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

It is said that "fire dragons are burning the warehouse". Looking around, I saw several black and red fire dragons circling and dancing in the north of the city about 20 miles away. They kept shuttling and tumbling in the flames and billowing smoke, spewing out pieces of blazing flames from their mouths, burning everything around them.

They are condensed from vital energy, and are giant dragons formed by special magical instruments, their own vital energy, and the entangled vital energy of heaven and earth. Although they are not living creatures with self-awareness, their iron-like scales, coral-like dragon horns, and dragon claws that seem like substance all demonstrate their extraordinary power and strange vitality.

Even on its huge dragon head, its eyes were flashing with light, carrying an aura of indifference, as if looking down on lower-level creatures. It exuded an aura of pressure that was enough to paralyze the bodies of ordinary people and make them faint. It crushed the resistance of thousands of people along the way, and its combat power was almost no less than that of a real dragon.

These fire dragons were obviously controlled by humans. They not only burned the workshop's warehouse, but also tried to spread to the surrounding areas, as if they wanted to engulf the entire Yingdu in flames.

After all, what was burning was a workshop that already had fire-proof isolation measures in place, and it was not like a granary that had a large amount of flammable materials piled up. If one wanted to severely damage the storage of multiple workshops in a short period of time, high-level practitioners who had practiced the Fire Element Technique would have to take action.

Zhao Qing's heart shuddered. Although she had already anticipated that someone would make trouble unwillingly, she did not expect the other party's methods to be so cruel and blatant. Moreover, it was not an assassination against her personally, but instead shamelessly and wastefully destroyed precious supplies.

This was clearly a provocation to her, the Great Chu Dynasty, and all the craftsmen in the workshops!
"Master Ji, immediately organize the craftsmen to go to the various accident sites and try to rescue the materials while finding out the cause of the fire. In addition, mobilize the city guards to block all relevant areas and strictly prohibit anyone from entering or leaving. Violators will be killed without mercy!"

Zhao Qing's tone was as cold as the wind. She knew in her heart that the fire dragon's attack happened to be at the moment when Ji Tianxue reported to her. It must have been done intentionally. This was no longer a simple attempt to settle a score in the chaos, but a naked threat. There was no room for either side to maneuver.

Thus, she already had the Demonic Sword in her hand, with a faint red blood light immersing in it, quietly drawing a faint sword mark on the horizon, which contained countless mysterious subtle changes, spreading in twists and turns, and rapidly extending into the distance.

"The three fire sites in the north of the city are Mingzhu Pavilion, Tianyang Instrument Garden, and Xuanjian Workshop... Coordinates: Northeast, 267! Northwest, 154! Southeast, 392!"

Ji Tianxue also had a solemn expression on his face. He had just flown out of the Linxing Tower. In his left hand, he was already holding a pure blue Shuiyuan sword. The sword light shot up into the sky, serving as a positioning and sound amplification device. In his right hand, he held a few ring-shaped luminous key rings, shaking them to pass on instructions to the rest of the people in the square.

Perhaps there was a plan in place. After only a few breaths of time, the walls that seemed to be dyed dark blue in the courtyards and pavilions of the Divine Craftsman's Workshop's islands in the lake suddenly cracked apart, and deep lines appeared. The blue color disappeared in an instant and turned into a yellow color like dead leaves.

Then, the lost blue turned into a real water wall, which was bound by the fully activated formation pattern and thrown out diagonally upwards.

In the blink of an eye, waterfalls were formed, sweeping across a distance of nearly twenty miles, pouring down like an overwhelming force, turning into a localized torrential rain.

The Divine Craftsman's Workshop located in the lake has a powerful fire-fighting array, which is why the outside world came to it for urgent help.

Thousands and tens of thousands of tons of lake water that had long been sealed inside the magic circle now became a timely rain to put out the fire, heavily smashing down on the raging fire dragons. When water and fire met, large amounts of steaming water mist were immediately stirred up.

