Chapter Twenty-Two: Infiltration

  Night, bright moon hanging high.

  A gentle breeze sweeps through the maple forest, and the maple leaves rustle with a 'shhh' sound.

  Lin Xiao sat cross-legged on a large stone in the maple forest, quietly operating his Xuan Gong to refine the superior flying sword 'Red Dragon' he had won. This was a fire-attribute flying sword that perfectly matched his personal attributes, made from the earth's core flames and three rare 'Fire Turtle Pearls' as its core, with a length of four feet two inches and a width of two inches two points, emitting a bright red glow that exuded intense heat, truly an exceptional artifact. In the classification of artifacts commonly used in the cultivation world - Fa Zhi, Bao Zhi, Ling Zhi, Xian Zhi - this was also considered top-notch equipment.

  A mouthful of vital energy sprayed onto the Red Dragon, and the dragon suddenly transformed into a red light about ten feet long, swirling around Lin Xiao for nine weeks. Lin Xiao let out a soft hum, his sword fingers changing rapidly, and the Red Dragon twisted and killed in mid-air, bringing up a sky full of red heat waves. The Dharma Sword Fingers of the Great Luo Dan Tao could only be described as unbearable to watch, but the Red Dragon's own power was very great, and Lin Xiao had never seen what a true sword cultivator's sword fingers looked like. He manipulated the Red Dragon to cut off a giant stone about ten feet square in half, and he was already very satisfied with its power.

  The swordsmanship of Daluo Dan Dao was extremely poor, and the Yu Jian Jue was not much better. A true swordsman could merge with his sword, unite with his intention, and wield infinite power with his divine intention. However, the Taoist priests of Daluo Dan Dao could only walk around with their swords on their backs. Lin Xiao didn't care; he put the scabbard of the Red Dragon Sword on his back, manipulated the sword to return to its scabbard, turned his right hand over and touched the hilt, feeling a bit like a high-ranking immortal with an extraordinary demeanor, which made him even more delighted.

  He had just refined the Red Dragon, Lin Xiao took out a bottle of 'Xiao Huan Dan' and swallowed one, replenishing his depleted True Yuan. He then took out the protective treasure 'San Guang Pa' from the reward, focusing on refining it. The San Guang Pa was originally a soft, three-colored silk handkerchief the size of a palm, but when activated, it could transform into a seven-colored light aura that enveloped his entire body, even capable of withstanding a full-force attack from a Golden Dan cultivator. For Lin Xiao, who had only been cultivating for a short time, this was also a very good protective treasure.

  The quality of San Guang Pa is not high, it's just a medium-grade magic weapon, a defensive magic weapon, which was originally rarer than an attacking magic weapon.

  According to the spiritual formula, Lin Xiao had initially refined the scattered light cloak and put it into his storage ring. Now with the red dragon for offense and the scattered light cloak for defense, as well as a large amount of spirit stones at his disposal, Lin Xiao seemed to see an extremely bright future ahead of him. The Great Way, at this moment, was so close, Lin Xiao vaguely felt that even if he broke through the Golden Elixir stage and became an undying and indestructible loose cultivator, it wouldn't be a difficult task.

  With a contented sigh, Lin Xiao stretched his waist and lightly exercised his body, preparing to end today's evening class and return to the wooden house to rest.

  A faint breaking sound suddenly came from above, Lin Xiao hurriedly raised his head and looked enviously at two patrolling senior brothers flying by with their swords. Sword flight, for the disciples of Daluo Dan Dao, this was not an easy task. After all, it's still that sentence, the sword control technique taught by Daluo Dan Dao is really a bit poor, every year there are many disciples who get injured and have to be sent back to the dan room for emergency treatment when they first try to fly with their swords.

  "One day, I'll be able to do it too!" Lin Xiao looked at the backs of his two senior brothers as they walked away, gently stroked Chi Long, and returned to the wooden house with a pleasant mood.

  Those two disciples of the mountain patrol who had just passed by Lin Xiao's head were also discussing Lin Xiao. This broken and wild little brother, who had refined a Yu-level poison pill during the big competition in the sect and "fortunately" received a generous reward, was really enviable. However, who could blame him? It could only be said that Lin Xiao had a good master and his luck was indeed not bad.

  Who would have thought that the originally only heavenly-grade Flame Pill, after a round of auxiliary medicine, could transform into a universe-grade poison pill? Moreover, it is a universe-grade poison pill that even Lin Xiao's disciples with such cultivation can refine! This is equivalent to Dalo Dan Dao having in his hands a convenient and highly toxic poison, the benefits of which are self-evident.

  Two disciples of the mountain patrol were whispering to each other when a faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation in the spiritual energy suddenly came from afar, as if something had triggered the protective array of the Hui Chun Valley. The two hastily turned their sword lights towards the source of the energy fluctuation and shot out. One of them even had a warning forbidden spell letter ready on his hand, and once he discovered an external enemy, he would release the letter to gather fellow disciples to defend against the enemy!

  Two people arrived at the place where the fluctuation of law came, this is a small river valley mouth, the river channel flows straight to the outside of Huichun Valley. The surroundings are very desolate, and there are no people coming here on ordinary days. Here, in addition to the mountain protection array of Huichun Valley, dozens of small warning arrays were set up. Two patrol disciples searched around for a while, but found that the mountain protection array still tightly covered this place, and those warning arrays also had no signs of being triggered.

  "It's strange, why isn't there anything out of the ordinary?" A disciple of the mountain patrol exclaimed: "Could it be that we sensed incorrectly earlier? Even if we made a mistake, it's impossible for both of us to be wrong at the same time, right?"

  The disciple of Xunshan who was holding the forbidden decree letter looked around in shock, shaking his head slightly. The fluctuation of that law power was weak, but very clear, how could it be possible for both to make a mistake at the same time?

  Just as he was about to summon his fellow disciples to conduct a thorough search of the surrounding area, his and another mountain patrol disciple's shadows suddenly erupted, pouncing on them like living things. The two let out a miserable cry, their original spirit instantly consumed, and two gloomy, deep green glows suddenly burst forth from their eyes.

  The two of them convulsed and fell heavily to the ground.

  After a while, the two of them simultaneously turned over and stood up, looked at each other, and sneered: "The protective mountain formation of the Great Luo Dan Dao is not as powerful as rumored."

  "Do they all remember?"

  "If you remember it, how can there be a problem here?"

  "So, we're now like ～～～"

  "We are now the disciples of Daluo Tian Dao's mountain tour, Ming Xin and Ming Xing. Hmm, not a bad position, actually being the direct disciple of the Purple Robe Elder! Pretty good!"

  "It's very good, this identity is very useful for us. Ming Xin, let's continue our patrol of the mountain!"

  "Brother Mingxing is absolutely right, let's continue our patrol of the mountain and wait for Old Ancestor to make complete arrangements, at that time..."

  "Hmm, hmm!" The two of them exchanged a glance and laughed, their sinister laughter scaring the snakes, insects, ants, and mice in the nearby bushes to flee in all directions.

  "The Silent Devil is useless!"

  "Isn't it? The Blood Demon Dao is also a useless piece of trash!"

  "To achieve success, the ancestors still have to rely on our YinGui Gate!"

  "True, true! This Grand Luo Dan Dao is not a softie, what can that group of trash do? It's just giving others another achievement in subduing demons and eliminating evil!"

  Two people whispered softly, with swords drawn, and drifted away into the distance.