The Story of the Swordsman

Back to Conscious

Yun Qianxue was silent for a moment. He stood up and said to Yun Lintian, "Follow me."

Yun Lintian followed him into the main hall. Standing before the ice throne, a deep blue light shone on Yun Qianxue's forehead. Instantly, the throne moved backwards, opening the entrance to the hidden underground passageway.

Yun Lintian was amazed. He had never thought there would be a secret entrance under the ice throne before. With a signal from Yun Qianxue, Yun Lintian immediately followed him into the passageway.

Yun Qianxue and Yun Lintian slowly walked on the ice stairs until they reached an open area filled with ice fog. There were several ice lanterns on the wall, illuminating the entire space. In the middle, Yun Lintian looked at the small ice altar covered with golden light.

Yun Qianxue advanced before the ice altar. When he extended his hand, the golden light around the altar disappeared and the silhouette of the crown appeared above the altar.

When Yun Lintian saw him, the silver necklace on his neck suddenly shook.

"What's going on?" Yun Lintian subconsciously touched the necklace in a daze. He was sure it wasn't a hallucination.

Yun Qianxue touched the crown and she explained, "This is the legacy of our sect passed down from the Founder. We call it the Crown." He turned to Yun Lintian and said further, "The reason why they don't hesitate to fight us is because of this ... Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Sacred Fire Sect discovered ancient records related to this crown. Since then, they tried hard to plunder it from us. Of course, they won't dare to act rashly until the Great Master of our sect has died twenty years ago."

Yun Lintian was busy trying to figure out what happened earlier, but he was still listening to Yun Qianxue. He understood everything clearly now. Although he had no idea how precious the Crown was, with the departure of the Great Master earlier, the Misty Cloud Sect had lost its only Realm Ruler Practitioner. This allowed the Sacred Fire Sect to launch their attacks fearlessly.

Yun Lintian hesitated for a moment before he asked, "Mom, may I touch it?"

Yun Qianxue was a little confused. He nodded his head, giving him permission.

Yun Lintian moved forward to the altar. He took a deep breath and touched the Crown. As soon as his fingers touched it, a black and white light appeared. After which, Yun Lintian could feel a faint connection between him, the silver necklace, and the Crown. However, he could not understand it.

Yun Qianxue was momentarily startled as she saw Yun Lintian produce a black and white light. "A... What's going on?" He said with wonder. As a sect master, he had never heard of anyone in the sect's history who could resonate with the Crown before — not even the Sect Founder. How could Yun Lintian do it?

Yun Lintian did not immediately reply. He closed his eyes, recalling the feelings that had occurred earlier. He had a premonition that the Crown might have something to do with him, and this should have been the mysterious woman's intention to leave him in this place.

"I'm not sure what happened before ... I can feel a faint connection between me and this crown." Yun Lintian replied uncertainly.

Yun Qianxue suggested, "Why don't you try to drop your blood on it?"

Yun Lintian's eyes twinkled as he quickly injured his finger and dripped his blood onto the Crown. However, in the end there was no reaction after waiting for ten minutes.

Yun Qianxue was puzzled: "Any ... What the hell is going on?"

Yun Lintian was disappointed. He asked, "Is there any information about this crown?"

Yun Qianxue shook her head: "No. The only information we have is that this crown existed shortly before the disappearance of the Sect Founder. The founder had entrusted the Second Generation Sect Master to keep him safe no matter what. Generation after generation, we've tried to uncover the secrets within the Crown, but there's no end result whatsoever."

Yun Lintian thought hard for a while before he sighed helplessly: "I don't know either. That feeling doesn't come up anymore. It's gone completely."

Yun Qianxue stared at the Crown for a long time. He said, "Let's go back."

Buzzs

However, half an hour later after Yun Lintian and Yun Qianxue left the place, a black and white light suddenly spread from the Crown once more. This time it was stronger than before as it covered the entire room into a half-black and half-white world. This phenomenon lasted for several minutes before completely disappearing as if nothing had happened before.

