Chapter 276: Tianzun's Approval

In the corridor of the inn, the fresh blood of the armored soldiers from the Tian Ce Army converged into a small stream, dripping from the gaps in the wooden floor onto the floor below. The blood drops fell on the lower floor, making a "bar da bar da" sound, as if it were raining inside the house.

When the dripping blood finally stopped, the inn became quiet.

It was like a summer day after a torrential rain, revealing a washed-clean sky, extremely still.

Chen Ji leaned on his Whale Knife, fatigued and standing in the fading light. The iron tower-like armored soldiers of the Tian Ce Army sat defeated in the bright shadows, their faces gray and silently panting against the wall.

He covered his chest, as if doing so could slow the flow of blood.

At this moment, the victor and the vanquished had taken concrete form, but Chen Ji looked at the spreading corpses in the corridor and felt no joy in his heart.

In the silence, the armored soldier laboriously raised 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 weakly scoffed: "Stingy ghost! Don't think having a sword seed is such a great thing. From the day you started cultivating, your whole life will be lived under the majestic shadow of Shan Tang. Shan Tang will definitely come find you!"

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

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

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

The armored soldier's eyes moved slightly: "Is Lu adult's taboo name something you can mention?"

After speaking, his eyes completely lost their spirit. A stream of ice flowed from his body, merging into Chen Ji's *dantian*.

Chen Ji felt somewhat disappointed by the quantity of the ice flow. Ever since witnessing the surging ice flow of Jing Wang, other people's ice flows seemed extraordinarily insignificant.

If the Shan Lord's path is to be refined, it seems countless important figures must die first!

The next moment, the heavy sword on the ground was burned away inch by inch by a fierce firelight.

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

The sound of a drawn sword cut through the original sky!

The sound did not come from his location, but directly rang out in the sky!

Chen Ji was astonished and looked up. When he killed the millennium general Wang Chong Li before, there was this sound. Now it actually rang out again!

A stream of the purest sword intent burst from the ashes of the heavy sword, flying into the patterned mark at Chen Ji's waist.

The formless sword *qi* within the second patterned mark actually borrowed this stream of purest sword intent to forge a new sword seed.

Wait, a second sword seed?

Chen Ji recalled a nightmare from his childhood. It seemed even Xuanyuan only cultivated one sword seed!

His heart moved. The two sword seeds flew out from the patterned mark together, quietly suspending in front of him. They were like two identical black bamboo leaves.

He lowered his head and looked through the torn hole in his clothes. The first patterned mark had already changed from black to light brown. The shackled molten flow inside was all gone, and he didn't know if there would be an opportunity to refill it.

At this time, footsteps were heard from behind. Chen Ji put away the sword seeds.

Xiao Man carefully and cautiously stepped through the gaps between the corpses, sticking her head out to find him: "Young master, young master, are you still alive?"

Chen Ji turned his head to look, just as his eyes met Xiao Man's. Xiao Man said joyfully: "Young master, you are still alive."

But before Chen Ji could speak, she suddenly panicked again, turning her body in another direction in a hurry, as if her mind was lost and she wanted to go search.

However, this corridor was a loop, and she walked and walked until she came to the other side of Chen Ji: "Ya."

Just as she was preparing to turn and escape again, Chen Ji shouted to stop her and asked in confusion: "Why are you running? I'm not a ghost."

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

Chen Ji asked doubtfully: "What exactly is it?"

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

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

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

Chen Ji smiled: "Mm."

Xiao Man quickly explained: "Earlier I searched your clothes and found your silver. I was worried that your silver would be taken away by the Liang clan again. It wasn't that I wanted to steal things. Also, I just ate one of the hollow yellow melons you placed on the table. That thing is very precious, and I was afraid it would go bad if I didn't eat it!"

Her voice became softer and softer as she spoke, and her confidence became less and less sufficient: "So you know everything, no wonder it always stares at me and won't let me touch it!"

Chen Ji waited silently for her to finish speaking before opening his mouth: "Thank you."

Xiao Man was stunned in place: "Ah, young master, what are you thanking me for?"

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

Xiao Man quickly waved her hand: "This is all what I should do. I promised aunt to protect young master! Right, young master, just now there was a white light that flashed in the corridor, did you see it? And the sound of a drawn sword coming from the sky, is it related to you?"

Chen Ji's heart skipped a beat.

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

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

On the roof, Zhang Xia lay on the tiles with her ear to the ground, worriedly listening to the sounds below the tiles.

Seeing the situation, the others also imitated her and lay on their sides to listen.

Zhang Xia's eyebrows furrowed tighter and tighter. Just now she could still hear shouting, killing, and the clash of metal and iron below, but now, everything had stopped.

Qi Jian Zhe propped himself up and softly asked: "Did the Tian Ce Army leave?"

Zhang Xia did not answer. Her heart sank more and more: "One side must lose and die. The fight will only stop completely then! 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 Jian Zhe quickly blocked her in front: "Second Miss Zhang, I am an official, I will go!"

Zhang Xia thought for a moment: "Alright."

Qi Jian Zhe 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 Army lying at the doorway.

He stood up, sat on the edge of the crack, and took a deep breath. His whole body trembled, and he delayed, unwilling to go down.

Zhang Zheng said angrily: "Look at your cowardly appearance. Are you going or not? If you don't go, I will."

"I'll go." Qi Jian Zhe gritted his teeth and jumped down from the crack.

