Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 459 Zimu Knife
One by one, people looked at Chen Xuan in disbelief. How could Duan Zui, one of the strongest people present, be so easily killed?

They were all observant and attentive to their surroundings. Even in the midst of chaos, they were always paying attention to their surroundings. Even if they hadn't witnessed the scene firsthand, they could roughly understand what had happened.

Tang Yu, wielding a strange longsword, noticed the scene of Duan Zui being killed. Before Chen Xuan could even speak, his heart trembled, and he turned and ran without hesitation, no longer intending to kill Chen Xuan to improve his cultivation.

Even those who were on par with him, like Duan Zui, were easily killed. Even with his own cultivation level skyrocketing, he was still no match for him. Even if the Evil Blade could greatly enhance his combat power, it couldn't bridge such a gap.

Where did this terrifying figure come from?
The reason he ran away was twofold. First, Chen Xuan had initially said that everyone else could do whatever they wanted, but he had to stay. Second, with the Evil Blade in hand, it was inevitable that he would be targeted by that terrifying young man. He didn't want to give up this blade that could increase his cultivation by killing people, and he didn't want to give up his own life either.

While everyone is still in shock, once I escape and hide for a while, I will surely have a place in the world.

Hearing the words "Did I let you go?" as he fled, he ran even faster, unleashing his inner energy as if it were free.

To his horror, he discovered that although he was running forward with all his might, he was actually moving backward at a rapid pace, pulled by an irresistible force.

"Great hero, spare my life! I'm willing to offer up my blood-stained blade just to spare me!" Tang Yu, unable to control himself, immediately made a decision and shouted loudly.

Chen Xuan ignored his explanation and instead looked at Xiang Qi and asked, "Old Xiang, we meet again. This is Tang Yu, right?"

Xiang Qi glanced at Tang Yu, who was rapidly retreating a hundred feet away, then at Chen Xuan. Even the slowest person would realize what was happening, and he swallowed hard, saying, "Yes."

Nodding, Chen Xuan looked at He Hongyi and asked, "Miss He, hello. Thank you for your reminder yesterday. But you left so quickly that I didn't have time to say goodbye. By the way, I found out your name from Lao Xiang. Please don't mind. And is this Tang Yu really as the rumors say, a heinous womanizer?"

Chen Xuan once said that if he encountered Tang Yu, he would take him out without hesitation. One should be true to one's word, but everything should be done for a reason. He would not kill innocent people indiscriminately without cause. It would be better to confirm whether the other party was a womanizer to avoid killing someone by mistake.

He Hongyi was dressed in red, fiery and beautiful. With her stunning face and graceful figure, she was one of the ten most beautiful women in Yuhua Kingdom. Any man would take a second look at her. However, she was a little embarrassed at this moment.

Yesterday, she kindly reminded Chen Xuan that she thought he had some cultivation and had come to covet the Evil Blade. But it turned out that his cultivation was beyond her comprehension. He looked just like an ordinary person. The words "return to simplicity" popped into her mind.

Faced with Chen Xuan's question, Tang Yu, despite his embarrassment, quickly recovered as a master of the Innate Realm and nodded, saying, "That's right. Over the decades, Tang Yu has slew countless women from his maternal family. The government has already issued arrest warrants, but he has remained at large. We wanted to eliminate him, but we failed. We are truly ashamed."

Nodding, Chen Xuan indicated that he understood and did not believe her one-sided account. He then asked Ling Yun, "Senior, is what Miss He said true?"

While they were talking, Tang Yu had already been pulled close by Chen Xuan from a distance. Instead of holding him in his hand for fear of getting his hands dirty, Chen Xuan used acupressure points to strike him from a distance and then threw him to the ground.

Ling Yun had a lot to say, but instead nodded and said, "Miss He is right. It is common knowledge that Tang Yu has committed many crimes."

I had no idea before, I'd never even heard of it. Once it was confirmed, Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Then there's no problem. How is your injury, Senior?"

