It was hot in Linkang in midsummer. A chariot was moving slowly on the street outside the city gate. Liu Yiqing was sitting in the chariot with his eyes closed, looking indifferent.
Sparks were shining everywhere in the city, lighting up the dark night sky. It was a beautiful scene.
Liu Yiqing couldn't see anything, so he couldn't see the sparks. But he could feel the heat and hear the curses and screams.
It was not the spring rain when Haotian left the human world, nor the golden flowers falling to the ground, nor the thousands of lights during the Spring Sacrifice. Someone was setting fires and killing people.
The city in the night was like a dark sea. Thousands of dazzling flames were floating on the surface. Linkang did not fall, but it had fallen.
The devout followers of Haotian smashed the houses of the followers of the New Stream and kept killing. In the past few months, many followers of the New Stream had left Linkang with their families. The fanatical followers had nowhere to vent their anger, so it was natural for them to set the houses left by the sinners on fire.
People were dying and screams were everywhere. The killers and victims were all from the South Jin Kingdom. But in the name of faith, who would remember these things?
Liu Yiqing was still expressionless. He sat in the chariot with his eyes closed, as if he was about to fall asleep. Maybe it was because the chariot was shaking like a bed.
The chariot was carried by four ordinary servants, not disciples of the Sword Garret. There was no disciple of the Sword Garret around the chariot. All the disciples of the Sword Garret were not in Linkang or the Sword Garret, but on the road.
All the disciples of the Sword Garret followed Chen Pipi and moved to the north with thousands of followers of the New Stream. According to the original plan, they should be close to the border of Song and the Tang Empire.
Tonight, Liu Yiqing was alone. Even though he was a powerful cultivator of the Knowing Destiny State, he could not change the fate of the city. He was going to meet his own destiny.
The screams and sounds of fighting were gradually left behind by the chariot. The closer they got to the imperial city, the quieter it was. No followers came to make trouble, and no houses were set on fire. The streets were dark.
On both sides of the dark street, there were sounds of rapid breathing. Occasionally, there were sounds of weapons and armors clashing. These sounds were full of danger.
Liu Yiqing naturally heard it clearly, but he did not do anything. There was no vigilant expression on his face either. He knew that those who could be heard by him would definitely not dare to attack him.
Yes, the South Jin Kingdom was known as the second most powerful country in the world. It had a strong military, but no one dared to attack it. The sedan traveled from the west of the city to the front of the imperial city, and no soldiers dared to move.
Because he was the younger brother of the Sage of Sword, Liu Bai. He was the current master of the Sword Garret. He had once entered the palace alone and killed the Emperor of the South Jin Kingdom. All these years, he was the last spirit and boldness of the South Jin Kingdom.
The Imperial City was shrouded in the darkness of the night. There was not a single light. It was incomparably dark and deathly silent.
The carriage stopped. Liu Yiqing slowly raised his head and looked at the tightly shut city gates. He had long since become blind, but his gaze seemed to pierce through the white cloth in front of him, wanting to cut open the city gates.
His right hand left his knee and landed on the hilt of his sword.
The four people carrying the chariot fled into the night with faces full of fear and unease.
Liu Yiqing was very clear that the real danger, or perhaps his final fate, was in this quiet imperial city.
The spring breeze and rain several months ago, and the big ship that sailed towards the Divine Kingdom, had completely changed the situation in the world. The Divine Halls of West-Hill issued an edict, and the whole world began to exterminate the New Stream. The South Jin Kingdom, from the royal family to the military to the ordinary people, had completely sided with the Divine Halls of West-Hill.
No one had the power to reverse the situation. If Liu Bai was still alive, he might be able to, given his supreme prestige and unimaginable strength in the South Jin Kingdom. But Liu Bai was already dead.
He was only Liu Bai's younger brother.
Facing this raging tide, he only had two choices: to leave or to die.
He chose to stay, which meant that he chose to die.
