Chapter 417: The Demon Blade Reappears

Inside Lingyun's Villa, a purple radiance suddenly rose, and an Array was rapidly outlined by the purple light.

After the Array took shape, a purple pillar of light ascended, and two figures appeared from within the pillar.

"Yo, you're back. Running out so late, did you go off to get intimate?" Sensing movement from the Space Array, Nangong Nayue rushed over immediately, and seeing Lingyun holding Chen Jing, she couldn't help but tease them.

"Ah—" Chen Jing let out a soft cry and slipped out of Lingyun's embrace.

"Right, Jingjing, this is for you!" Lingyun handed the box in his hand to Chen Jing.

Chen Jing took the box, glanced at Lingyun, and then ran off holding the box.

"That box seems a bit unusual!" Nangong Nayue's gaze fell upon the box, a strange glint flashing in her eyes.

"That box has an unusual significance for Jingjing, so don't ask so much about it," Lingyun said, shaking his head.

"Right, there is some information here that Su Wanyue asked me to bring to you!" Nangong Nayue opened her hand, and a purple Array appeared before Lingyun, from which a document fell.

"Huh, this seems a bit interesting!" Lingyun sat on the sofa, flipping through the information in his hands.

According to the data, a strange Martial Artist possessing a Demon Blade had appeared in R Country some time ago. Relying on the Samurai Sword in their hand, this Martial Artist could unleash terrifying power. This Martial Artist had already defeated countless experts in R Country, even vaguely holding the title of R Country's number one expert. Moreover, this person was extremely brutal; almost no one defeated by them escaped without missing arms or legs, and most were killed on the spot. It could be said that because of this person's appearance, at least one-third of the experts in R Country's martial arts world had been lost.

"This blade is very dangerous!" Nangong Nayue said slowly, looking at the blade in the photograph.

"This blade looks somewhat familiar! I should have seen this thing somewhere before!" Chen Jing said from the side.

"Of course it's familiar; this thing is the Demon Blade that caused quite a bit of trouble for the Dragon Group before!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Demon Blade? Is this *that* Demon Blade?" Chen Jing looked at the photo in Lingyun's hand in astonishment. "Since when did this Demon Blade become so powerful that it could defeat Golden Core experts?"

"No, it should be said that this Demon Blade has always been this powerful, or rather, this guy is actually even more powerful. But its foundation was damaged by the Haoran Righteous Qi I borrowed from the academy before; otherwise, its power would be even greater," Lingyun said indifferently.

"This thing can be even more powerful?" Su Wanyue's brows lifted slightly. "Then why is it going around challenging experts now?"

"If I haven't guessed wrong, it is absorbing the essence of those people to compensate for its own damaged foundation," Lingyun said. "It looks like it also sensed the Heaven and Earth Revival and wants to take this opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm!"

"There's such a thing?" A trace of shock flashed in Chen Jing's eyes. "Then this guy is too dangerous!"

"But it thinks too simply about its damaged foundation!" A cold sneer curled the corner of Lingyun's mouth. "The Array on the outside back then was added by my own hands. Unless it slaughters every single expert currently on the surface of R Country's martial arts world, it cannot fully recover, but it clearly doesn't dare to do that!"

"But if it sets its target on other places, like our country, that would be terrible!" Su Wanyue said with a frown.

"If the Huaxia Nine Cauldrons Barrier hadn't disappeared, how would these guys dare to act so recklessly here!" Lingyun said coldly.

"Nine Cauldrons Barrier? Does such a legendary thing really exist?" Chen Jing asked.

"You actually know about the Nine Cauldrons Barrier?" Lingyun looked at Chen Jing with some confusion.

"Ah? I saw it in a tattered ancient book. Legend says the Nine Cauldrons Barrier is a powerful barrier condensed by the Saint with great magic power to gather the Human Fate, covering the entire Nine Provinces. Under the shroud of the Nine Cauldrons Barrier, no demons or heretics would dare to act recklessly on Huaxia soil!" Chen Jing said.

"You really have seen a lot of ancient books!" Lingyun looked at Chen Jing with a half-smile.

