The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 231 - Soul Containers
Cold air felt so piercing when setting foot in the waterfall, dozens of warriors chose to sit with half a foot into the water while shivering cold. While others reasoned to look for hunted animals in order to escape, they would not be able to face the water.
Unlike the case with Xin Fai who was now standing right under the swift flow of water, he opened his eyes to feel the true cold hell, even his legs felt numb could no longer be moved.
But the natural energy provided by this waterfall is very unique, this water has the ability to treat injuries in the body quickly while facilitating blood circulation. Although all of it must be obtained by holding the cold of water but the benefits obtained are also no less great.
Zhu Yue almost ran out of sense to survive in the middle of the puddle, she leaped onto the small rock like she wanted to scream.
"Damn it, this water is already very cold but it doesn't freeze as well!"
Having previously confidently conquered the waterfall Zhu Yue made dead lice, surviving just five seconds was already very impossible for him. Again he could only snort violently, Zhu Yue was intending to speak to Xin Fai.
Zhu Yue's eyes were rounded at the sight of the leader, Xin Fai was sitting quietly on a rock that was directly spilled by a stream of cold water so swiftly. The young man's face flushed red withstanding the overwhelming cold, not so long ago a golden-colored force surrounded his entire body spinning so fiercely that it made the water current intermittent.
Dozens of pairs of eyes were amazed at the same time, even though it was already thirty seconds yet Xin Fai still had not moved from his place. He survived that far with great difficulty making others challenged to conquer the waterfall.
One of the alliance members was stunned when he saw the prick marks on his arm disappear in the blink of an eye when he threw himself into the water, he started to believe Xin Fai's previous words.
"This water is really healing, although it looks dangerous but this water is useful to heal all wounds!"
"Oh, this waterfall hides something behind its hideous appearance."
The soaking time only went for about thirty minutes to save the travel time, Xin Fai instructed the troupe to get ready to leave. Not so far from here should they be arriving at a middle white sect. It was possible that from there they would find information about the enemy's whereabouts.
Throughout the journey that Xin Fai had thought of was the location of the Devil Human Sword, he was still puzzling about it from now on. If he was late it was likely that the sword was already in someone else's hands or even hidden in a remote place. Without the two sky heirloom swords it felt impossible to face the Demon Monsters.
In the first resurrection it could be said that his victory was mostly influenced by the existence of Qiang Jun and the two swords, without one of them it could be that he would lose and his body would instead be taken by the demon king.
"Chairman Xin!"
A man calling behind made him keep his head looking for the source of the voice. It turned out that Ho Xiuhan called out to him, the man was holding a chicken in his hand.
"We eat first, we happen to hunt a lot to save food supplies."
The words of Ho Xiuhan have a point, they have not had time to eat breakfast to increase stamina. But on the other hand Xin Fai did not want to waste too much time, he had the others wait until they arrived at a city, the Blue Cloud sect's place.
Ho Xiuhan brought his horse closer slowly, the man was right behind Xin Fai and Zhu Yue. It seemed that he wanted to say something from then on but did not have the right time to say it. Just gathering the intention to speak, Ho Xiuhan again held his words in his throat.
A densely populated city was clearly visible in front, the group moved to arrive at the place as the sky began to heat up. They need to rest while feeding the horse.
A wine shop became their destination, because the group was brought too much and could-can meet the tavern some others choose to find lodging or just a walk in the city.
Zhu Yue teased the tavern maid, the girl as if uncomfortable being bullied by her and immediately returned before Zhu Yue finished ordering.
Zhu Yue straightened her legs, making the other members who were one table with them frown in wonder. The way he sat seemed a bit disrespectful.
"Vice Zhu, fix the way you sit." Xin Fai reprimanded, she did not want Zhu Yue's attitude to be copied by the others. After all the Sacred Sword Alliance carried the Empire's big name, their attitude would naturally have a direct impact in the eyes of the people.
Zhu Yue gave a small snort, she immediately obeyed Xin Fai's orders without much talking anymore. As the wine jug had arrived the man spent more, it was clear that his sister's death was still evident in Zhu Yue's memories but the man tried to cover it up by diverting his mind.
While Ho Xiuhan was sitting at the same table as them, he saluted Xin Fai before speaking.
"Chairman Xin, about–"
"We're just talking about this outside."
Ho Xiuhan nodded, he immediately got up. When arriving outside the tavern Xin Fai first start a chat so that the atmosphere is not too quiet.
"What about your body? Do you still feel the devil in it?" Xin Fai made small talk for a while, Ho Xiuhan replied just that.
"The devil is completely gone from my body, the seal was also released. Thank you Chairman Xin for helping me."
"No need to be confused. So, what did you want to talk about?"
"It's about the existence of Miss Xin, the owner of the artificial Demon Man's body."
Immediately the look on Xin Fai's face turned serious, as he continued to step both of them to discuss about Xin Xia's whereabouts. Ho Xiuhan said the little girl was locked up in a dungeon, in the heart of their main headquarters which was fortified by tens of thousands of Demonic Blood Humans. It was as Shen Xuemei had said, between the borders of the Shang Empire and the Qing Empire.
Ho Xiuhan was a people born on the border of these two Empires, he was living in the midst of a war. With such conditions that made his family poor, there was no steady job in his village made the once young Ho Xiuhan decide to join the Blood Devil Man.
When Ho Xiuhan's indirect selection was met with the girl covered in her mouth with a spider web, he could guess that the girl was an artificial Demon Man due to the rumors circulating in her village. The least amount of information about Xin Xia he had ever known and felt it was useful to Xin Fai.
"Do you want to kill that girl? I don't think he's wrong at all, it's all because of them." Ho Xiuhan ended his story.
"I'm not going to kill my own brother."
Ho Xiuhan choked on his own breath, he turned his head quickly with a look of disbelief. Yet not daring the man to deny, the leader of the Sacred Sword Alliance was unlikely to lie.
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