Chapter 35: Long Sword Hunting Demons, I Act Alone!

  "No, no, this twelfth sword move can indeed take its essence, remove its dross, merge with it, and gather into the thirteenth sword. However..."

  "But the sword's intention is not right, sometimes it's wavering, sometimes it's fierce and cruel, and sometimes it's stable. These several feelings, gathered together, are somewhat inconsistent. It makes people feel that they can't exert their strength properly. What should be done?"

  "Hey!" Mo Bei, who was deep in thought, slapped his forehead hard: "Why am I so stupid? What a waste of effort!"

  "Can't we use those ancient runes?"

  Thinking of this, Mo Bei fell into introspection again, staring at the words "Clear Wind Thirteen Swords Sweeping Method", his heart slightly moved. The words "Clear Wind Thirteen Swords Sweeping Method" flashed with a crystal light, which slowly dissipated after a moment.

  The four dots on the plus sign turned into three dots instantly.

  "Hmm..."

  At that moment, Mo Bei's body stiffened, and suddenly a clear feeling swept through his mind, as if he had been enlightened by a sudden awakening.

  "Drink! Clear Wind Slash!" Mo Bei shouted in a low voice, his sword pointing at the sky, his body moving with the wind again, creating illusions of residual shadows, rising into the air and stabbing downwards!

  "Whoosh!"

  A sharp blue sword aura burst out from the blade, tearing through the air and striking the wall with a loud crash!

  "Bang!"

  A candle on a wooden table was cut off at the waist, the top half of the candle slid down and fell to the ground, with wax splashing everywhere.

  "With the air transforming into form, the sword intent is understood, this is the sword energy!" Mo Bei stared with wide eyes, overjoyed: "I finally grasped the sword intent of Qingfeng Thirteen Sword Style!"

  "A seven-foot sword aura, like wind and blade, can cut through everything, and it's exactly the same as the 'Stone Breaking Heaven' in my Rock Sword Technique!"

  "With this sword energy, there's no need to slash horizontally or vertically with a long sword to kill people! It will be much easier!" Mo Bei was quite excited, clenching his fists tightly, his eyes burning hot: "Kill people from a distance, take their heads in the void!"

  "Tomorrow, I'll go get the combat mission and strive to obtain more spirit stones!"

  ……

  The next day, the sky was still dark. The edge of the sky was still shrouded in the pitch blackness of dawn.

  Mo Bei had already arrived at the Xianhe Temple early and stepped inside, looking around cautiously.

  Inside Xianhe Hall, apart from a few Taixu Sect disciples who had stayed up all night to complete their tasks and returned with exhaustion still evident on their faces, were crowded around the counter.

  In the vast hall, there was no one in sight.

  Mo Bei retracted his gaze and walked straight to the wooden wall, his eyes scanning down from top to bottom, one by one, viewing the tasks on the wooden plaques.

  Mo Beiqi clenched his fist and took down the wooden plaque for exorcising evil spirits. He turned around and walked to the counter, knocking on the table.

  The waitress behind the counter immediately revealed a hint of a smile: "May I ask if you are here to receive a quest or hand one in?"

  "Accepting the task." Mo Bei said concisely, handing over his waist card and reporting his name: "Tai Xu Zong Lian Qi First Grade Outer Disciple, Mo Bei."

  "Refine the air once?" The female attendant showed a hint of surprise, looked at the wooden sign again, and couldn't help but glance at Mo Bei twice: "Are you sure you want to accept this task? You know, it's a first-class demon beast..."

  "Alright." Mo Bei nodded heavily.

  The waitress didn't say another word, quickly copied the waist card and pink wooden card again, and handed it to Mo Bei, saying: "Mo Bei, outer door disciple of the first level of Qi refining. Mission, go to the Demon Island for training, slay demons and exorcise evil spirits!"

  Having accepted the task, Mo Bei went alone, traversing the market, and arrived at the place where the flying boat was moored by the formation.

  At this time, although it was just dawn, there were already many disciples on the array platform of the flying boat, gathered in twos and threes.

  "This is the Demon Island, where legend has it that countless demon beasts reside. Killing them can yield materials and selling spirit stones...". Mo Bei calculated in his mind as he scanned around, finding a flying boat heading towards the Demon Island, and boarded it.

  At this time, the flying boat heading to the Demon Island, those outer sect disciples stopped talking and looked at Mo Bei in unison, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

  "Huh, this person has a very unfamiliar face. I've been on this island for several years, doing tasks, and that disciple... how come I've never seen him before?"

  "It doesn't seem like it's our batch of disciples!"

  One of the women suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Could it be that he is a newly arrived outer sect disciple?"

  She said that, and everyone was even more shocked!

  Mo Bei felt a gaze and subconsciously turned his head back, slightly nodding in acknowledgement.

  The woman's mind stirred slightly as she opened her mouth and asked: "Are you one of this year's newly admitted outer sect disciples?"

  Mo Bei responded with a single word: "Seen." I'm just a new disciple. Today, I'm going to the Demon Island to hunt and kill demons.

  "Hunt and kill a monster?" The woman suddenly guessed it, her eyebrows raised in surprise.

  Everyone else was also stunned, with strange expressions on their faces, whispering to each other: "Is this kid crazy?"

  Dahan nodded and said, "Your courage is commendable."

  The young man beside Da Han smiled and said: "I had the same idea as him five years ago."

  That one-eyed man angrily said, "Hmph, brainless fool! Brave but no strategy. With his current cultivation, going to the Demon Island for a task is no different from seeking death!"

