Checking In for Sixty Years, From Puppet Emperor to Heavenly Emperor – Chapter 22

Ch 22: Incorrect Method of Sword Control

The people in the streets around the Hundred Flowers Brothel avoided it like the plague. If a bit of their skin was touched by the green fire, they would instantly turn into ashes, leaving only a skeleton on the ground.

“Mere Hundred Flowers dares to block this venerable one, courting death.” A Green Fire Skeleton in the air opened and closed its mouth, revealing a chilling smile. Its entire head grew larger, turning into a super Green Fire Skeleton fifty meters in diameter, and swooped down.

On the roof of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, Hua Wuyue gritted her teeth, forming hand seals and releasing Mystic Light. The Mystic Light petals around her closed, overlapping each other.

On the roofs of the outer pavilions, the Hundred Flowers Disciples all gathered True Energy, released spells, and the released Mystic Light merged into the surrounding petals.

The Green Fire Skeleton collided with the flower bud, erupting in a loud noise. The shockwave caused the ground around the Hundred Flowers Brothel to shatter, and the entire area sank as if there was an earthquake.

Then the Green Fire impacted the petals, and the houses around the Hundred Flowers Pavilion collapsed. It was night, and many people were already at home. The collapsed houses crushed many people to death, and more people ran out of their houses, fleeing in panic.

The surrounding streets cracked, and roof tiles fell, creating chaos.

Hua Wuyue barely held on for ten seconds, and the formation petals were gradually eroded.

“Kushan Old Demon, bullying juniors is no skill. This Old Taoist will meet you.” A man’s voice came from inside the Hundred Flowers Brothel, and then a white light shot out, turning into a huge white jade palm that blocked the Green Fire Skeleton.

Hua Wuyue breathed a sigh of relief. Her body lost strength, and she was supported by her junior sister next to her. At this time, the surrounding Mystic Light flower buds dissipated, and the formation disappeared.

“Kushan Old Demon is too powerful, Eldest Disciple. Let’s leave first. Master instructed us not to participate in the Righteous-Demonic War.” A woman next to her said.

Hua Wuyue nodded, and the junior sister called out: “Innate Realm disciples protect Houtian Realm disciples and evacuate. Each follows their own master.”

The order was conveyed, and all the disciples scattered and jumped out of the pavilion to leave.

Hua Wuyue watched the battle in the air, her eyes showing unwillingness. However, Hundred Flowers Valley was not qualified to challenge the Kushan Old Demon. If it weren’t for the formation’s protection, they wouldn’t even be able to withstand a single move.

When the disciples had all left, the Green Fire Skeleton suddenly exploded, turning into thousands of small Green Fire Skeletons that rushed in all directions.

“Demon Head, how dare you!” Great Mystery Elder of the Righteous Oneness Sect was shocked and angry, roared, and released thousands of thunder spells. Lightning exploded in the sky, illuminating the entire Qian Capital as if it were daytime.

However, there were too many Green Fire Skeletons. After most of them were blown up, many still rushed into the surrounding houses, setting them on fire. Many people who didn’t have time to escape were burned into black skeletons by the Green Fire, screaming miserably.

“So what if you’re from the Righteous Oneness Sect? If this venerable one wants to kill, who can stop me?” The Kushan Old Demon laughed wildly. Suddenly, all the people who had just been burned to death by the Green Fire turned into Green Fire Skeletons and flew into the air, forming a Green Fire Skeleton head river that rushed towards the Hundred Flowers Brothel.

The cultivators inside were horrified and released their respective Magic Treasures, knives, spears, swords, axes, talisman beads, rings, and needles, all kinds of strange things, turning into various Mystic Lights and flying out.

They collided with the thousands of skeletons, erupting in continuous explosions. People thousands of meters away felt deafened.

Zhou An stood behind the crowd, secretly shocked by the fighting in the air. No wonder the ancestors said that below the Innate Realm were like ants. With this kind of earth-shattering power, it would be easy to destroy an Imperial Palace.

It took so many people to block the Kushan Old Demon’s Green Fire Skeleton Grand Formation, which greatly frustrated the Righteous Path, who had been full of fighting spirit.

Great Mystery Perfected Person, an elder of the Righteous Oneness Sect, shouted angrily, opened his mouth and spat out a flame bead. After pinching the bead with his right hand, Fierce Sun Mystic Light erupted, wrapping his whole body and forming a conical Fierce Sun light cluster that rushed towards the large skeleton in the air.

The large skeleton opened its mouth, and countless small skeletons flew out in a straight line, exploding after being penetrated by the conical Fierce Sun light cluster.

From below, it looked like a stream of light pierced through the entire row of small skeletons and finally flew into the large skeleton’s mouth. Fierce Sun light, black energy, and Green Fire exploded inside the skeleton.

Ten Taoist Priests next to him took off and flew up. Some controlled talismans that turned into sharp swords, some controlled swords, and some released white light mirrors. Ten Mystic Lights rushed towards the large skeleton.

Cracks appeared in the skeleton in the air. Soon, there was an angry roar, followed by a earth-shattering loud noise. The large skeleton exploded, like a nuclear bomb, and a circle of shockwaves spread out, dispersing the clouds in the night sky.

Fortunately, this was in the air. If it were on the ground, the casualties would be absolutely inestimable.

But even in the air, after the large skeleton exploded, it turned into a rain of fire that fell from the sky. Almost one-third of Qian Capital was affected, and a monstrous fire broke out.

The Great Mystery Perfected Person of the Righteous Oneness Sect, who had fallen down, shouted with a livid face: “Put out the fire!”

