Chapter 985: The Qin Family
Yan Yunxi swung her sword and attacked, cutting off his words. Her first move was the first form of the Kaihuang Thirty-Three Heavens Sword Dao, the Taihuang Pingtian Sword. She sneered: "Do you think I'm like those fellows Su Maiqing, Yantian Nuan, and the others? Some of them are skilled in numerology, some in divine powers, some are good at leading troops in battle, and some are merely civil officials. How much of the subtlety of the Kaihuang sword techniques can they actually display?"
The Kaihuang's Thirty-Three Heavens Sword Dao in her hands was indeed filled with countless mysteries, incomparable to the moves Qin Mu had seen before.
Unlike Su Maiqing and the others, Yan Yunxi was fighting for real, showing no mercy. From the very beginning, she pushed the sword dao's power to its limits.
However, she still underestimated Qin Mu's cultivation. She used her cultivation at the Venerable God realm, and although she fully unleashed the power of the Kaihuang sword techniques, they posed little threat to Qin Mu.
Qin Mu's mind stirred slightly, and his sword pellet flew out, breaking sword with sword, directly and simply shattering her Taihuang Pingtian Sword.
Yan Yunxi felt the power coming from his sword and was startled. She raised her cultivation realm and executed the second move, the Taiming Qitian Sword.
Qin Mu still broke it with his sword, using his sword techniques to completely dismantle all the various moves of the Taiming Qitian Sword, cutting through the Qitian.
Yan Yunxi raised her power to the True God level, yet she still felt that Qin Mu's power was vast and profound, far stronger than her True God realm cultivation. Her heart trembled.
The path she walked was different from others. She had studied many things, but she had also mastered them deeply, achieving extremely high attainments in every field.
The Kaihuang had once evaluated her, saying that in terms of intelligence and wisdom, Heavenly Master Zixi was only slightly inferior to Wen Tinge, but her natural talent far surpassed Wen Tinge's.
In terms of natural talent and aptitude, she was inferior to Di Yiyue, but she was smarter than Di Yiyue.
Di Yiyue possessed the bloodline of the Heavenly Duke, able to learn anything easily. Yan Yunxi did not have such talent. What she cultivated was the acquired great dao. Whether it was qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, or saber, spear, sword, halberd, formations, martial combat, and other acquired great daos, she had dabbled in them all.
The path Yan Yunxi walked was actually a path where multiple heavenly palaces advanced side by side. She hoped that when she broke through to the Imperial Throne realm, she could make a single leap to impact the great realm of the Heavenly Court, elevating her cultivation technique and even her cultivation and strength to a level not inferior to the Heavenly Venerables.
She had indeed followed this path, but any acquired great dao was extremely difficult to raise to the Imperial Throne level, even far more arduous than cultivating the innate great dao. It required step-by-step innovation.
She knew the difficulty when she chose this path. Di Yiyue and Martial Combat Heavenly Master had already become Imperial Throne powerhouses, while she was still trapped at the Lingxiao realm.
However, this also made her power extremely vast. She was one of the few figures in the Kaihuang Heavenly Court who could, at the Lingxiao realm, press Martial Combat Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha to the ground and beat him!
Among those in the Kaihuang Heavenly Court who could overpower Martial Combat Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha in terms of power, the first was the Kaihuang himself.
The Kaihuang's power was incomparably vast. The foundation of Qin Mu's Overlord Body Three Elixirs Technique came from the basic guiding technique that had been passed down from the Kaihuang.
The second was Di Yiyue, with the Heavenly Duke's bloodline, incomparably powerful.
But Yan Yunxi was a full realm lower than Martial Combat Heavenly Master, yet she could still make him sincerely convinced through sheer strength. That was true skill.
However, when compared with Qin Mu, she immediately felt that at the same realm, Qin Mu's power was far more profound than hers, surpassing hers by two to three times!
She had no choice but to raise her cultivation realm to the level of the Divine Execution Platform before she could even receive Qin Mu's sword.
"If it were at the same realm, the Kaihuang wouldn't be more profound than him. Perhaps even, even..."
She felt uneasy. Qin Mu's power was too vast. At the same realm, even the Kaihuang seemed far inferior to him.
Yan Yunxi had already executed the Thirty-Three Heavens Sword Dao up to the Wushang Changrong Sword. However, Qin Mu had never seen this move before, so she executed it slowly, trying to show Qin Mu the various marvelous principles of this sword technique.
After executing this move, Yan Yunxi did not stop. She also executed the thirtieth heaven's Yulong Tengsheng Sword.
Then came the thirty-first heaven's Longbian Fandu Sword, the thirty-second heaven's Pingyu Jiayi Sword, and the thirty-third heaven's Taiqing Daojing Sword.
