Chapter 387: Falling Ming

The black Chi flew away toward the Law Enforcement Hall.

Seeing Pei Ye leaped down from the mountain cliff, supporting himself with Zhanxin Liuli before landing. On the other side, Ming Qitian's peaceful voice came over: "Are you okay?"

The woman's cool voice entered his ears, and Seeing Pei Ye's heart suddenly settled down a bit. He said in a low voice: "Miss Ming, the Soul-Taking Bead was taken by Qu Zhu. I think their plot is in Sword Belly Mountain—how are things on your side?"

"Still good, they forged a sword dragon here, which is a bit hard to deal with."

"Oh..." Seeing Pei Ye felt a bit relieved, then suddenly thought, "Master Sui said before that he went to invite Senior Ji, I don't know if there is any result?"

"Senior Ji has already arrived. With him containing them, I can think of a way to destroy this sword dragon, no need to worry."

"... But if this one passes, it will be a complete ancient array." Seeing Pei Ye remembered the star worm in the valley of the lake mountain that could not be broken, still worried. "This array is very powerful, Miss Ming, you must be careful."

"It's not quite the same as that. It has a mirror hub on its forehead, which makes it much stronger, but it also has obvious weaknesses." Ming Qitian's tone didn't show the intensity of the battle, patiently explaining the situation to the youth. "No need to worry, it's just that I might not be able to protect you for now, you must pay attention to your safety."

"... I'm fine, Miss Ming." Seeing Pei Ye pursed his lips. "I'm worried that Zhanxin Liuli will be intercepted on the way, I'll send it to you immediately."

The woman's stable voice made him feel as if he had fallen back to the solid ground. Yes, no matter how the enemy struggled, it couldn't change the result that their plot had been exposed. The entire Kongdong was counter-attacking, and the powerful woman who made people feel at ease was already in Sword Belly Mountain.

Even if they still hadn't given up their plot, it was just related to things like 【West Court Heart】 and 【Da Liang】. Although it was a pity not to complete the black cat's instructions, at least all this would not be like in Xincang Mountain, taking a small city and the lives of forty thousand people as a bloody consequence.

Seeing Pei Ye took a deep breath, and the cool air rushed into his heart and lungs: "Who is Senior Ji containing? Is that... 【Sima】 with you, Miss Ming? I have already asked the little cat to notify the peak masters of the Law Enforcement Hall to reinforce."

"Mm, he is here." Ming Qitian was still in a peaceful tone. "There is also another person using a spear with fire, with golden vertical pupils, and his body is also eroded by scales. I think he might be the 'Yi Danjun' you mentioned before."

The cool air in his heart and lungs seemed to freeze into ice in an instant. Seeing Pei Ye stiffened and froze: "Who... who... Miss Ming?"

Yi Danjun, Yi Danjun... How could it be Yi Danjun... So it was Yi Danjun...

The ghostly cold purple bamboo and white fog under the Yi family underground in Xiangzhou, and the green-clothed snake mask all followed this name and crashed into his mind. Seeing Pei Ye's brain was a mess, but his body had already cooled to his hands and feet first: "No... no, Miss Ming..."

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In Sword Belly Mountain, the 【Sword Sea Chapter】 filled the entire space the moment it appeared. Sima was pressed in place by the massive sword intent. Ji Changyun pierced his chest with one sword, bringing out a blood line, but the next moment it turned into a phantom, and Sima cut across Ji Changyun's waist and abdomen with one sword from the side.

Yi Danjun's attack intensity rose to another level again, almost a life-and-death act, as if he must keep Ming Qitian under the Mirror Dragon. However, the woman who had gained freedom was already like a crane.

She indeed couldn't annihilate this powerful vitality for a while, but the cloud energy drifting and folding was never blocked. In the mountain belly, there were clearly the top experts, but all the exchanges at this moment appeared clumsy in front of this white dress that had gained freedom. No one could leave her for a fraction—a sword like a crane spreading its wings made Yi Danjun's long spear lose one hand, and his person had already darted up, heading straight for the Mirror Dragon's forehead.