All the Righteous Path members scattered and went to put out the fire. If too many people died because of their battle, this Evil Karma would fall on these people’s heads, so they had to save people, even if it meant letting the Kushan Old Demon go.

This was also why the Kushan Old Demon dared to attack here alone. As a Demon Head, he could ignore these things, but Cultivators couldn’t. Otherwise, they would definitely turn into ashes during the Heavenly Tribulation, and they wouldn’t even have a chance to be reincarnated.

Zhou An left. At the entrance of a small alley, Zhou Ling Sha appeared beside him and whispered: “Emperor Brother, the Brocade Guard is already rescuing people. How should this situation be handled? Everyone is frightened.”

“Save people first. After the fire is extinguished, let Shangguan Yuchen distribute disaster relief funds and rebuild the houses. Don’t worry about those real Cultivators and Demon Heads, just keep an eye on those in the Houtian Realm. Don’t let them take advantage of the fire to rob. If you find any, execute them on the spot as a warning to others.” After Zhou An finished speaking, he waved his hand and told her to go and do her work.

This battle made him truly feel that this world was much stronger than he thought. He had to quickly check in all the Qian Capital maps. His intuition told him that there would definitely be good things here.

After going back, Zhou An was surprised to find that a pot of Fruit Wine from the Hundred Flowers Brothel had increased his Internal Force by 5 years. But unfortunately, the Hundred Flowers Maiden said that the first time he drank it, the effect was the best, and the effect would be greatly reduced later. After drinking it a few more times, he could only taste the flavor.

When he went back at night, he told the Empress and the three Purple Guard Imperial Concubines about what he had seen with his own eyes today, so that they could truly feel the distance between themselves and the Innate Realm. They also understood why the Great Ancestor was so obsessed with the Innate Realm in the end.

The Empress said at this time: “Emperor, the Method of Sword Control that you asked Your Subject to test has already been tried by the Purple Guard. It is feasible, but there are some problems. If Jiang Xian didn’t get the complete version, then he deliberately wrote it wrong.”

“Jiang Xian said at the beginning that it was taught by an Immortal Hero senior. He shouldn’t have taught it wrong. Jiang Xian did it on purpose. Is there a way to modify it?” Zhou An asked.

“The Method of Sword Control already belongs to the Sky-Rank Cultivation Method. Currently, I, Zixuan, and Ziqiong are working together to comprehend and modify it. Over the years, the Purple Guard has also collected some incomplete Sky-Rank Cultivation Method fragments. This Method of Sword Control is already the most complete. We can try to comprehend it and fix the wrong places, but it may take a long time, and it’s not certain when we can complete it,” Ziyan said.

“It’s easy to become possessed when testing Cultivation Methods. If you’re still testing, find someone else.” Zhou An didn’t want his Imperial Concubines to become possessed and go crazy.

“Thank you for your concern, Emperor. The Method of Sword Control is not an Internal Force cultivation method, so it won’t affect us. As long as we don’t forcefully circulate our energy, nothing will happen. Moreover, the Method of Sword Control also needs to be used with special Magic Treasures. Ordinary weapons are useless,” Ziyan continued.

“During the last Imperial Palace invasion, we seized several weapons, especially Jiang Xian’s twin swords. Their quality is not bad and can be used,” Ziqiong said.

Zhou An stroked his chin and said, “Well, since Jiang Xian can get Flying Swords, so can we. After contacting these Immortal Heros, I found that they are all relatively poor, and very few have money.

They emphasize opportunity in their cultivation. Let’s use Gold to solve it. Empress, notify Shangguan Yuchen and let him do his best to handle this matter.”

“Understood.” The Empress responded. If the Method of Sword Control and Flying Sword problems could be solved, the Purple Guard’s strength would be greatly improved, and they would also have a chance to step into the Innate Realm.

Once they entered the Innate Realm, their lifespan would be greatly extended. The higher the realm, the longer the lifespan. No one didn’t desire this.

The next morning, Zhou An got up very early and started running around the city to check in. Yesterday’s battle gave him a sense of urgency. Last night, his lovemaking with the four women wasn’t as passionate. It was more for cultivation, to increase his cultivation.

During these days of checking in, he had only checked in about 20% of the entire Qian Capital so far. He had obtained countless Gold, Silver, treasures, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, and ordinary Elixirs. There were even many kinds of silk fabrics and delicacies, which made Zhou An sigh that it was worthy of being the Capital, with a rich material life.

At this time, the wooden token that the Drunken Taoist had given him vibrated. As soon as he got it in his hand, a mirror of light appeared on the token, and the Drunken Taoist’s avatar appeared on it, sitting on a tree branch and drinking wine, waving to him and saying, “Little brother, you didn’t expect this wooden token to have this kind of function, did you?”

Zhou An also felt magical and curiously said, “Senior, this thing is so magical. Can I use this to contact others?”

“Hehe, you have a lively mind. You thought of using this to contact others so quickly. This is the Immortal family’s Mystic Light Mirror spell, which is used for contact. However, you haven’t recorded other people’s talisman seals, so you can’t contact them.

This old man has a great opportunity to give you this time. Do you want it?” The Drunken Taoist asked with a chuckle.

“Of course, I can’t wait.” Zhou An certainly wouldn’t miss it. This Drunken Taoist loved wine like his life, but looking at his face, he was a righteous person and worthy of trust.

“Okay, then come to Yangtou Slope in the southern suburbs now.” The Drunken Taoist said the place name, and the Mystic Light Mirror in front of him disappeared.

Zhou An put away the wooden token and immediately flew towards the south of the city.