Chapter 110 - 81: Sword Immortal Slays the Emperor

Chapter 110: Chapter 81: Sword Immortal Slays the Emperor

Su Chen stopped.

"Lord Su!"

The young child was overjoyed and started to follow.

Wind and snow fell.

Like Sword Qi, it formed a barrier between them.

"You possess strange bones and exceptional talent. This scroll of a Grandmaster’s Method will be enough for you to protect yourself."

"That is the first reason."

"You were born precocious and are far too cunning. When Zhu Xiao died, you didn’t show a hint of sadness. Instead, you were secretly pleased."

"You are young, but you’re just like those emperors—no emotion in your eyes, only calculations of gain and loss. I don’t like it."

"That is the second."

"As for the third, I will not keep anyone by my side to care for again. To grow attached only for them to die... it’s better not to have started at all..."

"Of course."

"On this day every year, you may come find me in the Imperial City. If you are still alive, I will, for Zhang Gui’s sake, grant you a Creation."

Su Chen left.

With the Sword Box on his back and dressed in the Muddy World Profound Robe, the youth was like an Immortal.

He went to kill.

He left behind only the fuming child, who stomped his feet and cursed on the riverbank.

「Jinjiang City.」

Ten-li-high walls.

Inscribed with runes.

On top, soldiers in Black Dragon Heavy Armor patrolled back and forth, their eyes as cold and sharp as lightning.

’These walls have a warning Immortal Skill laid upon them. I can’t force my way through.’

’As for the great river that flows through Jinjiang City, if I were to enter that way...’

Su Chen’s gaze focused, and he saw a hundred-zhang, green-scaled serpent coiled at the bottom of the river. It was a Great Demon Fiend; going that way would also cause a huge commotion.

’Still no good.’

There were few in the world who could make him cautious.

Besides the Ancient Immortals, the Grand Ancestor of Zhou in his Copper Coffin was definitely one of them.

Just then, a carriage came speeding over.

"Xu Ge, you’re still alive?"

The carriage stopped.

Sikong stared at Su Chen, whom he hadn’t seen in a year. Seeing him completely unharmed, he seemed to be wondering why this Captain Xu was still alive.

At this time, Su Chen had taken on the appearance of Xu Ge.

Soon, he had a realization.

"Captain Xu, at the last moment, did you push that Palace Maid out to be the third offering and complete the ritual?"

Sikong sneered.

He still didn’t know.

The Yellow-skinned Old Immortal, that Great Demon Fiend, had already died on that rainy night.

Not even Su Chen knew.

The culprit, Little Turtle, was currently poking its head out from the Sword Box, occasionally glancing at the great serpent at the bottom of the river, somewhat regretful they couldn’t enter the city by water.

"I need to enter the city. Can you give me a ride?"

Su Chen asked.

"Heh."

"The Seal Supervisors and the Military Supervision Bureau are like fire and water. The relationship between a Seal Master of Great Zhou like myself and the Captain of Old Liang’s Western Depot like you... should be one of life and death, shouldn’t it?"

Sikong mocked, urging the carriage forward to enter the city.

The carriage stopped.

"Fine."

’That Cyan Fruit still hasn’t been found.’

"Just this once."

And so, Su Chen rode the carriage and entered the city in grand style.

"Thank you."

"If you can’t make it in Great Zhou, you can come seek refuge with me, if you ever get the chance to meet me again."

Su Chen said.

Sikong was baffled. He felt there was something wrong with this Captain Xu’s head.

He was deeply trusted by the Flame Emperor.

He had been unwaveringly loyal to three generations of Great Zhou emperors.

’How could I ever not be able to make it?’

The carriage moved forward.

Su Chen followed Sikong straight into the military camp, heading for the Flame Emperor’s commander’s tent.

"I’m going to report intelligence."

"When the time comes,"

"leave with me."

Sikong stepped into the commander’s tent.

He was very relaxed about Captain Xu.

After all, he was just a powerless mortal, a captain with no cultivation.

