Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 845: The Twelve Wonders of the South Sea, the Dependents of Immortality

Next to this Taoist priest, there was another lame Taoist priest limping over.

"How dare you tell others about your enlightenment?"

"Aren't you afraid that we will take away your Taoist secrets?" The lame Taoist held a dragon staff.

"Moreover, with the merits of the Great Lord of Justice, can your swordsmanship really kill him here?"

The lame Taoist said this, looking at the Taoist holding the sword with a look of fear.

After a moment, in the devilish miasma, the lame Taoist also saw the figure of the sword-wielding Taoist - he was carrying two swords.

One sword was held behind his back, and the other was hung at his waist.

Two swords - the one at the waist, extremely gorgeous.

The scabbard is inlaid with countless jewels and jades, reflecting the arrangement of stars on the scabbard.

There are numerous patterns carved on the hilt, forming the seals of the inheritance of many mountain gates - these many marks even hollowed out the hilt.

At first glance, this sword looks like a purely ceremonial weapon and cannot be used for killing at all.

But this is indeed the most famous sword in the South China Sea, so it is named after the South China Sea, called the South China Sea Sword!
"When did you, Jian Jue, find another sword?"

"This sword has never been broken by you?"

Then, the lame Taoist's gaze fell on the sword carried by the solitary sword Taoist, his eyes full of disbelief.

In the entire South China Sea, there are twelve most outstanding beings.

Although these twelve people may not have perfected their skills or attained enlightenment, when it comes to killing ability, they are said to be invincible and undefeated under the Daluo, and only the Daluo can defeat them.

And this sword master is one of the Twelve Masters - called Broken Sword Taoist.

He was called Jian Jue, not because he was the pinnacle of swordsmanship, but because after he stepped into the South China Sea, the swordsmanship of the South China Sea came to an end.

He is a casual cultivator - casual cultivator does not refer to qigong practitioners without inheritance, but refers to those Taoists who have broken away from the mountain sect's Taoist tradition and are not bound by any laws.

Seven thousand years ago, there was a sea area in the South China Sea, which was the domain of swordsmanship and the source of swordsmanship in the South China Sea. The seven major sword sects joined forces to build a sword-grinding pool, intending to gather all the mysteries of swordsmanship in the South China Sea, knock on the Daluo Road of swordsmanship, and pick the Daluo Dao fruit.

Then Taoist Zhejian stepped into the South China Sea and killed those sword geniuses in the South China Sea - he killed too many people, which angered the seven major sword sects in the South China Sea and attracted the pursuit of these seven major sword sects.

Finally, he stepped into the sword-grinding pool and discussed the Dao with the sword masters from the seven major sword sects.

The sword masters of the seven major sword sects have such killing power that they can be said to be the best in the South China Sea.

However, after the discussion at the Sword Sharpening Pond, those sword immortals could no longer lift their swords and dared not call themselves sword immortals.

The lineage of the seven great sword sects was thus severed - and from then on, no one could stop them from kidnapping sword geniuses in the South China Sea.

Finally, someone asked a great master to issue an edict, which locked the Taoist monk Zhejian in the sword-grinding pool and prevented him from coming out.

After that, there were many top swordsmen in the South China Sea and even outside the South China Sea who went to the Sword Grinding Pond to exchange sword skills with Taoist Zhejian. However, almost all of those swordsmen who stepped into the Sword Grinding Pond left their swords in the pond. The swordsmen became part of the sword on Taoist Zhejian's waist and one of the stars embellishing the scabbard.

The name of Taoist Zhejian's sword, Jianjue, comes from this.

In the South China Sea, all practitioners know that Taoist Jian Jue Zhe Jian cannot bear to see even a bit of iron for swords in front of him. Any sword he sees must be melted into the long sword at his waist no matter what.

However, at this time, this sword master, in addition to the sword at his waist, also had another sword on his back.

This is simply terrifying for the lame Taoist!
The mystery of attaining the Tao mentioned by Taoist Zhejian is nothing but a trivial matter in front of this second sword.

"It's actually not difficult to kill the Great Lord of Justice." Taoist Zhejian said as he took off the sword on his back. Although the sword was not old, there was not a trace of spiritual light on it. At first glance, it was no different from any ordinary object.

There was even some rust on the blade of the sword.

"Dragon-Slaying Sword?" After a long moment, the lame Taoist spoke with a hint of disbelief.

"Brother Zhejian, are you going to tell me that this so-called Dragon Slaying Sword can deal with the Great Lord of Justice?"

The Dragon-Slaying Sword can be said to be a fairly common item between heaven and earth.

Legend has it that when Dayu was controlling floods, countless water monsters and dragons were causing chaos, so Dayu specially refined a dragon-slaying sword and hung it above the rivers to scare away the countless water monsters and dragons.