At this move, Yan Yunxi stopped, waved her hand and discarded her sword, saying desolately: "I cannot defeat you. But this is because I am lacking, not because the Kaihuang is lacking. When the Kaihuang uses the Thirty-Three Heavens Sword Dao, its power surpasses mine by who knows how many times. You will definitely be defeated at the hands of His Majesty the Kaihuang."
"Thank you." Qin Mu withdrew his sword pellet and said sincerely.
Yan Yunxi glanced at him and sneered: "Do you really think you can defeat the Kaihuang? The Kaihuang is the number one person in sword dao. No one can compare to his attainments in the sword. His speed in comprehending sword dao and the depth of his understanding—no one can match him! The Thirty-Three Heavens Sword Dao was created by him twenty thousand years ago. In these years, just how far his sword dao has reached, I am not entirely sure either."
Qin Mu's heart tightened.
Yan Yunxi said: "When the Kaihuang sees your Sword Nineteen, he can reverse-engineer Sword Fifteen, Sword Sixteen, Sword Seventeen, and Sword Eighteen. With such talent, he will not be trapped by Sword Nineteen. Perhaps when you ascend to the Kaihuang Heavenly Court, you will discover his Sword Twenty, or perhaps you will even see his Sword Dao's thirty-fourth heaven, thirty-fifth heaven! You are doomed!"
Qin Mu smiled slightly: "Do you really want the Kaihuang to be defeated by my hands?"
Yan Yunxi widened her eyes and shouted: "How dare you! My loyalty to the Kaihuang is as clear as the sun and moon! I lost to you through actual strength, not because I deliberately wanted to show you the Kaihuang's sword techniques!"
Lu Zheng and Shu Jun were accompanying the other divine officials on the city wall drinking. When those divine officials heard this, the wine they had just drunk was sprayed out.
"What are you laughing at?"
Lu Zheng flew into a rage, glaring: "Everyone drink! Today, anyone who can't see or hear clearly from drinking isn't allowed to leave!"
Those divine officials trembled with fear and dared not refuse to drink.
To Yan Yunxi, Lu Zheng was a donkey, but to the others in Wushang Heaven, this donkey was the Donkey Demon King.
Qin Mu glanced over there and said: "Heavenly Master, is there really a thirty-fourth heaven of sword dao?"
"I don't know."
Yan Yunxi shook her head: "Perhaps there is, perhaps there isn't. With his talent, there should be. With the current state of Wuyou Village, there isn't."
Qin Mu looked at her deeply and said: "When will Heavenly Master Zixi change into women's clothing? Woodcutter Saint Master and Martial Combat Heavenly Master are both waiting."
Yan Yunxi said angrily: "None of your business! Since there is no man who moves my heart, I'll remain single."
Qin Mu laughed heartily and said: "You can't find a man who combines the Woodcutter Saint Master's wisdom with the Martial Combat Heavenly Master's perseverance. You might as well change into women's clothing early and pick one of them to marry. The Woodcutter Saint Master and the Martial Combat Heavenly Master have not married to this day. Most likely, both of them are waiting for your decision. You're not only delaying yourself, but also delaying them."
Yan Yunxi was both embarrassed and angry, and shouted: "I haven't defeated you, so hurry up and leave! Don't humiliate me here!"
"Shu Jun, it's time for us to go!"
Qin Mu called out. Shu Jun quickly stood up. Lu Zheng laughed: "Big Head, come drink another day! I'll treat you to radishes!"
The radish tied to the fishing rod on his head struggled desperately, but couldn't break free, so it had to resign itself to fate.
Shu Jun acknowledged and came to Qin Mu's side.
"Don't go to the next few heavens."
Yan Yunxi saw him out of the city and said: "My side is fake flattery; over there, it's real bootlicking. If you go there, you'll only be humiliated."
Qin Mu was slightly stunned and showed a puzzled expression.
Yan Yunxi sighed: "In Wuyou Village, those of us old generals are the ones unwilling to accept things. The new gods and demons born in Wuyou Village have no feelings for the outside world. They are extremely fearful of the legendary mighty Heavenly Court and don't want to go out. Among them are smart people who know you've come to use martial force to remonstrate, forcing the Kaihuang to go on expedition. They will definitely obstruct you."
Qin Mu revealed a smile and nodded: "For them, this really is a land of no worries."
Yan Yunxi snorted and said indifferently: "What land of no worries? This world simply doesn't have a land of no worries! Go. The sooner you see the Kaihuang, the more advantage you'll have. His comprehension in sword dao and divine powers is truly too high. If you delay even one day, he might comprehend Sword Twenty, which will be even more disadvantageous to you."
Qin Mu took his leave and departed.
The two arrived at Yulong Heaven. This Yulong Heaven of Wuyou Village was indeed vastly different from the previous twenty-nine heavens. Here, songs and dances flourished, resplendent and magnificent. Young gods and demons used visualization divine powers to create all kinds of wondrous scenes and holy realms, breathtakingly beautiful.
