Chapter 180 (Chapter 179) - Director Yan is reading.
Yan Shi discovered that the powerful families in the Underworld, being well-informed, all knew that she could use the Necromancer's Halberd. Almost everyone she met made some completely unfounded guesses about why she could use the Necromancer's Halberd, and in the end, they all pointed to necromancy.
Although Yan Shi doesn't actually practice necromancy, they definitely have a prejudice against it.
The world of the underworld is diverse in species; among the students in Zhanzhou are skeletons, and necromancy has somehow turned these humans into humans.
Christie is so powerful that he is one of the top figures among humans, yet he still avoids discussing his practice of necromancy in pursuit of endless life.
That's strange.
Because of her distraction, Chun Yuqing, perhaps misunderstanding something again, continued, "It must be painful to constantly walk on the edge of death."
Yan Shi: ?
She blinked: "Death is the final destination of all living beings."
Chun Yuqing laughed, her laughter causing her chest to vibrate. Then she began to cough violently, shaking her head between coughs: "Not always."
After a while, Chun Yuqing finally recovered and looked up again.
Yanlan sat on the windowsill, the moonlight streaming through the window and casting a cool, clear glow on her.
Based on the numerous intelligence and information gathered by Chun Yuqing in advance, Yan Lan's emotions were generally unpredictable, and he acted recklessly due to his immense strength.
She would arbitrarily "borrow" Director Yan's card to break him out of prison, and she would also trade contraband with smuggling gangs and then suddenly turn against them.
She would fight fiercely with her colleagues in Zhanzhou, directly shattering the floating island of Zhanzhou, but she would also help Ji Pucun confront the deceased when Christie was not around.
Often, Yanlan seems to act solely on her whims and whims.
However, upon seeing the real person, Chun Yuqing discovered that Yanlan was different from the rumors and also different from the deceased she knew.
When Yanlan spoke of death, which all living beings fear, only calm remained in her eyes and brows.
A gentle, non-aggressive calm. Like a detached sense of observing the world from the sidelines.
Unlike her older sister, Yanju, Yanju was sharp and ambitious.
This pair of twins is truly unpredictable.
But the die was cast, the Holy Covenant Court was about to convene, and she had no choice.
Chun Yuqing sighed and stood up from her wheelchair.
Stand up?
Yan Shi: ...?!
No, so Sword Maiden can walk on her own?
So what was she doing sitting in a wheelchair the whole way? Was she trying to gain sympathy?
Chun Yuqing, standing behind Chun Yuqing, seemed to want to dissuade her, but after Chun Yuqing raised her hand, she composed herself, lowered her eyes, and quietly withdrew from the corridor.
Only Yan Shi and Chun Yuqing remained in the corridor.
Chun Yuqing placed her hand on the armrest of the wheelchair, and sword intent flowed from her palm. The wooden wheelchair seemed to come alive again, shrinking and deforming, and finally transforming into a simple wooden sword, which Chun Yuqing held in her hand.
It was too early to draw conclusions.
This is no elderly person with limited mobility; he's clearly a powerful figure who can draw his sword and kill at any moment.
Thinking of the brief overview of Lingdu Shangchun Yuqing's life, Yanshi's lips twitched.
“Yanlan, I admit this is a bit of a bad idea,” Chun Yuqing said, “but you have to be my hostage for two days.”
“You can also see how much weight you hold in Director Yan’s heart. Can you,” Chun Yuqing paused, “be weighed on the same scale as all living beings in the world, and her anchor point?”
Without giving Yan Shi a chance to answer or react, she raised her hand and unleashed a sword strike!
A chilling sword aura rose in the air, as if an invisible blade were slicing through reality.
Yan Shi used his legs, which were dangling loosely in the air, to push off the stone slab below the window frame, using the force to get up from the windowsill and dodge the sword's edge.
The sword struck the windowsill, leaving a deep gash that pierced through the stone slab.
The moonlight reflected on the broken window frame, casting a chilling glow.
It should be noted that the original site of the Floating Auction House was the Floating Church, and the building materials were all carefully selected. They were able to float in the air for many years and withstand the violent spirits in the air, so they were not ordinary in their hardness.
Yet this material, like tofu, can be cut into a silky smooth slice.
If it were to strike a person, it could really cause serious harm.
Yan Shi's gaze darkened.
Moreover, when Chun Yuqing wanted to capture Yan Shi, she herself became a hostage to threaten herself.
There are too many flaws to mention, I don't know where to begin.
In an instant, Yan Shi also pulled the Undead Halberd from the spatial gap and held it in his hand.
She dropped her relaxed expression and became serious: "In that case, let me test the sword of the Sword Maiden."
If Chun Yuqing really catches her, being a hostage will not only be humiliating, but she will also have to miss the Holy Covenant Court.
After all, although everyone thinks that Yanju and Yanlan are twins, in reality, she only has one!
Based on the spiritual explanation and the reactions from all sides, this absence from work is definitely a troublesome matter.
She doesn't want to.
The Undead Halberd came into her hand, its familiar icy chill piercing her soul, gleaming with a dull luster. But soon, strands of moonlight, interwoven like gauze, quietly wrapped around her fingertips, shutting out the chill.
Perhaps it was because the moon was exceptionally bright tonight, but the vengeful shouts that used to accompany me whenever I acquired the Necromancer's Halberd seemed to be veiled away, the whispers distant and indistinct, too faint to be clearly heard.
Water gathered around her, and the carpet in the corridor was gradually covered by the flow of water. The thin, mirror-like layer of water submerged the carpet and reflected the moonlight.
