Remould the Glory of Sword Art
Chapter 54 - 54 54 Primordial Instrument

54: Chapter 54 Primordial Instrument 54: Chapter 54 Primordial Instrument Why?

Why was he so certain that Jiang Qihu would not betray his country?

This question rendered Xie Xuanyi silent for a moment… Yes, why indeed?

Was it merely because Jiang Qihu was a general’s descendant?

Of course, it was not just that.

Xie Xuanyi remembered clearly, back when he was destitute in Qing State, it was the Jiang Family who had treated his injuries, and Jiang Qihu had found him a “safe haven” that could shield his fate because of Jiang Qihu’s unique identity, he had not been pursued by the Primordial Instrument… thus, he had escaped calamity.

At that time, he was wanted all over the world.

The favors Xie Xuanyi owed in his life were not many.

The Jiang Family was one of them.

The people Xie Xuanyi understood in his life were also not many.

Jiang Qihu was indeed one of them.

The reason he was certain he would not betray the country… probably because, at that moment when the whole world was against him, only this person had genuinely helped him.

Xie Xuanyi chuckled softly, uttering two words: “Intuition.”

“Intuition?”

Chen Jingxuan also laughed.

These two words, profound yet mysterious, but impossible to refute.

Many Great Practitioners, they all trust their intuition.

“You guessed it right, almost entirely correct.”

Chen Jingxuan looked directly into Xie Xuanyi’s eyes, he neither denied nor hid anything but straightforwardly acknowledged Xie Xuanyi’s guess.

Xie Xuanyi felt slightly relieved inside.

In fact, he was not surprised.

If this Little National Master’s attitude towards himself had been “resistance” and “disgust,”

then there simply would not have been this exchange within the Ruyi Order tonight.

The next moment, Xie Xuanyi felt the spot where he was sitting slightly jolt, and then there was—

A loud bang!

Chen Jingxuan casually swept his sleeve, and the divine soul Grotto Heaven constructed from illusions violently trembled!

The next moment, a bamboo slip flew out from a niche in the library, shattering to pieces during its flight, and finally transformed into a soft blue light, which Chen Jingxuan pinched between two fingers, steadying it.

The Little National Master suspended this blue light in front of Xie Xuanyi, like a chess piece.

In the void, suddenly, lines appeared out of nowhere, stretching and intersecting.

“Jia Liu.”

Chen Jingxuan twirled the chess piece, waving it in front of Xie Xuanyi as a hint to its meaning.

Then the niche trembled again, the second bamboo slip came flying, followed by the third strand, the fourth strand…

“Dragon Wood Venerable.”

“Sun Swallowing Venerable.”

“Bai Ze Secret Realm.”

Xie Xuanyi sat silently at this end of the table, watching as this young Little National Master with a strand of grey in his temples continually grabbed chess pieces from within the library, dropping them through the air, their clinking sounds unceasing.

These chess pieces, interwoven and converging, ultimately took shape.

Glowing threads crisscrossed and mixed.

Enveloped in the very center were “himself” along with the Little National Master, Chen Jingxuan.

Xie Xuanyi squinted his eyes.

He knew that what Chen Jingxuan was using at the moment was the “Great Fortune Divination,” a skill long passed down within the Dachu Royal Family.

In his youthful and impetuous years, he had regarded many magical arts as “unorthodox methods.”

However, Chen Jingxuan’s “Great Fortune” divination skill was an exception…

because this Little National Master’s geomantic divination was somewhat eerie, having confronted him several times, both overtly and covertly, he never managed to get the upper hand.

The greatest truth under heaven is the fist.

Xie Xuanyi acknowledged the strength of this “opponent,” so naturally, he held the so-called “Great Fortune” divination in high regard.

“Ten years have passed…

have you, today, reached the summit of the mountain that I once dreamt of ascending?”

Xie Xuanyi murmured softly in his heart.

