jdhmnovel Chapter 467: The Torch Passed On
Chapter 467: The Torch Passed On
The news that two people had walked to the Broken Star one after another spread, causing all sects and tribes to feel a vague sense of oppression.
Even the Yujing monks from the four holy lands were no exception.
Because it's not just Shattered Star, there is also a lot of movement in the Purple Pearl Holy Land - Jiang Yanli, who walks the Phoenix, and Ji Meng, who walks the Sea of Clouds, have arrived together!
Those who appeared in Zhongzhou were all the eighth walkers!
This means... the battle for Tianxiang City is about to begin, and at that time, the various sects may also enter the city to fight.
Each sect had to start thinking about another thing—
If you encounter Tianxia Xingzou as your enemy during the battle to seize Tianxiang City, should you retreat a bit?!
If you retreat, Yujing Xingzou will definitely remember some of your favors. Having Yujing Xingzou as a friend in Zhongzhou will be of great benefit to both the sect and the family!
If he didn't retreat, regardless of whether he could win the battle to travel to Yujing, his family would definitely have a deeper bond with the Fairy Tianxiang whom he supported... and would be able to use the resources behind her for his own benefit.
If he is lucky enough to become a Tianxiang Walker, his clan will soar to the sky!
But even so, many clans still find it difficult to make a decision.
It seems like a gamble, but in reality... it's a dilemma.
The battle for Tianxiang City is not only a test for Fairy Tianxiang, but also a test for all the major clans in the Ninety States.
But in this trial, risks and opportunities coexist.
Therefore, there is a joke circulating among those ancient clans... The ninety states in the world are nothing but playthings in the hands of Yujing Xingque.
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The Holy Land of Broken Stars, the Secret Realm of Hanging Silk.
There were no stars or moon in the dark night sky, only the puppet spirit cores emitting faint light.
Strands of wood veins attracted spiritual energy, and the rich spiritual liquid gathered into a deep pool, rippling with dreamy and strange waves.
For the cultivators who are proficient in puppetry, this secret place is a unique fairyland in the world.
Unfortunately, the three people in the secret realm knew nothing about puppets, and even used the hanging wood carved with the puppets as a wine table...
"Why is Xiao Huangfu here too? Has he communicated with you?" Yan Ye leaned lazily on the wooden silk spiritual vein, tapping the wooden table lightly with his wine cup and asked with a smile.
Chu Hongning smiled sweetly, but she didn't seem to be as cheerful and playful as before. She just quietly poured wine for the two men and drank with them.
"I don't have his communication jade at all, so I can only communicate through Cui Yuan's spiritual jade."
Zhao Qing chuckled, shook his head and put down his wine cup. He did not shy away from his senior brother. After all, everyone knew that Sister Zhang had beaten Huangfu Ming in Mingshang.
"He didn't inform me. He probably followed me based on my news."
"It's probably because he's trying to stir up trouble..."
As he spoke and laughed, he immersed his spiritual consciousness into the storage ring and found a blood jade magic treasure of a strange shape.
The magical treasure looked like a wider jade flute, and its dark and strange entrance obscured the perception of spiritual consciousness, but it was obvious... facing this magical treasure directly would not lead to any good outcome.
Zhao Qing casually tossed the magic treasure to Ning Mei, then continued to raise his glass and clinked it with his senior brother. He looked at Ning Mei with a smile and instructed, "If we see Huangfu, just take out this thing and put it on your shoulder and face him."
Hong Ning's bright eyes revealed a hint of joy for a moment, but it was quickly concealed.
She recognized this Blood Jade Spirit Treasure. Zhao Qing and the Empress called it a bazooka...
However, when Senior Sister Bian was teaching Shuyue to study thunder magic at Ziyangpo, she had specifically demonstrated the use of this magical treasure and called it a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile.
Yan Ye once again saw the toy that his senior sister held dear to her heart, and his eyes lit up as he looked up at the wine.
But with a smile on her face, she casually complained, "I've asked my senior sister many times for it... I wanted to play with it a few times, but to no avail."
"However, the deterrent power of this thing is still not enough. Even if it can destroy the physical body of a Jindan cultivator, it still poses some threat to the Yuanying cultivator..."
"But as long as the opponent can still control the wind and move, this magic treasure will be of no use."
Zhao Qing chuckled and nodded, then took out another cannon and placed it next to his senior brother - as the heir to Sister Zhang's family property, he had a lot of good things in his hands.
