Chapter 329 White-Haired White Tiger
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A head of white hair, a long staff in his hand. This image frequently appeared in the legends of Heavenly Revelations City.
Before the Hall of Supreme Peace, on the night that Mingde Emperor and Langya Prince led their army to seize the throne, this staff challenged Heaven.
During the case of Langya Prince’s rebellion, when Langya Prince rode on a carriage to leave Heavenly Revelations City, it was also this powerful white-haired person holding his long staff who sat at the top of the wall. Without saying a sword, without moving his staff, he forced Langya Prince to turn back.
On the day Li Xinyue seized the execution ground, a sword by the Snow Moon Sword Immortal came from the west, reaching the throat of the Emperor, but was also stopped there by his staff.
Heavenly Revelations Baihu Guardian, Hallmaster of Bai Xiao Hall, assessor of the martial rankings of all under Heaven, assessor of the realms of martial arts under Heaven. There were too many titles associated with him. Although very few people have seen his true face, his reputation was no less than that of Snow Moon City Citymaster Baili Dongjun and Admirable Desolation City Citymaster Luo Qingyang.
Lei Wujie stared at the person in front of him, stunned for a moment. "Does your shifu often wear a mask?"
"This is indeed the mask that my shifu was fond of," Xiao Se said slowly. "There was a Prince from Beique. Whenever he went into battle, his might was incomparable, but because his face was too handsome, he had difficulty maintaining an imposing figure. So, he made this fiendish and terrifying ghost mask and wore it every time he went into battle. He conquered all his enemies until just hearing news of him caused terror and fear in his enemies."
"Xiao Se, can you stop showing off? I’m asking you, is this your shifu?" Lei Wujie pressed a hand on the hilt of his sword, because he realised that the atmosphere in the room was starting to feel wrong.
Xiao Se also tightened his grip on the Wuji staff. "He’s not. Who are you? Why are you here?"
The iron door shut instantly.
The six Iron-Masked Officials stood with their hands clasped behind their backs, watching them coldly.
"Where’s my shifu?" Xiao Se repeated.
The white-haired person stood in place silently without moving a muscle.
Xiao Se suddenly leaped forward, swinging his Wuji staff, and he slammed it down at the white-haired person.
One staff flower turned into hundreds and thousands in an instant!
The white-haired person also made his move abruptly as he swung his own long staff and slammed it down!
He and Xiao Se were like mirror images of each other.
The two long staffs swung down.
The two of them retreated a step each.
Xiao Se looked at the long staff in the other’s hand and said in a low voice, "Cloud Rising staff. Where did you get that? Why are you pretending to be shifu?"
"I never said that I was Ji Ruofeng." The ghost-masked person finally spoke, but it was hard to tell if that was his real voice as if he was using some odd technique to change his own voice.
"You were the one who barged into my room and badgered me with questions," the ghost-masked person continued.
Xiao Se pointed with his long staff. "Lei Wujie, now!"
The Heart sword flew out in response and Lei Wujie grabbed the sword and slashed it downwards. At the same time, Xiao Se took a step and his Wuji staff followed with a swing at the ghost-masked person.
The ghost-masked person retreated hurriedly and backed up against the wall.
However, that move of cold frost sword aura still left a faint sword mark on his mask. The ghost-masked person twitched, and the ghost mask on his face broke into two pieces before falling on the ground and revealing the face under the ghost mask.
With skin whiter than snow, an expression that was beautiful and aloof yet intelligent, and a pair of eyes that held a hint of bewitching charm.
She was a stunningly gorgeous lady.
Xiao Se was stunned for a moment, then said hesitantly, "Ji Xue?"
The ghost-masked person returned an icy smirk and reverted to her own voice. It was a clear and pleasant voice, but her words were not as pleasant. "Why not just go ahead and kill me too?"
Xiao Se's expression was slightly embarrassed. "I only met you once when I was a child, and after that, I never heard shifu mention you again, so… I don’t really remember you anymore."
