Holding the Son of Heaven to Command the Vassals, the Sword Immortal Order
Holding the Son of Heaven to Command the Vassals, the Sword Immortal Order
No one knew how long this ancient locust tree forest had existed.
Many of the locust trees had already withered and died, their bark cracked and split, resembling True Dragons crouched upon the ground.
Now, a world-shaking sound emanated from within, as if tens of millions of swords and blades were resonating in unison, making one’s eardrums ache and one’s soul tremble.
Its sound could shake the ages and cleanse the future.
Lin En merely took one step closer, and his divine sense trembled violently, nearly shattered by this wave of energy.
Blood kept spilling from his mouth. Under that divine sense impact just now, he had suffered a severe backlash.
“What in the world is this...”
His heart was utterly shaken. He staggered back several steps before finally steadying himself, monstrous waves surging in his heart.
One had to know that although he was currently only an avatar, not his true body, he was still a genuine Earth Sword Immortal Realm existence, standing at the very peak of the Profound Sword World.
Yet he could not withstand a single residual divine sense fluctuation left here—one that was already eight hundred thousand years old.
Just how terrifying had that peerless Sword Immortal’s strength been back then? He had absolutely transcended the shackles of the Profound Sword World.
His strength at his peak was simply unimaginable.
Lin En’s eyes were filled with excitement. He took a deep breath, his attitude incomparably reverent, and walked forward once more, intending to experience the Daoist charm and aura of this place up close.
In a trance, he saw an Absolute Being seated cross-legged within.
Around that figure seemed to circle endless sacrificial chants, while three thousand great worlds burned with sword script, all worshipping together.
It was an utterly staggering sight.
Even for Lin En, who was well-versed in all manner of ancient records and texts,
he was momentarily rooted to the spot in shock, his heart unable to calm for a long time.
That senior from eight hundred thousand years ago, whose sword reached the divine, who ascended to the highest heavens above and descended to the Nine Netherworlds below—he had thought it was merely a legend. But seeing it today, he realized the rumors were not false; if anything, they failed to capture even one ten-thousandth of the truth.
Lin En’s heart could not settle. He sat down cross-legged once more in the same spot as before.
He kept his sword heart clear and luminous, his spirit platform empty and bright, untainted by a speck of dust.
Only then did he quietly comprehend that aura.
But the next moment, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face once again. His divine sense felt as though it were being sliced apart by tens of thousands of strands of Sword Qi, and with a wah, he spat out another mouthful of blood.
The intense pain turned Lin En’s face pale once more. He could not help but retreat several steps, his expression flickering between light and shadow.
“Why are these fluctuations rejecting me? Could it be that there’s something wrong with the aura left behind by that Sword Immortal senior? No, that’s not right. That senior’s aura couldn’t possibly harm me.”
“Something’s wrong. There’s definitely something wrong here.”
A flash of uncertainty crossed Lin En’s face. He fished out an extremely old Jade Tablet from his bosom, upon which several clear sword marks remained, faintly resonating with the fluctuations of this place.
This was the Jade Tablet on which he had recorded the events of Ancient Mulberry City eight hundred thousand years ago—the Handwritten Notes left behind by that peerless Sword Immortal.
If the aura here truly was left behind by that peerless Sword Immortal, then this Jade Tablet would definitely react.
He had clearly refined the aura within the Jade Tablet into his own body precisely in order to find this place, so why would the aura here harm him?
“This isn’t only the aura left behind by that senior. Who else could there be... Could it be that someone else got to the inheritance here first?” Lin En’s expression turned somewhat gloomy. He looked once more at the other ancient mulberry trees around him, trying to find some trace among them.
Aside from the sound of sword resonance, this place was also permeated by an extremely obscure and ancient language—it was precisely this language that had wounded his divine sense just now.
“What kind of template is this Fortuitous One? His strength is actually a whole cut above the many young talents of this world...”
“And he even noticed me.”
Gu Changge had been watching all of this with great interest from within the courtyard.
He could tell that a peerless expert had once attained enlightenment within this ancient mulberry forest. The surrounding rules of heaven and earth had been saturated by it, leaving behind the imprint of that expert’s aura.
And this Fortuitous One before him had followed that lingering aura all the way to this place, triggering the strange phenomena in the ancient mulberry forest.
To call a Fortuitous One a treasure-hunting rat was really no exaggeration at all.
However, such an opportunity was already utterly insignificant in the eyes of the current Gu Changge.
Even though that peerless expert’s inherited aura was far from simple, Gu Changge simply could not be bothered with it.
Just now, he had tried to invade this Fortuitous One’s consciousness space with his divine sense, only to be discovered by the other party.
This surprised Gu Changge somewhat. If he were told that the other party did not have the protection of this world’s Heavenly Path Will, he would not believe it.
“Forget it. I’ll spare his life for now. I’d like to see where his true body is.”
Gu Changge shook his head lightly and quickly withdrew his divine sense, not continuing to pry. He did not want to startle the snake in the grass, lest this Fortuitous One notice something amiss.
Furthermore, he sensed that this Fortuitous One carried the protection of the Heavenly Path Will. Perhaps he could even use this person to discover the location of the World Source.
Still, he casually erased the Sword Dao aura of this place along the way, denying Lin En the inheritance of this site.
Within the ancient mulberry forest, Lin En was still unaware that Gu Changge had withdrawn his divine sense.
His brows furrowed slightly. He felt that the vast, majestic aura of this place had already vanished without a trace, as though what had happened just now had been nothing more than his hallucination.
However, the injuries within his divine sense could not be faked.
“This place is rather sinister.”
