Chapter 179: Small Town Exploration (7) “I don’t really want to see…
Xuan Chi stared at the figure, a surge of anger and fear spreading through every limb. The cold and loneliness of the catacombs, which had lasted for thirty thousand years, once again overwhelmed his mind, and even the lingering, soul-wrenching pain resurfaced.
He was shaking uncontrollably. He didn't know when, but the halberd had appeared by some mysterious force and he was holding it tightly. A ghostly voice in his heart told him over and over again: Charge in.
If they charged in, they would be no match for him. If he hadn't considered rebelling against the Heavenly Emperor thirty thousand years ago, Yuan Qianzi wouldn't have been able to take his life so easily.
Kill him and his suffering will be completely ended.
Hyun Chi instinctively approached the window, then stopped abruptly just before it reached him. He could hear his own breathing quicken, and the people in the room seemed to notice as well, and then he saw Yuan Qianzi turn around.
Yuan Qianzi looked out the window, and he gestured to his subordinate who was about to speak to stop talking.
He stared intently at the night outside, and all he could see was the dim moonlight and the branches of the trees. However, his surging intuition still made him feel that something was wrong. Yuan Qianzi pondered for a moment, silently casting a spell, trying to detect the existence that was invisible to the naked eye.
But there was still nothing outside.
Yuan Qianzi breathed a sigh of relief silently, walked to the window, opened it and looked around.
The night was quiet, with nothing but the sound of the wind.
"Sir?" Someone called him from behind, asking carefully, "What's wrong?"
Yuan Qianzi still stared out the window, waited for a while, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Maybe I'm too suspicious." He turned around and returned to the sofa to continue discussing the next arrangements.
Below the window sill, Xuan Chi looked indifferently at the room above, and finally forced himself to calm down and go back to find Si Ling.
Si Ling had just come out of Ah Zhui's room and hadn't seen Xuan Chi. She was also looking for him nearby. She caught sight of him out of the corner of her eye, looked over, and said, "I think we..."
"I saw someone I know."
The two people spoke at the same time and stopped talking at the same time.
Si Ling immediately said, "Tell me first...what acquaintance?"
"Yuan Qianzi." Xuan Chi spat out these three words. Si Ling's eyes widened as if struck by lightning. After a long while, he asked in surprise: "What?!"
"Yuan Qianzi is in that room." Xuan Chi turned and pointed in the direction he came from. "He should still be a high-ranking official. Everyone sent this time obeys his orders."
He paused, maintaining his composure and taking a deep breath, then floated towards the barrier at the edge of Hohenzollern Castle: "Let's leave first, this place is too... Si Ling?!"
Xuan Chi turned his head inadvertently, and in a moment he first found that Si Ling had disappeared from his side, and then he found that Si Ling was floating towards the room where Yuan Qianzi was.
He immediately chased after her, lowering his voice nervously: "What are you going to do?!"
Si Ling twitched the corners of his mouth but said nothing.
In fact, his words "Let's leave first" were exactly what she wanted to say at the beginning. But since Yuan Qianzi was here...
Si Ling smiled and said, "My dear, have you ever heard the saying, 'A gentleman's revenge is never too late'?"
Xuan Chi: “I’ve heard of it.”
"But I think thirty thousand years is a bit late, even for a god." She raised an eyebrow and looked at him. "I want to deal with this bastard first and then go find Di Jun. What do you think?"
"...Then I don't think it's that great." Hyun Chi laughed dryly.
The pain and fear that had surged in him just now disappeared the moment he saw her, but now facing her reaction, he had a new fear... afraid that she would act impulsively without considering the consequences.
"I think it's totally feasible." Si Ling continued to float towards Yuan Qianzi's room. Xuan Chi circled around in front of her to slow her down: "Let's go find the five tribes first and then declare war..."
"Wait, declare war?" Si Ling paused, then laughed, "Okay, blame me for not explaining it clearly. Don't worry," she patted his shoulder, "I won't declare war on them on Western soil. We have a good relationship with Satan and Lucifer. It would be unethical to cause such trouble."
After she finished speaking, she walked forward again. Xuan Chi was speechless for a moment, then followed her and asked in confusion, "Then what are you going to do?"
"I'm used to being a ghost." Si Ling tutted, "Teach this bastard some lessons."
"?" Xuan Chi was bewildered. "Yuan Qianzi is afraid of ghosts?"
"Of course not." Si Ling looked at him amusedly. "We were already gods before Hell was even born. How could he be afraid of ghosts?"
Hyun Chi: "Then you...?"
Si Ling smiled: "Just watch the fun."
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20 minutes later, the discussion in the small hall ended, and the gods in heaven walked out of their rooms and went back to rest. Yuan Qianzi was still suspicious, and after thinking it over again, he decided to go to the cave again.
He took the old elevator down to the basement with ease, walked through the not-so-long corridor, and soon entered the circular cave.
Yuan Qianzi looked around and cast a few more spells, but as usual, there was nothing unusual.
It's been thirty thousand years, so nothing should be unusual, he consoled himself.
