Embers of Sword

Chapter 7 Little Girl

All things in the world have spirits; metal and stone can be enlightened, and plants and trees can become spirits.

Among all living creatures, the "true dragon" and "true phoenix" are the most powerful and have the most noble bloodlines, so the emperors of the Da Chu Dynasty were all called the true dragons and the people of destiny.

In fact, true dragons and true phoenixes only exist in legends and have not appeared in the world for many years.

However, the bloodline left by the dragon and phoenix was continued.

Bai Gui, who was ranked among the three saints of Yinshan, once picked up a dying "earth dragon". It sounded good, but in fact, it was just an earthworm before it awakened. After practicing for many years, hibernating underground, swallowing countless essences of the sun and the moon, it eventually awakened 30% of its true dragon bloodline... This 30% of true dragon bloodline was enough to allow it to maneuver freely and become nearly invincible among the land monsters of the same level.

So an earthworm transformed itself, shed its dirty and filthy shell, and became an earth dragon.

At this moment, Xie Xuanyi was extremely certain that the broken flames wandering around in front of him were exactly the "Phoenix Fire" that was rumored to be able to burn everything!
That pitch-black throne is the best proof.

The Phoenix Fire contains the ultimate power of "destruction".

Phoenix Nirvana, reborn from the dead!
Only complete destruction can bring about recovery.

According to legend, the pure-blooded phoenix is immortal, can spread its wings to hit the sky, and breathe out black flames that can burn everything... Xie Xuanyi came in front of the throne and extended the thin and straight umbrella rib forward. The sword encountered no obstruction and easily pierced into the black fire.

However, every inch of penetration will burn that inch.

When it was pulled out again, only the bare umbrella handle was left.

"It really is... Phoenix Fire."

Xie Xuanyi sighed, and then felt a headache... Did he really know this girl?

next moment.

Xie Xuanyi felt a sudden pain in his sea of consciousness, and groaned, falling to the ground.

A broken memory, like lotus petals, slowly pieced together after years of wandering.

After a long time, Xie Xuanyi recovered.

He raised his head with a complicated expression, looking at the girl who was sleeping soundly on the throne. The phoenix fire was floating in the air like a gauze dress, draped over the girl.

Xie Xuanyi's gaze was fixed on the girl's slender and white calves.

There, there was a straight, dark scar, eye-catching and glaring.

This little girl.

I actually know him.

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Several years ago, the fledgling Xie Xuanyi traveled all over the country seeking sword skills.

The country is so beautiful that it attracts all the heroes in the world to bow down.

When Xie Xuanyi was young, his character was as straightforward as a sword. As the Dashui Sword Palace was gradually declining, he was determined to revive the sword practice, so as soon as he came out of the mountain, he aimed at the leader of the younger generation and challenged the geniuses of the same generation from various major sects.

It can determine who is superior and who is inferior, and also decide life and death!
At that time, Xie Xuanyi only had the title of "No. 1" in his mind.

Just don't take action.

As soon as you strike, blood will be shed!

He traveled through four regions without a single defeat, which was something that had never happened in the past sixty years.

Xie Xuanyi achieved his wish and became the number one among his peers. He was ranked first on the "Tianjiao List" and was the talk of the town for a while.

With such a personality, he will naturally be the focus of attention of the world, and will have countless enemies, but also many "close friends".

Of course, a considerable number of the so-called "close friends" are... just flies who come here for fame.

These people were all smiling, wearing heavy disguises, drinking and chatting, saying the nicest words, and showing the most sincere expressions.

These people are scarier than our enemies.

But at that time, Xie Xuanyi didn't understand this truth.

Some things will be remembered deeply only after experiencing them.

"Huh... is it you?"

Xie Xuanyi looked a little pale. He supported himself on his knees and slowly stood up.

He has a good memory and can remember everything he sees.

As long as they have met once, even if it has been many years... Xie Xuanyi can recognize who the other person is at a glance.

But this little girl made him feel strange.

Because when we met that year.

She has not yet cultivated to the realm of "transformation".

The Great Chu Northern Expedition is a national grand ceremony held every few years!

