The Story of the Swordsman

Huo Han's

The Sacred Fire Sect was located in the southern part of the Heavenly Fortune Country. The sect was built on a vast mountain range, abundant with fire elements. The sect had around ten thousand disciples, the majority of them were men and all of them had Blood Vessels with a high affinity towards the fire element.

Similar to the Misty Cloud Sect, the Sacred Fire Sect Structure consisting of the Sect Master, Supreme Elder, Eight Great Elders, and Twenty Elders — most of them have power in the Heaven Realm. As for disciples, they were classified into Core disciples, Inner disciples, and Outer disciples. Every three years, the Sect would recruit new disciples and today should be the day of judgment. However, for unknown reasons, the Sect had announced the cancellation of the assessment, causing many young practitioners across the country to be disappointed.

At the highest peak, a thirty-year-old man calmly walked into the majestic hall. He was the current Sect Master of the Sacred Fire Sect, Huo Han.

"Our ancestor!" Huo Han saluted the silhouette behind the curtains inside the hall.

The curtain slowly opened, revealing a skinny old man. He was Huo Yan, the previous generation Sect Master of the Sacred Fire Sect. His eyes opened as he looked towards Huo Han.

"How are you preparing?" Asked Huo Yan.

"We're ready to start anytime." Huo Han replied.

Huo Yan was silent for a moment and he pondered something. He asked, "What's the situation there?"

"There was no major change in the Misty Cloud Sect. It seems they didn't realize it." Huo Han replied casually. Over these past few years, he had secretly deployed several Fire Spirit Snakes around the Misty Cloud Sect to monitor their movements. Except for the accident some time ago when one of his snakes was discovered by the disciples of the Misty Cloud Sect, no great activity had occurred in that Sect afterwards.

A satisfied expression appeared on Huo Yan's face. He looked at Huo Han and he asked, "Among them, who impressed you the most?"

Huo Han was confused. He did not understand why Huo Yan had suddenly asked him this question. He replied after thinking: "Yun Meilan. The art of concealment was extremely frightening. I have suffered losses from him once in the past."

Huo Yan shook his head with a hint of disappointment on his face: "No matter how high his concealment arts are, he will eventually appear when he launches an attack. You just need to be careful of him." He paused for a moment to observe Huo Han's expression before continuing, "The scariest person among them is the First Hall Master, Yun Ruanyu. He is the person behind the death of our Third Ancestor. His ability in terms of battle tactics was extremely frightening. However, since the old woman of their ruling Realm was dead, they had no supporters anymore. No matter what plan Yun Ruanyu made, it wouldn't be anything in front of such overwhelming power."

Huo Han's brows lifted in surprise. To him, Yun Ruanyu was indeed the most mysterious person, as she rarely appeared in public. This was the first time he had known that he was the cause of the Third Ancestor's death.

Huo Yan said further, "She is one of the reasons I am willing to wait until the old woman dies. With the combination of him and the old woman, there is no way we can do anything to them, even with the help of Qi Qianxing ... This time, we paid dearly to persuade Qi Qianxing to come into the plan. We can't fail."

Huo Han nodded his head in understanding. In his heart, he did not think the Misty Cloud Sect could provide any resistance when facing the Sacred Fire Sect, the Profound Sword Sect, and Qi Qianxing at the same time. If not for Huo Yan holding him back, he would have long since attacked the Misty Cloud Sect a decade ago.

Huo Han hesitated for a moment before she asked carefully, "Our ancestor, can you tell me what the relic really is?" He wanted to ask this question a long time ago. He did not understand why Huo Yan was so obsessed with the relics of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Huo Yan replied with a hint of anger in his voice, "This is not something you need to know. You helped me do the job and you could get the reward you wanted the most."

Huo Han quickly knelt on the floor while sweating, "Please, calm down, Ancestor!"

Huo Yan looked at Huo Han for a bit and he waved his hand nonchalantly: "Go. Once the Myth Realm is opened, we'll begin the plan."

Huo Han sighed in relief. He bowed deeply to Huo Yan and quickly left the hall. When he stepped out of the hall, a sly smile appeared on his lips, "Yun Qianxue ... Hehe, you will soon be mine."

...

In the northern part of the Heavenly Fortune Capital City was a magnificent palace made of white jade, it was the Imperial Palace of Heavenly Fortune. This place was the main residence of the Qi Kingdom clan.

At this moment, there were four people sitting around a twenty-meter-long table in the spacious hall.