But the uneasiness in his heart made him not want to miss any details, so he walked towards the bronze sword inserted in the center of the cave, which was the sword that once killed Xuan Chi.
If it weren't for this sword, the dispute would not have ended so quickly. It was not because the sword was so powerful, but because Xuan Chi recognized it. He knew it was Xin Bi's magic weapon.
So Xuan Chi thought that it was Xin Bi who wanted to kill him. Even though he felt that there must be a misunderstanding and even though he felt that he was wronged, he still did not resist.
Foolish loyalty...
Yuan Qianzi laughed mockingly in his heart, stared at the bronze sword, sat down, and stretched out his hand to sense the magic power of the bronze sword.
Thirty thousand years had passed, and Xuan Chi's body and spirit had vanished without a trace. Only the sword remained. When his hand approached the blade, it trembled, emitting a soft chiming sound.
This shows that it is still very powerful.
This made Yuan Qianzi feel a little relieved - if the bronze sword was still as powerful as before, and would have been even stronger thirty thousand years ago, then Xuan Chi was doomed to be dead, and not even a trace of his soul would remain.
Yuan Qianzi smiled to himself.
...In fact, from the overall perspective, it doesn’t matter whether there are variables in the Xuan Chi. What matters is that the Emperor of Heaven believes that Xin Bi has cast a cause and effect curse, and there is a possibility of counterattack.
But Yuanqianzi cares more about Xuan's edict.
Thirty thousand years ago, when he and Di Jun hit it off, their ideas were different. Di Jun wanted to seize power, but his idea was more "pure". He only wanted Xuan Chi's life.
He had hated Xuan Chi for a long time, and the reason for his hatred was simple—long before Xuan Chi was ranked among the "Seven Holy Lords," he had already followed Xin Bi for tens of thousands of years. When the first few of them became the "Four Holy Lords," Xuan Chi hadn't even set foot in the gates of Heaven. Even when Xuan Chi first entered Heaven, no one actually cared about his existence. He was just a guard, and since he was Su Huang, no one thought he could make a name for himself in heaven.
But starting from the time when Yuan Qianzi suffered a defeat in a battle, this unknown guard was promoted by Xin Bi and began to rise step by step.
Yuan Qianzi still remembered Xin Bi's harsh rebuke of him for not considering the overall situation, and Xuan Chi was clearly someone she saw as someone who could take the overall situation into consideration. He was indeed a skilled warrior, having never been defeated since his first expedition.
Therefore, in just over five thousand years, he had become Xin Bi's chief general, turning the "Six Holy Lords" into the "Seven Holy Lords." Almost immediately, everyone in Heaven tacitly agreed that Xuan Chi held a higher status than Yuan Qianzi, and was more trusted by the Emperor of Heaven.
At that time, Yuan Qianzi spent a long time thinking about this matter, but still couldn't understand why it happened.
Thinking back on this now, he still feels uncomfortable.
Yuan Qianzi stared at the bronze sword, lost in memories, and relaxed his vigilance for a moment, so he didn't notice the cold wind blowing past him.
Until he felt someone behind him, he suddenly jumped up, and the moment he looked closely, he was so shocked that he took three steps back: "Xuan Chi?!"
The paper figurine actually transformed into Xuan Chi the moment he fixed his gaze. At the entrance to the cave, the two witnessed this scene simultaneously, and Xuan Chi couldn't help but look horrified: "You're using me to scare him?!"
Si Ling was also stunned: "I didn't expect it! How could it be you!"
Hyun Chi was confused: "What was it supposed to be?"
"Uh...it's hard to say." Si Ling calmed herself down and explained with her hands spread out, "I just brought out the deepest psychological shadow in his heart..." As she spoke, she looked Xuan Chi up and down with a complicated expression, "It turned out to be you. Then, does that incident 30,000 years ago have some personal grudges?"
Xuan Chi remained silent.
To be fair, he didn't feel he had any "personal grudge" against Yuan Qianzi. Although they had once been both "Seven Holy Lords," their interactions were very limited. He spent most of his time away on campaigns, and when he returned to Heaven, Xin Bi would usually give him a break—how many people in the Three Realms would be willing to see a colleague on their day off?
But if there was no personal grudge, he couldn't explain what he saw.
While the two were momentarily stunned, Yuan Qianzi had already conjured up a magic weapon and slashed towards "Xuan Chi".
The silent "Xuan Chi" disappeared into thin air the moment it came into contact with the sharp blade. Yuan Qianzi breathed a sigh of relief, and he appeared brightly in his peripheral vision again.
"Let's go." Xuan Chi twitched the corner of his mouth and thought, "Let's go and continue to deal with the affairs of the five clans."
Si Ling pretended to applaud and praised: "You don't even want to look at him for a while longer, you are such a good person."
Hyun Chi laughed: "It's satisfying to torture him, but he's not worth wasting our time."
He put his arm around her as he spoke, then turned and walked out. "I don't really want to see myself getting hacked around here."
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The author has something to say: Xuan Chi: How many people in the Three Realms are willing to see their colleagues during holidays?
Si Ling: Then why do you always come to see your superiors during holidays? [dog head]
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