With a "hissing" sound, the flames on the fire dragon's body were rapidly compressed and extinguished, and its originally arrogant aura was instantly suppressed, but it was still struggling and tumbling, and did not show any signs of extinction. Instead, after a round of water waterfalls swept away, it gradually recovered.

But water is ordinary water, but fire is not ordinary fire. In addition, the fire dragon can move and dodge, and has a constant supply of true energy behind it. It is difficult to completely extinguish it with long-range firefighting means alone. It is necessary to capture the real controllers.

Except for the three fire points in the north of the city where the situation has temporarily eased, the situation in the nine large and small workshops in the west and south of the city is becoming increasingly critical. The originally towering buildings have now turned into charcoal, the sturdy warehouses have collapsed piece by piece, and magma is flowing on the surface, reflecting a sea of ​​fire that covers the sky.

Flammable materials such as wood, cloth, and grease made crackling sounds under the licking of flames. Things stored deep in cellars such as phosphate sand and saltpeter were also burned. Deafening explosions continued. Huge amounts of lead and mercury leaked and evaporated under high temperatures, forming thick poisonous fog.

More than a dozen Suzaku, Jinwu and Bifang, which were transformed from their true essence, drilled in and out of the huge trees and steel frames of the remaining tall attic with impunity, and fought with the high-level practitioners in the workshop.

The fire feathers cut off by the flying swords were flying all over the sky, but many of them floated towards the residential areas farther away without hindrance.

Faced with such a crisis, Chiwen patterns appeared on the eaves of the buildings in the magnificent mansions where the powerful and wealthy families lived. When the fire spread, they emitted a faint light and formed an invisible barrier that isolated the flames and created a quiet place.

In the urban area, ordinary people were not too panicked by the fire.

Under orderly command, they quickly gathered around a nearby well, and saw bright starlight rising from the well. It was the Well Fire-Proofing Array. Although it was not as effective as the protection of the powerful and wealthy, and its coverage was extremely limited, it could still save people's lives as much as possible.

At the same time, hundreds of water dragon vehicles hurried over. Driven by both machinery and talisman arrays, the giant water pumps on the vehicles efficiently and quickly drew water from nearby rivers and lakes. Through special pipes, they sprayed out thick columns of water with astonishing pressure, directly at the arrogant firebirds.

In addition to these methods, many nearby practitioners spontaneously joined the firefighting efforts and performed the "Wushan Cloud and Rain Technique" which was widely circulated in the Chu territory.

They either work alone or in groups of three or five, all of them working together to activate the magic formulas, drawing upon the vital energy of heaven and earth and condensing it into dark clouds.

As the spell became more profound, bean-sized raindrops gradually condensed from the low clouds and fell down, providing strong support for the fire-fighting work.

Especially at the fire point of Tiangong Pavilion, which was closest to the Chu Imperial Palace, the Chu Emperor personally led a team of imperial guards and used talismans to summon a thick rain cloud covering an area of ​​dozens of miles. With the combined force of hundreds of thunder arrows from the "Jingtianpo" double-headed dragon bows, the Suzaku and Bifang in the range were immediately destroyed.

Taking into account the possibility that the enemy might lure the tiger away from the mountain and take the opportunity to cause greater chaos, the Emperor of Chu, who was undoubtedly one of the strongest water control masters in the world and the creator of the "Wushan Cloud and Rain Art", did not leave the palace too far, but just fixed the rain clouds above the Tiangong Pavilion and continued to rain heavily.

After ensuring that the Tiangong Pavilion and the surrounding areas were safe, he and General Jin, the commander of the Imperial City Guard, returned to the palace and took charge of the center to coordinate the overall situation. After all, most of the imperial workshops were located near the Chu Palace, and their value was even higher than that of large private workshops such as the Tiangong Pavilion, and they must not be lost.