"Thank you for your concern, Young Master Chen. I won't die," Ling Yun said, shaking his head. The injuries Chen Xuan had inflicted on him before he hadn't fully healed when he came to engage in a high-intensity battle, which added new wounds, but they weren't fatal; he just looked disheveled.

When Chen Xuan questioned him, Tang Yu himself did not want to sit idly by and wait for his death, and kept begging to be let go.

Chen Xuan ignored him throughout. While talking to Ling Yun and the others, he received confirmation that a leaf flew out from beside him and pierced his skull, ending his sinful life and extinguishing his ambitions after obtaining the evil blade.

The crowd was horrified. Tang Yu, whom they had been chasing and killing for days, was dead just like that? With his cultivation soaring after obtaining the Evil Blade, no one present was confident of defeating him, yet he was ended by a single leaf. Duan Zui was also killed by him. The two had the highest cultivation levels here, but Chen Xuan did all this as if it were nothing. He didn't seem to care who those two were!
It's estimated that Tang Yu has had that knife for some time now, and he calls it the Blood Blade, which suits him quite well.

With Tang Yu's death, the knife in his hand trembled slightly. What surprised Chen Xuan even more was that the knife flew into the air without any support and flew towards He Hongyi.

He Hongyi was startled. The knife was actually flying towards her? She instinctively tried to dodge.

She wanted to dodge, but most of the people present were there for the knife and were too busy eyeing it to move. However, Chen Xuan was right there, and no one dared to make a move.

Raising an eyebrow, Chen Xuan thought to himself that this knife was quite something; it had just lost its former master and was already automatically searching for a new one.

Seeing the blood-red longsword flying through the air, Chen Xuan reached out and grabbed it. The sword seemed to want to resist, but it was no match for him. It struggled for less than a blink of an eye before flying back and falling into Chen Xuan's hand.

Chen Xuan carelessly tossed away the sword used for judgment. Although it was valuable, he had no intention of killing someone for money. Instead, he held the blood-stained blade in full view of everyone.

Most people looked at the blood-stained knife in his hand with greedy eyes, but one or two realized that they had no chance and quietly retreated. Ling Yun and the others, however, looked worried.

He Hongyi hesitated for a moment and reminded him, "Senior Chen... that knife is ominous. Don't let it affect your mind." Chen Xuan looked at her and smiled, "Thank you for reminding me, Miss He. Don't worry, it's just a knife. It won't affect me. Don't call me senior; I'm much younger than you."

He Hongyi opened her mouth in astonishment. "You're younger than me, how can your cultivation be so terrifying? What is your cultivation level? Could you have already reached the Grandmaster realm? Otherwise, how could you have killed Tang Yu and Duan Zui so easily?"

Not to mention her, everyone else had similar thoughts, but no one dared to ask her directly, for who knows if being too talkative would lead to their demise.

Turning his gaze away, Chen Xuan carefully examined the blood-red longsword in his hand. He had no greedy intentions, but this thing still had some research value.

The knife is four feet long and as wide as a palm, with a straight back and a very thin, translucent, blood-red blade with a flowing, blood-red sheen on its surface.

"The material is very special. The main material is Crimson Blood Iron, mixed with Black Gold Cold Iron and other elements. Under a special forging process, it forms an extremely light and tough alloy with array patterns inside. Let me think... Blood Transformation and Spirit Restoration Array? This kind of array can devour flesh and blood true energy and transform it into special abilities to integrate into the body and enhance cultivation. Since it is a spirit array, it has been nurtured for a long time and has developed a trace of spirituality. No wonder it can actively choose its master. However, this thing is evil. Whoever gets it will only be harmed. Killing people can increase cultivation, which is true, but gradually they will lose their rationality and eventually suffer a backlash. Blood Transformation and Spirit Restoration Array, huh? There is also an even more advanced Blood Transformation and Origin Restoration Array that comes with it..."

