What responded to Wan Zhaoyi was an ear-piercing sword chirp, and then, a sword light was seen, flying from directly in front of Wan Zhaoyi, at an extremely fast speed.
The reason why the sword chirp sounded was that the other party was reminding Ten Thousand Trillion that they were not sneak attacking him.
In reality, the speed of the other party’s sword was far beyond the speed of sound.
“Not good.”
Wan Zhaoyi’s pupils quickly contracted for a moment, the holy qi in his body worked rapidly, his arms unfolded, and inside the spine of his back, eight hundred feet long gigantic dragon souls instantly rushed out, meeting the sword light in front of him.
“Boom!”
All eight dragon souls were churned to pieces by the sword energy in an instant.
Wan Zhaoyi spat out a mouthful of blood, his body was uncontrollable, and he flew backwards violently, his body hitting the top of the cliff wall twenty miles away.
“咵 la!”
The hundreds of metres high cliff wall collapsed, dropping pieces of rubble and burying Wan Zhaoyi under the mountain.
Ten Thousand Trillion half-kneeled on the ground, clenched his teeth and roared, his body emitted a golden light that shook the mountain where the cliff wall was located into pieces.
“Boom!”
Wan Zhaoyi rushed out of the mud, flying up a hundred feet high before falling back to the ground, blood gushing from his arms and sliding down from his fingertips.
“Red Sun Sword Technique, Nine Spectre Sword Saint.”
He had already recognised that the sword technique that the other party had just performed was none other than the Nine Septic Sword Saint’s famous stance, the Red Sun Sword Technique.
Outside the heavens, the voice of the Nine Spectres Sword Saint was heard, “Wan Zhaobillion, the fact that you were able to block one of Lao Fu’s swords shows that you have the qualifications to live. Since Zhang Ruochen is dead, I will also bid farewell.”
When the last word fell, the Nine Spectres Sword Saint was already a thousand miles away.
An ancient river, misty with smoke and waves, flowed out from the reckless primordial ancient forest, emitting a roaring sound of water waves. The river was more than two hundred metres wide, and occasionally, savage beasts with huge bodies would rush out of the water, breathing in the heaven and earth spiritual qi in the air.
This primordial ancient forest was already seventeen thousand miles away from the place where Ten Thousand Trillion Trillion and the Nine Spectres Sword Saint had exchanged blows just now.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen and the Nine Spectres Sword Saint stood on the bank of the ancient river, facing each other.
Zhang Ruochen immediately knelt down and bowed to the Nine Spectres Sword Saint, saying, “Many thanks, Master, for coming to the rescue.”
The figure and appearance of the Nine Spectres Sword Saint gradually changed, as his original long black hair turned white. His face became a few points thinner, a long beard grew on his chin, and there were a few more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
In just a moment, he had completely transformed into another person, none other than Zhang Ruochen’s master, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint.
“Quickly get up.”
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint hurriedly stretched out his hands and helped Zhang Ruochen up.
A smile appeared on the face of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint as he said, “Even Ten Thousand Trillion Trillions failed to recognise my master, how did you recognise him?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Master’s art of change has reached the realm of being out of this world, so of course, disciple could not recognise it. However, disciple knows that there are three great Sword Saints in the entire Eastern Region, yet only Master Teacher would risk his life to save disciple.”
Saving Zhang Ruochen was indeed quite a risky endeavour, once discovered, then it would be a blatant challenge to Empress Chi Yao’s authority, and would be punished as a chaotic traitor.
Even the Nine Spectres Sword Saint might not really dare to kill someone that Empress Chi Yao had personally ordered to be captured.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint let out a long sigh and said, ”Master thought for a long time, and finally realised that there is only this one way that can save you. Luckily, my master had once comprehended the Red Sun Sword Technique of the Nine Pale Sword Saint, so it should be possible to fool the Trillion Trillion.”
Zhang Ruochen was a little worried and said, “Master, what if things are revealed?”
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t worried for himself, but for the Xuan Gui Sword Saint.
Even with the Xuan Gui Sword Saint’s identity, if it was found out that he had killed the Imperial Golden Armour Troopers and rescued a key court criminal, he was afraid that he wouldn’t have a good ending.
With his hands behind his back, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint looked towards the turbulent surface of the river and laughed, ”It will not. The reason why Master did this was also after careful consideration. On the imperial court’s side, they will definitely think that you were killed by the Nine Spectres Sword Saint. The Nine Spectres Sword Saint, on the other hand, would think that it was the court’s cynicism and envy that had secretly executed you and framed him in return.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded at once, and sighed in his heart, “Indeed, ginger is still old and hot, and Master Teacher’s work can be said to be watertight.
Sword Saint Xuan Gui added, “However, since Zhang Ruochen is dead, you can no longer appear as him in the future, it’s a shame that you’ve been wronged.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and smiled, saying, “Being able to survive is already not easy. Even if I change my face and go incognito, what’s the harm?”
Chi Yao had already noticed the “Zhang Ruochen” in the Eastern Region, and now, he could only fake his death in order to deal with the next variables more comfortably.
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen’s identity as a Time Successor had already been exposed, and even if Chi Yao didn’t kill him, the people from the Black Market and the Demon Sect, as well as other forces, would probably plan to count on him and assassinate him.
Only when Zhang Ruochen died would they be completely at ease.
