Embers of Sword

Chapter 637 Pulling the Dragon (Part 1)

A lone boat on the North Sea.

The wind and waves were rough.

"Mr. Chen...where are we going?"

The little girl with pigtails gripped the sleeve of the woman in the Taoist robe tightly and spoke cautiously. This lone boat had set off from the reeds and had been traveling for several hours. The North Sea was boundless, and the waves were becoming increasingly fierce. However, the boat was surrounded by golden threads, so even if towering waves crashed against it, the strength of the two great cultivators at the Yang God Realm would not allow the boat to suffer any damage.

Jiang Huang wasn't afraid.

Instead, as she gazed at the North Sea, a faint sense of familiarity welled up within her.

It seems like she visited this place many years ago.

"..."

Tang Fengshu sensed the girl's nervousness.

She reached out and gently grasped Jiang Huang's hand, indicating that she didn't need to be afraid.

In fact, Tang Fengshu was also very curious.

Starting from the reed marshes of Beihai, where is Chen Jingxuan headed?
"It's almost there."

Chen Jingxuan spoke softly, pointing to a direction beside him with his sleeve, and asked with a smile, "Look, this is a place you've been before."

Jiang Huang looked in the direction Chen Jingxuan was pointing.

All that could be seen were waves.

The next moment, golden light gathered, and hundreds of slender golden lines swept in from the distant sky, forming a bright mirror.

The shimmering water reflected the "scene" Chen Jingxuan had described: a small town nestled along the great river, its waters churning and waves crashing.

Reflected in the golden mirror, Jiang Huang blurted out, "Carp Tide City?"

"Yes."

Chen Jingxuan smiled slightly.

"Carp Tide City?"

Tang Fengshu frowned slightly. Having reached the Yangshen realm, her divine sense could travel for more than ten miles.

even so.

The area covered by her divine sense was still only a vast ocean.

The so-called "Carp Tide City" is probably dozens of miles away, or even further... In terms of divine sense probing, Chen Jingxuan is still more skilled; this "golden thread" can actually extend to the location of Carp Tide City. However, Tang Fengshu is even more puzzled. They set off from the reed marshes to this place, surely not to go to Carp Tide City? Judging from the direction the small boat is traveling, it doesn't seem to be heading towards Qingzhou.

"Are we going to Carp City?"

Jiang Huang whispered, "It's...very far away."

"We're not going anywhere."

Chen Jingxuan squatted down and said softly, "It's right here."

Jiang Huang was even more bewildered.

But Tang Fengshu vaguely understood something in his heart.

The river entrance of Carp Tide City converges with the North Sea. After the North Sea Mausoleum's fortune was shattered, it all flowed into the Great Chu Dynasty through this "bottle mouth"... A year ago, it was Chen Jingxuan who personally opened this bottle mouth. No one knew the location of this "golden thread of destiny" better than Chen Jingxuan. After the chaos in Qingzhou ended, this golden thread had been anchored here.

"You...you wouldn't be thinking of strangling the 'dragon vein', would you?"

Thinking of this, Tang Fengshu's expression became complicated, and he quickly sent a divine thought to inquire.

"good."

Chen Jingxuan didn't hide anything and nodded.

He stood up. A strong wind blew across the sea, and layers of waves surged and piled up, but the small boat remained exceptionally stable under the protection of the golden thread.

"The Great Chu Dynasty has a total of four dragon veins."

"Three of them are respectively suppressed by the Great Eagle Sword Palace, the Daoist sect, and the Qin family... situated on the land of the dynasty."

"And the fourth dragon vein... connects to the North Sea."

Chen Jingxuan said in a heavy voice, "This North Sea Dragon Vein is considered the 'direct lineage dragon vein' of the Great Chu royal family. All the turmoil today is caused by the 'North Sea Dragon Vein'..."

He personally opened the mouth of the dragon vein bottle.

in order.

It ushered in a golden age for the Great Chu Dynasty.

The prosperous era has indeed arrived as we had hoped.

However, the North Sea Dragon Vein also sparked subsequent disputes.

"Now, I will seize control of this dragon vein..."

Chen Jingxuan said softly, "I want to end all of this by becoming a 'Sky Watcher'."

