Chapter 75: A Night Visit to the Wushen Jue Palace

The group learned that in three days, Jue Wushen would hold a martial arts assembly at the Wushen Jue Palace, forcing all martial arts sects to submit to the Wushen Jue Palace.

After discussing for a while, the group believed that by then, the manpower of the Wushen Jue Palace would be dispersed and the guards would certainly not be as strict, so they decided to take action in three days.

The group divided the work: Qin Shuang and Bu Jingyun were responsible for rescuing the captured martial artists, while Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng were responsible for rescuing Wuming.

The four of them acted separately and agreed to gather at the Mountain Gate after rescuing the people.

Duan Fengyun actually had selfish motives; he knew that after Wuming's internal energy was crippled in the Wushen Jue Palace, he would master the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.

By taking on the task of rescuing Wuming, he hoped to take Bu Jingyun's place and learn this supreme technique.

And the facts were just as Duan Fengyun had expected; after Jue Wushen returned to the Wushen Jue Palace, he confirmed repeatedly that the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin was indeed fake.

Furious, he threw the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin onto the ground and then strode away.

Juexin, who happened to be passing by, picked up the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, thinking it was dropped by Jue Wushen, and went to find Jue Wushen to claim credit in high spirits.

As a result, he was scolded severely by the exasperated Jue Wushen.

Confused, Juexin walked out of Jue Wushen's room in a daze, then flipped through the Sword Art of the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.

When he saw the opening statement about crippling one's own martial arts, followed by blank pages and introductory sword moves, his first reaction was also that this Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin was fake.

However, unwilling to give up, he took the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin Secret Manual and rushed to the prison.

The prison held a group of martial artists, and Jue Wushen added bone-softening powder to their daily meals, causing them to be unable to circulate their True Qi.

Wuming was held alone in a small cell, and Juexin walked in front of Wuming with the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin Secret Manual.

He asked Wuming to confirm if this was the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, but Wuming didn't even look and replied that it was not.

This enraged Juexin, who had just been scolded soundly, and he struck Wuming with his palm.

He channeled his True Qi into Wuming to accelerate the toxicity of the Blood Severing poison, and soon Juexin felt that Wuming had no True Qi left.

A generation's Martial Arts Myth was thus reduced to a cripple, and Juexin left the prison laughing.

The "fake" Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin secret manual was also thrown by him into Wuming's cell.

Having lost his True Qi and affected by the bone-softening powder, Wuming lay weakly on the ground.

Wuming's eyes happened to see the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin secret manual, which was lying open at that moment.

"Ten thousand energies arise of their own, swords rush into the crippled acupoints, returning to the origin of martial arts, the sect is long and the technique is vast."

Wuming muttered.

He used his remaining strength to crawl up from the ground, then sat cross-legged and began to read the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin secret manual.

Now that his True Qi was gone, the sword moves he saw in the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin secret manual gave him a feeling of returning to simplicity.

He closed his eyes and contemplated the principles within.

Half an hour later, he opened his eyes, formed a sword finger with one hand, and directly unleashed a sword move.

As the sword move was unleashed, a sharp and peerless sword energy emerged from his body; his figure transformed into a wisp of blue smoke, and the energy dispersed and permeated the air.

Countless sharp swords flew and swirled like a storm, dancing across the sky; the sword momentum was like a net, sharp and peerless, a spectacular sight.

Wuming looked at his two fingers in surprise, not expecting that he would turn a misfortune into a blessing.

He had not expected that the Blood Severing would dissolve his lifelong cultivation, but it allowed him to re-cultivate the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin like a blank slate.

If he mastered the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, his strength would reach a higher level.

However, because he had ingested the bone-softening powder, he currently had no strength in his body.

He knew that at the martial arts assembly in three days, Jue Wushen would certainly use him, the Martial Arts Myth, to establish his authority.

To give Jue Wushen a surprise, he decided not to eat the prison food, so as not to let the poison of the bone-softening powder affect his strength.

He was now also hoping that Duan Fengyun and the others would stand up to save the martial arts world.

He believed that these four juniors of the martial arts world would not sit idly by.

After discussing with Bu Jingyun and the others, Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng decided that the two of them, who had the best movement techniques, would sneak into the Wushen Jue Palace to scout for information.

Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng changed into Night-Walking Garments and, under the watchful eyes of Youruo and the others, quickly disappeared into the night.

The two, whose footwork ranked among the best in the martial arts world, had speeds that were on par, and they soon arrived outside the Wushen Jue Palace.

The two entered the Wushen Jue Palace quietly through a secret passage from the former World Society; this secret passage had likely not been discovered by Jue Wushen yet.

The two quietly emerged from the secret passage, and upon hearing someone approaching, they hurriedly hid.

It turned out to be two patrolling Ghost Rakshasas; Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng exchanged a glance and understood each other's intent.

The two teleported in front of the Ghost Rakshasas simultaneously, and before the Ghost Rakshasas could make a sound, they were dealt with by the two.

Although the Ghost Rakshasas were the strongest warriors under Jue Wushen, they were still no match for top-tier experts like Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng.

The two changed into the clothes of the two Ghost Rakshasas, put on the Ghost Rakshasa masks, and began to pose as Ghost Rakshasas to continue searching for Wuming and the others.

The two pretended to be on patrol and walked all the way to the prison.

In the prison, Duan Fengyun saw many familiar faces; prestigious figures from the Shaolin and various martial arts sects were all imprisoned here.

However, Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng did not find their target, Wuming, so the two continued to search further inside.

Finally, the two found Wuming at the end of the prison; Duan Fengyun asked Nie Feng to keep watch while he walked up to Wuming.

Duan Fengyun carefully woke Wuming, who had his eyes closed, and then removed his own mask.

