Chapter 9: The Spirit of War and the Purple Phoenix
The shouts of the girl named Xia Yingjing attracted the attention of many people present. Even the disciples of the Sword Mansion had already announced that the assessment had begun, and only a few of them had entered the woods.
"She's the little princess of Great Xia!" someone exclaimed softly.
"I heard that when she was born, the purple fire in the palace where she was was located turned to ashes in an instant, and only one baby was left crying in the fire, even her mother...... Because she lost her mother since birth, she is the most favored person by Emperor Xia among all the princes and princesses of Great Xia!"
"These are just appearances, it is rumored that she has the blood of the divine beast Suzaku in her body, it is really against the sky!"
"This kind of physique, even the current prince once said that he was ashamed. ”
"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is too modest, and on the way to Fu Dao, I believe that in the entire Great Xia, no one can surpass his brilliance!"
"Also, there is a nameless rune in the body, and Great Xia is a holy land of runes, and the title of the first person of the younger generation of Great Xia is none other than His Royal Highness the Prince!"
Just when everyone was sighing, Shen Chuan in the crowd was extremely uneasy.
Her surname is Xia, her name is Xia Huanjing, is there any connection with my previous identity? Shen Chuan felt as if there was an invisible net, which appeared and disappeared from time to time, overwhelming him.
Chi Hai's proposal was still in his mind, and he forced himself to resist the urge to ask. Vaguely, he felt that his background was related to the Great Xia Empire, and even their clan. But the more this happened, the more dangerous it became.
If his guess was correct, why was he hunted down and killed but no one asked? Even Chi Hai said that he didn't know his father's life and death, what secret was hidden in it? He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he was exposed, the situation might not be as bad as he thought, but he didn't dare to take this risk.
The woods were right in front of him, and even if it was a sunny day, it was as dense as Shen Chuan's mood.
Shen Chuan avoided the crowd and prepared to enter the woods alone. Originally, he was going to Mu Yuyin now, and then go in with her for the assessment. She is the senior sister of the rookie disciple, and according to the regulations, she will also participate in this assessment, which is actually a formality.
Mu Yuyin naturally found that Shen Chuan had entered the woods, and her eyebrows were frowning under her white forehead, but with a light cry, she had no time to pay attention to Shen Chuan.
"Sister Pastor, my name is Xia Huanjing, I know that you are the senior sister of this disciple, I will come! I want to learn sword from you! Sister Pastor, can you teach me?"
This is a girl who looks like a pink carving, when she talks to Mu Yuyin, she pulls her arm as if she is coquettish, she seems to be playful, but in fact, she has lived in the palace since she was a child, and she has a kind of aristocratic temperament in her gestures. Judging from her appearance, she still has a little baby fat under her cheeks, but there is no blemish in her smart crescent-like eyes and pink skin in white, indicating that this is definitely a beauty. In terms of age, it is estimated that she is the youngest in the field, no more than twelve years old.
If Mu Yuyin is the kind of mysterious beauty in the clear, then Xia Huanjing is a cute and cute type.
No one knows why Mu Yuyin is wearing a veil, and no one seems to have seen her face. This is also the existence that many people in the entire Sword House are curious about, is it too ugly to see people or too beautiful to wear a veil? This mystery is estimated to be known only to Mu Yuyin himself and his master Chihai Lingjun.
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The first floor of the Sword House.
Today's Shen Chuan only has a preliminary understanding of the Sword Mansion, which has a total of nine floors. As for whether there is a tenth floor, there is no way to know, because it has been a long time since anyone has been able to reach the ninth floor to go to the next level. And the first to ninth floors of the Sword House correspond to the first to nine chapters of the Sword Sutra, and the disciples of the Sword Lu said that they practiced to the first few chapters of the Sword Sutra, and accordingly they also climbed up to the first few layers of the Sword Scripture.
Therefore, in this way, the Sword Sutra is the foundation of the Jianlu, and the first mystery of the Jianlu.
"This is a world where the strong are respected, the outside world is very big, and Jianlu is just the first step in my life. The peak of Jianlu, can I go up and have a look?"
Walking alone in the woods, Shen Chuan muttered to himself. He longs in his heart, only strength can have the right to speak, and all secrets will no longer exist. He wants to find out his own background, find out the intentions of the Refining God Sect, and let the person who planned this matter bear the cause and effect that he deserves, as well as the whereabouts of his parents...... The word "parents" felt familiar and unfamiliar to him.
"It's not good, I avoided the people of the Xia clan just now, and I didn't go with Sister Mu, how can I pass this assessment now?"
As soon as he walked into this forest, Shen Chuan felt as if he had entered a new space......
The air here is very different from the outside, the air outside the woods is very fresh, very soft, giving people a comforting and comfortable feeling, but since entering this forest, Shen Chuan feels as if someone is staring at him, the air is also fresh, but there is an atmosphere of solemnity......
"Why, exactly? This murderous aura is very familiar, it was felt by Sister Mu when she was fighting, and it was especially strong in the strange person who appeared on the side of the Sword Pavilion Mountain that night, they all practiced the Sword Sutra, could it be that the Sword Sutra affected the entire Sword Lu Mountain Peak?"
Shen Chuan was horrified in his heart, it was just a scripture, the first floor of the Sword House covered an area of several miles, and it could actually affect every corner.
But soon he was delighted: "Where is the sword scripture?
Shen Chuan sat down under a tree with silver leaves, leaning against the smooth trunk, and regretted that he hadn't listened to the Jianlu disciple's explanation just now, when he deserted and didn't know where he had gone.
