Chapter Fifty-Seven: Unexpectedly Obtaining the Sword

  Shuǐ Shēng was shocked and pale, secretly cursing He Lian Qing Chen as a malevolent demon who not only wanted to steal his innate true energy but also had the same greedy nature in collecting this broken sword. Desperately using his magical powers, he tried to force the small sword out of his body, but unexpectedly, the more strength he used, the faster the sword absorbed his true energy and vital blood. Before long, Shuǐ Shēng began to feel anxious and panicked, even his divine sense was buzzing with dizziness and blurred vision!

  Shui Sheng thought of Wu Mu's reminder before he closed his door, and hastily sat down with his legs crossed, relaxing his mind and no longer intentionally paying attention to or capturing the movement of the small sword in his body. His hands formed a seal, gathering his spirit, and he began to circulate the most basic "Sit and Forget Scripture" technique, concentrating his spirit and energy, embracing his origin and guarding his deficiencies, returning to his foundation and reverting to his origin, forgetting himself and slowly moving the true energy within the three major dantians through the meridians of his body.

  After a cup of tea, the shock and suffocation in his chest disappeared, and the true energy inside his body began to boil up. The water in the small pool beside him seemed to be infected by the true energy inside his body, and it also started to churn like boiling water. A wisp of white mist flew out from the pool, continuously flying towards Shuǐshēng. Slowly, Shuǐshēng's figure was enveloped by a thick layer of white mist in the middle.

  That ugly broken sword, after the true energy inside the Water Body boiled, continued to wander around crazily for a while, devouring large amounts of true energy and essence. Finally, like a starving ghost that had eaten its fill, it closed its mouth, and the speed at which it moved within the Water Body also became slower and slower. In the end, it stopped moving on its own, embedded in the muscle of the Water Body's right arm, not budging an inch. The Water Body's right arm, however, began to emit waves of scorching pain.

  It wasn't until the numbness had completely dissipated, an hour later. This broken sword, not only was its appearance ugly, but its temperament was also strange. The two treasures, the flute and the gourd, although they had shrunk to the size of a bean, were still surging and rolling in the water-born dan Tian's palace. Only this black sword, on its own, ran into his arm and hid.

  Shuǐ Shēng tried to use his magical powers to propel the small sword, and with a flash of black light, the sword flew out from his right arm at high speed, humming as it hovered in front of him. The speed at which the sword shot out from his body was countless times faster than when he had summoned the Shadow Flute, startling Shuǐ Shēng. At the same time, on the dark back of the small sword, there were threads of dark red blood, making it look even more hideous!

  The aquatic right hand made a move, and the small sword fell into his hand lightly and quickly, and it was surprisingly obedient.

  As the law's power continued to increase, the sword body quickly transformed into a four-foot-long short sword, and a cold aura rapidly spread out around it. What was strange was that Shui Sheng, who held the long sword, did not feel the same palpitations of fear and chill as before. Although Shui Sheng was greatly surprised by the difference in this sword when it was in his hand and when it was in Wu Mu Dao Ren's hand, he couldn't figure out what the reason was!

  He tried to exert two-tenths of his power, lightly swinging his right arm, and slashing out a sword towards the front stone arm. With a "hum" sound, a black sword aura flew out from the sword body, flashing once, and landed on the opposite stone wall. After a light response, a deep sword-shaped mark suddenly appeared on the stone wall. The strange thing was that not even a single piece of stone debris burst forth, and the hard stone wall in front of the sword's glow was surprisingly as soft as tofu.

  Shuǐ Shēng slowly retracted his true energy, the long sword rapidly shrinking, and in the blink of an eye transformed into a dark light that entered Shuǐ Shēng's right arm. Shuǐ Shēng was stunned once again, but then felt a wave of excitement. Although this nameless ugly black sword had caused him great pain earlier, its activation and retraction speed were countless times faster than the Xuan Ying flute. Moreover, this black sword was extremely sharp, exactly the kind of aggressive magical treasure that Shuǐ Shēng had always wanted.

  The aquatic stopped the excitement in his heart, walked quickly towards the stone wall, stared at the smooth sword hole on the stone wall, and reached out to touch it, secretly pleased!

  For the next five or six days, Shuǐ Shēng spent all his time on controlling the three treasures. After countless attempts, he could finally control them at will, and the black sword didn't "act up" again to absorb blood. As for the Frost Sword, Shuǐ Shēng had completely given up on it, putting it away in his storage bag and ignoring it.

  Then, Shuǐ shēng took out "Yù Shòu Jué" and carefully read it.

  After Qin Zheng lost the trail of Wu Mu Dao Ren and Shui Sheng, he waited for three days at a crucial point between the small town and Longyang City, but to no avail. He had no choice but to return to the small town again, holding the golden sword with the faint aura of Shui Sheng. Taking the small town as the center, he carefully searched the surrounding areas. Unfortunately, Wu Mu Dao Ren and Shui Sheng seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace behind. Even with Qin Zheng's powerful spiritual sense and cultivation base at the middle stage of Yuan Ying, he was unable to find any clue about their whereabouts.

  He Lian Qingchen took away Shui Sheng, claiming to use Shui Sheng to find Wu Mu Daoist. As a result, Wu Mu Daoist and Shui Sheng bumped into each other, but He Lian Qingchen lost contact instead! Qin Zheng would not think that He Lian Qingchen deliberately let go of Shui Sheng!

