Silent Crown

by Feng Yue

  Quintus quickly stood up, backed away, staggered, and began to release piercing screams, as if what he had drank was not Ye Qingxuan’s blood, but scorching liquid iron.

  The blood on Quintus’ face was shining, the light as gentle as the moonlight. His face was burning, and quickly rotted, dehydrated, and turned into charcoal at last.

  The blood in his stomach began to spread into all over his body. Quintus felt something burning inside his body. He was in great pain and tore his body apart with his sharp claws, trying to get the blood out of his system. But all his organs were being corroded by the poisonous blood. They soon withered and turned into ashes.

  “Ninuo, help me! Help me!”

  Quintus screamed, scratched his body while rolling on the ground as if insane. Ninuo was terrified by this scene and quickly backed away. After a short while, Quintus stopped moving and became a scorched, dry corpse.

  “I never thought you would have such a small appetite.”

  Ye Qingxuan coldly looked at Quintus, and whistled. “You shouldn’t have drunk this much, see? You died from overeating.”

  You wanted to drink my blood?

  Don’t be ridiculous!

  The blood of Deva contained the music theory itself, besides, it had absorbed the energy of the Seal of the Moonlight and the Stone of Sage. Thus, it could cause huge damage to any evil spirit.

  Ye Qingxuan’s blood was undrinkable unless he dedicated his blood of his own free will and got rid of the moonlight contained in his blood, just like other musicians did when they dedicated their blood to Lola. Besides, the one who drank the blood should be able to decipher the same music theory. Otherwise, anyone who drank Ye Qingxuan’s blood would die.

  If someone wanted to drink Ye Qingxuan’s blood without his consent, he’d be better off to kill himself by drinking rat poison and have a clean death.

  Ye Qingxuan’s wound quickly healed. Soon, there was only a tiny crack left.

  Bang!

  The door of the operating room opened.

  “What’s going on!”

  An old man appeared, accompanied by a few alarmed and bewildered young men. The old man saw Quintus lying on the ground, dead. Then he grew extremely angry.

  Soon, they laid their eyes on Ye Qingxuan who was lying on the operation desk.

  The young men smelled the blood and their eyes immediately got very red. They desperately wanted to go forward and drink Ye Qingxuan’s blood, but they were afraid of Samuel, so they didn’t dare to make a move.

  Seeing Quintus’ dead body and Ninuo’s alarmed face, Samuel understood what had transpired. His eyes became very cold.

  “Teacher, I have nothing to do with this!” Ninuo exclaimed. “It was Quintus! He wanted to privately take possession of the blood slave that is supposed to be dedicated to you by Lord Ludovic!”

  “Ninuo, you are already quite something…”

  Samuel coldly stared at Ninuo and sneered, “How dare you possess the blood slave given to me by Lord Ludovic.”

  Hearing this, Ninuo was so frightened that his face twisted. He dashed to the door, trying to run away. Samuel coldly humphed, then Ninuo fell onto the ground, groaned, and rolled around in pain. He scratched his body so hard that his bones were revealed.

  All his veins started to shine. A scarlet liquid flew from his heart to Samuel’s hand, taking away all the purified blood in his body.

  Ninuo was lying on the ground, motionless and dying.

  The few young men standing behind Samuel were terrified by this scene and didn’t dare to make a move.

  “You are Ye Qingxuan?”

  Samuel stood in front of the operation desk and stared at Ye Qingxuan. He began to laugh in a very strange and terrifying way. Then he said, “I have heard a lot about you. It seems that you are really powerful, since you have managed to kill two of my disciples.”

  “Hey, I only killed one of your disciples,” Ye Qingxuan coldly replied. “Besides, you can’t possibly blame me for this, he was the one who crawled on me and sucked my blood.”

  “You have got a sharp tongue. It is such a waste to make someone who has got a sharp tongue a blood slave.” Samuel laughed. “Don’t worry. I will make you my best disciple. With the help of the music theory and the blood of Deva in your body, my Scepter will be more powerful.”

  “You guys get out.” Samuel turned to his disciples and said, “No one is allowed to come in without my permission.”

  Soon, the operating room was back in silence.

