Chapter 585

"Chengzhi, I'll go help you and lure that person over."

Chixue made up her mind, shook her long spear, and was about to charge into battle.

"Wait…"

Seeing Lian Chengzhi understood her meaning, yet held her back,

"Xue'er, you go replace Xuanwu Jun."

"The person in the forest, I fear only Xuanwu Jun is strong enough to match."

Chixue saw that Seeing Lian Chengzhi was worried for her, and boundless joy welled up in her heart.

She nodded happily, took up her long spear, and leaped down the cliff.

399 — Third Opening?

Two threads of the story, now to the woods.

After Guihai Yidao's strike, she discovered that the blade Qi that had suddenly appeared on her saber was terrifyingly fearsome.

She stood dazed for a long while, then her heart stirred, and she turned around.

Sure enough, she found that old man smiling and nodding at her.

"That golden saber Qi just now — was it you, Senior, who struck?"

Guihai Yidao was no fool; within this Bai Longxi, apart from Seeing Ao Jue, almost everyone was an enemy.

Only this eccentric old man — friend or foe was hard to tell.

Combined with what he had just said, it was most likely him.

"Correct! It's a pity your cultivation is only ordinary; this old man, borrowing your hand, could only manage so much."

The old man smiled and nodded.

Cultivation only ordinary…

Guihai Yidao could not help a flush of embarrassment.

She wasn't even at the World-Shaking level; in the eyes of a powerhouse like this old man, "ordinary" was generous — she was practically trash.

Clearly this old man was kind-hearted, unwilling to embarrass others.

After a moment of idle wandering thoughts, Guihai Yidao again thought of Seeing Ao Jue trapped in dire straits outside.

And recalling what the old man had just said, she immediately stepped forward, cupped her fists, and bowed,

"Senior, I offended you greatly just now; I hope you'll be magnanimous."

"No matter, no matter. Though you lass aren't from the Central Plains, your heart is better than many Central Plains folk!"

The old man laughed again and waved his hand.

At this moment, more You Dongying warriors charged in, fearless of death.

The old man paid them no heed; with a stomp of his foot,

dozens of pebbles flew out, each one striking a You Dongying warrior with unerring accuracy.

And each one hit these warriors squarely between the brows, without the slightest deviation.

"How fearsome…"

Though Guihai Yidao's cultivation was ordinary, her eye was sharp enough.

Seeing the old man's terrifying display, she immediately said,

"Senior, my junior brother Seeing Ao Jue is the biological son of the former master of Jianshan Shanzhuang."

"Today the Ao family has only him, their sole heir."

"I beg you, Senior, to lend a hand and save him."

The old man said with a smile,

"Do you know who I am?"

"I have not yet had the honor of learning…"

Guihai Yidao suddenly felt her own rudeness; though she worried for Seeing Ao Jue's safety, she still asked.

"My own name, I can no longer remember."

"I only recall that long ago, they called me Emperor Wenlong!"

The old man's title was, admittedly, quite shocking.

"Emperor Wenlong?"

Guihai Yidao heard it and felt the title was familiar; she thought for a moment.

Her face full of shock, she looked at Emperor Wenlong in disbelief,

"Thirty years ago, the Emperor of the Yunzhou Dynasty was called Emperor Wenlong."

"It's just that I heard he suffered from a strange ailment; after sitting on the throne for less than a year, he passed it to his younger brother, Emperor Wuchang."

"So you're this Wuchang dog… uh, Emperor's elder brother?"

Guihai Yidao had originally been about to curse Emperor Wuchang as a dog-Emperor — after all, it was he who had ordered the extermination of Jianshan Shanzhuang.

It was Emperor Wuchang!

Only upon realizing that the man before her was very likely Emperor Wenlong, and that Emperor Wuchang was precisely his younger brother,

did Guihai Yidao swallow back half of that "dog."

Emperor Wenlong naturally saw through it all; though Guihai Yidao hadn't finished the word, he knew.

But he paid it no heed at all, merely grinning broadly and saying,

"My younger brother was deceived by Wang Shouren and wiped out the Ao family Manmen — it truly was his fault."

"Today, I have come to save you and Seeing Ao Jue, to atone a little for his sins."

"Then please, Senior, act quickly."

Even though she had already confirmed that the person before her was Emperor Wenlong, Can Ji still addressed him as a senior.

Although the matter of the Ao family's Mie Sect back then had nothing to do with Emperor Wenlong.

But after so many years, in the eyes of Can Ji and the others of Worship Sword Shanzhuang, the Emperor was nothing but a dog of an Emperor!

"No rush! The reason I am not going to rescue Seeing Ao Jue is that this matter, for him, is also no small opportunity."

Emperor Wenlong stood with his hands behind his back, and casually shot out two more sword qi, once again slaughtering every last one of the You Dongying warriors who had come to attack.

During his conversation with Can Ji, the You Dongying warriors had come in at least five waves.

Each wave numbered no fewer than twenty men.

Among them were not a few half-step Heavenly Being experts.

Unfortunately, let alone half-step Heavenly Being, even experts of the Heavenly Being Realm.

Faced against Emperor Wenlong, they were not even enough for him to take seriously.

Therefore, while chatting with a smile to Can Ji, he casually slaughtered the You Dongying warriors.

In Can Ji's eyes, this both made her feel Emperor Wenlong was unfathomably deep, and gave her a creeping sense of horror.

But Seeing Ao Jue was still surrounded; even though she was uneasy, she was willing to stay and continue to Zhou Xuan.

Hearing Emperor Wenlong say that all of this, for Seeing Ao Jue, was still a fated opportunity.

She was quite puzzled, and could not help but ask,

"Senior, I don't understand what you mean."

"Bai Long Creek is a great secret of the Yunzhou imperial clan; I cannot say too much to you."

It concerned the safety of the imperial clan; even though You Dongying had long known of it, Emperor Wenlong did not intend to tell too many people,

"You only need to know that these people trapping Seeing Ao Jue are merely goading his fighting spirit, arousing his battle heart."

"With the Sword of Defeat in his hand, open the Sword Realm and that will be enough."

Can Ji heard this and was utterly shocked.

Since that one time in the Great Tang, the Sword Realm had been opened twice to date.

The first time was by one of the Qinglong Society's Four Season Protectors, "Winter Snow" Lu Xueqi, with supreme sword art,

cooperating with the legendary Ximen Wudi's Dao-rhyme Jade Pendant, and the Qin King Zhuangxiang's son Prince Zichu, using He Shi Bi to arouse the Great Qin's dragon qi.

The attacking power of both sides could almost be said to be world-destroying.

Seeing Ao Jue had once said that, unable to withstand the power of either side, he himself absolutely could not take it.

The second time the Sword Realm opened, that was even more exaggerated!

It was at the Western Xia border pass, Qinglong Society altar master Qiao Feng, fearless of death, single-handedly charging against a hundred thousand Kesha troops.

Far away in the Sword Realm, Ximen Wudi sensed Qiao Feng was in danger, and did not hesitate to break open the Sword Realm, casually tossing down a sword strike.