This is why he refused to return to the capital.

Ending this chaos in the North Sea is what he should be doing. "The Great Chu Dragon Vein is only affected by the blood of the Emperor."

Tang Fengshu spoke subconsciously, muttering, "Even the Celestial Watchers cannot interfere..."

Back then, Chen Jingxuan took advantage of the chaos in Qingzhou to destroy Beihai Mausoleum, thereby opening up the dragon vein and clearing the blockage.

This is something that the "Sky Watchers" can do...

But they wanted to suppress the dragon vein.

Without royal blood, it's simply impossible!

"You are right..."

Chen Jingxuan said softly, "The Celestial Watchers cannot interfere with the Dragon Vein. But this matter can always be handled by those who have the blood of the Great Chu Emperor."

Tang Fengshu was taken aback.

The next moment, the North Sea surged and the waves rolled, pushing the lone boat to the highest point between heaven and earth.

Chen Jingxuan took a step forward, and countless golden threads wove together in the waves, transforming into a doorway.

He stepped through the doorway.

Heaven and earth are silent.

A young man in black, standing with his umbrella and sword in the spring breeze, stood amidst the golden threads of heaven and earth. Countless golden threads converged at this moment, transforming into a towering tree reaching the sky. The young man turned around, looked at the scholar in blue beside him, and said respectfully, "Sir...you have arrived."

After leaving Dali, Chu Guo stayed in this grotto-heaven to cultivate.

This grotto is constructed from the [Heavenly Fate Golden Thread].

Hundreds of millions of golden threads are woven into the scene of the hidden world of the past, with the rising and setting of the sun and moon, and the ebb and flow of the tides.

Chu Guo had been waiting.

He was waiting for... more than just Chen Jingxuan.

"almost."

Chen Jingxuan landed in his natal grotto, standing beneath the towering tree, feeling the pulse of countless golden threads.

Chen Jingxuan said softly, "She'll be here soon."

Ten thousand miles away, in the Great Chu Imperial City.

After a series of upheavals and turmoil, and with Chen Jingxuan gone, the undercurrents finally boiled over. The capital city was no longer peaceful, and the powerful families of Beijun could no longer suppress their anger that had been simmering for more than a decade. Demonstrations and protests took place in every street and alley of the capital city, and the Imperial City Guard had no choice but to send a large number of spies to forcibly suppress them. The once peaceful and happy capital city was now completely plunged into chaos and strife.

Amidst the clamor and strife, there is only one quiet place.

The royal villa left behind by Emperor Chu.

White snowflakes fluttered in the sky above the villa, while the melodious and poignant tune of the guqin echoed in the courtyard.

The young emperor Chu Yin no longer concealed her identity as a "woman." She untied her hairpins in front of the mirror, letting her long hair fall freely. She lightly smeared her lipstick and carefully examined her makeup inch by inch.

Xuezhu stood quietly beside Chuyin, looking dazed.

If I remember correctly, this was the first time I had ever seen Chu Yin smile like that.

“The gentleman said that once this chaos ends… I can gain ‘freedom’.”

Chu Yin looked at herself in the mirror and chuckled softly: "Do you think there really is such a thing as 'freedom' in this world?"

"……some."

The snow goddess instinctively responded.

After exiting the mirror, she immediately realized that His Majesty was probably just asking himself a question, not asking her.

"...Thank you for walking with me for so long."

Chu Yin turned around, looked at the woman in the wind and snow, and said earnestly, "There is still this last journey, please accompany me to the end."

The Snow Lord bowed his head respectfully.

Chu Yin left the dressing table and walked barefoot towards the end of the Imperial City Villa.

The guqin music playing outside the long corridor gradually faded away.

The wind and snow grew heavier.

finally.

She walked up to the huge mural in the Imperial Villa.

The mural is extremely magnificent, depicting a towering tree reaching for the sky, with countless branches and leaves, all vividly depicted.

The young emperor reached out and placed his hand on the mural.

The next moment, the "branches and leaves" in the mural seemed to come alive.

"Crash-"

Thousands of golden threads swayed, and the mural transformed into a doorway, reflecting countless shimmering rays of light before one's eyes.

(End of this chapter)