  Samuel held the blood liquid extracted from Ninuo in his hand. The blood liquid shone and lighted Ye Qingxuan’s face. Samuel laughed. “Ninuo was such a sh*t. Now I can cultivate you with the Blood of Element.”

  Ye Qingxuan asked, “You are not thinking that I would agree to be one of your loyal disciples after I turned into a blood-sucking monster like you, aren’t you?”

  “Don’t worry, you will be my disciple.”

  Instantly, the blood liquid in Samuel’s hand began to wriggle like a snake and crawled into Ye Qingxuan’s neck through the wound. The blood of element quickly spread to all over his body.

  The music theory contained in the blood of element activated and tried to change Ye Qingxuan’s corporeality and body. But before it worked, Samuel realized that something was not right and his facial expression changed.

  Samuel couldn’t feel the existence of the blood of element, as if it had vanished.

  In the sheer silence, Ye Qingxuan farted.

  “Excuse me.” Ye Qingxuan laughed, embarrassed. “It’s just indigestion.”

  “…I see.”

  Samuel coldly stared at him and said, “It is the music theory contained in the blood of Deva that you are counting on, right? I miscalculated.”

  Ye Qingxuan laughed and gave no reply.

  Samuel then stabbed right at Ye Qingxuan’s heart with a sharp knife. The blood spurted out and fell on Samuel’s body. It was making a sound and tried to corrode Samuel’s body, but its effect was offset by the music theory contained inside Samuel’s body.

  The blood of Deva, poisonous to vampires, was spurting out like a fountain.

  Looking at Ye Qingxuan’s face, which was becoming extremely pale due to the loss of blood, Samuel laughed aloud. “Don’t worry, when the last drop of blood in your body is dried up, I will refill your body with new blood and bring you back to life.”

  The next moment, the blood began to flow backwards into Ye Qingxuan’s chest. His face become rosy and radiant again.

  Samuel was stunned by this. He pulled his knife and stabbed Ye Qingxuan again.

  The blood spurted out, then flew backwards and disappeared into Ye Qingxuan’s chest again.

  Samuel stabbed again and again… no matter how many times he stabbed, the blood still flew backwards to Ye Qingxuan’s chest.

  Samuel was very embarrassed and his face turned livid with rage.

  Ye Qingxuan looked at him and felt very sorry for him. “It seems that my blood doesn’t want to leave my body. Why not try other ways?”

  “Shut up!”

  A terrifying Aether wave was suddenly activated and almost suffocated Ye Qingxuan.

  The bizarre scepter was floating above Samuel’s head and shining in a thick scarlet light. Ye Qingxuan felt a bit of pain as if his skin was being stung by the light.

  Although Samuel failed to upgrade his scepter and turned into a blood-sucking monster, he had finished the process of transformation and become much more powerful than any ordinary master. He had got used to the terrifying power of his scepter.

  Ye Qingxuan didn’t resist. Instead, he raised his head and revealed his neck. He then said, “How about sucking the blood by yourself?”

  Via the wound on his neck, Samuel could see the blood was shining as bright as the hydrargyrum.

  Samuel was a bit afraid of Ye Qingxuan’s blood. He sneered and said, “You are wrong if you think I don’t know how to deal with you. Let’s do this in a more simple way, shall we?”


  Suddenly, the shadow of the scepter shone with a dazzling scarlet light. The light penetrated Ye Qingxuan’s head. At the same time, thick blood flowed out of Samuel’s mouth and nose and quickly crawled into Ye Qingxuan’s mouth, nose, eyes, and ears like earthworms.

  Both Samuel’s blood of element and Ye Qingxuan’s blood of Deva contained the music theory, but the blood of element could change the host into a blood-sucking monster like Samuel.

  Since I couldn’t suck his blood or corrode him with the blood of element, I shall force him to change him via the music theory contained in my blood!

  In just a few minutes, Samuel was studden by the powerful potential of Ye Qingxuan.

  He is just like a precious jade!

  The purifying music theory in Ye Qingxuan’s blood was indeed scary. Even so, the vitality and the energy contained in it could not only greatly enhance Samuel’s power, but also repair his mutated scepter. There was a chance that Samuel could suppress his urge to suck blood and walk under the sun again.

