The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 409 Duan Yu Burns the Scroll, Yanqing Stops Bai Feng

Standing on the rooftop, Mu Wanqing felt a mix of confusion, anger, and helplessness.

After a moment, she finally came to her senses and cried out to Qin Hongmian in a pitiful voice, "Master, didn't you say that my parents were dead and that I was an orphan you picked up from the roadside?"

Qin Hongmian leaped down beside Mu Wanqing, stroking her hair as she said with a bitter smile, "I was lying to you. I... I've harbored deep resentment towards Duan Lang's heartlessness all these years, and I've vented my anger on you."

Upon hearing this, Mu Wanqing swayed slightly, tears welling up in her eyes. She felt a sudden emptiness in her heart, a profound and unbearable sorrow.

Duan Zhengchun, who was not far away, saw this scene and his face was filled with a mixture of surprise and guilt, his eyes were complicated and hard to read.

Dao Baifeng sneered and mocked, "Very well! Today, your family of three is reunited. It seems that the Princess Consort of our Zhennan Prince's Mansion will soon be replaced by someone else!"

After saying that, he snorted coldly again, leaped up, and bounced towards the outside of the Prince's Mansion. In the blink of an eye, he was more than ten feet away.

"Madam!" Duan Zhengchun shouted, about to get up and chase after her, but when he saw Qin Hongmian with a fierce look on her face, he slowed down.

At this time.
Mu Wanqing finally came to her senses and stomped her foot, shouting at Qin Hongmian beside her, "Master, I hate you!"

After saying that, he leaped up and jumped away into the distance.

Some of the guards who were closer to the scene had already heard about the relationship between their lord and the young lady, and dared not interfere, so they all stepped aside to make way for them.

"Qing'er!" Qin Hongmian shouted, and immediately leaped up to chase after him.

Duan Zhengchun looked in the direction Dao Baifeng had gone, then at Qin Hongmian's departing figure, and for a moment, he didn't know who to chase after.

After hesitating for a while, he simply gave up and stood there with a bitter and helpless expression.

Xu Xingchen, who was on a nearby rooftop, suddenly spoke up: "Lord Duan, would you be so kind as to offer me a piece of black cloth or a black cloak so that I may wrap this jade statue?"

Upon hearing this, Duan Zhengchun immediately turned his head to look.

Without the two women "monitoring" him, he was finally able to get closer and examine the jade statue that looked very similar to Qingluo.

He leaped up and landed beside Xu Xingchen.

Knowing his thoughts, Xu Xingchen stepped aside and said with a faint smile, "Your Highness, just take a look. Do not be greedy and try to keep it by your side or possess it for yourself."

“I am not that kind of person,” Duan Zhengchun chuckled and began to wander around the jade statue.

Upon closer inspection, he noticed something different.

Although the appearance of this jade statue is very similar to that of his lover Qingluo, the ethereal and otherworldly aura emanating from it is even more striking than that of Qingluo.

Especially the mysterious aura emanating from those clear black and white eyes, which exuded a lofty and otherworldly charm.

Duan Zhengchun examined it carefully, feeling both amazed and disheartened, still harboring great doubts.

because
The face of this jade statue is so similar to Qingluo's that it is almost identical.

However, since the jade statue belonged to the sect's holy maiden, he was too embarrassed to ask such an unreasonable and impossible question as, "How can you give me this jade statue?"

As his order was relayed, a guard soon arrived at the courtyard carrying a roll of black cloth in both hands.

Xu Xingchen landed in the courtyard carrying the jade statue, took the black cloth from the guard, and wrapped the jade statue again.

Only then did the weak-willed guards around them come to their senses, looking at the wrapped jade statue with a sense of loss on their faces.

The room where Xu Xingchen previously lived has been destroyed.

Duan Zhengchun then instructed a maid to lead Xu Xingchen to another secluded courtyard.

Watching Xu Xingchen's departing figure carrying the wrapped jade statue on his shoulder, Duan Zhengchun sighed with reluctance and helplessness.

This battle of jealousy has come to an end.

The servants and maids of the Prince's mansion began cleaning up the damaged rooms and roofs; as for repairs, they would have to wait until the next day to find the mansion's craftsmen.

Duan Zhengchun left in a hurry, and that's another story.
Duan Yu returned to his room in a daze, plopped down on the bed, and remained stunned for a long time.

He was someone who had personally experienced the secret chamber beneath Sword Lake with Xu Xingchen, and knew that the jade statue was indeed named Li Qiushui, and that she was truly born into the Xiaoyao Sect.
However, for some unknown reason, Li Qiushui developed a rift with the Xiaoyao Sect and actually ordered those who practiced her martial arts to eliminate all Xiaoyao Sect disciples in the world.

Therefore, the jade statue was neither the "Qingluo" his cheap father had described, nor the wicked Wang woman from Suzhou that his mother had mentioned.
But
However, all three of them said that the jade statue looked very similar to the wicked old woman surnamed Wang from Suzhou.

This only proves one thing.
The fairy-like woman in his mind was perhaps an ancestor of Lady Wang from Suzhou.

It could be the mother, or it could be the grandmother.
In short, his fairy sister had been married, pregnant, had children, and had offspring.