While Yun Lintian and Yun Qianxue were facing that strange event, the Yang Clan had also experienced a major event. After Yun Mengli returned to the clan, he directly went to Yang Gouming's room.

"My dear niece, why are you here?" Said a luxurious blue-robed middle-aged man, standing in front of Yang Gouming's room.

Yang Mengli smiled faintly, "I'm here to see my father. I haven't seen him in a long time. What about you, Third Uncle? Why are you here?"

The middle-aged man was Third Uncle Yang Mengli, Yang Goumu. He chuckled as he spread out his hands: "What else? I'm here to check on my brother. As you know, our current situation is not so good. We need to find a way to treat it as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'm worried, we should appoint a new patriarch ... Right, I heard there was a genius doctor appearing in the market. Have you invited him?"

Yang Mengli replied, "I talked to him before, but he said he couldn't handle it ... I'm going to see dad now. Let's talk another day, Third Uncle."

"Alright, please." Yang Goumu stepped aside, letting Yang Mengli enter the room. He stared deeply at Yang Mengli's back for a while before he turned around and left.

Inside the room, there was nothing but a simple wooden table and a high-quality bed in the middle of the room. On the bed lay a middle-aged man motionless. Skin's pale. Her messy hair turned all white, making her seem as if she was in her eighties even though she was in her sixties this year. He was the current patriarch of the Yang clan, Yang Gouming.

"Dad, I'm here to see you." Yang Mengli moved closer to the bedside and whispered softly. His heart was filled with sadness upon seeing his father's current appearance.

He knelt beside the bed and carefully took out the jade bottle given by Yun Lintian. She said, "Dad, I met a good Doctor yesterday. He was a miracle doctor. Not only did he help me and Chen'er, but he also gave me this pill to save you. I'll give it to you now." He then took the Soul Return Pill from the jade bottle and fed Yang Gouming.

Before long, Yang Gouming's body trembled slightly. His eyelids moved as if he was about to wake up.

Yang Mengli was overjoyed when he saw this. "Successful!" His heart was filled with boundless gratitude towards Yun Lintian.

"Ugh..." Yang Gouming groaned weakly as he slowly opened his eyes.

"Dad!" Yang Mengli shouted happily.

Yang Gouming slightly tilted his head and said gently, "You've worked hard, Li'er. I owe you." Even though he was in a coma, he had witnessed everything that had happened around him all along.

Yang Mengli shook his head while wiping away the tears from the corner of his eyes: "It's not me, father. We should thank the Doctor ... Oh, right, dad, I think we need to hide this matter first. I have no way to deal with the culprit right now."

The Gouming were completely conscious. His cloudy eyes became clearer. Fires of anger lit up in his heart as he thought of the culprit. He said solemnly, "We don't have to do that. I can deal with it now." A powerful aura emanated from his body. It was a sign that showed a dignified patriarch had returned.

Yang Mengli took a deep breath. His eyes became cold. Now, since his father had returned, this was the perfect time to take this revenge.

"You said before, you met a miracle doctor, and he gave you this pill?" Asked Yang Gouming after he calmed down.

An amazed expression appeared on Yang Mengli's face. He said, "Yes, dad. I was lucky to meet him. He is a real doctor. Before that, he set up a stall to treat everyone for free and he even gave money to the poor. When he found the poison in my body, he did not hesitate to help me at all. As for the pill, I traded the Heavenly Yin Iron with it." He did not tell his father that Yun Lintian approached him because of the Heavenly Yin Iron.

Perhaps he did not realize that he was getting excited as he spoke further. Seeing his daughter who usually remained cold and indifferent being like this, Yang Gouming smiled: "When we are done dealing with the culprit, we should invite her here. I want to personally thank him for saving us."

Yang Mengli suddenly turned sad. He said softly, "That's impossible, father. The doctor has left town."

"Oh? Too bad. We owe him." Yang Gouming sighed regretfully.

"Ah, I forgot about that. Dad, you need to take two more pills every hour before you can completely eradicate the poison." Yang Mengli hurriedly said and handed the jade bottle to his father.