  Returning to Yuding Mountain, after inquiring about the Ice Seal Valley cultivators, he finally learned from a senior Golden Elixir cultivator that Helian Qingcheng did not accompany Shui Sheng because his disciples who were sent to "Cannibal Mountain" were suddenly killed by a mysterious cultivator. Helian Qingcheng rushed over and fought with the mysterious cultivator for half a day, killing him but suffering severe injuries himself, and was currently in closed-door recovery. Meanwhile, Shui Sheng had secretly escaped during their battle.

  Moreover, the late-stage Golden Dan cultivator specifically mentioned that during Helian Qingchen's closed-door recovery, no one saw him. If there was indeed a matter related to the three sects, they could contact another Golden Dan cultivator who was specifically protecting Helian Qingchen and ask him to convey the message!

  How could Qin Zheng believe such nonsense? A little guy in the fourth layer of Qi Refining escaping from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator? It's simply a joke! Even if that Nascent Soul cultivator was severely injured, one finger could still crush a small child in the fourth layer of Qi Refining. Moreover, in this remote place like "Man-Eating Mountain", how could a mysterious cultivator suddenly appear out of nowhere and even severely injure He Lianyin?

  Wumudao Ren is being chased by himself and cannot meet He Lian Qingchen. With Wumudao Ren's skills, it is impossible to injure He Lian Qingchen. Then who is this mysterious cultivator? Could it be a Yuan Ying period cultivator from the other three sects of Shenbingmen, Banruo Temple, or Mingxia Island? If so, it means that the other three sects also want to intervene in the conflict between Yuding Gate and the three sects, which would make things more complicated! He Lian Qingchen should at least notify himself and Mei Ji in the first place and prepare a countermeasure in advance.

  Another unbelievable thing is that Shui Sheng's magical power suddenly soared in just a few days! Since He Lian Qingchen was in seclusion and couldn't be seen, the only way to uncover the mystery was to find Shui Sheng. In desperation, Qin Zheng had no choice but to go seek help from Mei Ji.

  Attacking the Jade Cauldron Gate is the most important thing for the three sects' cultivators. If the Jade Cauldron Gate is broken, the five great divine soldiers, countless spiritual medicines, magical artifacts, secret books, and cultivation resources under the jurisdiction of the Jade Cauldron Gate can be divided among the three sects.

  "The Heavy Light Breaking Formation" has been set up, and the Jade Tripod Gate's Protective Mountain Great Array can be torn open at any time. Logically, the three sects' cultivators should now put all their energy into attacking the Jade Tripod Gate. However, as the initiator and organizer, as the leader of the Three Sects, Ice Seal Valley, two of the previously arrived Yuan Ying stage cultivators who were in charge are now one dead and one injured, with the deceased nowhere to be found and the injured nowhere to be seen.

  The Jade Cauldron Gate's defensive array is extremely powerful, and with the presence of Xuan Guang Dao Ren, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, guarding the sect, the most reliable way to take down the Jade Cauldron Gate would be for another Nascent Soul stage cultivator to sit in the "Re Guang Po Jin Array", while at least two other Nascent Soul stage cultivators lead the charge into the Jade Cauldron Gate. Only then is there a glimmer of hope, otherwise, it will end up like last time, with the three sects' cultivators trapped inside the Jade Cauldron Gate, losing their lives for nothing!

  A lesson from the past, without three Nascent Soul stage cultivators present at the same time, no matter how many Golden Core or Foundation Building stage cultivators there are, they would be of no use! Moreover, with the Jade Cauldron Sect's mountain-protecting grand array's self-repair ability, after breaking through the array, only a little over a hundred cultivators could enter at one time.

  At this time, the three sects of cultivators were in a difficult situation. Not only did Mei Ji and Qin Zheng not want to use the lives of the two sects' cultivators as cannon fodder, but even the Ice Seal Valley cultivators were unwilling to attack Yuding Mountain without their own sect's Yuan Ying cultivator leading them.

  Qin Zheng and Mei Ji discussed for a while and reached a consensus. One wanted to obtain the Qian Kun Four Treasures from Wu Mu Dao Ren, while the other wanted to get Shui Sheng. On one side was the impregnable Yu Ding Gate, on the other was the huge temptation that could be obtained. After promising to divide the treasures equally after obtaining the Qian Kun Four Treasures, the two joined forces and pretended to go into seclusion together to comprehend the Breaking Array Way, leaving Yu Ding Mountain overnight.

  Mei Ji originally thought that the divine mark left in Shuǐshēng's body would be enough to help the two find Shuǐshēng and Wūmù Dào rén, but unexpectedly, the two searched around the small town where Shuǐshēng escaped to, within a radius of 500 miles, without finding any trace of Shuǐshēng and Wūmù Dào rén.

  Mei Qi and Qin Zheng could only scold He Lian Qingchen, blaming him for erasing the divine mark in Shui Sheng's body! In their minds, it was impossible for Shui Sheng and Wu Mu Dao Ren to achieve this. Although the disappearance of the divine mark in Shui Sheng's body was indeed He Lian Qingchen's credit, however, it wasn't something He Lian Qingchen did on purpose.

  Scolding is scolding, and the two of them didn't dare to go down to the Man-Eating Mountain to find trouble with He Lian Qingchen! Although they were very suspicious of He Lian Qingchen's actions in staying at the foot of the mountain to recover from his injuries, they also didn't have the idea of going there to take a look. After all, the two of them had already tasted the flavor of the white mist on the Man-Eating Mountain three years ago.

  Just as the two were preparing to investigate Yuntai Temple outside Longyang City, Xuan Guang Daoist led ten Jindan period cultivators, breaking out of the Huashan Great Array and killing their way into the Ice Seal Valley garrison stationed outside the west peak of Yuding Mountain.

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