Free Web NovelChapter 336: Chapter 125: Commanding a Hundred Swords, Regime Changing at Dawn, Incense Travels North
So, you didn’t rush to grab the first incense offering tomorrow, or for the festival, but ended up becoming sworn brothers with the Patriarch of the Li family!?
The Yang family will fall at your hands!"
Yang Sui didn’t answer. She casually pulled out three dice from her waist and said, "Big, big, big!"
After chanting, she threw them out.
The dice settled, three sixes.
The scolding elder of the Yang family was stunned, then angrily uttered "a woman’s opinion" and flung his sleeves as he left.
Yang Sui yawned lightly, then lay back on the couch, muttering, "Grandpa always said, we’re players in the game, we can’t see the full picture.
If no one can see the truth clearly, then... why not bet big, what’s the harm?
Going with the flow is for the mediocre, and only the mediocre would rush for tomorrow’s first incense."
With that, she called out to the maid outside, "Don’t wake me before noon."
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Li Xuan quietly watched the young girl of the Yang family, finding her interesting.
Seeing her asleep, he withdrew his gaze and turned to ponder over the flying swords.
Several days later...
Feeling great, he moved his fingertips slightly, and two flying swords twirled and danced, resembling twin dragons entwining, extremely nimble.
Suddenly, the dual swords seemed to be strengthened by a mighty force, transforming into two bolts of lightning striking in two different directions.
One sliced a leaf falling from mid-air, the other cut off the wings of a fly not far away.
With another motion, the twin swords again shot off in two directions.
One severed the stream, the other sliced the tip of a mountain peak.
Li Xuan couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
"Double Shadow" skill’s explosive power in an instant — he had mastered it.
"This move shall be called Double Shadow."
Then, riding the feeling of the moment, Li Xuan continued to refine his Sword Control.
The stronger his power, the more confident he would be in the upcoming battle.
At this moment, he truly felt a tension reminiscent of a "decisive battle atop the Forbidden City", because... this battle was inevitable, and the outcome uncertain.
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A month later.
Li Xuan had a revelation.
"The key to the burst of power lies in the flow of qi and blood within the body."
"The life-force manifestation allows me to manipulate my flesh at will, so... I will alter my body to create a structure capable of exploding multiple streams of qi and blood simultaneously."
Normal people follow the natural flow of qi and blood, but Li Xuan planned to create a dam of suppressed qi and blood, then suddenly unleash it, with a focal point as constricted as a "high-pressure water pipe."
As he was thinking, he glanced at Xinci Temple.
Xinci Temple was bustling with worship, and that girl named Yang Sui...
"Hmm, how did she end up with my second brother?"
Li Xuan gazed bewildered at Guangye Mountain.
The young man and woman walked together, surrounded by blooming mountain flowers and lush green grass, laughing and talking.
’Are they siblings?’
As someone who had been through life, Li Xuan saw through it at once...
He sent forth a gust of wind using the temple’s incense.
The wind blew down the mountain flowers, petals scattered in the wind.
Yang Sui looked at the sky, raised her hand to catch the falling flowers, and said, "How beautiful."
Li Zhili was also amazed by the beauty of the scenery, suddenly noticing an exceptionally beautiful flower flying towards him, he couldn’t help but reach out to grab it, and shouted, "Sui’Er, look, what kind of flower is this?"
Yang Sui ran over.
Li Zhili held out the flower.
Yang Sui looked at the flower, then at him, suddenly asking, "Are you giving me flowers?"
The air suddenly froze, an indescribable atmosphere began to spread.
Li Zhili looked at Yang Sui’s lovely face, his heart suddenly raced.
Yang Sui snatched the flower and said, "If you’re giving it, just give it, what are you afraid of?"
She raised her hand and placed the most beautiful flower from nowhere in her hair, looking up at the sky, smiling like a proud little fox.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.
The back mountain of Guangye Mountain.
Heavy snow poured down.
A man in wide robes, hair loose, barefooted, looking every bit the reclusive sage.
He had nine swords behind him.
With the command "sword screen", the nine swords instantly blossomed, slicing through the wind and snow, stirring up waves of white snow.
"It’s done."
Li Xuan smiled.
The transformation of his body was successful.
Now his fists had nine "points of force".
If he punched a steel plate, the plate wouldn’t shatter or break but would have nine holes, as if drilled by nine powerful laser drills.
"This is the right way to truly use the manifestation of life."
Li Xuan felt that this time his cultivation direction was right on track.
In the past, it was too superficial, having power but not knowing how to use it.
Yet he still wasn’t satisfied.
"If I can make nine force points, then why not more?"
"Is the manifestation of life so limited?"
"Others can control a hundred swords, why can’t I?"
He sat cross-legged, feet against feet, head tilted, chin resting in hands, pondering.
This beautiful snow-covered world was an even more comfortable environment for him than the Spirit Mine lands of the Lingyi Sect.
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"Sui’Er! I need you to explain something."
The old man stared angrily at the charming young girl.
He pointed towards Xinci Temple and said, "It’s only a couple of days until the year’s end.
The incense on New Year’s Day at Xinci Temple is of monumental importance; do I need to say more?
And you?
Why aren’t you fighting for it?"
Yang Sui looked at the suddenly appearing head of the Yang family, saying, "Grandfather."
The old man stared at her sternly, "This isn’t the time for nonsense! What have you been doing here? Talking of love with that kid from the Li family?"
Yang Sui didn’t speak, just pointed at the table.
The old man turned his head and saw a flower.
An incredibly beautiful flower.
Yang Sui said, "In May, Li Zhili gave it to me. That day we walked in the mountains, suddenly a strong wind arose, flowers filled the sky, and this flower was the one he picked from the wind and gave to me."
The old man pondered.
Yang Sui remained silent.
Many things can be understood without being spoken.
The air grew silent.
The old man walked to the table, looked at the flower, and after a long while said, "Strange, very strange."
Yang Sui laughed, "Isn’t it strange?"
The old man said, "What if you’re wrong?"
Yang Sui said, "Even if I’m wrong, nothing will happen. Just like the Li family, obviously in danger, seemingly on the brink of collapse at any moment, yet... they’re fine and seem to be getting better."
She rose, waving her hand, "This is a big gamble. The Zhao family’s era is over, and we’re... trying to win favor with a new master. Grandfather, tell me, which master would reveal their preferences on their face?"
The old man said, "Both must be pursued.
The first incense offering can’t be missed either.
You do your part, and I’ll follow my way.
We’ll tackle it from both angles.
The first incense, I’ve exhausted every means and secured it. At midnight on New Year’s Eve, I’ll lead the clan to offer incense. You must come along as well."
Yang Sui respectfully said, "Yes."
Then she asked, "How is the capital?"
The old man said, "Zhao She pays no heed, and some demon queen named Nanji has suddenly appeared, snatching handsome men, thinking no one knows. The dynasty will soon change."
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The following spring.
Li Xuan awoke from a deep sleep.
In the courtyard, the ice melted and flowers bloomed, streams flowed, and butterflies fluttered.
Suddenly feeling something, his thoughts moved, and he found himself seeing north of Wutong Pass.
His vision crossed the Rouge Plains, landing on the unfamiliar cities of Great Yong.
Those cities were as if right before his eyes, the inhabitants clear, travelers, and merchants, sect powers; even flies and insects were vividly clear.
The incense of Xinci Temple...
Had finally gone north!
