Chapter 709: Overlooking

"Back already?"

"Apologies, I returned late."

"Just in time, let us go."

Returning to Zhuoyu Villa, Tang Zhao hurriedly settled his affairs and entrusted A Yun to Jiang Shixiong first, asking him to retrieve the Sword Seed. With no further reason to delay, he followed the Sword Saint to the Sun Court.

Come to think of it, Tang Zhao had only been to the Qianxian once, having traveled up on a Moyun City Fire Seed Carriage. At that time, he was just a novice Sword Guest who had become one only a few months prior; now, he was already a Sword Hero who had been one for over a year.

For a Sword Hero to have only been to the Qianxian once, that must be unique in the Human World, right? In truth, he was somewhat unqualified. But the Human World had its rules: new Sword Guests had a one-year service exemption. By that calculation, he was merely being protected as a novice.

In his mind, he certainly wouldn't be taking a carriage this time; the Sword Saint should have special means. Perhaps standing by his side, he would arrive in the Upper Realm in the blink of an eye.

However, that day Han Shengyuan came up from the foot of the mountain, bringing the... carriage of Guiyuanshi.

The Sword Saint has to take a carriage too?

Not only did he have to take a carriage, but the Sword Saint's carriage was not particularly magnificent. It was neither a grand Fire Seed carriage nor a high carriage drawn by four horses; instead, it resembled a wooden plow, and also a bit like an ox cart, revealing a touch of rustic charm in its roughness. The carriage was not large, seating at most five or six people, and since there was only one, it appeared somewhat shabby. It seemed that when this Sword Saint went on tour, he was not surrounded by crowds, and his display was not even as grand as that of a noble in the Human World.

Yet, a mountain need not be high; if there is an immortal, it will be famous. Since it was the Sword Saint's carriage, its simplicity was low-key, its roughness was plainness, and its lack of passengers was otherworldly. In short, this carriage looked miraculous and extraordinary, with unfathomable depth contained within.

This was undoubtedly the Kun Sword's own carriage, with only a Lamp hanging at the front. The lampshade seemed to be made of gauze, hazy and dim, but the light inside was bright and brilliant.

Tang Zhao saw at a glance that the light was a sun.

Although that sun's radiance was gentle and not particularly dazzling, a sun is a sun; it is not the light of a firefly, and one could distinguish it at a glance.

However, Tang Zhao could also distinguish that this sun was different from his own. This sun had obvious spirituality, as if it possessed a Soul, and it was even changing at every moment, just like breathing.

It changed from a morning sun to an evening sun, and from an evening sun back to a morning sun. In the process of changing, one could also see the sun moving, with the figures of divine beasts circling it; that must be the six dragons pulling the Great Sun Divine Carriage.

A single sun the size of a quail egg had actually fused the three suns of Yanggu, Fusang, and the six dragons, representing three swords. The more he looked, the more extraordinary the atmosphere seemed, as if it could suck a person's Soul inside.

Tang Zhao vaguely felt that if he did not use the Jinwu Sword, and if he had not inherited the legacy of the Jinwu Sword, the Sword Image he condensed as a Sword Hero would not even be as good as this single Lamp before him.

Worthy of the Sun Court, worthy of the three Immortal Swords and the three Sword Immortals.

He couldn't help but say, "Worthy of the Sun Court. Not a single word is written about the sun, yet it makes one see it as the sun at a glance. As long as this Lamp is hung, who wouldn't know it came from the Sun Court? Naturally, one would feel reverence and keep their distance. This style is truly too high."

Guiyuanshi smiled and said, "Of course you can see it at a glance, but how can you be sure others can see it at a glance? There are many people in this world who are blind. To make people see at a glance that this is the Sun Court, the key is on the back."

He turned the Lamp around, and one could see the three golden characters for "Sun Court" written on the back of the lampshade. As long as one wasn't blind, they could see it clearly from far away.

Tang Zhao: "..."

Guiyuanshi laughed, "Get on the carriage."

Although the holy carriage was not large, it was quite spacious for three people. Guiyuanshi let Tang Zhao sit beside him, and Han Shengyuan sat opposite.

After sitting steady, the carriage started.

Tang Zhao only felt that his body did not move, yet the world around him changed suddenly.

The ground grew further away, white clouds moved from above his head to beneath his feet, the sky grew brighter, and the Sunlight grew closer...

This was clearly flying upward at an extremely fast speed.

However, Tang Zhao did not feel that he was moving. Admittedly, the scenery on both sides was retreating rapidly, which could naturally make one feel they were moving, but as a Sword Hero, Tang Zhao's judgment of his own state was very accurate. He clearly felt that he was not moving; only the surrounding scenery was moving.

It was as if he were placed in front of a large screen, and the screen was playing extremely realistic images. Following the images, the audience seemed to ascend to heaven or enter the earth, going everywhere, but in reality, they were still staying in the same place.

But in fact, they must have moved, because they were meant to go to the Sun Court; it was absolutely impossible for them to just stay in place and watch the scenery.

Then Tang Zhao's own feeling seemed to be wrong again; after getting on the carriage, he could no longer grasp his own situation.

Tang Zhao was conflicted for a moment, and in the end, he could only use the theory he learned when he was young to understand it: motion is absolute, and stillness is relative.

This carriage was relatively still with him; not only was it relatively still with him, but it was also still with the space within a certain range around it, yet it was in motion relative to the world outside that space. In other words, the true holy carriage was not just a wooden carriage, but a large expanse of space around the carriage.