After a quick glance, Chen Xuan already had a good idea of ​​what was going on. Even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had at least seen pigs run. Old Liu was an expert in weapon forging, and he had left him with a wealth of theoretical knowledge. Although he couldn't forge high-end items at the moment, he still had some knowledge.

He studied the knife inside and out in no time and figured it out pretty much.

'It seems my initial guess when I first heard about this knife on the way back to Yang County was correct. This thing was definitely deliberately placed in the martial world to incite bloodshed, thereby increasing the cultivation level of the person behind it!'

Chen Xuan roughly understood what was going on. There was definitely more than one of these evil blades. It contained only the Blood Transformation and Spirit Restoration Array. But what if it were forged into a mother-child blade? If the child blade was released into the martial world and caused bloodshed, it could indeed improve the wielder's cultivation to a certain extent. However, the person behind it had the mother blade in hand. Through the Blood Transformation and Spirit Restoration Array, they could remotely draw the energy obtained from the child blade's killings to themselves to improve their cultivation!
The sub-blade can at most improve the cultivation level of the Innate Realm, but it has a great negative impact and ultimately leads to a bad end. However, if one has the mother blade, it can help one reach the Grandmaster Realm and improve their cultivation level.

No wonder I've heard of this kind of knife in Jing Kingdom, and I encountered it again in Yuhua Kingdom. Tang Yu took one and ran to Misty Marsh, but even after he left, people in Jinze County were still killed by this kind of knife.

Someone's up to no good.

The mother and child knives are connected by an array, allowing them to transmit energy remotely. To use a somewhat uncertain analogy, it's like how information can be transmitted through the internet in Chen Xuan's hometown. However, this doesn't reach the level of quantum entanglement, unless it's a legendary teleportation array, which involves the spatial realm.

Having figured things out, amidst the envious and worried gazes of some, Chen Xuan gripped the blade with both hands and snapped it in two with a clang. One of the evil blades that had caused the bloodshed was broken in two by Chen Xuan.

That wasn't the end of it. He folded it twice more. After the evil blade broke, the flowing light that resembled blood no longer appeared on it; it became dull.

"No..." the skinny bald man said instinctively, feeling heartbroken. "A precious sword that can enhance one's power, how can you just destroy it like this?"

As Chen Xuan activated the Seven Revolutions Blazing Sun Palm, a small gray-brown cauldron appeared in his palm, visibly shrinking to about a foot in size. He threw the fragments of the Evil Blade into it, and green flames rose from within, melting them into liquid and destroying them completely.

The small cauldron disappeared, leaving behind a clump of scrap metal. Chen Xuan looked at the man and asked, "Do you have a problem with that?"

"No... no," the other person quickly shook their head and backed away.

Ignoring him, Chen Xuan looked at Xiang Qi, who was staring in astonishment, and said, "Old Xiang, I'm a man of my word. I said I'd kill Tang Yu if I encountered him, and I did. I said I'd destroy the Evil Blade, and I did. So, I didn't break my promise, did I?"

Xiang Qi hesitated for a moment, then gave Chen Xuan a thumbs-up and grinned, saying, "Young Master Chen, you're awesome!"

Clap his hands, Chen Xuan said with a relaxed expression, "I want to remind everyone of two things. First, as I just mentioned, don't go in that direction; people will die. Second, regarding the evil blade I destroyed, I suspect there's more than one. Someone's behind this, so you martial artists should be careful. Now that I'm done, you can settle your scores and grievances. Please continue."

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave. If the group of people didn't listen to his advice, then he wouldn't blame them.

How can this continue?
"Young Master Chen, please wait."

This wasn't just said by one person; Ling Yun, Qi He, Hongyi, and the others almost all said it in unison.

Stopping in his tracks, Chen Xuan turned around and smiled, "Is there anything else you need?"

The group exchanged glances. He Hongyi's gaze towards Chen Xuan seemed somewhat ardent, but Ling Yun spoke first, his expression heavy with worry as he asked, "Young Master Chen, may I ask if you could be more specific about the Evil Blade you mentioned?"

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(End of this chapter)