After Dayu controlled the floods, countless mortals followed Dayu's tradition and hung a sword, called the Dragon-Slaying Sword, between the flying bridges over rivers everywhere to prevent water monsters from moving with the water and to put an end to the disaster of dragon species in the water turning into dragons.

Although this move has some effect, it only targets those dragon species with a little dragon blood. How can it possibly target a dragon of the level of the Great Lord of Justice?

"Fellow Daoist, do you know the essence of the Qi cultivated by the Qigong practitioners?" Taoist Zhejian carefully rewrapped the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

“I’d like to hear the details.” The lame Taoist said - the Broken Sword Taoist appeared out of nowhere, but it was impossible for such a strong man to jump out of thin air between heaven and earth.

Therefore, the practitioners in the South China Sea also have some theories about its origin.

Originally, he was a disciple of a certain Daluo sect, but for some reason, he was expelled from the sect.

Although he had been expelled from the sect, he had once received instruction from Daluo and had a different understanding of cultivation. The lame Taoist was naturally willing to listen to what the Broken Sword Taoist had learned from Daluo.

"The original Qi is not a kind of reliance, but a kind of weather."

"The rotation of the sun and the moon, the rise and fall of the tides, the changes of the mountains and rivers...there is naturally an incomparable and wonderful atmosphere in them, and the Qigong practitioners perceive this atmosphere, collect this atmosphere, and refine it into their own spirit, so as to get closer to the great way of heaven and earth."

“This is the essence of Chi.”

“Thus, with the help of this Qi, Qigong practitioners can display all kinds of mysterious powers.”

"Qi, rather than saying it is Qi, it is better to say that it is some kind of mysterious authority of heaven and earth."

“What the Qigong practitioners use is not this Qi, but the symbol of this Qi.”

“Everything between heaven and earth has a symbol. If you understand the essence of the symbol, then you can easily transcend heaven and earth.”

"If one can truly understand the essence of the symbol, one can even harm a Daluo body with a person below Daluo."

Taoist Zhejian said - why was he expelled from the sect?

It was because, when he was learning sword under Daluo, that Daluo always said that he had not yet grasped the true meaning of swordsmanship. So, he secretly read the Daluo's sword theory written by that Daluo - that is, the essence of swordsmanship that Ao Bing touched upon in Lingxiao Palace.

It was for this reason that this Taoist monk Zhejian was expelled from the sect.

Similarly, it was after seeing the sword theory of Daluo that Taoist Zhejian knew that he would never be able to break out of the rut of sword theory and touch the essence of the way of the sword in his entire life.

Because of this, he developed an immense hatred towards all the sword immortals who had great attainments in swordsmanship and might have touched the essence of swordsmanship. So, he came to the South China Sea, trying to let other sword immortals see the true meaning of swordsmanship like him, but it was impossible for them to touch that truth.

Because before he was expelled from the sect, he was banned by Daluo and could not show the essence of the sword to others - so, he could only use the way of talking about the sword to disturb the sword hearts of those sword immortals and let them know that they and the sword are already "going in the opposite direction"...

Then, he had just vented his anger in the South China Sea before someone asked his master for an order because of this matter - and so he was sealed in the Sword Sharpening Pond.

"The Dragon Slaying Sword is a symbol."

"This symbol points to a force that is specifically targeted at the dragon race."

"The longer the Dragon Slaying Sword exists, the stronger the power it symbolizes will be."

"This is the wealth left to the human race by the emperors of the human race."

"But it is still mortal and will decay over time."

"Throughout the ages, although there have been sword immortals who have used the Dragon Slaying Sword to refine immortal swords, allowing the Dragon Slaying Sword to last forever, because after their refinement, the Dragon Slaying Sword transcended the mortal realm and became an immortal sword, so the symbol of the Dragon Slaying Sword was erased."

"Only this kind of dragon-slaying sword, as a mortal object, can fully unleash the power of the symbol to the greatest extent."

"And the dragon-slaying sword in my hand is the first dragon-slaying sword ever forged by humans."

"The dragon-slaying sword forged by Emperor Yu from ordinary iron."

"Isn't it incredible?" Taoist Zhejian looked at the Dragon-Slaying Sword that had been wrapped up again.

"The era of Emperor Dayu is nothing more than a legend to you and me."

"After such a long time, even a spiritual treasure without an owner will decay."

"After Emperor Dayu passed away, the remains of the Xia Dynasty had all turned to dust and ash."

"But unfortunately, this dragon-slaying sword, which is a mortal object, still remains."

——The power that the Dragon Slaying Sword can unleash, that is, the symbolic meaning, will accumulate over time.

This long Dragon Slaying Sword, which can even be compared with some Daluo, how terrifying is the power of the symbolism in the sword? "Dragon Slaying Sword, is it really so mysterious?" As the Sword-Breaking Taoist said this, several figures appeared from the devil miasma.