  Thinking of this, Samuel was determined to transform Ye Qingxuan, even if it consumed his ultimate source of energy. Once the process of transformation was over, Samuel could use Ye Qingxuan’s body as his new shelter.

  Since Ye Qingxuan was shackled with the Aether shackles, he could not defend himself. Samuel’s music theory was pouring into his body.

  Ye Qingxuan sighed and said, “What a pity. If I were you, I would never do such a stupid thing.”

  Suddenly, Samuel was astonished. He felt the energy inside Ye Qingxuan’s body getting stronger and stronger. In the blink of an eye, the energy appeared from the Nothingness, then it quickly got strong enough to brake the limit of Resonance. Soon, it crossed the Intervene, continue to grow stronger, and broke the limit of the Intervene, until at last, it reached the Distortion level.

  The magnificent movement of the sound of heart started, the viscera trembling in the same beat and creating a melody. The heaven ladder appeared in the air, and crossed the seven systems. Accompanied by the melody, the energy in Ye Qingxuan’s body got stronger.

  The sub-originator in the Sea of Aether resonated with this melody and instilled a powerful energy into Ye Qingxuan. The physical form of the Sea of Aether revealed itself around Ye Qingxuan.

  Soon, the energy inside Ye Qingxuan’s body broke the limit of the Distortion level and reached the level of the Master!

  Seeing this, Samuel was so astonished that his eyes almost fell out.

  Impossible! F*cking impossible!

  I remember that he just reached the level of Resonance a month ago!

  In a short month, he already managed to brake the limit of Resonance, Intervene, and Distortion, and reached the level of the Master?

  In a f*cking short month!

  Samuel was extremely terrified by this scene, and he didn’t even realize that Ye Qingxuan managed to summon the Sea of Aether while he was still shackled by the shackle of Aether.

  Crack! Ye Qingxuan got up from the operating desk.

  All the shackles had been unclenched!

  Ye Qingxuan moved his wrist, and a silver fork that he had hidden in his sleeve fell onto his hand. The next moment, he stabbed right into Samuel’s bald head with great strength.

  Samuel groaned.

  The music theory of both sides were corroding each other. Against the scarlet light, Ye Qingxuan laughed coldly.

  “Let me brainwash you first!”

  490 Have a Look

  At dawn, an unusual customer came to the Yujing Shan Mountain.

  A young man with white hair and blue eyes stood in front of the Jie Jian Stone and gave a salute. “I am Jingming Zhangsun, the third son in the Zhangsun Family. I want to pay a visit to the head of the Yuan Family.”

  The disciple who guarded the entrance of the mountain checked his identity, and quickly went up the mountain.

  He stepped on the stone steps, walked through the Blue Stone Memorial Archway and the Copper Smelting Hall. When he saw He Yuan, the eldest son of the Yuan Family, he told him there was a man waiting at the bottom of the mountain who wanted to see the head of the Yuan Family.

  He Yuan nodded and said, “I will lead him to see our Master.” He waved his hand and ordered the disciples in front of the hall to continue with the pair exercise. Then he changed his clothes and hurriedly rushed to the rear of the mountain. Soon, he arrived at the bottom of the mountain.

  “I am He Yuan.”

  He cupped one hand in the other before his chest and said, “My friend who comes from the Zhangsun Family, this way please.”

  Jingming Zhangsun did the fist-palm salute in return. Then he followed behind He Yuan and went up to the mountain.

  It was at early dawn. In the dim light, the disciples of the Yuan Family were already having their early lessons in front of the Copper Smelting Hall. In the distance, the warriors were holding edgeless swords and doing pair exercises in the square. Still, Jingming Zhangsun could hear the sound of swords colliding with each other.

  Tens of strangely-designed long swords cut through the air, accompanied by crisp sounds as loud as the trembling strings of a Zither. The sounds overlapped, which made Jingming Zhangsun unable to judge the distance. After listening for a while, he felt bewildered and awed by the sound.

  In particular, just like one could not see the whole body of a dragon hiding among the clouds, he couldn’t see the whole picture of the music theory contained in the sound. Even so, he felt threatened by this sound.

