Embers of Sword

Chapter 144 The Way of the Sword

This cold voice surprised many people.

Because the person who spoke was the daughter of the Xu family in Bingzhou, who had remained silent since she sat down.

Xu Nianning.

No one expected that Xu Nianning would stand up at this moment.

"Ok?"

Xie Sheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the young woman in front of him.

Although the Bingzhou Xu family's power cannot be compared with that of the Jiangning Xie family... they are still a powerful family anyway.

This Xu Nian Ning, he had sent out invitations before, and more than once.

They were all rejected.

Xie Sheng did not take this matter to heart. He knew that even if the Prince of Jiangning's Mansion showed a "friendly" attitude to the outside world, not everyone would be willing to join this camp.

If you step on Xie Xuanyi to get to the top, you will always have to take the risk of being hated.

But he didn't expect that the Xu family would be one of them.

"Xie Xuanyi was promoted to the Cave Heaven at the age of 18, and achieved the perfect Cave Heaven at the age of 22. He became a Yin God Venerable at the age of 23. After that, his status rose. When he later became the leader of the sword path, many of his peers had not yet achieved the Yin God."

Xu Nianning asked seriously, "The path of cultivation is like climbing a mountain. There is no end to the path. How can we judge success or failure based on a certain time?"

"So you think that I am not as good as him?"

Prince Jiangning had a blank expression on his face as he stared coldly at the woman in front of him.

The ancient bell was wrapped in sword energy, and it vibrated and emitted thunderous sounds above the hall!
"I heard that when I started practicing Tongtian Palm Law a few years ago, my aptitude was average..."

Xu Nianning smiled softly. She looked at Qi Lie who was standing at the front of the hall and said, "Master Zhanglu practiced in the Foundation Establishment Realm for ten years, in the Qi Control Realm for ten years, and in the Cave Heaven Realm for thirty years... When he became a Yinshen Venerable, he was already nearly sixty years old. I wonder if this is true?"

"It's true."

Qi Lie looked calm and nodded.

Tongtian Zhanglu is not a genius in the traditional sense... His practice is not fast, it can even be said that he is very slow.

But such a person eventually became the backbone of the Sword Palace!
"Then according to what you just said, when you achieved the Cave Heaven Realm, Lord Chief Lawyer was still only at the Foundation Establishment stage."

Xu Nianning looked at Xie Sheng and asked sarcastically, "Do you dare to say that you are stronger than the Lord of Law?"

Prince Jiangning could only remain silent.

"In terms of swordsmanship alone... His Royal Highness is indeed stronger."

At this moment.

Yue Chenglong gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and said this sentence despite the great disapproval.

There was a sudden uproar in the main hall of Jin'ao Peak!
The most respected person in the entire Dasui Sword Palace is naturally the headmaster.

But at Jin'ao Peak, the person ranked first was, without a surprise, the Lord Chief Lawyer!
"Is it?"

Having achieved his goal, Xu Nianning smiled and said calmly, "To be able to say this shows that some people are even more shameless than I thought... When the water is too clear, there will be no fish. This saying is indeed true."

"When water is too clear, there will be no fish..."

Prince Jiangning frowned, not quite understanding what Xu Nianning meant.

He just glanced coldly at Yue Chenglong, who realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly shut up.

But it's too late.

At this moment, many people in Jin'ao Peak looked at Xie Sheng with unfriendly eyes.

"In terms of swordsmanship, how can I compare with Lord Lawyer?"

Prince Jiangning shook his head and said calmly: "Now I am only at the level of a perfect cave heaven. Compared with the palm law, I am like an ant seeing the blue sky."

"It's good to know."

Xu Nianning said bluntly: "How dare you compare a mere cave heaven with Xie Xuanyi! Who gave you the courage? Do you think that the cave heaven is perfect and compared with Xie Xuanyi... it is not an ant?!"

When Xie Xuanyi was being hunted in the North Sea, it was said that he was only one step away from being promoted to Yang God!

What is the so-called perfection of the cave?
Compared with this, it is indeed just an ant!
This statement came out.

Prince Jiangning's expression was no longer calm.

The red dragon mark between his eyebrows had already lit up, and the anger in his heart was surging, but he tried his best to suppress it.

Xie Sheng said word by word: "Xu Nianning, what do you want to say?"

Xu Nianning smiled and said, "I just want to say that you are not as good as Xie Xuanyi... In fact, you are not qualified to be compared with Xie Xuanyi!"

Boom!
A long ringing sound came from the ancient bell!
Xie Sheng put his hands behind his back, looking at Xu Nianning with eyes that were completely cold to the extreme.

He didn't see any movement.

The long swords that were absorbed by the big bell shot out in an instant, like a rain of swords, and fell towards Xu Nianning!
This scene made everyone in the hall change color.

"Shu Zi, you dare!"

