Evergreen Immortal-Chapter 39: Jiangdong Sword Immortal

Wu Tu rolled his eyes. “How the hell would I know?”

Intelligence was just intelligence, only a fool would take it as absolute truth.

Wu Tu offered a bit of streetwise wisdom: “Kid, when you’re out on a mission, the only thing that never changes is the unexpected. So you should know…”

“Adapt to the situation?” Liang He chimed in.

Wu Tu spat. “Bullshit. It means if things go south, run.”

“…"

Liang He was speechless.

So this was Deacon Wu’s great martial world wisdom?

Wu Tu didn’t bother explaining further. You can’t teach someone just by talking, some lessons had to be learned through experience. What mattered more was reflecting afterward to improve.

And, that’s only possible if you survive.

Even though Li Rui had asked him to look after Liang He, Wu Tu couldn’t take care of everything like he was cleaning up after a toddler.

The waiting was dreadfully dull. Their job was to observe the surrounding environment and stay on standby to provide support. The actual search work was being done by professional constables.

With nothing else to do, Wu Tu casually began passing on bits of experience to the seven or eight ordinary Heaven-Earth Alliance disciples around him.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a sharp screech pierced the air, followed by a white trail of smoke shooting into the sky.

“It’s starting already?”

Wu Tu and the others instantly tensed, drew their weapons in unison, and rushed toward the source of the signal arrow.

One hour earlier, inside the main hall of the Heaven-Earth Alliance’s branch.

Branch Master Dao Xiong sat squarely on a tiger-skin chair. To his left sat Liu Zhen, and to his right, Kong Xianian.

Kong Xianian glanced at Dao Xiong.

This Heaven-Earth Alliance Branch Master was once a rather well-known bladesman in Anning Prefecture. It was said he once chased down a hundred mounted bandits with a seven-foot broadsword, utterly fierce.

"Branch Master Dao, do you think my 'lure the snake from its hole' tactic will work this time?"

Kong Xianian looked supremely confident.

Dao Xiong gave a mild smile. “It’s hard to say.”

He didn’t object to Kong Xianian using his subordinates as bait. At least Kong had informed him in advance, sparing the Alliance from being caught off guard and embarrassed.

So in a way, he had helped him.

Dao Xiong asked, “Envoy Kong, what secret art was it that your sect lost to warrant such a large mobilization?”

Kong Xianian didn’t hide it: “White Ape Phi Blade.”

Upon hearing the name White Ape Phi Blade, Dao Xiong’s expression sharpened.

“The saber art created by that senior of Splendid Purity Sect, known as the number one saber across the Seven Prefectures?”

Kong Xianian looked faintly proud as he replied, “Precisely. Elder Ma of our sect is the eighth-generation disciple of that senior. Unfortunately, due to poor judgment in taking disciples, Xu Hua stole the secret art.”

Dao Xiong clicked his tongue in amazement.

White Ape Phi Blade, that was an exceptional technique, one he had never even seen in his lifetime.

Whoever had the luck to obtain it…

Dao Xiong asked, “So it really was Hall Master Li who took the technique?”

He had only recently learned that Tianyi Hall’s Hall Master had participated in the battle at the ruined temple and had formerly been just a stablehand.

Kong Xianian shook his head. “Please forgive me for acting first and reporting later, but Hall Master Li is innocent. He didn’t take it.”

Dao Xiong looked slightly disappointed.

“In that case, it’s going to be tricky. Who could’ve gotten such a great fortune?”

There were often beggars sleeping in that ruined temple.

If one of them had used the manual for firewood, that would be a real tragedy.

Dao Xiong turned toward Liu Zhen. “Envoy Liu, do you know which senior from your sect has personally come to Qinghe this time?”

That was what he cared about most tonight.

Kong Xianian also looked over with interest.

Though both of them held the same title of envoy, their status within the sect was worlds apart. Liu Zhen came from a far superior background, so he knew far more about sect affairs than Kong did.

Such as which elder had personally come to Qinghe this time.

Liu Zhen smiled faintly. “It’s not that I wanted to keep it a secret. Elder Jiang specifically instructed me before leaving. I imagine neither of you wants to experience Elder Jiang’s sword firsthand?”

Elder Jiang?

Dao Xiong’s heart skipped a beat.

Splendid Purity Sect only had one elder with the surname Jiang.

“The Jiangdong Sword Immortal, Jiang Linxian?”

His eyes went wide.

Kong Xianian wore the same stunned expression.

Neither of them had expected such a towering figure to be involved this time!

Dao Xiong cautiously asked, “Envoy Liu, then why can you reveal it now?”

Liu Zhen replied coolly, “Because Elder Jiang has already arrived in Qinghe. You can say whatever you want now, as long as you survive his sword.”

“…”

Dao Xiong and Kong Xianian exchanged a look, both broke into a cold sweat down their backs.

Just as they wondered where exactly Elder Jiang was hiding—

Whoosh!

A signal arrow streaked across the sky.

In the very next instant, Dao Xiong and the two envoys from Splendid Purity Sect vanished from the hall in a flash.

In the darkness, a figure silently emerged from a side room near Tianyi Hall.

Dressed entirely in black.

His face and age were indistinguishable.

Li Rui lightly tapped the ground and landed without making a sound.

“That Bone-Strengthening Pill really is effective.”

He was now just a sliver away from reaching the eighth-grade level.

Ordinarily, it would take someone five years to reach the eighth grade. He had done it in just one. It wouldn’t be long before he stepped into the Bronze Bone Realm.

In Qinghe, he could finally stand tall as someone with real strength.

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Perhaps just a few more months...

He looked up at the signal arrow in the sky.

“So it’s finally starting?”

Carrying a newly forged saber on his back, he leapt over the courtyard wall and began moving toward the source of the arrow.

That Splendid Purity Sect disciple had clearly convinced himself that he had stolen the White Ape Phi Blade.

He would undoubtedly try to strike from the shadows.

But Li Rui didn’t want to spend every night worrying about being assassinated.

That kind of fear was just unbearable.

So the best solution was to make that Splendid Purity Sect disciple completely unable to act.

He had heard from a Zhou-surnamed disciple, who had come with Zhu family’s eldest son Zhu Yue, that the Splendid Purity Sect disciple had been seriously injured by Jiang Yan using some kind of “Divine Weapon Talisman.” If it really came to a fight, he should be able to defend himself.

Even though many experts were already fully prepared tonight, Old age had made him prone to nightmares.

If he didn’t see that Splendid Purity Sect disciple die with his own eyes, he wouldn’t be able to sleep!

“I really just can’t rest easy!”