196: Chapter 65 Regicide 196: Chapter 65 Regicide Xie Xuanyi was a person who firmly believed in his intuitions.
When he first met Lu Yuzhen in Lichao City, he realized…
the words spoken by the White Robed Taoist could neither be fully trusted nor completely doubted.
Previously in Beihai Ling.
Lu Yuzhen hoped Xie Xuanyi would leave Qing State with him.
If it weren’t for returning to Da Sui Sword Palace and meeting his master, the matter of the “Undying Spring”… Xie Xuanyi might have remained in the dark for a long time.
“Master, your Undying Spring seems somewhat different from mine?”
Xie Xuanyi stared at the drop of Undying Spring in the palm of the Sect Leader of Pure Yang for a long time.
This drop of Undying Spring was filled with an extremely abundant vitality, incomparable to the Undying Spring within his own Dantian.
“Hmm?”
Upon hearing this, the facial expression of the Sect Leader of Pure Yang slightly changed.
Xie Xuanyi presented the small half-drop of Undying Spring from within his Dantian.
After gifting it to Jiang Huang and wiping the sword blade,
this Undying Spring began to “recover” on its own, with countless vapors entwining and slowly increasing.
“This…”
Zhao Chunyang raised his eyebrows, a look of disbelief in his eyes.
It was well known that the Undying Spring was a consumable.
Use one drop, lose one drop!
This was also the reason for the top forces’ betrayal of the Dachu during the Drinking Poison Battle…
Mo Zhen Great Venerate had given out actual “Undying Spring Water”.
Once they tasted the benefits.
To acquire more, they needed to betray Dachu and join the Demon Country!
Zhao Chunyang softly exclaimed.
He stared at the half-drop of water vapor in Xie Xuanyi’s Dantian for a long time.
This small half-drop of Undying Spring, although it could not compare with his own in the palm, was indeed growing and repairing itself.
“After the revival of the North Sea, it has been like this…”
Xie Xuanyi carefully said, “Maybe if I continue my cultivation, this Undying Spring will increase even more?”
“Quite interesting.”
Zhao Chunyang extended his palm, gently touching the strand of vapor, and muttered, “Your Sword Qi Cave Heaven has rooted itself in the Undying Spring, and because of this drop of spring water, you have achieved a ‘rebirth’ even more perfect than I had imagined.”
Taking the Undying Spring could indeed prolong one’s life.
But Zhao Chunyang had never seen a special case like Xie Xuanyi.
After the fall of the North Sea, instead of aging, he became ten years younger.
“Most importantly, this drop of spring water can regenerate.”
Xie Xuanyi looked towards the corner of the small courtyard and said solemnly, “I gave her half a drop of the Undying Spring and took out some Undying Water Vapor to wipe the ‘Chen Ke’.
In less than half a month, this drop of water has recovered to this extent.”
“…”
Zhao Chunyang’s eyebrows twitched slightly, unsure what to say.
This was the excellent disciple he had trained!
It was one thing to use the Undying Spring to save others, but to use it to clean a sword?
“By the way.”
Xie Xuanyi spoke seriously, “Your trip to the Imperial City isn’t as simple as just battling with the Qin Ancestor, is it?”
He had many questions to ask his master.
Ten years ago, he was chased for thousands of miles, and Da Sui Sword Palace was sealed for reasons unknown.
Those missing ten years.
The files were archived.
Many matters…
could only rely on speculation.
“Naturally.”
Zhao Chunyang lowered his gaze and smiled lightly, “The Qin Ancestor is merely a ‘martial fanatic.’ My battle with him today is just the superficial layer.”
Xie Xuanyi sat upright, all ears.
“From Qing Sun crushing the Jade Talisman to Wu Zhexian presiding over the Divine Thought, it’s all part of a scheme.”
Zhao Chunyang calmly said, “The Holy Empress sending a special envoy to Da Sui Sword Palace…
merely wants to see my whereabouts.
Throughout the years, there have been many rumors saying I died, but those people deep down know, I’m not so easy to kill.
Since Da Sui Sword Palace has reopened, I need to show myself.”
