die and listened to the fierce words.

  “What looks like shaking the foundation of the country is just a temporary pain in my opinion.”


  “If there is no change, how can the heavenly mandate belong to Changling.”


  “Do not forget that the Shang Family was in charge of the reformation back then.”


  “This is gathering all forces together, not destroying the foundation.”


  “I do all this for the Qin to grow stronger.”


  “You should know that my decision will not change. You should understand what you do now is to choose.”


  “The Qin established the country by the sword. Words are the most useless thing,” she said simply having listened for a long while. Then she turned and returned to her study.

  Translator Ramblings: These recent chapters pack so much plot development and action (murder) together.

  Volume 8 17

  When this Gongyang Family cultivator walked out of the tea house like he was facing a great enemy, in reality, most people in this Yebo Town tea house had noticed this unique caravan.

  While these people represented different factions, many of them had come from the Qin. Their knowledge, or rather, the information they received before, was more detailed and accurate than the cultivator of the Gongyang Family. Many of them, at the first glance at Tantai Guanjian on the carriage, recognized him and were in great shock.

  When this Gongyang Family cultivator and Tantai Guanjian had a simple talk, and he started to lead the way, the Gongyang cultivator had missed a point. Such a scene caused people to think that the Gongyang Family and the Nine Death Silkworm had reached an agreement between them.

  Tantai Guanjian drove the first carriage. The second carriage was driven by the direct disciple of the Qi grandmaster Yan Ying. Some people even recognized Li Daoji who was driving the third carriage.

  Looking at these people, and sensing the faint presence emanating from the three carriages, they thought

  legendary person, who had once created an era and should have died in Changling but Yuanwu called reborn, should be within one of them. These cultivators felt great curiosity, and at the same time, they were filled with endless terror.

  The family compound of the Gongyang Family was in the easternmost part of Nanquan Town. A little mountain called Zhang Mountain had become a great fortress after two generations of work.

  Some of the important structures of the Gongyang Family were at the top of the mountain, a position that most seal weapons in the world could not reach. The Gongyang Family was skilled in layout, and mechanics, creating a layout with seal weapons that disrupted the primal energies of the universe so cultivators could not easily fight and also many weapons that could be activated without a cultivator.

  If the private army of the Gongyang Family and the cultivators hid in the mountain, without large amounts of outside grandmasters, it would likely be a long war of attrition if any army in the Chu Dynasty wanted to take over the Gongyang Family’s mountain. It was much harder to conquer than any of the important border cities of an enemy country.

  Zhang Mountain was not close to Yebo Town but the news moved quickly. A large cart which looked like a ship came out of the Gongyang Compound, and protected by some riders and attendants, moved in the direction of Yebo Town.

  Sitting in the giant cart was Gongyang Ji. He liked stability and comfort. This cart had been made special so that even on the mountain paths, it would not shake or tilt much. Even more marquises of the Chu might not be able to possess such a thing. His face was calm like the warm sky in the spring, but his eyes hid shock.

  Three ordinary carriages, that were of different styles, passed through Yebo Town, and on the way to Nanquan Town, met the procession of the Gongyang Family. Behind the vast procession of the Gongyang Family, there were the caravans of many other families who had learned the news. From far away, they looked like armies. But as Gongyang Ji signaled, and his family’s procession stopped, their presence was slightly lower than the three carriages that Ding Ning was in.

  This was something hard to describe. The Gongyang Family was so, and so the three carriages appeared greater than the carriages between the Gongyang Family from the other families. It was like a ruler accepting many marquises coming to greet him.

  The carriage stopped. The cart stopped. Gongyang Ji did not immediately speak and got out of the cart, just narrowing his eyes and waiting quietly. Tantai Guanjian got off the carriage with natural ease, and then the curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside. Ding Ning walked out.

  Ding Ning’s feet touched the ground. He calmly lifted his head and looked at the very authoritative old man in the cart opposite him.

  Gongyang Ji’s gaze trembled. He felt that even he could not see through Ding Ning’s cultivation. At least, just from Ding Ning’s presence, he felt that Ding Ning was like the sky, and he could not judge the other’s true cultivation stage. So he quickly confirmed that this person was the one that Ye Xiao had used to trap with the dust mountains but Yuanwu and Zheng Xiu still could not kill.

  “How to call you?” he stood up, got out of the cart, gave a shallow bow and asked.

  Ding Ning said calmly, “Ding Ning.”


  “I really admire you, but your actions have made it difficult for me.” Gongyang Ji looked at him and said, “You greet me in such a fashion, any person will feel that the Nanquan Families have completely sided with you.”


  “Should it not be so?” Ding Ning gave a faint smile. “Then how should I appear? Come here without a trace, secretly assassinate the families who oppose me the most, including that visitor of the Zhou Family?”


  Gongyang Ji frowned slightly and said, “We need some time to deal with this, I fear that there is not enough time.”


  Ding Ning looked into his eyes and shook his head, saying calmly, “I think that this way will let you see our determination.”


  Gongyang Ji stopped frowning. “If you think this, you are correct.”


  Ding Ning did not say anything and just nodded.

  Gongyang Ji turned around and the conversation that was incomprehensible to many people ended like this. When he sat back into the cart, he said to a retainer who had been by his side, “To the Zhou Estate.”


  The Zhou Estate was the home of the Zhou Family. This retainer was his closest, and instantly heard the meaning in his words. When the order was passed down, he thought and asked, “Should we help them into carts?”


  The nobility of the Chu Dynasty cared greatly about comfort, and the Gongyang Family had the most comfort and grandest carts. Since Gongyang Ji had shown his attitude, this retainer naturally felt that it was not suitable for the others to be in these shabby carriages.

  But Gongyang Ji shook his head lightly and then gave a small smile. “It does not matter. Since he has stated his identity so publicly, then no matter what he rides, in the eyes of the world, is it any different from a throne?”


  The news quickly spread to the Zhou caravan far away on the road. The Zhou Family, who had already been very anxious, learned what Ding Ning and the others were going to do, and grew excited.

  A white jade box a foot long was quickly delivered. This was a gift from the Zhou Family. It contained a medicine paste that was like white fat. This was the white dragon fat, made from the core and fat of the white water serpent into spirit medicine. It was one of the best medicines in the world for healing.