Xie Xuanyi, who was in the limelight at that time, was invited to participate in the Northern Hunt. Geniuses from all major sects gathered together, and the group set out from the imperial city, heading north in a mighty manner to hunt down the monsters... This Northern Hunt was naturally to see who could kill more monsters and who could kill stronger monsters!
Back then... countless geniuses and gods from all walks of life displayed their magical powers.

But they were all defeated by Xie Xuanyi.

Because Xie Xuanyi hunted back a "Phoenix".

Although the True Dragon and the True Phoenix have disappeared, their descendants still remain in later generations. Perhaps it was due to his good fortune that during the Northern Hunt, Xie Xuanyi happened to discover the aura of a Phoenix-blooded demon in a remote mountain range. After a fierce battle, he severely injured the Phoenix-blooded demon that had just achieved enlightenment and successfully brought it back to Da Chu.

The battle was extremely brutal and Xie Xuanyi was seriously injured.

And that phoenix, needless to say.

Xie Xuanyi cut off the Phoenix's tibia and put it into a cage...

As the prey of the Northern Hunt, he presented the phoenix to the royal family.

On the day of hunting in the north, the descendants of the phoenix blood were hunted!

This incident shocked the world again, and Dasui Sword Palace received generous rewards.

Xie Xuanyi, who had long been invincible among his peers in all four realms, officially topped the "Tianjiao List" after this Northern Hunt!
It can be said that this was the most proud and high-spirited day in Xie Xuanyi’s life!
Xie Xuanyi always felt that he had a good memory. Until now, he still remembered every face that congratulated him that day, and every look of envy and jealousy.

But now looking back.

He completely forgot about the Phoenix descendant that he had severely injured...

On the road to becoming a god, there are piles of bones.

Back then, Xie Xuanyi only cared about reaching the top. He never looked back or looked down.

"I didn't expect to meet you here..."

There was three parts of emotion and seven parts of sigh in Xie Xuanyi's tone.

On the throne, the little girl's legs were bruised by the sword energy, leaving a horrible black scar on her skin as white and tender as lotus root!

Xie Xuanyi was able to recognize her... because this sword energy was left by him.

The art of controlling spirits is not a unique inheritance of Yinshan. The royal family of Da Chu also has similar techniques, which can raise monsters and tame them into slaves. After this phoenix was sent to the royal family, there was no possibility of it escaping. Logically, she should have been imprisoned in a cage until her soul completely submits to the royal family of Da Chu, and then she would have a chance to see the light of day.

It's just that the emperor died ten years ago and the imperial city was in chaos. During that time, anything could have happened.

She could be hiding at the bottom of Jinli Mountain now... maybe she escaped during the chaos at that time?
Xie Xuanyi has never believed in fate.

But today's meeting was so coincidental and dramatic.

He couldn't help but wonder why God arranged this meeting.
"If I were standing here ten years ago and caught the fleeing demon, I would still use all my strength to strike with the sword even if all my cultivation was gone."

Xie Xuanyi said in a low voice: "But I am no longer the same person I was back then..."

During these ten years, he understood a truth: demons can be divided into good and evil, and so can humans.

Of course he hates monsters.

But those monks who surrounded and tried to kill him back then, those friends who seemed like brothers on the surface, actually killed him behind his back.

Those people deserve to die more than monsters!
Xie Xuanyi stood in the floating phoenix fire ashes, quietly looking at the little girl on the throne.

When he was fighting fiercely with the giant phoenix-blood monster, he realized that although this monster possessed top-level phoenix blood, its years of cultivation were very short and it would take several more years before it could transform.

At the beginning of this battle, both sides were eager to fight and refused to give in to each other!
But later...

The young phoenix-blood demon was at a disadvantage, and it began to beg for mercy, using its soul to convey its thoughts, hoping that Xie Xuanyi would "show mercy."

Of course Xie Xuanyi ignored it.

The human and demon races have an irreconcilable feud.

Either enslave or kill!

In the world of cultivation, strength is respected. It is common for great demon cultivators to enter the territory of Da Chu and kill human beings.

At that time, as long as Xie Xuanyi drew his sword, the winner must be decided and one side must fall.

So... in the end, the phoenix-blood demon fell.

That's actually fair.

