The beast carriage continued forward, and Qin Chu studied the extra bone on his chest. The bone was about the size of a small finger, like a small sword.
After studying for a while, Qin Chu couldn't figure out anything, so he simply continued to Cultivate. He felt it shouldn't be a bad thing.
After traveling for six days, Qin Chu entered Nanli Prefecture. After passing through Nanli Prefecture, he entered the Holy Land, Zhongzhou, but it was still the border area.
Qin Chu worked hard to Cultivate every day, and his cultivation improved significantly.
That night, while resting, Qin Chu fed the black tiger, took out the Azure Spirit Sword, and began to Cultivate his sword techniques.
When the Thousand Waves Sword was used to its limit, Qin Chu felt a pulsation in the bone on his chest, but when he tried to feel it carefully, it was gone.
He practiced his sword again, but the bone's pulsation didn't reappear. Was it an illusion? Qin Chu knew it wasn't an illusion; he was a fourth-stage Spirit Origin Realm Cultivator and possessed a fourth-stage sword body. How could he have an illusion?
Without figuring anything out, Qin Chu rested for a night and continued forward.
When he encountered a city, Qin Chu would also enter. He acted openly and generously, and the Cultivators of Nanli Prefecture didn't discover anything.
In addition, Qin Chu also received some news: the defeat of the Cold Star Imperial Dynasty and the Morning Star Pavilion in Nanyan Prefecture had spread in Nanli Prefecture. The defeated Cold Star Imperial Dynasty began fighting with the Silver Moon Palace, another major force in Nanli Prefecture.
The Silver Moon Palace and the Cold Star Imperial Dynasty are the two major super forces in Nanli Prefecture. The Cold Star Imperial Dynasty exists in the form of a Family, with the imperial Family as rulers, while the Silver Moon Palace is a Cultivation Sect, where Sect Disciples govern the territories under its command.
The cause of this incident varies. Some say that the Cold Star Imperial Dynasty went to the Silver Moon Palace to propose marriage for a prince to the Seventh Disciple of the Silver Moon Palace Master and was humiliated by the Silver Moon Palace. Others say that after the Cold Star Imperial Dynasty's defeat, its losses were significant, and it wanted the Silver Moon Palace to give up partial control of the Spirit Medicine Valley to recover its Origin Qi, but the Silver Moon Palace disagreed, leading to the outbreak of war.
Qin Chu felt that no matter the reason, the Cold Star Imperial Dynasty was not clean. Starting a war because a marriage proposal was rejected? That doesn't make sense! Starting a war because resources were refused? There's no Dao in that either.
However, Qin Chu felt that a fight was a good thing. If both sides fought, they wouldn't have time to cause trouble in Nanyan Prefecture. Nanyan Prefecture only needed some time for stable development. With time, the Qian Imperial Dynasty and the Azure Cloud Sect could both develop.
Staying in the inn, Qin Chu brewed a pot of tea. He had been out for a while, and his mind was still a bit adrift, or rather, a bit confused. He didn't know what would happen next or if he could gather useful information, but no matter what, he had to keep going.
After drinking a cup of tea, Qin Chu took out a map and began to study it. The map treasured by the Great Qian Imperial Palace was very comprehensive, recording all the territories on the Sacred Martial Continent, but it wasn't very detailed on the distribution of forces.
Qin Chu felt that after reaching the Holy Land, Zhongzhou, he would still need to find information. Even if he couldn't fully understand the Holy Land, Zhongzhou, he at least needed to know about the Sacred Blood Family.
After resting for a night at the inn, Qin Chu continued his journey. The road was long, and he couldn't delay.
After leaving the city for a distance, Qin Chu's beast carriage was stopped by a black-clothed man in the Middle Stage of the fourth-stage Spirit Origin Realm.
Qin Chu lifted the curtain of the beast carriage and said, "Your Excellency, what is the meaning of stopping my beast carriage?"
"I want to go to Yue Wang City ahead and wish to ride in Your Excellency's beast carriage," the black-clothed man said.
"I'm sorry, I have urgent matters," Qin Chu said, refusing. He felt that the black-clothed man's eyes were wrong, a bit sinister.
"Are you not giving Face?" the black-clothed man's expression turned cold.
"Why should I give you Face?" Qin Chu's words were also impolite. He had been acting low-key since leaving Nanyan Prefecture, but that didn't mean he was afraid of trouble.
The black-clothed man drew his sword and immediately attacked Qin Chu.
As Qin Chu's Azure Spirit Sword was unsheathed, ready to counterattack, a flash of sword light passed, and the black-clothed man was repelled.
"Mu Xuan, why are you endless?" the black-clothed man roared as he retreated.
"Within the Silver Moon Palace's territory, if you commit crimes, you must die. Commit suicide; you will suffer less," said a woman in a blue dress, with her back to Qin Chu.
"Dream on!" the black-clothed man fled, and the woman in the blue dress began to pursue him.
Qin Chu sheathed his sword, entered the beast carriage, and continued forward. He understood what was happening: the black-clothed man wanted to get into his beast carriage to escape pursuit.
Sitting in the beast carriage, Qin Chu Cultivated his sword Origin Qi and his sword body. After the beast carriage traveled for two quarters of an hour, the black tiger let out a low growl and stopped.
Lifting the beast carriage curtain, Qin Chu saw the black-clothed man lying on the ground not far ahead of the beast carriage, his neck pierced, already lifeless. At the same time, a masked woman in a blue dress was also unconscious by the roadside.
Leaping down from the beast carriage, Qin Chu looked at the masked woman in the blue dress and found a short sword stuck in her waist and abdomen. Black blood flowed from the wound, clearly indicating she was poisoned.
After thinking for a moment, Qin Chu took out an antidote Medicinal Pill, lifted the woman's veil, and fed her the Medicinal Pill. Then he went to the black-clothed man, took his Storage Ring and long sword. These were originally the spoils of war for the woman in the blue dress, but since she was unconscious, she was not eligible for the spoils, so they could only be Qin Chu's.
After some thought, Qin Chu carried the woman into the beast carriage and then had the black tiger continue forward. This was just a small interlude.
Half an hour later, the woman woke up. The first thing she did after waking was to draw her sword and stab at Qin Chu.
Qin Chu raised his right hand, the Azure Spirit Sword unsheathed, the Startling God Sword Art empowered the Azure Spirit Sword, and a basic sword technique, a diagonal thrust, was executed, deflecting the woman's long sword. Then, the Azure Spirit Sword was pressed against the woman's throat.
"If you've recovered, then get out of the carriage and leave!" Qin Chu glanced at the woman and withdrew his Azure Spirit Sword.
"Who are you? What kind of person are you?" the masked woman asked.
"Does it concern you? If you have the strength, get out of the carriage and leave!" Qin Chu repeated. He didn't want to find trouble. This incident was simply a small act of assistance, and he didn't expect any reward.
The woman in the blue dress stopped speaking. She turned around, pulled out the short sword from her waist, and then treated her wound.
After treating her wound, the woman turned around and kept looking at Qin Chu, who was sitting in meditation with his eyes closed.
"You should know, I saved you earlier!" the woman said, looking at Qin Chu.
"I didn't need your help. He would have been a dead man for attacking me," Qin Chu opened his eyes.
"Mu Xuan, the Seventh Disciple under the Silver Moon Palace Master!" Mu Xuan, wearing the blue dress, spoke.
"Not interested. I'm just passing by. Get out of the carriage when you've recovered." Qin Chu didn't want to get involved with Nanli Prefecture in any way.
