When the Sacred Book Talented Lady saw Zhang Ruochen’s very indifferent appearance, there was actually some indescribable hard feelings in her heart, and her lips and teeth clenched.
She endeavoured to suppress that emotion and walked towards Zhang Ruochen, saying indifferently, “I have no other intentions, merely wanting to meet you alone, at least, we used to be good friends. Right?”
“Once …… perhaps!”Zhang Ruochen said.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was very defensive towards her, the Sacred Book Talent Maiden was even more bitter in her heart as she added, “Not too long ago, the Sacred Ancestor of the Hall of Brightness, Kong Lanyou, had gone to the Central Imperial City once, trying to assassinate the Empress. At that time, I happened to be accompanying the Empress, and both the Ming Tang Sacred Ancestor and the Empress had mentioned the name ‘Zhang Ruochen’.”
“You don’t need to test me, the other Zhang Ruochen must not be this Zhang Ruochen.”Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes and tried to appear calm.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden was quite intelligent, and even if Zhang Ruochen revealed just a hint of a break, it was expected that she would notice it.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady had already walked behind Zhang Ruochen, frowning her eyebrows as she said, “I have served by the Empress’ side for many years, and I know her very well, she is a Saint with a broad mind. Her feats and achievements far surpass those great human emperors in history, and she definitely won’t drive you to extinction just because she’s jealous of your natural talent.”
“On the contrary, during her years of reign, the Empress has spared no effort in supporting the top human emperors, providing them with a constant stream of cultivation resources to help them grow.”
“Zhang Ruochen, come back to the Central Imperial City with me, the Empress may not really want to harm you, perhaps, merely wanting to meet you. You should trust me, I would never harm you.”
In fact, how could Zhang Ruochen ever not want to meet Chi Yao and ask her face to face why she had tried to kill him eight hundred years ago?
However, whenever Zhang Ruochen recalled the image of Chi Yao stabbing him to death, his heart was in considerable pain and he didn’t dare to face the brutal truth.
What’s more, the Chi Yao of today was no longer that teenage girl, but the mighty sovereign of the Kunlun Realm.
The Zhang Ruochen of today, I’m afraid, would be like an ant in front of her. Even if she knew the truth, what could she do?
How could a mole cricket still want to kill the Empress?
Before his strength was strong, Zhang Ruochen would undoubtedly be throwing himself into the net as well as bringing shame to himself if he went to see Chi Yao.
Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes, which were filled with blood, and said with cold fury, “I won’t go to the Central Imperial City, at least not right now. If Lord Talented Lady wants to arrest me, feel free to do so, there is no need to be too difficult.”?The Sacred Book Talented Lady had never seen Zhang Ruochen look so angry before, and in her heart, she was both a little worried that his state would affect his cultivation, yet she was even more curious as to what kind of beef he had with the Empress.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden was prepared to persuade him in a relatively softer way, saying, ”Zhang Ruochen, you should be clear that if the Ministry of Military Affairs were to take action, they might not let you arrive at the Central Imperial City alive, and only I can guarantee your safety. What’s more, don’t you want to meet Huang Yichen?”
The anger in Zhang Ruochen’s body dissipated a lot as he turned around and stared at the Sacred Book Talented Maiden who was standing not far away as he softly asked, “Is she alright?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden nodded and said, “The Empress knew that she was your fiancée, yet she didn’t make things difficult for her, allowing her to enjoy the same treatment as the rest of the Boundary Sons. It’s just that she, along with the other eight Realm Sons, are still cultivating in a secret place, and will need to wait some time before they come out.”
“The Queen’s heart can accommodate Yellow Smoke, and it can definitely accommodate you as well.”
“I heard that you brought back the stone talisman left behind by the Thousand Bones Empress from the netherworld, to reseal the passageway to the netherworld. This is a great deed that benefits all the people in the world, and as long as the Empress knows about this, even if you have made some mistakes before, she will surely forgive you.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled to himself, “Forgive me? I’ve never done anything to wrong her or my conscience, so why should I pray for her forgiveness?”
“In that case, what are you still worried about?”The Sacred Book Talented Lady asked rhetorically.
Zhang Ruochen stared into her eyes, which gradually became very cold and sharp again as he said, “There are some things that you wouldn’t understand. If Lord Talented Lady has nothing else to do, I will leave first!”
“And wait.”
The Sacred Book Talent Lady looked at Zhang Ruochen rather grudgingly, knowing that she could not persuade him to turn himself in.
She said, “Besides this matter, there is another important matter that I want to discuss with you.”
“I understand.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded, and then, from within his spatial ring, he took out the Blood Seal Sacred Decree that the Sacred Book Talented Lady had once given to him, and held it against him, saying, “I’ll return it to you.”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden’s heart was very sour, and she just glanced towards the Blood Seal Holy Purpose without picking it up.
She shook her head and said, “I was referring to the matter about the Immortal Blood Clan, not the Blood Seal Holy Decree. This volume of Blood Seal Holy Purpose, you should keep it for now, it might come in handy when you encounter danger in the future.”
Zhang Ruochen looked at her with some curiosity and said, “As a friend, you have already done what you should have done, and you have been kind to me. However, you must take back the Blood Seal Holy Decree. If the Ministry of War discovers that I used your Blood Seal Holy Decree, I’m afraid that it will be quite unfavourable to you.”
“Yet, I am even more worried that you will die under the spears of the Ministry of War’s strongest men.”
This sentence came out of the mouth of the Sacred Book Talented Lady.
