Xuanxia

Chapter 487: The Ruthless Yue Heng
Time goes back to a short time ago.

Zhangjian Academy is located in a small building in the bamboo forest.

"Brother Bai, this is roughly the situation."

Yue Heng said calmly: "Although I don't know why Miss Tang thinks you can help Brother Fu, but...if you have a way, please lend a hand."

After saying that, he bowed deeply to Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan stretched out his hand to support Yue Heng, but he looked at Tang Jiao with a strange look.

Tang Jiao smiled awkwardly, not daring to look him in the face.

She was too anxious about the strange changes in Jinchan Temple...After coming here, she realized a problem.

My elder brother did tell me that "Bai Xiaochuan" was the emperor, but...

How should I explain this matter after I find it myself?
Brother, you revealed the emperor’s identity!
What should I do if the emperor is angry?

Fortunately, at the moment, she did not see any anger or dissatisfaction in Zhao Yuan's eyes.

After Zhao Yuan helped Yue Heng up, he patted him on the shoulder gently and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yue. Since Brother Fu is in trouble, we must help him. As for the solution, I do have a little idea."

"Oh!?" Yue Heng's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Um……"

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment... He had thought of the "King's Sword Scabbard" that Ning Baimei had sent him, and asked his teacher to help him go to the palace to get it urgently.

But if I say it now, wouldn't it expose the fact that Fu Qingzhou had come for help before?

And in the palace... this will expose my identity...

"Brother Yue, and Miss Tang... I'm going to go look for the teacher."

After his mind raced, he said softly, "Teacher will definitely have a way. You guys just wait here."

After saying this, without waiting for Yue Heng, Tang Jiao and the others to speak, he hurriedly ran away, walking down the small building in a hurry.

Tang Jiao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zhao Yuan's back disappear into the bamboo forest below the small building.

Yue Heng stood with her on the second-floor terrace. At this moment, he suddenly asked softly, "Miss Tang, this Brother Bai, his identity... I'm afraid he is not an ordinary official, right? Could it be that he is a member of the royal family?"

Tang Jiao was startled: "Mr. Yue, you..."

"Haha, maybe we came too hastily just now."

Yue Heng smiled and said, "Look."

He turned sideways and pointed in the direction of the desk.

Tang Jiao took the opportunity to look over and saw a small corner of paper sticking out from under the paperweight, with a few words on it. Upon closer inspection, she saw the words "Brother Bai".

"what?"

She was startled: "This word..."

In a few steps, she came to the desk and then covered her mouth: "It's my brother's handwriting!"

Yue Heng followed her to the table, smiled slightly, carefully moved the paperweight away, and took out the paper: "Yes - this is Brother Fu's handwriting."

He spread out the paper, and the words on it were clearly visible.

"Brother Bai... I'd rather call you Brother Bai. It's easier to say."

Yue Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't Brother Bai Brother Bai? Why did Brother Fu say that?"

"If this is done, it will also be good for you. What impact will the Golden Cicada Temple have on Brother Bai?"

"And... why did Brother Fu write to Brother Bai for help before going to Jinchan Temple?"

He tilted his head to look at Tang Jiao and smiled, "Actually, Miss Tang, you do know, right or wrong?"

Tang Jiao twisted her fingers nervously.

"It doesn't matter. If it's inconvenient to say, then don't say it."

Yue Heng smiled and said, "Actually, I can guess roughly."

Tang Jiao raised her head and asked softly, "Mr. Yue, you didn't even see this piece of paper just now, how do you know..."

"Young man, I have learned some magic."

Yue Heng squinted his eyes and said, "I do have this ability."

"Ha... So that's how it is." Tang Jiao pursed her lips: "Then this matter..."

"Of course I will pretend I don't know about this."

Yue Heng said as he folded the paper back and pressed it back under the paperweight: "But looking at Brother Bai's expression just now, it is likely that you, Miss Tang, should not know about this. You should think more about how to explain it to Brother Bai."

"Yes." Tang Jiao nodded in response.

As she spoke, she suddenly smiled: "Brother always said that Mr. Yue was too smart but not flexible enough. Now it seems that you underestimated Mr. Yue."

"Haha, that's impossible."

Yue Heng scratched his head and said, "It's just that I've been through so much, and I should know that some things should be said when they should be said, and not said when they shouldn't be said."

While the two were talking, footsteps were heard again outside the bamboo forest.

Zhao Yuan is back.

He strode back, looking extremely excited, and in his arms was... a scabbard.

After he went upstairs and took out the scabbard, Tang Jiao and Yue Heng were both puzzled: "What... is this?"

"The scabbard."

Zhao Yuan pointed at the scabbard with gold and black patterns on the table and said, "Ning... No, the teacher said that this is a powerful magic weapon!"

"Oh?!"

Yue Heng's eyes lit up: "So, how should this magic weapon be used?"

"..." Zhao Yuan stared at the scabbard excitedly for a moment in silence, then raised his head and said blankly: "I, I don't know."

"You do not know?"

Yue Heng was shocked: "Brother Bai, didn't you ask your teacher?"

Zhao Yuan scratched his head in embarrassment. He couldn't say that his teacher didn't know either, right?
They were both awkward and anxious, Tang Jiao stood aside, but her expression gradually changed. She realized... she had seen this scabbard before!

Three years ago, at the foot of Langhuan Mountain, his master Qingsongzi had thrown down this scabbard, shocking Huixin of Jinchan Temple, Baihe of Ziqixianfeng Temple, and Dong Qianran, the sword master and book sword master!

