Chapter 277: Sword-Wielder

Xu Qing left the Sect Master's Hall.

The moment he walked out of the Sect Master's Hall, he immediately took out the Purple Heaven Infinite Crown from his storage bag and put it on his head.

Before, he only felt that this item was extraordinary, and even the Captain envied it. Now that he knew its function and understood how to use it, Xu Qing couldn't wait to go down the mountain. After putting it on, he immediately formed seals, and suddenly, this very flashy Purple Heaven Infinite Crown slowly dimmed, eventually becoming invisible to the naked eye.

Even spiritual sense perception couldn't detect it.

Xu Qing was satisfied in his heart.

He returned to his residence all the way. As a Prince, he had a cave dwelling on the Seventh Peak, but Xu Qing was used to living on the sea. Now, although his magic ship was gone, he still temporarily lived in the guesthouse in the port area.

He was waiting for Zhang San to finish his busy period.

After returning to the guesthouse, Xu Qing first checked the layout of the surroundings. After confirming that no one had come during the time he was away, he sat cross-legged and familiarized himself with the three techniques Seventh Master had taught him in his mind.

"The magic technique's power is vast, and I still need to be more familiar with it to make its combat power stronger."

"The eerie technique is the same; I need to find a place with no one around to try it out."

"As for the secret technique..." Xu Qing felt the mark in his mind, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. This technique was extremely terrifying; he had never heard of the existence of secret techniques before this.

"I wonder if there were any secret techniques among the techniques Sheng Yunzi displayed when he battled me that day." Xu Qing recalled. He felt that it was highly likely there were none, and even if there were, they couldn't be compared with this 'Under the Nine Springs'.

"Nine punches to shatter one magic aperture—this secret technique has the greatest effect when evenly matched."

Thinking of this, Xu Qing worked even harder to simulate it in his mind until a day passed. While researching and nurturing these three techniques in his heart, Xu Qing also pressed a drop of his own blood onto the brow of the Life-Replacing Ghost Doll.

The moment it fell, the ghost doll's constantly turning eyeballs suddenly paused, slowly yawned, and fell into a deep sleep.

Xu Qing carefully placed it close to his body, a sense of infinite satisfaction surging in his heart, and then he pondered for a while.

"The protection of the Infinite Crown can already block most life-and-death crises for me, but this is only the first layer. If I encounter a huge danger that can collapse the Infinite Crown, I have the Life-Replacing Ghost Doll; this is the second layer."

"But it's still not enough." Xu Qing thought for a while, got up, covered himself, changed into ordinary clothes, went out, left the Seven Blood Eyes city, and went to the city area of the Tianjian Treasure Sect adjacent to it.

After searching there, Xu Qing finally found what he wanted.

Disorderly Teleportation Talisman.

This item couldn't be bought in the Seven Blood Eyes, but in the Seven Sect Alliance, especially in some large shops of the Tianjian Treasure Sect, it was still sold, though the price was extremely high.

Xu Qing endured the heartache and bought three.

"First layer of danger, Infinite Crown resolves it. Second layer, Life-Replacing Ghost Doll. If facing power that cannot be resisted, the moment the ghost doll replaces life, the Disorderly Teleportation Talisman might produce miraculous effects."

After doing these things, Xu Qing returned to the Seven Blood Eyes city area. Walking on the street and looking at the buildings that had been built on a large scale, Xu Qing felt deeply about the construction speed of the Seven Blood Eyes. Just as he was moving forward, he received a voice transmission from Zhang San.

"Xu Qing, my sect task is finished. If you have time, you can come over. The Captain and Huang Yan are also here. Also, someone left a letter for you, let me pass it to you."

Xu Qing was curious upon hearing this, so he changed direction and went to the new site of the transport department where Zhang San was. After arriving, he saw from afar hundreds of giant warehouses there. Compared to the Seven Blood Eyes' transport department, the scale was much larger.

Zhang San was still squatting on the cargo, and the Captain was also squatting there eating an apple. In front of them was Huang Yan, who was carefully urging Zhang San.

In Huang Yan's hand, he was still holding the Mermaid Clan lamp he had bought from Xu Qing back then.

