Chapter 442

The instant he stepped inside, Xu Chen froze.

Xu Chen and the others arrived at the Sword Emperor's region and found it was a bamboo forest.

However, it seemed a battle had taken place, and quite a few people had died here.

Large swathes of the bamboo forest had been sliced away, so the place was already a scene of utter devastation.

Most of the surrounding traces were from Sword Qi, with a few from other weapons.

Xu Chen nodded; this scene was almost identical to his previous life.

If nothing unexpected happened, then Ye Xuan must have obtained the Sword Emperor's inheritance.

The Sword Emperor's inheritance was very simple—it was a Spirit Energy Empowerment.

Moreover, during the Spirit Energy Empowerment, an Emperor Domain and Emperor Might would be produced, making it impossible to approach.

This way, the inheritor could receive the inheritance in complete peace.

According to the original text, after receiving the inheritance, Ye Xuan would reach the Nine Turns realm.

If Ye Xuan combined it with those martial arts, he could have peak Nine Turns combat power, or even Half-Emperor.

Of course, that was the original text; he had no idea what the situation was now. Zhangsun Xuanling said, "The fighting was quite intense."

Xu Chen caught a whiff of Ye Xuan's strengthening Spiritual Qi in the air.

Sure enough, Ye Xuan must be the Sword Emperor's inheritor.

Xu Chen nodded; this fit the plot.

Otherwise, if Ye Xuan couldn't grow stronger, the plot would be hard to advance.

Dongfang Yunyan sensed for a moment: "They probably left this region about two days ago." Xu Chen nodded: "Let's go take a look too. Maybe there's still something in the fourth Martial Emperor region."

Although he didn't care about martial arts inheritances and the like, if there was anything like Spirit Energy Empowerment or Pills...

He'd still want to snatch them, after all, these could instantly boost one's strength. "Buzz!"

The two women nodded, then stepped onto the only Lingqi Daolu in this Sword Emperor region.

Soon, passing through the Sword Emperor's Lingqi Daolu, they arrived at another Martial Emperor region.

Then they discovered that this place was stretch after stretch of water.

No, strictly speaking, it was more like lake after lake.

Each lake was roughly ten thousand square meters in area, but there were ten thousand such lakes. Apart from the lakes, the rest was almost entirely sand piled into beaches, each also about a thousand square meters.

The beaches gathered at the junctions between two lakes, occasionally washed by incoming waves.

Xu Chen and the two women were currently standing on one such beach.

Xu Chen recalled that the Martial Emperor here was called Xuanshui Nudi.

This Xuanshui Nudi and Qingyun Nudi were sisters—one was called Nangong Qingyun, the other Nangong Xuanshui.

If Qingyun Nudi's inheritance wasn't in the pastoral area, then it was very likely here.

In the original text, he remembered that after the two female emperors fell, they left remnant souls here.

Logically speaking, a Martial Emperor region with remnant souls was the normal kind.

Those three Martial Emperor regions just now were all a bit abnormal.

Right? The inheritance not even being there doesn't fit the rules of a fantasy novel.

He slowly raised his head and saw that quite a few people on this beach were already trapped by a "Xuanshui Qi Shield."

This was one of Xuanshui Nudi's ultimate skills, specially used for trapping people.

What she excelled at wasn't attacking, but containment.

She also had a move called "Three Thousand Ruoshui"—anyone touched by this Three Thousand Ruoshui would instantly lose most of their Spiritual Qi.

This was quite similar in principle to Huayang Gongzhu's Forbidden Restriction.

However, what Xuanshui Nudi radiated was Emperor Might.

He remembered that back then, Qingyun Nudi chose Ye Xuan as her inheritor.

And Xuanshui Nudi chose him as her inheritor.

No other reason—Xuanshui Nudi was an existence of both good and evil, whereas Qingyun Nudi was purely righteous.

In the original text, these two female emperors would later be revived by his evil self.

Back then, he had used these two female emperors to do quite a lot of things.

