Outside the imperial palace, above the clouds, the battle lasted very long.
The dark clouds and livid fogs in the sky were all shattered, exposing a part of the blue sky. The sky took on a new look, just like the continuous lakes on the dry land after the heavy rain.
As beams of light shone through the clouds, just like the swords that cut off the universe, got together gradually, forming a vast expanse of blue sky.
The city was half rainy and half sunny.
At the edge where they converged, streaks of rain were brightly shone, dropping on the ground, constituting a beautiful scene.
The clouds blocked the vision. In the thunder that rumbled from time to time, the people on the city wall looked up in awe, imagining the stunning battle behind the clouds.
The intermittent chirping sound of the phoenix was far away, but it was still horridly astonishing.
In their eyes, that was the war between gods,
It had been nearly four hours since the old fox entered the imperial city and the battle in the imperial palace ended.In the evening, Lu Jiajia stopped regulating her breath. When she got off the bed, the rain gradually became smaller. The wooden window was shone with the faint twilight.The battle above the imperial palace lasted very long. Even the ordinary people in the imperial palace could all notice the anomaly of the sky and the earth. She had a deeper feeling.Ning Xiaoling fetched a basin of hot water for her. Looking at Lu Jiajia’s face which had gradually regained some color, she said in astonishment, “You’ve recovered really fast from such serious injuries. Your physical condition is unbelievably amazing.”Lu Jiajia said, “For a cultivator, the physique is his sword, which is surely unusually tough.”Ning Xiaoling nodded with only a hazy notion.Lu Jiajia asked, “Where is your fellow disciple?
Ning Xiaoling brought a pot of new tea leaves. She made three bowls of tea randomly rather than use the fine porcelain containers.Looking at the unfolded and sunken green tea leaves, Ning Xiaoling said with a grin, “Master was quite stingy so I was used to leading a simple life with him. It has been several days since I entered the imperial palace. It suddenly occurs to me that I haven’t tasted the fine tea.”Ning Changjiu replied smilingly, “I didn’t know you fancied that.”Ning Xiaoling also chuckled. “No, I’m just tasting it out of intrigue.”Lu Jiajia glimpsed the water stains on the table and slightly frowned. Looking at the young girl who was fanning the bowl of tea, she said somewhat apologetically, “I can’t stay here anymore. The old fox will come for me sooner or later. If I stay longer, you may be implicated too.”Ning Xiaoling said, “I guess you are not recovered yet.”Lu Jiajia pulled the corn
The hand that gripped Lu Jiajia’s neck also loosened in desperation. Kneeling on her knees, she covered her throat, gasped for air heavily and saw the headless body, unable to tell whether it was reality or hallucination.The body was beheaded. Even the old fox’s soul was also affected. It had to break out of the body. When it left, a flaming claw reached out to grip the broken saber that dropped.The figure holding the sword also came within an instant. The saber and the sword clashed again.The sound of clang was extremely fast just as a woman played the flute with her fingers.Every movement--stab, tap, tilt, stir, block, strike, hack and chop, was extremely simple and not fancy at all, just like the move that cut the head, which was neat and as fast as a flash of lightning.Lu Jiajia turned her head with difficulty. Staring at the back of the one charging forward like a clap of thunder, she was taken aback.
Staring at the little girl dressed in a wet Taoist robe, Lu Jiajia gradually came to her senses after a few breaths.Ning Xiaoling walked over smilingly, covering her head with one hand and meanwhile waving at Lu Jiajia with the other hand.Lu Jiajia unfolded the note, put it back into the sleeve and gave a reluctant smile. “It is the prescription Changjiu gave me. I suddenly thought of it just now so I take it out for a look.”Ning Xiaoling looked her up and down, asking in surprise, “Jiajia, are you injured again?”Lu Jiajia subconsciously reached her waist and touched the scaly sheath only to find that the sword was taken by the mysterious swordsman. She didn’t have it now.Intentionally or not, she rubbed against the sheath, saying, “Now the imperial city is in turmoil. Xiaoling, you had better stay at home. Don’t run about.”Ning Xiaoling said with a grieved face, “But I’m worried about Changjiu. You
The feeling of shiver went away soon. She tried to adapt to the new power in her body, uncertain about what realm she was at for now.The old fox gave her the answer, “At the fifth stage of the realm of Purple Court.”Zhao Xiang’er was apparently a bit disappointed. “Only the fifth stage.”The old fox said, “Not high enough indeed.”Zhao Xiang’er looked at it aloofly and said, “Let me make it the sixth then.”Her Qi got elevated again. The illusory shadow of the flaming phoenix spiraled around her. The young girl stepped forward, causing the cracks to spread out like a spider net.On the square before the imperial palace, two gusts of Qi clashed together. Where they converged, a rush of air scattered about as if the wind rolled up the clouds, tearing off the surrounding flags, sculptures, fences and tiled buildings like tearing up the paper.In the wild airflow, Zhao Xiang’er moved swiftly lik
After the sword went away, it stirred up a beam of extremely long sword light with a whoosh and rushed forward straightly. Instantly, it collided with the formation. Where they collided with each other, the formation just cracked like an eggshell.The sword was sharp beyond the old fox’s imagination. Only within a blink of an eye, the enchantment it had set up carefully was broken; meanwhile, the sword turned into a beam of flowing light and flew out.The old fox immediately thought of something. It turned illusory and utilized all the light in the sky. Every piece of light shone and turned into many identical fox shadows. The old fox itself just hid among them.With a cold look, Zhao Xiang’er floated in the air and flapped her wings lightly. She even didn’t harness the sword and just left it flying rapidly along its own trajectory.The sword also seemed like having a pair of piercing eyes. Countless fox shadows blotted out the sky
She was clearly not Zhao Xiang’er. Where was Zhao Xiang’er?Standing there, the girl trembled irresistibly with her eyes full of unflinching calmness. “I’m Tang Yu. T-A-N-G, Tang; Y-U, Yu.”The old fox stared at her and suddenly thought of something. When the formation of the imperial palace was suddenly removed, at first it thought Lu Jiajia was the one who shut down the formation but afterward, when it was nailed into the deep hole, it clearly saw that Lu Jiajia appeared from the temple...It didn’t think much at that time. Now, it seemed that it was someone else who closed the formation of the imperial palace. Besides, it had been waiting in the hall and got ready to replace Zhao Xiang’er when she entered the palace.The girl was Tang Yu before the old fox.Yet, why did Zhao Xiang’er make such an arrangement? It had swallowed four keys. Where else could she be?Tang Yu was waiting for being killed quiet
In the dark black furnace, the light that should be as bright as the sun and the moon, faded away bit by bit, just like the dying fireflies.All the lights in the underground palace were swallowed, except that the votary lamps were faintly luminous on the four long and dark tunnels in the distance, just like the peeping eyes.The underground palace was so quiet that even a dropping needle could be heard.Zhao Xiang’er looked ahead in a daze. She made a fist and withdrew the ancient sword with rich immortal intent. Staggering for a bit, she finally went exhausted and bent her knees. Her knees touched the ground feebly with the rise and fall of her chest.She closed her eyes and recalled what happened these days. The memories just flashed across her mind. When she reminisced all the dangerous scenes, she started to focus on the present.Feeling that the Qi finally faded away in the furnace, she gradually gave a smile lon