Zhang Xia and Zhang Zheng immediately bent down beside the crack, quietly listening to the movements inside.

Just at this time, Qi Jian Zhe's voice suddenly came from inside the crack: "Vomit."

Zhang Xia stuck her head in to look, only to see Qi Jian Zhe standing at the door of the Tian Zi Jia Hao room, vomiting non-stop.

In the corridor, Qi Jian Zhe leaned against the door frame, spitting out stomach acid and bile.

After he stopped vomiting, he looked up at the corpses lying horizontally and vertically in the corridor and immediately started dry heaving again.

It was too tragic. Walking through this corridor required careful steps to avoid stepping on corpses.

Footsteps were heard not far away. He forced himself to prop up his body and look. He saw Chen Ji carrying the Whale Knife slowly walking over in this purgatory-like corridor. Blood was still dripping from the tip of the knife.

Qi Jian Zhe was scared and retreated repeatedly: "You! You!"

Chen Ji frowned: "Where are the others?"

Qi Jian Zhe came back to his senses and quickly explained: "Still up there. Are all these people killed by you? Did you kill all the Tian Ce Army on this floor?"

"Vomit!"

Chen Ji paid no attention to him, walking directly past him and into the Tian Zi Jia Hao room.

Zhang Xia had just poked her head out from the crack. Seeing Chen Ji, she immediately said joyfully: "You're okay. I thought you..."

As she spoke, she turned her head, took a deep breath, rubbed the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and only then turned back to continue: "It's good that you're okay!"

Chen Ji stacked tables and chairs below the crack: "Come down quickly. The defense line at Xu Wei Lane can't hold for long. Once the Tian Ce Army crosses Xu Wei Lane, this side will also quickly fall! The reinforcements are late and nowhere to be seen. We must quickly transfer to the grain and oil shop!"

Zhang Xia responded and led the crowd on the roof to climb down one by one.

Just as they walked to the room door, everyone had the same reaction as Qi Jian Zhe, bending at the waist and vomiting non-stop.

Seeing broken corpses of their own kind caused a shudder deep in their souls. Seeing the corpses instantly produced a strong cognitive conflict, fear, and disgust, all surging into their hearts.

Everyone vomited, except for Chen Ji, Xiao Man, and the Crown Prince.

Chen Ji turned his head to look at the Crown Prince. Although the opposite was also pale, he was much better than the others.

His heart moved. Either the Crown Prince's mind was far beyond ordinary people, or the Crown Prince had seen such cruel scenes early and had passed the desensitization period.

The Crown Prince saw him looking over and said with a dry voice: "Earlier, I still underestimated the Right Si Wei. This time, if I can return to the capital alive, I will definitely submit a memorial to request merits for you!"

Chen Ji cupped his hands: "Protecting the Guard Hall is my duty. You need not worry!"

After speaking, he carried the Whale Knife and checked the corridor, thinking about how to bring so many people downstairs. As he passed by Chen Wen Xiao, Chen Wen Xiao retreated in terror: "Don't come over."

Xiao Man's eyes rolled. She quietly moved to the side of the Liang clan and said loudly: "Madam."

The Liang clan turned her head and saw that her body was covered in blood. She fell to the ground in terror: "You! What are you doing?"

Xiao Man took a step forward, squatted beside the Liang clan, and stared straight at the other side: "Madam, you will return all the industries left by aunt to my young master, right? The Drum Belly Building outside Dong Hua Gate, the Eight Great Alleys, the Jade Capital Garden, the Chen Record Grain and Oil Shop, the Silk Satin Shop outside the Bell and Drum Tower, and the three hundred twenty mu of good fields in Chang Ping, not one can be less!"

The Liang clan quickly responded: "Return, as long as I can return to the capital, I will return immediately."

Xiao Man's eyes rolled again: "Only these? If my young master marries a high-ranking legitimate daughter, do you still need to help out with some betrothal gifts? I think the Tian Bao Pavilion next to the Drum Belly Building is quite good. I know Tian Bao Pavilion is part of the Chen family, and the house deed is with you."

The Liang clan continuously promised: "Tian Bao Pavilion will also be given."

Xiao Man stood up with a satisfied heart and turned her head to look at Chen Li Qin, Chen Wen Xiao, and Wang Gui with malicious intent again.

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

Xiao Man quickly responded: "Coming."

While everyone was vomiting, Zhang Xia was the first to recover.

She brought Xiao Man to collect the 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 stairs.

Everyone slid down the stairs along the ropes. Xiao Man stayed at the end. As soon as she looked up, she saw Wu Yun squatting on the house beam, staring at her intently.

Xiao Man waved at it and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and go."

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

Xiao Man was stunned in place. She looked down blankly at Wu Yun in her embrace: "You're finally willing to let me hug you?"

She had tried countless times before, sometimes quietly approaching when Wu Yun was sleeping, sometimes secretly reaching out when Wu Yun was eating, but she had never succeeded in touching Wu Yun.

Before, she couldn't understand why, but today she realized that all the little things she had done had been seen by Wu Yun.

"You don't blame me anymore?" Xiao Man suddenly thought of what Chen Ji had said earlier and immediately added: "Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun!"

Wu Yun looked at her indifferently, tilting its head towards the ropes: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and go!"

Xiao Man was immediately overjoyed. She placed Wu Yun on her head, grabbed the ropes tightly with both hands, and slid down.