Obviously, those "symbolic" words of Taoist Zhejian were not just for the lame Taoist, but for the Taoists around him who had arrived here but still had not revealed their figures.

As for the "symbolic words" of Taoist Zhejian, these Taoists who had calmly identified the direction in the magical miasma and gathered around him had no doubts - although they had not yet touched the essence of the "symbol", they had more or less acquired some understanding of the existence of the "symbol".

For example, they use the same magic power, perform the same techniques, and even have the same physique and the same skills, but because their references when practicing Qi are different, the power of the techniques they perform is also different.

Even if the same person uses magic at different times, the power of the magic will also be different.

In the past, everyone just tacitly agreed that it was just the difference in the reflection of various vital energies between heaven and earth, and no one went into the reasons for the difference.

But now, when Taoist Zhejian mentioned the reflection of the weather, these Taiyis reflected on their own practice and experiences, and immediately understood the reflection of the weather.

"Fellow Daoist Zhejian has mastered the sword art of the South China Sea, but I don't know what the sword art reflects?" After some time, Taiyi, with the help of this understanding, reorganized his own skills. He smiled slightly and tried in his words.

However, he had already remembered those many sword immortals who abandoned their swords after discussing Taoism with Taoist Zhejian.

"Fellow Daoist, you don't want to know the answer to this question." Taoist Zhejian shook his head.

"In this world, the aura of some things can be described, but the reflection of some auras can only be realized by oneself. Once you give others a hint, they will never be able to reach that level."

“I think the fundamental spirit of the sword is also included in it.” Taiyi’s eyes suddenly darkened.

"No wonder those fellow Taoists gave up their swords and didn't use them. The seven great sword sects have all lost their lineages."

"Fellow Daoist, you have such a cruel heart!" At this moment, these Taiyis already knew the source of why those sword masters of the Sword Sect abandoned their swords - it must be that when discussing swords, Taoist Zhejian deliberately revealed something, causing those people to notice something rather than understand it.

Therefore, they, having lost their sword skills, chose to abandon their swords.

When this realization emerged in their minds, these Taiyis also understood that it was impossible for them to touch the sword path - because, at this time, they already had doubts about the essence of the sword path.

If they have such doubts, then when they study Kendo, they will certainly be trapped in the obstacles of knowledge and understanding, and will suppress their thoughts on finding the essence of Kendo - they may even doubt the essence of Kendo that they have witnessed.

Under such circumstances, they are destined to get half the result with twice the effort in kendo.

"Isn't that what Dao struggle is all about?" Daoist Zhejian said calmly, "Perhaps, my existence is destined to be the calamity of those who want to climb the sword path."

"My fellow Taoists, there is no need to bring up the past grudges."

"Since you have all manifested your bodies, I think you all want to join in the great cause and hunt down this great Lord of Justice."

"Why don't you, Brother Zhejian, tell us a set of rules first?" said another Taiyi.

The three hundred-year agreement was not only an agreement between the Immortal Demon Ancestor and Ao Bing—it was also an agreement between the Immortal Demon Ancestor and his immortal followers.

Ao Bing was able to hold off for three hundred years, allowing the Eternal Demon Ancestor to take out the Ancestral Dragon's Dao Fruit. Then, after holding off for three hundred years, they, his followers, would naturally be able to take over the Ancestral Dragon's Dao Fruit from the Eternal Demon Ancestor as well.

However, whether in terms of the agreement with the Immortal Demon Ancestor or Ao Bing's own bloodline, as long as Ao Bing is still alive, his priority above the Ancestral Dragon Dao Fruit is destined to be the first between heaven and earth. As long as he is still alive, almost no one can compete with him for the opportunity to obtain the Ancestral Dragon Dao Fruit.

Moreover, for these immortal relatives in the South China Sea, killing Ao Bing first - no, there is no need to kill Ao Bing, just to seriously injure Ao Bing and take Ao Bing's blood to break the blockade of the heavenly rules is also a necessary step for them to fight for their lives.

Only by breaking the blockade of the heavenly rules and allowing the immortal evil miasma to spread out from the South China Sea, can they have a chance to gain these three hundred years and have a greater chance of survival.

Therefore, they came here on their own initiative without any instructions from the Immortal Demon Ancestor, intending to hunt down the Great Lord of Justice and see if there was any chance to hunt down this Great Lord.

Of course, if they really couldn't find an opportunity to hunt down the Great Lord of Justice, they would not hesitate to retreat - nor would they hesitate to kneel down before the Great Lord of Justice and beg for a chance to live.

After all, under this miasma of immortality, all the decisions made by all living beings here in order to survive are reasonable and in line with the laws of the Immortal Demon Ancestor.

"Simple." Looking at the Taiyi in front of him, Taoist Zhejian did not keep them in suspense.