Lin En then circled around the ancient mulberry forest, far more cautious than he had been at the start.
But for some unknown reason, the Sword Dao aura he had triggered earlier had dissipated into thin air, and not the slightest trace of it could be found anymore.
Somewhat unwilling to give up, he searched again, striking out several sword talismans into the void to seal off the aura of this place.
But until deep into the night, when all around was pitch dark, that sound of sword resonance never rang out again.
“Impossible. The Sword Dao aura was clearly still here before...”
“Someone must have beaten me to it. Who exactly was the one who left behind that divine sense? Their strength is unimaginable.”
Lin En’s expression instantly turned ugly.
However, he was ultimately no ordinary man. After taking a deep breath, he calmed down.
He decided to come back and search again tomorrow. If it still proved fruitless, then he would have no choice but to leave.
Ancient Mulberry City was not large, stretching several hundred li, with beings of various races and Cultivators living together within its walls.
Ordinarily, aside from the City Lord Manor, there were also the other clans, but they could only dominate within Ancient Mulberry City. Outside this city, in the wider world, they would at most count as third-rate powers.
The Wu Family was one of the several great families of Ancient Mulberry City.
At this moment, within the Wu Family’s residence, a group of people sat gathered in the main hall with grave expressions, discussing matters.
An elderly man with half-closed eyes and temples streaked with white raised his hands slightly, signaling for everyone to quiet down.
He was none other than the current head of the Wu Family, Wu Xing, whose strength had reached the half-step Seventh Level.
“Did you know? Xiaojie Ah Qing actually returned from the Outer Territory. And that young man who entered the city with her is also from the Outer Territory. The news has already come from Southbarren State.”
He opened his eyes, strands of golden light flickering within them, and slowly swept his gaze across everyone in the hall.
“An Old Sword Immortal of the Shu Sect has issued an order to gather all the Sword Immortals under heaven to capture that young man. I hear his identity in the Outer Territory is no simple matter. If we can take him down, we can command those Otherworldly Sky Demons.”
“What?!”
Hearing these words, everyone in the hall was stunned. They had only known that Xiaojie Ah Qing had narrowly escaped death and returned from the Outer Territory, but they had not known that the young man by her side was also from the Outer Territory.
“Doesn’t that mean Xiaojie Ah Qing has already thrown in her lot with the Otherworldly Sky Demons?”
They all found it somewhat hard to believe. From outward appearances, one simply could not tell that the young man by Xiaojie Ah Qing’s side was actually an Otherworldly Sky Demon.
In their impression, Otherworldly Sky Demons were all vicious, depraved fiends, incomparably ferocious and savage. It was truly difficult to associate such a thing with Gu Changge.
“Family Head, could there be some mistake about this matter?” one clansman could not help but ask, still finding it hard to believe.
“This matter is absolutely true. Word has already come from the Shu Sect. The various Earth Sword Immortals are converging as we speak, planning to hold the Son of Heaven to command the vassals. As long as we capture that young man, we can resolve this calamity of the Otherworldly Sky Demons.”
The Wu Family Head spoke in a deep voice, his gaze carrying a majestic authority as it swept over everyone.
“However, that man’s strength is unfathomable, and the subordinate by his side is suspected to be at the Ninth Level. Therefore, we must not act rashly. Before the various Earth Sword Immortals arrive at Ancient Mulberry City, we need only keep close watch on his movements.”
As he spoke, his eyes revealed immense ambition. Although for a power like the Wu Family to get swept up in such a matter could mean being smashed to pieces at any moment,
the moment he thought of the rich rewards that success would bring, he could not help but tremble slightly, incomparably excited and thrilled.
When the time came, not only he himself, but the entire Wu Family, would usher in unprecedented glory.
“Then, Family Head, what should we do? If he notices us, our entire Wu Family will be reduced to flying ash.”
“We’d best not get involved in this sort of matter.”
An old man’s eyes held some fear. A subordinate of at least the Ninth Level—the other party could wipe out the entire Ancient Mulberry City with a single breath.
Before such a being, the Wu Family was no different from ants.
“I’ve already thought through the consequences and everything else. Besides, we are only watching his movements. When he is about to leave Ancient Mulberry City, we simply report it to the Shu Sect. Nothing will go wrong.”
“The other families in Ancient Mulberry City have also been informed of this matter. I imagine that unless they are fools, they will all know what choice to make. After all, this concerns the entire Profound Sword World.”
The Wu Family Head waved his hand grandly, refusing to let such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip by.
Holding the Son of Heaven to command the vassals—when the time came, the entire Wu Family would, because of this matter, become the saviors of the Profound Sword World.
As the Family Head, his contribution would naturally be indispensable.
The Sword Immortal Order... holding the Son of Heaven to command the vassals...
Within the City Lord Manor, Lin En, dressed in the appearance of a steward, fingered a Jade Tablet in his sleeve, a trace of astonishment appearing on his handsome face.
As the Little Shizu of the Shu Sect, although he was far away from the sect, he had still received this news at the first opportunity.
“It seems that fellow’s origins are not as simple as Ah Qing guniang said back then. She must have been hiding something.”
Lin En gazed toward the depths of the residence, his eyes suddenly turning somewhat profound, though he quickly recovered.
He was no fool. Even though he knew he could catch the other party off guard, he still chose to wait and see how things developed.
After all, he was currently only an avatar, not his true body.
And at this moment, outside Ancient Mulberry City, an uninvited guest had also appeared. Beneath a moon-white mask, her eyes were as clear and cold as snow, her dark tresses seemingly touched by the chill wind, exuding an icy aloofness that warned strangers to keep their distance.