Other than him, there was a teenager who resembled him. Of course, he was Ji Muchhen's eldest son, Ji Cheng. He was a young genius, proficient in sword arts, and his strength had reached the tenth level of the Essence Realm.

"Thank you, Sect Master Ji." Said a dignified man in a golden embroidered robe sitting across from Ji Muchhen. He was the current Ruler of the Heavenly Fortune Country, Qi Qianxing. Sitting beside her was a fifteen-year-old young girl, the Second Princess, Qi Tian'er.

Qi Qianxing glanced at her daughter and said, "I heard Sect Master Ji came here to propose to my daughter for your son. Am I right?"

Ji Muchhen replied calmly, "Yes, Your Majesty. My son is sixteen this year and I think it is the right time for him to get married. I don't know what His Majesty thinks of my son?" She did not speak of the Second Princess directly, instead, she asked Qi Qianxing about her son. It could be seen he was a pretty arrogant person.

Qi Qianxing laughed and looked at Ji Cheng: "Your son is not bad. To be able to reach this level at the age of sixteen, he could be considered the best talent of his generation." He turned to Qi Tian'er and asked with a warm smile, "What do you think, Tian'er?"

Qi Tian'er's beautiful eyes were staring at Ji Cheng from the moment they first met. When she heard her father's question, her face immediately flushed red in embarrassment as she quickly lowered her head and replied timidly, "She's great, Dad."

Qi Qianxing and Ji Muchhen looked at each other and laughed out loud at the same time. Meanwhile, Ji Cheng looked at Qi Tian'er's delicate face and nodded in satisfaction. In terms of appearance and status, Qi Tian'er was good enough to be his wife.

"Because Tian'er doesn't mind. I certainly approved of this marriage. We'll have the wedding ceremony later after the exploration of the Myth Realm." Qi Qianxing said with a faint smile. For him, giving his daughter to gain advantage was common. She did not feel reluctant at all and even quickly agreed to this marriage directly without further consideration.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ji Muchhen stood up and lowered her head slightly. She was overjoyed inwardly, as she had not expected Qi Qianxing to easily accept her marriage proposal.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I swear, I will take care of the Second Princess and will never let her down." Ji Cheng saluted and swore solemnly.

Qi Tian'er stared deeply at the handsome face of her future husband, his heart racing. As a royal princess, she was well aware one day she had to marry for profit. He was very satisfied with Ji Cheng. Whether it was his talent or appearance, everything was the best.

"Alright, Tian'er, you better bring Ji Cheng to know our imperial palace." Qi Qianxing told Qi Tian'er. He quickly left the hall with Ji Cheng.

The atmosphere turned serious after the two youngsters left. Ji Muchhen enjoyed a cup of spirit tea for a while before she asked, "I think Your Majesty has accepted the terms of Sect Master Huo. May I know your opinion on this matter?"

Qi Qianxing replied, "I don't have much to say about this matter. I don't think Sect Master Huo just wants to get a woman as we know her ... To be honest, if not for me desperately needing most of the Fire Spirit stones for my son, I would definitely not have taken part in this.

Huo Han's obsession with Yun Qianxue was known throughout the country. Every time they met, he would try his best to seduce her. Unfortunately, Yun Qianxue had never noticed him once, and she had even beaten him several times in the past. No matter how much Huo Han was infatuated with him, Qi Qianxing did not believe that he would take the risk by facing the Misty Cloud Sect in order to obtain Yun Qianxue.

Ji Muchhen nodded in agreement. He replied, "You're right, Your Majesty. I think Sect Master Huo is hiding something from us. I'm worried, he's trying to use us as cannon fodder."

Although Ji Muchhen knew Huo Han sent many Fire Spirit stones to Qi Qianxing to gain her support, she was not sure to what extent Qi Qianxing would help them.

Qi Qianxing replied, "Using me? Heh, he wouldn't dare. Even his ancestors had to bow their heads when he saw me. A junior like Huo Han was even more afraid of me." He paused for a moment and said further, "As for what exactly he is hiding from us. I don't know for now."

Ji Muchhen frowned deeply. Other than proposing a marriage, she had come here to find out the secret behind Huo Han's seemingly rash actions from Qi Qianxing. He did not expect that even Qi Qianxing did not know about it.

"No problem. He can't do anything behind my back anyway." Qi Qianxing spoke. His voice was filled with boundless arrogance and confidence.

Ji Muchhen said, "Your Majesty is right."

The two glanced at each other meaningfully and laughed out loud, echoing throughout the vast hall.