The Blade-Wielding Legend

Chapter 1430 736: The Sudden Visitor (2)

Puff puff!

Two crossbow arrows instantly pierced through his shoulders.

"Cover the Dharma Master!"

This Shinada is loyal, even as the Demon Blade falls to the ground, he doesn't forget to remind.

But as soon as he finishes speaking, he is shot, and his head explodes with a bang.

"Dharma Master, leave quickly!"

The remaining samurai crazily shield Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector.

As for Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector, he is also in a bad state.

He was just backlashed by the Escape Technique, blood is flowing from the corner of his mouth, and the ancient sword "Moon Coffin" in his arms is violently trembling, frost spreading from the scabbard's cracks, desperately suppressing.

"Break his legs!"

Seeing this, Luo Mingzi immediately orders.

This group of Japanese has committed many crimes in the Capital, and naturally cannot escape death, but they are clearly connected to Jianmu, so it's best to capture them alive for interrogation.

But suddenly, a mutation occurs.

Out of the shattered church door, more than ten priests with pitch-black eyes roar and charge out!

They have oilcloth packages tied to their chests, which are smoking.

"Retreat!"

Tian Qianhu urgently orders a change in formation.

However, it's too late.

With a thunderous explosion, black smoke billows, and the bluestone street is blown into a deep pit.

Stinking, minced meat, mixed with Evil Qi, scatters everywhere.

The encirclement of the Captain Bureau is blasted open, several soldiers are affected, though not injured, many foul-smelling oil stains ignite on them, burning fiercely.

Soon, these soldiers convulse and fall to the ground, their bodies turning blue and purple.

"It's the South Seas Corpse Fire Thunder, be careful!"

Seeing this, Tian Qianhu's face changes drastically.

The Great Xuan Dynasty has developed new gunpowder, showing might on the southeastern battlefield, naturally drawing the attention of neighboring barbarians.

Even if the gunpowder formula is leaked, research continues.

This "Corpse Fire Thunder" is one of them, combining South Seas black magic, refined with graveyard corpse oil, though made with ordinary gunpowder, it's especially troublesome.

Corpse oil is highly toxic, a drop will kill an ordinary person.

Clang!

In the chaos, Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector grits his teeth and draws the ancient sword.

His family has worshiped the Ghost God "Yu Yiyuan" for generations.

This ancient sword "Moon Coffin" is both a seal and a container.

Hissing~

As the ancient sword is drawn, a large amount of white cold fog pours out.

In an instant, a ten-zhang area becomes snowy, and ice crystallizes on the ground.

In the fog of swirling wind and snow, the blurred outline of a snow-flying woman can be vaguely seen.

This is the Demon God "Yu Yiyuan".

In some parts of Japan, she is also called Snow Woman.

Previously, she wiped out a Captain Bureau squad in the suburbs using this method.

Two nearby Law Enforcement Hall Daoists fail to dodge and are instantly frozen into ice sculptures, shattering!

And Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector has a face as white as snow, pupils turning blue, showing no expression.

He has been possessed by the Demon God, and "Yu Yiyuan" is also using him to perform magic.

"You wicked creature!"

From afar, an elderly voice thunders like lightning.

On the roof of a teahouse at the street corner, a purple-robed old Daoist's hair and beard stand up.

It is none other than Zhang Ruochen, the State Preceptor of Dragon and Tiger Mountain stationed in the Capital.

Zhao Qingxu's identity has been identified, and Dragon and Tiger Mountain is guilty of negligence, so both publicly and privately they can't feign ignorance, thus they were invited to attend this event.

With a cold snort, he takes out a bronze Dharma Seal from his sleeve, with a kui dragon coiled around the seal, engraved with the words "Dutian Thunder Fire", clearly an inherited Magic Artifact from the Heavenly Master Mansion.

Taking out the Magic Artifact, the old Daoist begins chanting spells on the roof.

Sizzle~

Microscopic arcs of electricity appear in the space around the possessed Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector.

True Thunder Technique requires the right time, place, and people to summon Heavenly Thunder, and a pre-set altar, making it quite troublesome.

This old Daoist borrows the power of a Magic Artifact to use Thunder Technique remotely.

Though powerful, its effect isn't strong.

Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector shows no fear, twisting his neck and his figure instantly vanishes.

When he reappears, he is above Luo Mingzi, his body from the neck to the right arm is covered in ice, forming sharp ice spikes in his hand, stabbing fiercely.

This speed exceeds common logic, leaving Luo Mingzi no time to dodge.

However, he urgently shouts, "Leave him alive!"

