This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

Chapter 278 Following One's Heart

"Could you tell me first why you are so certain that Xiao Jianxian can restrain Shangzun?"

Xiao Xingchen did not reveal everything. The secrets behind Xiao Jianxian were deeply intertwined with his own, and he would have kept quiet about them unless absolutely necessary. In fact, Murong Fenghua had repeatedly warned him before parting not to reveal his origins.

"Is it acceptable to say that Xiao Jianxian bravely stormed the sacrificial ground and managed to escape unscathed?"

"Is this really true? Could the sacrificial site you mentioned be the homeland of the Black Robe?"

Wushuang nodded.

"The sacrificial ground is the place where the sacrificial clan reproduces. It is a dark and sunless place. For anyone not clad in black robes, it is a dead end, a death trap. Even the most powerful experts of the Ninth Heaven dare not set foot there rashly."

"Only Xiao Jianxian, who nearly broke through the sacrificial ground back then, do you think I would believe that such a person is just an ordinary mortal?"

"The Sacred Ground is the ancestral home of the Sacred Clan. Since the birth of the five primordial clans, no one has been able to act recklessly here. Listen carefully, it's anyone but Xiao Jianxian. He left behind a legend there that even the Sacred Ground is astonished."

"Could it be that the sacrificial ground is too weak?" Xiao Xingchen found it hard to believe. If what Wushuang said was true, then how could Xiao Jianxian's stone tablet be inscribed like this, and how could he have died in battle at Cangshan? This was truly puzzling.

Wushuang shot back a glare that shot like a sharp arrow.

"Do you think I am weak? Or do you think the Supreme One is weak? That is one of the Five Primordial Spirit Races, the race most in harmony with the Heavenly Dao. Although they live in seclusion, even the great powers of Jade Capital dare not offend them easily. Your knowledge is truly worrying."

"Is that really the case? So you believe that Xiao Jianxian has a method to restrain the Ji Clan, which is why he was able to break through the Ji Clan's territory, right?"

"Otherwise, the Sacred Grounds are keeping this matter very secret, and the term 'Xiao Jianxian' is even more taboo. This time, the Supreme One has appeared in the world for the sake of Xiao Jianxian. The Sacred Grounds will not allow a second Xiao Jianxian to appear, so the secret of Xiao Jianxian must be uncovered."

Xiao Xingchen fell silent for a moment, somewhat flustered. He had always believed that searching for Xiao Jianxian was about removing the black robe, but now, after Mu Wushuang's words, a chill ran down his spine, as if a vast ocean, unseen by him, was about to engulf him at any moment.

"Since you're so eager to know the secret of the Sword Immortal, let's go somewhere,"

He thought of the tomb of the Sword Immortal Xiao in Cangshan Mountain. The first time he went there was with Chen Miao, but their strength was very weak then, so they didn't go very far. After so much time, his strength was now vastly different. If he joined Mu Wushuang, they should be able to reach the end.

The truth and the twists and turns will become clear once you reach the end.

"Where to go?"

"Xiao Jianxian's grave,"

"Are you kidding? I almost got detained there last time,"

"That's not it, that's the ancestral land of Huangfu, where there are countless experts. It's beyond my expectations that you were able to escape."

"What?" Mu Wushuang suddenly stood up, her eyes flashing with a fierce light as she stared straight at him.

"Calm down, calm down. You wanted to kill me, so I had no choice but to use someone else to do it."

Xiao Xingchen quickly comforted him, admitting that he had indeed tricked him back then, which was true.

"You're really cunning."

"There is no other way but to take you to the true tomb of the Sword Immortal. If you can find the secrets within, I am confident that your trip will not be in vain."

"Is it just the two of us? That's the tomb of the Sword Immortal Xiao, a den of dragons and tigers. Can we pass through safely?"

"No need for many people, we should go and return quickly. I haven't been to that place for a long time, and I want to take this opportunity to understand many things."

“That would be excellent. If we can obtain the method by which Xiaojianxian restrains the Ji Clan, I am willing to hunt down the Supreme Being with you.”

The two made this agreement and kept their word. They did not tell anyone, and both were experts. They disappeared from the Prince's Mansion in a few teleportations.

Standing once again at the Silent Temple outside Yong'an City, Xiao Xingchen was filled with emotion. Chen Haoran was gone, Chen Miao was nowhere to be found, and Daji had vanished without a trace. Only the Silent Temple still echoed with the distant sound of its bells.

"What are we doing here? Is this Silent Temple a fake, or just a Buddhist temple?"

Mu Wushuang asked curiously,

"Hmm, just on the way." He ignored it and walked straight to the inscribed stone tablet. He learned all the information about Xiao Jianxian from the tablet, so he wanted to examine it carefully again to see if he had missed anything when he first looked at it.

However, his arrival this time gave him a shock: the monument to Xiao Jianxian that had stood at the entrance had vanished without a trace.

"What are you looking for?" Seeing Xiao Xingchen wandering around as if searching for something, Wushuang finally couldn't help but ask.

"I'm looking for a monument,"

"A monument? What do you need this for? What are all these things?"

Ignoring Mu Wushuang's incessant chatter, he strolled leisurely over each inscription, his gaze sharp as he carefully examined them, as if trying to see the truth of history through the hard stone tablets.

He was absolutely certain that the stele that recorded Xiao Jianxian's story once stood here, and that it was regularly and carefully cleaned.

However, looking around now, all the other steles were intact, except for that one whose inscription had vanished without a trace, replaced by a mysterious scripture, with Chinese and English replaced by the script of the Great Qian Dynasty. His gaze, like a sharp arrow, shot straight towards the Silent Temple.

A question couldn't help but arise in my mind: Is this Silent Temple really just an ordinary and unremarkable temple?

"Interesting." He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile, then withdrew his gaze and sped off towards the back mountain like a bird.

He wanted to find out if the River of Blood was still flowing, and whether the monument beside it had also disappeared without a trace. If the monument was gone too, then things would get really interesting.

"Is Xiao Jianxian's tomb really in Cangshan?"

"That's beyond doubt. Do you think everything I said last time was false? Many of my words came from the bottom of my heart. However, I can't say for sure how credible those truths are. So let's go and see for ourselves."

He already had some suspicions in his mind. The disappearance of the stone tablet in front of the Silent Temple showed him signs of human intervention, but he wasn't sure if his initial visit to the Silent Temple was purely accidental.

Was someone deliberately showing you that stone tablet? If not for their own benefit, then why is it a bilingual (Chinese and English) tablet, which no one else could understand?

If it was all for my own benefit, then who could have so precisely predicted that I would appear in front of the Silent Temple at that time? Who orchestrated all of this, and what are their intentions towards me?

These various questions lingered in his mind, making him feel more solemn.

This time, he and Mu Wushuang came to Cangshan on a whim, and no one knew that he was already in Cangshan and was even heading towards the Blood River.

If, if the question in his heart were to become a reality, perhaps he would make a groundbreaking discovery here.