Chapter 52: The Ninth Calamity Hall

  Jian Pali finally confessed, and a triumphant smile appeared on Haitian's face.

  "If I had known this earlier, why bother at the beginning? Actually, I didn't want to use threatening means. As long as you are willing to confess honestly, I won't make things difficult for you. Speak up, what exactly happened back then?" Haitian immediately put away his smile, the situation of the Hai family was now the most important thing to him.

  Pa nodded, his face looking very tired. These past few years had taken a toll on him, but thinking back to that day, he couldn't help but shudder: "Not long after you left Blackstone City, a group of mysterious swordsmen arrived. They weren't many in number, but each one was extremely formidable. One night, they directly attacked the Hai family."

  "Did you directly kill Hai Jia? What's going on?" Hai Tian frowned tightly.

  Pa Ri shook his head: "I don't know, I only found out after they started fighting. Afterwards, we discovered that the group of cultivators were taking all of you from the Hai family westward. Out of curiosity, I immediately sent someone to follow them, but then lost contact with the swordsmen I sent in Yangguang Town."

  "Chaoyang Town?" Hai Tian secretly remembered this name in his heart, it was a clue for him to find his family.

  "Yes, it was Chaoyang Town. Later, when I led people to rush to Chaoyang Town, we found the body of that swordsman. He was pierced through the chest by a single sword and died on the spot." A hint of helplessness appeared on Parry's face, knowing that there were only a dozen or so top-notch swordsmen in their Saru family, and losing one meant having one less.

  The cost of cultivating a sword master is too great, and it also takes a lot of time, which makes Parry extremely heartbroken.

  Haitian was also shocked after listening to Parry's account, being able to kill a sword master with one sword meant that the opponent had at least the strength of a five-star great sword master or higher, and might even be a Sword King-level expert.

  They say that the Hai family is just a branch of the once super powerful clan, and their strongest member is only a great sword master. Who exactly are they up against? Why do they want to take action against the Hai family?

  "What about the death of your famous swordsman? Was there any special change on his body?" Haitian suddenly thought of Tansan's mention of the black sword spirit, and asked with a frown.

  Hearing Hai Tian's question, Pa Li fell into deep thought.

  After a while, Parry suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Listening to you say this, I suddenly remembered that the wound near the chest of our deceased swordsman had completely rotted."

  "Completely rotten?" Hai Tian nodded, it seemed Tansan was right after all.

  "Yes, at that time we also had a swordsman go touch the wound and the skin started to rot. Helpless, we could only burn the body of that swordsman, fearing it would affect others." Parry's face showed a terrified expression, as if recalling the situation at that time.

  "Is there anything else?" Haitian lowered his head and pondered for a moment before looking up and asking again.

  "No, basically just these."

  "I hope you're not deceiving me, or else if I find out, I'll definitely wipe out the entire Saru family! Hmph!" Before the words had even faded away, Haitian's figure had completely vanished.

  This also made Parry let out a sigh of relief, and he clenched his fists: "Damn you, Haitian, how dare you threaten me like this, and even empty the treasure vault of our Saru family? I will never let you go."

  "But I think it's really too difficult to deal with him, it seems that we can only ask the higher-ups to intervene." Pari narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

  At this time, Haitian was rapidly advancing under the ground. The news that Parry said roughly matched with Tanzan's. However, Haitian felt that Parry knew less than Tanzan, but he also provided an important piece of information.

  That was Chaoyang Town, where a group of mysterious swordsmen had escorted the Hai family through.

  The He family has dozens of people going up and down, so many people passing through a small town will definitely attract attention. It's settled then, the next step is to go to Chaoyang Town for reconnaissance.

  Soon, Haitian returned to Wei He's home.

  When they saw Haitian return safely, both Wei He and Wei Hai were delighted.

  "Master, where are you going? Why did you suddenly run off?" Wei He saw Hai Tian's gloomy face and thought he was still upset about what happened in Parina. "Master, didn't the Salu family bully you? Don't worry, once I recover my strength, I'll completely annihilate them!"

  Hai Tian was taken aback by his words, chuckled and shook his head: "That's not it."

  Suddenly, Haitian abruptly lifted his head. Wasn't he worried that he knew too little about those mysterious swordsmen? As Wei He had once been the Sword Emperor, perhaps he understood some things. Haitian secretly scolded himself for being foolish and not asking a master who was right beside him.

  Thinking of this, Haitian immediately patted his head: "Wei He, you already know my identity now, right?"

  "Aren't you Master Shu? What's going on?" Perhaps Hai Tian's question was too strange, and Wei He looked bewildered.

  "What I'm referring to is my current identity. I recall telling you that my name is Haitian, and I'm also the young patriarch of the Hai family, one of the three major families in Blackstone City." Haitian gazed seriously at Weihuo.

  Wei He was taken aback and opened his mouth: "The Hai family, one of the three major families in Blackstone City? Didn't they disappear three years ago?"

  Although in these three years, Wei He basically didn't go anywhere, the disappearance of the Hai family was a sensational event that shook Blackstone City. Even if Wei He was as indifferent as possible, he couldn't possibly be unaware of the fact that the Hai family had vanished overnight.

