The Rise of the Sect: I am the most persistent person in the world of immortal cultivation

Gu Songzi slowly came to Ye Yang's side, holding in his hands an old monk with white hair, who was the one who had attacked with Yuanshen Taoist Lu Yu before.

But compared with the Sword Immortal Lu Yu, this man seemed to have reached the end of his life. His condition was dangerous, and his whole body exuded the aura of old age.

Even though he was a Taoist priest of the Yuanshen realm, he was old and at the end of his life, his Qi and blood were exhausted, and he had just experienced many battles, so he was already seriously injured.

At this moment, the baby was held in Gu Songzi's hand. He shook his hand, and the man screamed and turned into a ball of meat. Only a pure baby was left with an old face, just like the old man before.

Gu Songzi took the baby and spoke to Ye Yang again.

"Thank you for your help this time, please follow me."

When Ye Yang heard that the other party had the sword technique of the Immortal Sword from Outer Space, he nodded and did not refuse. Instead, he stepped on one foot and quickly floated into the sky, following Gu Songzi into the sky.

Gu Songzi spoke as he walked.

"The man just now was the previous generation of the Spiritual Taoist Zhenqing of the Sky-Splitting Sword Sect. He was old, his Qi and blood were weak, and he was also injured by the Spiritual Taoist Artifact of my Taixu Dao Sect, the Star-Fixing Plate. That's why he looked so weak."

Ye Yang responded at the right time.

"This time, Taixu Dao Sect won a great victory. Congratulations to the senior."

Gu Songzi felt very happy when he heard Ye Yang's words. After all, he was not the only cultivator at the Taoist level in the Taixu Taoist sect.

This war against the Lietian Sword Sect was led and planned by him, and he felt quite pleased with himself for the success.

After a pause, Gu Songzi continued.

"The secret of the Heavenly Immortal Sword Technique is here. Please follow me."

The two of them moved very quickly and soon reached the top of the mountain ahead.

Ye Yang slightly circulated his magic power, and a golden-red light flashed in his eyes. He immediately saw that the main peak of the Lietian Sword Sect was covered with a layer of gloomy cold air, like a layer of white frost.

After a great battle, this place has long become a ruin, but the inside is still brightly lit and full of spiritual energy. Even if you take a light breath, you can sense the abundant spiritual energy inside.

And the huge peaks pierce the sky like sharp swords. At first glance, they really look like thousands of sharp swords.

The two walked down the mountain and came to the hall on the top of the mountain.

After the war, the main hall had long disappeared, replaced by complete ruins.

On the vast mountain below the broken walls, there stands a huge stone tablet that reaches the sky. The stone tablet is dozens of feet high, and looks like a giant sword that fell from the sky and pierced directly into the ground. It exudes a cold light all over, and the sword body is engraved with ancient runes and patterns. Every line is flashing with a faint silver light, like stars dotted in between, ready to break through the air at any time.

The base of the stone tablet is made of black iron and is extremely solid, as if it can bear the weight of heaven and earth.

The base was surrounded by a light mist. This mist was not ordinary water vapor, but contained powerful spiritual energy. It was so cold that people dared not approach it easily.

At this moment, even if it was inserted into the ground, it seemed to be about to break through the air, emitting cold light.

Ye Yang stared at the stone tablet, feeling awe in his heart.

"Could this be the Heavenly Immortal Sword Technique that ranks 73rd on the Taoist Magic Power Ranking?"

Gu Songzi was knowledgeable and explained immediately.

"This is the secret of the Heavenly Immortal Sword Art. It is said by everyone that the Heavenly Immortal Sword Art is the inheritance treasure of the Sky-Splitting Sword Sect. In fact, it is a special stone tablet left by an immortal that their ancestors obtained in ancient times. From this, they speculated that there is another inheritance besides the Heavenly Immortal Sword Art."

Ye Yang stared at the sword-shaped stone tablet and felt something unusual at this moment.

"It is worthy of being called the Heavenly Immortal Sword Technique."

Ye Yang pondered for a moment and felt something in his heart.

He had practiced swordsmanship for many years, and as he stared at the stone tablet, he seemed to see countless sword shadows dancing before his eyes. Thousands of sword shadows flashed across the stone tablet, and suddenly thousands of sword shadows gathered into a dazzling giant sword suspended in his mind, boiling endlessly, like a sword that pierced the sky and pierced straight ahead.

As the light gradually faded away, Ye Yang felt an unprecedented tranquility.

Seeing that Ye Yang had gained some insights so quickly, Gu Songzi looked at him with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and then he spoke.

