The Story of the Swordsman

Abandon

"Do you know who erased history?" Yun Lintian asked.

Yan Qi nodded his head. "I can't say for sure that I know, this is just my guess."

"Whatchu mean? Can you be more specific?" Yun Lintian was annoyed.

Yan Qi frowned slightly. "At that time, I had tried to investigate the matter, but I could only find a trace of it. From the clues I found, the Azure Palace has something to do with this matter. I'm not sure who else is involved in this."

"Azure Palace?" Yun Lintian's brows lifted.

Yan Qi explained. "The Azure Palace is the number one palace in this world. Located in the Middle Continent along with the other four palaces namely, the Star Staring Palace, Divine Thunder Palace, Myriad Pill Palace, and Heavenly Sword Palace. After dealing with the incident, the Azure Palace had suppressed all news and prohibited everyone from keeping any historical records related to it."

"In short, you don't know at all?" Yun Lintian was a little disappointed. He did not obtain any useful information from Yan Qi at all.

Yan Qi nodded, admitting. "You could say so. But the Azure Palace must have something to do with this."

Yun Lintian pondered for a moment and decided to put this matter aside first. He asked, "By the way, how did you get here?"

An expression of longing appeared on Yan Qi's face as he replied, "Almost three thousand years ago, I met someone and fell in love with him."

"Who is he?" Yun Lintian asked, and sipped his tea.

Yan Qi still replied, "I don't know his name."

"Uhuk! Uhuk!" Yun Lintian choked on the tea after hearing this. How can you love someone for thousands of years without knowing their name? "So, you really don't know who he is?"

Yan Qi shook his head. "I don't know but the one thing I believe in is that he shouldn't be from this world."

"Why?" Yun Lintian asked.

"I was at the peak of the King Realm at that time, but I couldn't even catch a glimpse of its power. I think he is someone who comes from the legendary Divine World... That's just my guess." Reply Yan Qi.

Yun Lintian accepted the explanation and asked, "Did he say something other than letting you keep the Sun here?"

"He just told me that after someone took the Sun away, I had to tell that person to go north." Reply Yan Qi.

"North?" Yun Lintian was confused.

Yan Qi nodded. "Yes. North direction. If my guess is correct, it must be something related to the Frozen Moon Palace. Because there is a Sun, there should be a Moon as well. You can figure it out yourself later."

Yun Lintian was surprised and thought it made sense. He asked, "How much do you know about the Sun?"

Yan Qi replied, "Have you heard about the source of the element?" Seeing Yun Lintian shake his head, Yan Qi said further, "I suspect that the Sun is the source of the fire element."

Yun Lintian nodded and turned to Little Flame. "Is this rat your pet?"

Yan Qi's face turned grim. "No, he's not my pet. If you knew his origin, you wouldn't dare to call him that again."

Yun Lintian asked with interest. "Oh? Then who is he?"

Yan Qi looked at Little Flame with a smile and said, "I told you before there is a Nine Beast Palace in the Western Continent, right? This palace was formed by the nine Beasts clan and the Small Flame clan was also one of the nine clans known as the Fire Cloud Rat clan."

"Thousands of years ago, when I was in the Western Continent, I met him by chance, and we became good friends. Later, I learned that he was actually the crown prince and the future head of his clan. However, he did not want that position and decided to run away with me."

Yun Lintian was stunned.

Yan Qi continued, "The Profound Beasts have a longer lifespan than us humans. Because of the pressure of the Sun, our strength has decreased. Hence, Little Flame had lost its original form, but its lifespan could still last another ten years or so."

Yan Qi sighed and asked Yun Lintian, "Can you take him out with you?"

Yun Lintian took a deep breath and asked Little Flame, "Little Flame Prince, do you want to leave this place with me?"

He wouldn't mind taking her out. Although the power of Little Flame had decreased, he believed it would not take long for Little Flame to regain its former strength.

Yan Qi looked at Little Flame and let out a long sigh. "Well, I won't force you."

Little Fire did not care about him anymore and continued to eat pastries.

Yun Lintian respected the choice of Little Flame. He did not say anything more and took out every ingredient he had, cooking it for Little Flame.

***

Outside of the secret room, Yang Chen had already brought Yang Ping and Hua Fei's group into the middle hall.

"So Luo Kun, Huo Ao, Ji Cheng, and Qi Tian'er are dead?" Hua Fei asked Hua Litong in shock.

Brother Yun killed them all." Answer Hua Litong.

Yang Ping and the others had shocked expressions on their faces. They clearly knew Yun Lintian's strength was no better than theirs. How could he do that?

Yang Chen explained briefly, "This place is under Brother Yun's control. That's why I can easily find all of you."

"What?" Yang Ping was even more astonished this time.

Kreeks!

The secret room door slowly opened and Yun Lintian walked out, along with Yan Qi and Little Flame.

Yun Lintian walked towards everyone and said, "We'll be out soon."

Everyone was shocked and Hua Litong asked, "You mean, we can go out at any time?"

Yun Lintian nodded and turned to Yang Chen. "Before we go out, I want to clarify everything first. First, after we leave this place, all of you must pretend you have never met me here before. Understood?"

Yang Chen frowned and said, "What's the matter, Brother Yun? Why are you doing this? If you're afraid it's gonna involve my family, you don't have to worry about it. My father has promised to help you and he will of course keep it."

Yun Lintian chuckled and replied, "Let me tell you one thing. In the future, you should use your brain more. Don't be a young man who only knows how to fight head-on." He then turned to Yang Mengli. "You can ask your sister about it if you don't understand."

Yun Lintian did not wait for Yang Chen to reply. He looked at everyone and said, "It's not as simple as you all see. It's involved with something your patriarch can't bear. So believe me, if you don't want your clan destroyed, pretend you never met me here when you went out.

Hua Litong and Yang Mengli immediately understood Yun Lintian's intentions and chose to comply with his wishes.

Yan Qi approached Yang Chen and spoke. "Because you've got my legacy. I hope you can live long enough. Do as he says. When he said this, he must have had his own plan."

Yang Chen suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and gave a confirmation in response. "Understand, Teacher."

Yan Qi laughed a little. "I never thought I'd have a student ... I told you everything. Whether you want to fulfill my wish, you can decide for yourself. I'm not forcing you."

Bang out!

Yang Chen suddenly knelt on the ground in front of Yan Qi and said with determination. "This disciple will fulfill Master's wish."

Yan Qi laughed out loud. "Good! You look a lot like me back then." He then turned to Yun Lintian and said, "You should leave now. The situation outside is not normal."

Yun Lintian looked at Yan Qi and Little Flame for a while and prepared to come out. Suddenly, Little Flame squeaked loudly and gave him a hexagon red jade token. It had the word 'Huo' engraved on it.

Yan Qi explained. "It was a token that represented his identity. If you have the chance to visit the Western Continent. Little Fire wishes you could give this token to her mother."

Yun Lintian held the token firmly and said, "I don't know if I will go there, but I will definitely give it to your mother if I have the chance."

Little Flame nodded, satisfied with his answer.

"Let's go." Yun Lintian did not see Yan Qi and Little Flame for the last time. He took out a sun ball and activated it. A moment later, a white light enveloped everyone, and their figures disappeared from that place.

Yan Qi and Little Flame looked at each other and smiled. Instantly, the hall shook violently and everything began to collapse ...