People sang and danced in these strange and gorgeous places, with pools of wine and forests of meat, indulging in extreme luxury and extravagance.
As Qin Mu and Shu Jun walked here, Shu Jun suddenly shed tears.
Qin Mu was surprised and said: "What's wrong, Divine King?"
"Before my Creator race was destroyed back then, it was just like this. Seeing these things stirs my emotions and makes me involuntarily recall those days."
Shu Jun sighed with emotion: "When the Creator race was at its most prosperous, no one ever thought that the disaster of extinction was not far away."
Qin Mu fell into thought.
There were divine beings patrolling everywhere here. They should be newly born young deities who had heard the news of Qin Mu's arrival in Wuyou Village and had come to search for their whereabouts.
Qin Mu's divine consciousness rippled, forming an illusion of divine consciousness. He walked past those deities searching for them, passing through safely.
They arrived at Longbian Heaven. The extreme luxury here surpassed Yulong Heaven. The garrison generals of the lower heavens of Wuyou Village would still worry about the Creator's attacks and drill troops and set up formations, but here, that tense atmosphere was completely gone. Only enjoyment, pleasure, and indulging in the sea of desire remained.
Qin Mu and Shu Jun did not linger and continued to the next heaven, Pingyu Heaven.
"Mu'er."
Qin Hanzhen and his wife were waiting for him at the entrance of Pingyu Heaven. They should have been waiting for a long time. Princess Zhen smiled: "Mu'er has indeed come. Your father knows you well, saying you would definitely come to investigate the Kaihuang's sword techniques."
Qin Mu pushed aside his robes and knelt to kowtow to the two of them, saying: "When Mu wears the red robe, he is the Holy Infant, so he has neglected you two elders. Now I have come to apologize."
Qin Hanzhen quickly helped him up and said: "We didn't raise you, didn't educate you, didn't give you a soul. How dare we call ourselves your parents?"
Princess Zhen wiped the corner of her eyes and smiled: "I really do wish I had given birth to two sons."
Qin Hanzhen said: "You must have suffered many hardships along the way. His Majesty's old subordinates are extremely loyal to him and will definitely make things difficult for you in every possible way. I know you've suffered."
Qin Mu was dumbfounded.
Princess Zhen said: "Your father is Prince Zhen, so it's not convenient for him to go down and see those old fellows directly. They have strange tempers and speak in a sarcastic manner. I said let your father go find you, but he said those old men have a sense of propriety. They will definitely make a move against you, but they won't endanger your life. At most, they'll injure you. No need to go. If you were forced back by those old men, that would be even better."
Qin Mu was even more dumbfounded.
Shu Jun chuckled: "Those old subordinates of the Kaihuang are indeed extremely loyal and make things difficult in every possible way."
Qin Hanzhen led him toward the Prince Zhen's residence and said: "It's rare for you to come back. I'll take you to meet the ancestors of the Qin family. Let's not talk about your duel with the Kaihuang. Let's enter the family home first. Half of the territory of this Pingyu Heaven belongs to the old Qin family."
Qin Mu acknowledged.
He followed Qin Hanzhen and Princess Zhen, walking along. He saw grave mounds one after another, stretching as far as the eye could see.
"These are all the ancestors of the old Qin family."
Qin Hanzhen said: "The people of the old Qin family knew that the Kaihuang's decision to move to Wuyou Village had lost the hearts of the soldiers, so from the fourth generation onward, the people of the old Qin family took the initiative to fight against the Creators. They are all here, generation after generation, all here."
"The Kaihuang had thirty-four children. During the establishment of the Kaihuang Heavenly Court, thirty-three died in battle. The founding ancestor of our branch died in the battle of the migration to Wuyou Village. He led six sons to block the Heavenly Court. His body was never found, and no one went looking for it."
Qin Hanzhen said: "He did not enter the ancestral graves. The Kaihuang's third-generation descendants died on the way into the Great Void. They went in first to scout the path. Only one returned alive and said to the Kaihuang, 'It's safe.'"
"By our generation, I am the one hundred and sixth generation, you are the one hundred and seventh. The people of the old Qin family are already very few. Every generation must bear the heavy burden of guarding Wuyou Village. When the Creators attack, the people of the old Qin family are the first to charge out, rushing to the very front. Your mother not wanting you to come back is also because of this concern."
He pointed to a grave ahead and said: "That one over there is your eldest uncle, my elder brother. He treated me very well in the past. When I left Wuyou Village, he saw me off. After I returned, he was already buried here..."
"For the old Qin family, Wuyou Village has never existed."
He stood before that grave and lowered his head: "Because for people with the surname Qin, the burdens they carry are too many, too heavy."
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