“Fellow Daoist Ye, this Heavenly Immortal inheritance stele has been nurtured by the Sky-Splitting Sword Sect with spiritual energy for many years. Its roots are deeply rooted in the veins of the land here and it is difficult to move it. If it is forcibly replaced, it will inevitably affect its charm and Dao rhyme.”

Ye Yang frowned slightly, his eyes wandering over the stone tablet, pondering the pros and cons in his mind.

Seeing this, Gu Songzi continued.

"I plan to set up a Hunyuan Hidden Spirit Array here. This array can conceal the sharp aura of the stone tablet, so that its spiritual energy will not overflow and attract covetousness from all parties. In the future, I will give you five places every ten years. If the disciples of Feitian Sect are interested in the way of swordsmanship, they can come here to gain enlightenment and practice."

When Ye Yang heard this, he hesitated slightly.

He naturally knew that in this attack on the Lietian Sword Sect, the Taixu Taoist Sect had put in the greatest effort, and he and others were only assisting. The fact that the Taixu Taoist Sect could make this promise was already a good condition.

However, this place is remote, and the Tongtian Stone Tablet cannot be easily moved. After the formation is set up, more monks will come and go, which will inevitably cause trouble. In addition, the formation requires a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain. According to the usual style of Taixu Daoism, Feitian Sect will certainly need to invest a lot of energy and manpower, which is also a big burden for the current sect.

But thinking of the power of this sword technique, if he refused, he would naturally lose the opportunity to improve this wall.

After weighing the pros and cons again and again, Ye Yang raised his head and said with a firm look: "Thank you, senior, but is this number a little too small?"

Gu Songzi looked at him and smiled, then spoke.

"Since you think it's too few, then we'll increase it to ten. However, Feitian Sect also needs to bear the consumption after the formation is activated. We need to send a cultivator at the True Person Realm to be stationed there on a daily basis to avoid any problems."

Ye Yang nodded. This was within his expectations, so he was not too surprised. Soon the two began to discuss the specific details of the formation.

After the discussion, Gu Songzi spoke again.

"Let's not talk about the formation method for now. But before that, we still need to work together to extract some of the spiritual essence beads. The spiritual energy in this spiritual vein is full, and even my strength is not enough. I have to rely on the help of fellow Taoists when necessary."

The Sky-Splitting Sword Sect is extremely powerful and has been passed down for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. Even when faced with danger, they will not be extinct and will not be destroyed. It won't be long before they will reappear in the cultivation world.

Before, they were driven out of the Dayun Dynasty and found a spiritual vein deep in Yalong Ridge. After years of cultivation, the underground spiritual veins here were intertwined with each other and had long been so dense that it was terrifying, and they had also managed it to be extremely solid.

The Taixu Taoist sect had long coveted the Lietian Sword Sect's underground spiritual vein, and so had Ye Yang.

The spiritual veins in Feitianmen have reached the critical moment of being promoted to high-level spiritual veins, and are in urgent need of a large number of spiritual marrow beads to replenish them.

The spiritual vein of the Lietian Sword Sect is like a timely relief.

At this moment, the two of them looked at each other and floated in the air.

The aura around Gu Songzi surged, and a proud green pine suddenly appeared behind him. The pine tree had a huge crown, old and cracked bark, and a straight posture, as if it could break through the sky.

The pine needles were like swords, flashing with a sharp green light. An ancient and powerful spiritual power surged out from the body of the solitary pine tree, spreading around along the shape of the green pine.

At this moment, this proud pine tree seemed to have intelligence, and every needle of it was absorbing and exhaling the righteous energy between heaven and earth.

At the same time, Ye Yang also let out a long roar towards the sky, and the sound shook the whole area.

He quickly formed seals with his hands and muttered something. In an instant, a violent and sharp aura burst out from his body.

Soon after, a ball of dazzling light condensed beside him, which turned into a huge demon ape. Behind the demon ape, it transformed into the shape of a sword, which was the sword demon ape.

At this moment, the Sword Demon Ape stood behind Ye Yang, roaring towards the sky and making bursts of low roars, as if venting endless murderous intentions.

Ye Yang's muscles also bulged, and the power of the Sword Demon Ape merged perfectly with his own, pushing his momentum to its peak.

At this moment, Gu Songzi summoned his soul Gu Song and used the power of his soul to guide the invisible rules between heaven and earth, weaving a huge spiritual power net that slowly covered the mountains below.

Ye Yang controlled the sword and magic energy, releasing sharp sword energy and blade light, like a sharp blade, accurately piercing into the spiritual vein nodes of the mountain.