That space was not completely severed from the Waijie; at least it looked like there was not a single barrier. The people on the carriage could not even perceive that they were in an independent space. It was so smooth that Tang Zhao did not know how it was done, only guessing it was a comprehensive application of space and illusion.

The space rose higher and higher, the sky grew darker, and at a certain moment, the scenery suddenly changed; they had already arrived in another world.

That was the Qianxian, also called the Suiyu.

Tang Zhao had been to the Suiyu before, but he had only circled around Moyun City and hurried back. Let alone seeing the tip of the iceberg, if the Suiyu were a vast ocean, he hadn't even left the harbor at his own doorstep.

Arriving again today, as the holy carriage advanced, scroll after scroll of paintings unfolded before his eyes.

What colorful paintings they were.

There were vast plains, towering Snow Mountains, bottomless abysses, and volcanoes billowing with black smoke...

The Suiyu had all the scenery the Human World had, and it was even more magnificent and spectacular. The Suiyu also had scenery the Human World did not have; all kinds of bizarre and grotesque wonders appeared one after another. Some strange sights would make one feel shocked, while others would leave one completely confused, having no idea how these things that completely violated objective laws were formed.

Even the scenery that existed in the Human World appeared strange in the Suiyu, because these scenes were normal when viewed individually, but they were pieced together like building blocks. Beside a grassland was the sea, with no beach transition in between; beside a cliff was a snowfield, with no snow on the mountain but heavy snow falling below. All kinds of abruptness were like countless pieces of paper of different colors, casually pieced together into a painting.

Moreover, not every painting was pieced together so well. Between some sections, there were obvious height differences, and between others, there were cracks. At first glance, the cracks looked like bottomless abysses, but when looked at carefully, they were a void. That void was the background color of the drawing board; all the Suiyu sections were built upon the void.

The Suiyu, it lived up to its name.

It was truly a group of Fragments.

Tang Zhao sat on the carriage, quietly admiring this peculiar world. Perhaps only by sitting in the Sword Saint's carriage could one have the opportunity to overlook the Suiyu from such a perspective, just like the six dragons patrolling the sun, looking down upon the Human World.

He watched quietly, quietly feeling this shock.

Suddenly, Tang Zhao's heart stirred, and his body leaned forward slightly.

Although this movement was not large, the two people on the carriage both noticed it. Guiyuanshi did not care, but Han Shengyuan glanced at him.

Tang Zhao gently touched his Glasses and said, "I think I saw an... old friend."

Han Shengyuan muttered to himself, "Eyesight so sharp? Can see a person?" Anyway, he only saw patches of mountains and seas; it was impossible to see any specific person among them. But thinking that Tang Zhao was indeed powerful, perhaps he really could see clearly?

In fact, Tang Zhao could not see clearly either; it was just that his Glasses had a reaction.

In the snowy field he had just seen, there was something he wanted to find.

It was the call he had sensed back then, and also the method for restoring the Glasses he had thought of at Wangliang Mountain—collecting Fragments.

If he could obtain the Fragment in the snowy field, the Glasses could be restored, and the fairy sister could also return. How could that not count as an old friend?

It was just that he could not get off the carriage to look for that Fragment now, but he secretly remembered the address in his heart—and also secretly recorded it on the Glasses.

I will come back to get it.

He had just finished recording it and calmed his mood, when he was startled again.

Down below... there is another one!

Immediately after, it was as if someone had thrown a piece of silver into a treasure basin; take one out, and there is another, take one out, and there is still another...

Does the Suiyu really have so many Fragments?

He had originally intended to return from the Sun Court and perhaps set aside some time to patrol the Suiyu, searching for lost Fragments to restore his Glasses as soon as possible, and to see what kind of miracle the restored Glasses would be.

But looking at it now, this task cannot be completed in a short while.

They had only passed through the Suiyu and had not been patrolling back and forth above it, yet they had already discovered these; if they were to search the land carpet-style, how many more could they find?

But if they really were to search it like that, how much time would that take?

People are prone to feeling daunted; when they discover a task is complex and difficult, they are mostly irritable and resistant, thinking of putting the matter off and not doing it immediately.

But Tang Zhao thought again: is it not worth it to see the fairy sister again?

If it is for the Glasses, it is even more worth it.

Although he could by no means confirm what would happen once the Glasses were complete, another guess had always been deeply rooted in his heart:

It might be related to the "Sui" Domain.

He vaguely guessed in his heart: this might be the most important task he had ever received in his life; if this matter was not done well, he would not be able to do other things with peace of mind, and he would inevitably regret it in the future.

Looking down at the myriad phenomena of the Suiyu, Tang Zhao had already made a decision in his heart: after coming down from the Sun Domain, he would first learn the skill of raising a Sword Deity from Senior Sister Zhu, then take the Jinwu Sword to travel across the Suiyu to search for the Fragments of the Glasses, cultivating the Jinwu while restoring the Glasses. These were his two most urgent matters. Even if it took months, years, or even longer, it would be worth it.

For this, he would need a good vehicle, preferably one that could fly higher and see further, just like the Holy Carriage he was sitting in now. He would also need some manpower, his friends, his partners, and perhaps the Sun-Holding Envoys as well.

He would also need...

Just as he was meticulously planning in his mind, Guiyuanshi smiled and reminded him, "We have arrived."