They were all acquaintances.

Seeing Xu Qing's arrival, the three of them all greeted him.

The Captain was smiling, Zhang San's eyes were glowing, and Huang Yan patted his belly, swept his gaze over Xu Qing, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Xu Qing, I heard you have two Life Lamps now. Haha, congratulations, congratulations." Huang Yan laughed happily.

"I calculated with my fingers that someone got something good from Master a few days ago. Come, come, Little A-Qing, let me take a look. Senior Brother will help you appraise it; don't be fooled by the old man." The Captain coughed and spoke to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing ignored the Captain, smiled at Huang Yan, and then his gaze fell on Zhang San, informing him about building a magic ship.

"It exploded again? Did you see the sense of participation I designed inside?" Zhang San was contrary to his usual self. He wasn't surprised by Xu Qing's magic ship exploding, but asked excitedly about another matter.

Xu Qing recalled for a moment and shook his head.

"That can't be. Was the design wrong?" Zhang San was a bit depressed. After pondering, he decided that this time he would make it easier to activate, and then he took a letter from his pocket and handed it to Xu Qing.

"You had a contemporary back then, there was someone named Li Zimei, do you remember? Later, I transferred her to the transport department. This girl is especially hardworking and serious; it's not easy." Zhang San sighed with emotion.

"When those three geniuses from the Taisi Immortal Sect were at the Seven Blood Eyes, they accidentally saw her. Later, I don't know how they talked to the sect, but when they left, they took her away, saying her constitution was suitable for practicing the Taisi Immortal Sect's techniques."

Amidst the Captain's curiosity, and as Huang Yan also looked over, Xu Qing put the letter into his storage bag without reading it. In his mind, he recalled the young girl who was outside the restaurant back then, who was scolded by the waiter because she wanted to pack the food to take away, and was trembling all over with shame.

At this moment, seeing that it was getting late, Huang Yan urged Zhang San again.

"Senior Brother Zhang San, you must help me build it well. It will soon be the three thousand three hundred and forty-fourth day since I met Senior Sister. I don't dare to send anything too expensive; Senior Sister will overthink it. I can only send this. Help me transfer the fire in this lamp to the hairpin; I want to give this to Senior Sister as a gift."

Hearing this, Zhang San patted his chest and guaranteed there would be no problem. Huang Yan sighed.

"Sigh, why did the Seven Blood Eyes come to this broken place? Nanhuang Continent was so good. Isn't that right, Xu Qing? Why don't you go back to Nanhuang Continent? I'm also persuading Senior Sister to let her go back."

Hearing this, Xu Qing pondered seriously. The Captain beside him also sighed, finished the apple in his hand, and took out a pear.

"Speaking of Nanhuang Continent, I feel sad in my heart. I had a big plan before and prepared for it for a long time, sparing no effort to go to the Intelligence Department to find information. Just as I was about to do it, sigh, forget it, forget it, count that Yan Huang as lucky."

"Your big plan is related to Yan Huang? What are you going to do?" Huang Yan was about to leave, but hearing this, he was curious.

Xu Qing also looked over.

The Captain coughed.

"I originally planned to go to Yan Huang's lair to get something, unfortunately, but I have a new plan now."

Huang Yan looked at the Captain deeply and simply didn't leave, seemingly wanting to see what the Captain would say next.

The Captain looked around and spoke to the three of them in a low voice.

"Do you know about Sword-Wielders?"

Zhang San was blank, Xu Qing was also blank. Sheng Yunzi was talking to himself in his heart that day, so he didn't know what a Sword-Wielder was. Huang Yan blinked and also looked blank.

The Captain swept a suspicious glance at Huang Yan. He felt that this fatty's performance was a bit wrong, but he didn't think too much about it and said in a low voice.

"Sword-Wielder is the title for members of the Sword-Wielding Department, one of the five Upper Profound Departments of the human race. The headquarters is located in the Imperial Capital Domain, with seven palaces set up in seven counties, and each palace is divided into several courts. Yinghuang Province has a Sword-Wielding Court."

