Chapter 276: Approval of the Celestial Venerable

Inside the inn corridor, the fresh blood of the Tian Ce Jun armored soldiers converged into a small stream, dripping down through the gaps in the wooden floor. The blood drops falling onto the downstairs floor made a pattering sound, as if it had started raining in the room.

After the blood drops ceased, the inn finally fell silent.

It was like the end of a summer downpour, revealing a washed-clean sky, profoundly peaceful.

Chen Ji leaned on his whale knife, weary, standing in the twilight; the iron tower-like Tian Ce Jun armored soldiers slumped in the bright shadows, their faces灰败 (huī bài, gray and defeated), leaning against the wall, panting silently.

He covered his chest, as if this could slow the blood flow a little!

At this moment, victory and defeat had taken concrete form, but Chen Ji, looking at the corpses strewn across the corridor, felt no joy in his heart.

In the silence, the armored soldier labored to lift his head: "Can you let me look at the sword seed?"

Chen Ji paid no attention, simply waiting quietly for his life force to cease.

The armored soldier coughed up a mouthful of blood and sneered weakly: "Stingy ghost!! Don't think having the sword seed is such a good thing. From the day you cultivate it, you'll have to live forever in Shan Tang's majestic shadow. Shan Tang will definitely come find you!"

Chen Ji softly asked: "Is the Wu Miao's status very high in the Jing Dynasty?"

The armored soldier's eyes gradually lost focus: "That's the Wu Miao!"

Chen Ji asked again: "Have you seen Lu Jin?"

The armored soldier's eyes moved slightly: "Can you even mention Master Lu's name?"

After speaking, his eyes completely lost their spirit, and a surge of ice flowed from his body, gushing into Chen Ji's dantian.

Chen Ji felt a little disappointed with the amount of ice flow. Ever since witnessing Jing Wang's surging ice flow, others' ice flows seemed extraordinarily insignificant!

It seemed that to walk the path of the Shan Zhu Men, countless important figures had to die!

The next moment, the heavy sword on the ground was burned inch by inch by the intense firelight, and decayed.

The firelight was like a fierce sun, actually burning the dim inn as bright as day!

The sound of a sword being drawn rang out, piercing the original sky!

The sound didn't come from here, but directly from the sky!

Chen Ji looked up in astonishment. He had heard this sound when he killed Qian Sui Jun Wang Chong Li before, and now it unexpectedly rang out again!

A surge of the purest sword intent burst from the ashes of the heavy sword and flew into the pattern on Chen Ji's waist!

The formless sword qi inside the second stripe pattern actually borrowed this surge of the purest sword intent to forge a new sword seed!

Wait, a second sword seed?

Chen Ji recalled a recurring nightmare from his childhood. Xuanyuan seemed to have only controlled one sword seed!

His heart stirred, and the two sword seeds flew out from the pattern together, quietly suspended in front of him. They were like two identical black bamboo leaves!

He lowered his head again to look at the broken hole in his clothes. The first stripe pattern had already changed from black to light brown. The molten flow imprisoned inside was completely gone, and he didn't know if there was still an opportunity to replenish it!

At this moment, there were footsteps coming from behind. Chen Ji received the sword seed.

Xiao Man carefully stepped between the corpses, poking her head in to look: "Young Master, Young Master, are you still alive?"

Chen Ji turned his head and met Xiao Man's eyes. Xiao Man said joyfully: "Young Master, you're still alive."

But before Chen Ji could speak, she suddenly panicked again and hurried in another direction, as if she had lost her mind and wanted to go find someone!

However, this corridor was a loop. She walked and walked and came back to Chen Ji's other side: "Ah."

Just as she was about to turn and run again, Chen Ji shouted to stop her and said puzzledly: "What are you running for? I'm not a ghost."

Xiao Man stood still, lowering her head and picking at her fingernails.

Chen Ji said doubtfully: "What exactly happened?"

Xiao Man hesitated for a long time: "Young Master, can Hei Yun understand what I say?"

Chen Ji suddenly realized. He looked at Xiao Man with a half-smile: "En!"

Xiao Man hesitated for a long time again: "Then can you also understand what it says?"