"Our dynasty has always lacked the world's top practitioners, and also lacked many means of reaction and change. People like Chu Qifeng, Ku Yu Dao Ren, Fan Wu Gou, etc., although they are also at the upper level of the seventh realm, they still lack some spirit and energy, and it is difficult for them to shoulder the responsibility of leading a group..."

On the way back to the palace, the Emperor of Chu looked at the gradually dimming firelight in the north of the city and could not help but sigh and say, "But today, I have seen a person who can make up for this regret and truly stand at the top of all dynasties. My feelings for him have never faded. The wind blows and the shadows rise up the high walls. This sword move is really great!"

Did any of the Grand Masters draw their swords? Why can't I sense it at all? Hearing this, Jin Mei was also greatly surprised. She quickly focused her energy and looked far away at the Divine Craftsman's Workshop, but still found nothing. She wondered, "Your Majesty, are you referring to the 'Acacia Sword Scripture' of the Bashan Sword Field?"

"I miss you so much, I remember you so much, I want to be with you forever, the song of the Jade Terrace lingers in my heart, the clouds are gloomy and the sky is dark..." The King of Chu stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes deep, as if he could penetrate the heavy rain and see straight into the heart of the man who drew the sword:
"This sword has a profound meaning, with a sense of going back and forth, endless and lingering. Apart from the 'Lovesickness Sword Sutra' in the Bashan Sword Field, what other sword technique can have such vast and delicate characteristics at the same time?" "Based on the 'Lovesickness Sword Intention', it uses the endless sword intention to successively carry the 'Great Xumi Sword', 'Bashan Night Rain Sword', 'Erosion Wind Sword', 'Great Lake Sword', 'Picking the Moon and Rejecting Frost Sword', 'Mountain Ghost Ballad' and many other sword moves, all of which are gathered in one sword, and then the 'Earth Vein Sword' technique is used to disperse and overflow to the whole city, forming a resonance with the various magic arrays and talismans in the city, attracting the vitality of heaven and earth, and at the same time evolving dozens of sword arrays covering all major workshops. This is truly achieving the goal of using one person's sword to protect the safety of a city!"

Jin Mei was stunned and her heart was in turmoil. She was completely shocked by the description of the Emperor of Chu.

As the commander of the Imperial City Guards, he was naturally a well-informed man, having dabbled in martial arts from all major sects. However, he still could not imagine how such a sword technique was created, let alone what kind of person could perform such a sword technique that shocked the world and made ghosts weep.

At the same time, the Chu Emperor, who was able to get a glimpse of the mysteries of the sword moves and explain them in depth, had a vision and knowledge that Jin Mei could not reach. He admired him sincerely and finally had a basic understanding of the world's top grandmasters. He nodded and agreed:

"Your Majesty is right. This kind of swordsmanship is indeed the best in the world. Even Yuanwu, who has reached the eighth level of Qitian, may not be able to reach such a realm. Others are even more difficult to compare with. He can truly be called the 'World's Number One Swordsman'!"

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"It's almost time to retreat!"

Not long ago, in the storehouse of Tianyangqiyuan in the north of the city, several masked practitioners in black clothes retracted their blood-stained flying swords and put several pieces of cold iron and jade into their pockets. They felt that the collection inside was obviously much less than what was reported in the intelligence.

While they were searching for rare materials, they felt that this workshop could probably take the opportunity to settle its accounts, and that it might have earned more than themselves before. At the same time, they noticed that the fire dragon causing chaos outside did not seem to have made a manic roar for a while, and they could not help but have a bad premonition.

One of them felt a little depressed, and without thinking, he crushed a stone talisman hanging on his chest, activating a light blue energy shield. At the same time, he suddenly jumped up, crashed through the charred ruins that were several feet deep, and rushed out of the half-collapsed underground warehouse.

As a priest at the peak of the fifth realm of the Zhu family, relying on an explosive secret technique of the leg meridians and having found a way to escape in advance, his running speed is almost comparable to that of some ordinary sixth-realm practitioners.

