Embers of Sword

Chapter 149 Handing over the Sword
Law enforcers sealed off the hall.

However, the news of Xie Zhen's assassination attempt spread quickly, and people on the mountain and below were talking about it.

The power of the Yuanhuo explosion could be felt from dozens of miles away.

Tomorrow is the day when Xuanshui Cave will open.

Who would commit the assassination at this juncture?
Sitting in the seat of honor in the main hall, Jiang Qihu's expression was as gloomy as water. He took out the Ruyi Order and reported everything that happened in the Sword Palace tonight to his master.

Ye Qinglian's face also looked unhappy.

The female disciples of Baihua Valley all showed expressions of worry, and Yuan Yi's face was even pale.

After a while.

A law enforcer brought Qi Lie's order: "Everyone has been waiting for a long time. The blockade of the hall has been lifted. If you are willing, you can leave Jin'ao Peak at any time."

"Blockade is a small matter, assassination is a big matter."

The Patriarch of the Bingzhou Xu family stood up and asked in a deep voice, "How is Brother Xie doing?"

"..."

The law enforcer smiled bitterly and shook his head.

It looks like the situation is very bad.

Many people left the hall and did not return to their mansions. Instead, they rode their swords to the place where the Yuanhuo exploded on Lotus Peak.

Unfortunately.

No one saw the scene.

The entire back mountain of Lotus Peak was shrouded in Huang Su's sword energy.

"Rest assured, everyone. This case will be thoroughly investigated."

Si Qi rode on a fairy crane and calmed down the guests one by one in front of the sword energy formation on Lotus Peak.

The assassination attempt today was extremely vile in nature.

As a disciple of the Sword Palace, Xie Zhen was assassinated on the Sword Palace territory... Although his life is not in danger at the moment, the Sword Palace will never tolerate this!
The bigwigs who came to the back mountain of Lotus Peak to investigate the situation discovered an "interesting" thing.

The sword energy array pattern is guarded by Huang Su.

Si Qi of Zhenyin Peak is responsible for dealing with foreign guests.

However, Qi Lie from Jin'ao Peak was nowhere to be found.

……

……

"Bang" sound!
The door of the mansion that Zhenyin Peak had specially prepared for Prince Jiangning was kicked open.

Several guards who were in charge of guarding the house of Prince Jiangning heard the noise and rushed over before they could see the figures clearly. The next moment, these people were blown away by the invisible force, smashing the water tank, door panels and stone walls.

Among the smoke and dust.

A tall figure in a golden robe slowly stepped into the courtyard.

Qi Lie had an expressionless face. After kicking down the main door, he didn't even glance around and walked straight into the depths of the mansion.

The loud noise startled the entire Prince's Mansion.

At the end of the courtyard, two dark shadows emerged.

This is the protector that Prince Jiangning spent a lot of effort to prepare for Prince Jiangning!
Both of them are Yin Shen Zunzhe!
Qi Lie continued to walk forward without any pause. At the same time, he raised his sleeves and a ray of golden sword energy flew out from his sleeves, circling around his body, and finally hovered high between his eyebrows.

Judging from his posture, he is ready to draw his sword if there is any disagreement!
The two protectors looked at each other with strange expressions, not knowing what was going on.

"Qi Lie, are you crazy!?"

A guardian whispered, "Is this the way Jinao Peak treats guests?"

"You two, if you know what's best for you, get out of here."

Qi Lie said expressionlessly: "Don't block my way, or I will send you two off right now."

This sentence really doesn't give any face at all.

The two protectors did not hesitate any longer and immediately stepped forward and attacked together.

Previously in Jiangning, the two encountered Tang Fengshu and were beaten up. Now here comes the unreasonable Qi Lie.

After all, he is the Venerable Yinshen!
This kind of identity should be respected wherever you are!

Boom!
Two avenues of artistic conception, one black and one white, spread out and swept across the sky above the courtyard. The two Yin God Venerables attacked together, plunging the entire Prince's Mansion into tremendous pressure!
All of a sudden.

