Lingnan Song Clan, Songjia Mountain City, is quiet and peaceful.
As the most powerful family in the Lingnan region, the Song family is considered to be the strongest family even among the four major families.
The reason is that the current head of the Song family is named Song Que, and people in the world give him the nickname, Heavenly Sword!
Before Song Xuan, the Heavenly Sword, was born, people in the world had almost already concluded that in the Sui Dynasty, under Ning Daoqi, the Heavenly Sword Song Que and the Evil King Shi Zhixuan were the strongest.
At this time, Song Que, whose whole body was filled with sword intent, as if a heavenly sword fell from the sky, was sitting cross-legged in the Song family's knife-sharpening hall, quietly listening to the report from the Song family's second-in-command, Song Zhi.
"Brother, the news has been confirmed. The person who destroyed the Jing Nian Zen Temple was indeed the Demon Emperor Song Xuan. The entire Zen Institute, including the six martial arts masters and the four holy monks, were all killed on the spot, and no one was spared!"
Song Que hummed indifferently and said, "Is there anyone who witnessed this battle?"
Song Zhi shook his head, "No one witnessed this battle. But the handwriting left by Song Xuan on the pagoda has now been hailed as a miracle by many warriors.
It is said that many people realized the sword's meaning in the ruins of the Zen monastery, and many people were able to break through their bottlenecks and advance to a higher level of cultivation.
There was even a swordsman genius who learned the peerless swordsmanship from it, killing twelve people of the same level in a row, and became famous ever since!
Although these people did not worship Song Xuan as their teacher, they called themselves disciples of the Demon Emperor to the outside world, and they had a vague tendency to stick together.
Brother, there is a Buddhist holy place missing from the world, but I think there will be an additional demonic holy place in the near future!"
Song Que nodded and said with a smile: "So what about the Demonic Holy Land? No matter how bad it is, can it be worse than the Buddhist Holy Land?"
Song Zhi also laughed and said: "Brother is right! According to many observers, the sword marks left by Song Xuan are like an ancient sacred mountain falling from the sky, like the blazing sun that shines for eternity, and even more like the cold and lonely...
The bright moon cannot be defeated by human beings!"
"Invincible without human power?" Song Que suddenly raised his head, with a look of disdain on his face, "In this case, he is a good opponent!"
"Brother, are you going to challenge him?"
Song Que nodded slowly when he heard the words, then raised his hand and gently pressed it on the whetstone enshrined like a god in the hall.
The next moment, Song Zhi clearly saw that on the whetstone, two small words suddenly appeared - Song Xuan!
"Brother!" Song Zhi advised: "They say that Demon Emperor Song Xuan is a murderer. If you lose, won't your life be in danger?"
"It doesn't matter. If you don't even have the courage, then I won't practice this sword!"
As he spoke, he stood up slowly and said, "Has Song Xuan ever handed me the Song family's letter of challenge?"
Song Zhidao: "It was delivered half a month ago!"
Song Que hummed and said calmly: "In that case, I will wait for him in this mountain city!"
The capital of the Sui Dynasty, Luoyang.
Song Xuan had no intention of hiding anything when he entered the city gate.
In fact, his image was easy to recognize. He was dressed in a green shirt and carrying a dark iron heavy sword behind his back. He came through the air. Almost as soon as he entered the city, various news began to spread to all directions.
Along the way, no one, whether it was the city guards guarding the city or the government officials, dared to come forward to question him, so he was allowed to enter the palace openly.
In the palace, Song Xuan was walking in the square. Many royal guards gathered together with their swords drawn, but you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to come forward.
They didn't know who Song Xuan was, but they could clearly see the scene when the other party came out of the air. With such a method that was comparable to that of a land god, who would dare to rush forward and die?
"senior!"
At this moment, a general among the royal guards walked quickly, followed by several personal guards. He didn't even dare to look at Song Xuan's appearance, so he quickly bowed and clasped his fists in salute.
"Oh? What do you call me?"
"Junior Dugu Sheng, pays homage to Senior Demon Emperor!"
"A member of the Dugu family." Song Xuan nodded clearly. No wonder he knew him. After all, he was one of the four great clans, so the news would naturally not be blocked.
Ordinary small forces may not know their own strength, but big forces such as the Four Gates will naturally be familiar with him.
"I'm going to see Yang Guang, do you, the commander of the guards, want to stop me?"
"Senior, you are joking!" Dugu Sheng apologized and said with a smile: "A great master like you can even destroy Jing Nian Temple, the holy land of martial arts. How can I, a junior, an innate warrior, dare to stop you?"
Song Xuan laughed and said: "You are really a good minister of Yang Guang. With loyal ministers like you in the Sui Dynasty, why worry about immortality?"
He said it very rudely, but Dugu Sheng didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he flattered him and said, "Senior has a sharp eye like a bead and understands worldly affairs. I am not as good as this junior!"
"But since the senior has mentioned this matter, the junior does not dare to hide it. Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the world of the Sui Dynasty is coming to an end. Not to mention the various rebels who are surrounded by war, just the officials in the court,
Everyone has evil intentions, how many of them are still loyal to Yang Guang?
This great country was not brought down by us, but by Yang Guang himself. But even at this point, we are still willing to do our duty to guard the palace, which can be regarded as fulfilling our duties as ministers. Senior
What do you think?"
"Well, what you said seems to make sense!"
Song Xuan nodded nonchalantly, and then, followed by a group of palace guards, he wandered around the palace casually.
The way he walked leisurely in the courtyard seemed like he was the master here.
Along the way, there are carved beams and painted buildings, flowers blooming in abundance, and magnificent scenes can be seen everywhere.
The palace was heavily guarded. From time to time, rows of guards could be seen passing by. After seeing Song Xuan's figure, they were all stunned and hesitated to take it down.
Fortunately, Dugu Sheng, the commander of the imperial guards, followed him and sent the patrolling guards away, saving everyone from death.
"Who are you?"
While Song Xuan was wandering around, a colder voice sounded. The person who spoke was a middle-aged official, who was glaring at him with a gloomy expression.
"Who are you? How can foreign ministers be allowed to enter and exit the imperial palace at will?" Song Xuan asked in return.
"I, Yu Shiji, would like to ask you a question. Who are you? Have you been summoned by His Majesty?"
"Yu Shiji?"
Song Xuan turned to look at Dugu Sheng and said, "He is Yang Guang's favorite, right? I heard that this person is good at dancing and has the ultimate in flattery, but now it seems that he is just average!"
Dugu Sheng said with a smile: "Actually, Mr. Yu is very capable of flattery. He just doesn't know your identity, senior, otherwise he would never behave like this."
"Bold!" Yu Shiji said angrily, "You are deceiving the emperor by calling him by his name!"
"Dugu Sheng, you colluded with outsiders to enter the palace, and you dare to be so disrespectful to the emperor. Are you planning to commit rebellion?!"