Embers of Sword

Chapter 483 Broken Jade
A fierce wind howled, and the treasure ship plummeted.

Qian San's words resonated deeply with everyone, making the atmosphere on the boat even heavier.

"How could it have turned out like this..."

A venerable one sighed softly and said, "What happened tonight was too sudden."

According to the original plan.

They should stay on Zhanjiao Mountain, guard their respective camps, and wait for the arrival of the Martial Immortal. When the time is right, they will storm into Chunbai Mountain in one fell swoop!

Why is there still no news of Lord Wu Zhe Xian?

The other venerable one was puzzled.

Tonight's attack resulted in heavy casualties for all seven hilltops.

Since they started heading south, no one has seen the Martial Immortal... They can understand that a figure at the peak of the Yangshen Realm doesn't need to travel together, but now that a great calamity is imminent, why hasn't the Martial Immortal appeared yet?
"The other sect leaders of the three major sects also did not appear."

Venerable Bao Cheng murmured, "Could these guys be going to besiege Immortal Wu Zhe?"

In that attack just now, only Qingxiao appeared!
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned strange.

"impossible."

Qin Qianlian shook his head and said calmly, "You underestimate the combat power of the Yang God Realm. These evil cultivator sect leaders in the Southern Border call themselves saints only because they have never encountered a 'true saint.' Even if you add Qing Xiao, if all of them gang up on Wu Zhexian, they will only face certain death."

"Yes."

Shu Ning nodded and said in a deep voice, "The three major sects plotted this whole thing just to seize the 'Dao Stele' in the Bai Ze Secret Realm, didn't they? Bai Gui Mo Dao Ren has not yet achieved Yang Shen, and with their strength, they are simply no match for Wu Zhe Xian."

Wu Zhexian is not a beginner-level Yang Shen!

“But what if we add the Paper Doll Path?” Qian San suddenly asked.

"..."

This time, Shu Ning fell silent.

"The treasure ship is approaching from not far away. It seems to be Emperor Wuzong's ship."

Qian San slowly said, "Regarding Wu Zhexian's situation... surely no one knows more about it than them?"

Ink-black rain poured down from the distant sky, forming continuous lines. After the abyss emerged, tornadoes vaguely formed all around, and the torrential rain was also pulled and deformed by suction.

A treasure ship is slowly sailing towards us.

After the miasma dissipated.

The Da Chu treasure ship was finally able to meet.

Qin Baihuang cast his gaze toward the Wuzong treasure ship... The unease in his heart did not dissipate, but instead intensified.

The rain lines were broken.

Even from a distance of a hundred feet, one could clearly see the faces of the martial arts cultivators on the treasure ship.

An abyss emerged, followed by a chilling downpour.

However, the expressions of those martial arts cultivators were even more somber than the rain.

Several times, dozens of times.

That was a sorrow and a resolve that Qin Baihuang had never seen before.

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"Master?"

Wu Yue looked up at the cold, falling rain and spoke with some concern.

His feelings were very complicated.

Half an hour ago, all the martial arts disciples on the deck retreated and stood at attention.

A hole was opened in the energy shield.

Zhou Bai, his hair disheveled, sat cross-legged beneath the mast at the bow of the ship. The battle flags fluttered wildly in the gale, and the cold rain fell like swords onto his clothes. Zhou ignored it, silently setting up a breath-holding formation. Apart from his most valued disciple Wu Yue, everyone else could only stand outside the formation, unable to see the scene within the dazzling golden light.

Golden light enveloped the master and his disciple.

This grand formation is solely for protecting one thing.

It was a jade token with simple and unadorned patterns.

Wu Yue knew that this was a precious treasure personally crafted by the Martial Immortal and deliberately given to his master.

This jade token symbolizes the legacy of the Wuzong sect over the past century.

Emperor Wuzong's rise to power was very short-lived.

However, its development speed is extremely fast.

The Martial Immortal once said that if one encounters danger, one should crush the jade tablet, and in a short while, he will personally arrive, breaking through the void to come to one's rescue.

Wu Zetian always kept his word. In total, he gave away fewer than five such jade tokens.

Even when facing an opponent of Zhao Chunyang's caliber, Wu Zhexian never retreated even half a step.

This jade tablet is connected to the divine sea of ​​the Martial Immortal...

if nothing unexpected happened.

This token will be passed down from my master to me in a few years.

People say that the Martial Sect has the potential to become a transcendent holy land on par with the Sword Palace in the future... Wu Zhexian Zhou didn't care much about this statement, as they were focused on martial arts cultivation, but Wu Yue kept it deep in his heart.

Because he is the youngest.

If he were to become a Yang God one day, then the Martial Sect would have three martial artists at the Yang God realm with boundless energy and blood.

Until then.

Martial Sect is truly a top-tier holy land.

Whether it's the Taoist sect, the Sword Palace, or the Brahma Temple, they all have to give the Martial Sect some face!

Wu Yue had envisioned this dream more than once.

He knew that the most difficult part of all this was breaking through his own limitations.

He is too young.

To become a Yang God, who knows how long, how very long—

Master Zhou is only one step away from becoming a Yang God.

Therefore, he cultivated diligently day and night without the slightest slackening. Even after achieving third place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, he did not show the slightest pride or smugness... because compared to the Yang God, all of this was just fleeting and insignificant.

But Wu Yue never imagined that this dream would shatter on this day.

"Click."

Within the golden array, the jade tablet suspended in the air suddenly cracked open.

A heartbreaking sound emanated from the jade pendant.

Zhou's white hair was soaked by the rain, obscuring his eyes. He watched this scene silently, without uttering a word, but the aura emanating from him gradually grew colder...

This is a jade plaque connected to the Divine Sea of ​​Wu Zhe Xian.

Active breakage.

There is only one possibility.

The divine sea of ​​the immortal warrior shattered.

What circumstances would cause the Martial Immortal's divine sea to shatter?

A series of slightly grating cracking sounds rang out as the jade pendant continued to crack, its surface revealing spiderweb-like fissures.

"..."

Wu Yue stared blankly at this scene, his face gradually losing color and turning as pale as paper.

He is very clear.

what does that mean.

A moment later, Zhou gently grasped the jade tablet in his palm. He waved his sleeve, dispelling the golden light array. The martial arts disciples all came to the deck, and everyone felt an ominous premonition. Under their gaze, Zhou slowly opened his palm, and the shattered jade tablet turned into fragments that fell to the ground.

Dead silence.

Only the mournful sound of wind and rain could be heard on the boat.

Jade dust flew everywhere.

The crystal-clear jade shavings were scattered in the air; the scene was beautiful, but no one was in the mood to appreciate it.

The disciples of the Martial Sect stood silently in solemn silence.

Their faces showed shock and disbelief...

Then it gradually turned into sadness, pain, and anger.

Because of their body tempering, the Martial Sect suffered the least losses among the three major sects' attacks.

This treasure ship, which came specifically to eliminate the evil cultivators of the three major sects, was now exuding a dense yet silent killing intent.

Even from a hundred feet away, one could feel the overwhelming murderous aura emanating from this ship—

The air around us seemed to be frozen.

The killing intent of these warriors was almost tangible.

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(There will be another update later.)
(End of this chapter)