Falling flowers and mud
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
"Shut up."
Zhaohua is really noisy. I'll just send her away when we get back, so she won't buzz around like a fly.
Zhao Hua jumped in front of Zhu Xun: "Your Excellency, where have you been these past few days? I've been looking for you everywhere but haven't been able to find you."
A surge of irritation rose in Zhu Xun's chest. Zhao Hua was startled by Zhu Xun's glare. "Your Excellency, I have searched all four peaks. Apart from the secret chambers that I cannot enter, there is basically no trace of the Purple Emperor Sword. My magical power is weak, and I will need you to conduct a more in-depth investigation."
“Those places don’t exist at all. I can’t enter the stone cave on Yundi Peak.”
Zhao Hua's lips parted slightly: "Even you can't get in?"
Chao Lan nodded, the Purple Emperor Sword was most likely in that cave.
"Someone's coming." Zhu Xun disappeared into the woods.
"Junior Sister Zhaohua! Junior Sister Zhaohua!" It was Chu Feishan.
Seeing Chu Feishan rushing over, Zhaohua quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong, Second Senior Brother? Did Master want to see me?"
Chu Feishan caught his breath and said, "Master left without giving any instructions. Before leaving, he told all the disciples to stay on the peak and wait for orders. It seems that he had something urgent to attend to. Come back with me quickly, otherwise if something happens to you, Master will definitely not forgive me."
Zhao Hua glanced behind him, then followed Chu Feishan's steps.
Zhao Hua was the last disciple to arrive at the peak gate. Chu Fei stood guard at the entrance, and once everyone had arrived, they all entered the mountain together.
Zhaohua suggested waiting for her master to return inside the hall, but Chu Feishan and the other man were worried and insisted on staying with her.
Although his limited mobility made it easier for him to gather more information. Chu Fei was the chief disciple, and after Si Chuitang ascended to immortality or died, Chu Fei would succeed him as the peak master of Feihua Peak. Chu Fei certainly knew more than Chu Feishan, that big mouth.
Zhao Hua started by rambling on about random topics like food and drinks, then gradually brought up a friend of hers. As the conversation progressed, even the usually reserved Chu Fei joined in, and Zhao Hua realized the time was right.
"Before I came to Chaoyun Mountain, I heard a legend about the God of War..." Zhao Hua hesitated, secretly observing the expressions of the two people. "Never mind, never mind, let's not talk about it. It's something from hundreds of years ago, maybe someone made it up!"
Chu Feishan was chatting happily when he was the first to object: "Oh dear! How can you say that? Tell me, tell me!"
Chu Fei's expression was rather strange.
Zhao Hua coughed twice in a pretentious manner: "Ahem! I'm telling you two senior brothers, but please don't tell Master, or I'll be punished."
Chu Fei spoke up this time: "We all have witnessed how much Master loves you. If Master knew you were saying this, he would be heartbroken."
Zhao Hua was embarrassed. Was that the point, brother?
"That's why I asked my senior brothers to keep it a secret... If that's the case, I'd better not tell anyone."
Chu Feishan was an impatient person: "No, no! My senior brother and I are both very tight-lipped!"
This Chu Fei should be Chu Feishan...
Zhao Hua stopped keeping them in suspense: "Didn't they say that during the great battle between the God of War and the Demon Emperor, their weapons merged into one sword, named Purple Emperor...?"
Chu Feishan interrupted, "That's not how it is! Zihuang obtained the divine sword by chance; it's Heaven's will to slay that demon!"
Chu Fei looked unwell and coughed twice, his fist pressed against his mouth.
Zhao Hua pressed on while the iron was hot: "Impossible? But then I must have been deceived. This matter should be told by my senior brothers! So what they said about the Purple Emperor Sword being located in the back mountain of Yundi Peak is also false? The divine sword has never appeared in the world. It's probably already scrap metal."
"Pah! Pah! Pah! What scrap metal, just dust... Waaah..."
Chu Feishan's mouth was covered by Chu Fei, whose face was ashen.
"Junior sister, don't listen to this boy's nonsense."
"Hey, hey, senior brother, why are you covering up second senior brother's face? I want to hear more!"
"Your second senior brother knows nothing and only knows how to brag. It's getting late, let's go back and rest."
Chu Feitian brandished his claws, seemingly not holding a grudge, and shouted, "We heard Minmin see it all!"
After Chu Feitian had been dragged far away by Chu Tian, Zhao Hua said to the air, "Your Excellency, you saw everything, didn't you?"
......
"Your Excellency? Come out, the person has already gone far away."
...
What are you talking to yourself about?
Zhu Xun suddenly appeared in front of her, and his sharp, rose-red eyes nearly made Zhao Hua's heart jump out of her chest.
"Your Majesty! Where have you been?"
Zhu Xun waved his sleeve: "You guys talk too much nonsense. I went to look around other places. How was it? Did you find anything?"
Zhao Hua's eyes were firm: "The Purple Emperor Sword seems to be in Gui Chen's hands; they seem to have seen it."
How did they know what the Purple Emperor Sword looked like?