The soil and rocks in the courtyard were broken into distinct particles, hanging in the air.

Qi Lie's steps were slightly hindered, and then a hint of murderous intent flashed across his eyes. With a thought, the golden sword energy flew out of its sheath and directly hit the intertwined black and white energies. The sound of tearing silk burst out in the air, and the artistic conception of the three avenues collided in the air.

Qi Lie just groaned.

The two protectors' faces suddenly changed, and they staggered backwards, almost falling to the ground!

The two of them attacked together, and the two caves merged together, but were broken apart by a flying sword!

Two against one, yet still at a disadvantage!

"Are you still going to stop me?"

Qi Lie said coldly: "The next sword will take one of your lives!"

The two protectors looked pale and extremely ugly.

Although Qi Lie's strength is not as good as that of Tang Fengshu, the master of Tianxiazhai.

But he is a complete killer!
In Jiangning Creek, I just got a slap in the face!

If we continue fighting at Zhenyin Peak, I’m afraid we’ll lose our lives!
"Qi Lie... do you dare to attack Prince Jiangning at night?"

A protector struggled to speak, gritting his teeth and said, "Do you know that King Jiangning and the Sword Palace Chief Lawyer have been friends for many years!"

"roll!"

Qi Lie raised his hand and swung a sword.

This sword turned into a dazzling golden light and shot directly towards the protector's forehead!
Do what you say!
He actually wanted to take the life of this Venerable Yin Shen!

"Fellow Daoist Qi, please calm down..."

At this moment, a sigh suddenly came from the courtyard.

The Yinshen Venerable who was pointed at by the sword energy had a pale face. His pupils shrank into a line as he looked at the flying sword that was only a hair's breadth away from him. If it went an inch further, it might have pierced his forehead. The flying sword was held tightly by someone. Countless smoke gathered in front of the courtyard gate, condensing into the image of a Taoist priest in a robe.

Buzz!
The flying sword trembles!

Golden blood flowed from the palm of the incense master. He looked at the flying sword with compassion and said softly, "Daoyou, can you give me some face and explain what I said?"

Qi Lie looked at the Taoist in front of him coldly, "I've already given you enough face. As a Taoist, you followed the Jiangning delegation into the Sword Palace, silently observing the Qi formation patterns and spying on the fortunes of the Sword Palace's peaks. If I didn't give you face, do you think you could have stayed here safely until today?"

The incense master's expression was somewhat grim. It turned out that everything he had done... Qi Lie, holding the sword energy decree, had seen it all, but had not exposed him.

However, the reason why it was not exposed is not difficult to guess.

Most likely, Qi Lie hated the prince and wished that someone from the Taoist sect would take him away, so he chose to suppress the matter quietly.

"Master Zhu, just stay at your Taoist temple and keep the incense burning. Why do you have to go to Dasui Sword Palace and embarrass yourself?"

Qi Lie said expressionlessly: "Today, I am under the order of the Chief Lawyer to investigate a serious case. Anyone who dares to stop me will die!"

Qi Lie usually treats people and things in a peaceful manner at Jin'ao Peak.

He rarely refers to himself as "this seat".

But at this moment, the two words "this seat" made everyone feel extremely pressured.

The incense master sighed.

He knew that when Qi Lie came tonight, he represented not only Jin'ao Peak, but also the Sword Palace's Chief Lawyer!

"Serious case?"

The two Yin God protectors frowned.

They were a little bewildered.

But he soon understood the reason why Qi Lie came here... Qi Lie suspected that the previous Yuanhuo explosion was caused by the Prince's Mansion!
There is indeed such a check.

After Xie Zhen entered the Dasui Sword Palace, he only had a rift with the Crown Prince.

Now he was assassinated.

Who else could have done this except the prince?
"Fellow Daoist Qi, why are you so angry?"

The incense master, Taoist Candle, sighed and said helplessly, "This is a misunderstanding. The assassination tonight has nothing to do with the prince."

"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, it's not up to you to decide."