At this moment, the sound of rustling came from behind Shen Chuan.
A swordhorn!
Shen Chuan hurriedly stood up, this was the first time he had seen a swordhorn beast, not long ago the disciple of the Sword Pavilion outside mentioned the sword horn beast, but he thought that he had learned about the sword house together when he learned about it in the Sword Pavilion Classics Building, so he didn't listen carefully.
So what he didn't know was that although he knew that the swordhorn beast was a strange beast unique to the sword house, he didn't know the strange effect of the swordhorn beast core......
Sure enough, there was a horn on the top of its head, like a sword, which is the origin of the name of the swordhorn. ”
"But why is he so fierce to me? I didn't mess with it, did I?"
He didn't know that because the sword horn beast core could help people comprehend the sword scripture on the stone wall, everyone tried in vain to kill the sword horn beast to get its crystal nucleus, resulting in the sword horn beast on the sword house and the human race had already become mortal enemies.
The leaves in the forest are thick, and the trees are vast and there is no edge in sight.
"This is just a corner of the first floor of the Sword Mansion, I can't see any stone walls after walking for a long time, and I haven't seen a single figure, who will help me......"
Before Shen Chuan finished speaking, a white light flashed, causing him to open his mouth.
"Sword, sword qi! This guy can actually release sword qi on the top of his head!"
Without saying a word, Shen Chuan ran away......
Mu Yuyin was a little uneasy along the way, she always felt that something was going to happen. In addition, Xia Yingjie looked at herself with admiration all the way, chattering non-stop. She knew very well in her heart that the Xia family was the royal family of the Xia Kingdom, and it could be said that the entire Xia Kingdom was under their control, which seemed nothing, isn't it normal for a royal family to control an empire?
If you think about the rune master, it's not easy.
Divine rune masters are all over the Eight Desolations, although the Great Xia Imperial City Divine Rune City is the holy land of the divine rune masters, it does not mean that the divine rune masters are the patent of Great Xia, and the same as monks, body refiners, etc., it is just a cultivation method, or a profession. Different paths lead to the same end, and in the end, they all improve their strength, seek the avenue, and fight for their lives with the sky.
As the princess of Great Xia, Xia Huanjing has seen countless geniuses. For now, she may just be curious about herself on a whim. What's more, as a descendant of Great Xia, she will generally not major in kendo in the future, but runes.
Fu Dao?Great Xia?
Mu Yuyin was shocked, and she stopped when she was going to the depths in parallel with Xia Huan.
"What's the matter? Sister Priest, is there any problem?" Xia Yingwen, who was originally happy to say something, saw Mu Yuyin stop, looked around and said, "Is there a swordhorn beast appearing?" Although it is a bit cruel to kill the beast and take the core, but in order to learn swordsmanship from the priest sister, I have no choice but to do it, the swordhorn beast has wronged you!"
Mu Yuyin couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, but there was a trace of realization in her heart at that moment.
"Let's go, there's no swordhorn. ”
The two moved on. Not far behind them, there were at least dozens of newcomers from a distance, their purpose was to arrive at the Manifestation Pool, Mu Yuyin naturally ignored it, but was a little worried that Shen Chuan was lost.
"Forget it, it's better to let him hone and hone it. It's just that I never expected that the information about him that Shizun deliberately hid was very likely to come from Great Xia. ”
"Sister Pastor, what are you talking about?"
Mu Yuyin, who was puzzled by Ji Huanwen, had no choice but to shake her head and say nothing, "Let's go, it's not far away." ”
"So fast! I thought it would take a long time...... Sister Pastor, why are you wearing a veil? You don't know that the people outside want to know what you look like, and you want to know it too. ”
Mu Yuyin just shook his head.
......
"Help!
Shen Chuan ran with his head bored, and he could clearly hear the sword-horned beast behind him still chasing him. The sword aura of the sword horned beast was so terrifying that Shen Chuan didn't dare to respond to the enemy at all, and when he saw that sword qi, he thought of the strange man who appeared on the side of the Sword Pavilion Mountain, causing him not to dare to touch all the sword light.
"Brother beast, let me tell you, don't force me, I'm not afraid of you!"
Forced to be anxious, Shen Chuan was able to speak, but the swordhorn beast only paused, and then there was another sword light.
The sword light slashed down, leaving a sword mark on a tree.
"Huh, it doesn't seem to be as powerful as that guy's sword light...... But it's not something that I'm a mortal can take!"
......
It's a pool of white mist.
In the center of the pool, there was a milky white boulder that was more than a man high, and the white mist in the pool emanated from the stone.
There were at least a hundred people around the pool, and everyone stared at the boulder in horror.
"This is the first time I've seen such a big immortal stone...... It's too extravagant!"
"Is this the Manifestation Pool?
"But any spar above the immortal stone can detect whether a human has a special physique, but Jian Lu took out such a large number of immortal stones to make a manifestation pool, how much more extravagant!
Everyone was commenting on the Manifestation Pool, and soon Mu Yuyin and others also arrived, and more people came one after another.
Mu Yuyin glanced around, and knew in his heart: that guy didn't find here!
Next, the newcomers who participated in the assessment went into the water one after another and entered the manifestation pool, and suddenly the manifestation pool became lively.
"That's ...... A purple phoenix!" someone exclaimed, even more shocked than seeing the Manifestation Pool.
"There's also a war spirit!" someone called out again, so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.