Especially the Patriarch of the Xu family, whose face turned livid in an instant, and his divine thoughts flew out from the air -

However, he was not the only one who used his divine power!
Several divine thoughts surged out, collided with each other, and exploded in the air. Some people wanted to use their divine thoughts to stop these flying swords from falling... while others tried to stop them for other purposes!
But this place is Jinao Peak.

Although the Chief Lawyer did not show up...it was impossible for him to make a fool of himself today.

When the rain of swords was about to fall to the ground, Qi Lie, who was sitting in the upper seat, narrowed his eyes, took out the sword energy command, and prepared to use it.

At this moment.

A figure suddenly stood up from the direction of the palace gate.

The figure's "standing up" made Qi Lie give up the idea of launching the sword energy command.

Moment.

Just for a moment.

Xie Xuanyi came to Xu Nianning from the entrance of the hall.

He knew that the daughter of the Xu family in Bingzhou had a good level of swordsmanship. Even if he did not take action, he would still have a way to resolve this "bell-ringing sword rain" with much thunder but little rain.

He also knew that today's banquet was attended by many important figures from various forces, including several Yin Gods alone.

Any one of them could easily crush this farce.

But Xie Xuanyi knew better.

Today's farce must have a "proper" ending.

So when he stood up, he pulled out the sword "Reed" from the little girl Yuan Yi beside him, and then when he was in front of Xu Nian Ning, he pointed Reed out.

A ray of cold light, in a moment, pierced through the rain of nearly a hundred swords.

Xu Nianning's pupils contracted.

When the black-clothed figure flashed in front of her, she had already pulled the hilt of the sword out of the scabbard, but it was pressed down by a gentle force and fell back into the scabbard.

The rain of swords was broken, but not shattered.

Xie Xuanyi used the tip of his reed sword to hit these flying swords, causing them to turn into streams of light and fall back in front of the desk of their original owners.

clang clang clang!

The entire hall was filled with the sound of metal, which was extremely pleasant to the ears.

Finally, he stopped and looked at Prince Jiangning who was standing in front of him with some sympathy and pity.

So far, they have only met twice.

More precisely.

Probably only met once.

When they first met at the mountain gate, Xie Xuanyi did not open the car curtain, so it could not even be considered a meeting.

In fact, Xie Xuanyi never really understood.

Why does some of the "hatred" in this world come so for no reason?

Just like he never understood why Prince Jiangning had to step on his own reputation in order to climb up.

"interesting."

Prince Jiang Ning looked at the black-clad young man in front of him and asked sarcastically, "You really finally showed up after much anticipation... What do you want to do by standing up now?"

"It's very simple."

Xie Xuanyi raised his head, and with the tip of his reed sword, he gently tapped the ancient bell and talisman above the hall, and said softly: "It proves that you are not as good as Xie Xuanyi."

Miss Yuan Yi's reeds are very light in texture.

Xie Xuanyi twisted it gently and then threw it out.

With a whoosh, the reeds flew straight towards the ancient bell!

But the next moment-

The towering bell was directly pierced through by the reed sword energy!

There was a loud "hissing" sound above the hall!
The talisman that formed the ancient bell was actually torn open by the tip of the reed sword.

The originally round bell let out a sigh of relief at this moment, and the originally overwhelming pressure also quickly dissipated at this moment.

"???"

Prince Jiangning was stunned for a moment.

next moment.

Xie Xuanyi used a wisp of divine consciousness to manipulate the reeds and disassembled the ancient bell talisman, and then re-drew it with divine consciousness——

……

……

"Crash!"

The wind dispersed the misty mountain clouds and also blew up hundreds and thousands of talismans.

These talismans fluttered in the air, making a crisp and pleasant rustling sound.

Deng Baiyi opened her eyes and looked at the talismans fluttering like butterflies in front of her, and was a little dazed for a moment.

"Master, I don't understand."

Deng Baiyi raised his head and murmured, "What does this so-called 'sword energy ringing the bell' mean?"

She looked up at the treetops at the top of the mountain, where a woman was lying with her face covered by a book.

The host seemed to be asleep and did not reply.

After a long time.

She chuckled softly.

Of course the host was not asleep, but the four words "sword energy striking the bell" pulled her into distant memories... She remembered a gambling fight with Xie Xuanyi in the past, a gambling fight that caused her to lose the Taoist talisman method.

Although she lost, she did not gain nothing.

Because Xie Xuanyi told her the secret of ringing the bell with sword energy.

This formation diagram has now been announced to the world. Deng Baiyi has been meditating in the hills for several days, but has gained nothing. No matter how hard he looks at it, he cannot figure it out. He has arranged and combined the talismans thousands of times, but the more he puts them together, the more wrong it seems.

In order to restore the formation diagram, she increased the number of talismans to thousands, but still felt it was a bit "small".

It can continue to increase.

"The sword energy ringing the bell is a scam..."

