The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

"So, this is most likely the legendary Lonely Mountain Sword Collection, or part of it?"

Not far away, Gongshu Zhi, who had been practicing normally, was moved and said, "But I heard that Bai Shanshui of Wei Yunshui Palace also has clues about the Lonely Mountain Sword Hidden, and is looking for it in Changling City."

"This news should be true, because Zheng Xiu has issued strict orders to the Heavenly Supervisor and the Divine Supervisor to hunt down the remnants of the Wei Dynasty more vigorously than ever before. This shows that she really believes that the sword is hidden in Bai Shanshui... and the latter took such a big risk to sneak into Changling, so he must have a lot of confidence."

"Perhaps, the clue in Bai Shanshui's hand is actually a treasure map, and the secret vault of the Lonely Mountain Sword Collection that it points to happens to be the golden man we found?" Concubine Zhao Xiang, who had already arrived at the airlock, proposed another conjecture:
"If that's true, then wouldn't it be that we got there first and accidentally found the Lonely Mountain Sword Sect's treasure?"

"It's possible." Gongshu Zhi pondered for a moment and analyzed: "The Lonely Mountain Sword Collection is extraordinary, and it must contain many secrets and dangers. Moreover, we have only discovered this golden man so far, and we don't know whether it is the entire sword collection."

“No matter what, let’s try to get close to the golden man first.” The airlock at the knees was isolated from the entire “Flying” goddess. Relying on the strength of Tianzhong’s golden body, Concubine Zhao took a deep breath of oxygen and spiritual energy before leaving the cabin, then reached out and pushed open the hatch, heading towards the deep space outside.

She was not wearing any special protective clothing. With a wave of her hand, she used her true energy to grab the steel cable that was hooked to the golden man. With a light pull, she naturally flew towards the huge target a hundred feet away. Some invisible and colorless star rays fell on Zhao Xiangfei's skin, but only produced fleeting crystal spots of light.

In fact, when arriving in this place outside the starry sky, compared with the communication and induction of the vital energy of the stars, the further understanding of the changes of lightness and heaviness is the greatest gain of Zhao Xiangfei's trip. It allows her knowledge of the practice of Tianzhong Golden Body to surpass its creator and predecessors of all generations, and has the possibility of breaking through barriers.

"Here we are." Zhao Xiangfei flew lightly to the torn fracture on the golden man's right arm and grabbed a piece of branch-like metal that seemed to have melted and then solidified. She said this casually, but she forgot that sound could not be transmitted in a vacuum, so she used her true energy to wrap around the Lingxi Jade Talisman and repeated it again.

She noticed that the broken end of the golden man's right arm looked solid and sealed, with a black jade-like luster, but the inside was actually like the "Flying Apsara", mostly hollow, only covered with a layer of shell about a foot thick. There was originally a hole leading to its torso, but it was blocked by the melted metal fragments.

After hesitating for a moment, Concubine Zhao Xiang tried to use her true energy to break up the blocked debris, but she was worried that it would trigger the unknown formation or mechanism in the Jin man's body. She carefully controlled the strength of her true energy, releasing only a little at a time, like using the finest scalpel to remove diseased tissue.

"Feitian is about to enter the communication blind spot behind the Chu Dynasty." At the same time, Zhao Qing sent a message in the jade talisman: "This is due to the obstruction of the planet itself. Normally, the signal will drop significantly or even be interrupted. It will take more than half an hour to reconnect."

"In order to reduce the impact of this situation, please immediately activate the A-267 Talisman Array in the backup cabin and release a series of relay satellites according to page of the operation manual to complete the relevant deployment... During this period, please temporarily suspend high-risk exploration operations..."

Upon hearing the news, Concubine Zhao Xiang was not surprised. She took out a few silver foil-like array blocking talismans and stuck them on the edge of the area she was excavating. Then she increased her strength and punched through the already loose thin wall, leaving a deep hole about two feet in size.

The next moment, a dark blue light overflowed from the hole, and as if it had life, it quickly spread up along Zhao Xiangfei's arm. She was startled and wanted to break free, but found that the dark light had no malicious intent. It just circled around her arm and then retreated back into the hole.

Knowing that she had just triggered some special restriction, Concubine Zhao retracted her fist vigilantly. She was just about to go somewhere else to observe whether the golden man had any other changes, but at this moment, an ancient sound as loud as the sea tide suddenly rang out from the body of the ten-zhang-long golden man, and he began to disintegrate on his own.

Along the lines of golden runes, the entire shell of the golden man seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, gradually breaking into countless tiny fragments. They did not drift away, but circled and gathered in the air, as if following a certain specific trajectory, rotating around the core area of ​​the golden man.

