My Wife is A Sword God

Chapter 683: A New Enemy

Due to the immense strain on his soul, Qin Feng remained unconscious for three days and three nights.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on a bed in a restaurant. 

Beside the bed, Qin An looked extremely worried, his eyes red with exhaustion. “Big Brother, you finally woke up.”

“Mmm.” Qin Feng responded. He sat up and asked, “How long have I been asleep?”

“It’s already the fourth day,” Qin An replied.

Qin Feng heard this and looked out the window. The sun was shining, but to him, it seemed like a world away. 

“Big brother, father…” Tears welled up in Qin An’s eyes. He naturally learned about the death of Father Qin from others. 

Qin Feng opened his mouth, but all the countless words eventually turned into silent sorrow.

“Come to Zhenling Pass with me later.”

It might be the last grace of heaven. In the battle at Zhenling Pass, the devastation spread for miles, but the stone cave where the letters of the fallen generals and soldiers were kept remained untouched.

The collapse of the surrounding cliffs buried the entrance to the cave, but it took the surviving soldiers two days to dig it out.

Inside, the letters were covered in dust, but fortunately, they were all intact.

As Qin Feng and his companion passed by, they saw the soldiers carefully retrieving the letters, afraid to damage or leave any behind.

An old soldier with white hair took out several letters from the pile, his eyes red with tears. He gently wiped off the dust and muttered to himself, “Why didn’t heaven take an old man like me instead of you?”

Another soldier cursed loudly, “Damn it, we agreed that you’d treat me to a night with the courtesans after this battle, but you went first! What kind of nonsense is that? You still owe me silver, how… how can you have the nerve to die?”

As he cursed, tears streamed down his face.

Scenes like this were everywhere.

Qin Feng and his companion arrived at the Zhenling Pass, where many soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield. They were trying to piece together the bodies of their brothers, but they could only hold the ashes of those they could not identify.

How could there be intact bodies in a battle of such extraordinary proportions?

The fallen soldiers have already merged with this land.

The long Zhenling Pass has long been shattered after suffering the aftermath of the battle, and the snow-covered Tianling Mountain no longer exists after the previous battle.

Pata!

Behind Qin Feng, footsteps were approaching.

Turning around, Liu Tianlu and Lie Ying approached with firm steps.

“Did you bring wine?” Liu Tianlu asked. 

Qin Feng nodded: “How much do you want?” 

“Take out as much as you want.” Lie Ying replied. 

Without saying much more, Qin Feng waved his right hand, and dozens of barrels of Drunken Immortal were neatly arranged on the Zhenling Pass.

“You can’t celebrate victory without good wine.” Liu Tianlu said as he opened a barrel and poured out the wine.

Qin Feng and the others followed suit.

As the wine poured out like rain, a gust of wind suddenly appeared and swept the wine into the cracks in the ground.

The three of them seemed to hear the hearty laughter of countless soldiers in the wind.

“Exhilarating!” Lie Ying downed a barrel of fine wine, and although he was in his prime, his temples had turned white without him noticing.

If honour is given to a pot of wine, how many pots will be buried in the ground? 

The General’s hair turned grey, while the old soldiers became lonely.

……

The news of the Zhenling Pass naturally reached the Imperial City.

Inside the study, Emperor Ming was holding the memorial, the accumulated snow in the southern regions was finally melting away, but there was no trace of joy in his eyes.

According to the Ministry of War’s statistics, a total of 103,400 soldiers were sent out in this battle, but only 21,024 survived.

The entire Imperial City was overwhelmed with grief.

Emperor Ming opened the treasury wide and distributed countless relief funds.

He also erected a soul-summoning drum at the gates of the Imperial City. At dawn, he would don white mourning robes and beat the drum on the wall for the duration of a incense stick to burn.

This continued for seven days.

No one knew how many lost souls found their way home after hearing the sound of the drum.

……

“Something is not right,” Qin Feng looked at his Divine Sea with a furrowed brow.

The countless Destiny Stars in the sky had now condensed into a dazzling platinum Destiny Star, marking his entry into the third tier.

But the most important thing was that at some unknown time, a black and white aura had appeared in his Divine Sea.

And if he remembered correctly, that black and white aura should be the divine power of the Candle Dragon!

“It feels weird to have this thing inside my body. I wonder if there’s any way to remove it.”

Qin Feng wanted to inquire about it, but the mysterious Rainbow-Horned White Deer was nowhere to be found.

As for Senior Xuan Yi, perhaps because he had lent him too much power, leading to excessive consumption, he had fallen into a deep sleep since the day he self-destructed and killed Candle Dragon, no matter how much he was summoned.

As for Senior Xuan Yi, after lending his power to him it consumed too much energy. The day after he killed Candle Dragon, he fell into a deep sleep and had no response no matter how he was called. 

After much thought, Qin Feng could only find Master Baili who was still here. 

On the hillside outside Jinyang City, Old Man Baili took a sip from a wine flask and poured it in front of the tomb of Senior Li Yang. 

It has long been the old man’s habit to visit here from time to time. 

Suddenly, footsteps approached, but Old Man Baili didn’t turn his head because he knew who it was.

Qin Feng walked over to the old man and explained his purpose.

After hearing this, the old man calmly replied, “The divinity of the transcendence realm is indeed a rare treasure. Now that Candle Dragon is dead, the trace of divinity that’s fused into your body won’t cause much of a stir. You might as well look at it carefully. If luck is on your side, you might even understand the principles of Yin and Yang.”

Qin Feng was slightly stunned by his words. If he could truly comprehend it, it would help him transcend the limitations of the world in the future.

“I thought it was a curse for killing the Candle Dragon, but it turns out to be a great gift from the other party after its death,” Qin Feng exclaimed excitedly.

At that moment, Senior Liyang’s tombstone cracked with a loud sound.

The earth suddenly shook, cracks appeared, and flames from the underworld erupted from the cracks.

Bang!

Bang bang!

A figure stepped out of the ghostly flames of the Netherworld. He looked similar to a human, but was much taller, nearly two feet tall, with a burly build and black flames surging all over his body. 

He glanced around and then let out a wild laugh, “So this is the human realm, and indeed it is filled with the aura of the weak. I will claim this land, expand the territory for our king, and await his arrival!”

The colossal figure caught sight of Qin Feng and Old Man Baili. With eerie green flames flickering in his eyes, he sneered, “After traversing the Yellow Spring Road, it has drained a lot of my energy. You two will be sacrificed to restore my strength.”

With these words, the giant’s hand clenched, and the black flames surrounding him surged towards Qin Feng and his companion like living beings.

This move was quite similar to the puppet technique of the Hundred Ghost Dao Lineage. 

The sudden turn of events made Qin Feng’s brow furrow. Without hesitation, he mobilized his internal energy, and a red bolt of lightning descended from the night sky.

Upon seeing the red lightning, the once haughty expression on the giant’s face was filled with terror. “This is the Annihilation Thunder? No, no!”

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the giant’s screams abruptly ceased, leaving only a massive crater and charred surroundings.

“So weak?” Qin Feng was momentarily stunned.

Although he was unsure of the reason, it was obvious that the opponent had descended from the Netherworld. 

Qin Feng had originally thought that with such a large stature and a grand entrance, the opponent would be a mini-boss level threat at the very least. However, he didn’t expect that he would be wiped out in one encounter. 

“Master, what’s going on?”

Old Man Baili also showed a thoughtful expression.

At that moment, a green light shone from Senior Li Yang’s tombstone, and a familiar voice sounded…