While using the “Great Fortune” divination, behind Chen Jingxuan, a vague image of a giant bronze cauldron emerged, into which all the glowing bamboo slips from the library were cast, making the chess piece that fell out of nowhere seem very dim in comparison.

That bronze cauldron phantom was like a great sun!

Primordial Instrument!

The national treasure—

This was the heavy national instrument that only successive State Preceptors had handled!

The moment he saw the Primordial Instrument, Xie Xuanyi knew that Chen Jingxuan had officially taken over the mantle of the previous State Preceptor and had undertaken the heavy responsibility of overseeing the nation’s fate.

The people had referred to him as “Little National Master” for over a decade, and it was only one adoption ceremony away from changing that title.

“Dong, dong.”

Chen Jingxuan stretched out his finger and gently knocked on the desk, noticing that “Jia Liu” opposite him had been staring intently at the phantom of the Primordial Instrument.

After knocking twice,

Xie Xuanyi immediately came back to his senses.

“This is the entirety of the ‘plan’.”

Chen Jingxuan waved his sleeve, signaling for “Jia Liu” to have a look for himself.

Xie Xuanyi held his breath and looked up…

This enormous chessboard contained a huge amount of information, and for a moment, he did not know where to start.

“Since the death of the previous emperor, the Dachu Dynasty’s national fortune has plummeted.”

Chen Jingxuan saw through Xie Xuanyi’s thoughts; he reached out, picked up the chess piece from the very corner of the board, and slowly began, “Demons and malign influences occur frequently, causing chaos in all four boundaries, making life unbearable for the common people…

the Demon Country in the north covets our land ferociously, and Da Li in the south is eager to try, if this continues, Dachu will soon face a major catastrophe, the likes of which have not been seen in a thousand years.”

The first piece.

Although it was placed in a remote area and seemed far away, the danger was already looming; if not resolved, it would ultimately cast a disaster.

Chen Jingxuan picked up the second piece.

“To ward off externals, we must first secure the internals.

All four boundaries of Dachu harbor dangers, and seeking peace is no one-day task.”

He paused, then said, “The trouble in Qing State, Northern County, is the most conspicuous and also the most troublesome.

After the dismissal of the garrison commander, the Demon Country Venerable has become increasingly rampant…

I have spent three years of my life span to glimpse a trace of heavenly secret, there is a streak of blood light between Northern County and Qing State, if not handled, will lead to a great disaster.”

Xie Xuanyi’s eyes lit up, he muttered, “You suspect that this streak of blood light comes from the Demon Country, yet hides within Dachu?”

Indeed.”

Chen Jingxuan gave a self-mocking smile: “The reason why it’s called the ‘Mo Zhen Battle’ is because the predecessor made a wrong decision.

After killing ‘Mo Zhen Venerable,’ he did not continue northwards in one breath to completely exterminate the dispirited Demon Country…

To kill a Venerable like Mo Zhen certainly is a great military achievement, but to stop the fight then was essentially ‘quenching thirst with poison.’ Some chronic diseases in this world are extremely difficult to cure, and to completely get rid of them, one must endure the pain that ordinary people cannot bear.”

The disaster of the Demon Country is such a “chronic disease.”

That year, after the grand victory in the north, Dachu returned to the court and did not pursue further, had two very important reasons.

First, this battle was so hard-fought that everyone longed for such a victory.

Second, north of the Northern Territory, the environment was harsh.

With the Demon Venerable Mo Zhen dead and the Demon Country unable to rally its fighting spirit, a northern campaign was deemed impractical by most.

In the entrapment of these two public opinions.

The Mo Zhen Battle thus ended, and several Great Practitioners joined forces to set up a grand formation outside the border to block the demonic qi.

Dachu indeed welcomed a brief period of peace.

“I am very certain that in Qing State, Northern County, there is a true traitor who has sold out Dachu and colluded with the Demon Country.”

Chen Jingxuan spoke solemnly: “The blood light in the heavenly secret corresponds to this person.”