Embers of Sword

Chapter 3 Cutting the Grass
Deng Baiyi felt an unprecedented chill, as the freezing wind blew past her, striking directly at her bones.

A flock of crows were startled in the night, thunder shattered the sky, and dyed the barren hills white.

Several feet away, there stood several tall black shadows, as tall as mountains, as if they had been standing there for a long time.

Xie Xuanyi held up an oil-paper umbrella, looked around calmly, and said calmly: "Including the one we just killed, how many monsters are there in Yuzhu Town?"

"Three, four?"

Deng Baiyi murmured a response based on her memory, her tone uncertain.

But there was no need to be sure at this moment.

Because the number of transformed monsters surrounding the two of them has exceeded this number.

Xie Xuanyi took a glance and did a quick count.

There are already five big monsters that have appeared, and there is demonic energy approaching from the distant mountains. It is obvious that the number of monsters in Yuzhu Town is more than Deng Baiyi guessed.

"So many big monsters? Can you... do it?"

Deng Baiyi became nervous for no reason. She stretched out a hand and carefully tugged at Xie Xuanyi's sleeve.

"Big demon?"

Xie Xuanyi sneered and shook his head.

He folded up his oil-paper umbrella and poked the mud with the tip of the umbrella. After folding the umbrella, his clothes were not wet. The raindrops fell from the sky, but they avoided his head by themselves before reaching it, just like thousands of slender willow leaves swaying in the wind.

This scene made several monsters that were besieging the "big monster" stop in their tracks.

"A transformed monster that only has a little spiritual consciousness and can't even shed all its hair dares to call itself a great monster?"

Xie Xuanyi placed his hands on the handle of the paper umbrella, looked at the huge monsters in front of him expressionlessly, and said: "In the territory of Da Chu, the demons are not allowed to set foot. Although I don't know...what happened in these years, there is one thing that is beyond doubt. Even if all the Northern Territory Guardians are dismissed, this iron rule will never change!"

Further north of the northern border is the Demon Country. If this iron rule no longer applies, then Yuzhu Town would never be inhabited today, as it would have long been trampled by foreign cavalry.

"So... you evil beasts can only cultivate and attain enlightenment in the Great Chu Territory."

"Looking at the four realms, only the evil cultivators of 'Yinshan' practice the art of controlling spirits, taming wild beasts, and awakening their spirits and wisdom."

Xie Xuanyi looked back with his umbrella, and asked with a smile, "What was the name that beast said before he died?"

Deng Baiyi suddenly realized.

It doesn’t really matter how many big monsters there are and who they are “coming” to Yuzhu Town!

The important thing is, where do these big monsters come from!

"Heavy fog...Heavy fog on Yinshan Mountain..."

Deng Baiyi murmured and read out the title that Tu Fei had reported.

Therefore, the one who truly held Yuzhu Town in his palm was not these monsters, but the evil cultivator from Yinshan Mountain.

"The evil cultivator of Yinshan controls spirits and refines souls. Although these evil beasts have awakened their spiritual intelligence, in the final analysis, they are all in the hands of one man."

Xie Xuanyi joked, "But this fellow Taoist named Chongwu doesn't seem to be very good at controlling spirits. As far as I know, the 'great cultivator' from Yinshan can split his consciousness into hundreds or thousands of strands, each controlling different spirits. And when a spirit dies, the master can unravel its memory and retrieve its memories before it dies."

The divine consciousness is divided into thousands and controls the demons. Is there really such a terrifying existence in this world?

Just listen to Xie Xuanyi's words.

To achieve this step, it seems to be just "nothing more".

Deng Baiyi's scalp tingled, and she murmured, "What about your realm?"

Xie Xuanyi smiled and shook his head, but did not answer the question.

But Deng Baiyi vaguely knew the answer in her heart.

If Chong Wu could have cultivated to that level and could have seen Tu Fei's memories before his death, he would never have sent his monsters to surround and kill him. His best option was to abandon all his belongings and run away as quickly as possible, escaping from Yuzhu Town, Beihuang County, and preferably from the border of Dachu, so that he might be able to catch a glimmer of hope.

The next moment, the smile on Xie Xuanyi's face disappeared completely.

He looked at the "giants" in front of him as if they were ants.

Those mountain-like figures are very tall.

But there is only one mountain here.

"Say it again—"

Xie Xuanyi picked up the oil-paper umbrella with one hand, pointed the tip of the umbrella at the figure in front of him, and tapped it lightly.

"What I hate most in my life is Yinshan Mountain."

The murderous intent that had condensed into substance in the air suddenly erupted!

Poof!
The big monster in the front jumped forward, and then its body suddenly exploded.

Xie Xuanyi just poked it lightly with the tip of his umbrella from a distance of dozens of feet.

Like popping a burning lantern—

The sky was filled with blood mist mixed with mud and exploded!

This scene was so shocking, more direct and more brutal than the previous scene of killing Tu Fei in the mansion. Deng Baiyi was completely stunned. When a person sees a scene that shatters the bottom line of fear, she can't even scream instinctively. She just sat in the mud in a daze, entrusting her entire life and property to the plain-clothed boy whom she had only met once.

Blood mist splattered all over the sky, not a drop fell on the two men, invisible air waves rolled in front of Xie Xuanyi, and all the filth seemed to be splashed on a copper wall.

The next moment, the remaining four big monsters that surrounded the Desolate Ridge launched an attack!

The world in front of Deng Baiyi suddenly became dark.

But the next moment it became bright again.

The entire mountain range was covered with thousands of silver lines in an instant, with thunder roaring. Everything ended before it even began. The bodies of the four big monsters were all blown to pieces. In terms of time, the deaths of these five evil beasts were not far apart, probably only one or two breaths apart. With a snap, at the end of Deng Baiyi's sight, a long and narrow object was thrown out at an angle and pierced into the mud, almost without its roots.

It was the paper umbrella that Xie Xuanyi had originally folded and held in his hand.

At this moment, the paper umbrella has been torn into pieces and is full of holes.

The thousands of silver lines that previously covered the mountains were all cut out by an ordinary paper umbrella.

This is not a cultivator's natal weapon, nor does it possess any special powers... It simply cannot withstand the power of Xie Xuanyi's sword.

After just one use, it reached its limit and was completely scrapped.

"When you draw your sword, you must kill the person; when you cut the grass, you must uproot it."

Xie Xuanyi looked at the corpses falling from the sky with a crackling sound, his expression did not change. He silently stretched out a hand, and Deng Baiyi, who was in a trance, handed over the paper umbrella in his hand to him as if possessed by a ghost.

"Even if I have no grudge against Yinshan, I will not leave anyone alive in this situation."

Xie Xuanyi took the paper umbrella, weighed it lightly, and turned it into a sword flower.

He raised his eyes to the dark sky and said calmly: "You go back to the mansion first. I will come back after killing the people and give me an answer then."

"I……"

Deng Baiyi was just about to say something.

Thunder roared again above the mountain, and the plain-clothed figure in front of him disappeared without a trace like a ghost.

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(The contract status has finally been changed. Thanks to the leader "爱爱他家大可爱斯斯" for the reward. Muah! The update of the new book is tentatively scheduled to be twice a day, at noon! Go for it!)
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