Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 277 The plan cannot keep up with the changes

"Junior Brother Nong, I'm going to order you to guard Yinhai Cave for ten years. Do you believe me?"

Zhou Lang thought for a while and spoke slowly, and Xiao Jingyuan and others were suddenly shocked.

Yinhai Cave is a unique cave in their Wenjian County. The Yin energy inside is self-generated and incredibly rich. It has already nurtured many Yin gods and ghosts to roam rampant inside, and there are even some Yin gods and souls with foundation-building cultivation.

The Yin Gods at this level have wisdom almost comparable to that of humans. They often sneak out of the Yin Sea Cave to devour the essence and blood of human cultivators, as if they were addicted to swallowing a panacea.

In order to ensure the safety of the disciples, the Sword-Wen Pavilion rotates a foundation-building cultivator to guard the Yinhai Cave every three years.

The gloomy atmosphere and desolate land are not a good thing...

Lin Yuanqing suddenly raised his eyes and said, "Master Brother, isn't this punishment... a little too severe?"

Zhou Lang smiled without saying anything, just looking quietly at Nong Jiang who had a complicated expression on his face.

Without letting anyone wait too long, Nong Jiang's face hardened as he immediately bowed and accepted, "I gladly accept this punishment!"

"Senior Brother Nong!" Lin Yuanqing exclaimed.

Nong Jiang waved his hand to stop him and signaled him not to try to persuade him anymore.

Seeing this, Zhou Lang nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Chen Mu and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, I was disrespectful in asking the Sword Pavilion this time. I will let Junior Brother Xiao go back with you to the mountain to explain the whole matter to your sect's headmaster Qin and apologize..."

"Master Zhou, you're too polite..." Chen Mu smiled slightly, neither nodding nor refusing.

Zhou Lang continued, "However, I am also curious... Fellow Daoist Chen's two sword-controlling techniques have similar auras, as if they were inherited from the same lineage. May I ask where you acquired them?"

After saying this, perhaps fearing that Chen Mu would be reluctant to tell the truth, he added softly, "If it's an ownerless sword cultivation inheritance, I'll ask the Sword Pavilion to exchange it for 100,000 spirit stones... I hope you, Daoyou Chen, will consider it carefully."

One hundred thousand spirit stones!

It was enough to buy ten ordinary spiritual weapons, enough to purchase several foundation-building pills, and enough for a casual cultivator to train several generations of successors...

Now it has been used to exchange for two low- and medium-level sword-controlling skills inheritances.

But no one present felt it was not worth it. Even Nong Jiang and others were vaguely expecting Chen Mu to agree as soon as possible.

But the result ultimately disappointed them. Chen Mu shook his head and said, "To be honest with Sect Leader Zhou, the sword-controlling technique I displayed this time is indeed inherited from our sect and cannot be shown to others..."

He would not easily give out such a skill, let alone learn it from the ancestor Shuiyun, even if it was an ownerless inheritance.

Zhou Lang's eyes flickered when he heard this, and he shook his head with a hint of regret, saying, "Since that's the case, I can't say anything more."

After they talked for a while, Chen Mu bowed and said goodbye as he left the hall. Fairy Xian Yue followed closely behind him, and Xiao Jingyuan also followed out at Zhou Lang's signal.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, I also had shortcomings this time. I couldn't stop Senior Brother Nong from attacking... But fortunately, the spirit sword didn't change its owner. If it hadn't, I would be extremely ashamed!"

Fairy Xian Yue looked solemn as she spoke side by side with Chen Mu.

Chen Mu waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Fellow Daoist Xian Yue, please do not blame yourself. If you really want to compensate me, why not refine the sword for me in the future?"

He was so happy that such a sword-making master owed him a favor that he couldn't contain his joy. How could he be so ungrateful as to hold a grudge against him?

"Then it's settled. If you need anything in the future, Fellow Daoist Chen, please feel free to come find me."

"Yeah." Chen Mu nodded, walked slowly to the peach garden at the foot of the mountain, turned around and looked at Xiao Jingyuan beside him.

"Senior Xiao, shall we get up then?"