  The woman lightly bit her lip and kindly advised, "Brother, I advise you not to go. The demonic beasts on that island are not something you can handle at this moment."

  "You'd better go and do some tasks like raising spirit pets, planting sacred rice, which is most suitable for you. Wait until you've cultivated for two years before going to hunt demons."

  Mo Bei smiled faintly and shook her head, "Thank you for your advice, Senior Sister. However, my mind is made up, I'd like to go and take a look."

  "Alas..." The woman shook her head slightly and let out a soft sigh.

  "Alright, alright. Xi'er, you and he are strangers to each other. He won't listen to advice, doesn't know life from death, and is looking for his own demise. Why must you still try to persuade him with bitter words?"

  The men and women around her shook their heads, looking at Mo Bei's cold smile.

  "Time's up, Flying Ark, rise!" The white-robed attendant pinched his right hand and swung his left hand in the air. Wave after wave of clear wind rose, and the flying ark moved against the wind, slowly rising into the air, turning its bow, and heading towards the horizon against the wind.

  An hour later.

  The flying boat slowly landed on the edge of the beach of the island.

  The foreigner and Mo Bei landed one after another. Before parting ways, the woman and her group took a few more glances at Mo Bei, then turned around, formed a group, and walked through the beach into the depths of the island.

  Mo Bei jumped down from the flying boat and looked around a few times.

  Dazzling sunlight, emitting waves of heat, pouring onto the earth, is truly dazzling.

  Looking down from the bird's eye view, the outermost part of the entire island is surrounded by a beach that shines like a silver belt, and the beach is dotted with sparkling lights, as beautiful as gems.

  "Whoa...... Whoa......"

  The azure waves are foaming with crystal-like foam, beating against the beach in a rhythmic and repetitive manner; after slowly receding, they leave behind colorful seashells or a few small fish, their mouths opening and closing as they jump around on the beach.

  Mo Bei raised his head and looked forward, after the beach, it was a lush green expanse, dense and thick vegetation, blocking people's line of sight, and further in, nothing could be seen.

  The green hills are like a beautiful eyebrow, and the scenery is like a painting.

  The boatman suddenly said along with Mo Bei:

  "Listen up, kid! You're new here, remember what I'm telling you!"

  Mo Beixing bowed and said: "Please instruct me, senior brother!"

  "Remember, once we're on the island of demons, you're on your own. Even if a demon beast chases you to the edge of the boat, I won't save you. If you're lucky and make it back onto the boat, then you might survive!"

  Mo Bei said: "Thank you for your guidance, senior brother!"

  That senior brother looked at Mo Bei very politely and said, "I'll tell you again, although the island is full of first-class demon beasts, but the farther out you go, the weaker they are. At your level, it's better to be honest and go to the beach to kill some Iron Shrimp, Sea Bird, Iron Armor Crab and other simple demon beasts!

  However, those demonic beasts, even the weakest ones, have no sword intent and cannot drive sword energy. The mortal world's sword techniques are completely useless against them, you're on your own!

  Mo Bei bowed again and said: "Thank you, senior brother, for your guidance!"

  Then he left the beach, looked at the island, listened to people's advice to eat a full meal, and turned around to walk along the beach in one direction.

  About three hundred feet away, on the vast sandy beach, there was only Mo Bei. He calmed his mind, carrying a long sword on his back, and suddenly drew it out of its scabbard.

  "Hum!"

  The sword shone with dazzling brilliance under the sunlight.

  Mo Bei grasped the long sword in his hand, and with a bit of confidence in his heart, he took steady steps forward.

  He walked to the junction of the beach and the dense forest, walking with his eyes narrowed, looking around.

  The vegetation on that island seems particularly dense, growing wildly without anyone to tend to it.

  As far as the eye can see, it's all dense forest, and even thorny thickets have spread to the beach, creeping step by step outwards.

  After walking for a while, the sound of the waves could no longer be heard, and it was extremely quiet in the dense forest.

  Mo Bei's spirit was tense, holding his breath and concentrating, gripping the long sword without daring to relax for a moment, with sweat filling his palms, as the dense forest with lush foliage blocked his line of sight.

  No one knew when, but suddenly a monster appeared in front of Mo Bei.

  This is a strange creature, about half the height of a northern man. The edge of its shell, which was as big as a millstone, had eight short and thick crab legs, all of which were covered with sharp hooks. Two huge pincers, as large as water buckets, kept opening and closing, making a loud cracking sound, showing off its enormous strength.

  On the serrated iron pliers, a cold light flickered, extremely piercing. The two protruding flower patterns, like fist-sized pupils, made people's hearts feel a chill.

  "What a huge crab, this must be the Iron Shell Crab!" Mo Bei had never seen such a gigantic crab before and couldn't help but feel a slight shock in his heart, his eyes widening as he let out a cold hum.

  Before Mo Bei could react, the Iron Shell Crab didn't give him any time to prepare.

  Eight short and stout crab legs moved swiftly, tyrannizing with reckless abandon, kicking up sand as they came. In the blink of an eye, they launched a ferocious attack on Mo Bei, their iron pincers gleaming with a chilling light as they snapped open to their widest extent before viciously clamping down towards him.

  "Welcome! Are you afraid this beast won't be enough for you?"

  Mo Bei hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and instead of advancing, retreated. He took a big step back, his wrist suddenly twisting.

  The sword flower suddenly appears.