Wuming saw Duan Fengyun before him and smiled; indeed, these four had not disappointed him.

Duan Fengyun said: "Senior, we have come to save you."

Wuming shook his head and said: "I and the martial artists outside have all been poisoned by the Wushen Jue Palace's bone-softening powder, and we are weak; if we don't get the antidote, we won't be able to escape very far."

Duan Fengyun thought for a moment and replied: "In that case, I will go find the antidote and cure you all."

Duan Fengyun put his mask back on and walked out of the prison with Nie Feng; the two quietly arrived at a side courtyard.

Not knowing which room was Jue Wushen's, the two prepared to search one by one, but Duan Fengyun saw a beautiful figure.

Duan Fengyun thought to himself, looking at that graceful and mature appearance, it must be Nie Feng's mother, Yan Ying.

The woman opened the door and walked in; Duan Fengyun pointed it out to Nie Feng, signaling for the two to go to the woman's room to scout for information.

The two arrived outside the room door, and after confirming there was only one person inside, they quickly opened the door and walked in.

The two uninvited guests scared Yan Ying half to death, and she said angrily:

"What are you doing? Don't you know who I am?"

When Nie Feng saw Yan Ying's face, his body trembled; he removed his mask, looking at Yan Ying with disbelief in his eyes.

Yan Ying looked at Nie Feng; although they hadn't met for over ten years, Yan Ying recognized the Nie Feng before her at a glance.

Duan Fengyun had no mind to care about the melodramatic family situation before him; he searched Yan Ying's room alone for the antidote to the Bone-Softening Powder.

Nie Feng and Yan Ying, mother and son, stared at each other, and finally, Nie Feng spoke up to ask Yan Ying why she had abandoned him and his father all those years ago.

Yan Ying also explained her helplessness, and after learning the purpose of their visit, Yan Ying took the antidote for the Bone-Softening Powder out of a hidden box.

With the antidote in hand, Nie Feng did not want to converse further with Yan Ying, so he opened the door and left.

Seeing Wuming's listless state, Duan Fengyun knew Wuming likely hadn't eaten for days, so before leaving, he didn't forget to grab a pile of pastries from Yan Ying's room.

The two returned to the prison, with Nie Feng still keeping watch, while Duan Fengyun was responsible for detoxifying Wuming and giving him food.

Having had the toxicity of the Bone-Softening Powder removed and having eaten, Wuming was clearly in much better spirits.

Duan Fengyun spoke up: ""

"Senior, now that you have been detoxified, you can leave with us, right?"

Wuming shook his head and said:

"Now that I and the martial artists outside have been detoxified, Jue Wushen does not know. We can wait three days, then coordinate from the inside and outside to catch Jue Wushen off guard."

Duan Fengyun felt Wuming's words made sense; since Wuming did not yet have the intention to take on a disciple and teach the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, he found it difficult to bring it up, so he had to wait for another opportunity.

After confirming the next step of the plan with Wuming, he went to the prison cells of the martial artists, and after revealing his identity, he removed the Bone-Softening Powder toxicity from them one by one.

Duan Fengyun also told everyone about his and Wuming's plan, and they all agreed to coordinate with Duan Fengyun and the others in three days to catch Jue Wushen off guard.

The purpose of this trip had been achieved, and after the two said their goodbyes to everyone, they left.

Now that the matter was finished, the two no longer needed to disguise themselves and took off the Ghost Rakshasa clothes, preparing to leave through the secret passage again; when they reached the courtyard outside the secret passage, they ran into Juexin.

Usually, no one passed through here, but it just so happened that Juexin was feeling depressed tonight and had come out to clear his mind, and he happened to see the Ghost Rakshasa that the two had finished off and stripped.

Knowing that someone had snuck in, Juexin waited here for them to walk into his trap.

Seeing the two rushing over in a hurry, Juexin recognized at a glance that they were the Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng he had been searching for for many days, and he shouted:

"Duan Fengyun, Nie Feng, you have made me search for you quite hard. There is a path to heaven you do not take, and no door to hell you force your way in."

Seeing someone blocking their path, Duan Fengyun spoke up:

"Who are you? Are you also a lackey of this Wushen Palace?"

Juexin replied: "I am Jue Wushen's eldest son, Juexin; you two had better surrender to this young master immediately."

"If you want us to surrender, let's see if you have the ability."

Nie Feng sneered.

Juexin formed his hands into palms and rushed forward to fight the two.

Seeing this, Nie Feng stepped forward to engage Juexin in battle.

The two fought intensely, but vaguely, Nie Feng had already fallen into a disadvantage.

Duan Fengyun heard someone coming and knew that if things continued like this, the two would definitely not be able to leave.

Thus, he drew the Jue Sword and struck directly at Juexin with a move of Sword Twenty-Two.

Juexin dodged the strike sideways, and while Juexin was dodging this strike sideways.

Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng had already teleported to the entrance of the secret passage; after Duan Fengyun made a goodbye gesture to Juexin, they disappeared before Juexin's eyes.

Juexin walked to the entrance of the secret passage but could not find the mechanism.

At this moment, a group of Ghost Rakshasa and Wen Chou Chou, who had heard the sounds of fighting, arrived here.

Juexin grabbed Wen Chouchou and asked:

"Speak quickly, where is the mechanism for this secret passage?"

Wen Chouchou replied fearfully:

"Eldest Young Master, this little one does not know! Only Xiongba and those close to him know about this mechanism."

The angry Juexin kicked Wen Chouchou away and ordered his subordinates to seal the secret passage entrance with mud so that no one could enter Wushen Palace through the secret passage again.

Juexin stared at the secret passage where Duan Fengyun and his companion had left, clenching his fists tightly, and said:

"Duan Fengyun, Nie Feng, next time I will definitely not let you go."