novelbin Chapter 353 - 303: Coma, Ancient Texts, Swordsmen of Shu Mountain
Chapter 353 - 303: Coma, Ancient Texts, Swordsmen of Shu Mountain
Moreover, they were dressed in long, cyan Daoist Robes, giving them an indefinable, chivalrous air.
As for the young woman, she was a stunningly beautiful girl with snow-white skin, delicate features, and a graceful figure. Her large, expressive eyes blinked as if they could speak on their own.
"Senior Brother Xu."
The stunningly beautiful girl called out to the slightly older young man. "We’ve been searching for a long time and still haven’t found the ’Ancient Texts.’ Maybe we should head back first."
Ancient Texts.
These were "books" left over from ancient times. Legend had it that these ’Ancient Texts’ recorded all sorts of incredible Magic Gates, such as the ’Sacrificial Dao Array’.
The book of inheritance that Zhou Di had found before was, in fact, one of these ’Ancient Texts,’ and they did indeed record many incredible Magic Gates.
However,
these ’Ancient Texts’ from antiquity were imbued with some kind of unspeakable curse. While all the incredible Magic Gates recorded within them were real and truly effective, at the final moment, they would all summon an existence that could not be looked upon directly.
For example,
many years ago, Zhou Di happened upon one such ’Ancient Text.’ It recorded the ’Sacrificial Dao Array,’ the ’Undying Immortal Dao,’ and the ’Blood Demon Technique’.
At the same time,
it also recorded a method for eliminating Emperor Dragon Qi.
All of these things were real.
Unfortunately,
at the final moment,
Zhou Di did not succeed in sacrificing to the heavens, nor did he step into the ’Fifth Realm.’ Instead, at the critical juncture, he summoned an existence that could not be looked upon directly.
Just one of the Slender Hands reached down from the Nine Heavens, and Zhou Di was seized as a ’sacrifice.’ He transformed into something like a purplish-gold apple, as if he had become a ’sacrificial offering’.
Most importantly,
the appearance of every ’Ancient Text’ would stir up a storm of blood and gore, causing countless living beings to suffer.
In fact,
the reason the Great Zhou Martial Country was destroyed was that all living things in the Nine Provinces Land, including Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits, were all refined in the sacrifice.
It was all because of the appearance of an ’Ancient Text’.
"Junior Sister Ling Yun."
The other, younger man smiled and said, "We’ve been out for four days. The task the sect Elders gave us is to bring the ’Ancient Text’ back to ’Shu Mountain’ within seven days."
"So,"
"we don’t have much time left."
"Alright."
The young woman shrugged.
"Found it."
Suddenly,
Senior Brother Xu’s expression changed, a look of joy spreading across his face. Amidst the endless yellow sand and the desert that filled the land, he had sensed the presence of the ’Ancient Text’.
CLANG!
A sword rang out.
With a wave of his right hand, a Three-foot Cyan Blade Sword appeared in his grasp. He swung it, unleashing a brilliant and crisscrossing wave of Sword Qi.
SWOOSH!
The next moment,
the yellow sand covering the land was split apart, leaving a gash over a thousand meters deep. The fissure stretched forward for more than ten thousand meters.
"It really is here."
Senior Brother Xu was overjoyed. The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Martial Country had been buried beneath the yellow sand. With one swing of his sword, he split the ground apart, exposing the palace once more.
So,
Senior Brother Xu had cleaved open the ground, revealing the Great Zhou Martial Country’s Imperial Palace. And in its deepest part, within the palace treasury,
lay a simple, unadorned Ancient Text.
BUZZ! BUZZ!
It emanated faint, strange fluctuations. This energy seemed to possess a wondrous power capable of stirring the soul, making one unable to resist the urge to open it.
"Retrieve!"
SWISH!
Senior Brother Xu snorted coldly. His hands formed a seal, and he took out a black wooden box. Using his Magical Power, he guided the simple Ancient Text out and sealed it inside the black wooden box.
"Done."