The heavy city gates opened silently. Hundreds of armored cavalrymen of the South Jin Kingdom galloped out of the imperial city. Their iron spears were like a forest, and the cold light was threatening.
Hundreds of torches suddenly stopped on the imperial city, as if hundreds of fire arrows had been shot at the sail of a ship in the night. The dark night sky was instantly lit up, and it was as bright as day, even a little dazzling.
The emperor of the South Jin Kingdom came to the top of the city wall under the protection of dozens of powerhouses. He looked at Liu Yiqing and shouted, "Damned blind man, you will die tonight!"
The current emperor of the South Jin Kingdom was very young. Back when Liu Yiqing killed the former emperor, he chose the youngest son of the deceased to succeed the throne, thinking that he would not be so troublesome because of his young age.
Now years had passed, and the little emperor was still a little emperor. But obviously, he had become very troublesome now. The fear and anger of the royal family of the South Jin Kingdom towards the Sword Garret were all reflected in his words.
The little emperor's face was very pale because he was very afraid of the blind man in front of the imperial city. His pale cheeks were abnormally red, because he thought that the blind man was about to die, so he was very excited.
His voice was trembling because he was both afraid and excited. The light from hundreds of torches made him squint his eyes, and he seemed to be intoxicated.
Liu Yiqing did not squint his eyes to show his disdain or contempt, because he was blind. He did not show any other emotions on his face, because real disdain could not be seen.
"You can't kill me."
Liu Yiqing said calmly, because he was stating the truth. Neither the hundreds of cavalrymen that poured out of the palace gate, nor the dozens of cultivators who served the emperor on the city wall could kill him.
If he could be killed like this, how could the emperor of the South Jin Kingdom be killed by him?
The little emperor's face turned very ugly. He knew very well that no one could save Liu Yiqing tonight, but he could not refute Liu Yiqing's words, because the person who could kill Liu Yiqing was not his man.
The ground in front of the imperial city trembled slightly. It came from afar, and then there was a slight explosion in the air, followed by the thundering sound of horse hooves.
Liu Yiqing knew that two thousand Papal Cavalrymen of the Divine Halls of West-Hill had arrived.
The imperial city that was as bright as day suddenly dimmed. Dozens of divine priests of the Divine Halls of West-Hill appeared with a very thin middle-aged Taoist walking in front.
The middle-aged Taoist's name was Zhao Sishou, and he was the Priest of the Revelation Department of the Divine Halls of West-Hill. He also had a more important identity — the second son of the Great Divine Priest of the South Sea, Zhao Nanhai.
Liu Yiqing did not look at Zhao Sishou, but looked into the deep dark night.
Zhao Sishou was a powerhouse in the Knowing Destiny State of the South Sea, but Liu Yiqing did not pay attention to him, only the dark night.
He did not know who was in the dark night.
Liu Yiqing looked at the dark night and asked, "Is the Divine Hall going to directly intervene in the affairs of the world?"
A voice came from the dark night, "This was originally started by you."
Liu Yiqing thought about it and agreed with this statement. He was the first to lift a corner of the curtain of the new era. Tonight, let him completely lift this curtain.
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(After two months, I'm finally back. Thank you all for your concern and greetings. I haven't reported the specific problems because it's a private matter after all. I'll just take a leave of absence. I don't think it's appropriate to say too much and cause everyone to be annoyed. I've said before that we'll find time to have a good chat at the end of the year. Let's wait. There are indeed a lot of feelings. This is the first time in my life that I've been hospitalized. Now that all the details of my life have changed, I've bid farewell to many of my hobbies. In terms of work, I will start slowly. It will be slower, and I may not have updates every day. After I get used to it, I will adjust. Also, today's chapter did not use the names of the previous two chapters because I wanted to have a good start. I wish everyone the best. Please exercise more. A diet low in sugar, fat, and salt is very important. Really, it's more important than anything else. Swimming is the best.)
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