In fact, if this change had not happened, he would not have planned to return to the mountain so quickly.

After all, he had finally come to Wenjian County, and he also wanted to go to the Wenyuan Lake that his mother mentioned to find out the mysterious water droplets.

But now that he was caught in a storm, he had no choice but to put this matter aside again...

Xiao Jingyuan agreed without hesitation. Chen Mu then turned to Fairy Xianyue, who had followed him all the way here, and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Xianyue, I hope that by the time I come back next time, you'll have forged a top-grade spiritual sword... See you later!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two beams of light, one aquamarine and the other light, flew into the sky and disappeared in an instant.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, we'll meet again!"

……

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed quietly.

A hundred miles away from the gate of Shuiyunjian Mountain, two beams of light appeared quietly, running side by side at an extremely astonishing speed. If one's realm was lower than the foundation-building stage, one could only sense the two shadows from afar.

Because they did not stop along the way, Chen Mu and the others crossed almost half of Zhao State in just ten days, and went straight from Wenjian Pavilion to Shuiyunjian.

"Senior Xiao, the main gate of our sect is just ahead."

Xiao Jingyuan unleashed his spiritual awareness, nodded, and immediately lowered his light of escape: "The distance is not far, I will take a few steps."

Chen Mu's heart moved when he heard this. No wonder Zhou Lang sent him here. It turned out that he was so tactful. He said he was here to apologize and then kept a distance.

After walking for a while, they saw the reception desk at the foot of the mountain gate.

Before Chen Mu could step forward to identify himself, he saw an extremely familiar dark light coming from the front.

"Hahaha..." The sound arrived before the person arrived.

Chen Mu smiled inwardly: "It seems that he has already consolidated and come out of seclusion."

When the dark spiritual light disappeared, the person inside was Niu Dali, who had reached the foundation-building stage.

"The leader sent me to greet you, why is it you, kid?"

Niu Dali chuckled, and whether unintentionally or not, he actually ignored Xiao Jingyuan behind Chen Mu.

Chen Mu coughed lightly and did not respond. Instead, he introduced, "This is Senior Xiao from the Sword-Asking Pavilion... You've met him before."

"Senior Xiao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Niu Dali glared at him and quickly bowed.

Xiao Jingyuan was suddenly shocked when he saw this situation. It was not because Niu Dali deliberately omitted him, but because if Zhou Weiqian from a few years ago was counted in Shuiyunjian... there were already three more foundation-building cultivators!

It actually surpassed the number of two people from his own Sword Questioning Pavilion...

As his mind was racing, Niu Dali led Chen Mu and the others straight to the Shuiyun main hall.

When the three of them stepped in, Sect Leader Qin and the masters of Dutian and Tianhu peaks were discussing something with each other.

"Xiao has met Sect Master Qin, Peak Master Shi, and Peak Master Lin."

Sect Leader Qin nodded and smiled, while Shi Xin and Lin Shuyun stood up and bowed, "Fellow Daoist Xiao..."

As the master of the Green Bamboo Sword, Xiao Jingyuan's status and position are basically the same as theirs, so they naturally would not be rude.

"Master Qin, I am on this trip because of what Fellow Daoist Chen has done..." Xiao Jingyuan was about to slowly state the purpose of his trip, but was interrupted by Master Qin with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, your sect's head, Zhou, used a second-grade, top-grade sound transmission talisman yesterday. I already understand the reason behind it."

"Sound transmission note?" Xiao Jingyuan frowned, puzzled.

Since they sent me here, why did they use the rare sound transmission talisman?
The second-grade top-grade sound transmission talisman is not precious to their sect, but because the method of refining it has been lost, it is quite rare in the Zhao Kingdom's cultivation world. Under normal circumstances, the various sects will not use such a talisman casually.

Sect Master Qin seemed to have anticipated his reaction. With an increasingly serious expression, he explained, "You two were so focused on your journey that you didn't know... Zifenglin and Yuehua Mountain reported yesterday that the Mu Kingdom's Eternal Life Palace has already entered Zhao Kingdom's territory..."

(End of this chapter)