Senior Brother Xu breathed a sigh of relief. He placed the black wooden box inside his robes, a faint smile on his face, and looked back toward his junior brother and sister.
"Hm?"
Senior Brother Xu froze for a moment. His junior brother and sister, who had been standing right behind him, were gone. ’Where’d they go?’
"Senior Brother! Senior Brother!!"
Suddenly,
from amidst the swirling yellow sand,
Junior Sister Ling Yun’s voice cried out.
"Why are you two running around?"
SWOOSH!
Following the direction of the voice, Senior Brother Xu pinpointed their location. With a single step, he appeared beside them.
At the same time,
his tone was slightly reproachful.
"Senior Brother Xu, look! There’s someone still alive here!"
It turned out that,
when Senior Brother Xu had split the earth to find the Ancient Text, the force of his strike had also unearthed Xu Qing, who had been buried in the sand.
As a result,
Xu Qing was revealed before Ling Yun and the others.
This led to the current scene.
"A living person."
Senior Brother Xu was also stunned for a moment. He had indeed noticed Xu Qing, who was unconscious but definitely still a living person, still breathing.
"He really is alive."
Senior Brother Xu said in amazement, unable to help himself, "If the Elders weren’t mistaken, that was a Five-Layer Sacrificial Dao Array. Even a being in the Fifth Realm wouldn’t necessarily be able to get out of that alive."
"I can’t believe this person actually survived."
"Yeah! Yeah!"
Ling Yun nodded.
"Senior Brother, do you think this person could have stepped into the ’Fifth Realm’?"
the other young man asked.
"Impossible!"
Senior Brother Xu shook his head.
"Senior Brother Xu, what should we do? Should we leave him here to fend for himself, or should we take him with us?"
Ling Yun asked.
"This..."
Senior Brother Xu fell into thought.
"This is a rather strange situation. The Elders never told us anyone would still be alive here. In my opinion, we should take him back to Shu Mountain and let the Elders decide what to do."
In the end,
Senior Brother Xu made his decision.
"I support Senior Brother."
Ling Yun raised her hand.
"Fine..."
The other young man could only nod in agreement.
...
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye,
three months had passed.
「Central Tang Dynasty.」
「Shu Mountain.」
On one of the countless peaks in a continuous, cloud-wreathed mountain range.
It was named: Chixia Peak.
At the summit,
a young man stood, holding a Three-foot Cyan Blade Sword and slowly practicing his swordsmanship. His blade moved with the wind, and the wind moved with his will. Every move and every form seemed exceptionally slow, yet each strike contained a terrifying power capable of crushing mountains and splitting the earth.
It was far too terrifying and powerful.
As one’s gaze drew closer,
a closer look revealed...
that this young man was none other than Xu Qing.
Soon,
after finishing a set of the Sword Technique, Xu Qing slowly withdrew his power. He exhaled a breath of turbid air, which rapidly ascended and transformed into a wisp of white cloud in the sky.
This wisp of cloud even took the shape of a sword.
’I never expected this.’
Xu Qing took a deep breath. He gazed at the vast sea of clouds, his hands clasped behind his back, looking out at the mist-shrouded peaks. He couldn’t help but feel a little emotional. ’After that whole incident, I actually ended up in the Central Tang Dynasty. And I even became a disciple of Shu Mountain in the Central Tang Dynasty.’
"Junior Brother Xu, Junior Brother Xu..."
SWOOSH!
Suddenly,
at that moment,
Xu Qing heard a familiar voice, clear and pleasant like a songbird. Looking up, he saw a beautiful figure streaking through the air toward him.
In the blink of an eye,
she was already in front of Xu Qing.
"Senior Sister Ling Yun."
Xu Qing saw clearly who it was, and a smile appeared on his face. He walked over quickly and clasped his hands in a salute. "What brings you to your junior brother’s Chixia Peak?"
"I’m here on business, of course."
Ling Yun showed no hesitation. She walked right up to Xu Qing, quickly grabbed his right hand, and started pulling him away. "Let’s go, let’s go."