Chunyu Cultivator’s brow twitched, and sword light tore through the atmosphere, releasing endless rumbling thunder like a blazing sun piercing through the layered clouds shrouding the mountains.
As a true disciple of the Upper Sect, he had always looked down upon unorthodox sects, especially since Chunyu Cultivator himself had the notorious reputation of wielding the No-Life Sword, routinely eradicating evil without mercy.
"Resentment, hostility, and such heavy yin energy—how many beings must have been tormented to raise such an Inner Scenic Land."
Chunyu Cultivator pressed down his hat, exuding a murderous aura between his brows.
He accidentally burst through the void, following the aura of the Divine Soldiers, only to find himself in the den of He Mountain Dao.
This Sword Sect true disciple brought his fingers together, holding them in front of his eyes, and performed the Secret Technique to open his Dharma Eye, illuminating the surrounding hundred miles, observing every movement.
"Hidden fiends within the yin force, life and death gates, all within here!"
Quickly, Chunyu Cultivator locked his sight onto the Puzzle Cave.
The fierce, murderous energy was like dense clouds, hovering like vast dark clouds, revealing only a faint glimpse of the scene.
It was as if Yin Soldiers and Generals were charging, the clattering of iron horses and clashing of weapons echoed incessantly, frightening in the extreme.
"Bad luck for you to fall into my hands!"
Chunyu Cultivator, fearless, chuckled.
In his youth, he often heard of various deeds of Senior Brother Kou, such as charging alone with a sword into evil sects, destroying more than a dozen, exterminating hundreds of unorthodox cultivators.
Thus, after advancing to true disciple, it was inevitable that he would emulate, causing disasters to various unorthodox sects around Celestial Water Prefecture, which earned him the ruthless reputation of "under Chunyu’s sword, ten deaths with no life."
Bang!
The atmosphere suddenly exploded, Chunyu Cultivator’s clothes fluttering as he transformed into sword light, fiercely charging towards Mao Yichang’s location in the Puzzle Cave.
Woo woo woo, the gloomy black aura lingering in the mountains was completely extinguished, resembling ghostly cries and howls, retreating en masse.
"Sword cultivators are truly unparalleled in dominance."
Bai Qi opened his eyes and, witnessing the scene, couldn’t help but marvel, before questioning:
"Why are there no such terms for hammer cultivators or spear cultivators? Could it be that the Sword Dao stands unique?"
With the Nanming Li Fire protecting him, he didn’t worry about being swept away as unorthodox by Chunyu Cultivator.
But with this Sword Sect true disciple suddenly showing up, it surely spells trouble for the Four Reversals Sect’s plans.
"What a coincidence to come now."
Bai Qi thought of Master Chen Xing immediately, secretly pondering:
"Compared to my master who prefers action over words, the master’s tactics are numerous, deceitfully experienced, worth learning from."
Between Bai Qi’s fleeting thoughts, Chunyu Cultivator had already crossed more than ten miles, his sword light surging like a river, suddenly retracting, seamlessly moving from extreme motion to extreme stillness without a hitch.
A testament to the Sword Sect true disciple’s profound skill!
"Bai Qilang, what are you doing here?"
Chunyu Cultivator feigned surprise, lest he reveal that he had been following.
He thought to himself, could this youngster be collaborating with the unorthodox sects?
Ninghai Zen’s disciple, associating with those evil cultivators?
"Chunyu Elder, your arrival is just in time! I discovered the Mao Family’s wandering souls collaborating with the Four Reversals Sect, planning to report to the Daoist Official... Now with the Sword Sect stationed in Yihai Prefecture, it is best handed over to you."
Bai Qi gathered his thoughts shaped by the Divine Shrine, using the Sumeru Spirit Mountain from the "Jiaofu Yellow Springs Sutra" to suppress, with no incense and candle power leaked.
"The Four Reversals Sect? The Mao Family?"
Chunyu Cultivator frowned slightly, recalling that ten years ago, Ninghai Zen annihilated the four major families of Yihai Prefecture.
Logically, such a shocking tragedy, Celestial Water Prefecture should have pursued the culprit.
But because the drug-concerned Mao Family was found colluding with the evil sects, along with the dirty secrets of the other three families being exposed, the Daoist Official didn’t make a big issue of it.
"Good! The remnants of the evil sects, everyone has the right to exterminate! If we destroy this lair, you will earn credit!"
Chunyu Cultivator waved his sleeve and stepped grandly into the Puzzle Cave, with the pride of a Sword Sect true disciple, not taking the few small fry seriously.
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"The true disciple of the Meridian Sword Sect! Bai Qilang, it must be that kid who brought Chunyu Cultivator here, Lord Wu Gou, I told you he had ulterior motives long ago..."
Mao Yichang turned back to see the stone scripture blending into the void, quickly disappearing, leaving only two bold characters:
"Harvest!"
The Withered Revive Wood rooted in his flesh finally matured completely, emitting an incredibly enticing fragrance.
A sensation that made one’s mouth water, strongly feeling hunger.
This is one of the manifestations of the life-extending treasures.
The Buddhist Sect teaches that all beings endure eight forms of suffering: birth, aging, illness, death, unfulfilled desires, encounters with enemies, separations from loved ones.
Among them, "the pain of death" is regarded as a major tribulation.
Even with life lasting eighty-four thousand eons, ultimately one still falls to demise, unable to escape the six realms of reincarnation.
Therefore, the innate longing for life and fear of death in all beings are natural.
The Dao Skill Fourth Realm, stepping towards the Divine Techniques, is called "Ghost Immortal."
What it seeks to break is the barrier between life and death, to transcend nature, transforming from mortal to immortal.
"I’ve forsaken my flesh, leaving only the Divine Soul, still finding it hard to resist. For those nearing their end, seeing such life-extending treasures is like a starving ghost encountering a feast, utterly irresistible."
Mao Yichang obeyed the instructions, operating the "Xuanling Law Seed Sutra," gently guiding the Withered Revive Wood with the cultivated law seed within him.
In less than half a breath, this invaluable life-extending treasure was harvested.
Black thoughts, like tar, wrapped around it, rising swiftly, piercing through the solid rock walls.
With Mao Yichang’s few inherited skills of He Mountain Dao, encountering a true disciple of the Sword Sect left no chance of victory.
Unless mastering the Seven Kills Primordial Spirit, only then could he have the confidence to confront!
The Upper Sect, Taoist Sect, hold their esteemed status fundamentally because of this.