544 This is the True Letter He Left for the World

When the old Daoist nun heard the voice, her expression suddenly changed. Sheraised her head in the direction of the Dew Platform and opened her mouth tospeak. The Tianhai Divine Empress stood at the edge of the Dew Platform, her faceturned towards that estate in the south, her gaze august and majestic, like areal beam of light. The moment the old Daoist nun entered the capital, she had sensed it. When the old Daoist nun tortured a dog to death in an alley and severed thehand Guan Bai used to hold his sword, she had offended her. Perhaps many would think that neither the wild dog nor Guan Bai were worth athing compared to the old Daoist nun. But the Divine Empress did not think this way, because this was her world. Under the blue sky, the most diseased wild dog was still her dog and the leastimportant person was still her subject. Of course, if the old Daoist nun had obediently departed after being repelledby Su Li's sword intent, she would have given face to the old Daoist nun'shusband and not appeared. But the old Daoist nun should not have continued to remain in the capital. This was disrespecting her. The old Daoist nun especially should not have remained in that estate. This was taking advantage of her awe-inspiring renown. The Divine Empress did not like it, so she did not want to hear the old Daoistnun's explanation. "Scram," she expressionlessly declared. With this single world, the jade ruyi at her waist instantly transformed intoa stream of light that shot off towards the distant southern part of the city. The light transformed into a black dragon. It carried the might of athunderstorm but traveled noiselessly, as if it had become one with the night. In the entire capital, only two or three people could sense the appearance ofthis black dragon. In the cavernous space beneath New North Bridge, that little girl whoseappearance was suffused with fiendish intent was dining on the roast chickenChen Changsheng had brought over several days ago, at the same time complainingabout how it had already been quite a few days since he had visited, and alsoat the same time filled with the hope that she could learn the Mount Li SwordStyle from him. If she could cultivate to Su Li's level in the future, then howcould the chains behind her keep her jailed? Suddenly, she knit her brows and gazed upward, her petite face tinged withfear. Borrowing the cover of the night, the black dragon that was the transformedjade ruyi reached the southern part of the city. The word 'scram' exploded in the old Daoist nun's ear like thunder. Her expression immediately changed and without the slightest delay, she turnedand left. Simultaneously, the horsetail whisk fell down, laying behind herlayer after layer of blue-green ocean. With a whoosh, the jade ruyi arrived in the serene garden and pierced throughthe horsetail whisk! The black dragon was like an ocean, stirring countless storms! With a boom, the old Daoist nun's back was struck, her clothes instantly tornto shreds, and she coughed up a mouthful of true blood. She no longer dared to linger. Forcefully enduring the heavy wound on herback, she used a secret technique and leapt into darkness, vanishing from view. A moment later, a torch lit up the tranquil garden. Tianhai Chenwu and several of his most important sons and nephews stood by thegarden wall, their complexions extremely ugly. The wall here, as well as the bamboo, were stained with the old Daoist nun'strue blood, the spots gleaming with a golden light. "Auntie is angry." "It's not like we wanted to kill Chen Changsheng, we just wanted to cut down alittle of the Orthodoxy's arrogance…but the Empress won't even allow this, sojust what are we supposed to do?" …… …… The Pope sat in his chair, gazing at the Green Leaf in the pot that wasgrowing ever more robust as he thought about tonight's events. He seemed tofall a little into a daze, speaking to himself, "Senior Brother, yourconclusion back then was correct, she truly is stronger than anyone could haveimagined…and I also think that this isn't even her at her strongest." …… …… Besides powerful figures on the level of the Pope and the old Daoist nun, themost important thing in tonight's battle, besides Su Li displaying theuniversally shocking level he had reached on the path of the sword, was thetyrannical and incomparably powerful Black Phoenix. At this moment, peoplefinally confirmed that the Divine Empress was truly as she was described inrumors and conjectures, possessing the sublimely noble blood of the HeavenlyPhoenix. It was no wonder she cherished Xu Yourong so deeply. Viewing it fromthe angle of innate blood, she had decided that she could treat Xu Yourong asher real daughter. Very few people knew that before the heaven-shaking battle between the DivineEmpress and Su Li, two other battles had occurred in the capital. In normaltimes, those two battles between experts of the Divine Domain would inevitablyattract countless discussions, but tonight, these two battles could only berelegated to unremarkable footnotes. No one knew that one of the Eight Storms, Wuqiong Bi, infiltrated the capitalin the night, wanting to go to the Orthodox Academy and recover some face forher dearly beloved sole son. In the end, she suffered the double suppression ofSu Li and the Divine Empress. Not only was she unable to recover any face, sheeven suffered severe injuries and was forced to retreat in an absolutely dismalstate. Not too much later, the seven letters Su Li had left for the continent werefinally found out. The Myriad Willows Garden outside Hanqiu City had been burned into scorchedearth. This was a matter impossible to hide. The Zhu clan and Emotion-SeveringSect of Tianliang County suddenly became much more low-key. At the same time,the Longevity Sect's Elder Liang suddenly died from