Volume 9 Chapter 03 Repository Sword Theory

Emperor Yuansheng, in spite of the ominous draft comparable to a hail of arrows on the bowstring aimed at him blowing his robe, didn’t take a step away, avert his gaze or shrink: “I’ve never considered myself sagacious. I am forever learning precisely due to my stupidity just as I kept thinking to learn that your will is to silence me as you did Evil Spirits.”

Luo Ming, eyes fixed on the monarch, inquired, “… When did you start suspecting this peasant?”

“The beginning.” Emperor Yuansheng subtly tugged up the corner of his lips, expanding, “Others may not understand, but it is folly for one to think they can do as they please just because they are at the top. Although I travelled covertly, I still have three thousand qilin guards, hundreds of scouts, messengers coming from the capital daily. As well, I haven’t stopped going through reports whilst travelling.

“The Nine Provinces are to me what Huzhou is to you. As such, I’ve never believed you were in the dark about what was happening in Huzhou. The timing of your emergence confirmed for me that the numerous recent events in Huzhou have to do with you. I find it impossible to believe Evil Spirits would start stealing weapons from sects in the Central Plain when they have no base and no foundation here in the Central Plain. While it was difficult to find the reason behind it, it isn’t impossible. Where would Evil Spirits hide? Who stands to gain the most in the end? The answer lies right behind those questions.”

“… If you were not an Emperor, you would do well as someone who finds excuses to take things from people. That is a very serious transgression to stick to someone.”

“Hahaha, you do realise saying, ‘If you were not an Emperor,’ is enough of a reason for me to exterminate your clan?”

The red-jade swords couldn’t subdue the golden dragon hovering over the world in the contest between two Manifestation Realm adepts. Even though Emperor Yuansheng was leagues behind Luo Ming as a combatant, as a Orthodox Realm styles learner and Emperor, he had proven t