The master of the temple, who was lying on the treetop branch, said softly: "People in the world only hear the name, but do not understand its meaning. Even if you struggle for a hundred years, you cannot find the true answer... If you look at the formation diagram upside down, perhaps you will understand what I mean."

Deng Baiyi was stunned for a moment.

She turned the formation diagram over, still looking confused.

"and then?"

"Then... you can try to tear it apart. And then put it back together again."

The master of the temple smiled and said, "As long as you don't try to restore the 'Sword Qi Striking the Bell', you will find that no matter how you destroy or reorganize it, this formation diagram can eventually take shape. It's just that the last sword qi talisman cannot piece together the outline of the 'ancient bell'."

After hearing these words, Deng Baiyi was completely stunned.

……

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In the main hall of Jinao Peak, many people saw a scene that they would never forget.

The sword energy that Xie Xuanyi emitted with the reed was like splashed ink, casting waves of afterglow over the sky above the hall.

This extremely freehand sword energy is like a long dragon!
Xie Xuanyi pointed in the air, outlining one complex, obscure and indescribable sword energy talisman after another!
The talismans were separated and spread out above everyone's heads. Following the sword intent pointed out by Lu Wei, they began to be rearranged!
Bells, drums, dragons, snakes, mountains, rivers, lakes, seas...

All of a sudden.

The sword energy talismans changed in the air.

In one moment it was outlined as a giant dragon with its head raised and claws raised, and in the next moment it turned into an angry tiger roaring softly.

These sword energies appeared and flashed in the air.

On the mountain and below, countless people stared at this scene in amazement, their hearts and minds shocked like never before.

At this moment, every sword energy diagram that Xie Xuanyi drew was to dismantle the sword energy bell-ringing array diagram and talisman of Prince Jiang Ning——

finally.

The reed returned to Xie Xuan's sleeve.

Countless talismans fell down one after another.

Like snowflakes, like confetti, they piled up at the feet of Prince Jiangning.

The remaining sword energy restored the big bell, accompanied by a buzzing sword sound... making everyone's thoughts return to the lake of their hearts.

Prince Jiangning looked at the remaining sword energy above the hall in confusion.

Ten years of meditation.

He always felt that he was the person who understood this formation diagram best in the world...but every ray of sword intent that Xie Zhen had just drawn was extremely familiar to him, yet extremely unfamiliar.

This was the only thing he truly understood.

Over the years, he has been committed to restoring the most authentic "Sword Qi Ringing the Bell".

The irony is...

"What Dasui Sword Palace wants to pass on to the world is never the 'sword energy ringing the bell'."

Xie Xuanyi said with a slightly pitiful tone: "If you are willing to comprehend for another ten years, the three thousand sword energy talismans can be expanded to five thousand or ten thousand... After all, it is just a visualization diagram of an ancient bell. What's the point of comprehending for ten years or a hundred years, no matter how real it is?"

Prince Jiangning took a step back, staggering a little.

He asked with a pale face: "So...what exactly is the sword energy ringing the bell?"

"It's 'The Way of the Sword'."

Xie Xuanyi spoke sympathetically: "This formation diagram can be observed and practiced by all sword practitioners in the world. Even if the formation diagram is torn off, the sword path will still exist... The great way of the sword should not be restricted to any form. As long as there is a sword in the heart, everyone can ring the bell in the lake of the heart."

These words echoed in the hall for a long time.

It also resonates in everyone’s heart.

"This this?!"

After hearing this, Prince Jiangning felt dizzy.

He put his hands over his chest, trying hard to swallow back the sweetness that was rising in his throat.

But it ended in failure.

Wow!
Xie Sheng spat out a mouthful of blood.

The red dragon mark on his forehead turned scarlet, and a wisp of dark energy emerged.

Several people around hurried forward to help.

Xie Sheng raised his hand to refuse, and he held on to a pillar beside him to avoid falling.

He looked at Xie Zhen absentmindedly, his vision blurred. The figure in front of him and the vague figure that he feared the most in his heart became vague and merged into one.

Next, Prince Jiangning heard the name he least wanted to hear.

"Everyone, today I will formally introduce--"

Xie Xuanyi took out the lotus jade token from his waist and held it high.

He wanted to make sure that everyone on the mountain and below could see the token.

Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath.

"I am Xie Zhen."

"Master, Xie Xuanyi."

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(PS: Everyone, because the plot is very important recently, I write very slowly, so the update time is uncertain. There is also the third chapter tonight, I didn’t dare to tell you, just hoping that you don’t stay up late to wait... I understand that when chasing the update, there will be emotions, but in fact, the previous chapter was not interrupted on purpose. In order to ensure the quality, I can only write so much in a day. If I write more, I will have to stay up late. Staying up too late will mess up my biological clock and the update will be more unstable. I hope everyone understands TAT)

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