"Joining the Sword-Wielding Court to become a Sword-Wielder means you are not bound by sect laws. As long as you don't betray the human race, betraying anything else is fine. To put it plainly, if you become a Sword-Wielder, you are a cut above others in the human race. You are part of the orthodox Imperial Domain system, eating imperial grain. Although the Profound Nether Ancient Emperor went to the Holy Land, the imperial prestige still exists. This banner of the human race still has a deterrent effect on alien races."

"If you become a Sword-Wielder, if you don't like someone, you can arrest them directly. If you don't like someone and can't beat them, you can issue a wanted notice. This is different from a sect wanted notice; this is a human race wanted notice."

"If you don't like the Lingyun Ancestor, issue a wanted notice for him! For alien races, it's even more direct suppression. No one dares to touch you. Touching you is equivalent to killing an official, and you will lose your head."

He was not alone, but brought hundreds of team members and disciples from the Third Peak responsible for formations, heading straight to the Alliance Formation General Department located at the Great Expansion Dao Palace.

Huang Yan was stunned.

Xu Qing's expression was as usual; he was used to the Captain's mysterious way of speaking.

Seeing Xu Qing's expression, the Captain raised his eyebrows.

"Little A-Qing, I recently found out that Sheng Yunzi didn't die. He was saved by the Lingyun Ancestor using some secret technique, seemingly at a great cost, and with the Alliance Leader taking action. Whether there are any hidden dangers is unclear, but I found out that he didn't collapse his heart because he lost to you. He is now in seclusion, wanting to impact the fifth fire!"

Xu Qing listened with a calm expression, only a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"If you become a Sword-Wielder, with one decree, Sheng Yunzi will immediately tremble!"

"My plan is to become a Sword-Wielder!" The Captain finished the pear and took out an orange, peeled it, took a bite, and spoke.

"This way, when we do big things in the future, if anyone dares to cripple me again, I will represent the human race to sanction them."

"How to become a Sword-Wielder?" Zhang San was moved.

"The screening for Sword-Wielders is extremely strict, selecting the best from the best. There are only five spots every ten years. Counting the time, this selection is not far away. The Sword-Wielding Court is at the Primordial Departure Nether Pillar. I will prepare during this time and tell you when the time comes." After saying this, the Captain got up, patted his butt, waved at the three of them, and left the transport department.

Huang Yan also left. After Xu Qing and Zhang San discussed some details about the magic ship, they left here at sunset.

At the same time, within the Lingyun Sword Sect of the Eight Sect Alliance, in a secret place gathered by countless formations, there existed a giant blood pool.

In the blood pool, there were roars that were not human, wailing miserably day and night.

Around it stood eight giant ancient swords surrounding the blood pool.

On each ancient sword sat a person cross-legged, men and women, who didn't look young, and their cultivation bases even emitted Nascent Soul fluctuations.

They worked together to urge the ancient swords, causing the ancient swords to emit rays of sword qi, forming a net of sword qi, suppressing toward the blood pool. Above the giant net, there was actually a giant Golden Crow shadow, sucking toward the blood pool.

Beside it, an old man was floating—it was the Lingyun Ancestor.

He looked at the blood pool below, his expression ugly and also pained, muttering softly.

"Sun Er, hold on a little longer. The poison that commoner put on you is too special. Grandfather has tried every method but it hasn't been of much use. I can't restore you, and even maintaining your vitality has reached the limit. Only by borrowing the shadow of the Alliance Leader's Imperial-level cultivation technique and planting rich vitality in your body, making it volatilize at all times, can the poison in your body be balanced."

"However, from this, one can also see that the opportunity that commoner experienced is not small. Sun Er, your name is Shengyun, representing light. You were born with auspicious signs and are destined to walk the path of the Ancient Emperor. You cannot give up. You must persist and take back the glory that belongs to you. Everything of his will belong to you!"

In the blood pool, there was actually a person who looked like a skeleton, with less than thirty percent of his flesh and blood left. While extremely ferocious, his wailing became more miserable, and there was madness in his eyes.

"Xu Qing, I want you to die!" ===== CHAPTER 278 =====

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