Chapter 752: The City of No Tears

Suddenly, a gust of fragrant wind swept over.

Inside the room, there appeared a woman wearing feathered garments and rainbow skirts, with a graceful figure and an indescribably charming and beautiful appearance.

Noble Consort's plump body was tightly wrapped in the gorgeous rainbow skirts, revealing a breathtaking allure and curves; she moved with light lotus steps, her posture swaying. That light, elegant, cat-like gait, and even the faint, sweet smile on her cherry lips, all revealed a fascinating charm.

The moment she appeared, the beauties who had been singing and dancing earlier were completely overshadowed, like green leaves compared to a red flower.

Yu Liancheng raised his cup and finished it in one gulp with a smile.

For such a beauty, one must drink a large cup.

Yang Yuhuan bowed gracefully to Yu Liancheng, her eyes seemingly rippling with silent waves. She gave her delicate body a light twist, tapped her toes on the ground, and began to spin as lightly as a butterfly. What was most moving about her was not the dance steps, but the charm revealed during the dance; from every gesture to her soulful eyes, she seemed to transform into a dancing Goddess, every movement filled with aesthetic beauty.

The music grew increasingly urgent, like rain hitting banana leaves. The dance became faster and faster; her delicate hands, waist, flowing hair, legs, and jade feet... it was as if every part of her body was releasing its charm tenfold, a hundredfold with the movement. Even a woman would be stirred by the sight, let alone a man.

The light gauze fluttered, and the music gradually slowed down. Yang Yuhuan's steps moved to stand before Yu Liancheng at some point. As the final note of the music fell, she seemed to lose her strength, and with a charming fragrance and a soft "yingning" sound, she collapsed into Yu Liancheng's arms.

Yu Liancheng never knew what it meant to be polite, and his hands climbed onto that alluring, delicate body.

……

After a night of spring breeze, Yu Liancheng stretched. Yang Yuhuan did not know where she had gone. He rose to wash up, and suddenly feeling something, he took out the Moye Sword.

The Moye Sword was a divine weapon of the current age, and in terms of power, it was not inferior to the Yixi Sword. It was only because it had long been suppressing the "Yinshi Youquan" that the blade appeared slightly dim and the sword heart seemed exhausted.

Just at this moment, a strange fluctuation came from the Moye Sword.

Accompanying this strange fluctuation was a thick, milky-white fog that had covered the entire room at some point, making Yu Liancheng's figure appear blurred.

With Yu Liancheng's power, it would not be difficult to dispel this eerie fog, but he did not do so.

He felt a sense of sorrow and the power of space from the fog.

Immediately, the power of space grew more intense, twisting and teleporting him away to another isolated and chaotic place.

In the blink of an eye, the world turned upside down, and he was in a different realm.

Yu Liancheng stood with his hands behind his back, discovering that he had arrived at a desolate city.

Looking around, the city was empty; he gazed in all directions, but there was not a single person.

Walking through the vast and lonely streets, one could see countless books scattered about, their pages fanned open by the blowing wind.

Many were blank, without a single word, while others were filled with various poignant love stories, both tragic and happy. But as Yu Liancheng's gaze swept over the books, the words on them were wiped away by a strange force, slowly disappearing and turning blank.

"Hello, my name is Su Tianxin."

Just then, a warm and gentle voice sounded, like a spring breeze, making it impossible for one to feel even a trace of aversion.

Yu Liancheng turned his head to look and discovered a peerless beauty with skin like congealed fat, ethereal and refined, carrying an otherworldly immortal aura, who had appeared on the street ahead at some point, seemingly having waited for a long time.

"I am Yu Liancheng." Yu Liancheng stood with his hands behind his back, sizing up the woman who called herself "Su Tianxin," and said in a calm tone: "If I am not mistaken, it must have been you who tampered with the Moye Sword to bring me here."

"You are indeed quite extraordinary."

Su Tianxin looked at Yu Liancheng with her beautiful eyes, a glimmer of hope rising on her jade face: "I was the one who threw the Moye Sword into the Yinshi Youquan. I just couldn't completely resolve the Yinshi Youquan, but you did."

"It wasn't me alone; it was the combined efforts of the righteous and demonic paths that made it possible."

"Regardless, you played a vital role in this matter. Before I state my purpose, can you listen to me tell a story?" Su Tianxin said.

Yu Liancheng smiled: "I always find it hard to refuse a beauty's request."

"Thank you." Su Tianxin smiled lightly, looked around, and said in a melancholy tone: "A long, long time ago, there was a city. The City Lord, Heaven Sword Elder, was a world-renowned Sword Master. He had a daughter known as the most beautiful woman in the world. Her name was Moye. Besides Moye, Heaven Sword Elder had many disciples, the two most capable of whom were Gan Jiang and Yixi."

Yu Liancheng said: "I smell the scent of tragedy in this story."