"Indeed, this item must be used in conjunction with a trap or seal..."
Zhao Qing looked at him approvingly and whispered, but then he changed the subject and said with a smile, "Of course, this can't be used to deal with the Nine Swords Walking."
"I just think... Huangfu Ming should be able to recall some wonderful experiences when he faces this deep cave entrance."
Zhao Qing spoke briefly and emphasized that he was deliberately trying to disgust Huangfu Ming.
If we fire directly... we will definitely miss. Besides, we are all traveling separately now, so it is not easy to fight as soon as we meet. There will be plenty of opportunities in Tianxiang City.
But if the beautiful and gentle Fairy Lemon carries this item with her and smiles at Huangfu Ming, it would probably give him a good emotional experience.
Yan Ye was happy when he heard this, but he also took his junior brother's words seriously.
His smiling eyes gradually deepened. After quietly staring at Zhao Qing for a moment, he shook his head and chuckled, "When you talk and laugh casually... you really do look a bit like Senior Sister."
Zhao Qing was not surprised to hear this. As the sixth walker of the Blood Robe, Senior Brother Yan naturally had a lot of contact with Sister Zhang... and it seemed like he was a bit of a fan.
He exchanged a smile with Ning Mei, then whispered to himself, "It's just the tempering of the Xia Emperor Realm. It's normal for me to be somewhat similar to Senior Sister."
"For example, the one who set up the current Tianxiang City trial must also be a very interesting senior sister..."
Hearing this, Yan Ye just nodded slightly, smiled and took the wine cup handed to him by Hong Ning.
But he had other thoughts in his mind.
He had come into contact with the fifth walking path of the Yujing meridians... and even many walking paths of previous generations.
But he had never met anyone who truly shared similar thoughts with his senior sister.
Is this really the difference between the two realms?
I guess not everyone in the Xiahuang Realm is like Senior Sister Zhao Qing, right?
Hong Ning stayed quietly beside Zhao Qing, with a gentle smile in her bright eyes. She lowered her head and carefully cut the smoked meat with a jade knife... and just listened silently to the words of the two men.
Zhao Qing changed the subject and asked doubtfully, "Brother, you usually stay in Shattered Star. Have you ever had any contact with the various branches of the Holy Land?"
"Oh?"
Yan Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, and with a gentle smile, he looked at his junior brother again, and couldn't help but show that he was still amused: "Junior brother, why do you say that?"
Zhao Qing smiled, sighed, and shook his head, then pulled his senior brother over to drink together.
"As soon as we arrived at the Broken Star Mingchuanfang, a Yuanying from the three veins came looking for us..."
"Yan said that in a few days there would be a battle between the Three and Five Meridians at the Lanxing Terrace, and he specifically invited me to attend the ceremony."
"We are new to Zhongzhou and don't know the rules. I think you can understand what this means?"
After listening to Zhao Qing's brief narration, Yan Ye couldn't help but drink up the wine and burst into laughter. "So, you have accepted the invitation to the Three Veins' Star-Grabbing Platform?"
Zhao Qing's mind shifted slightly, and he immediately raised his eyes and sighed softly with a smile, "Of course I agree. In exchange... the three Broken Star Veins will assist Ning'er in Tianxiang City."
“Tsk, tsk, tsk—”
Yan Ye couldn't help but be filled with surprise and curiosity. He stared at Zhao Qing with a smile and asked, "Junior brother, what do you think the three veins have in mind when they invited you to come?"
Zhao Qing glanced at Ning Mei with a smile, and couldn't help but ponder in his heart.
In fact... when he reviewed the situation privately with his aunt Ningmei, he had already roughly figured out the situation.
"At first, I heard rumors that the Three and Five Veins were incompatible, which is why they arranged to perform the formation on the Star-Gathering Platform."
"I thought the Third Vein wanted to use my identity to gain some clan resources for the forces behind them, and to slightly suppress the arrogance of the Fifth Vein..."
at first?
"What about now?" Yan Ye's eyes showed a bit more curiosity. He picked up the wine jug in front of Hong Ning and drank it with great enjoyment.
Zhao Qing scoffed and shook his head, saying indifferently, "Now that I think about it carefully, the Star-Breaking Three Veins are helping me participate in the Tianxiang battle, and they are also trying to win resources for the forces behind them."
"After all, we have the Star-Glancing Terrace to watch the ceremony. Regardless of the outcome in Tianxiang City, they will inevitably attract more attention if they follow me... In fact, it's no different from watching the ceremony."