"Well, the ancient books Wanyue has read are even more than mine!" Chen Jing giggled and changed the subject.

"Right, Lingyun, you keep talking about this Demon Blade, but what about the person holding it?" Su Wanyue asked.

"That person? At best, he is merely a carrier for the Demon Blade's consciousness now," Lingyun waved his hand. "As long as this Demon Blade is fine, it doesn't matter how many times the wielder is replaced."

"Wanyue, look at this person, the one who stole the Demon Blade back then," Chen Jing stared at the photo for a while, then suddenly spoke to Su Wanyue beside her.

"Hm? Let me see." Su Wanyue leaned in and looked at the person in the photo carefully.

After staring at the photo for a while, Su Wanyue said: "That's right, this person is indeed Qianhe Hongyi, who stole the Muramasa Demon Blade back then! But how did this person become like this? He looks like he's aged several decades!"

"His life essence was absorbed by Muramasa. Jingjing, you have your own intelligence network in the Dragon Group; have them investigate how the family Qianhe Hongyi belonged to is doing now," Lingyun said.

Chen Jing nodded, then made a phone call.

After finishing the call, Chen Jing's expression became very dramatic: "The family Qianhe Hongyi belonged to has been wiped out, and the person who wiped out this family is Qianhe Hongyi himself, holding Muramasa."

"It seems it didn't exceed my expectations at all! They can be considered to have reaped what they sowed; if they hadn't broken the seal on the Demon Blade, they wouldn't have ended up like this," Lingyun nodded. "Right, you can remind Long Jingtian about this. As you said, the opponent might set their target on Huaxia."

"I understand." Chen Jing nodded slightly.

Regarding such a dangerous thing, Chen Jing clearly took it very seriously and would absolutely not let it stir up trouble on the land of Huaxia.

"Right, Yun, can you do me a favor?" Chen Jing suddenly said.

"What favor?" Lingyun asked.

"Can you help me send my mother to the Underworld?" Chen Jing took out the box that Lingyun had retrieved from the Array from her bosom.

A white radiance rose from the box, and the figure of a woman appeared in mid-air. This woman looked seventy or eighty percent similar to Chen Jing; it should be said that this woman looked more like an adult version of Chen Jing.

"Mom—" Seeing this woman appear, tears couldn't help but well up in Chen Jing's eyes.

The woman looked at Chen Jing, her eyes full of reluctance. Then she looked at Lingyun, her eyes full of entrustment: "I leave Jingjing to you."

Lingyun nodded heavily, then slammed his right foot hard against the ground: "Underworld Gate!"

The space around everyone suddenly twisted, and gusts of cold wind surged through the Villa. Vaguely, everyone discovered a massive portal appearing beside Lingyun. Upon seeing that door, everyone felt their souls throb, as if their souls were about to leave their bodies and fly toward that portal.

Just at this moment, a brilliant light suddenly bloomed within their souls. The moment this light appeared, the influence of the Underworld Gate on them was immediately dispelled completely. The women, having regained their senses, looked at the flickering gate with a trace of lingering fear; if their souls were not protected by Lingyun's Eternal Contract, they would likely have fallen into the Underworld by now.

"Please!" Lingyun made a gesture of invitation toward the woman.

The woman nodded at Lingyun, then turned into a stream of light and swept toward the direction of the gate. Just before the stream of light reached the gate, Lingyun flipped his hand, and a gray stream of light swept out from his hand, merging with the stream of light the woman had become, and they swept into the gate together.

"Lingyun, do you think I will be able to see my mom again in the future?" Chen Jing said to Lingyun, watching the gate slowly disappear.

"Perhaps you can!" Lingyun said with a smile. "With the Heaven and Earth Revival, the Underworld is also beginning to revive. Your mother holds the Underworld Authority; if she is willing, she can become one of the Underworld Gods. When your strength is enough to traverse the Yang Realm and the Underworld, you might be able to see your mother again."

"Really?" Chen Jing looked at Lingyun, a trace of joy flashing in her eyes.

"I never lie!" Lingyun nodded.