This reasoning, Xie Xuanyi understood.
Da Sui Sword Palace currently has the support of the Law Enforcement, already ranking as a first-rate force.
But to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Taoist, if only relying on one Yang God of the Law Enforcement,
It’s far from enough!
With Beihai Ling shattered, massive fortunes surged into Dachu, and Da Sui Sword Palace choosing to reopen its doors to accept disciples was to reintroduce the long-declining Sword Dao fortune among the various peaks…
If there wasn’t a sufficiently authoritative person to take the stage, the Transcendent fortune Dachu Royal Family would not let go easily.
Not to mention, just that Qin Ancestor alone was enough to sever this great fortune.
“Is this… the Holy Empress’s scheme?”
Xie Xuanyi’s expression grew serious.
Today’s battle between the Sect Leader of Pure Yang and the Qin Ancestor was just the surface…
the real person he would meet in the Imperial City can only be the Holy Empress.
“Correct.”
Zhao Chunyang lowered his gaze and smiled, saying, “She finally has the Dachu Dynasty firmly within her grasp once again, Da Sui reopening its Doors, she has to see me once to be assured.”
Xie Xuanyi frowned, “She wants to use the Qin Ancestor to test you?”
“Partly to test me.”
“And partly to test you.”
Zhao Chunyang looked meaningfully at his favored disciple.
Xie Xuanyi knew, the Dachu Dynasty had always been investigating his whereabouts, after the fall of the North Sea, Dachu sent countless people to search for his body…
evidently, the palace did not believe he just died like that.
“The Holy Empress is well aware, the fortune of the Lotus Peak doesn’t rest on the elder generation.”
Zhao Chunyang said lightly, “Da Sui Sword Palace isn’t frightening if there’s no new generation leader, then the Sword Palace…
will quickly decline.
I’m getting old, and so is my junior brother.
Once the two mountain-securing Yang Gods pass away, by then, the Sword Palace will merely be an ordinary sacred ground, no longer posing any threat to the Dachu Royal Family.
Do you think the Dachu Royal Family would be apprehensive about Baihua Valley?”
Xie Xuanyi fell silent.
In those days, his innate talent surpassed everyone else.
Once he ascended to be a Yang God.
He would become the leader of the new generation of the Sword Palace.
“Actually, this is why your junior brother always opposed you taking the position of future Sect Leader…
‘The taller a tree grows, the harder the winds hit it.'”
Zhao Chunyang spoke softly, “In junior brother’s view, a qualified leader of the Sword Palace must learn to conceal his prowess and avoid drawing too much attention before truly growing strong.”
Back then, Xie Xuanyi chose to ascend to the top gloriously, becoming the leader of the Sword Dao.
But this choice also buried hidden dangers.
Just as he had faced the soul contract on parchment earlier in the night…
The Dachu Royal Family wants you to kneel.
If you wish to stand, you can only die.
“I…”
Xie Xuanyi was momentarily stifled.
“Don’t worry, I have temporarily suppressed the doubts of the Holy Empress.”
Zhao Chunyang raised an eyebrow and said, “This woman’s intuition is terrifying…
After the battle with the Qin Ancestor, when she met me, she asked directly if you were still alive.”
Xie Xuanyi’s heart skipped a beat, and he looked at his master nervously.
The divine soul perception of such top-tier figures is extremely accurate.
“I told her your soul lamp…
had been extinguished ten years ago.
If she does not believe, she is welcome to investigate the Sword Palace at any time.”
Zhao Chunyang sighed, his voice somewhat hoarse.
This statement was not false.
Xie Xuanyi indeed had “died” once before.
The extinguishing of the soul lamp was not an illusion either.
The conversation between the Holy Empress and Law Enforcement Sect Leader was doomed not to last long; she did not seek the “truth” from the Sect Leader, but rather to observe his reaction…
After giving this response, the thousand-mile setup of this scheme was thus completed.
“This time, the Dachu Royal Family is at fault,”
Zhao Chunyang said with a smile: “These days, the Law Enforcement brother has endured much hardship…
but fortunately, the special envoy from the Imperial City couldn’t restrain himself, and with his assassination attempt coming first, even if things get even bigger, the Dachu Imperial Family will have nothing to say.”