The only thing that made Zhang Ruochen somewhat relieved was his relatives and friends, if they learnt of Zhang Ruochen’s death, they would probably be quite sad.
Of course, as long as Zhang Ruochen died, they would instead be safer, and no one would harm them anymore.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint glanced towards Zhang Ruochen and asked, “What are your next plans?”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, revealing an icy cold light, said, “I’m going to make a trip to the Eastern Region Evil Lands first, and kill Emperor Yi with my own hands. He injured my mother and nearly caused her tragic death, as a human son, how can I not avenge my mother’s death?”
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint pondered for a moment and said, “The Eastern Domain Evil Land gathers countless evil experts, not only in the black market, but also in the Devil Cults, it can be described as a chaotic and chaotic group of devils, and it can be called the most dangerous and dark place in the Eastern Domain.”
“However, with your cultivation, it’s enough to go and make a break for it. However, you need to know that the Eastern Domain Evil Land is the home base of the Black Market, where Emperor Yi can mobilise countless Evil Dao experts to deal with you, and even more Evil Dao experts are protecting him in secret, so are you sure that you can kill him?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Emperor Yi can turn the tide in the Eastern Domain Sacred City, why can’t I go to the Eastern Domain Evil Land and kill him myself? Last time, it was me in the light and him in the dark. Now, it’s him in the light and me in the dark. This trip is to claim his life, and it’s all or nothing.”
“Good!”
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint sighed in praise, as long as Zhang Ruochen had a strong will, then, he would definitely give his full support as well.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint said, “Originally, Master has arranged two paths for you. If you want to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, my master can find you an isolated cave and blessed land, so that you will not be disturbed by the outside world and cultivate the Sword Dao with dedication.”
“Since you’re going to the Eastern Region Evil Lands, then, Master can pass on a special martial art to you that might be very useful to you.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What special martial skill?”
“Thirty-six Changes.”
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint looked towards Zhang Ruochen with a smile on his face.
Zhang Ruochen was slightly stunned, only feeling that he had heard of this name somewhere and seemed to have no image of it at all.
When he thought back carefully, he couldn’t recall it at all either.
He shook his head and said in confusion, “Master, what is the Thirty-Six Changes?”
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint smiled and raised his right hand, pointing his index finger forwards.
A wave of white cold air flew out from the tip of his finger, and immediately, the turbulent river made a “giggling” sound, and in an instant, it turned into ice.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint travelled towards the ice, and with every step he took, his appearance would change once. From time to time, he turned into a tall and powerful bearded man, from time to time, he turned into a handsome young boy, and from time to time, he turned into a stooped old woman!
In a short period of time, he changed into thirteen different people in a row. Moreover, each change was flawless, and even the aura of his body changed along with it, suddenly strong and weak, variable, simply bizarre to the extreme.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint said to Zhang Ruochen, “This kind of martial skill is actually called the ‘Formless and Phaseless Thirty-Six Changes’, and it comes from the Chen Clan’s supreme secret codex, the Four Nine Xuan Gong.”
“During the Middle Ages, the Chen Clan’s Four Nine Xuan Gong was divided into three parts: the 36 Heavens of Technique, the 36 Extreme Skills, and the 36 Changes, respectively.”
“The Chen Family has been passed down in the Eastern Region for a long, unknown number of thousands of years. During this period, it has suffered several great calamities, and a few of them even came close to being completely destroyed.”
“It was those several calamities that caused the Four Nine Xuan Gongs to become crippled.”
“Of the thirty-six heavens of the gongfu, only the first three volumes and twenty-seven heavens remain. It is said that it was still you who retrieved the cultivation techniques of the latter nine heavens for them.”
“As far as I know, a small half of the thirty-six stances on the Four Nine Heavens Technique have been lost. As for, the thirty-six changes, they are even completely lost.”
Zhang Ruochen became even more curious and said, “The Thirty-Six Changes have all been lost in the Chen Clan, so why does Master Teacher have a method for its cultivation?”
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint said, “My master was also exploring a medieval relic when he found the Formless and Phase-less Thirty-Six Changes inside. Later, after my continuous examination, I finally determined that the Formless and Phaseless Thirty-Six Changes is the Thirty-Six Changes on the Chen Clan’s Four Nine Xuan Gong.”
As he spoke, Sword Saint Xuan Gui took out a fist-sized piece of white jade and handed it to Zhang Ruochen’s hand.
On the jade stone, there were more than 100,000 small characters engraved. Because, the fonts were too small, using the naked eye, it was impossible to see what was written on the jade stone.
Zhang Ruochen mobilised his spiritual power and gazed at it.
“Wow.”
In an instant, on the jade stone, small white characters emerged, hanging in front of his eyes, line by line.
At the very top were the eight ancient characters of “Formless and Phaseless Thirty-Six Changes”.
Zhang Ruochen put away his spiritual energy and immediately put the jade book away properly.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint added, “If one is able to cultivate the Thirty-Six Changes to the Grand Completion Realm, one can not only turn into someone else’s appearance in a flash, but also turn into flying birds and beasts, flowers, birds, fish, and insects, enter water to turn into water, and enter fire to turn into fire, so there are endless mysteries and unpredictable changes.”
However, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint immediately poured cold water on Zhang Ruochen again, adding, “Only by cultivating the Four Nine Arcane Techniques can you cultivate the Thirty-Six Changes to its great completion.”