"I will set up an altar here to arouse the intention of the dragon-slaying sword."

"And fellow Taoists, you need to help me contain the Great Lord of Justice and cover up what's going on here."

"Until I saw the opportunity and delivered the most crucial blow."

"Then when will the opportunity come?" asked the lame Taoist.

"I don't know." Taoist Zhejian looked calm, and his words sounded as if it was a matter of course.

After all, the true strength of Ao Bing can only be known after a fight.

As for those who came to hunt Ao Bing, only they themselves knew how much strength they could use in the process of restraining Ao Bing.

In this situation, how could Taoist Zhejian tell them when would be the right time?
"If there is no opportunity, won't we have to keep fighting with this Lord of Justice?"

"My fellow Taoists, the way you say this sounds as if you are really going to fight to the death with the Great Lord of Justice." Taoist Zhejian sneered.

With their level of abilities, if they had not voluntarily chosen to be infected by the Eternal Demonic Miasma, voluntarily chosen to accept the Demon Ancestor's laws, and become a member of the Eternal Life's followers, how could this Eternal Demonic Miasma have corroded them so easily?

At the very beginning when the miasma of immortality swept across the world, they chose to abandon the morality between heaven and earth, discard the so-called rules, and choose the law of immortality - who doesn't know what kind of things are between each other?

Fight to the death?

Not to mention a fight to the death.

When they were fighting with the Great Lord of Justice, they were able to kill each other without relying on the Lord's power, and then hunt each other and use each other's lives to improve their own skills. Thank God, these demon kings are "morally noble".

Even what Zhe Jiandao said at this time, that he was going to set up an altar and connect the rituals to induce the aura of the Dragon Slaying Sword, was just a lie.

—— Taoist Zhejian believed that among those people in front of him, when the battle situation was unfavorable, someone would definitely take out his Dragon Slaying Sword as a token of his allegiance and ask for a chance to survive under the seat of the Great Lord of Justice.

"On my way to the South China Sea, in order to control the aquatic creatures of the South China Sea more conveniently and use their help, I made a special trip to the human world and got a dragon-slaying sword from there."

“But who could have imagined that this dragon-slaying sword would be the first dragon-slaying sword in the world, and a divine object that carries the source of the weather that the Human Emperor used to suppress the water dragon clan?”

"Who could have imagined that seven thousand years after I held this Dragon Slaying Sword, there would be a Azure Dragon similar to the Ancestral Dragon among the Dragon Clan, straddling the South China Sea?"

"They say that every sip and every peck has its own destiny."

“This dragon-slaying sword may be the destiny of this great Lord of Justice, and also the destiny of my enlightenment.”

"Otherwise, how would this Dragon Slaying Sword fall into my hands?" Taoist Zhejian looked down at the Dragon Slaying Sword in front of him, and suddenly, an unprecedented throbbing arose in his heart.

At this moment, he even connected the matter of him being exiled to the South China Sea to the whole thing...

"The mystery of destiny is truly beyond comprehension."

"Master, oh Master, when you exiled me to the South China Sea, did you ever think of this?" Taoist Zhejian's hand couldn't help but fall to his waist and grasped the hollow sword hilt.

Time seemed to have gone back to the time when he was secretly looking at the Daluo sword theory.

He easily stepped into his master's library - a Daluo library, which had no defenses at all.

In this situation, what a normal person would think is that it was because Daluo trusted his disciples too much.

This then gave rise to an immense feeling of guilt.

However, Taoist Zhejian did not feel the slightest guilt in his heart, only unspeakable resentment.

"Why……"

"Master, oh master, you are not unaware of my true nature, right?"

"But since you know my true nature, why didn't you have the slightest defense against me?"

"The Daluo sword theory is obviously something that should not be spoken or written down. Master, why did you write it down?"

"Since you knew that I would steal books, why did you leave the written Daluo Sword Principle in the cave?"

"Master, you must have been plotting against my disciple for a long time." Taoist Zhejian thought, his eyes slowly lowering.

"I really want to see what your attitude will be when I appear in front of you one day, Master."

……

"Has Taiyi already been corrupted by the Eternal Miasma so soon?"

Above the demonic miasma, Ao Bing meandered his body, with no intention of using the wind, rain, and clouds to dispel the demonic miasma. He just tried his best to maintain the cross-friction between the clouds and the demonic miasma, causing the thunder sound caused by it to spread in all directions.

At the same time, it also guided the movement of the stars as much as possible, according to its own impression of the star tracks and using its own existence as an anchor point to slowly adjust the extremely chaotic stars reflected in the South China Sea.

In this situation, Ao Bing was very relaxed and noticed the figures of several Taoists who were slowly moving towards this place in the devilish miasma and then stopped halfway.

(End of this chapter)