Before his voice falls, a flash of blue shadow darts across the battlefield like a ghost.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the ice blocks on Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector shatter, and at the same time, bones crunch as he's thrown back, crashing into a wall with only one breath remaining.

"Senior Huo?" Tian Qianhu is stunned.

Observing from afar, Wang Daoxuan and others are also shocked.

Unexpectedly, Grandmaster Huo Yin has come here.

What they don't know is that Divine Fist Huo Yin has been stationed at the Academy for a long time, but never found Zhao Qingxu's clues, so upon hearing of a discovery, he immediately came to investigate.

Originally intending to hide, but seeing the demon's audacity, he had to take action.

The strongest Yu Yiyuan Coffin Protector is beaten down, and the others are no threat.

Soon, all Japanese Samurai are captured in one sweep, and the possessed priests are also killed, as the Law Enforcement Hall magicians light mugwort to dispel foulness, charging into the dark church...

...…

The next day, Qiankun Academy.

"What a pity, we didn't find Zhao Qingxu."

In the main hall of the small courtyard, Wang Daoxuan's eyes are full of helplessness, "We've checked, the church's divine statue has been infested by Liu Yuanheng's Demonic Qi, the priests there are mostly ordinary people, so they were easily controlled."

"This church was painstakingly built, called 'Holy Land' by the West, and the priests rarely interact with outsiders, so no one noticed..."

"The leader of those Japanese Samurai has confessed, saying they plotted for the steam engine blueprints on a whim, fell into Zhao Qingxu's trap, and due to disturbances back home, they stayed in the Capital..."

"There's still no clue about Zhao Qingxu, after the wood from Taodu Mountain was taken from Wu Shenhan, it didn't go to the church, no one knows where it went. According to the Japanese leader's confession, the one helping Zhao Qingxu is a Japanese spy with the alias 'You Er'..."

Hearing Wang Daoxuan's narration, Li Yan is thoughtful.

He looks out the window, listening to the clanging from the workshop, shaking his head slightly, "That demon Zhao Qingxu, rises from human greed, has been active in the Capital since the Great Song Period, across dynasties, the Capital has always been a gathering place for worldly impurities, being able to hide until now, his methods are naturally substantial."

"I have a suspicion that the demon's target might be the yet-to-be-born 'Sui Lun True Monarch', all these troubles are to cover his true actions!"

Wang Daoxuan furrows his brow, stroking the horsetail whisk in his hand, "This demon is indeed difficult to deal with, and his scheme is large. If not eradicated, the danger is no less than Jianmu."

"Mm."

Li Yan solemnly says, "That Taodu Mountain wood is crucial, Zhao Qingxu values its concealment for a reason; it must be a key to his plan."

"The Capital is too large, we can't play cat-and-mouse with him. Inform Luo Mingzi, even if we can't find him, we should make trouble for Zhao Qingxu."

"'Sui Lun True Monarch' is the key, let's stay in the Academy for a while and protect the divine statue."

"Agreed."

Wang Daoxuan strokes his beard, agreeing.

Just as Li Yan is about to speak, his ear twitches, he turns to look outside.

A clerk from the Academy hurriedly runs over, knocks on the open wooden door, and then rushes in without hesitation, bows with hands clasped, "Mr. Li, forgive my impudence, a distinguished guest has arrived at the Academy, the Director and Mr. Yan are both entertaining, please come over."

"What kind of guest requires my presence?"

Li Yan frowns slightly, feeling somewhat displeased.

Though he is part of the Academy now, he joined in the name of Tribute, and their relationship is more cooperative, he has no desire to partake in these social matters.

The clerk swallows, "It's Mr. Zhao from Ritual Supervision."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yan's expression turns serious.

Mentioning the court's power inevitably involves two figures.

One is Grandmaster Huo Yin, ranked among the top two fighters of the Ten Grandmasters, both an Emperor's Guard and leader of the Divine Fist Association, indirectly controlling the pugilistic world through this vast organization...

The other is the Chief Eunuch Zhao Wujiong of Ritual Supervision.

No one knows how strong he is, but there are many rumors of his close ties with the Emperor, the court coups, Northern and Southern expeditions, and subsequent clean-ups of state affairs, countless lives have been lost to his hands, infamous.

Even the Captain Bureau is indirectly under his control.

Many evil reputations are born of him, though later to calm public sentiment, Zhao Wujiong voluntarily resigned from Captain Bureau, but still controls from behind the scenes.

Such a figure suddenly visiting naturally alerts the Academy.

Strangely, why is he summoned over...