Like pulling them out to kill people, breaking Forbidden Restrictions and Arrays, explaining the origins of treasures for him, and the like.

In short, they were very useful.

Unfortunately, Qingyun Nudi later became the female lead and crippled him.

Xuanshui Nudi, to protect him, perished.

So to be precise, Qingyun Nudi was the female lead, Xuanshui Nudi was not.

But this plotline was something from much later in the original text; right now both were remnant souls, neither was the female lead.

Thinking of this, Xu Chen rubbed his chin.

That wretched woman Qingyun Nudi, forget her—who the hell cares about her.

He could try to get closer to Xuanshui Nudi, though.

He remembered Xuanshui Nudi had refined a Xuanshui Pill.

This thing was extraordinary—after eating it, one would fear no water waves at all.

Even diving tens of thousands of meters underwater, one would be completely unharmed.

Even water-attribute attacks could be instantly offset by twenty percent.

Don't underestimate that twenty percent—in a clash between Martial Emperors, that's a terrifying weakening.

Moreover, after consuming the Xuanshui Pill, there was also extremely dense energy.

He has an extremely high chance of breaking through to the peak of Nine Turns.

Thinking this, Xu Chen looked toward the people trapped around him.

He discovered one of them was Xun Yan.

At this moment, Xun Yan's face was grim—he had only wanted to attempt the trial, and yet he'd been trapped by this thing.

Now he frantically unleashed his martial arts, but found them utterly useless.

Xu Chen looked up and saw that, indeed, there were two souls above the sky.

One was the Qingyun Nudi, dressed in green robes, wearing embroidered slippers, her three thousand black tresses flowing, appearing utterly peerless in beauty.

The other was the Xuanshui Nudi, dressed in black robes, her appearance nearly identical to the Qingyun Nudi's, a beauty capable of toppling nations.

But the Qingyun Nudi's face radiated righteous energy, while the Xuanshui Nudi's face bore arrogance, her expression cold and detached, looking down on all.

As if in the Xuanshui Nudi's eyes, everyone here could be slain at will.

Xu Chen bowed and said: "May I ask, do either of you two Nudis deem others worthy to inherit your legacies?"

The Qingyun Nudi said: "We only select women to inherit…." Xu Chen nodded—he had heard this exact words in his past life.

So he cut her off directly: "Women may not meet your standards—I believe I can attempt it myself."

Everyone sneered—hadn't Xun Yan said the same thing just moments ago?

And within a few breaths, he was trapped inside the Xuanshui Qi Veil. Then Di Lintian stepped forward to try—and was instantly slapped away by the Qingyun Nudi, grievously wounded on the spot.

Di Lintian is still meditating now, having done so for two full days.

Even Ye Xuan, who challenged the Xuanshui Nudi's trial, ultimately failed.

He is now meditating, preparing to challenge the Qingyun Nudi's trial.

Ye Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly—he might not pass the Xuanshui Nudi's trial, but he had absolute confidence in passing the Qingyun Nudi's.

This feeling was extremely strong—something he had never felt before.

So after two days of meditation, he stood forward and said: "I, Ye Xuan, am unworthy, but I wish to challenge the Qingyun Nudi's trial."

Xu Chen, interrupted, narrowed his eyes slightly.

Is Ye Xuan about to trigger the plot?

That's perfect—finally, a scene that follows the original text. I'll let him have it. Thinking this, Xu Chen said: "Since you want to go, then go ahead."

Ye Xuan thought Xu Chen was afraid, and sneered: "Xu Chen, I've received the Sword Emperor's legacy—I've already surpassed you."

Xu Chen shrugged: "First pass the Qingyun Nudi's trial, then talk." Ye Xuan looked down on him: "I have a hundred percent chance of passing." Xu Chen made no denial—he was letting him pass.

Otherwise, with all your big talk, I'd break you right here and now.

He secretly waited for Ye Xuan to pass, then he'd go challenge the Xuanshui Nudi's trial.