Afterwards, Qingsongzi gave the scabbard to Ning Baimei as a bargaining chip in exchange for Fu Qingzhou's ability to stay in Langhuan Mountain.

That day was so deeply engraved in her memory that even after three years, she still remembered it clearly.

She still remembered the name of this thing...it was the King Sword Scabbard!

Thinking of this, Tang Jiao secretly glanced at Zhao Yuan.

It is indeed the emperor... Wang Jian, Wang Jian, the name means the sword of the emperor.

But why does this sword only have a scabbard but no sword?

Zhao Yuan and Yue Heng were fumbling around with the scabbard in their hands, but they had no idea how to use it.

Tang Jiao turned her head and looked out the window in the direction of Jinchan Temple. The white fog there had gradually faded, and there were constant waves of disturbing vibrations, as if... the situation had begun to change.

Wang Jian, Emperor?
She looked at Zhao Yuan with a slightly stern look.

Zhao Yuan was still pondering and studying the scabbard, but Yue Heng noticed the change in Tang Jiao's eyes: "What's wrong, Miss Tang, have you thought of something?"

"I……"

Tang Jiao gritted her teeth and said, "I wonder if this scabbard belongs to Brother Bai?"

"Hmm?" Zhao Yuan was startled, raised his head and met her eyes.

He was also a smart man and understood it immediately.

Yup!

This junior sister of Fu Qingzhou knew to come to see me, which means she knew my identity.

She and Brother Fu both came from Wuwei Temple in Langhuan Mountain.

Isn’t the scabbard of the King Sword the one that Ning Baimei got from Wuwei Temple?

She asked this, maybe she knew how to use it!
"Miss Tang..."

Zhao Yuan said carefully: "If so, what then?"

"If so, that would be great." Tang Jiao said, "This kind of... cough, powerful magic weapon, even if you don't know how to control it, but if it is indeed Brother Bai... or something passed down from Brother Bai's ancestors, then with your blood and essence, you can probably wake it up."

"Essence and blood?"

Zhao Yuan was shocked: "How can I awaken it with my blood essence?"

"Little sister... I don't know either." Tang Jiao said helplessly.

As they were talking, the vibrations coming from the distant Jinchan Temple began to grow stronger and stronger, at one point even causing the small building to creak and drop dust!
"No, we can't wait any longer."

Zhao Yuan's eyes flashed: "Try it first!"

He simply stretched out his hand and took out a small dagger. He gritted his teeth and lightly tapped with his fingertips, and blood immediately gushed out.

He smeared the blood on the scabbard, and the scabbard actually flashed with light and "swallowed" the drop of blood in an instant.

Several people's faces lit up with joy, but the light only flashed for a moment and soon went quiet again.

"what happened?"

Zhao Yuan picked up the scabbard and turned it over and over in his hands, "Why isn't it lighting up? Huh?"

"Probably..." Tang Jiao said stiffly, "There's less blood."

"what?"

Zhao Yuan’s eyes widened.

boom!
There was another loud earthquake coming from the Jinchan Temple in the distance!
The three of them swayed slightly and stood firm again. Tang Jiao and Yue Heng looked at each other with serious expressions... They didn't know what was going on with Fu Qingzhou, and they didn't know if they could wait any longer...

"Is this blood still insufficient?"

Zhao Yuan looked at the scabbard in his hand, his face pale: "I... I have never been injured since I was a child. How much blood must I shed..."

He was halfway through his words when his wrist was suddenly grabbed!

When I turned around, it was Yue Heng.

"Brother Bai, I'm sorry!"

Yue Heng said in a deep voice: "Brother Fu can't wait any longer!"

As he spoke, he had already grabbed Zhao Yuan's hand, put his hands together like sword fingers, and suddenly slashed across his palm!

"what?!"

A ray of light flashed by, and Zhao Yuan was shocked and in pain. When he reacted, he found that a deep wound had been cut on the palm of his right hand, and blood gushed out!

Tang Jiao covered her mouth in shock. Zhao Yuan also turned his head suddenly and glared at Yue Heng: "You! You are so bold..."

Yue Heng pretended not to hear anything and simply grabbed the other person's hand and pressed it hard on the scabbard.

Before Zhao Yuan could react, he grabbed the scabbard again and pulled hard!
"Ouch!"

The scar on Zhao Yuan's palm was scratched by the uneven surface of the scabbard. He struggled in pain and pulled his hand back, but a lot of blood had already smeared it.

"You...you..." Zhao Yuan stared at Yue Heng, gasping in pain and unable to speak clearly.

Yue Heng didn't even look at him, but pointed at the scabbard with great joy: "Look!"

That scabbard... shines brightly!
I saw the scabbard floating up little by little in the fierce light. The light outside was extremely sharp, like thousands of divine swords, but the light near the scabbard itself was soft and calm, giving people a sense of peace of mind.

Seeing this strange sight, Zhao Yuan even forgot the pain in his hand, and was surprised and happy: "Next, what's next?"

Tang Jiao was so frightened by Yue Heng's action that she broke out in a cold sweat. She then spoke, "Now that the magic weapon has been awakened, Brother Bai, just give it the order."

"Give the order..."

Zhao Yuan murmured, "How do you give an order? Just say, go help Brother Fu?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the scabbard seemed to understand something. The light around it suddenly dimmed, and then the scabbard body stopped, with the tip of the scabbard pointing in the direction of Jinchan Temple, and then... it suddenly broke through the air and flew away!

(End of this chapter)