Xie Xuanyi won, and the big monster was brought back to Da Chu.

If he loses, he will be buried outside the pass and his body will be destroyed.

"That's all for today..."

Xie Xuanyi withdrew his gaze and made a decision.

"I will not mention anything about Jin's departure from the mountain today after I leave. If you can recover from your injuries and leave Da Chu, it will be your good fortune."

This place is protected by the Phoenix Fire. Even if a cultivator like Taoist Chongwu studies for another three to five years, he will not be able to break the Dharmakaya.

But Xie Xuanyi is not Chongwu——

Even though he has nothing now, he still has the absolute confidence to smash the Phoenix Dharma Image.

He wanted to get rid of this descendant of Phoenix Blood... He had more than one way. The simplest, quickest, and also the most "shameless" way was to leak the information of this "Phoenix Blood Demon". It wouldn't be long before a large number of righteous people would arrive.

The body of the Phoenix Blood Demon Descendant is full of treasures.

After saying that, Xie Xuanyi prepared to leave.

For a "big villain" like him who never leaves anyone alive, making this decision is actually not easy.

If the news about Phoenix is released...

It is estimated that the people who rushed here after hearing the news are the same kind of people who surrounded and killed me back then.

Xie Xuanyi really hated those guys.

In any case, he didn't want to use such dirty hands to do things for him.

He decided to spare this phoenix, and also spare the competitive self of the past...

But just as he turned around, the entire Jinli Mountain began to tremble.

Taoist Chongwu has been in seclusion in Jinli Mountain for half a year. In order to subdue the phoenix, he has caused countless "destructions". This ancient volcano, which has been dormant for many years, has been silently enduring the bombardment of formation patterns and magic tools...

When you're unlucky...

A speck of dust can cause an entire avalanche.

There is no doubt that Taoist Chongwu was the speck of dust that caused the avalanche!
The Jinli Mountain, which had been dead and silent for who knows how many years, began to erupt!
There was a loud bang!
Xie Xuanyi's expression suddenly changed. Just as he turned around and took a step, the ground beside him broke apart and a pillar of fire shot up into the sky... He reacted extremely quickly and instantly flew back several feet without being hit by the pillar of fire.

Xie Xuanyi had a gloomy expression as he watched a corner of his clothes slowly burning in the air until it turned into ashes.

He glanced at the bare handle of the umbrella in his hand.

Previously tested the power of Phoenix Fire.

As a result, he even lost the only "sword" that he could wield.

But that's nothing.

Take a deep breath.

Xie Xuanyi dropped the umbrella handle and started running. After avoiding the dangerous places where two flame pillars erupted, he used the force to leap towards a stone wall. His five fingers were like hooks, nailing into the stone wall, hanging like a monkey...

This may be the only good news: after being resurrected, Xie Xuanyi's energy was completely dissipated, but his physical strength was maintained very well.

He looked up and measured the distance.

Repeat this process dozens of times and you will be able to escape from Jinli Mountain.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this moment, the heat wave at the bottom of Jinli Mountain completely erupted! It began to gushed out!
The scene at this moment is like hell on earth.

Xie Xuanyi looked down and saw large areas of cracked ground. Violent columns of fire gushed out from the cracked ground, and boiling magma was raging everywhere.

He subconsciously turned his gaze to the little girl on the throne, his face somewhat hesitant.

That Phoenix descendant... was badly injured.

In half a year, his soul was hit hundreds of times, but he did not wake up. He must have suffered very serious soul trauma when he was fleeing the imperial city.

Xie Xuanyi knew very well that the so-called majestic and magnificent "Phoenix Dharma Image" was nothing more than a paper tiger that would break with a single poke.

Under normal circumstances, the Phoenix would naturally not be afraid of the earth fire.

But now it’s different.

The little guy chose to sleep so that his soul could heal.

Now, the earth fire is impacting and the mountains are collapsing. As long as her Dharma image is broken, her physical body will surely face a fatal impact.

It will be hard to say whether you will live or die at that time.

"That's all."

Xie Xuanyi sighed helplessly: "I owe you this."

　Thanks to the everlasting leader~ The boss is generous, the boss is mighty, the boss is immortal~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)