The Mirror Dragon was also swooping down toward her.

A massive object nearly a hundred zhang long, before which the white-clad figure was like a single grain of white rice, but in the instant of their collision, long, slender clouds of Qi unfurled from the sword, like a long tassel binding a dragon, only to be shredded in an instant by countless bright sword lights.

Just in this ocean composed of bright light and broken feathers, the white dress went straight up, cutting out a clean and bright wave.

Seeing Pei Ye's voice came at this time. Ming Qitian broke the incoming sword blades one by one. By the time the youth's last panicked words came, she had already broken the waves and stood before the Mirror Dragon's forehead.

"What's wrong?" Ming Qitian asked softly.

The last sword dragon came faster than anyone imagined.

It had been wandering in these mountains and waters for twenty years. Those mountain rocks and water systems were all places where it had merged. Carrying the bead and walking, the distance of thirty or forty miles was just an instant.

It immediately submerged into the body of the Mirror Dragon that had been hit and messed up by a line. Two beads conducted upward along the dragon body. One fell toward the mirror, and one was embedded in the center depression that the heart mirror had been waiting for. In just an instant... the mountains and waters of the entire Five Peaks Lotus Heart seemed to resonate for a moment.

The lithe and slender dragon body completed its reintegration in the blink of an eye, or rather, it could no longer be broken.

Whether from the body or the sword art, the harmony of heaven and earth truly reached perfection in this body.

But nothing happened at this moment. It was indeed just another 【Star Burial Mound】 that had been completed. It couldn't summon any terrifying gods, nor did it have the killing intent to slaughter the innocent.

The moment it was born, it was just for protection, or rather... imprisonment.

Thirteen thousand six hundred swords changed their form, circling the white dress that held the sword at the head, turning into a four-layer dense sword array like the sea.

The first three layers had sword hilts facing inward and sword blades facing outward, nested layer by layer, as if cast dead in the air. The first layer had eight hundred swords, the second layer two thousand four hundred, and the third layer five thousand six hundred. The fourth layer had four thousand eight hundred swords chasing head to tail, flowing slowly around the three layers of swords.

Ming Qitian stabbed her sword straight at the heart mirror, and was blocked by twenty-four swords that darted down. She broke them one by one, but she could no longer find the gap that should have been there. Countless sharp edges pressed down from behind—dense, flawless sword moves. The "Sword Strategy" had the feeling of being completely unable to breathe for the first time.

But this was actually within her preparation. She couldn't break it, but it couldn't defeat her either... And as long as there was a little external force...

But suddenly, the dragon head lowered, the swords scattered, and that huge heart mirror hung in the array, shining toward her like an overturning.

"Why talk about the Dao Qi Society?"

"Do you know the leader of the sword gate side of the Dao Qi Society?"

"It is Yunlang Mountain."

"Yes, every generation of successors of Yunlang Mountain will ask for swords in the world."

"... Mm?"

"So they will definitely pass through Kongdong."

"What does it mean..." Qu Zhu frowned. "What exactly is 【Da Liang】?"

Zhu Shi Sect.

When the shadow of the Zhu Shi Sect appeared here, when Seeing Pei Ye suddenly knew what was more important than protecting the retreat of the Feng Zhao dragon descendants—the cold claws gripped his heart to death in an instant.

The mission that could make the Zhu Shi Sect give up everything to complete, of course, only had the Immortal Lord's edict... And what kind of plot would make the Huan Si Lou cover it up tightly in the darkness for more than twenty years?

Those things that were temporarily left behind because he had been staring at the black robe in front all the time now all crashed into his mind.

"... Impossible..." The youth trembled in loss of soul, as if he had lost his soul in an instant. He didn't care about any danger, stumbling and running forward as if suffocating.

Two months ago, the Immortal Lord stepped into the city and came, and a life line entered the county government... Was that really the "Bing Lu" who had lived in seclusion for eighteen years?