Xie Xuanyi listened, his expression as usual, not too surprised.
All this…
had already shown some “clues” at that time.
The entire Sword Qi Festival, the Law Enforcement of the Sword Palace never showed up which seemed reasonable to outsiders, but for Xie Xuanyi…
it seemed a bit forced.
Handing over the decree to Golden Turtle Peak over to Qi Lie.
Provided the “assassin” an opportunity to strike.
It was precisely because he sensed this vague layout intention that Xie Xuanyi chose to go to the back of Lotus Peak that night…
He thought that the assassination would draw out his master.
Unexpectedly,
The master was at a higher level, not only seeing through “his” performance but also through the intentions behind Qing Sun.
Using fire to forge the golden body, ascend to Xuanshui Cave Heaven.
Everything settled down…
The “assassin” infiltrated his mansion “most smoothly”.
That was the time for the master to truly make his appearance.
What does it count to pinch an assassin to death?
It had to wait until the Imperial City Jade Talisman appeared, until the assassin voluntarily revealed his real background, then it was convenient to “initiate an inquiry”!
Indeed…
the old are indeed cunning.
Xie Xuanyi felt somewhat emotional.
“There’s one more thing.”
He looked at his master and asked in a deep voice, “Disciple wishes to know…
the ins and outs of the Da Sui Sword Palace’s mountain-sealing ten years ago.”
Zhao Chunyang looked at the youth in front of him.
He said calmly, “The order to seal the mountain was given by me.”
The Sect Leader ordered, and Da Sui sealed the mountain.
Afterward…
Da Sui was thus sealed.
This event, spoken of, was quite sensational, but the so-called ins and outs were just that simple,
Simple to the point of simplicity itself.
The entire Da Sui Sword Palace, the thousands and thousands of Sword Cultivators, the person most trusted, was the Pure Yang Sect Leader himself.
If he said today we seal the mountain, then the mountain gate formation closes, and it would not be dragged to the next day.
“You must be curious why this had to be done.”
“I once said…”
The Sect Leader’s fingertips gently tapped on the porcelain teacup, producing a clear sound.
“The great Dao of the world does not divide left and right.
The myriad laws of the world do not distinguish between higher and lower.”
“Why should the Sword Dao that Sword Cultivators cultivate be only the Sword Dao?”
Zhao Chunyang’s voice echoed in the courtyard.
This sentence had long been deeply engraved in Xie Xuanyi’s heart.
“That case of the North Sea…
where the Dachu Royal Family utilized the power of the realm, stood on absolute high ground, not only ordering your execution but also made moves against the Sword Palace.”
Zhao Chunyang said softly, “That year, my body, indeed, developed some conditions that truly required closed-door cultivation.
Not wanting to be enemies with the Dachu Royal Family was also true.”
He shifted the topic.
“However, your death, however, was false.”
The elderly man, who had lived long and stood at the highest peak of the cultivation world, spoke lightly: “Since they were at fault, then sealing the mountain for ten years, letting it be for ten years, why not?
I have lived for so long, I do not care about my own life or death, but there are millions of people on Sword Palace mountain, and I could not let them go to their deaths for no reason.”
Xie Xuanyi shook his head.
He earnestly said, “Master, that is not what I am asking.”
He never resented Sword Palace sealing the mountain.
The choice of the Pure Yang Sect Leader…
was unsurprisingly correct, wise.
Even if it were to happen again.
He still hoped the Sword Palace would not get involved in the tragedy of that year.
“Disciple wishes to know…”
Xie Xuanyi looked at his master hesitantly, slowly voicing the biggest doubt in his heart.
“Why did the Dachu Royal Family issue a warrant against me back then?”
Upon these words,
Zhao Chunyang’s expression was no longer calm, and he looked at his disciple perplexedly.
The eye contact between master and disciple this time was longer than any before.
“Because…”
Zhao Chunyang said with a complex expression, “You…
killed the previous emperor of Dachu.”
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