Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect

Chapter 1256 - 614: Borrowing the Sword (Part 2)

Taking advantage of the fact that the attention of the Immortals was still being held by the Sword Array, Chen Xuantian quickly led the team in an escape. Depending on the Flying Divine Zombie’s ability to cover a thousand miles in a day, they flew north until they reached a nearby town where they could finally land.

Chen Xuantian’s Divine Sense swept across the city and found only some Nascent Soul-level trash guards. Knowing that the capable Martial Gods of Divinity Transformation probably all went to participate in the group dungeon event, he relaxed a bit and went into the city with the noisy Gugu Gaga to buy candied hawthorn.

Currently, almost the entire Central Plains had fallen under the control of the rebel army, and after the initial years of burning, killing, and looting, they began organized mass slaughters of cities. Over the past two years, as their occupied territories expanded and the front lines extended, they had to divide their troops to guard various locations. The war gradually reached a stalemate, and the rebels started resembling a legitimate regime and began organizing and resettling the refugees, establishing agriculture to support military supplies in a similar manner as the Southern Court.

Interestingly, the rebels not only resettled human refugees but also a large number of alien races and demons that migrated from the North alongside the army. The rebels even implemented a dual-platform system, where humans were governed by local mobile platforms, expelled from wealthy towns, and resettled in rural farmstead villages, responsible for tilling fields and collecting resources.

The demon-tribal vassal soldiers were governed by the Chanyu Platform, occupying luxurious residences of hereditary nobles under the protection of high walls and citadels, enjoying the Human Clan’s tribute and serving the Heavenly King, providing manpower and military strength. The city had diverse ethnic groups and tribes living in segregated zones, managed semi-militarily, only mixing in business districts and marketplaces.

Upon entering the city, a glance revealed it was full of a mix of demons and diverse barbaric alien races, with skins of wild beasts, boar-headed, dog-headed, and cat-headed people, as if stepping into a Different World...

"Cackle! Where did this little lady... splat!"

"Murder!"

The crowd scattered in panic.

All right, Chen Xuantian was off buying candied hawthorns and didn’t notice. It was probably a random event that spawned on the street, where a thug or similar weakling saw Gugu Gaga looking nice and tried to make a move, only to have her casually smash him with a punch. Well, she probably didn’t even put much strength into it, just swatted him away like a fly. Unfortunately, not everyone can take her casual punch like Chen Xuantian can...

Chen Xuantian sighed, waved a sleeve to clean up the area, and was preparing to leave this place of trouble before alerting the city guards to clear the follow-up main quest, when suddenly a voice like a silver bell came from a nearby restaurant,

"What skill! Friend, come up for a chat!"

Chen Xuantian looked up and saw a masked girl in a red dress leaning against the window frame, looking at them.

Her hairstyle and accessories were clearly of alien race style, wearing a cross-collared, wide-sleeved red dress with wide cuffs, the dress embroidered with five-petaled blood flower patterns using gold and silver threads, each flower’s pistil bearing a Blood Talisman charm, and around her waist was a gold and silver belt with interlocking plates, engraved with sun, moon, and stars, and the Blood Talisman lotus pattern.

Her waist-length green silk was braided into dozens of thin braids, bound by a three-finger-wide ring buckle made of woven gold thread, with a golden chain hanging on her forehead, inlaid with a diamond-shaped Blood Jade, from which three more golden chains dangled, adorned with blood-drop gemstones and agate suspended at her brow. On her hands and body, there were ring bracelets, Treasure Ring Jade Pendants, Golden Bell Treasure Bottle, each piece was a Divine Treasure, Magic Artifact Treasure.

So if one didn’t recognize the Treasure Light emanating from her whole body, at first glance, they might even think she was a merchant from the Western Regions here to open a general store...

Behind the girl stood a cold-faced bodyguard, clearly one of those formidable characters with nicknames like the Ten Great Experts or the Four Great Heavenly Kings who dominated Guanxi, at least starting as a mid-boss.

The wild and messy hairstyle, covering almost half of his face, revealed a face with sharp and distinct features, jawline like it was carved with knives and axes, exuding a chilling aura of killing intent.

Wearing a heavy iron armor, with half of his left arm exposed, shielded by an arm guard, and a Beast Swallowing Shoulder Guard on his shoulder, it appeared to be a battle armor patched together from Ancient Immortal Palace’s Divine Equipment. On his right side, a Fur Battle Robe covered to block sand and dust, probably originally some hunted Divine Beast Fur, now soaked with blood stains, turned reddish-brown, obscuring its original appearance. Evidently, they were all battle-worn Divine Equipment.

Moreover, in his hands was a Five-foot Long Saber, though its blade remained sheathed, not revealing its edge, it couldn’t hide its immense battle intent. Standing there, it emitted a towering Blood Qi, fierce Sword Gang, making one take notice, apparently a treasure blade of Divinity Transformation Entry Rank, long-battled in wars, tempered to the extreme of Man and Sword as One, understandable why this person had no interest in entering the formation to seize the sword...

Usually, realizing he hadn’t calculated for this pair from the Divine Sect at all, Chen Xuantian would have believed he stepped into an ambush and fallen victim to the enemy’s machinations, and turned around to run. But this time he hesitated for a moment, deciding to go upstairs for a meeting.

Because this woman, even if her face was masked, he would recognize even if she turned to ashes.

It was Zhen Baiyu.

Though perhaps she was not anymore.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist. Below is the Candidacy Saintess of the Ten Extremes Divine Sect, and this is our sect’s ’Heaven-Burying Mad Saber’, Guardian Zang Xu."

The Holy Daughter introduced herself straightforwardly.

"I am Wu Lian. This is Ji E, and this is Su’e."

Chen Xuantian also cupped his hands, pointing at Gugu Gaga nibbling on candied hawthorns and her backpack.

With a smile, the Holy Daughter raised her hand, revealing a table full of dishes,

"Don’t be polite, please enjoy."