Chapter 70: Negotiation

On the high-speed train, Liu Yao kept stealing glances at Zhang Shaoqin.

Beside him, Xiaorou and the Sanji Sect Master were doing the same.

Even though an hour had already passed, the shock in their hearts had not yet dissipated.

Was there really a Flying Sword?

Was Zhang Shaoqin not lying to them?

They recalled everything Zhang Shaoqin had said; did such a Great Daxia really exist?

The incomparably powerful Cang Jun, licentious and lawless.

With the Mandate of Heaven upon him, Cang Jun caused endless slaughter just to open the Taiqing River, move Taiqing Mountain, and forge an eternal dynasty.

Back then, the Water in the Taiqing River was blood-red.

Not a single laborer who went there returned alive.

Inside, endless corpses were buried.

Uprising armies came wave after wave, but compared to Cang Jun, who held the Mandate of Heaven, they were nothing at all.

The Sanji Sect, Bagua Sect, Dan Sword Sect, and other factions of Extraordinary Persons joined forces, but in the end, they were no match for Cang Jun.

At that time, Lin Ping appeared.

One man, one sword—or ten thousand swords—severed the heavenly secrets and destroyed Great Daxia.

In the end, one man and one servant built a hut in the deep mountains, Shattered the Void, and ascended as an Immortal.

How magnificent and grand was that?

"Shaoqin, does a martial artist with those descriptions really exist in this world?

Does the Three Extremes Spirit Fist really have such great power?

Doesn't that mean Heize could also truly block ten thousand with one?" Xiaorou asked.

Her heart was already somewhat shaken.

"Perhaps they existed in the past, but now... they do not exist," Zhang Shaoqin said, his voice solemn.

"The reason such a tyrannical martial art as the Three Extremes Spirit Fist appeared, and why martial artists appeared, was because the Bronze King was using Strange Breath to pollute this world.

Once he succeeds, he will descend upon this world.

Fortunately, Heaven blesses our Daxia; the Master is a reincarnation of a Saint, a star from the heavens descended to earth.

He alone Slayed Cang Jun and cut off the Strange Breath, so in this world, there are fundamentally no powerful martial artists left.

Only weak martial artists like you remain.

That Heize, no matter how strong, likely won't be as strong as an Extraordinary Person," Zhang Shaoqin stated his judgment.

"No wonder I recently felt that the Three Extremes Spirit Fist seemed to have signs that it could be practiced; I thought..." Xiaorou paused.

It seems the Strange has awakened.

"The aura of the Strange is active; once the Bronze King descends upon this world,

with the Master not here, there is no one to stop the Bronze King.

Therefore, what we must do now is follow the Master's sword and go solve the aura of the Strange together," Zhang Shaoqin said with a serious expression.

"Is it possible that the Bronze King cannot defeat our current world?"

Liu Yao spoke up.

"Nowadays, the weapons in our world are very powerful.

A single weapon is enough to cause hundreds of thousands of casualties."

Zhang Shaoqin pondered: "I admit that current weapons have great power and strong destructive force.

However, in this world, having strong destructive force does not mean one is powerful.

True power is the Rule.

The Bronze King masters a Rule known as the Mandate of Heaven.

With the Mandate of Heaven upon him, no matter how many weapons you launch at him, those weapons will only fail."

"I am now very curious about the Extraordinary Persons of the Great Daxia period, and also very curious about your Master, Lin Ping. What kind of Immortal figure is he exactly?" A brilliant light shone in Xiaorou's eyes.

"Name?"

"Xu Yijun."

"Gender."

"Male."

"Occupation."

"Freelancer, a fishing streamer."

Xu Yijun sat in the interrogation room, feeling somewhat panicked and very anxious.

Opposite him, a man with a square face looked at Xu Yijun and took out a tablet.

"Is the content on this from your stream?"

Xu Yijun looked over.

This was indeed the content of his recent stream.

In the stream, he had happened to film the scene of a Flying Sword emerging from the lake.

"It is from my stream," Xu Yijun swallowed hard; he had roughly guessed why the Law Enforcement Guard had summoned him.

"At the time, there was a young man there who said he was looking for the Master's sword.

The Master's sword was right there at the bottom of the lake.

Then, he cast a spell... and the sword went 'whoosh' and flew out!"

"I am not lying to you, this is all something I saw with my own eyes!"

Xu Yijun still trusted the country immensely.

Such things that defied the common sense of physics, he naturally had to report to the country.

"Very good, you did not lie to us and answered truthfully," the square-faced man spoke, his voice giving off a sense of authority that commanded respect without anger, "Do not spread word of the Flying Sword around recklessly."

Xu Yijun was puzzled, but he still hurriedly shook his head.

His intuition told him that the man before him was no ordinary Law Enforcement Guard.

He suddenly recalled the tropes he had seen on television.

His heart raced with excitement: "Are you from the Xia Group?"

On television, Daxia had a mysterious unit named the Xia Group, which specialized in handling special incidents.

Could it be that the person before him was from the Xia Group?

The square-faced man's expression did not change; he naturally knew what Xu Yijun was talking about, but he did not explain, instead continuing to speak.

"Regarding the previous livestream, you will tell the public that it was special effects."

The middle-aged man with the square face pondered aloud.

"As it happens, there is a movie that will be released soon.

You will say that you collaborated with that company, and that those were all special effects."

"Huh?" Xu Yijun was dumbfounded.

What did that mean?

How did it have anything to do with a movie?

Of course, he understood the square-faced man's words.

For the Flying Sword soaring through the air shown in that day's livestream, he, Xu Yijun, was to tell the public that it was a livestream done in collaboration with a film company to promote a new movie.

"You do not need to explain too much; if that video clip is edited by others, we will handle it.

Are you willing to enter this collaboration? If you are willing, let us sign a non-disclosure agreement."

Xu Yijun was stunned for a moment.

"I am willing!"

Of course he had to be willing!

This was being recruited, becoming part of the regular forces!

At the same time, he was very curious about what kind of film company it was and what kind of movie they were filming that would cause the authorities to make contact with him like this.

"Everything that has happened in these past few days must be kept to yourself.

Once the contract is signed, you must follow the Rule.

If you violate the contract, you could be charged with treason at the highest level."

Xu Yijun's heart tightened: "Rest assured, Officer, I am a Daxia citizen with a clean record!"

Saying this, Xu Yijun still carefully read through the non-disclosure agreement, and he felt there were no issues.

"This is the information on that film company, as well as the movie that will be released," the square-faced man handed a stack of documents to Xu Yijun.

Xu Yijun looked through them in detail.

"Longxia Media?"

"Heize?"

He was slightly stunned.

"Is this movie called 'Heize'?" Xu Yijun asked the square-faced man.

As a streamer, he naturally knew the term Heize.

Some time ago, the term Heize had stirred up quite a lot of heat in many circles.

Of course, it had gone quiet some time ago.

Xu Yijun felt somewhat perplexed and confused.

"This is just a tentative title; it may be modified later.

You may go back now, and remember to follow what we said earlier.

The last livestream was all special effects."

"I understand!" Xu Yijun's heart was shaken, and he felt a trace of secret joy.

He felt that he had become involved in an extraordinary event.

Had a mysterious world opened its Gate to him?

(End of this chapter)