—Eighteen years ago, the edict said: "Kill the swords."

"I was taken to Yunlang Mountain by my master when I was three..."

"Oh, this kind of simple and crude thing... Ming Qitian is twenty-one years old this year, third on the Crane Ranking."

"What does it mean... What exactly is 【Da Liang】?"

"People in the world who know this secret do not exceed ten fingers." Sima's voice drifted in the dark candle. "【Da Liang】's strange technique and profound scripture is named "Sword Strategy"."

"... How do you know?"

"Huan Si Lou always knows." Sima said in a low voice. "Unlike other unique strange techniques in the world, it has truly become a book of sword art that can be learned, but Yunlang Mountain only passes it to the Sword Master of each generation, and never releases it."

Sword Belly Mountain.

Heart-amber, less than one tael can make a Soul-Taking Bead, making people's souls lost, and obsessed with crossing swords. More than seven taels can make a Sword Heart Mirror, making people forget themselves and test their true nature, but people with clear heart and nature can often still escape.

Now this is one hundred and twenty pounds of heart-amber.

When it pressed down toward Ming Qitian, the woman also had a feeling of heart-spirit reflection for a moment.

But that was all.

The heart of 【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 is like a purely clear mirror. You reflect it, and what you get is just your own appearance.

The heart-spirit reflected in the heart-amber mirror would not be shocked by the design of the Sword Heart Mirror, nor would it be forced to draw the sword by the black-clad person in the Soul-Taking Bead... With a clear and transparent heart, any design about the heart-spirit contained in the heart-amber could not affect her in the slightest.

Even the Immortal Lord couldn't erode it. No matter how much heart-amber there was, it was impossible to make such a heart-spirit lost. The thirteen thousand six hundred sword movements contained within couldn't induce the woman's "Sword Strategy".

Ming Qitian looked at the heart mirror shining straight at her. The sword dragon had filled all the gaps for her to strike, and her whole person was as if imprisoned, but this mirror indeed couldn't do anything to her.

Until suddenly, the trace of strange disgust felt before climbed abruptly.

"The successor of this generation of Yunlang went down the mountain, surnamed Ming, eighteen years old, do you know? She has the heart of Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian, took the sword 【Zhan Xin Zhanxin Liuli】, and practiced the "Gu She Heart Scripture"."

Silence.

"This is the result we have waited for eighteen years—a perfect person."

Silence.

"Not being confused is the most unsolvable characteristic of the Mind-Spirit Realm. Even if you kill her, she cannot be lost in the 【Heart Mirror】."

"... Absurd."

"Give up?"

Silence.

"... Wait until I return from Xiangzhou and talk. I will find a way."

Sword Belly Mountain

On the Ming Mirror, a black and white curve suddenly climbed up.

It was shaped like a thin snake, but if you looked carefully, there was a faint flame light penetrating from it. This was... a line guide. It didn't appear suddenly, but had been buried in the heart mirror for a long time. The moment the woman's heart-spirit was reflected, it was immediately revealed under the Ming Mirror.

Ming Qitian also felt its deep hook on the heart-spirit instantly. Even from the perspective of reaching the top of this path, this was an extremely profound heart-spirit means.

It was just that, as mentioned before, the Ming Mirror was originally flawless. No matter how small and deep the line was, it couldn't penetrate.

She calmed her heart, but the next moment, the woman's heart suddenly missed a beat, and her hand slowed down, and a blood line was pulled out on her shoulder by a sword light—the 【West Court Heart】 in the center of the heart mirror suddenly became deep, irresistibly opening her Mind-Spirit Realm!

"The Feng Zhao clan of the Zhu Shi Sect can bury a thirty-year 【Chuan Xin Zhu Guide】 into the heart mirror."

"How?"

Sima said slowly: "When 【Da Liang】 is on the body, 【West Court Heart】 will try to make the power owner return to the court, making her open her Mind-Spirit Realm for an instant."

