The Story of the Swordsman

The Nine Palaces

"Hmm? Is he alive?" A male voice echoed from the sky. A figure of Qi Qianxing slowly emerged from the clouds.

Yun Qingrou arrived at Yun Qianxue's side and quickly checked her condition. Upon seeing that he was not dead, he heaved a sigh of relief, but Yun Qianxue's blood vessels were completely destroyed and he did not have much life force left. He can only live no more than 10 years.

Yun Ruanyu floated in the air, staring at Qi Qianxing with a serious expression. He blamed himself for being careless, as he was not aware of Qi Qianxing's presence at all.

Qi Qianxing looked at Yun Ruanyu and said. "Actually, your plan is almost perfect. Sending Yun Meilan and Yun Lingwei to the Sword Sect was a good plan. With their strength, killing everyone within the sect was not difficult at all. What's even more surprising is that you can actually predict my plan. As expected of the person I admire."

He then shook his head and said further, "Unfortunately, you didn't expect Huo Yan to have a Divine-ranked weapon with him, and this forced the Snow Cloud Fairy ... That's not true, she's not a fairy anymore." Qi Qianxing laughed out loud afterwards.

Yun Ruanyu's eyes turned cold. But he's not rash. He quickly activated the Sect Protection Formation. With this, the barrier should be able to hold it for several days.

Yun Ruanyu led everyone back to the main hall. At this moment, he could only hope that the group of Yun Meilan, Yun Lingwei, and Yun Huanxin returned in time.

***

"Can you tell me about the Poison Valley now?" Yun Lintian sat down together with Yan Qi and Little Flame.

Yan Qi shifted his gaze from the cup of tea on the table and turned to Yun Lintian with a serious expression. "To tell you about this, I have to start with the overall situation of this world first. As you probably already know that there are five continents. Have you heard of the 'Nine Palaces'?"

Yun Lintian shook his head.

Yan Qi explained, "The Nine Palaces are the nine rulers in charge of this world. Except for the Middle Continent, the other four continents only had one palace overseeing their continent. Eastern Continent, there is the Blazing Sun Palace. Western Continent, there is the Nine Beasts Palace. Southern Continent, there is the Divine Phoenix Palace . As for the Northern Continent, in the past, it wasn't the Frozen Moon Palace but the Misty Cloud Palace."

"Wait a minute! You mean ..." Yun Lintian interrupted Yan Qi and looked at him in surprise.

Yan Qi nodded. "really. The Misty Cloud Palace should be called the Misty Cloud Sect right now."

Yun Lintian was aware of the situation. However, he felt that there was something wrong with that statement. If the Misty Cloud Sect was the Misty Cloud Palace in the past, how could those people have allowed their sect to exist until now? Why did they not come and attack his sect? And how could sects like the Sword Sect, the Sacred Fire Sect, and the Qi royal clan, not know this truth?

Yan Qi knew the contents of Yun Lintian's mind. She smiles. "Do you believe there is someone strong enough to forcibly erase the historical record?"

Yun Lintian shook his head with disbelief written all over his face.

"That's understandable. Your journey is too short. At most, you might have only found a few Realm Rulers and never met anyone stronger than that." Yan Qi then pointed to himself, "Look at me. When I was alive, I was peerless among the King Realm. I can destroy half of the continent with my full power. What about someone stronger than me? You'll never be able to imagine what they can do."

Yan Qi continued speaking. "Although the Misty Cloud Palace had become the Misty Cloud Sect, their strength could not be underestimated. If my guess is correct, back then they still had some King Realms. Therefore, no one was foolish enough to try to attack them. As time went by and the historical records had been erased, there were only a few people who knew that the Misty Cloud Sect was actually the Misty Cloud Palace in the past. I think most of them are dead now."

Yun Lintian thought it was reasonable after pondering for a moment.

Yan Qi suddenly asked, "I'm very curious about this. How did you become a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect?" He had wanted to ask this before, but Yun Lintian was extremely busy. He couldn't find the right time to ask.

Yun Lintian looked at Yan Qi and pondered whether he should tell the truth.

Yun Lintian pondered for a moment and finally decided to tell Yan Qi. "I don't know myself. He said, there was a mysterious person who brought me to the sect and told the current Sect Master to adopt me as his adopted son. My foster mother said that that person was even stronger than the King Realm."

Yan Qi thought hard. A moment later, he asked, "Who is he?"

Yun Lintian shook his head because he also did not know about it.

"Squeaky. Why would he take you to the Misty Cloud Sect? Does he want you to make a harem?" Yan Qi said jokingly.

Yun Lintian rolled his eyes. He answered jokingly. "That would be best, but I'm afraid my kidneys aren't strong enough."

"Buck! They are your sisters and your elders. How could you have such dirty thoughts on them?" Yan Qi replied firmly. His current appearance was like a senior trying to advise a junior.

Yun Lintian was speechless ... Aren't you the one who brought up this topic? Why did you suddenly get serious?

Yan Qi was fed up with that joke. He changed the subject. "I'll continue with the previous topic. The Frozen Moon Palace in the past was a small sect under the Misty Cloud Palace. However, after that incident, they progressed and became the current Frozen Moon Palace."

"What incident?" Yun Lintian asked.

"This is the point. About four thousand years ago, there were countless Unknown Beasts appearing out of nowhere and starting to rampage. Not just the Northern Continent, but they were everywhere in the five continents." Reply Yan Qi.

"Institute?" Yun Lintian was surprised.

Yan Qi did not answer Yun Lintian's question but continued, "These beasts have certain traits, their skin is as black as ink and they can release an extremely deadly poison aura. At that moment, the nine palaces, led by the Azure Palace, had banded together and killed this Beast."

"As you know, when the Beasts reach the Sacred Realm, they can transform themselves into human form. When they found out, they could not resist the attacks of the nine palaces any further. Several Sacred Realm Beasts had escaped and were secretly in a relationship with a female human. Then, they managed to give birth to several half-human beasts, and they became the Poison Valley that you know now."

Yun Lintian nodded his head. He then asked, "But how is the disappearance of the Misty Cloud Palace related to this incident? Do they have many victims?"

Yan Qi shook his head. "Actually, I don't know much about this either. At that moment, everyone was busy with their own affairs. No one is too concerned about others. When I heard about the Misty Cloud Palace again, they had already disappeared. It was then that I realized someone had intentionally erased the historical record."

Yun Lintian was disappointed. Suddenly, she recalled something and said, "My adoptive mother said the founder of the Misty Cloud Sect also disappeared around that time. Could it be because of this?"

"Founder of the Misty Cloud Sect?" Yan Qi was a little confused and then nodded his head. "That's possible. I've met the founder of your sect once in the past. He was extremely strong and ranked top in the world in terms of strength. As for how she disappeared, this is the first time I've heard of her."

Both were silent for a moment.

"So, you're the Palace Master of the Blazing Sun Palace?" Yun Lintian asked.

Yan Qi admitted, "Yes." Then a sad expression appeared on his face, "I don't know how the Sun Palace is blazing right now."

Yun Lintian drank his tea, letting the old man reminisce about his past