his illness while its othertwo elders caught a serious disease. Thus, the last few greats of the firstgeneration of experts that remained from that sudden change ten-odd years agofaded away. The Longevity Sect announced to the world that it would immediatelyseclude itself for three years, even choosing to remain uninvolved in the majorevent soon to come to fruition, the confluence of the north and south. Afterthis, it issued no other opinions. For so many major events to occur in such swift succession, anybody could tellthat it had something to do with Su Li. But of course, what truly stunned the entire world was still that battle onthat snowy night in the capital between the Tianhai Divine Empress and Su Li. Originally, when news that Su Li and the Holy Maiden had chosen to shun theworld and leave together reached the southerners, many of them believed that hehad been unable to bear the pressure of the Zhou people and deserted. He hadbeen so deeply loved then, now their hate cut all the deeper, especially thoseyoung southerners who had once regarded him as an idol, their words containingmuch more disrespect and incomparable loathing. However, Su Li was still Su Li. As the heaven-soaring tree that had stoodstraight and tall over the south for several hundred years, how could he justescape and leave? How could he leave in such a silent, subdued, and evenwronged manner? Before he left, he would certainly settle all gratitudes andgrudges. He had once cold-bloodedly and emotionlessly killed many people and this worldalso had many reasons to detest him, to be hostile to him, but there were nottoo many places in this world that he held grudges against. Looking over thesepast few years, it was only the shame and injuries incurred in his journey backsouth from the snowy plains that remained unwashed. Those shameless disciplesthat had stirred up the internal chaos of Mount Li still lived, so the MyriadWillows Garden was burned down, Zhu Luo was crippled, and the Longevity Sectwould gradually vanish into the long river of history. As for the gratitudepart of the 'gratitudes and grudges', there was naturally that letter in ChenChangsheng's bosom, Scholartree Manor was suddenly gifted with a vast tract ofgood farmland, a certain famous assassin suddenly obtained an amnestypersonally issued by the Tianhai Divine Empress, and that settled that. Of course, at the final moment, he had not forgotten to do one thing that hehad truthfully always wanted to do, but that he had never had the chance to. A true competition of strength with the Tianhai Divine Empress. Many years ago, when Su Li was still very young, he had already become thenumber one assassin on the Ranking of Assassins. There had once been countlesspeople willing to pay countless taels of gold, or even entire counties andprovinces, as the price to have him assassinate the Tianhai Divine Empress, buthe had never accepted their offers, not even hesitating to part ways with thosesubordinates that had followed him. After another few years, he had become the greatest Martial Granduncle of hisgeneration in the Mount Li Sword Sect. The Chen Imperial clan and manyimportant personages of the south, including the elders from his hometown,asked him in the name of all that was righteous, with sincere words andtear-soaked faces, to wield his sword and enter the capital, to eliminate thescourge that was the Demon Empress for the sake of all the people of the world.But he still did not agree. Ten-odd years ago, the Longevity Sect and the Liang Household joined hands incapturing his pregnant wife to compel him to kill Tianhai, but he still did notdo it. It wasn't because at the time, he had not cultivated to his current level inthe path of the sword and had no confidence in challenging a true Saint, norwas it because he wanted the situation to be unstable and the human world to bein strife, thus allowing the Demon Army to invade southwards. Rather, it wasbecause, at that time, it was other people that wanted him to challenge Tianhai. Su Li was just this sort of person. The more someone wanted him to dosomething, the less he wanted to do it. Now that he wanted to leave this world,no one dared to order him to do anything, nor did anyone dare to bother him,but now he really wished to see whether he or Tianhai was stronger. Ultimately, the result was that there was no result, but it could be believedthat he was very satisfied. As he departed this world, Su Li made the world more exciting for a while.From a character standpoint, he was someone that dearly loved excitement and hewas worried that a world without him would seem too dull. Or perhaps he wasalso worried that after he left this world, he would not be able to see so muchexcitement for a very long time. When he ascended the world's stage, the sight was glorious to behold,blindingly dazzling, his talent shocking and magnificent. When he left theworld, he similarly departed with booms and gusto, confident and easy beyondcompare. It could be believed that the world would find it impossible to forgethis name, even if he would not appear for a very long time. He acted this way with another purpose: to establish a basis for Mount Li andfor the southerners. The Burning Heaven Sword had illuminated the capital, shining together in thenight sky with Wooden Sword Little Phoenix. He was telling the Tianhai Divine Empress and the Pope that the agreement theyreached back then should be fulfilled. After the confluence of north and south,they had to treat the southerners well. Simultaneously, he was telling the entire continent, "Don't take advantage ofthe fact that I'm not here to try anything on Mount Li. "Or else, you'll die in as ugly a fashion as that elder of the Longevity Sectand your homes and monasteries will be scorched to the earth like the MyriadWillows Garden. "The above-mentioned." ……