Zhao Hua shook his head: "Maybe it was what the elders said? In any case, only Yundi Peak has clues now."
Zhu Xun remained noncommittal: "I have searched the entire Feihua Peak, and there is only one place with a restriction." Zhu Xun turned around and pointed behind Zhao Hua, behind the central painting on the wall of the Grand Tutor's Hall.
"But Your Majesty, the Purple Emperor Sword is on Cloud Emperor Peak. What are we going to Master's secret chamber for?"
Zhu Xun's eyes swept across the entire Grand Tutor's Wall, and he precisely located a mechanism: "Didn't you say that the elder knew what the Purple Emperor Sword looked like? That means there are records of it."
Zhao Hua suddenly realized: "Wow! Your Majesty, you are so clever! How come I didn't think of that?"
When Zhu Xun placed his hand on the mechanism, he hesitated.
"In the same location, look to the left and see if there's an identical mechanism."
Zhao Hua responded and went over, reaching out to touch it, and sure enough, there was an identical mechanism. Zhu Xun was puzzled and touched the niche wall with his other hand.
"Touch the niche wall directly above the mechanism. Tell me how it feels."
Zhao Hua carefully explored the niche inch by inch with the pad of her index finger. The niche walls were smooth and there was nothing unusual about them. Just as she was about to report to Zhu Xun, her fingertip felt as if it had been pricked.
"hiss!"
Without a doubt, the hiss was the answer for Zhu Xun. Almost instantly, he pressed the button without hesitation.
The Grand Tutor's Wall creaked and slowly opened inwards.
The interior was extremely simple. The huge room was surrounded by a formation made of sparse butterfly wings wrapped with cinnabar threads, called the Living Beings Formation.
As its name suggests, it is used to bring life to inanimate objects. The Life Stone in the center of the magic circle glows brightly; this stone is used to check the life status of a spirit.
Upon seeing this formation, Zhao Hua felt a deep sense of unease and a chill ran down her spine. She wanted to leave the stone chamber, at least to avoid feeling so uncomfortable. The formation possessed extremely strong spiritual energy; even in just a few short moments, her body had become somewhat stiff.
"Smack."
She stepped back and bumped into something.
Zhao Hua glanced back, but what she saw was something even more terrifying—Chu Fei's sword.
Oh my god.....
Zhao Hua felt a chill run down her spine. She strode towards Zhu Xun, grabbed his sleeve, and tried to leave: "Your Excellency! Let's go!"
Zhu Xun remained silent and motionless, as if his soul had been drawn away by the magic array before him.
Zhao Hua was truly on the verge of tears. Chu Fei would definitely come back to look for the missing sword. They had already wasted too much time, and if they didn't leave soon, they would be discovered.
"Oh dear, it just had to fall apart at the crucial moment!"
No matter how long they dragged it out, Zhu Xun stood there like a pillar. Zhao Hua, feeling deflated, kicked Zhu Xun hard.
"Ouch! This hurts so much! Is this damn monster made of iron?! Anyway, you can beat them! Should I go first?"
"Oh no, no, if he comes out, he'll tear me apart!"
Zhao Hua forced herself to calm down and not lose her composure. She slapped her forehead and said, "Look how scared I am! I could have just closed the door."
"Your Majesty, I'm so sorry, please don't punish me! I did this for your own good."
Zhao Hua stood a little further away, took a running start, and knocked Zhu Xun away.
The moment he stepped out the door, Zhu Xun instantly snapped back to reality.
But things didn't go as planned.
"Junior sister! What are you doing!?"
Zhu Xun covered her head and looked up, meeting Chu Fei's gaze.
"The...no! People of the demonic path! You!? I see."
At the same time, Zhao Hua closed the door in fear. She really wanted to kill herself. Why was it such a coincidence?
Chu Fei had already made his move, his longsword pointing directly at Zhu Xun: "Zhao Hua! How could you collude with the demonic path to steal our sect's treasures? How can you do this to your master?!"
Zhao Hua hurriedly waved her hand: "We didn't take anything! We didn't take anything!"
Zhu Xun didn't want to argue, and before Chu Fei's sword could even touch him, the blade shattered.
Chu Fei refused and tried to grab the two of them, but Zhu Xun waved his hand and sent Chu Fei flying.
Chu Fei was incredulous. He was a cultivator at the early stage of Core Formation and the senior disciple of Flying Flower Peak. Why?! Why?!
Zhao Hua couldn't bear it: "Your Majesty! Go quickly! Your demonic energy is leaking out, and people will be here soon!"
Zhu Xun didn't even glance at Chu Fei, simply saying, "I don't want to hurt anyone."
Alarm bells rang loudly at Chaoyun Mountain. This mountain sect, which was most sensitive to demonic energy, had been infiltrated by the demonic forces. Who knows what kind of storm this would cause if word got out.
"Don't go!"
Zhao Hua bit her lip and walked up to Chu Fei: "Senior brother, I'm sorry. Please tell Master for me that I'm sorry to her."
After saying that, she followed Zhu Xun's steps and disappeared from Chu Fei's sight in the blink of an eye.
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