“How could that be? Ling Xiao, I can hand Mo Cong over to you. What is your second demand?”
Feng Ming Wuliang asked.
Hearing Feng Ming Wuliang say this, Mo Cong’s face instantly turned completely desperate.
Although he could imagine that Feng Ming Wuliang would definitely abandon him.
He never expected it to be so straightforward.
After all this, his hope turned out to be nothing but empty air, completely meaningless.
How ridiculous that he thought meeting this Emperor would allow him to keep his secret safe.
In the end, it was just drawing water with a bamboo basket.
“Second, hand over the Ice Phoenix clan’s Ice Fury to me.”
“Impossible!”
Feng Ming Wuliang immediately rejected it.
Ice Fury was a mortal-grade spirit weapon. Although it had always been kept in the Ice Phoenix clan’s armoury and no one used it, because the sword was far too heavy and could not be sharpened, it was not valued by anyone.
But no matter what, it was still a mortal-grade spirit weapon. How could it be given to Ling Xiao?
“Just a broken sword. Give it to him. I decide.”
Feng Ming Qingshan’s mother spoke again. “It’s merely a mere mortal-grade spirit weapon. Could it possibly be more important than my precious son?”
Her words made sense. She only had this one son.
Feng Ming Wuliang had ten sons, so naturally she valued her own son far more than he did.
A mortal-grade spirit weapon had become mere junk, yet on the Heavenly Dragon Continent and Divine Phoenix Continent, it might count as one of the highest-level weapons possible.
“Give it! Give everything!”
Feng Ming Wuliang gritted his teeth and finally agreed.
Of course he was not afraid of Ling Xiao. He was afraid of his own consort.
“Now you can go save Qingshan, right?”
Feng Ming Wuliang asked.
“That won’t do. How do I know whether you will go back on your word? After all, you people of the imperial family are best at exactly these kinds of tricks.”
Ling Xiao shook his head and said, “I can temporarily guarantee he does not die. But if you want him to wake up, hand Ice Fury over to me immediately.”
“What if you take the item and refuse to save him?”
Feng Ming Wuliang became angry.
“The Emperor is joking. This is the capital of the Divine Phoenix Empire. Even if you gave me a hundred times the courage, I would not dare take something from your Ice Phoenix clan and run away. Besides, I still want to participate in the upcoming Dragon-Phoenix Selection. If I left, would I not lose my chance?”
Ling Xiao said calmly.
“Your Majesty, agree to him. If he cannot save Qingshan alive, it will not be too late to kill him afterwards.”
Feng Ming Qingshan’s mother said.
“Fine. I will fetch it myself.”
Feng Ming Wuliang left quickly and returned quickly.
The whole process took less than thirty breaths. For a Yin-Yang Realm martial artist, such speed really was nothing.
“Here!”
Feng Ming Wuliang threw Ice Fury to Ling Xiao.
Because this sword had never been sharpened, it had no scabbard.
The blade was extremely wide and required both hands to wield more easily.
The entire sword weighed fully ten thousand jin. Ordinary Cave Heaven Realm martial artists could not even lift it.
Feng Ming Wuliang threw the sword to Ling Xiao because he wanted Ling Xiao to make a fool of himself in public.
However, he did not know that Ling Xiao had already fused with the blood of an ancient golden dragon back when he was only at Martial Vein Realm. His strength was far greater than ordinary people.
Now, his pure physical strength was probably even stronger than that of a Yin-Yang Realm martial artist. One punch from him likely carried twenty to thirty thousand jin of force.
A mere ten-thousand-jin heavy sword was no problem for him to hold with one hand.
“Good sword!”
Ling Xiao caught Ice Fury with one hand. Feeling the icy aura radiating from the sword, he could not help feeling delighted inside.
Ice Fury originally started as a simple heavy sword with ice attributes.
However, during its use over time, it had sealed various different elements, causing the heavy sword’s attributes to become extremely complex.
Ordinary martial artists not only struggled to control its immense power.
The complicated attributes were even harder to master.
On top of that, since Ice Fury could not be sharpened, it was put away and forgotten.
But for Ling Xiao, none of these were flaws. Instead, they all turned into advantages.
Ling Xiao’s Mountains and Rivers martial soul was a martial soul capable of containing everything.
These complex attributes, when fused into the mysteries of light and darkness, would not cause any conflict at all. On the contrary, they would greatly amplify the power of light and darkness.
Holding Ice Fury with both hands.
Ling Xiao closed his eyes.
In that instant, everyone noticed something strange.
The Ice Fury in Ling Xiao’s hand suddenly burst out with incomparably dazzling light, as if sunlight had been sealed inside the treasured sword.
Suddenly, Ling Xiao opened his eyes and slowly walked towards Mo Cong.
Behind him the rising sun swayed, while Ice Fury in his hand shone brilliantly in all directions.
His pace was not fast, yet every step made Mo Cong feel despair and terror in his heart.
“You said you would not kill me as long as I told you the secret!”
Mo Cong retreated while shouting in fear.
He originally thought he could keep his life. He originally thought he did not have to die.
Yet cruel reality told him otherwise.
All of it had merely been his delusion.
His ending was still most likely death.
“That is correct. I did say that, but that was before you turned to Feng Ming Wuliang for help.”
Ling Xiao continued walking while speaking calmly. “I gave you a chance, but you did not know how to cherish it. Did you really think I cared about your secret of coming back from the dead?
I was merely curious.
But curiosity cannot drive away my anger and displeasure. You truly disappointed me greatly.”
“Your Majesty, save me, save me! I can tell you the secret of coming back from the dead.”
Mo Cong shouted loudly for help.
“Can your secret bring Feng Ming Qingshan back to life?”
Ling Xiao asked while looking at Mo Cong with mockery.
Mo Cong fell silent.
His ability to return from death was actually just a special martial technique.
However, this kind of resurrection could only work on people who cultivated that martial technique.
Moreover, it could only be used three times in a lifetime.
Back then, he had cultivated this technique additionally just to save his own life.
Even so, this resurrection technique had conditions.
The corpse had to be complete, the heart and head had to be intact, and they could not be separated from the body.
Otherwise, death was still certain.
“Ling Xiao, where it is possible to forgive, forgive. Why must you insist on killing him? What benefit does killing him bring you? Moreover, Mo Cong has already been named by the Righteous Academy. If you kill him, you offend the Righteous Academy, and it brings you no advantage at all.”
Feng Ming Wuliang still felt somewhat unwilling. The secret of Mo Cong’s return from death was far too important for an Emperor who constantly lived in danger.
He really wanted it.
“I know it brings no benefit. So what? Mo Cong wanted to kill me, so I kill him. Even if you argue until the sky falls, I still have reason on my side!”
Ling Xiao said with disdain. “Besides, forget that he is only someone the Righteous Academy has named and has not officially joined yet. Even if he formally became a Justice Divine Guard, so what? If he deserves to die, he still dies!
Do not forget, Feng Ming Wuliang, I already killed one Justice Divine Guard from the outer academy and severely injured another. Killing one more unofficial one makes no difference at all.”