Maybe he is not as good as the leader at the peak of the sixth realm who is leading the team to set fire and control the fire dragon, but at least he has the confidence to leave most of his companions behind.

Normally speaking, no one would focus on hunting down small pawns in the fifth realm when there are still enemies in the sixth realm left. On the contrary, they would often let them go for a distance.

After all, this might alert the enemy and make more important characters aware of the distribution of ambushes outside, thus giving them a chance to break out.

However, today is destined to be an exception.

At the moment when this person rushed out of the ruins and his vision suddenly became clear, on the ground in front of him, a very inconspicuous, faint sword mark that did not even penetrate the soil suddenly flashed for a moment.

A sword intent as vast as a mountain stood up, like a high wall that was impossible to cross.

At first glance, this high wall seemed clear and transparent, as if it was paved with glazed bricks and tiles, with five colors shining brightly inside. However, as the worshipper of the Zhu family rushed closer, a strange blood light appeared, which transformed from a very faint trace into thousands of sword-like rays.

"Pfft-"

With a slight sound, the light blue shield burst instantly like a punctured balloon, turning into countless tiny points of light that dissipated into the air. The black-clothed practitioner froze in place, maintaining his forward posture, his eyes full of horror and unwillingness.

Hair-thin sword marks quietly appeared all over his body, and then quickly expanded. Blood gushed out like a stream, dyeing the nearby charred ground red. The whole person was disassembled into countless pieces on the spot, and could no longer maintain a complete shape.

"How...how is it possible?"

This was the only thought of this person before he died, but it was destined to receive no response.

Almost at the same time, screams were heard in several other corners of Tianyang Weapon Garden. They were the black-clothed practitioners who tried to escape the scene. They all bumped into the seemingly insignificant sword mark. Without exception, they were strangled into a bloody mist by the extremely sharp sword intent.

They might have had a premonition that things today would not go smoothly, but they never expected that they would be wiped out before they even had a chance to fight with the real target.

However, the person who arranged all this did not appear in front of them. He just left a faint sword mark and easily harvested the lives of this group of fifth and even sixth realm practitioners.

"The 1,315th person." Twenty miles away in the sky above the Neighboring Star Tower, Zhao Qing kept counting in his mind the number of arsonists who had crashed into the sword mark that stretched for hundreds of miles and encircled various important places. The faces of the attackers who were killed by him showed no sadness or joy, but a rather calm expression.

During the days when Concubine Zhao Xiang and her companions went to heaven to tour, the many cultivation books collected by the remnants of the Bashan Sword Field, as well as some sword manuals given to her by the Emperor of Chu, were of extremely high quality and brought her a lot of gains. Her use of sword techniques was improved by half a level.

Not limited to the sword scriptures mentioned by Emperor Chu, the "Lovesickness" sword mark she is maintaining now actually also incorporates the meaning of the "Golden Scapegoat Talisman" to suppress disasters, the formation of the War God Temple she observed in the past, the experience of reversing the alchemical matrix to extinguish the fire in the coal seam last time, and so on.

This kind of sword strike was like a series of sword symbols connected end to end written by a single stroke of ink, naturally connecting all the sword intents together and merging into a long scroll depicting countless landscapes.

They further constructed complex circuits with starlight and qi, traveled underground, rising and falling from time to time, easily blocking thousands of potential targets and marking anyone who touched the sword mark, killing them if they met the enemy and protecting them if they met the friend.

At the same time, in the area encircled by the sword marks, due to the subtle changes in the direction of the vital energy between heaven and earth, it becomes increasingly difficult for practitioners within it to call upon the fire vital energy, and the fire and various oxidation reactions will also be naturally suppressed.

And when Zhao Qing's increasingly tight sword marks passed by a small glass jar abandoned in a brick cave and found a dead purple insect inside, she had roughly understood the reason for the attack and began to rescue and recover the burned resources.

...(End of chapter)