Chapter 715 Sparrow Blood Iron, Trapped Like Fish in a Barrel!

The person before me is indeed from Qingzhou.

Generally speaking, people from outside Qingzhou County will call places within the Qingzhou area like the Land of Cyan Clouds, Donglai County, and Ancient County, as Qingzhou, and all people within this region naturally are Qingzhou people.

But if we go inside Qingzhou, it is different. Su Mu claims to be from Donglai County, while Qingyunzi says he traveled from Qingzhou to here.

Here, Qingzhou does not have the same meaning as before. When people from Qingzhou mention Qingzhou or Ancient County, they specifically refer to the Ancient Qingzhou, rather than other areas of Qingzhou.

“Alright, let it be decided.”

Finally, Su Mu nodded lightly in agreement, and the two parties reached a transaction. Qingyunzi provided intel, and in return, Su Mu agreed to help kill Yang Yunwen.

After the transaction was completed, neither party exchanged pleasantries, and Su Mu got up and quickly left.

Qingyunzi watched Su Mu’s departing figure, and beneath the mask, his eyebrows showed confusion and suspicion. Although he’s not adept at the art of observing aura, he shouldn’t be completely unable to see through Su Mu; he should be able to discern something at least.

Moments ago, he secretly activated his sect’s observing aura mystic technique to assess Su Mu, yet he could only see a pitch-black mist on Su Mu’s body, obscuring vision like black fog, and then it vanished without a trace, repeating uncertainly.

“How strange, uncertain and elusive… just like the rootless water of the forbidden zone deep in the South Sea mentioned by my grandmaster uncle.”

Such an enigmatic situation was Qingyunzi’s first experience.

“Hopefully… this person can really kill Yang Yunwen.”

…

“There are two things that little bull-nosed fellow got wrong, very wrong!”

“Hmph, firstly, princely-level demon fiends are not immortal due to age alone… The Martial Emperor fought and subdued several princely-level demon fiends in the past, and has killed more than one.”

Not long after leaving the small courtyard, the fish-shaped jade pendant on the chest trembled again, and the ancestor conveyed his voice into Su Mu’s ears.

Without waiting for Su Mu to inquire, the jade pendant returned to calm, but Su Mu’s eyes brightened. Compared to Qingyunzi, Su Mu naturally trusted ancestor’s words more.

The Sun Family Ancestor could have lived countless years, whether it was shaking the grandmaster of the Vajra Temple in the Land of Cyan Clouds, or slaying the two ancestors of the Tao Family with one sword in Donglai County, both demonstrate that the ancestor must have been extremely powerful in life.

Su Mu speculated that the ancestor’s physical body might have been a Second-Grade Martial Dao Great Grandmaster, or even the rumored strongest in Martial Dao, a First-Grade Celestial Human Realm expert!

These words of the ancestor greatly inspired Su Mu’s heart, revealing that princely-level demon fiends are not unbeatable; the Martial Emperor once achieved it, and even killed more than one demon king!

But Su Mu also understood that Qingyunzi had no reason to deceive him, and what kind of character the Martial Emperor was, he pioneered the Three Flowers Method before becoming a Grandmaster, ascended to the First-Grade Celestial Human Realm and suppressed a generation at thirty, succeeding in the Martial Dao!

In this world, there had been only one Martial Emperor for tens of thousands of years, imagining the strength of the Martial Emperor, people no longer regarded the Martial Emperor as a mere cultivator, but as an existence akin to a divine spirit on earth.

Perhaps for this reason, the terrible achievements of the Martial Emperor were not recorded in ancient texts, or perhaps ordinary cultivators had no right to partake in such battles and know of them.

Or maybe there were secret records, but everything was lost and obliterated through the long river of time, not passed to later generations.

Su Mu’s heart was aflame, filled with admiration for Martial Emperor Xiang Yu, and an uplifting fighting spirit.

What predecessors achieved, he certainly could do, and what was unfinished by predecessors, he could accomplish!

Call—

After taking a deep breath and calming his emotions, Su Mu quickly settled his excitement, and in his calmness, he perceived some things, for ordinary matters were not worth the Sun Family Ancestor’s attention.

Normally, the ancestor’s attitude towards many matters was indifferent, or he reviewed and communicated from a naturally elevated perspective, often with a tone reflecting a level of transcendent ease.

However, this time the ancestor’s attitude was unlike usual, extremely intense on the topics of princely-level demon fiends and Martial Emperor, and his words lacked the usual transcendence.

Uncertain if it was refuting the idea that princely-level demon fiends could not be killed, or defending the Martial Emperor, or both.

Just like a cat whose tail has been stepped on…

Regarding the ancestor’s origin, Su Mu had always had many speculations and doubts. After leaving the Land of Cyan Clouds, he went through many ancient texts.

However, including those of the Li Family, Cyan Fish Gang, and Ten Thousand Forest Pavilion, none mentioned a powerful figure with the surname Sun, or a noble family with the surname Sun.

And at this very moment, a ridiculous and bold thought emerged in Su Mu’s mind.

“The ancestor and… the Martial Emperor’s lineage have some kind of connection.”

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Leaving South Wind Ghost Market, returning to Sanshan County.

According to Qingyunzi’s words, three days later Yang Yunwen will step down from his role as the Defensive Army Captain of Sanshan County Mansion, and five days later he will go to Yang Family’s Ancestor Mountain to pay respects to his birth mother.

In these days, Su Mu planned to verify this matter personally; he won’t just listen to Qingyunzi’s one-sided words.

Su Mu only trusts what his own eyes see, what his own ears hear.

Firstly, the handover of the Defensive Army Captain position in Sanshan County Mansion is not a small matter in Sanshan County; with a little inquiry, Su Mu received confirmation that this matter is true.

The matter of Yang Yunwen paying respects to his birth mother five days later is also not hard to confirm, as the Yang Family is a prestigious noble family in Sanshan County. While ordinary civilians do not dare to openly slander noble families, they do enjoy discussing trivial family matters of noble families.

Yang Yunwen annually visits Ancestor Mountain at this time to pay respects to his birth mother, and this year it proceeds as usual.

These two things are easy to confirm, however, the matters related to Chen Village are difficult to inquire; the whole village had been executed, their heads claimed as military merits, and Yang Family has grown powerful recently, even producing Yang Dingbian, overshadowing other noble families in Sanshan County. Even if an ordinary person knew some secrets, they wouldn’t dare to speak lightly of them.