Su Tianxin gave a bitter smile and continued.

"Heaven Sword Elder exhausted his heart and blood to forge the strongest sword in the human world—the Ask Heaven Sword. Before he passed away, he left a final wish: whoever could forge a Sword that could cut the Ask Heaven Sword would become Moye's husband and the City Lord."

"Gan Jiang and Yixi both loved Moye and were both powerful Sword Masters; they were willing to exhaust all their heart and blood. It is a pity that the Ask Heaven Sword was indeed the strongest sword left by Heaven Sword Elder; even after many trials, they still ended in failure."

"One night, a meteor fell, and both of them made the same wish to the meteor. Little did they know that day happened to be the day of the Tianmo Star clashing with the Seven Killings, and Heaven Demon Demon Ore fell from the sky. This became the beginning of all tragedies and the origin of countless fates."

"That so-called 'Heaven Demon Demon Ore' was a magical ore condensed from the vast demonic energy of the Tianmo Star. It could forge a pair of the sharpest Swords in the world, but the person who forged them would be cursed and never be reincarnated. Gan Jiang and Yixi both knew the origin of the Heaven Demon Demon Ore, so they decided to seal this world-shaking ore and swore never to use it to forge swords."

Yu Liancheng shook his head: "The more one does not want something to happen, the more likely it is to happen. So I guess that in the end, the Heaven Demon Demon Ore was used to forge swords after all."

"You are very smart; the Demon's curse took effect." Su Tianxin sighed lightly: "Later, a peerless martial artist came. She brought a 'Six Harmonies Crystal Essence' as famous as the 'Heaven Demon Demon Ore' and asked Gan Jiang to help forge a sword. Gan Jiang hoped that on the day the sword was completed, he could use it to cut the Ask Heaven Sword and marry Moye, and the martial artist agreed."

"This conversation was overheard by Yixi. Jealousy, fear, and worry erupted all at once. Yixi dug up the Heaven Demon Demon Ore and swapped it for Su Tianxin's Six Harmonies Crystal Essence."

"In the end, the tragedy occurred. Yixi used the Six Harmonies Crystal Essence to forge the Yixi Sword, cut the Ask Heaven Sword, and was able to marry Moye. Meanwhile, Gan Jiang used the Heaven Demon Demon Ore to forge a sword, triggering the curse of the Seven Generations of Resentful Couples. At the same time, upon hearing the news of Moye's marriage, his demonic nature flared, and he turned into a murderous Demon."

"Moye also loved Gan Jiang deeply and did not want him to continue making mistakes, so she used the remaining Heaven Demon Demon Ore to forge the Moye Precious Sword. She then begged that peerless martial artist who had brought the Six Harmonies Crystal Essence—and also brought all the disasters—hoping she could use the Moye Sword to kill Gan Jiang so he would no longer suffer."

Yu Liancheng gently stroked the Moye Sword with his hand, as if he could feel the determination and sorrow of that extraordinary woman from hundreds of years ago, and said in a calm tone: "I think that peerless martial artist must not have used the Moye Sword to kill Gan Jiang."

"You guessed right again." Su Tianxin shook her head with a bitter smile: "That peerless martial artist actually loved Gan Jiang deeply and couldn't bring herself to do it. To prevent Gan Jiang from going out to harm others, after throwing the Moye Sword into the Yinshi Youquan, she used great magic power to seal that city—that Wu Lei Zhi Cheng. But as time passed, the curse of Wu Lei Zhi Cheng became more and more severe, forcing her to think of a new way."

"So..." Yu Liancheng turned his head and looked at Su Tianxin: "That peerless martial artist is you?"

Su Tianxin was silent for a long time before saying softly: "This city is called Wu Lei Zhi Cheng; its name sounds very beautiful. The reason it is called this is because the city exudes an aura of sorrow that leads people to shed tears. And once tears are shed, Gan Jiang will awaken and carry out a slaughter, killing everyone in the city until there is no one left; naturally, without people, there are no tears."

"The books on the streets were also collected by me, because I discovered that the more poignant the love story, the more it can disperse the aura of sorrow in the city. However, those love stories disappear immediately after being read once, so in the end, it is still a futile effort."

"The story is not old-fashioned, but there is nothing particularly surprising about it either." Yu Liancheng said: "So, why did you call me here?"

"After Yixi left Wu Lei Zhi Cheng, he created the Yinyue Dynasty and was the first Holy Monarch of the Yinyue Dynasty. You are now the eighth Holy Monarch; this matter is also inextricably linked to you."

Su Tianxin turned her head, her jade face solemn: "More importantly, you are very capable. I watched the entire process of you resolving the Yinshi Youquan, and you played a vital role in it. I want to ask you to help me resolve Wu Lei Zhi Cheng. I am gradually unable to seal it anymore; once the curse of Wu Lei Zhi Cheng spreads, I don't know how many people will be killed."