Chen Ji smiled: "Um!"

Xiao Man hurriedly explained: "I was just looking for your silver in your clothes, worried that your silver would be taken by the Liang family again. I didn't want to steal things myself, and I just ate one of the cave yellow melons on your table. That thing is very precious, I was afraid it would spoil if I didn't eat it!"

Her voice got softer and softer as she spoke, and her confidence became increasingly insufficient: "So you knew all along, right? No wonder it always stared at me and wouldn't let me touch it!"

Chen Ji waited silently for her to finish speaking before opening his mouth and saying: "Thanks!"

Xiao Man was stunned: "Ah, what are you thanking me for, Young Master?"

Chen Ji said slowly: "Thank you for being willing to come save me!"

Xiao Man waved her hand in a hurry: "This is all what I should do, I promised Auntie to protect you, Young Master! Oh, Young Master, just now there was a flash of white light in the corridor, did you see it? And the sound of drawing a sword from its sheath from the sky, is it related to you?"

Chen Ji's heart felt a slight chill!

Hei Yun squatted on the beam above Xiao Man's head and meowed: "She knows too much!"

At this moment, there was the sound of tiles moving from above. The two people and one cat simultaneously looked up!

On the roof, Zhang Xia was lying with her ear against the tiles, listening anxiously to the sound beneath.

Seeing the situation, the others also imitated her and lay down to listen.

Zhang Xia's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. Just now she could still hear the sound of fighting and metal clashing from below, but now, everything had stopped!

Qi Jianzhe propped himself up and softly asked: "Did the Tian Ce Jun leave?"

Zhang Xia didn't answer, her thoughts sinking deeper and deeper: "One side must have been defeated and died for the fighting to stop completely! But considering the difference in numbers, it's impossible for Chen Ji to have won!"

She stood up and walked towards the crack: "I want to go down and see!"

Qi Jianzhe quickly stepped in front of her and blocked her: "Second Miss Zhang, I am an official, I'll go!"

Zhang Xia thought: "Alright!"

Qi Jianzhe came to the crack and quietly put his head into the crack to observe, but he could only see the corpses of the Tian Ce Jun lying at the door!

He raised his body, sat on the edge of the crack, took a deep breath, trembling all over, and delayed going down.

Zhang Zheng said angrily: "Look at your cowardly appearance. Are you going or not? If you're not going, I'm going."

"I'm going." Qi Jianzhe gritted his teeth and jumped down from the crack!

Zhang Xia and Zhang Zheng immediately bent over by the crack, quietly listening to the movement inside!

Just at this moment, Qi Jianzhe's voice suddenly came from inside the crack: "Ugh."

Zhang Xia poked her head in to look, and only saw Qi Jianzhe standing at the door of the Tian Zi Jia Hao room, vomiting incessantly!

In the corridor, Qi Jianzhe held the door frame and spat out gastric juice and bile together!

After he stopped vomiting, he lifted his head towards the corpses lying horizontally and vertically in the corridor and immediately started dry heaving again!

It was too tragic. He had to be careful walking in this corridor not to step on the corpses!

Footsteps came from not far away. He forced himself to prop up his body and look, just seeing Chen Ji walking slowly in this purgatory corridor, carrying his whale knife, the tip still dripping blood!

Qi Jianzhe retreated repeatedly in fear: "You!! You!!"

Chen Ji frowned: "Where are the others?"

Qi Jianzhe came back to his senses and hurriedly explained: "Still upstairs! These people, did you kill them all? Did you kill all the Tian Ce Jun on this floor?"

"Ugh!"

Chen Ji ignored him, walked directly past him, and walked into the Tian Zi Jia Hao room!

Zhang Xia had just poked her head out of the crack when she saw Chen Ji and said joyfully: "You're alright. I still thought you..."

Saying this, she turned her head, took a deep breath, wiped the corner of her eye with her sleeve, then turned back and continued: "It's good that you're alright!"

Chen Ji stacked tables and chairs below the crack: "Come down quickly. The defense line at Xu Wei Xiang won't last much longer. Once the Tian Ce Jun cross Xu Wei Xiang, this place will also fall quickly! The reinforcements haven't shown any signs yet, we must quickly transfer to the grain and oil shop!"

