Chapter 868: 531, The Wind Rises

What kind of person is the Grand Elder of Fire Pit? All the Fire Pit people know that he is someone who will take any advantage he can get.

Just like back then, when the Fire Pit completed a transaction with the Qing’s main house, agreeing to kill Qing Huai in the 002 Taboo Land.

The Third Elder led the team and, upon returning to the Fire Pit, informed the Grand Elder: someone else had killed Qing Huai.

The Grand Elder’s first reaction was: Isn’t that great.

So, at this moment, since there was a taboo item, it naturally couldn’t be missed.

After obtaining the taboo item and finishing this battle, he would take Qin Yiyi back to the Fire Pit.

The knights shouldn’t think they could take advantage of the Fire Pit!

“Old Man Tan, even if you don’t ask, I will give it to you,” Uncle Li said with a smile: “Xiao Yiyi, you go choose yourself, and when you see Qing Chen, say that I gave it to you.”

Qin Yiyi’s eyes lit up: “Thank you, Uncle!”

The Grand Elder contentedly stroked his beard.

In fact, this time when Uncle Li went to the territories of Northern Jindai and Deer Island, besides one unspeakable serious matter, the rest was to find an environment that could stimulate Ye Wan and Lin Xiaoxiao, helping them to successfully “transcend their tribulations”.

Generally, a true B-Class refers to Awakeners and Cultivators, not Genetic Warriors.

So, the possession endeavors of Jindai over the years weren’t particularly smooth; after all, true B-Class beings are not like cabbages.

Ye Wan and Lin Xiaoxiao, these two knight “couriers”, were both Awakeners and remained at B-Class for over ten years, with eight of those years spent in Prison 18.

Other Awakeners kept searching for their limits, attempting to break through.

Ye Wan and Lin Xiaoxiao, however, willingly stayed in prison with him. The five years after an Awakener breaks through a level is the best time for a second breakthrough. If missed, it becomes very difficult to break through again.

They had missed their best time for a breakthrough.

To Uncle Li, this was also a form of guilt.

Therefore, he listed this matter as his most important plan, but it was yet to be successful.

The other matter was to find taboo items.

Because Uncle Li knew one thing very well: Qing Chen was someone who could complete the eight life-and-death trials of the Outer World for Time Travelers. Although the upper limit was only A-Class, he was the legitimate heir of the knights, all his disciples and grand-disciples.

Back then, Uncle Li told the old folks in the 002 Taboo Land that Qing Chen was the future of the knights, and this was one of the reasons.

It was foreseeable that the Knight Organization would quickly grow under Qing Chen, and as his master, it would be disgraceful not to present a gift to his grand-disciple when they met.

What gift could match the name of a Demigod? It seemed only taboo items would suffice.

At this moment, Uncle Li didn’t know that Qing Chen had already taken in a little girl switching to become an ‘Onmyoji Knight.’

Otherwise, he might have found a way to catch a bunch of Shikigami dolls for the little girl to play with.

Maybe… this is what they call affection across generations.

Uncle Li asked Li Ke: “Does your master have other disciples? I haven’t had much contact with the outside world recently. Tell me.”

Li Ke looked around, indicating that there were others present.

Uncle Li waved his hand: “Don’t worry, just speak freely.”

Here, there were only Qin Yiyi, the Grand Elder, the Raven, Li Ke, and Li Yunjing.

The mouths of the Contraindicated courts were the strictest; they never leaked the secrets they knew to avoid entanglements in disputes.

As for the Fire Pit, Uncle Li was confident that as long as he was alive, the Grand Elder wouldn’t go out and blabber.

As for Li Yunjing, he was one of their own.

Li Ke pondered and said: “In terms of knight inheritance, there’s only one senior brother. But if we count the Quasi-Tathagata method, there are many. Brother Li Su, for instance—they all apprenticed under Master… and there are more than twenty of them, including Qing Yi, a Shadow Candidate of the Qing’s family.”

This left Uncle Li stunned, so many?!

It’s alright if the others are not knights, but how come the disciples he couldn’t recruit in ten years were found by Qing Chen so quickly?

It’s only been a few months. In a few years, wouldn’t the Knight Organization regain its former glory?

Returning to the era of gang fights!

If this continued, how many taboo items would he have to find? No, he had to go to Deer Island and scour for more taboo items from the people.

At this moment, it wasn’t just Uncle Li who was aware of the knights’ future.

The quickest to react was the Grand Elder. Upon hearing that Qing Chen had begun recruiting disciples widely, his first reaction was: We’re finished, this group of scoundrels is proliferating!

The Fire Pit was going to suffer again!

One knight could take him away as a guide. If a group of knights climbed the Holy Mountain together, how would the Fire Pit have good days?

The Grand Elder said: “If I didn’t dislike Jindai even more, I would go report you to them and have them send an army to wipe you out so you couldn’t save that kid Qing Chen!”

The cave gradually fell silent; what followed would be a great battle. After this brief rest, they would trek for hundreds of kilometers ahead.

There would be unknown dangers along the way.

Uncle Li stood up and said to Li Ke: “Come over here.”

Li Ke held the newly received taboo item in his arms and followed him out of the cave.

Uncle Li said: “I heard that you went to the 002 Taboo Land with your grandfather and master? Tell me about it.”

The Demigod stood in the cold wind, lost in thought.

Li Ke said: “Master said that my grandfather’s greatest wish before he passed was to become a knight and see the sunrise on the cliffs of Green Mountain, so Master carried my grandfather up the cliffs of Green Mountain.”