Yu Liancheng said decisively: "I can."

Su Tianxin immediately revealed a smile.

"But there are conditions."

"Conditions? What conditions?"

"There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. When the day of the Tianmo Star clashing with the Seven Killings arrives, I also have a matter that requires your help."

"As long as it does not endanger the country or the common people, I will certainly not stand idly by."

"Very good, I believe Miss Su will not break her word." Yu Liancheng clapped his hands lightly and added: "What do you need me to do?"

Su Tianxin then explained her plan.

To be fair, her plan is very troublesome, and whether it will succeed is another matter. But once the plan succeeds, it can resolve this disaster that has been left behind for a thousand years.

Suddenly, Yu Liancheng raised his hand to interrupt Su Tianxin, saying, "I ask you, if someone sheds tears, will Gan Jiang appear?"

Su Tianxin was startled; though she did not understand, she still nodded.

Yu Liancheng flicked his sleeve, and the figure of Xiaoqing suddenly appeared in Wu Lei Zhi Cheng, still holding two snacks in her hands.

"Wh-where is this?" Xiaoqing was very surprised, her pretty face looking dazed and cute. When she saw Yu Liancheng, she finally reacted: "D-did you bring me here?"

Yu Liancheng snatched the snacks from Xiaoqing's hands, stuffed them into his own mouth, and nodded: "Come, cry for me."

"What? Cry?"

"Correct, I brought you here specifically to cry."

"Hmph, what kind of joke are you making? I won't cry." Xiaoqing put her hands on her hips and glared fiercely at Yu Liancheng twice, indicating that she would absolutely not cry.

Yu Liancheng patted the snack crumbs off his hands and looked at Xiaoqing with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Among the three women closest to Yu Liancheng in this world, Xiaobai is gentle yet strong, and would not cry easily. As for Yang Yuhuan, while her cultivation is not as high as Xiaobai's or Xiaoqing's, the techniques she practices are tainted with the Dao of desire, and she is knowledgeable and experienced; she is more sentimental than even Wuqing, making it easier to make her cry in bed.

As for Xiaoqing, although this girl is heroic and spirited, she values emotions deeply and is actually the most vulnerable of the three women emotionally.

"What are you looking at! Even if you keep looking, I won't cry!!" Xiaoqing glared at Yu Liancheng, but for some reason, countless scenes of joy, sorrow, parting, and reunion appeared in her mind. A wave of sadness rose in her heart, and a tear welled up in her eye.

"I'm not crying, it's just sand in my eye." Xiaoqing stomped her foot and hurriedly wiped away the tear.

"Understood, Xiaoqing isn't crying, Xiaoqing is the strongest." Yu Liancheng patted Xiaoqing's head.

"I'm not a child." Xiaoqing gritted her teeth and swatted Yu Liancheng's hand away: "This city is strange; it makes people want to shed tears involuntarily."

"Correct, and I came here precisely to resolve this matter." Yu Liancheng remained expressionless and cast his gaze toward a spot in the city: "So it was there."

He could clearly sense that in that place, a burst of Demon Qi imbued with sadness and anger was slowly reviving.

Rumble!!

Deep within Wu Lei Zhi Cheng, accompanied by a violent shaking, the long-sealed Jianlu ignited once again. Clusters of orange-red flames caused the void itself to distort, burning an incomparably evil longsword. The longsword was three feet and six inches long, about three fingers wide, and the blade emitted an eerie blood-red light.

At this moment, the blood-red light flared brilliantly.

It was as if a demon that had been sleeping for many years began to wake from its slumber as the furnace fire burned.

Whoosh!!

The furnace fire burned fiercely, and Demon Qi as tangible as substance erupted from the Gan Jiang Sword, instantly transforming into an illusory figure wrapped in a black robe.

This black demonic shadow was like an evil ghost that had crawled out of hell; its eyes were blood-red, and its entire body was filled with an aura of violence and slaughter. The longsword in its hand was filled with a power that made one's heart tremble.

Boom!!

However, before Gan Jiang could bring death to the one who shed tears, the entire Sword Pool collapsed with a roar. A beam of sword light appeared before the black demonic shadow, tearing through the void and slashing down with lightning speed.

With a "bang," countless cracks appeared on the demonic shadow, and then it shattered with a roar, turning into countless wisps of Demon Qi. Blown by the wind, it dissipated into nothingness, and the Gan Jiang Sword in its hand also fell to the ground.

"Mo Xie... why... did you kill Gan Jiang..."

It was as if bursts of mournful cries and whimpers were still drifting in the wind.

"Because you deserve to die!" Yu Liancheng slowly sheathed the Moye Sword, then turned to look at the dumbfounded Su Tianxin: "See? Sometimes killing monsters is just that simple."