Qi Lie continued to move forward, and the golden flying sword broke free from Taoist Zhu's control and returned to the top of its owner's head.

He stepped into the inner courtyard and saw the quiet room with its door opened and the whole courtyard in ruins.

With just one glance, Qi Lie knew the reason why these two protectors and the incense master came out to stop him.

Tonight, the Prince of Jiangning "showed off" in the hall, but was exposed by Xie Zhen.

This is really hurtful.

For the big shots, it is no secret that Prince Jiangning carries the destiny of the "Red Dragon".

The Red Dragon’s mercy brings both favor and backlash.

Presumably, the previous backlash required Prince Jiangning to spend a lot of effort before he could barely regain his "human appearance".

"Brother Qi, this is really bad news."

At this moment.

In the inner courtyard, a door was slowly pushed open.

The pale-faced Prince Jiangning, having changed into a brand new, elegant suit, asked softly, "I heard Xie Zhen... was assassinated just now?"

"..."

Qi Lie noticed that Xie Sheng's way of addressing him had changed.

He had previously sent out the Golden Sky Mysterious Thunder and kept calling him Senior Brother Qi.

But now, he took the initiative to change his words and called him Brother Qi.

"It's a shame, the temple is in such poor condition that I can't go and see it myself."

Xie Sheng lowered his eyebrows and sighed, then smiled and said, "What's even more unfortunate is... I heard that Xie Zhen didn't seem to be dead, but only lost half his life."

The murderous intent that had just dissipated in the courtyard gathered again at this moment.

The golden flying sword above Qi Lie's head shone brightly.

"Ah……"

Xie Sheng looked up at the brilliant golden light and asked with a smile, "Do you dare to draw your sword?"

Qi Lie said nothing.

The golden flying sword suddenly flew out.

"No!"

Taoist Zhu's forehead was covered with sweat. He rushed out and punched the golden sword energy with all his strength. His whole body was bounced away by the golden sword energy, but fortunately, this heavy punch knocked the flying sword energy off course, and it passed by the cheek of Prince Jiangning and shattered half of the roof of the mansion into pieces.

Smoke and dust flew everywhere.

The golden Yuan Sword flew back to Qi Lie's head.

Qi Lie said coldly: "Why don't you try to provoke me again and see if you can still be so lucky with the second sword?"

The mansion fell into a brief silence.

then.

Just a gentle smile.

"I know that the Sword Palace hates me."

The expression on Prince Jiangning's face was more relaxed than ever before.

He said lightly: "Whether it's Huang Su or you, you all look down on me... Even Zhen Yinfeng Si Qi only pretends to be polite on the surface, but is actually distant in his heart."

"I don't care about all this."

Xie Sheng slowly sat down in front of the broken and collapsed stone steps of the pavilion.

He said calmly: "The Sword Palace cannot accommodate me, and I cannot accommodate the Sword Palace either."

"It's a pity that Xie Zhen cannot participate in tomorrow's competition, otherwise I would personally let you know..."

"You bet on the wrong person and made a mistake."

At this moment, Taoist Zhu blocked the way in front of Prince Jiangning.

"Your Highness, stop talking."

He sighed deeply: "Tonight's assassination has nothing to do with the Jiangning Palace. Jin Aofeng can investigate and collect evidence at will."

The incense master said sincerely, "The talisman I left in this courtyard can prove that His Royal Highness was in the courtyard from beginning to end and had no contact with anyone...Fellow Daoist Qi, please don't act on impulse. Drawing your sword now will only make the situation worse. You will make enemies with Jiang Ning and the Taoist sect for no reason, and the real culprit will go unpunished."

"You don't need to teach me how to investigate a case."

Qi Lie stared blankly at the Taoist priest before him and said coldly, "I came here tonight simply to inform Your Highness that the 'Golden Sky Mysterious Thunder' from a few days ago has been completely broken. In today's case, if there is any trace of collusion between the assassin and the Prince of Jiangning's Palace, or even the 'powers' behind the palace, I, Qi Lie, will deliver a second sword."

(End of this chapter)