「At this moment.」

「Inside the commander’s tent.」

The Flame Emperor was in high spirits.

’One hundred thousand soldiers arrayed, rune-inscribed walls, an Immortal Beast in the river, the Grand Ancestor in the city... this place is impenetrable.’

’It’s been over a year.’

’It seems this Wind Snow Sword Immortal from Great Liang can’t find any opportunity to make a move on me.’

’Once the Grand Ancestor recovers his strength...’

’...that will be the day I return to the Imperial City and master the world.’

The Flame Emperor was very pleased.

For the past year, he had been implementing his policies, winning the hearts of the Zhou People. He persecuted countless Liang People, but the Wind Snow Sword Immortal had remained indifferent.

Clearly, the man could do nothing about it.

’If this continues, with the blessing of the Qi of Great Zhou’s myriad people, it’s only a matter of time before I step into the 5th Floor, comparable to the Second Realm of Grandmaster.’

Under his rule, a brand new Great Unified Dynasty would be born!

He would make the Late Xuanlong Emperor see clearly that the one who betrayed the country was not him, Crown Prince Flame, but the Emperor of Great Zhou!

He was not the one in the wrong.

The one who was wrong was his father, the Emperor, who had betrayed the millions of Zhou People first!

Even without the submission of the Liang People, he could still unify the world. He would force to death all Liang People who refused to submit, secure his rule over this hundred-thousand-li stretch of land, and ensure the Great Zhou Royal Family reigned for generations to come!

As for his rebellious son, Jie, he had never given him a second thought.

"Heh."

"The Wind Snow Sword Immortal... his reputation is utterl—"

Before the Flame Emperor could finish, he saw Sikong walk into the tent. His eyes instantly widened in terror.

He stumbled back several steps, knocking over a table and chairs. Pointing a trembling finger at Sikong, he stammered.

"You... you..."

Sikong was confused.

He turned his head and was surprised to see Captain Xu.

"What are you doing in here?"

"Get out, quickly."

Sikong scolded.

Then, he turned his head and spoke apologetically to the Flame Emperor.

"Your Majesty, I brought Captain Xu. He doesn’t know the rules. I hope Your Majesty will forgive him."

At that moment, the Flame Emperor’s expression twisted.

"You... brought him in?"

Sikong faintly sensed that something was wrong.

"Sikong, you dare betray me?"

"Xu Ge!"

"He is the Wind Snow Sword Immortal, Su Chen! You didn’t know?!?!"

BOOM!

The words struck Sikong like a bolt of lightning. His head buzzed as he stared at Su Chen in disbelief.

’What!’

’Who?’

’Captain Xu?’

’The Wind Snow Sword Immortal, Su Chen!’

"Your Majesty, Captain Xu is a mediocre mortal. He idled away his time in the Library Pavilion. How could he possibly be the number one cultivator in the world, a man who stirs up storms...?"

"A year ago, in the ruined temple, he was almost killed by the Yellow-skinned Old Immortal... huh?"

Sikong’s mind raced. He remembered the failed third offering, the Yellow-skinned Old Immortal’s fuming rage... and he understood.

’The Wind Snow Sword Immortal!’

’The number one under heaven had been hiding in the Great Zhou Imperial Palace all this time, playing the fool right under the nose of me, the Chief of the Imperial Palace!’

At this moment, he finally understood what Su Chen had said to him earlier!

No wonder he had said that Sikong wouldn’t be able to make it in Great Zhou.

The Wind Snow Sword Immortal was here to kill the Emperor!

And he, the Flame Emperor’s trusted confidant, had personally led the great Wind Snow Sword Immortal of Liang into the tent of Great Zhou’s Flame Emperor!

In that instant, Su Chen drew his sword. A single slash unleashed a storm of wind and snow that seemed to freeze heaven and earth, a dragon of ice and snow roaring forth from the attack.

"For the sake of the world’s people! I invite Your Majesty to ascend to the heavens!"