newbobooks Chapter 393 The Young Singer's Journey 62
Chapter 393 The Young Singer's Journey 62
While Xiao Yu was busy at the border, the once peaceful martial arts world was once again stirred up.
The reason is simple: the annual Heroes' Feast is about to be held in Lei Family Fortress, and countless people from the martial arts world are flocking here to attend.
Earlier, due to Emperor Mingde's sudden change in attitude, Xiao Chong, after much deliberation, ultimately blamed the matter on Xiao Se.
To prevent Xiao Se from returning to Tianqi City smoothly, he secretly assigned the Furious Sword Immortal, the Tang Clan, and the Peerless City to ambush and kill Xiao Se on his way back.
However, recently, Xiao Se has been staying in Snow Moon City. Although Snow Moon City is not as strong as before, it still has its foundation and the Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi is still there, so it should not be underestimated.
To kill Xiao Se, we must lure him out.
The Heroes' Feast at Lei Family Fortress was a perfect opportunity.
In fact, after Xiao Yu personally visited the various sects and had a cordial exchange with them, the sects all closed themselves off to cultivate diligently and were unwilling to go down the mountain to travel. Even Lei Family Fortress was thinking about whether to cancel the event this year.
Unfortunately, with Xiao Chong's behind-the-scenes instigation, the Heroes' Banquet was ultimately held as scheduled.
Everything seemed to be back on track, but upon closer inspection, everything had subtly changed...
Lei Wujie, that scoundrel, still couldn't forget that his master Lei Hong liked Li Hanyi, so he lied and said that Lei Hong was seriously ill and would not live much longer, thus tricking Li Hanyi into leaving the mountain.
Later, on the way back to Lei Family Fort with Xiao Se, he detoured to Qingcheng Mountain to meet the Sword Immortal, hoping to persuade Zhao Yuzhen to come down the mountain.
Then, perhaps guided by fate, the two directionally challenged individuals, after making several turns, unexpectedly arrived at the Sword Heart Tomb. Lei Wujie successfully met his maternal grandfather, Li Suwang, and obtained the Heart Sword, one of the ten most famous swords in the world.
Having reaped a bountiful harvest, Lei Wujie, along with Xiao Se, once again embarked on the journey back to Lei Men.
However, at this very moment, a change quietly occurred.
Leave professional tasks to professionals.
That statement makes a lot of sense.
For example, right now, if Xiao Chong wants to get rid of Xiao Se, the wisest thing to do is to go to the Dark River to do it.
Unfortunately, the Dark River has now been incorporated into Xiao Yu's inner circle and reformed. The Dark River patriarch, Su Changhe, is busy with his men writing calligraphy and spreading rumors in the martial arts world, and has no time to pay attention to Xiao Chong.
However, the Furious Sword Immortal, the Tang Clan, and the Peerless City all seemed rather unfamiliar with this kind of business, which led to Xiao Chong's assassination attempts against Xiao Se suffering repeated setbacks.
First, Lei Wujie stepped forward and diverted the attention of Wushuang City;
Subsequently, Sikong Qianluo, Tang Lian, and Ye Ruoyi traveled a long distance to arrive and successfully repelled the Tang Clan.
As for the Furious Sword Immortal, his original intention was to restrain Li Hanyi and prevent her from rescuing Xiao Se, but he was instead restrained by Li Hanyi.
For a time, the two sides were locked in a stalemate.
Xiao Chong thought that he had lost the emperor's favor, and Xiao Yu, who used to be his equal, had already led his army on a distant expedition. If he allowed Xiao Se to return to Tianqi City safely, his last hope of seizing the throne would be completely shattered.
So, under the close surveillance of Emperor Mingde, he racked his brains and finally managed to send out a secret letter, the contents of which were to eliminate Xiao Se at any cost.
The Furious Sword Immortal was Xiao Chong's master and had once saved his life, so he naturally went all out for him.
The Tang Clan and Lei Family Fortress had a century-long feud. Although the two sides maintained a superficial peace after the Demonic Sect's eastern expedition, thanks to the mediation of Snow Moon City, their desire for revenge was rekindled at this time.
Old Master Tang wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate Lei Men, and at the same time, side with Xiao Chong to gain merit for supporting the new emperor. Therefore, he attached great importance to this matter.
As for Wushuang City, although it had temporarily distanced itself from Xiao Chong after being given special attention by Xiao Yu last time, it reconnected with Xiao Chong due to the insistence of the five elders and Xiao Yu's long absence from the martial world.
Because of their previous cold treatment of Xiao Chong, they are now putting in extra effort to mend the rift between them.
All three parties are giving it their all.
Thus, a grand operation to intercept and kill Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi and Yong'an King Xiao Chuhe was launched.
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"Even in this tiny little world, there are plenty of things to do every day."
Xiao Yu curled his lip in disdain and tossed aside the intelligence sent by the Dark River.
Xiao Chong doesn't have many capable people right now, so this time he's probably brought out all the useful people in the martial arts world.
However, given Xiao Se's luck, this matter is unlikely to succeed.
"I'm racking my brains here to weaken the power of the martial arts world, while Xiao Chong and Xiao Se are over there trying to win over those forces. It's really... sigh!"
Xiao Yu shook his head.
People in this world seem to have fallen into an absurd misconception. For example, instead of striving for power in the court, princes have humbled themselves and formed alliances with martial arts sects.
Isn't this a disguised way of placing the status of the martial arts world above that of the imperial court?
That's not right!
In fact, whether in the imperial court or the inner palace, there are many people with superb martial arts skills, who are in no way inferior to those in the martial arts world.
However, people in the world have a particular fondness for martial arts masters.
Just like Baili Dongjun, who was once recognized as the number one in the world, he was only at the half-step Divine Travel realm.
While masters who have reached this level are not common in the imperial court, they do exist.
Among those openly known are the Imperial Preceptor Qi Tianchen and the Grand Eunuch Jin Xuan.
Below the Half-Step Divine Travel realm, there are countless experts in the Free and Unfettered Heavenly Realm.
In the martial arts world, being able to step into the Vajra Mortal Realm is already commendable, and if one can reach the Free and Easy Realm, one is regarded as a genius among geniuses.
Once one breaks through to the Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm, one is qualified to become a grandmaster, establish a sect, and become famous throughout the world.
However, despite the vast disparity in power between the imperial court and the martial arts world, the martial arts community still held a disdainful attitude towards the imperial court.
The imperial court, including the emperor, harbored deep fear of the martial arts world, and the struggle for the throne among the princes focused on winning over martial arts forces.
Although those martial arts sects might selectively support a particular prince based on their own interests, they would ultimately not enter the imperial court, and it was unclear what the point of their involvement in the struggle for the throne was.
It's like a setup where princes vying for the throne need the support of martial arts forces, and martial arts sects must support a particular prince.
This situation is quite absurd.
In fact, no matter in any time or world, the martial arts world cannot escape the framework of the entire country and become a completely independent entity.
Although it has its own rules and order, it is ultimately subject to the laws of the country.
In Xiao Yu's view, this situation in the world is a pathological social phenomenon.
This is a disease, it must be cured!