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Chapter 179 Sweeping Away the Hell Path Stronghold (Part 1)
Heavenly Pulse Sword Mountain.

When it comes to supporting their friends, sword cultivators always do a great job, bringing out delicacies, spiritual fruits, and fine wines from all over the cultivation world in a continuous stream.

Many of them were clearly picked fresh from the ground, brimming with spiritual energy and possessing a unique aura of the Eastern Region...

Li Ye's heart moved.

He looked around and saw his second senior brother, who hadn't appeared yet, raising his glass to him in a corner, a relieved smile on his face.

"You did very well."

"When you return, your sect and master will also reward you."

"Next up is Master Li's banquet, so have some fun!"

After transmitting his voice, the second senior brother drank the wine in his cup in one gulp, glanced enviously at the Daoist robe woven from rice grains on Li Ye's body, and then left quietly.

Li Ye watched his senior brother's departing figure, and couldn't help but smile. This time, without the help of his sect, he successfully condensed his golden core, and it was such a special golden core.

Actually, what he really wanted to show off was his master and fellow disciples!
Especially Senior Brother Su and the others, they probably haven't even formed their Golden Cores yet, but I've already formed mine. I really want to see their stunned expressions.

"What are you laughing at, Brother Li?"

Wei Qingye, standing to the side, asked curiously, "Could it be that you've thought of something good again? With so many fellow Daoists here, why don't you tell us so we can all have some fun?"

Only the two Golden Core cultivators were present at the banquet; no other senior sword cultivators were sitting there, so that they could do as they pleased.

"I do have something I'd like to ask you all for your help with."

Li Ye understood Wei Qingye's implication, so he simply stood up and said loudly, "Have any of you fellow Daoists ever heard of the Hell Path?"

The cultivators who looked in Li Ye's direction almost all frowned. How could they not have heard of the Hell Path?

This line of demonic cultivators is notorious. If they weren't like rats, digging holes and hiding, they would have been dug out and killed one by one by the major sects long ago.

Fellow Daoist Zhu from Qiongguan Mountain was the first to speak up: "Fellow Daoist Li, do you know anything about the Hell Path's stronghold?"

"Correct."

Li Ye nodded: "I know, and I can pinpoint the location of their stronghold. All we need is for a senior from Tianmai Sword Mountain to draw a sword aura for us so we can enter that stronghold."

"What's so difficult about that?" Wei Qingye had long wanted to get revenge and was eager to try.

He said directly, "As long as I know their location, I will ask my master to take action and gather a group of my fellow disciples to help!"

The sword cultivators sitting not far away were even more ruthless and taciturn: "Where are they? How many are there? Are we going to kill them all!"

The other cultivators also had a look of eager anticipation in their eyes.

For them, putting aside the treasures of the Hell Path, the reputation gained from simply destroying Hell Path strongholds was enough to bring them some benefits.

Especially for independent cultivators, if they have this reputation, their future path will definitely be much smoother—if they've fought together, aren't they friends?
"Since Master Li has invited us, and it's a good thing to eradicate the Hell Path, then we must accompany you even at the cost of our lives!"

"We are all righteous cultivators, and it is our duty to eradicate the demonic sect!"

"...Although we are both from the demonic sects, we are not the same as the Hell Path!"

The last sentence was, of course, spoken by the white-robed demonic cultivator. She glanced expressionlessly at the surrounding cultivators, who were somewhat embarrassed, as the person they were meant to eliminate was right beside them…

The scene was a little awkward for a while.

Fortunately, Li Ye's gentle voice came from the main seat:

"Fellow Daoist, you are a cultivator from the Yaoxiang Demon Sect, aren't you?"

"I have heard about your sect's situation. It certainly cannot be called an absolute demonic sect. Regardless of the differences between sects, you are my friend, Li Ye!"

That's actually quite a bold statement.

However, the Four Seasons Sect is not as extreme as those other sects. Apart from some "bad people" who affect their farming and cultivation, they generally have friends all over the world.

Moreover, this is Li Ye's first banquet after achieving the Golden Core stage, so even if some people dislike the Yaoxiang Demon Sect, they wouldn't say anything.

"..."

The female cultivators of the Yao Xiang Demon Sect were stunned by his solemn treatment.

As a demonic cultivator, she was used to seeing all sorts of schemes and backstabbing, and had never seen such a smile as warm as the spring sun.
There was no forced or pretentiousness in it, only a genuine smile for a friend.

The faces hidden under the masks were slightly flushed.

She showed no outward sign of it, simply nodding slightly.

"Ah."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Li."

Other cultivators might not have noticed anything, but Wei Qingye keenly observed something and teased Li Ye through telepathy, "Did you see this demonic cultivator blush? Are you doing this on purpose?"

The only response he received was Li Ye's slightly puzzled gaze and a genuine, clear, and warm smile: "What are you talking about?"

"..."

For a moment, Wei Qingye even wondered if this was some kind of cultivator from the Hehuan Demon Sect.

