Chapter Thirty-One: The Sword Prison Fails

  He stayed in the City Lord's Mansion for a whole day, and according to Mei Er, the City Lord of Tian Fa City would only return at noon on the second day. It was indeed so, he knew that this was a rare opportunity.

  After searching back and forth seven times for a reason to leave, they searched six places without finding any clues. It wasn't until the seventh place, which was Ye Xuan's room, that they found a hidden chamber.

  Lin Yun easily found the button and entered the secret room, where he only found a confidential letter. As for what was written in the letter, he didn't bother to look, after all, it concerned national secrets, and one less thing to worry about is better than one more.

  Found the secret letter, Lin Yun didn't stay any longer. After saying goodbye to Mei Er, he left the City Master's Mansion and arrived at Qian Lai Guest House. In the secret room, he handed over the secret letter to Huan Ying and said: "Master Huan Ying, the task you entrusted me with has been successfully completed."

  Looking at the secret letter in his hand, Phantom seemed to be delighted as well, saying: "With this letter, we can make our move on Ye Xuan. This is evidence of Ye Xuan's cruel treatment of the Ye family. You'll give these to your little girl, and I'm sure she'll see Ye Xuan's true face."

  After receiving the evidence from Huan Ying, Lin Yun knew that perhaps by tomorrow morning, the lord of Tian Fa City would be replaced. He let out a faint sigh, for betraying one's country and collaborating with the enemy was a capital offense no matter where one went. Now the most important thing to do was to inform Mei Er as soon as possible and have her leave Ye Xuan quickly.

  With the evidence in hand, Lin Yun didn't hesitate at all and immediately left the inn to return to the academy. He planned to wait until Charm entered the academy the next day, no matter what, he would keep her there. He also discussed with Phantom that even if the Dragon Alliance wanted to make a move on Tianfa City's Ye Xuan, they had to wait for Charm to leave the city lord's mansion before taking action.

  Lying on the broken stone slab, Lin Yun tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, his mind always worrying about Mei'er's safety. If Ye Xuan had already found out about this matter, would he make a move against Mei'er?

  He suddenly sat up, looking at the stone slab below, thinking back and forth, Lin Yun still couldn't put it down, he didn't want Mei to get into trouble, so to be on the safe side, he had to make a trip. Thinking of this, Lin Yun did not continue to linger in the thatched hut, got up and left the college for the city master's mansion.

  Castle Lord's Mansion.

  In the secret room, as soon as he saw that the secret letter had disappeared, Ye Xuan already knew what had happened. He didn't dare to be careless for a moment, although he was the lord of Tianfa City and could mobilize all the financial and military resources of the entire city. However, his opponent was the Long Alliance organization, which represented the Empire. If the Empire wanted to deal with him, then the trouble would really be big.

  The current city master's mansion can be said to be littered with corpses, blood flowing like a river. Because Ye Xuan knew that his affair had been exposed, he killed nearly three hundred people in the entire city master's mansion. One by one, cold corpses fell to the ground, giving off an eerie and terrifying feeling. Standing among these corpses was Ye Mei'er, her face revealing an expression of extreme pain, as if it was hard for her to believe what had happened.

  "Father, why must you do this?"

  "Hmph, who is your father? Mei'er, I can tell you clearly that I am not your father. Your father Ye Xuan was killed by me three years ago. If it weren't for the sake of deceiving others, you wouldn't have survived until now. But I really regret not killing you back then, otherwise there wouldn't be today's trouble."

  "Why? Who are you?"

  "It doesn't matter who I am, all you need to know is one thing: you won't see the sun tomorrow."

  As he spoke, Ye Xuan's figure quickly shot towards Ye Mei'er, a powerful aura that surpassed the innate martial artists instantly enveloping the entire space. Not to mention whether Ye Mei'er would make a move, even if she did, she probably wouldn't be able to withstand even one of his moves.

  Just as Ye Xuan's palm was about to land on Mei'er's crown, a strong gust of wind rushed over, followed by a series of terrifying and icy sword auras that arrived quickly. The next second, Lin Yun appeared beside Mei'er with a purple longsword in hand, perfectly positioned.

  "How did you get here?" Looking at the young man beside her, Mei's heart was about to break into pieces. It wasn't until now that she finally knew her father had passed away. The real killer in front of her had unpredictable powers and if he harmed the young man by her side, what would she do afterwards?

  "Why can't I come? Don't worry, this person is in my hands," a warm smile flowed across his face. Lin Yun then looked towards Ye Xuan who was not far away and coldly said: "Ye Xuan, do you still have any shame left? A person who's almost entering their coffin actually dares to lay hands on a young girl, disgusting."

  "Hey kid, don't be so arrogant here. I'll ask you one thing, what's your relationship with the Sword Sect?"

  "What does it have to do with you whether I'm related to Jianzong or not?"

  "If you are a member of Jianzong, I can let you off this time, but if you are not..."