As the outer shell disintegrated, a spherical core gradually emerged. It was dark gold all over, and mysterious runes glowed on its surface, like the heart of a golden man. It spun in place, and with every rotation, a stream of dark golden slurry would gush out.

The slurries condensed into thin streams in the air, like nimble snakes, moving between the fragments of the golden man's shell that had just been broken apart, causing the originally damaged and broken parts to begin to repair at a speed visible to the naked eye.

They seemed to be endowed with life, pieced together, merged, and condensed, and finally restored the original appearance of the golden man. However, the golden man was now more shiny, as if it had been reforged, and compared with the previous one, it had an indescribable charm.

When the golden man's shell was fully restored, its eyes suddenly shone with brilliant light. The empty eye sockets seemed to be filled with starlight, reflecting a vast galaxy image, as if the entire universe was condensed in these eyes.

Concubine Zhao stared into the golden man's eyes and felt her heart and soul shaken, as if she was sucked into an endless cosmic abyss. The phantom of each star contained many runes, or rather, they were condensed like curled runes, some bright, some dark, some moving, some still, containing countless information.

Whenever her divine consciousness was focused on one of the stars, the hidden and seemingly chaotic runes would all float up from the projection of the star, extending endlessly in the dark space, revealing huge mountains and vast rivers, as if they were stretching out the world.

"Too shocking!" Seeing this scene from afar, Zhen Lingzi, who had just released a small satellite, spoke in the jade talisman with excitement that was difficult to conceal: "This is definitely the core of the Lonely Mountain Sword Collection. We found it!"

"There is such a miraculous weapon refining technique in the world? It can make a dead object gather and disperse freely, reconstruct its shape, and the runes left behind contain the stars in the sky and endless mountains and rivers. This is simply unheard of! The means used in it are definitely not something that an ordinary eighth realm can do."

Concubine Zhao Xiang was also amazed in her heart. She knew that in order to decipher the golden man that was suspected to be the sword of Gushan, she had to comprehend the information contained in the star runes. In other words, these complex and difficult to explain runes were actually many powerful sword scriptures and skills of Gushan Sword Sect.

Using pure runes instead of words to record the chapters of martial arts is used to test the viewer's comprehension, screen out those with talent, and make it difficult for unqualified practitioners to get started. This method is actually quite common, and is used by countless sects of all sizes in the world.

But at this moment, the total number of runes manifested by the golden man has reached an astonishing number of millions, and each rune contains profound and mysterious meaning, as if there is a sword scripture hidden behind every star, and every river represents a sword technique.

The mountains, rivers, grass, trees, and changing weather patterns all have their meaning.

"This..." Concubine Zhao Xiang was at a loss for a moment. Although she was gifted, she seemed small and powerless in front of such a vast ocean of runes. She couldn't even tell whether there were a large number of star shadows or not. They were just interference elements in the image. She had to try to comprehend them one by one.

"...The connecting hook was directly destroyed by the disintegrated and restored golden man, and it needs to be launched again." Zhao Qing on the ground also knew about this through the telescope and reminded: "In addition, the space environment is not a good place to comprehend the skills. The mind is easily corroded by radiation. It is better to return to the cabin first." "Don't worry about not being able to parse the information in these runes. I already have a general idea here: you can distinguish the flashing frequencies of the many 'stars', summarize them into groups, and then draw the lines connecting them... It's like the stars in the sky are divided into many constellations and star officials..."

Hearing this, the three masters inside and outside of "Feitian" nodded one after another, realizing that Zhao Qing must have discovered the coincidence between these lines. They concentrated their minds and screened them carefully, and soon noticed that when observed from certain special angles, they formed the unique characters of the Gushan Sword Sect.

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On the same night, there were more than one or two people who gazed at the stars in the sky for a long time and pondered deeply their meaning.

Deep in the Qin Emperor's Palace in Changling, a beautiful maid with her head lowered and a look of respectfulness yet nervousness was walking into a study room with a spiritual spring with slow and cautious steps.

She stopped steadily about five feet away from the Phoenix Chair, bowed slightly, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and relayed some extremely important information to the owner here:
"My queen, Zheng Liren, the most accomplished survivor of our fleet, has left the Heavenly Monitoring Division. He showed no signs of being tortured. After he came out, he found an ordinary house to stay in. He also managed to get in touch with us, claiming that he had something extremely urgent to report that concerned your reputation."

"I already know about this." Queen Zheng Xiu looked at the stars falling from the skylight above the spiritual spring and replied calmly, "Tell him that the emperor will try every means to suppress the impact of this matter, and the two prime ministers will also do their best to let the Ministry of Justice take over the power to review the case."