Ji Xue put away her long staff. "Bai Xiao Hall has already paid so much on your behalf. Did you think we went through all that effort to gather again just so that we can kill you here?"
Xiao Se hurriedly turned his head, and glared coldly at Lei Wujie. "Hurry up and put away your sword!"
Lei Wujie said innocently, "What just happened?"
"This is my shifu's only daughter, Ji Xue…" Xiao Se explained, "Now that you’re here, could it be that you’ve inherited the position of Hallmaster of Bai Xiao Hall? Then, where’s shifu?"
"Dead," Ji Xue said indifferently.
Xiao Se was badly shocked. He gripped the Wuji staff and a murderous aura erupted. Lei Wujie felt as if a tremor went through the entire Bai Xiao Hall.
"Okay, I lied." Ji Xue didn't seem to notice the furious expression in Xiao Se’s eyes, and continued indifferently, "But, by the time he came to look for me, he was already a cripple. He didn’t even have the strength to lift a staff and he was only left with the last bit of lightness skill which he used to escape with his life. I heard he went to look for the divine immortal at the immortal mountain beyond the sea, but his injuries were so grievous that not even the immortal could heal him. Now he lives on a mountain together with a physician who’s as skinny as a bamboo pole. He spends his days regulating his breath and cultivating his qi, with the delusion that he could one day return to his peak. But I don’t think he will ever recover in his lifetime. He’s just waiting for the day he can no longer draw that last breath, and he’ll die."
As a bystander, Lei Wujie was dumbfounded to hear this. Ji Xue said all this with a tone that was cold and detached, and even somewhat callous, making one feel chilled to the heart. It was certainly not like something a daughter should say about her own father. But Xiao Se was not surprised. Ji Ruofeng left home and abandoned Ji Xue when she was very young. Naturally, Ji Xue would resent him for it, but he could also tell that what she was saying were not her true feelings.
As for the immortal that Ji Xue mentioned--
"No wonder Mo Yi said that someone had sat with him to discuss martial arts. It turns out that Senior Ji had really visited Penglai Island."
As for the physician who was as skinny as a bamboo pole--
"That’s Medicine King Xin Baicao. No wonder there hasn’t been news of him for so many years." Xiao Se nodded. "Where are they now? I'm going to see them."
Ji Xue raised her eyebrows. "You’re going to see them? Do you know how dangerous a situation you’re in? You caused his death once, do you want to kill him a second time?"
"I have something to ask him. He’s the only one who can give me the answers," Xiao Se said solemnly.
Seeing Xiao Se's solemn expression, Ji Xue spat a vicious "peh".
Xiao Se was stunned, but Lei Wujie almost wanted to clap his hands and applaud. "This peh was perfect, ah!"
"You want to ask, who wanted to kill you back then, who injured you and turned you into a cripple for so many years. You want to know back then, who was behind the case of Langya Prince’s rebellion, was there someone else controlling everything. You want to know if your father, the Emperor, was really that ruthless to kill Langya Prince, or whether he was forced to do so or if he was being blinded by an instigator. Correct?" Ji Xue asked.
Xiao Se nodded. "That's right."
"Everything that Ji Ruofeng knows, I also know," Ji Xue said slowly.
Xiao Se frowned slightly. "Why?"
"Why?" Ji Xue smirked coldly. "Did you think I came to Heavenly Revelations just to take over as Hallmaster of Bai Xiao Hall?" After saying this, Ji Xue took off a token at her waist and tossed it at Xiao Se. Xiao Se caught the token and was slightly surprised.
Lei Wujie was also surprised, because he had a token that looked exactly the same. Except his token was a blue dragon that soared through the clouds whereas Ji Xue’s token was a white tiger that was roaring towards the sky.
"I came to Heavenly Revelations as one of the Four Guardians of Heavenly Revelations, Guardian of the West, Baihu."
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