novelraw Chapter 912: 913: All of the East’s Martial Arts Experts Have Arrived...
Chapter 912: 913: All of the East’s Martial Arts Experts Have Arrived...
Chapter 912: Chapter 913: All of the East’s Martial Arts Experts Have Arrived…
A thousand years of tradition, the indomitable East Japan Sword Sect, evaded disaster time and again, yet couldn’t escape Lin Fei’s fire, turning all its halls and pavilions into a sea of flames.
However, Lin Fei and several experts from the Qiansong family did not burn down all the buildings of the East Japan Sword Sect, leaving a pavilion that was somewhat removed from the large cluster of buildings.
The reason Lin Fei didn’t set fire to this pavilion was that it could serve as a temporary residence for him and several experts from the Qiansong family.
Moreover, before setting fire to the East Japan Sword Sect, they had moved enough food from its warehouse to last a month into this secluded pavilion.
The East Japan Sword Sect’s complex consisted of dozens of palatial buildings, even though the raging fire turned it into a sea of flames.
But since Sword Saint Peak is located in the suburbs, over a hundred miles from Kyoto, even if a fire occurs at Sword Saint Peak, no one would notice.
This fire burned for three days and nights.
On the fourth day, the fire finally extinguished, and the once magnificent East Japan Sword Sect’s halls and pavilions were reduced to a wasteland of fragments, turning into black scorched earth, the air filled with the smell of burning.
It can be said that after three days and nights of burning, the East Japan Sword Sect has become unrecognizable.
Just past dawn, a sound of footsteps arrived, accompanied by the whooshing sound of masters flying through the air.
Soon, the peak of Sword Saint appeared with thousands of people in various attire, of all ages and genders.
These people all carried the powerful aura of martial artists; they were the experts from the East Asian Country’s major sects and martial arts families, invited by Koizumi Tohryu and the East Japan Sword Sect experts down the mountain.
Standing among the numerous sect experts, Koizumi Tohryu and a dozen East Japan Sword Sect experts could hardly believe their eyes. They had merely left Sword Saint Peak for three days, and upon returning, the East Japan Sword Sect had been burned to ruins.
What exactly happened?
“Senior brother, how come our East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings… how could they be burned?” A few of the East Japan Sword Sect experts, somewhat panicked, turned to Koizumi Tohryu.
The other sect leaders and masters also showed confusion and puzzlement.
Koizumi Tohryu shook his head bewilderedly and said, “I don’t know what happened either.”
Just as everyone was in a daze, a space on what was once a courtyard—now covered in scorched earth, measuring about three meters long and two meters wide—slowly opened underground with a creaking sound.
Then, an entrance appeared, with stone steps leading underground.
“Is this the exit of the East Japan Sword Sect’s Underground Sword Palace?” Instantaneously, a sect leader realized something and said.
As this underground exit appeared, the East Japan Sword Sect’s expert disciples began to emerge from within.
But these expert disciples who walked out of the underground exit were at a loss for words as they saw the magnificent East Japan Sword Sect’s palace buildings outside reduced to ruins.
Two to three hundred East Japan Sword Sect expert disciples lined up after walking out from the underground exit, with the cloaked East Japan Sword Saint being the last to emerge from the Underground Sword Palace.
As he exited the Underground Sword Palace, the ground that had opened downward closed upward again, sealing the exit tightly, making the ground seamless and restored as before.
Seeing the bustling silhouettes of various sects and martial arts families outside, the East Japan Sword Saint joyfully said, “Welcome, the sect leaders of all the East Asian sects and the patriarchs of the martial arts families, leading experts to the meeting.”
“Everyone, please gather in the main hall!” The East Japan Sword Saint extended his hand toward what was once the main hall.
But as he extended his hand, the expressions of all sect leaders and martial arts family patriarchs turned awkward; they had already realized that the East Japan Sword Saint was unaware that the East Japan Sword Sect’s palace buildings had been all burnt.
At this moment, the East Japan Sword Saint also noticed something was amiss; why were there only remnants and ruins all around?
As he looked around, he found himself utterly dumbfounded.
Originally wearing his hood, he seemed incredulous and immediately removed his cloak, revealing white hair and frosty white brows tightly knit together, his eyes burning with rage, his entire being appearing struck, as he coldly asked Koizumi Tohryu, “Who did this? Who burned my East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings?”
For the past three days, the East Japan Sword Saint had led all the expert disciples into the Underground Sword Palace, sealing the entrance, never coming out, naturally unaware of what happened outside.
Unexpectedly, upon opening the palace door, he witnessed such a shocking scene.
Koizumi Tohryu saw that even his master did not know who burned the East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings, so he said truthfully, “Master, I also just returned to Sword Saint Peak with various sects and martial arts families’ experts, only then witnessing all our East Japan Sword Sect’s halls and pavilions reduced to ash.”
East Japan Sword Saint wanted revenge; the thousand-year-old East Japan Sword Sect had never faced disaster, but even those enemies wishing to destroy the sect never burned its buildings.
Yet now, the East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings had been utterly scorched, leaving him feeling an unspeakable humiliation.
“No matter who burned my East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings, I, Yamamoto Taro, vow here to find the culprit, grind him to dust, to quench the hatred in my heart.” The East Japan Sword Saint’s voice echoed across the mountaintop, infused with a murderous intent.
“It was me! I burned the East Japan Sword Sect!” At this moment, a cold voice was heard.
East Japan Martial Saint and everyone else immediately turned their gaze toward the sound, seeing several figures appear before the only intact pavilion, about a dozen meters away.
The speaker was none other than Lin Fei.
Lin Fei hadn’t imagined a single fire wouldn’t force the East Japan Sword Saint out, but would instead draw numerous sect and martial arts experts to Sword Saint Peak.
He sensed that the East Japan Sword Saint was planning to undertake something that would shake the East Asian martial world.
The East Japan Sword Saint recognized Lin Fei at once, realizing that it was him, having led all the expert disciples into the Underground Sword Palace, while Lin Fei arrived at Sword Saint Peak searching for Qian Songyixue and her father and daughter, and burned the East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings upon failing to find them.
“How dare you burn my East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings; there can be no reconciliation between us!” The East Japan Sword Saint gritted his teeth and said.
Lin Fei remained indifferent: “East Japan Sword Saint, you captured Qian Songyixue and her father and daughters, so there can be no reconciliation between us either.”
At this time, the sect leaders, martial arts family patriarchs, and numerous masters had already recognized Lin Fei as the formidable Huaxia individual who had just defeated and crippled Fujinagawa and his disciple’s martial arts today.
Their faces all showed caution.
Many martial arts experts in Kyoto had personally witnessed how Lin Fei defeated Fujinagawa and his disciple by Kyoto Lake.
Even those sect leaders and masters who hadn’t watched Lin Fei and Fujinagawa’s duel live were aware of Lin Fei’s presence through reporters’ live footage.
Therefore, upon knowing the East Japan Sword Sect had been burned by Lin Fei, they feared him even more.
“Sect leaders and martial arts family patriarchs, you see? This Huaxia individual has just crippled our East Asia’s first Martial Saint’s martial arts today, and now he comes to Sword Saint Peak to burn the East Japan Sword Sect’s buildings, as if he wants our East Asian martial artists to bow down and submit, making us listen to him, this Huaxia person’s orders.” East Japan Sword Saint looked at all the sects and martial arts families’ people, beginning to incite and provoke.