fictionpage Chapter 177 Sword God Wrath
Chapter 177 Sword God Wrath
After returning home, Zhao Mu heaved a sigh of relief.
Tang Qing was meditating. It seemed like she was preparing for the Sword Trial Assembly.
Zhao Mu pretended to be calm and walked in front of her. "Registration for the Sword Trial Assembly has already begun. It will last for three days. We can still make it on the last day. You don't have to force yourself."
Tang Qing's eyes widened. "Where did you go last night?"
"I met an acquaintance and drank some wine. I didn't want to disturb you, so I didn't come back."
Tang Qing didn't suspect anything. "There are too many people out there. You can't let your guard down."
Zhao Mu nodded. She then passed the file that Xing Ziyue had brought to Tang Qing for her to look through.
Tang Qing looked pensive after reading the file.
"Something must have happened to my father. As far as I know, when he left the Saint Prime Devil Sect, he didn't practice any Crafty Dao Cultivation Method, nor was he an evil cultivator. I must ask Sword God Qu Liu about this."
"There's one more thing. Other than you, there are three other Tribulation Passing experts in this Sword Trial Assembly. I'm worried that your identity will be recognized."
If her identity was exposed in this kind of situation, Kong Miaoyin would definitely receive the news. At that time, there would be more variables.
"It's fine. I rarely leave the Saint Prime Devil Sect. The outside world only knows my name as Empress Qing Yun, but other than that, they don't know anything about me. Although the number of Tribulation Passing experts in the Immortal Martial Continent isn't as many as the hairs on an ox, there are definitely more than you can imagine. No one can guess my identity with such little information."
"But …" Zhao Mu told Tang Qing that the Demon Race had tampered with the formation and suspected that there were Demon Race spies in the Sword Immortal Pavilion.
"This seems like a trick that some Demon Race would use. However, Kong Miaoyin's hand shouldn't be able to reach here. As for the Azure Dragon Sovereign behind her … with his strength, he wouldn't use such a method. It should be another Demon Race force that is hiding in the Sword Immortal Pavilion."
That seemed to be right.
Kong Miaoyin had just taken over the family and her foundation wasn't stable yet. How could she have the right to reach into the territory of the Human Race?
As the number one Sovereign of the Demon Race, it was even more impossible for the Azure Dragon Sovereign to use such a lowly method.
Indeed, Zhao Mu had been overly worried.
"However, your worries are not unfounded. In short, during the Sword Trial, I will try my best to hide my strength and keep a low profile. I will also not show my true face."
As he spoke, a white mist enveloped Tang Qing.
When the white mist dissipated, Tang Qing's appearance and even his figure had changed.
She had turned from a stunning empress into a petite, expressionless girl in an instant. Although her facial features hadn't changed much, she gave off the feeling that she was a completely different person.
The most amazing thing was that this transformation was not a disguise, but a complete transformation of the physical appearance.
Zhao Mu clicked his tongue in wonder and quickly asked, "What kind of cultivation technique is this?"
"This is the Art of Thousand Changes, a technique created by my father. There are many techniques for disguising one's appearance, but the Art of Thousand Changes can not only change one's appearance, it can also imitate one's aura. My father also specially instructed that if this technique falls into the wrong hands, there will be endless troubles in the future. He told me not to spread it."
"Then can I learn it?" Zhao Mu's face was filled with anticipation.
"You … are not an outsider. Naturally, you can learn it. When we return to the Devil Sect, I will teach you. However, you have to promise me that you will not use this technique to commit evil." Tang Qing said with a serious expression.
"What if I use it on evil people?"
"There's no harm in using evil to curb evil."
Zhao Mu nodded. "Then I can guarantee it."
Zhao Mu suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I just suddenly thought of something. If the world knew that the Empress of the Devil Sect was a person who could distinguish between good and evil, I wonder if anyone would believe it?"
"As cultivators, we seek to have a clear conscience. We don't need to care about what others think of us."
"Madam is right."
Tang Qing rolled her eyes at Zhao Mu, but she did not reject the title of madam.
She was someone who would never turn back once she decided on something.
"I don't know why, but I suddenly want to eat your dishes." Tang Qing looked at Zhao Mu with anticipation in her eyes.
At that moment, Zhao Mu suddenly thought of the glutton, Little Jelly Bean.
He suddenly thought that Tang Qing was willing to let him become the Devil Sect's Prince because of Jelly Bean's will.
"Okay, I'll do it now."
In the next two days, Zhao Mu did not go out. She spent most of her time at home accompanying Tang Qing. When she had free time, she taught Wu Miaomiao array formations. She gained a lot of experience and was not far from breaking through to the ninth grade.
Now that Xing Ziyue and Shi Rui had left the Sword Immortal Pavilion, Wu Miaomiao became Zhao Mu's intelligence tool. She reported everything that happened in the Hidden Sword Mountain Valley to Zhao Mu. She also gathered quite a bit of information on the dark horses of this Sword Trial Meet.
Unknowingly, it was the last day of the registration.
That afternoon, Zhao Mu and Tang Qing left home and went to the registration office.
As the registration deadline was approaching, there were not many people at the registration office. After paying two hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones, the two successfully registered for the Sword Trial Assembly and received their participant badges.
The Sword Trial Assembly was divided into four groups: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
Of course, after Zhao Mu spent some Spirit Stones, he and Tang Qing were randomly assigned to the Black Tortoise group.
The Black Tortoise group was the last group of the preliminaries and would be held in four days.
Zhao Mu arranged for Tang Qing to be in the Black Tortoise group to buy more time for her to recover.
It was better to be cautious.
Although it was only the preliminaries, the preliminaries were the most intense. More than ten thousand people participated, but less than a thousand people could successfully advance. The elimination rate was more than ninety percent, so it was best to buy more time.
Moreover, Wu Miaomiao had already investigated that the other three Crossing Tribulation cultivators were in the first three groups. The Black Tortoise Group was the last group, and the strength of the contestants was generally weaker. It was more suitable for them to hide their strength.
The registration process went very smoothly. After that, Zhao Mu and Tang Qing went home.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned home, he ran into Ye City's Grand Master Ye.
He seemed to be here specifically to look for Zhao Mu.
"Grandmaster Ye, what are your orders?" Zhao Mu stepped forward and asked.
Ye Chengming said, "The situation is urgent. Come with me to the Myriad Star Holy Land. I will explain the situation to you in detail on the way."
Seeing him so anxious, Zhao Mu did not dare to delay. She said goodbye to Tang Qing and followed Ye Chengming to the Fanxing Holy Land.
"Old Man Ye, what happened?
Why are you so flustered? "
Ye Chengming lowered his voice and said, "The Sword Immortal Pavilion's Great Elder, Wen Xingluo, was assassinated, and it happened in the Vast Star Holy Land. This matter angered the Sword God, and he asked me to mobilize all the array formations in the Vast Star Holy Land to search for traces of the assassin. This matter requires a lot of work, and I can't handle it alone, so I thought of you."
Wen Xingluo was assassinated?
And it happened right under the nose of the Sword God Qu Liu.
Who had the guts to do this?