  As for the swordsmanship, Jingming Zhangsun could feel that it was very powerful, but he couldn’t get a complete picture of it either.

  He stood in front of the hall, looking into the distance, and sighed deeply.

  “The swordsmanship is indeed powerful! I am honored to be able to see it on this journey.”

  Hearing this, He Yuan smiled and didn’t say anything.

  The two crossed the Copper Smelting Hall and headed straight to the rear of the mountain.

  In the front of the mountain, there were many green cypress and pine trees, and an old path leading deep into the mountain. It was really a good and quiet place for one to practice Taoism. The deeper Jingming Zhangsun went, the more desolated it became. He couldn’t see any trees or grass or creeks, and felt very cold while walking among the bizarre stones.

  As he walked, Jingming Zhangsun could feel the heat in the ground and was stunned by it.

  Is the Yujing Shan Mountain a volcano?

  Soon, he noticed the Aether permeating the air. At the same time, he vaguely felt there was some cold light lurking around and steering the Aether. As if there was someone brandishing an invisible sword and controlling all this with his mind.

  Jingming Zhangsun felt that if he took one step wrong, he would be cut to pieces by the invisible sword.

  He Yuan noticed that Jingming Zhangsun was feeling rather cautious. He smiled and explained. “All the predecessors of the Yuan Family practice the sword in the rear of the mountain. The third uncle of my father is practicing the swordsmanship of Messy Cave these days. He is in the critical moment and is about to break the limit. That’s why you feel there is someone brandishing an invisible sword. This swordsmanship is just a bit dangerous and belongs to the level of Resonate, so it isn’t a good choice for pair exercise. One wrong step and you are dead.”

  Hearing this, Jingming Zhangsun knew what was going on at last. Then he asked, “So, the heat in the ground also…?”

  He Yuan shook his head and replied, “Previously, when the first, second, and third generations of my ancestors escaped by execution, they cut through the earth plate by accident and caused the hellfire. So the heat is not caused by the third uncle of my father, sorry about that.”

  Hearing this, Jingming Zhangsun was startled.

  Among the Nine Families, everyone in the Ye Family was slut; the Liu Family had many offspring, but they were too feeble; everyone in the Bai Family was too stubborn… from time to time, an offspring of the Bai Family might appea
r to not be a stubborn person, but he was still the same as his peers.

  The Yuan Family had retreated into the deep mountain and cut connection with the outside world. They never joined in conflicts among the Nine Families, thus the Yuan Family was not that famous. However, the members of this family were famous for being paranoid, and the music theories contained in the swordsmanship they practiced were about killing.

  The musicians who were practicing the sword all looked very normal, but after talking to them for a short period, one would find they were very paranoid and eccentric. Jingming Zhangsun would never make fun of anyone before he knew his personality.

  The two were walking deeper into the forest. The deeper Jingming Zhangsun went, the more intense he felt the cold Aether wave.

  When he closed his eyes, he felt like an intruder, as if there were many people coldly staring at him.

  However, what he saw were just the ancient swords inserted in the stones.

  Against the sunlight, the swords shone in a cold light. Jingming Zhangsun couldn’t help looking at these swords, then he asked in curiously: “Could the sword be…?”

  He didn’t finish his sentence, but He Yuan already knew what he meant and shook his head.

  “There are many rumors in this world, and most of them are not true. I consider you a wise man, and the so-called ‘making a sword with the bone ashes’ is all b*llshit.”

  Jingming Zhangsun realized he had been wrong, and nodded to show his approval.

  He Yuan continued, “The blood of our Yuan Family is different from that of the other Nine Families. Our blood can only work with the help of a certain object. All our ancestors would make a sword with their own souls before they died…”

  Jingming Zhangsun laughed a bit and didn’t reply.

  Making a sword with a soul?

  Put frankly, the so-called “making a sword with a soul” meant “making a sword by consuming a human’s life.” This was much more cruel than “making a sword with the bone ashes.” A human had to jump into a smelter during the process of making a sword, his bone would be the blade, and his blood and soul… at last, he vanished from this world as if he had never come into it.