As the two worked closely together, the world seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand.

The originally clear blue sky suddenly became overcast, with thunder and lightning raging in the clouds, making a deafening roar. The earth also began to tremble violently, and the rocks in the mountains broke apart and rolled down into the valley.

After a while, with the combined efforts of the two, the spiritual vein buried deep in the mountains was gradually drawn out, and a spiritual vein like a bright light belt slowly floated out from among the rocks, containing majestic spiritual energy as vast as the mountains and the sea, overflowing like a raging torrent.

Just after this spiritual vein that was as bright as a band of light was extracted, the spiritual energy around it decreased rapidly like smoke blown away by a strong wind.

The originally lush forests lost their vitality in an instant. The leaves turned yellow and withered, falling one after another. Some mountain streams also dried up, leaving only cracked riverbeds.

After a while, a spiritual vein like a beam of light turned into a dragon about a foot long and was in Ye Yang's hand.

He took a closer look and saw that this spiritual vein looked like a dragon, but in fact its interior was made up entirely of dazzling spiritual marrow beads stacked on top of each other. The richness of its spiritual energy was beyond Ye Yang's imagination.

"The spiritual energy in this spiritual vein is so abundant that it is rarely seen in the world. If it can all be used on the spiritual vein of Feitianmen, it will definitely achieve good results."

"I'm afraid that it won't be long before Feitianmen's spiritual vein can be further upgraded to a high-level spiritual vein."

Ye Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

He had already made up his mind that when the Taixu Taoist sect distributed the spoils of the trip to the Lietian Sword Sect based on merit, he could give up everything else and only keep this section of the spiritual vein.

"Fellow Daoist, the remaining 10% of spiritual veins are enough to ensure the daily operation of the stone tablet of the Heavenly Immortal Sword Art. You should start to cooperate with me to set up the Hunyuan Hidden Spirit Array."

Ye Yang nodded, and then the two of them planned the location of the array's center according to the valley's terrain. A few days later, the monks from both factions came as ordered.

Gu Songzi and Ye Yang stood on a high place in the valley, directing everyone to move boulders, dig ditches, and comb the earth's veins. For a while, the valley was filled with people coming and going, and the sound of pickaxes could be heard.

Ye Yang rushed back and forth, urging his disciples to arrange the materials according to the directions to ensure that everything was safe. Gu Songzi, on the other hand, concentrated his mind and calmed his breath, using his own deep vitality as a guide to activate the array base.

As spells were cast one after another, spiritual energy surged in the valley, huge rocks arranged themselves, and spiritual energy flowed like water in the ditches.

With several huge flags floating in the air and releasing mysterious rays of light, the prototype of the Hunyuan Hidden Spirit Array began to emerge.

After several days, the party formation was finally stabilized.

The sharpness of the stone tablet was completely hidden, and the valley returned to its former tranquility. Only the occasional flicker of light hinted at the extraordinary nature of this place.

Looking at the completed formation, Ye Yang and Gu Songzi smiled at each other.

At this moment, after seeing that the Fairy Stone Stele was hidden by the local earth veins, Ye Yang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

During the following period of time, the two factions did a lot of follow-up work and completely sorted out the affairs of the Lietian Sword Sect.

Lu Yu left the Lietian Sword Sect with a large amount of supplies, saying that he would first return to the Taixu Taoist Sect and discuss with several Taoist ancestors in the sect, and then announce it to the world and divide the treasures obtained this time.

However, Ye Yang was unwilling to give up this opportunity. He sat cross-legged on the main peak of the Lietian Sword Sect and began to comprehend the Heavenly Fairy Sword Technique.

At this moment, Ye Yang's gaze was fixed on the Fairy Stone Stele that exuded an ancient atmosphere.

The mottled patterns on the stone tablet seemed to be telling the traces of the miraculous swordsman in the distant past. Every movement of his eyes made Ye Yang feel that he benefited a lot.

He took a deep breath, and the magic power around his body suddenly condensed. Then he slowly sat down cross-legged, with his five hearts facing the sky, and entered a state of oblivion of both himself and the world.

At this moment, the mountain where Ye Yang was sitting had become a world of sword energy. That powerful and sharp force entered his body and flowed rapidly along his eight extraordinary meridians.

At this moment, Ye Yang's consciousness gradually merged into the stone tablet in front of him as the sword energy circulated.

He seemed to have merged into one with the stone tablet. In this wonderful perception, Ye Yang seemed to be in a boundless sword domain.

Sword shadows flickered all over the sky, and each one contained a unique sword intent.

