Transcending the Nine Heavens

At this moment, in a quiet and elegant booth of a tavern, Feng Yuru and Yue Lingxue were seated at the head of the table.

Opposite them sat the Second Ancestor of the Lan Family, Lan Muxue.

Today, when they suddenly received Lan Muxue's invitation for a meal, the two of them couldn't decline and had to give him this face.

Among the people from the nine great clans, only Lan Muxue had the status to invite them; no one else could have done so.

This wasn’t to say that Lan Muxue, with the poetic line "The icy sky of a thousand miles, a single orchid amidst the evening snow," was so impressive that they had to give him face. Instead, it was because Yue Lingxue and Feng Yuru owed the Lan Family a significant favor: Wu Qianqian, the disciple with a monstrous physique whom both were very satisfied with, was recommended to them by the Lan Family.

For the two of them, this favor was not insignificant.

Thus, this time when Lan Muxue extended the invitation, although Feng Yuru and Yue Lingxue were reluctant, they still came.

“Senior Yue, please drink this cup; I have a few heartfelt words to share with you,” Lan Muxue respectfully raised his cup.

“Oh?” Yue Lingxue looked at him noncommittally, saying, “What do you have to say that requires a drink first?”

Lan Muxue felt a bit awkward, thinking that drinking first before speaking was merely a ritual at the table. People often say that when wine is flowing, it's easier to talk, but why was this Moon Sovereign so serious?

Without any other option, he said, “If that's the case, I’ll drink first to gather my courage and then speak my mind.”

Yue Lingxue replied lightly, “If you want to speak, just say it; why do you need alcohol to gather courage?”

Lan Muxue had already raised his cup, and upon hearing this, he suddenly froze, feeling both amused and exasperated.

“Just speak your mind; no need for any pretentiousness,” Feng Yuru frowned slightly and said. “Muxue, you know the relationship between your Lan Family and us. There’s no need for all this.”

Lan Muxue forced a smile and finally drank it all down, saying, “Then I’ll boldly speak my mind.”

He sighed and said, “I believe that both of you seniors are so detached from law enforcement, it is truly unwise.”

“Unwise?” Yue Lingxue raised an eyebrow.

“Indeed.” Lan Muxue raised his brow, “Could it be that changing the structure that has lasted for ninety thousand years in the Nine Heavens, the rules set by the Ancestral Patriarch, is considered ‘wisdom’?”

“But the Nine Calamity Sword Master is ultimately a void,” Lan Muxue pondered and finally retorted.

“Void?” Yue Lingxue chuckled.

“Moreover, throughout history, the Nine Calamity Sword Masters have been said to... have rather poor character,” Lan Muxue said. “It’s too much to exert effort for such people.”

“And so what?” Yue Lingxue was unmoved, his face cold. “When I entered law enforcement on the first day, I swore an oath under the Law Stone: to uphold the law of the Nine Heavens throughout my life. I vowed to ensure the peace of the Nine Heavens and assist the Nine Calamity Sword Master at certain times to unify the Nine Heavens!”

“I have always remembered the oath made before the Law Stone!”

“Even if the Nine Calamity Sword Master has a poor character, he has never caused harm to the world; instead, he has unified the Nine Heavens with his own strength, sacrificing his own life and the lives of his nine brothers to become the cornerstone of the Nine Heavens! On what basis can you say they have poor character?”

“The establishment of the Nine Heavens was a bloody affair! Thus, it requires the unification of nine calamities, the gathering of ten hearts, and the surge of blood energy to resolve the crisis of the Nine Heavens. This unification of nine calamities is the great calamity of your nine great clans! Each brother of the Nine Calamity Sword Master corresponds to one of your nine great clans.”

“Whenever a brother of a sword master appears, it signifies the demise of one family among the old nine noble families! Thus, it transforms into the blood of nine calamities to restore the heavens! What complaints do you have? Do you not know that your Ancestral Patriarch became someone else's calamity, causing the deaths of tens of thousands in another clan, resulting in the prosperity of your family for ten thousand years? Now, if you are destroyed by another calamity and become the force for heavenly restoration, is it not justified?”