Zhao Qing pondered this with his aunt in private for a long time...and suddenly realized that it seemed that the Three Broken Star Veins had been trying to take advantage of his identity.
Although the three veins helped Ning Mei, they didn't lose out.
Yan Ye smiled and lowered his head, leisurely filling two cups. He sighed and said, "There's no need to worry about this kind of thing in the future. The three and five veins may seem to be in conflict, but in fact, we are all of the same blood."
Zhao Qing: ???
The three and five meridians are of the same origin! ?
Hearing this, Hong Ningshui's eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise. She finally whispered, "Ning'er has been practicing in the academy for several years, but she has only heard of the contradictions between the three and five meridians."
Zhao Qing's heart suddenly stopped, and as lightning flashed in his mind, his expression became more and more strange.
He whispered in surprise, "So... they're acting?"
Yan Ye looked at them with a noncommittal smile, his eyes wandering over the two men's surprised expressions.
Zhao Qing's expression gradually became gloomy, but in the end he smiled helplessly.
He sneered at himself, "If that's the case, the Five Clans are also eager for me to attend the ceremony."
Isn’t this just hype!?
Tianxiang City has drawn everyone's attention to Zhongzhou.
The three and five meridians rushed to this moment, teaming up to force their way in...
He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Tianxiang Trial, the conflicts within the Broken Star, and his identity as a walker. After that, he wanted to continue taking advantage of Tianxiang City...
Zhao Qing lowered his head and sipped the wine slowly, smiling silently: "Perhaps the Five Veins will also go to Tianxiang City to help the other Tianxiang fairies."
"Why are they trying to attract attention like this?"
When Yan Ye saw that Zhao Qing had discovered the truth, he was already laughing uncontrollably.
He casually recounted, "It's to suppress a lineage, that's all."
"Star Shattering Formation cultivators belong to one lineage, while Puppetry cultivators belong to six lineages. Most of the clans, both large and small, that are attached to the Holy Land also obey the orders of these two lineages, and the other lineages are bound to be dissatisfied."
“That’s how the unspoken struggle between the Three Meridians and the Five Meridians came about.”
Zhao Qing: ...
"The Star-Broken Holy Land is simply too big to even have such a trick."
Zhao Qing sighed and smiled helplessly as he poured himself a drink. It seemed that he had almost appeased Senior Brother Yan - he was in a good mood, a little tipsy, and had also eaten a melon.
He immediately changed the subject and asked in a more serious tone, "Brother, do you think that the three veins' assistance to Ning'er is reliable?"
He doesn't care about the little tricks of the three meridians and five meridians. He will just go there for a look when the time comes. His main purpose of this trip is to drag Yan Ye into the water!
Yan Ye frowned and thought for a moment, then said softly, "A disciple with three meridians of foundation building cultivation has a pretty good attainment in formation..."
"But it's just a formation. Have you found other helpers?"
Other helpers?
Good question!
Zhao Qing immediately spread his hands and said with a helpless smile: "If Junior Brother had other helpers, he wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess of the three meridians."
"It's just that seeing those holy fairies with heavenly fragrance... they all have a lot of clans supporting them, so I wanted to gain some power for Ning'er."
"Ning'er was recommended by our Xueyi. Do we really want Ning'er to enter Tianxiang City alone?"
Recommended by Xueyi?
Yan Ye's smiling eyes, which were slightly drunk, suddenly became clearer.
He carefully examined the man and woman in front of him. The man was his junior fellow apprentice, and the woman was his fellow apprentice's partner...
This gentle and elegant drunken senior brother only suddenly remembered something at this moment.
He immediately slammed the wooden table and said with a helpless laugh: "Damn it! How could I forget about this!"
Zhao Qing: ???
Damn it!
Cough cough--
"Brother, what did you forget?" Zhao Qing asked doubtfully.
Yan Ye had a strange look on his face. After staring at Zhao Qing for a long time, he sighed softly, "Nothing."
"I was just drunk and thought Senior Sister hadn't left the Yujing Realm..."
"If Senior Sister were still here, she would definitely have taken care of all these things... Not to mention that this is your business, Senior Sister would definitely go to the top of Tianxiang City and find an elegant place to enjoy a glass of wine."
As if he heard the reluctance in Yan Ye's words, Zhao Qing's mood also became a little depressed.
In a sense, he could completely empathize.
But my sister is gone...