Some are like the gentle breeze blowing on your face, soft but sharp; some are like thunder, strong and domineering, as if to split the heaven and earth.

Ye Yang's mind moved, and he pointed out the Tianya sword. At this moment, although there was no sword on his body, there was sword energy everywhere.

Ye Yang frowned, practicing his sword skills while absorbing the sword intent emanating from the stone tablet.

As his understanding deepened, Ye Yang discovered that the sword intent contained in the stone tablet was not simply sharp and fierce or gentle and graceful, but a kind of great truth that combined the power of one sword to break all laws.

Once the sword is drawn, I will be the only one in the world!
No matter how many tricks and techniques you use, I can destroy them with just one sword.

This sword is not meant to defeat the enemy, but rather a way of transcending oneself. Every swing of the sword is a challenge to one's own limits.

He tried to comprehend and gradually absorb this unique sword intent. After a while, Ye Yang pointed out a sword finger again. This time the sword finger was very different from the previous ones. With each pointing of the finger, the sword light revealed became more and more rounded, and the connection between the sword moves was flawless.

The sword-fingering technique, which was originally a bit simple, now has a bit more weight and depth.

Every time he made a stroke in the air, it seemed as if he could mobilize the power of heaven and earth.

It was not until three days later that Ye Yang slowly opened his eyes and ended his meditation.

After absorbing the power from the stone tablet of the Heavenly Fairy Sword Technique, he showed a domineering and sharp edge that he had never had before.

This Heavenly Fairy Sword Technique is extraordinary, and ranks seventy-third on the list of miraculous Taoist magical powers.

Of course it is not so easy to comprehend, but even in such a short period of time, Ye Yang feels that his progress in understanding the Tianya Sword Finger has increased a lot.

He stood up and walked slowly from the top of the mountain. The sky in the distance was desolate and a ray of golden sunlight was rising from the mountain. Ye Yang walked steadily and his expression was solemn.

The end of this retreat is not because the practice in this stage is over.

But a disciple discovered a new problem not long ago.

Yan Qingying rode a flying cloud and came to Ye Yang's side with a respectful look.

"Brother, this is the situation."

Yan Qingying spoke up.

"Not long ago, a disciple went out and found a cold spring under the mountains 800 miles east of here. The cold spring was bone-chilling and people from the outside world could not see it at all. However, there was a huge demonic aura floating around. We suspect that there might be a passage for the demons to come here. After discovering it, the disciples did not act rashly and hurried back to report."

Ye Yang nodded. The Lietian Sword Sect had just been destroyed. If nothing unexpected happened, after returning to Feitian Sect, he would start to improve Feitian Sect's spiritual veins and practice seclusion to break through the Yuanshen realm.

Don't take it lightly in any case.

Ye Yang summoned the Sun-Chasing Flying Turtle. The Sun-Chasing Flying Turtle had a huge body with ancient patterns on its shell. It kicked up a gust of wind with its four legs and carried the two of them into the sky.

The sun-chasing turtle soared in the sky, and the strong wind whistled past. Ye Yang and Yan Qingying looked down at the earth, and the mountains and rivers unfolded under their feet like a picture scroll.

After a while, a mountain came into view in front of us. It was towering into the clouds, and the top of the mountain was shrouded in mist.

The Sun Chasing Turtle slowly landed on the top of the mountain. Ye Yang and Yan Qingying jumped off the turtle's back and looked up. There was a cold pool at the bottom of the mountain.

The surface of the spring was shrouded in mist, and the surrounding air was freezing cold, piercing one's muscles and bones.

The water in this cold pond is a strange dark blue color, like a huge gem.

There seemed to be a flickering light at the bottom of the pool, but it was not clear. The two frowned and stared at the cold spring. Yan Qingying spoke first: "This cold spring is strange, the cold is so strong that ordinary people would freeze to death if they approach it."

Ye Yang nodded slightly, his eyes wandering around the cold spring: "Yes, this chill is unusual, I'm afraid there is a mystery behind it."

"What's underneath?" Yan Qingying asked softly, her eyes full of confusion and curiosity.

Ye Yang slightly moved his sword pupil and saw more things that ordinary people could not see. At this moment, he actually felt the demonic energy howling in the lake, as if there were thousands of sword beams hidden in it, condensed but not emitted, gathered but not dispersed.

"This cold pond is indeed not simple."

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Unconsciously, it is the new year again. Thank you for your company in 2024. I hope that everyone will be better and better in 2025, and everything will go well. I hope that the beautiful story between us will continue to be written! (End of this chapter)