Embers of Sword

Chapter 598 This Mountain is a Sword
"After the battle at Tianyuan Mountain, I was sealed here."

The Great Master looked up at the sky with a complex expression and sighed.

"But senior..."

Deng Baiyi asked cautiously, "These things don't seem to have anything to do with Senior Xiaoyaozi's death, do they?"

If she did not misunderstand, the practice of "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones" led to the separation of Chongkan's soul and spirit.

But... since the Great Master outside wasn't purely born of evil, but merely harbored prejudice, he shouldn't have been able to commit the act of "murdering his senior brother."

How should we explain this empty meditation cushion?
"In a state of mental wandering, the physical body is vulnerable."

Chongkan lowered his eyes and slowly said, "Tianyuan Mountain does not allow outsiders to enter...that's the reason. My senior brother allowed me to come and go freely because he trusted me. That great battle destroyed Tianyuan Mountain's Yuan Qi formation."

Deng Baiyi was taken aback.

This place is rich in vital energy, dozens of times more abundant than any other blessed land outside!
"What you see now... is the scene after the great battle ended, and Tianyuan Mountain has been restored for sixty years."

Chongkan gave a bitter smile: "Battles at the Yangshen Realm are often earth-shattering. Back then, I fought him fiercely for the right to use his physical body, and my senior brother's secluded cultivation place was also affected. After that battle, I was locked here, and that's when I discovered that my senior brother's physical body on the futon had already 'vanished'."

"Nirvana?"

Deng Baiyi looked somewhat pale.

"When the spirit travels, the soul leaves the body, and to return, it needs a precise 'anchor point'."

Chongkan said sadly, "Perhaps it was because that battle was too intense that Senior Brother's soul could not find an 'anchor point' to return to... In fact, Senior Brother's body was sitting cross-legged on that futon. However, after reaching the Celestial Realm, his physical body became a saint. This body had no soul to take over. It has been summoned by the void and is gradually disappearing into the void, no longer belonging to this world. If you deactivate the light array, you can reach out and touch it."

"There is such a thing in this world..."

Deng Baiyi found it utterly unbelievable.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Then wouldn't my going into the mountains this time be..."

Both Mr. Chen and Senior Junshan regarded Master Xiaoyaozi as their lifeline.

He exhausted all his strength to send himself into the mountains.

But now, upon receiving the news of the sect leader's passing, Deng Baiyi felt as if a bolt from the blue had struck her.

If the sect leader dies.

Then wouldn't all this elaborate "invitation to leave the pass" become meaningless?
"That's not entirely true."

Chongkan lowered his eyes and stared at his palms resting on his knees.

"What you said to the prayer mat earlier..."

"The internal strife that has erupted within the Taoist sect in recent days..."

“I heard everything.”

This great master seemed to have made a great decision before speaking these words. He slowly raised his head and looked into Deng Baiyi's eyes: "Today's situation is not a dead end. Perhaps... I have a way to solve it."

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Golden light filled the sky, and the blazing sun hung high in the sky.

At the head of the great ship, the Empress stood with her hands behind her back, looking down upon the mountains and rivers.

"Zhao Tongtian".

The Empress looked down at the person in front of her and calmly transmitted her voice: "I have come to Da Sui today for only one thing."

"...Dragon vein?"

Zhao Tongtian chuckled softly.

The Fire Lord's jade slip was delivered at the most opportune time, but even without the Book Tower's help, he could have guessed most of it. However, the key arrangements and follow-up plans could not have been as thorough as they were today.

"good."

The Empress Dowager, too lazy to beat around the bush, went straight to the point.

Now that things have come to this, there's nothing left to hide. From beginning to end, her thoughts and attention were focused on the foot of that lotus peak.

In her view, Zhao Tongtian was not a person she should be wary of.

During your visit to the Great Sword Palace, you only need to keep an eye on one person.

Zhao Chunyang!
"I am a reasonable person."

Zhao Tongtian tucked his hands into his sleeves, his back ramrod straight. He had always been like this. As the head of the Great Sui Sword Palace, every word and action represented the rules of the Great Sui Sword Palace. A person cannot stand without rules, and a sword cultivator should be even more upright. All the young cultivators on the entire Golden Turtle Peak, and even the entire Great Sui Sword Palace, regarded him as a role model.

"This dragon vein beneath Lotus Peak was jointly created by the sect's first leader a thousand years ago."

He said calmly, "Over the years, the lotus's fortune has flowed and spread from the Central Plains, converging and arriving at the Imperial City... Not a single strand of fortune has been missing. Now, why should the Great Chu royal family take this fortune away from the Sword Palace?"

"Why?"

The Empress smiled as well.

"Xie Xuanyi committed regicide and treason ten years ago."

She said leisurely, "Now he has injured the Great Chu Yang God, defected to the North Sea, and is preparing to join the Demon Kingdom... Such crimes are unforgivable. If we are to investigate, the Great Sui Sword Palace has also committed the crime of harboring a criminal over the years... The fake death in the North Sea back then was quite a show. As the head of the Great Sui Law Firm, how could you not know about such a drama?"

"..."

Zhao Tongtian's lips twitched slightly.

He really didn't know.

Before the Lotus Election, he, like everyone else, thought Xie Xuanyi had died in Beihai.

But that's no longer important.

If you want to add a crime, there is nothing wrong with it.

Even without the incident of Yueyin ten years ago, the Holy Empress would still find a crime to pin on the Great Sui Sword Palace!
The Great Chu Treasure Ship is already pressing in!

To back down at this moment will only bring more humiliation and nothing else.

"The case of Yueyin from ten years ago remains shrouded in mystery."

Zhao Tongtian coldly said, "Who knows what really happened in the Hidden Moon Realm back then? You say Xie Xuanyi murdered the emperor, so he did? Where is the evidence?"

"This case was personally investigated by me."

The Empress Dowager said casually, "My words are the evidence."

"Shit!"

Zhao Tongtian laughed loudly: "A crazy woman with demon blood flowing through her veins, does she really think she's the emperor of Da Chu? If you ask me, the Moon Concealment case ten years ago was your doing!"

This statement came out.

Suddenly, a burst of golden light flashed in the Empress's eyes!
boom!
She reached out and pressed down from a distance, shattering the dark clouds hundreds of feet in diameter above the sky. A giant palm pressed down on Zhao Tongtian, swelling in the wind and almost obscuring the sky, as if it wanted to completely flatten Zhao Tongtian and the entire Great Sui Sword Palace!
"Look at the sword!"

Zhao Tongtian roared.

His sleeves billowed, and the entire Golden Turtle Peak trembled.

Not far away, Qi Lie, who was watching the battle, felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. In the past two years, he had often asked his master when he could become the next mountain lord of Jin'ao Peak and the next law master of Da Sui Sword Palace. His master told him that he was only one step away.

Today he finally understands which step he was missing.

Among the four sword peaks surrounding the lotus flower.

Jin'ao Peak is the straightest, the most upright, and the tallest.

At this moment, the entire Golden Turtle Peak rose from the ground, and under the guidance of Zhao Tongtian's sword technique, it transformed into a sword that reached the heavens, piercing towards the palm at the top of the sky.

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(There's another 4,000 words coming after midnight. Those of you who don't stay up late, don't wait!)
(End of this chapter)