IS Chapter 81

Chapter 81

What sword path did Sword Dao later switch to practicing? Ye Zhuo had no impression. Probably the Path of Unfeeling.

However, their sword path did give Ye Zhuo some inspiration: if every sword strike is treated as the sole culmination of one’s life’s effort, it would indeed make the sword technique more perfect.

This matter shouldn’t be directly told to Xuan Wu.

But Xuan Wu didn’t seem to care too much about the whereabouts of those people.

He was looking at Ye Zhuo.

Actually, in Ling Ming’s memory, Xuan Wu was a very cold and indifferent person. He rarely smiled, and didn’t talk much either.

What should a killer who has never failed look like? That was Xuan Wu. She had never seen Xuan Wu look at someone so gently and earnestly.

Perhaps, when facing someone who defeated him, anyone’s attitude would change.

“You are a sword cultivator,” Xuan Wu said, “Your surname is Yun? Are you from Illusory Sword Manor?”

People who wield swords, especially if they are very skilled, always seem to be suspected of being from Illusory Sword Manor.

It was like this a hundred years later, and it was still like this a hundred years ago. Ye Zhuo no longer wanted to argue with them.

Ye Zhuo: “What makes you say that?”

“Illusory Sword Manor has hundreds of years of accumulation, and many of the Unfeeling Sword Dao’s techniques have been perfected. Moreover, they have a peerless sword meridian. It is said that Illusory Cloud Cliff’s time has come, it is a time of great opportunity. Within a hundred years, a sword dao genius who can dominate the world will surely emerge,” Xuan Wu said, “I haven’t seen a world-shattering sword dao genius in my lifetime, I imagine you are like that.”

At this point, Xuan Wu looked at Ye Zhuo: “However, possessing a treasure invites trouble, you should be careful.”

Silence fell in the forest.

Li Yuan didn’t speak either. He stayed by Ye Zhuo’s side, quietly watching Xuan Wu.

In the human realm, there always seemed to be many stories.

After hearing many of them, he could gradually connect the stories into a line.

Xuan Wu losing a soul fragment and becoming a puppet controlled by others had already happened more than a hundred years ago. In these hundred years, the so-called world-dominating, unprecedented genius seemed to have already appeared.

That person was called Yun Xiang Xi.

Li Yuan had never seen that person. He had only seen the portrait of Xiang Xi Sword in the Swordsmith’s Sword Viewing Pavilion. It was a cold, icy white long sword. One look, and you would know that this was a sword born for the Path of Unfeeling, and so was its owner.

He seemed to be a person who had left a strong mark in everyone’s heart. The Red Dust Sword Immortal admired him, Tai Huan and Tai Su remembered him, and even Little Su from the Sword Sect had asked Ye Zhuo about him.

And Illusory Sword Manor’s spiritual and sword meridians seemed to have been coveted. The Master of the Poor Sight Temple had asked three divination questions to Heaven, and since then, Illusory Sword Manor’s sword and spirit meridians had become the target of public criticism for the entire immortal world.

Xuan Wu also said to be careful of inviting trouble. There was actually no need to worry about this. The jade disc had already been shattered. This manor had actually been destroyed for a full twenty years.

At that time, the situation was dangerous. Illusory Sword Manor closed its doors to guests and no longer participated in worldly affairs. Therefore, all disciples were within the manor. Then, everyone was massacred.

In the end, Yun Xiang Xi ascended.

Illusory Sword Manor’s spiritual meridian was divided up by the various immortal sects. Of course, most of it naturally went to Upper Purity Mountain. The sword meridian called “Immeasurable Emptiness” must also be like this, because a small part of the sword meridian was planted in the heart of Upper Purity Mountain Sword Sect’s First Disciple.

It was precisely for this reason that on the fifteenth of August last year, when he went to sacrifice to the old friends of Illusory Cloud Cliff on behalf of the Swordsmith, he had met Su Yizhen.

So Little Su’s sword had flaws, so he had confusion in his heart. So, he would ask Ye Zhuo that way.

At that time, Little Su asked Ye Zhuo, what is Yun Xiang Xi to you.

How did Ye Zhuo answer?

Ye Zhuo said that he was an unrelated person.

So, what about now? Xuan Wu asked Ye Zhuo, are you a person from Illusory Sword Manor, how would Ye Zhuo answer again?

Ye Zhuo did not answer.

“Brother, he is not a person from Illusory Sword Manor,” Ling Ming said. “He also doesn’t have the surname Yun, his surname is Ye, his name is Ye Zhuo, we call him Ah Zhou. Ah Zhou is the Second Palace Master of Micro-Snow Palace, I am the Sixth Palace Master of Micro-Snow Palace, we are all people from Micro-Snow Palace.”

Hearing these words from the mouth of the Young Pavilion Master of Hundred-Understanding Pavilion, the despair on Lin Zhu’s body deepened.

“So that’s how it is,” Xuan Wu said, “No wonder he was so comfortable facing the assassination in the Fire-Watching Cave.”

Ling Ming smiled without saying a word.

In recent years, there was a period of time when Micro-Snow Palace’s Sixth Palace Master Wei Yuejun had nothing to do, so he lurked in various places within the palace, waiting for an opportunity to strike. As long as he saw someone show a flaw, he would suddenly attack.