Like the deep sea with its hidden waves, it is always ready to swallow everything.
Chun Yuqing did not summon any spirits, or rather, she did not need their protection at all. She simply stood there with her sword in hand, yet the sword intent emanating from her was so tangible that it forced the surrounding spirits to scatter and flee.
The sharp sword intent met the tide head-on, and the increasingly heavy moisture gathering in the corridor began to try to entangle Chun Yuqing's limbs, hindering her movements.
Without further hesitation, Chun Yuqing raised her longsword slightly, and in the next instant, she slashed down again.
Chun Yuqing's sword has no fancy sword moves or complicated sword techniques; it is just simple horizontal and vertical slashes, returning to the purest form of swordsmanship.
The greatest truths are the simplest; a single sword can overcome all laws.
The moment the sword was drawn, the entire auction house seemed to be split in two, with Chun Yuqing at the center.
The air seemed to freeze, and even the spirit was severed by this sword intent, leaving an invisible sword mark that stretched across the heavens and earth.
Novels are indeed based on reality.
Sword cultivators all possess superhuman combat power.
Yan Shi's eyelids twitched, and almost instinctively, he quickly gripped the Undead Halberd and aimed it at the incoming sword intent.
Centered on the Undead Halberd, layers of lunar condensation water gathered, interspersed with wisps of undead aura, transforming into a transparent shield, carrying a shadow that did not belong to the mortal world.
The sword intent collided with the shield, and the shockwave spread out!
The entire corridor was instantly shattered by the convergence of these two forces, producing a deafening roar. Stone chips flew everywhere, hanging crystal chandeliers suddenly shattered, magnificent decorations were smashed, and intricately carved pillars collapsed, sending countless fragments into the water.
The commotion on the third-floor corridor was so great that all the creatures in the vicinity rushed over in an instant, and countless eyes fell on the two people in the center of the battle.
This was the first time Yan Shi hadn't gained a clear advantage in a fight since starting work.
She was truly terrified.
This was also the first time Yan Shi had made a profound discovery about the difference between the moon tide and the blazing sun.
With the crown of the blazing sun in hand, the power of the fire spirit is violent, capable of destroying everything in an instant. The moon tide, however, is more gentle, inclined towards creation and protection.
Yan Shi had never truly studied necromancy, and she felt that relying solely on Moon Tide and the Necromancer's Halberd was not enough to be offensive.
At least against a sword cultivator, especially the top swordsman in the underworld, his offensive capabilities are simply too lacking.
Pulling out the "Blazing Sun Crown" now is practically an open betrayal, isn't it...?
Not attending the meeting is too troublesome, but being exposed would be even more disastrous; it's like choosing between two problems.
Oh, and there's also the power of words.
During a fight, she might just curse Chun Yuqing to fall down.
With many people watching, the non-existent idol image overwhelmed her.
At least stop.
As soon as Yan Shi finished speaking, the space fell silent.
The sounds of building debris falling from the sky, mixed with the wind and the faint sound of water, were all silenced.
The entire auction house trembled slightly, causing the floating territory to shake as well. It was as if an invisible gaze was sweeping over from the depths of the auction house, a single glance that was icy and chilling.
Chun Yuqing's sword intent was instantly stripped away by this immense power. The extremely sharp sword aura was frozen in mid-air, the sword light stopped, and an irresistible force rose from the auction house, crashing down and pressing on the sword.
The sword intent was simply and effortlessly dissipated.
Chun Yuqing's pupils contracted, her hand loosened, and the sword fell into the water, the cracks in the wood faintly visible. At the same time, she was shaken and lost her balance, her feet sinking as she staggered to her knees, splashing a small spray of water.
The sound slowly returned.
The wind howled.
Yanlan borrowed Yanju's spell, and Yanju responded.
Or rather, Director Yan has been watching all along.
All the creatures nearby held their breath.
As the only living being still standing in the corridor, Yan Shi slowly scanned her surroundings, looking at the suddenly silent auction house and the sword maiden kneeling not far from her, and almost fell silent herself.
Was her use of words of power really this powerful before?!
Because he was relatively close and arrived early, Archduke Lorenz, who witnessed the entire event, instinctively raised his hand to protect Libertas behind him almost the instant the situation escalated.
She looked up at the lingering oppressive aura and murmured to herself, "Well done, Director Yan."
"You're really protecting your own. How could you do this to Chun Yuqing?"
"Indeed, the rumors are true. Could he be an incarnation of the true law?" Grand Duke Lorenz's expression was complicated.
In the third-floor corridor, due to the commotion of the fight, not only were the windows gone, but the walls were also missing. The biting cold wind from high above at midnight poured into the corridor. Yan Shi was contemplating life.
After Chun Yuqing's sword intent dissipated, he seemed to have aged again, even more so, and he even started vomiting blood during his violent coughing fit.
A trickle of blood flowed from her fingertips and seeped into the water.
Morally speaking, Yan Shi felt he should respect the elderly and care for the young, especially since the old man in front of him seemed to be seriously injured.
However, given the strength of the sword maiden that Chun Yuqing had just demonstrated, Yan Shi felt that she herself needed to be taken care of.
After a moment of silence, Chun Yuqing slowly exhaled: "Good, good, good."
She discovered her, or not just her, but all the large families.
They all underestimated Yanlan's importance to Director Yan.
At the same time, they underestimated Director Yan's strength.
It's possible that the intense sunlight was so striking that it easily drew attention to Yanju's profound mastery of the fire spirit, causing people to forget that Yanju's ability was to make his words come true.
Ability is the core of everything.
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