Zhao Qing was silent for a moment, then he sighed softly, "Third Senior Brother is in seclusion again, so I have to rely on you to carry the banner for the Blood Robe."
Yan Ye nodded slowly and raised the wine cup, then gently put it down.
He raised his eyes and smiled at Chu Hongning, sighing softly to himself, "I still remember when I first became a walking warrior, I heard a lot about Senior Sister's deeds."
"The days in this wine jug are fleeting... but now it's up to me to take charge of the Bloody Clothes."
Zhao Qing remained silent, even though he came here to drag Yan Ye into the water.
But listening to his senior brother's sigh, he felt the same way.
"Senior Sister asked me to take over her duties and pave the way for the Azure Dragon to enter the life in the future... Actually, I have only been in the Blood Robe for a few years. If she were still here..."
At this moment, the two men in blood-stained clothes looked at each other and felt a sense of sympathy.
It's not about how much they have in common.
The days when I could just mess around as my senior sister protected me... I really miss them.
clang--
The two wine cups collided, spilling the wine all over the table.
Then they all drank it in one gulp, feeling melancholy.
"call--"
Yan Ye's eyes were more drunken, as if he had realized his current position. He looked at Hong Ning with a smile that was more scrutinizing: "Ning'er, do you want the person in the blood-stained clothes?"
Zhao Qing slowly shook his head: "The Eighth Blood Son and the Foundation Establishment Prodigy, I will slowly go find them..."
He changed the subject, looked at his senior brother and said briefly: "I want the clan under the blood-stained robe."
As soon as these words came out, Hong Ning's eyes trembled instantly, and her mind was tightly entangled... Zhao Qing had not said this before.
"it is good!"
Yan Ye nodded immediately and took out a handful of jade slips and threw them out.
“I am no better than my senior sister. We have been involved in favors with the forces under the Blood Robe for nearly two hundred years…you can choose.”
"In addition, the Yan family of Minghuizhou will also visit Tianxiang City."
"The two countries of Shaoshi and Jianshen, where Senior Sister preached five hundred years ago, have three Transformation God Sects all based on the Blood God Peak. They can also be summoned to Zhongzhou."
"The Jizhou Li family is full of talented people. You can just call Su Ya over."
Zhao Qing took the jade slip in his hand and examined its contents seriously. It was just some information similar to accounts... but they were all from the clans that had received the favor of the Blood Robe through the Blood God Temple.
It’s just like the entire Chu State today... except that the Chu State is too weak.
Zhao Qing nodded slightly and put these things away carefully.
After that, he would inquire about the situations of these clans through Cui Yuan, select the ones he needed, and use them in the name of the Blood-Cloaked Walking.
His mood became even more serious at this moment: "Thank you, Senior Brother. I will communicate with Xiaojiu myself."
Yan Ye smiled and shook his head, raised his glass and drank casually, saying: "You are continuing the legacy of the blood-stained robe. No need to thank me."
Zhao Qing's heart moved slightly, and he immediately stood up and bowed to say goodbye: "I understand, I won't say more."
"it is good!"
What is the inheritance of the Blood Robe? No one cares.
But Zhang Jinyi always protects his fellow junior brothers and sisters. Yan Ye has now become the leader of Xue Yi, and Zhao Qing has become the only one in Yujing Realm to have the Azure Dragon enter his life... They will also become another Zhang Jinyi.
This is a heritage unique to them.
……
When the firewood is burned out, the light passes on rhythmically; when the wind blows away the clouds, the colors are silent.
When Zhao Qing was about to return to Mingchuanfang in his flying boat, he heard another piece of news.
It's still related to the two world walkers who visited the holy land...
Huangfu Ming - This trip is not a Nine Swords trip!
Instead, he came here on behalf of the Huangfu clan to watch the Star-Gathering Platform trial of the Five Veins of the Broken Star!
"Did you do it on purpose?" Sister Ning lay on the edge of the spirit boat, extending her spiritual sense to search carefully for information, with a hint of disgust in her watery eyes.
Huangfu Ming sealed the Blood Robe Tower... She was with Zhao Qing at the time.
Zhao Qing gazed at the receding clouds from afar, chuckled and shook his head indifferently, saying, "Maybe it's just a coincidence?"
Although he said this, he took out Fan Jingyun's communication jade in his hand: "The Star-Gathering Platform Trial, the Three Veins came to pick me up two days early."
If Huangfu Ming just happened to reach the fifth meridian... then he would have to deliberately run to the third meridian early.
No difference.