Whenever Duan Yu thought about these things, his heart felt like it was bleeding; he felt extremely uncomfortable, painful, conflicted, and dejected.

After sitting blankly by the bedside for a while, he got up and sat down at the table.

He took out a silk scroll from his bosom, slowly opened it, and looked at the pattern on it that used the body of the fairy sister as the carrier of the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

Looking at the vivid images above, some with furrowed brows, some with alluring eyes, some with gentle smiles, and some with infatuated gazes.

Filled with grief and reluctance, he finally brought the candle closer and lit it with the flame. He had abandoned martial arts for literature since childhood, and this departure from home was also due to Emperor Baoding, his uncle Duan Zhengming, forcing him to learn martial arts.

Later, he met the Fairy Sister in the Blessed Land of Langhuan and became infatuated with her as if under a spell. Only then did he reluctantly agree to learn the Northern Darkness Divine Skill of the Free and Unfettered Sect.

However, things have now developed into an unbelievable situation.

The pure and innocent fairy sister in his mind might actually be his father's mother-in-law?!
How could the simple-minded Duan Yu accept this kind of relationship?

With his heart broken and despondent, his already unwillingness to learn martial arts was amplified once again; he also felt that the various pictures of the naked fairy on the scroll could no longer be allowed to be desecrated, so he could only reluctantly part with them and burn them.

Once the candle was lit, the silk burned very quickly, and in no time, most of it was destroyed.

When all thirty-six copies of the Northern Darkness Divine Art cultivation diagrams in front of him were burned to ashes, Duan Yu quickly extinguished the flames.

But it turns out...
He suddenly remembered something Xu Xingchen had once said to him.

Xu Xingchen once told him that Lingbo Weibu was the number one movement technique in the world. As long as he mastered it, he could remain invincible even without practicing other martial arts.
Even if you don't want to learn martial arts, you must learn this set of steps.

Because, in a critical moment, it can save your life!

It was because he remembered these words that Duan Yu quickly extinguished the flames on the silk.

Unfolding the second half of the silk, Duan Yu saw that besides the dense footprints, there was no longer any image of the fairy maiden's jade-like body. He breathed a sigh of relief and began to carefully examine the contents.

He has been interested in the I Ching since childhood and has studied it extensively. In his view, this set of Lingbo Weibu, which is based on the content of the I Ching, is simple and easy to understand and not complicated to learn.

As he watched, he became engrossed in it.

I temporarily forgot about the turmoil and pain in my heart.

the other side.
Xu Xingchen carried the jade statue and followed the maid into another secluded room.

The candlelight illuminated the room.

The maid bowed, turned and left the room, closing the door behind her.

Xu Xingchen placed the jade statue by the bedside, then sat down at the table. Recalling what had happened that night, she couldn't help but smile.

According to the development of the world in the book, without the participation of this outsider, tonight's quarrel would not have ended so simply.

If it weren't for him killing, frightening away, or crippling half of the martial arts skills of those four villains...

Those who will be coming to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion tonight include the Four Evils, Gan Baobao from Wanjie Valley, and her husband Zhong Wanchou.

The scene was incredibly lively, with one act ending and another beginning.

Now, the Four Villains have departed.

Without the support of the Four Evils, Zhong Wanchou, who was determined to take revenge on Duan Zhengchun, could not break in.

After learning that Duan Yu might be his biological son, Duan Yanqing would likely give up any further attempts to cause trouble for Duan Zhengchun and Emperor Baoding.

In this way, many things become clear!
However, it was also because of his existence that the relationship between Duan Yu and Mu Wanqing did not develop further.

In my current state, I'm only slightly better off than a stranger.

"Tonight was really interesting!"

After reviewing the major scandals of the night, Xu Xingchen blew out the candles, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began practicing her internal energy cultivation.

Not to mention the various things that happened inside the Prince's mansion.
After leaving the palace, Dao Baifeng leaped and bounded on the rooftops of Dali City, unaware that a figure in a blue robe had quietly followed behind her.

After Dao Baifeng had run several miles in a fit of rage and landed in a secluded alley, the figure in blue suddenly appeared in front of her, blocking her way.

"who?"

Dao Baifeng was startled at first and immediately assumed a defensive stance.

Upon seeing that dark, scarred, stiff face under the moonlight, and those eyes that couldn't close, I felt a momentary daze, and a series of vivid images flashed through my mind.
He immediately snapped out of his reverie, frowned, and demanded, "Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?"

Duan Yanqing's eyesight was incredibly sharp; he noticed all of Dao Baifeng's subtle reactions when she saw him.

A surge of joy welled up inside him, and he thought to himself, "She really does know me!"

To further prove that the middle-aged woman before him was indeed Guanyin Bodhisattva from years ago, he spoke in a deep voice using ventriloquism: "It's been more than ten years since we last met, and you are still so beautiful."

Upon hearing this, Dao Baifeng was startled and exclaimed in surprise, "You...you actually remember me?"

Duan Yanqing had no more doubts now, and said in a hoarse voice using ventriloquism, "How could I not remember what you look like?!"

"But back then, I didn't know who you were, what your name was, or where you lived."

(End of this chapter)