NOVPUBAll the blood in his body felt as if it had frozen, a natural response when confronted with great terror.
"You, you," Xue Qicheng stared at Xu Zimei, momentarily lost for words.
"Honored one, I was just here to watch the excitement, with no ill intentions," the Sect Master of the Feiyu Sect, Xiang Mu, hurriedly explained.
At that moment, he somewhat regretted not having made a move earlier.
Otherwise, he likely would have died without knowing how he died.
"You wanted to break my limbs," Xu Zimei glanced at Xue Qicheng and Sha Hu, and said indifferently. 𝘯𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"You two don’t need to rush, let’s take our time."
"Honored one, we didn’t..."
Xue Qicheng had not finished speaking when Chaos directly lifted its paw and stamped down.
With a scream, Chaos slowly lifted its foot, Xue Qicheng’s arms were both crushed out of shape.
Chaos did not stop there; after a few more stamps, it completely flattened both men’s limbs.
"Boss, stomping on them like this is boring, I want to crush their heads," Chaos said beside him, baring his teeth and smiling.
"It doesn’t matter," Xu Zimei turned his head to look at Suan Wuyi and said.
"If you have any more tricks, bring them on.
It’s not just Ten Thousand Swords City; even if you call in people from your Heavenly Secrets Valley, my words remain the same.
Answer my question, or I will kill you."
Suan Wuyi’s expression was awkward, his face shifting uncertainly, and he was silent for a while.
Finally, he inquired, "What do you want to know?"
"Do you remember the Jiang Family from Tyrant Sword City?" Xu Zimei asked.
"Why do you ask this?" Suan Wuyi furrowed his brows slightly and inquired.
"I heard the Jiang Family sought you out before they vanished, so talk," Xu Zimei said.
"That..." Suan Wuyi looked somewhat troubled at the others nearby, seemingly reluctant to say too much.
"You others leave," Xu Zimei gestured with his hand.
He continued, "I don’t want to hear anyone spreading news about today’s events.
Otherwise, I might consider exterminating a lineage."
"Honored one, you can be assured, we know nothing," the other three hurriedly shook their heads.
With the Immortal Ascension Boundary being Chaos, they didn’t even dare to look back and fled.
As for the remaining Xue Qicheng and his companion, Chaos simply stamped down once more.
Their heads burst like watermelons, blood and flesh flying, then Chaos casually tossed them aside.
"Now talk," Xu Zimei said, returning to the topic at hand.
"I promised Jiang Li not to tell anyone; I hope you can keep it a secret too."
Suan Wuyi said, "Back then, the Family Head of the Jiang Family, Jiang Li, requested that I predict the future fate of their family for them."
"It doesn’t seem like your Heavenly Secret Valley had the capability to do so," Xu Zimei said.
"Unless those few old geezers acted recklessly."
"I don’t have that capability," Suan Wuyi said.
"But do you know why the Jiang Family fell?"
"Why?" Xu Zimei asked.
"Have you ever heard of the Form Blood Space?" Suan Wuyi replied.
Xu Zimei was slightly taken aback; of course, he knew about the Form Blood Space.
The place was connected to the True Divine Sword fragments he was collecting.
In the Mythical Era, the War God ended the Twilight of the Gods.
From then on, monsters ruled the world!
Latterly, from within Flower Valley emerged a man who tended flowers wielding the True Divine Sword, he established the Heavenly Palace.
He sealed all those monsters within the Form Blood Space, thus starting the era of Wild Desolation.
Xu Zimei had seen this information before, when he had just obtained the True Divine Sword, in the River of Fate.
"I know," Xu Zimei nodded slightly and replied.
"But do you know that even though the Form Blood Space is sealed, those monsters from the Mythical Era have never given up?"
Suan Wuyi said, "Generation after generation, they have been assaulting the seal, wishing to return to Yuan Central Continent and reopen the era of their dominion."
"What does this have to do with the Jiang Family?" Xu Zimei asked.
"Because the focal point of the Form Blood Space’s sealing array is located where the Jiang Family established their clan."
Suan Wuyi said, "This information was told to me by Jiang Li.
In the past, Sword Immortal Jiang Yun had received the legacy of the Divine Ancestor.
Only then was he able to achieve such great heights.
Later, he also agreed with the Divine Ancestor to establish his family on top of the sealing array’s focal point, to act as Guardians of the Seal for generations."
"The decline of the Jiang Family is related to the Form Blood Space," Xu Zimei immediately thought of the key point.
"The seal of the Form Blood Space has been shaky from the assault of the monsters over several eras."
Suan Wuyi nodded and replied, "Monsters have already started to trickle out from the Form Blood Space.
The Jiang Family has expended too much of their energy for that sealing ground.
In the end, they fell into internal and external troubles and slowly declined."
"Where is the Jiang Family now?" Xu Zimei asked.
"When Jiang Li first came looking for me, he wanted me to take him to the Heavenly Secrets Valley, to find a solution to the Jiang Family’s internal problems.
However, our Heavenly Secrets Valley was unwilling to get involved in this matter. Seeing him in such a pitiful state, I gave him some advice,"
Suan Wuyi said.
"I advised them to leave Tyrant Sword City and to live in seclusion from the world. Perhaps, on the day the seal breaks, they might have a chance to escape the disaster.
After all, they’ve guarded the seal for so long; those monsters surely hold deep grudges against the Jiang Family."
Having said this, Suan Wuyi sighed softly.
"The rise of the Jiang Family was due to the Sword Immortal, and the Sword Immortal’s growth also owed much to the Divine Ancestor.
It truly is a case of rising by the Sword Immortal, falling by the Sword Immortal."
"So, the current Jiang Family is already nowhere to be found," Xu Zimei said faintly, looking at Suan Wuyi.
Feeling Xu Zimei’s gaze, Suan Wuyi became somewhat flustered.
Hastily, he said, "Although I said so, Jiang Li is not the kind of person who would flee.
Though the Jiang Family has been missing for so many years, I believe they must still be hiding in the vicinity of Tyrant Sword City."
"I hope that’s the case," Xu Zimei said lightly.
After learning the situation, Xu Zimei took Chaos with him and left.
He didn’t give Suan Wuyi a hard time.
As he stepped out of the alley, Hong Tianfu, who had been waiting early, hurried over.
Anxiously, he asked, "Brother Xu, are you alright?"
"What could be wrong with me?" Xu Zimei replied.
"I saw many people go in earlier, and I thought you might have offended Suan Wuyi," Hong Tianfu said.
"Just some minor characters, not worth mentioning."
Xu Zimei smiled and said, "I’m going to leave Ten Thousand Swords City."
Hong Tianfu was taken aback, then finally nodded and said, "Take care on your journey!"
...
After having a meal with Hong Tianfu, Xu Zimei finally left Ten Thousand Swords City.
Heading north, towards Tyrant Sword City.
Being the center of the Sword Domain, Tyrant Sword City was considered the most prosperous and vast city there.
Since the disappearance of the Jiang Family, the three major forces of the Sword Domain were stationed within Tyrant Sword City.
It was also regarded as a Holy Land in the hearts of the swordsfolk.
Seven days later, after traveling through dust and wind, Xu Zimei arrived at this renowned city in the late afternoon of the seventh day.