Even Zhang Ruochen was stunned.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden also realised that something was amiss, and immediately gathered back the emotions that had unintentionally flowed out.
In the bamboo forest, it once again became silent.
Only, this time, the silence appeared somewhat strange.
Only after a long time did the Sacred Book Talented Lady say, “Zhang Ruochen, you should know the purpose of the Immortal Blood Clan’s gathering to the Yuanfu. Now, the Ancient Prison Suppressor Clan and the Ministry of War are joining forces and are about to wage war against the Immortal Blood Clan. The first thing to do is to clear out the Undying Blood Race lurking amongst the Zhen Gu Clan and the Ministry of War.”
“I’ve come to find you this time, in fact, I’m also hoping to get your help. You shouldn’t have any good feelings towards the Immortal Blood Clan either, right?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I am the sword bearer of the Monstrous Sword, and I am already responsible for guarding the Underworld Sword Mound. As long as I can help, I will definitely help. It’s just that the Ministry of War and the Ancient Clan of Prison Suppression are full of experts, so I’m afraid I can’t be of much help with my meagre cultivation.”?”No.”?The Sacred Book Talented Lady said, “If you want to find out the lurkers of the Undying Blood Clan, you must borrow the Secret Scroll of the Blood Clan. In the heavens, only you have read the Secret Scrolls of the Blood Race, so in order to find out those lurkers, it is necessary for you to make a move.”
“Only I have read the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race?”Zhang Ruochen said doubtfully.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden said, “So far, you are the first person to present the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race, and have also spoken about what is recorded on it. The rest, the vast majority of people, don’t even know the existence of the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race at all.”
Zhang Ruochen’s brows furrowed as he muttered to himself, “How could this be?”
In the beginning, Zhang Ruochen clearly remembered that the Crown Prince’s Crown Prince Shangguan Que had compiled the Blood Clan Secret Scrolls together with all the saints, and such an important canon must have been spread all over the world a long time ago, so how could it be possible that no one knew about it?Unless, the Blood Clan Secret Scrolls had not been circulated at all after it was compiled.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden stood on the side, a pair of bright eyes staring at Zhang Ruochen, waiting for his reply.
Zhang Ruochen, however, shook his head and said, “I’m sorry, I haven’t read the Blood Clan Secret Scrolls, so I’m afraid I can’t help you guys.”
“In the Two Element Sect, you had published two methods of identifying undead blood races, so how is it possible that you haven’t flipped through the Secret Scrolls of the Blood Race?”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
If not for the Sacred Book Talented Maiden knowing Zhang Ruochen quite well, she was afraid that she would also wonder if he had already defected to the Immortal Blood Race or not.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I’ve only read two of the pages, I don’t know the complete volume.”
There was a pause before he added, “If Lord Talented Lady really wants to find the Secret Scroll of the Blood Clan, you can go to the Shangguan Family and try your luck. In the beginning, it was Shangguan Que, the head of the Shangguan Family, who personally compiled the Secret Scrolls of the Blood Clan. If the Secret Scroll of the Blood Clan has not been circulated, it must still be in Shangguan Que’s hands.”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden chose to believe Zhang Ruochen, only to shake her head and say, “Shangguan Que is an Imperial Master and was once the Empress’s teacher, his status is so lofty that ordinary people can’t see him at all.”
“Furthermore, after the Empress ascended the throne, he has been living in deep seclusion, rarely showing his face. In the last few hundred years, it’s even more so that I’ve never heard anything about him. At his old man’s age, he might have passed away long ago.”
In Zhang Ruochen’s mind, the past of eight hundred years ago, when he, Chi Yao, Kong Lanyou, and Murong Yefeng ……, a group of royal nobles and children of worldly families, went to school together, surfaced.
At that time, their teacher, was Shangguan Que.
Some things, as if they had happened yesterday, are still fresh in my mind, however, eight hundred years have passed, things have long since changed, the sea has changed.
In the end, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden still left the Underworld Sword Graveyard, preparing to make a personal trip to the Shangguan Family. Regardless of whether she could meet Shangguan Que or not, she had to go.
Nowadays, the entire Kunlun Realm was already showing signs of turmoil, and it was necessary to take the first step to suppress the Undying Blood Race and contain the disaster.
Therefore, finding the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race was also particularly important.
“Back then, what exactly happened, why didn’t the teacher pass out the Secret Scroll of the Blood Race?”Zhang Ruochen fell into deep thought.
If it wasn’t for the situation of the Ancient Prison Zhen Clan, which was really too delicate, Zhang Ruochen would have loved to travel to the Shangguan Family with the Sacred Book Talented Maiden.
However, as a sword wielder, he could only be most effective if he stayed at the Underworld Sword Mound, and it was destined that Zhang Ruochen had to stay behind for the time being.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the Sacred Book Talented Maiden’s departing back, his eyelids jumping.
For some reason, just at that moment just now, an ominous premonition was born in his heart.
It was a metaphysical and marvellous feeling, as if at a certain moment, the spiritual power penetrated through time and saw what happened in the future.
Only, that feeling was rather vague and flickered away, as if it was a hallucination.
“She is a Spiritual Power Saint and has many powerful treasures on her body, how could she possibly encounter danger? Even if she encounters danger, who can keep her?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and shook his head, putting the worries in his heart aside for now.
With that, Zhang Ruochen left the Bamboo Festival Mountain and travelled in the direction of the Sword Mound.
The next three days were quite important to him, he had to empty his mind of all distractions and devote himself to cultivation.