Uncle Li remembered the old man. In his youth, he seldom returned to the Half-Mountain Villa, so the father and son spent little time together.

He always thought that as long as he returned to the Half-Mountain Villa, his father would be waiting for him at home, so he didn’t give him much time.

Back then, he believed his father would always wait for him there.

It wasn’t until his father passed that he realized how quickly time had flown.

Now, even if he returned to the Half-Mountain Villa, he wouldn’t meet the person he wanted to see.

“Your grandfather should have had no regrets at the end, thanks to your master,” Uncle Li said calmly.

Li Ke said softly: “Master said, you and grandfather did many things for him, now it’s his turn to do something for you.”

The boy he watched grow up had now become an adult.

But the more it was so, the more Uncle Li felt Jindai deserved to die.

His only disciple was caught in the hellish A02 base, becoming the second Qing Mu.

“Master, did you make this trip to save Master as well?” Li Ke asked.

Uncle Li smiled and said: “Your master is special, so I didn’t want too many people to know he’s my disciple. But now it’s different. The whole world should know he has a powerful master.”

Uncle Li looked at the dark night sky.

As he said:

But you must understand, my friend, we cannot face the night with tenderness; we must use fire.

…

In this dark night, within the military base of Northern Group Army in the far north, an enormous object was slowly floating upward, the Yamata Air Fortress.

It left the combat formation of the front lines, driven by an internal nuclear reactor, and gradually sped towards the far north.

On the sides of the air fortress, 512 engines spouted liquid-like blue flames, and 128 anti-gravity devices hummed loudly.

Thousands of combat drones formed a protective escort the moment it took off, ready for battle at any moment.

Human beings have always worshipped gigantic objects, so when this “monster” took to the sky, the soldiers in the military base couldn’t help but feel small and marvel at the wonders of technology.

Further north, a mechanized field division under Jindai’s command also started moving.

Modern high-function infantry fighting vehicles carried soldiers with blank expressions, heading to the unknown battlefield.

In City 23.

Jindai Yunlo, dressed in a white hunting suit, sat calmly in a dimly lit conference room.

Ten directors sat high up on the judgment platform, their faces never illuminated, so that everyone seemed to be sitting in the dark.

Someone asked: “Jindai Yunlo, did you conspire with external Time Travelers to harm the brave warriors of the Jindai family while in the Outer World?”

Jindai Yunlo’s voice was firm and steady: “No.”

“Jindai Yunlo, when the Mysterious Business Department faced external enemies, did you do your best?”

“No.”

The trial suddenly halted at this point.

“Why,” asked Jindai Yasuhito.

Jindai Yunlo looked up at the dark platform: “Too many people think they’re clever, too many people think they’re right. Jindai Yunyi acted on his own, eager for credit; Jindai Yunwu, Yun Jue, and Yun Ye wanted to seize the Red Seed of Red Leaf Hunter, and they died. I think the ones who should be judged are them… if they were still alive.”

“Insolence!” someone said in the dark.

Jindai Yasuhito: “You may leave, let Jindai Yunxiu in.”

Jindai Yunlo frowned: “In this battle, Jindai Yunxiu also had suspicions of holding back power.”

“Leave, we will decide.”

After ten minutes, the burly Jindai Yunxiu, dressed in a black suit, slowly sat in the judgment seat.

Someone in the dark asked: “In the latest Outer World battle, the Mysterious Business Department was severely struck. Do you believe the responsibility lies with Jindai Yunlo? From what I know, he didn’t take part in the fight from start to finish.”

Jindai Yunxiu said loudly: “I believe the family must severely punish Jindai Yunlo. He acted arbitrarily in the Outer World and was arrogant, unable to take on the responsibilities in the Outer World! In this battle, he had suspicions of avoiding combat!”

“Alright, you can go.”

After the conference room fell completely silent.

Someone said: “The two have always been at odds. Jindai Yunxiu has advanced to A-Class, and now there’s no one in the Outer World to balance him. Jindai Yunlo can’t be touched.”

“I second.”

“I abstain.”

“I second…”

Power is balance.

This is the art of kingship.

Unfortunately, the ten directors were not kings.

“What do you think about that person who can subdue Shikigami,” asked Jindai Yasuhito.

“Perhaps he’s a descendant of the Genji,” someone replied.

The Genji were taboo within the Jindai family. They had altered all the history, attempting to erase the period of submission. So, they tampered with the ship that departed west, letting it explode and sink at sea.

In the past thousand years, Jindai believed the Genji were completely destroyed.

Until now, that dreadful pressure resurfaced.

That was something that could shake the foundations of Jindai.

“Kill?”

“Can’t kill!”

“Why not?”

“The number of Shikigami hasn’t increased in many years. We need to find him; he’s the family’s future hope.”

“I second.”

“I second…”

In City 22.

Deep in Jindai’s Takamagahara estate.

A warrior hurried along a desolate, black stone path. The vast Takamagahara estate exuded a sense of eeriness.

The closer he got to where the Divine Bridge was, the more it felt like being watched by hundreds of ghosts.

It was fine during the day, but at night, even the samurai who practiced Qieshe Yumian in the Jindai family couldn’t help but have their hair stand on end.

The samurai knelt in front of a house: “Ancestor, the Family Head says you may depart.”

From the house came a hoarse and raspy voice: “Understood.”

…

As someone who understood the art of empowerments, you’d know the importance of balance. The concept of fractions of the pendulum swing with exact precision, how subtle shifts in dynamics affect the whole. Thus, the following year’s summary will have its importance; you may choose to read it at your leisure or skip it altogether.

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