"Ye Celeng should disclose the matter of 'smuggling prisoners' at the court meeting tomorrow, but this news will not be leaked. The battle on the Wei River will be overshadowed by some eye-catching new news. What the family needs to do in the near future is to follow my orders completely and not cause any extra trouble."

"Three hours ago, a meteor fell into Chudu. Half an hour ago, a new comet rose from Chudu and flew into the starry sky. The subsequent changes in its trajectory were quite abnormal."

The maid was awed and continued, "Several masters in the Observatory have confirmed this again and again. They believe that this may be related to some special technique that can draw the power of the stars. It is possible that this is a sign of the Eight Realms Qitian or a magic array of the same level. It is necessary to inform His Majesty and His Majesty."

"What did His Majesty say?" Zheng Xiu remained calm and said, "According to my perception, the second new star should be running steadily at an altitude of about two million feet above the ground. It is unlikely to fall in the short term, and it will not fall in the Changling area."

This means that she is confident that she can completely destroy the meteorite midway through its fall and prevent it from harming the residents of Changling. She uses this to emphasize her own importance and to test Yuanwu's progress in repairing the Starfire Comet Tail Sword.

"The emperor said that he had found a kind of magic array in some ancient books that could make objects on the ground no longer be affected by the gravity of this world and could easily fly to very high altitudes. This kind of magic array seemed to come from the lonely mountain in the past, but it has long been lost."

The maid added, "The emperor also said that the enemy Your Majesty encountered this time is both powerful and cunning, and there is a high possibility that there are foreign forces behind them to support them. They are much more difficult to deal with than a lone traveler like Bai Shanshui. I hope you will not get angry because of them and expose your flaws when you attack."

"Don't worry about that." Zheng Xiu's eyes penetrated the crystal stone on the top of the skylight and looked at the Big Dipper in the night sky: "The more the enemy hides and dares not confront us head-on, it proves that their strength is still far from the united Great Qin Dynasty. We can only rely on ingenious plans to tear open the cracks."

"To achieve this goal, one attack is not enough. After the first attack, I will try the second and third times. Attacking the targets I specially designed will inevitably expose more information, giving us the opportunity to follow the clues and catch them all in one fell swoop."

Thinking of the scene where her support was intercepted not long ago, Zheng Xiu's eyes seemed to be burning with cold sparks: "Tell Your Majesty that I, Zheng Xiu, always plan before I act, and I will not lose my sense of proportion because of momentary anger. This time, no matter how deep the enemy hides, I will dig them out."

"Also, regarding that 'comet'..." She withdrew her gaze from the Big Dipper and refocused on the maid, "Have the observatory continue to closely monitor its movements. If there are any abnormalities, report to me immediately. At the same time, we must also secretly investigate to see if there are other people or forces paying attention to this matter."

"Yes, madam." The maid replied respectfully, "I will immediately convey your intention to the masters of the observatory and ask them to strengthen monitoring to ensure that everything is safe."

"Finally, the important affairs of the family fleet cannot be completely neglected." Zheng Xiu continued, she walked back to the phoenix chair and sat down elegantly, but gave people an invisible sense of oppression:
"Last time, I found the secret envoys of the aristocratic families in Chu Territory and told them that I decided to expand the scale of the 'slave trade', but the transportation of the black natives must take the safest route."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The maid nodded again and secretly took note of the Queen's instructions.

"Okay, you can leave now." Zheng Xiu waved her hand, signaling the maid to leave.

She needed to be alone and think quietly about how to better deal with this crisis, arrange the next plan, and try to seize the Gushan Sword from Bai Shanshui. Only when she had absolute strength would she no longer be afraid of the invasion of any powerful enemy.

The maid bowed respectfully and turned to leave.

The study returned to peace again, with only the sound of the spiritual spring water echoing softly.

Several pure white lotus flowers bloom in the misty spiritual energy, swaying slightly as milky white bubbles continue to emerge, adding a bit of vitality to this quiet space.

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At the same time, in the control center on the top floor of the Neighboring Star Building, Zhao Qing was browsing the star rune information she had cracked. She looked slightly surprised and whispered to herself, praising: "The Lonely Mountain is the top of the mountains!"

"I didn't expect that facing the crisis of 'the end of the law', the practitioners of Gushan Sword Sect actually arranged such a grand plan based on the 'Twelve Capitals Heaven and Earth Evil Formation' and the 'Twelve Yuanchen Myriad Formation'. In the era of the four major sects after the You Dynasty, Gushan is the best in the world!" (End of this chapter)