  "Yes, although you no longer have any sword spirit power in your body, throughout the entire Blackstone City, yours is still the strongest sword sense, right? What exactly happened to the Hai family three years ago?" Ha Tian's face was stern, with a hint of urgency in his eyes, he really wanted to know what had become of his family.

  By the time he heard this, Wei He had already completely understood. He tried to recall the situation three years ago: "Master Uncle, on the night when the Hai family encountered trouble three years ago, I indeed sensed that many experts had secretly entered this Black Stone City. There were a total of sixteen people who came, and even the worst among them was a Great Sword Master, with several Sword Kings and one Sword Emperor present."

  "How can you be so clear? Quick, tell me where they took the people from Hai's family?" Ha Tian immediately excitedly grabbed Wei He's withered shoulder.

  "Master Shu, calm down first." Feeling the pain spreading from his shoulder, Wei He hastily called out.

  At this time, Hai Tian suddenly realized that he was a bit out of place and smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I got too excited."

  "It's okay, Master Uncle. You're just too concerned about your family. But I still want to advise you, it's better to give up. That force is too powerful and absolutely not something you can resist." Wei He seemed nonchalant, but his serious expression as he advised Hai Tian to give up made Hai Tian's jaw drop in surprise.

  "What did you say? You want me to give up? That's impossible!" Haitian shouted furiously, "My family members were caught, I will never give up! Tell me quickly, who are they?"

  "Master Shibo, if you must save your family, then you'll need the strength of your past self to do so." Wei He said, not giving up as he tried to persuade him once again.

  "Haitian didn't even think about it and refused: 'This is impossible, with my current strength, I can also rescue my family. Even if they are people from the Jiuxiao Temple, I will kill them without hesitation! Hurry up and tell me, what kind of people are they?'"

  Jian Haitian completely ignored the advice, and Wei He's face also flashed a hint of helplessness: "Master Uncle, you've already said it yourself, do I need to repeat it again?"

  "You mean to say that the ones who took away my family members are from Jiuxiao Temple?" Ha Tian was shocked, "How did you know it's people from Jiuxiao Temple? Are you certain?"

  Jiuxiao Hall, the number one power in the entire Soul Sword Continent, has countless masters within. Even among the strongest Sword God level experts, there are several, let alone other levels of strong practitioners.

  At first, Hai Tian was also a Sword God, but he had always been alone with just a few companions and no powerful forces behind him. Even at that time, he would not have been a match for the Nine Calamity Temple.

  Just now, Haitian casually said that he just wanted to show his determination to rescue his family, but who would have thought that he actually hit the nail on the head with such a casual remark.

  "Master Uncle, you've always liked to cultivate alone and don't really understand the situation in Jiuxiao Temple. Within Jiuxiao Temple, there is a small team of people who cultivate dark sword spirit power. So I can be very certain."

  "Jiuxia Temple! Jiuxia Temple!" After hearing Wei He's words, Hai Tian furrowed his brow and muttered to himself.

  Wei He also saw the complex emotions in Hai Tian's heart and sighed: "Master Uncle, now you know how difficult it is, right? Not to mention that you are now, even if you were in your prime with my master, you still wouldn't be a match for Jiu Sha Dian. Unless you can break through that bottleneck, otherwise, it's better to give up early."

  The pass in Weihuo's mouth is to surpass the Nine-Star Sword God.

  Since the disappearance of the Nine Heavens Sword God, no one has been able to cultivate to the level of Nine Stars Sword God. Not to mention breaking through this bottleneck, even Hai Tian from his previous life only managed to cultivate up to Three Stars Sword God.

  It has to be said that Wei He's words make a lot of sense. Fighting against the Jiuxiao Temple would be no different from hitting a stone with an egg, which is extremely unwise.

  Can Ha Tian just watch his family members being taken away by the enemy without doing anything?

  "A lifetime is like a single autumn of grass and trees. If one lives in fear of others, what's the point of living?" Hai Tian suddenly lifted his head, his eyes gleaming with intensity as he stared at Wei He, "They are my family, they are my loved ones, I absolutely will not let them have any mishaps!"

  "Dare to threaten the lives of my family members, all kill kill kill!" A strong killing intent was revealed in Haitian's eyes, "Jiuxiao Temple! Hmph, one day, I, Haitian, will kill you all!"

  "This day will come sooner or later, I swear!" Hai Tian stood proudly upright, as if releasing an aura of invincibility, with a confident glint in his eyes.

  "Alright, Master Uncle, since you've said so, if I, Wei He, continue to be timid and fearful, then it's all for nothing." Perhaps infected by Hai Tian's heroic spirit, Wei He's blood began to boil, "What's the worst that could happen? It's just the Nine Calamity Temple! Kill, kill, kill! Even if they're the number one power on the Soul Sword Continent, what of it?! Kill, kill, kill! Master Uncle, I believe that sooner or later, I'll join you in pulling them down from their pedestal and create the greatest miracle in the history of the Soul Sword Continent!"