Chapter 67: Chapter 61: Xu Ge Returns to the Capital

A delicate and charming young woman of sixteen was being escorted this way by two old men in black and white robes.

Behind them, a bamboo forest collapsed with a thunderous roar. Thirty warriors in Black Dragon Armor, like thirty colossal beasts of black iron, rampaged in pursuit, their killing intent palpable.

"Perhaps there’s been a misunderstanding..."

Su Chen was about to offer an explanation.

BOOM!

A thunderous twang of a bowstring echoed as a black-fletched arrow, fired by the Black Dragon Guard Captain, tore through the curtain of rain, aimed straight for Su Chen’s life.

"Anyone who knows about tonight dies! No mercy!"

"There’s no misunderstanding."

"You will die too!"

He roared.

In that case, there was nothing more to be said.

"Fine."

Su Chen nodded.

BANG!

The black-fletched arrow could kill a Second-Grade expert and severely injure someone of the First Grade. Yet when it slammed into the Cyan Jade Qi protecting Su Chen—a master of the Second-Grade Internal Organ realm—it disintegrated into dust.

The frenzied killing intent in the Black Dragon Guard Captain’s eyes froze.

The hand holding his bow trembled.

’He... He had just provoked someone he absolutely shouldn’t have!’

That night, a Thunderous Roar echoed.

Su Chen raised his palm.

Centered on the small courtyard, the downpour went still. The raindrops froze in mid-air, and amid the rolling thunder, they coalesced into a single sword.

The One Sword of Wind and Rain, from the Seventh Year of Jianwu, had reappeared in the Human World.

"No!"

"This might be a misunderstanding..."

The Black Dragon Guard Captain wanted to explain.

However, none of that mattered anymore.

Tonight, everything fell silent.

The torrential rain was stained with a hint of red.

The scene was deathly still.

Princess Le of Qii and the two elders in black and white stopped in their tracks. They no longer needed to flee.

Outside the shabby, fence-lined courtyard, the ground was littered with the shattered corpses of the warriors in Black Dragon Armor. They had died in the bamboo forest a hundred meters out, never even making it to the courtyard gate.

"Your Highness, you had a trump card like this up your sleeve?"

"Why didn’t you tell us!"

"These are the world-renowned Black Dragon Armor!"

"With an expert of this caliber on our side, there’s a real chance we can fight our way back and rescue the Prince..."

The two elders in black and white, both Second-Grade Experts, exclaimed again and again. Color returned to their pale faces, and their eyes shone with delighted surprise.

But Princess Le of Qii alone stood trembling uncontrollably, her mind a complete mess.

Now, it was her turn to be terrified.

"Elders, what is his cultivation level? Is it possible... that he’s like you... only Second Grade...?"

Only Princess Le of Qii knew the truth.

This man was no ally of hers.

Back in the bamboo forest, she had seen him standing amidst the wind and rain in his straw cloak and hat, the downpour unable to touch him. It was obvious at a glance that he was a cultivator.

Her shout had merely been an attempt to use him as a human shield.

Failing that, she hoped he could at least draw some of the Black Dragon Armor’s forces away...

But as it turned out, the man was far, far stronger than she had anticipated.

"There are stronger and weaker experts within the Second Grade."

"But there is no way this man is Second Grade."

"The Black Dragon Armor is world-renowned; you’d have to be First Grade to even dream of piercing it. What’s more, this man borrowed the power of the wind and rain. He’s not just First Grade—he’s a Peak First-Grade Minor Grandmaster! Even in the entire Imperial City, you could count their number on two hands."

Upon hearing this, Princess Le of Qii’s vision swam. She felt herself suffocating, her body swaying on the verge of collapse.

’A First-Grade Minor Grandmaster?’

’And a Peak one at that!!!’

’This was an existence that even His Majesty Xuanlong himself would have to treat with the utmost respect, someone he would never dare to provoke.’

’What had she done?’

"Princess."

"With a Peak First Grade master escorting us, we’re finally safe."

The two elders in black and white smiled, relieved. Utterly oblivious to the princess’s strange behavior, they gestured for her to make introductions.

At that moment, Princess Le of Qii forced herself to walk toward the mysterious First-Grade master, whose face was obscured by the curtain of rain.

"I am Zhou Le, daughter of the King of Qii. It is an honor to meet you, Senior."

"Thank you for lending your aid, Senior."

The two elders in black and white, with smiles on their faces, also moved to step forward and pay their respects.

However, the scene that followed scared them out of their wits.

"Do I know you?"

"Get lost!"

Su Chen flicked his sleeve.

BOOM!

A gust of wind whipped up the torrential rain.

The rainy night was once again stained with blood.

The two elders and the young woman were sent flying backward like kites with their strings cut, crashing into the distant bamboo forest. They landed in pools of their own blood, their fates unknown.

Soon after, the Princess of Qii staggered back to her feet. A wretched sight, covered in blood, she kowtowed to Su Chen.

"Thank you for sparing my life, Senior."

"Le is eternally grateful."

With that said, she helped the two beside her to their feet and fled with all possible speed.

’Did I hold back? I don’t remember doing that.’

’What was that just now?’

Princess Le of Qii had already vanished without a trace.

Su Chen walked into the bamboo forest.

He picked up a shattered fragment of a jade pendant from the ground.

Just as he thought. He hadn’t been mistaken.

A moment ago, a jade pendant had shattered, erupting in a flash of white light. It had blocked seventy percent of the attack’s force for Princess Le of Qii; otherwise, not even a First-Grade expert would have survived.

’It felt a bit like a technique from an Immortal Family.’

’This is a cultivation Dynasty with over three hundred years of history, after all. Crouching tigers and hidden dragons... Great Zhou is not to be underestimated.’

A sound came from inside the wooden hut.

BOOM!

Su Chen flicked his sleeve.

In an instant, a fierce wind rose again, sweeping the corpses of the Black Dragon Armor warriors and the pools of blood on the ground deep into the bamboo forest.

Cyan Sparrow walked out nervously, clutching a table leg.

"Has the Marquis of Jiangling come to capture me?"

However, outside, the torrential rain was washing away every trace. The scene was calm and peaceful, with no sign of the fierce battle from moments before, nor of the more than thirty renowned Black Dragon Armor warriors who had met their bitter end here.

"What happened?"

"I thought I heard fighting just now. I was a little worried about you."

Cyan Sparrow asked, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"You must have misheard."

"There was no fighting. It was just thunder and lightning. A bolt must have struck nearby and knocked down some bamboo in the forest, that’s all."

His straw cloak soaked through with rain, Su Chen looked up, revealing the handsome face beneath his hat as he smiled.

"Besides,"

"I’m just an ordinary Eunuch."

"If I had really run into some thugs, I’d have been beaten unconscious by now."

"It really was just a clap of thunder."

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