Zhang Xia responded and led the crowd on the roof down one by one!

Just as they reached the room door, everyone had the same reaction as Qi Jianzhe, bending over and vomiting incessantly!

Seeing such mutilated corpses caused trembling in the deepest part of their souls. The moment they saw the corpses, a strong cognitive conflict, fear, and disgust surged into their hearts!

Everyone was vomiting, except Chen Ji, Xiao Man, and the Crown Prince!

Chen Ji turned his head to look at the Crown Prince. Although the other's face was also pale, it was much better than the others!

He wondered in his heart, either the Crown Prince's mind far surpassed ordinary people, or the Crown Prince had seen such cruel scenes before and had gone through the desensitization period!

The Crown Prince saw him looking over and said with a dry voice: "I still underestimated the You Si Wei before. If I can return to the capital alive this time, I will definitely submit a memorial to request merit for you!"

Chen Ji clasped his hands and said: "It is my duty to protect His Highness, you need not worry!"

Saying this, he carried his whale knife and checked the corridor, thinking about how to get so many people downstairs. When he passed by Chen Wen Xiao, Chen Wen Xiao retreated in terror: "Don't come over."

Xiao Man's eyes rolled, and she quietly moved to the Liang family's side, saying loudly: "Madam."

The Liang family turned her head and saw that she was covered in blood, falling onto the ground in terror: "You!! What are you doing?"

Xiao Man stepped forward, squatted beside the Liang family, and stared straight at her: "Madam, you will return all the properties left by Auntie to my Young Master, right? The Gu Du Lou outside Dong Hua Men, the Ba Da Hutong, Yu Jing Yuan, Chen Ji Liang You Dian, the Silk Shop outside Zhong Gu Lou, and the three hundred and twenty mu of good fields in Chang Ping, not one can be missing, okay?"

The Liang family hurriedly agreed: "Return, as long as we can return to the capital, we will return immediately."

Xiao Man's eyes rolled again: "Just these? If my Young Master marries a legitimate daughter from a high-ranking family, do you still need to help with some betrothal gifts? I think the Tian Bao Ge next to the Gu Du Lou is quite good. I know the Tian Bao Ge belongs to the Chen family, and the house deed is in your hands."

The Liang family continuously agreed: "Tian Bao Ge will also be given."

Xiao Man's heart was satisfied, and she stood up and turned to look at Chen Li Qin, Chen Wen Xiao, and Wang Gui with ill intent!

Just as she was thinking about how to take advantage of the situation to punish these people, she heard Zhang Xia shout: "Xiao Man, come help!"

Xiao Man hurriedly responded: "Coming."

Zhang Xia was the first to recover her senses when everyone was vomiting!

She brought Xiao Man to collect bed sheets and quilt covers from each room, then taught Xiao Man to twist them into ropes and tie them together with fisherman's knots, hanging them down from the "cliff" of the staircase!

Everyone slid down along the rope. Xiao Man was the last. She lifted her head and saw Hei Yun squatting on the house beam, staring intently at her!

Xiao Man waved at it and whispered: "Go quickly."

Hei Yun gazed at her for a moment, then suddenly leaped down from the house beam and jumped into her embrace!

Xiao Man was stunned. She lowered her head and looked blankly at Hei Yun in her embrace: "You're finally willing to let me hug you!"

She had tried countless times before. Sometimes she would quietly approach when Hei Yun was sleeping, and sometimes she would secretly reach out when Hei Yun was eating, but she had never succeeded in touching Hei Yun!

Before, she couldn't understand why, but today she realized that all her little actions were seen by Hei Yun!

"You don't blame me anymore, do you?" Xiao Man suddenly remembered what Chen Ji had said earlier, and immediately added: "Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun."

Hei Yun looked at her indifferently, tilted its head towards the rope, and nodded: "Don't talk nonsense, go quickly!"

Xiao Man was immediately overjoyed. She put Hei Yun on her head, grabbed the rope tightly with both hands, and slid down!