"... You say plant the Chuan Xin Zhu Guide in? —But even if her heart door is opened, it will still be a Ming Mirror inside." Qu Zhu said. "Forgive me for being blunt, the Chuan Xin Zhu Guide hooks the mortal heart candle, and such a person simply has no heart poison and candle sword. 【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 will never be confused by this kind of thing."

"You are wrong."

"Mm?"

"Do you know, 【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 is the best natural quality for practicing "Gu She Heart Scripture". But they were never the same thing." Sima's theatrical mask shone brightly in the candlelight, as if telling the most hidden secret in the world.

The moment the heart-spirit realm was opened, the 【Chuan Xin Zhu Guide】 attached to it drilled in and disappeared without a trace. The "Sword Strategy" rose from the body, and the 【West Court Heart】 seemed to be opening its arms to her, but the next moment the West Court Heart was conducted down by the Mirror Dragon and fell back into Sima's hand.

The process of forcefully opening the heart-spirit had been interrupted, but Ming Qitian looked at the heart mirror in front of her stiffly, and could no longer return to the previous clarity.

A suffocation that didn't know where it came from rose from the deepest part, as if the entire Mind-Spirit Realm was split from the middle, and they began the most endless twisting.

The heart-amber mirror in front suddenly became hazy, as if to swallow her in. The woman felt the difficulty of being unable to extricate herself when facing heart-spirit means for the first time in her life. Her hand sword slowed down for two weeks, and two blood lines were pulled out on her white clothes.

"【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 is to clarify one's own heart. It will always insist on what it wants to insist on calmly. For "Passing Chuan Xin Zhu", it is not that it doesn't care about 'heart poison' and 'candle sword', but that it only has one of them." Sima said in a ghostly voice. "The heart candle is always burning brightly and purely, the heart poison will never be produced, and the means of "Passing Chuan Xin Zhu" to reverse black and white are useless."

"If so, what is the use of 【Chuan Xin Zhu Guide】?"

"Of course it is useful." Sima said coldly. "Because 【Chuan Xin Zhu Guide】 was never pollution and confusion in the first place." As if spitting out the highest wonder brewed in his abdomen, Sima's voice was light and slow. "It doesn't add anything, it just emphasizes and ignites what 【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 already agrees with."

"... And what is the use of this?"

"Of course it is useful." Sima said coldly. "Because "Gu She Heart Scripture" wants the truly unattached and thoughtless 'Heavenly Heart'."

【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 had no worries or disturbances, and her heart thoughts were one. It was because of this transparent state of mind that the woman was taught the most miraculous "Gu She Heart Scripture" of Yunlang. She should have discarded mortal qualities step by step in every walk, and advanced to the Heavenly Heart.

But what if what 【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 insisted on conflicted with "Gu She"?

The woman is of course a "person" now. Whether it was the weak "No" she raised when facing the slaughter of the city in Fenghuai, or the encouraging words that made people feel at ease when facing the youth who lost his soul... or the light "Please" when patting Zhanxin Liuli... she still had many human natures.

【Ming Ming Jing Bing Jian】 insisted on them brightly.

So in the Mirror Dragon, those whitest cloud energies in the world tore frantically. The woman seemed to turn into their most hated enemy in an instant. The four limbs and hundred bones, everything obtained from "Gu She" at this moment all backfired. Under the woman's pale and fragile face, a mouthful of fresh blood leaked out.

Her whole person was like a crane with broken wings, falling powerlessly from the air, with shocking blood marks hanging on her white clothes.

And before the huge crack produced by the collision of the heart-spirit, the 【Heart Mirror】 pressed down without hesitation, with ten thousand swords flowing within, shrouding the woman's wounded heart-spirit firmly within.

Seeing Pei Ye ran over in a panic and loss of soul, led by Zhanxin Liuli. When he climbed into this mountain belly, this was the scene he saw.

Cold all over, at this moment, he was willing to give everything he had to exchange for this scene not to happen.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 388 =====