Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 168 Ambush

Chapter 168: Chapter 168 Ambush

Nations that pay insufficient tribute will have their royal families directly annihilated.

Despite the might of the Jianyun Dynasty, the Ten Thousand Sword Sect needs only dispatch a single Steward with a dozen or so disciples to effortlessly slaughter the entire Sword Cloud Royal Family. Such is the power of a sect.

They possess transcendent status and absolute authority over life and death.

This is why all the geniuses of the Sword Dao vie and scramble to enter the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.

Firstly, by becoming a disciple of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, one can attain a transcendent status, no longer under the control of any kingdom or empire.

Furthermore, the Ten Thousand Sword Sect has the most superior secret technique manuals, the best Sword Dao teachers, and the highest-quality cultivation resources. It is absolutely a paradise and sacred land for cultivation.

...

Within the Flying Dragon Pavilion of the Jianyun Imperial Palace, the Jianyun Emperor has already smashed sixteen expensive vases and jade ornaments in his rage, even flipping a table over.

Broken ceramics, inkstones, and letters are scattered messily on the floor.

"Damn it, how hateful, to let that third son from the Sword King Mansion cultivate to the Sword Master Realm unseen and undetected! What are you all even good for?"

"A bunch of useless fools!"

The Jianyun Emperor is furious, his heart filled with panic and unease.

Lately, Chu Feng’s performance has been too dazzling; now, even without sword meridians, he has cultivated to the Sword Master Realm. Moreover, he managed to evade the numerous eyes and ears of the Jianyun Dynasty and safely left the Royal Capital without harm.

The thought that if Chu Feng truly enters the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, the Jianyun Emperor would find it extremely difficult to kill him thereafter is unbearable.

Should Chu Feng fully investigate the tragedy that befell the Sword King Mansion, old accounts would be dredged up.

The more the Jianyun Emperor thinks about it, the more uneasy he feels, as if a knife is hanging over his head, ready to fall at any moment and decapitate him.

Master Shi, the leader of the Imperial Secret Agents, and the commander of the Forbidden Army, all kneel on the ground.

They have never seen the Jianyun Emperor this enraged, each of them not daring to even take a deep breath. To serve the Emperor is like accompanying a tiger, a single misstep could lead to decapitation.

In these years, the number of ministers and generals executed by the Jianyun Emperor is not small.

Just a few days ago, even Prince Liu was killed on a whim.

"Your Majesty, calm your anger! I, your servant, will do my utmost to remedy this!" Master Shi pleaded in a thin voice.

"Remedy? What have you been doing until now?"

"Didn’t you say that Chu Feng was bedridden, on the verge of death? So, what is the result? That boy is perfectly fine and has even advanced from beginner to the Sword Master Realm. I suspect that his outbreak of fire poison and being bedridden were all faked, deliberately concocted to deceive us."

The Jianyun Emperor, already suspicious by nature, now trusts no one more than ever.

"Yan Hu, I bestow upon you an Imperial edict! Immediately lead your well-trained assassins to intercept Chu Feng. At the sight of him, spare no expense and execute him on the spot."

"Remember, once you leave the palace, you are no longer people of the Imperial Palace. Should you complete the mission, you may retreat to the forests; I, your sovereign, will have the day to summon you back to the Imperial City."

The Jianyun Emperor directly comgmands Yan Hu, commander of the Forbidden Army, to lead assassins to intercept Chu Feng.

Over the years, Yan Hu has been training Death Soldiers and cultivating assassins for the Jianyun Emperor, to be used for dark deeds when necessary.

"Yan Hu receives the decree and will certainly accomplish the task!" Yan Hu is recognized as the strongest publicly known expert in the Imperial Palace.

He has the Great Sword Master Cultivation and is mainly responsible for the security of the Imperial Palace.

...

"Knock, knock!"

An inconspicuous carriage was racing down the official road. Inside, Chu Feng and Chu Yun were sitting opposite each other.

Even after racing on the road for nearly a day, Chu Yun still couldn’t believe that her younger brother had actually broken through to the Sword Master Realm. Although it was only the First Level of a Beginner Level Sword Master, it was enough to shock her for three days.

"Little brother, why don’t you tell me how much more skill you have that you’re keeping from me, your elder sister?" Chu Yun stared intently at her brother sitting opposite her.

Outside, the person driving the carriage for them was none other than the Gang Leader of the Blood Sword Gang.

Behind the carriage, there were several mysterious experts escorting and protecting them. One of them was the contemporary Family Head of the Han Family, Han Qianren.

Having so many powerful figures escorting them, the brother and sister, made Chu Yun feel unexpectedly honored.

After the decline of the Sword King Mansion over the years, even some old friends from the past no longer associated with them. How could such superstrong figures like Bloody Beard and Han Qianren be protecting the Sword King Mansion now?

Even if Chu Yun was slow to catch on, she knew that these super-strong figures must be personally protecting them because of her younger brother.

Chu Yun had seen all the changes in the Sword King Mansion during this period.

Even her eldest brother, Chu Jianlan, was obedient to this younger brother.

"Elder sister, can you please stop gossiping? I still need to comprehend sword techniques for the final sprint!"

"You know I only have Beginner Level Sword Master Cultivation and I’m far from the minimum requirement of an Intermediate Sword Master. I can only compensate with sword techniques."

Chu Feng was really at a loss for words with his elder sister.

All the way along, she seemed desperate to dig up all of Chu Feng’s secrets. There were some things that Chu Feng had to keep even from his relatives.

It was for their own good.

Because his enemy was the terribly godlike Panlong Crown Prince. That was a superstrong figure standing at the very peak of the pyramid in the whole Dan State.

To know that even the Ten Thousand Sword Sect was just a sect in the Northern Territory of Dan State.

It then goes without saying how powerful the Panlong Crown Prince was?

The journey was not peaceful. Aside from encountering a few bands of marauders trying to rob them, even the Jianyun Emperor dispatched several very formidable assassins to come and kill Chu Feng.

But with the two great experts, Han Qianren and Bloody Beard, along with Chu Feng himself who was not to be trifled with,

Those marauders were easily dealt with. As for the assassins sent by the Jianyun Emperor, after Han Qianren took the Golden Talisman Elixir given by Chu Feng as a reward, he unleashed divine power.

And killed them all.

It’s just that these people were all death soldiers, with no identifiable information at all.

Chu Feng didn’t care about this. He could guess with his toes that it must have been the Jianyun Emperor who had become desperate and thus sent out assassins to intercept him.

"Jianyun Emperor, you old dog, just clean your neck and wait for it. It won’t be long before I personally seek justice for my father. The deep-seated hatred of the Sword King Mansion will be avenged!"

...

After nearly two days of racing, Chu Feng and his elder sister arrived at the gates of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect without any mishap.

After getting off the carriage, they saw a series of undulating Xiong Mountains in front of them, with the tallest ones reaching into the clouds. Many young geniuses had already gathered in front of the sect, waiting to take the assessment.