There were quite a few old, weak, sick, and disabled people in Micro-Snow Palace. Assassins with principles would not attack them, so the main targets of the assassination were the Grand Palace Master and the Second Palace Master.

Xuan Wu’s gaze towards Ye Zhuo became more friendly.

He looked in Li Yuan’s direction again.

“Is this also someone from your Micro-Snow Palace?”

“Yes, he is someone from the Second Palace,” Ling Ming said, “Our Grand Palace Master is called Wei Sheng Xian, he is a Dao cultivator, he has a good temper, and the food he makes is very delicious. The Fourth Palace Master is called Feng Jiang, and the poison he makes is also very powerful.”

“They are all names I have never heard of,” Xuan Wu said.

A hundred years had passed in a flash. New people emerged and old people disappeared in the immortal world. Looking around, it seemed that only Lin Zhu was still somewhat familiar. Xuan Wu vaguely remembered that this person was the open and upright Eldest Brother of the Pill Cauldron Sect.

“Micro-Snow Palace also has a Fifth Palace Master, we call him Great Master Xia. Brother, look.” Ling Ming showed Xuan Wu her right ear, where there was a beautiful, bright red earring. Fine black gold was inlaid with a swallow-shaped pattern.

“This is what Great Master Xia made for me.”

“That’s good,” Xuan Wu said.

Ling Ming’s tears fell down.

“Why are you crying?” Xuan Wu said, “Life is being a guest, death is returning home. Besides, I still have words to say.”

He looked at Ye Zhuo.

“What you are using is indeed not a sword technique from Illusory Sword Manor, nor is it a sword technique from any other sect. It is your own sword?”

“Yes,” Ye Zhuo said.

“Your sword is very good, your sword path is also very good.”

Looking directly at Xuan Wu, Ye Zhuo said, “If your soul was complete and your cultivation was at its peak, if we were to fight I may not be able to win.”

With a complete soul and full cultivation, that Xuan Wu would have been the true North Division Xuan Wu.

“You are being too humble, it is I who may not be able to win,” Xuan Wu sighed softly, “It is a pity that I did not meet you a hundred years ago.”

He said: “But I still have a question about your sword path.”

“Please.”

At this time, the wind had stopped, and the crescent moon in the sky shone silently, the ground was full of clear and desolate scenery.

Xuan Wu: “Your sword path is to advance unswervingly, and is indestructible. But what if you were to be defeated one day?”

“If I lose, I will die.”

“What if you don’t die?”

Ye Zhuo: “Victory and defeat are common occurrences, if I don’t die I will just practice the sword again.”

“Victory and defeat are common occurrences, many people can say such words. But such a sword path cannot turn back. I have seen some people with such swords, but once they are defeated, their swords will break.”

“My sword has already been broken,” Ye Zhuo said.

Xuan Wu suddenly smiled.

“—Then your Dao heart is flawless,” he said, “Come.”

Ye Zhuo walked in front of him.

Xuan Wu tapped his forehead.

A round and profound illusory orb slowly formed and floated in front of him.

“If it were a hundred years ago, I would definitely fight you again. Now, I can only offer this as a gift.”

Ye Zhuo looked at the orb: “Inheritance Orb?”

“A hundred years ago, the Demonic Path was destroyed, and now it seems that the Devious Path is also gone. The Fire-Watching Cave’s inheritance has been cut off, there is no need to continue it. A-Yan learned a lot in the Fire-Watching Cave, but there are still some things that are too bloodthirsty and too evil. Anyone who learns them will be changed by them. But you won’t.”

“I will give these things to you, let it meet you on my behalf and temper your sword, would you be willing?”

Ye Zhuo: “I would.”

Xuan Wu handed the orb to Ye Zhuo.

“Who are they?” Ling Ming suddenly asked.

Xuan Wu did not answer.

Ling Ming: “Who extracted your soul? Who destroyed the Fire-Watching Cave? There must be names.”

Actually, Xuan Wu had never thought about uttering those names. Once a person dies, everything is wiped out. For those who are still alive, he only hoped that she would be safe and sound, so why should she be burned by flames every day?

But he suddenly realized that A-Yan was no longer the person he remembered. Her eyes were clear, her aura was cold, her knife was not rusty, and her heart was not muddy. She had already grown up.

And the people around her. The person called “Ah Zhou”.

He said that his sword had been broken, Xuan Wu didn’t know how it had been broken. But so what if there was hatred, so what if there wasn’t. In short, Upper Purity Mountain, in order to kill him, had not hesitated to use methods that had been hidden for a hundred years, and in the end, it had resulted in him being unharmed.

The grudges had already begun and could not be settled peacefully.

Xuan Wu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he spoke.

“The one who destroyed the Fire-Watching Cave was the Upper Purity Dao Sect’s Sect Master. At least, he was my Sect Master at that time, Tai Qing.”

“The one who tampered with the Fire-Watching Token, branded the magic seal, and extracted my soul, came from the Upper Purity Main Sect,” Xuan Wu said, “The Upper Purity Main Sect is unfathomable. They have realm inheritance in their hands, and probably even have immortal techniques from the upper realm.”

“—Who is it?”

“His Dao name is Yu Ge.”