  In his heart, he despised the other party intensely and didn't even bother to continue speaking with Ye Xuanyuan. As the murderer of Mei'er's father, this vendetta must be avenged. Tightly grasping the purple sword in his hand, he suddenly kicked off with his back foot, and his entire body quickly shot out. The sword followed him out, accompanied by icy sword energy.

  Sword energy, countless sword energies flashed by quickly. Ye Xuan used his bare hands to meet the sword energy, and at this moment, Lin Yun shot out the purple sharp sword in his hand. As long as the purple sharp sword touched the opponent, there was no doubt that the opponent's soul would be rolled into the sword prison by the purple sharp sword. Once a person loses their soul, it is certain that even if they don't die, they will become stupid and dull.

  But the next second, Lin Yun's face changed instantly, because the purple sword touched Ye Xuan's body, and did not pull Ye Xuan's soul into the sword prison at all. This trouble is big, the purple sword quickly returned, grasped in his hand.

  Looking at the purple sword in his hand, Lin Yun had no idea what was wrong with it. Since he used his own vital energy as a guide and the blood of the Ice Fire Giant Python as a medium to cast the Sword Inner Hell, he had never failed before. Even when facing the two Innate Martial Artists from the Dark Killer Organization, once they were touched by the purple sword, their souls could not withstand the suction power of the Sword Hell and would be drawn into it.

  The purple sword was his greatest reliance, because as long as Ye Xuan's soul was drawn into the sword prison, he would be the master inside the sword prison. However, the result was just the opposite, and the purple sword seemed to have lost its effect on the person in front of him.

  In his mind, he quickly thought of the reason, and at this moment, Lin Yun suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, the master of Tianfa City, Ye Xuan, who was standing in front of him, should have strength above the pre-heavenly martial artist, otherwise it would not be possible to withstand the suction of the Sword Prison.

  There is a higher realm above Innate Martial Artists, and he has known this for some time. However, what exactly the realm above Innate Martial Artists is, he does not know.

  As for the sword prison inside the purple sword, if nothing unexpected happens, I believe it is only at the lowest level and can only absorb the souls of pre-heavenly martial artists or below. As for the high-ranking masters above the pre-heavenly martial artists, they are probably unable to be drawn into it, unless this person voluntarily enters their soul into the sword prison.

  Jian Yun's ineffectiveness has left Lin Yun with a huge headache, after all, without Jian Yun's help, it seems impossible for him to defeat the powerful opponent in front of him, who surpasses even the strongest pre-heavenly martial artists. What should he do now?

  "Mei'er, you go first, I'll stay here and block."

  "No way, this time whatever you say I won't leave, last time you faced the ice and fire python alone, almost died under its claws, do you still want to face it alone again? This time if we go, we'll go together, if we die, we'll die together."

  "Little ones, none of you can leave, let me show you what a real master looks like."

  Just as Ye Xuan was about to make his move, a sinister laugh suddenly echoed from outside the city lord's mansion, followed by a swift flash of a black figure.

  Phantom

  The man in black was none other than the leader of the Dragon Alliance, Phantom. Looking at Ye Xuan in front of him, Phantom let out a cold hum and said: "Gutian, I really didn't expect that you would be hiding in Tianfa City for three years, and it wasn't until now that I discovered your true identity. Three years ago, you killed the city lord of Tianfa City, Ye Xuan, and then disguised yourself as the new city lord to gather intelligence on our country. But there's one thing I don't understand: even if you wanted to gather intelligence, why didn't you infiltrate Longteng City instead of coming to Tianfa City?"

  As for this question, Lin Yun and Mei'er were also very curious, after all, the capital of the Dragon Riding Empire was Longteng City, not Tianfa City. Since Gu Tian wanted to investigate the imperial secrets, why didn't he appear in Longteng City, but instead appeared in Tianfa City?

  "This is none of your business, there are many of you today, I won't argue with you much, the green hills and flowing water will remain unchanged, we'll meet again someday, hahaha."

  As he spoke, Gutian turned around and headed towards the distance, disappearing without a trace in an instant. Seeing Gutian leave, Huan Ying didn't chase after him. Lin Yun asked in confusion: "Huan Ying, why didn't you pursue him?"

  "Chase? What's the point of catching up? This person has been famous for decades, and their strength is not below mine. Even if I catch up to them, it's not certain who will win or lose. Since that's the case, why bother chasing? However, Gu Tian appeared in Tianfa City, there must be something going on, there must be something going on."

  There must be something in the four words, Phantom said with particular emphasis, I don't know what it means, and seeing his father's killer leave, he himself was helpless, Ye Mei'er directly fainted into Lin Yun's arms.

  Turning around, he took a look at Ye Mei'er who had already fainted, and Huan Ying also let out a sigh, saying: "You go comfort the little girl properly, as for revenge, if there's an opportunity, I'll help her."

  "Then thank you, Lord Phantom. Lord Phantom, I have a few things I'd like to ask you, I don't know if you're available now."

  Nodding his head, Phantom said: "Follow me, I'll be leaving Tianfa City tomorrow. Tonight, I still have some things to entrust you with."