No, that's not right either. The Hehuan Demon Sect always tries to use their charm to their advantage, but it can't compare to the comfort of Li Ye's natural smile.

He shook his head and changed the subject:

“Brother Li, although we are both Golden Core cultivators, these fellow Daoists are only Foundation Establishment cultivators. If they really go to the Hell Path, there will inevitably be casualties.”

"This matter was started because of you. If there are any casualties..."

"Is that what you're worried about?" Li Ye replied, "No need to worry. See this rice robe I'm wearing? It's made from the pure spiritual energy of the rice from the Huan Tian Domain."

I can connect with them through the rice robe, and then transmit this spiritual power to everyone through the Melody of Understanding. With the blessing of this spiritual power, you and I will both become Golden Core cultivators.

This ability is simply too terrifying.

However, with this kind of power, there really isn't a problem.

So he stopped asking questions and focused on chatting and joking with the cultivators. He wasn't a quiet person by nature, and with the cheerfulness that sword cultivators are known for, even a Golden Core cultivator wouldn't seem unapproachable. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

……

Time flies by.

Three days later, after the banquet, the cultivators, full of energy and having eaten and drunk their fill, followed Li Ye and Wei Qingye aggressively, as if they were going to raid their home.

Actually, there's not much difference.

Wei Qingye's master, He Zhenren, has already opened a gap using the spatial coordinates given by Li Ye. She won't go in directly, but she will watch over them from the outside.

She wasn't worried about anything going wrong. After all, even if the Hell Path had some ability, it was impossible for them to be guarded by Nascent Soul cultivators. The aura here was just that of slightly stronger Golden Core cultivators.

They are like rats hiding in dark corners where the sun cannot shine, but once the rat hole is opened, they will be knocked to death one by one.

Standing before the spatial passage cleaved open by the immortal, Li Ye took out the Melody of Understanding, gently blew on it, and sent the spiritual power transmitted by the Dawn Rice to the eager cultivators.

Then he added, "Once we're inside, we must protect that village first. We can deal with the Hell Path slowly!"

After saying that, he took the lead and rushed out.

After passing through the spatial barrier torn by sword energy, he immediately saw the hair strands raging throughout the stronghold and the Jianmu and Xiguang Village struggling to hold on.

"Hehehe... young friend."

"Look at the gift I gave you!"

A figure rose from within her hair, raising her head to look at Li Ye, who was draped in a straw robe, her eyes filled with resolute killing intent.

After her spatial barrier was cleaved by the swordsman's sword light, she knew that this time it would definitely not end well, so what she had to do was influence Li Ye's Dao heart.

"Weren't you here to rescue people...?" She gave a horrifying smile. A single strand of hair suspended an old, lifeless body, swaying in the air. The old face was filled with terror—it was Old Jiang, the one who had given Li Ye the book earlier.

Li Ye narrowed his eyes, his killing intent barely contained.

Then his pupils contracted slightly, because he saw the hair tear Old Jiang's body apart, blood and flesh flying everywhere, falling into the writhing sea of ​​hair, and quickly disappearing completely.

Not only their bodies, but even their souls were crushed...

No words.

Li Ye's face was ashen as she stretched out her hand.

In his fair palm, it was as if he had grasped a spinning sun, and then he threw it down hard. The sun and moon rings spun and poured out terrifying solar radiance, crashing into the sea of ​​hair with a "boom".

Having survived the tribulations of the four seasons, the sun and moon rings, imbued with the power of the seasonal cycles, immediately unleashed an extremely terrifying scorching summer heat. This was a natural law, and its destructive power against evil spirits was simply indescribable.

“Hiss, hiss, hiss!”

As if being scorched, the once majestic sea of ​​hair was instantly blasted open with a large hole, and continued to retreat with the power of the Sun and Moon Rings.

And this is just the beginning.

The sword cultivators who followed gripped their longswords and charged forward, plunging into the sea of ​​hair surrounding Xiguang Village like divine warriors descending from the heavens, sweeping away the surrounding demons and evil creatures.

They made no roars or shouts, but moved forward with precision and ruthlessness, crushing everything in their path with their sword energy.

Sword cultivators are terrifying, but those who can cooperate and have a unified supply of spiritual energy to launch combined attacks are even more terrifying.

Moreover, those brought by Wei Qingye were not ordinary sword cultivators. With the blessing of Golden Core level magic power, they could even use the technique of man and sword as one, and long swords of different shapes swept around.

Just like harvesting wheat, a clearing was quickly cleared.

Before Wei Qingye could even draw his sword and charge in, he saw his junior brothers and sisters rushing in aggressively.

"...Wait for me!"

How could he possibly back down in such a situation? He quickly followed them inside.

Seeing this, the other cultivators quickened their pace and went inside, complaining:
"Heavens above! These sword cultivators!"

"We can't just let them achieve this. If word gets out, won't we look like we were just going through the motions?"

"What are you waiting for? Attack!"

The last sentence was spoken by a cultivator surnamed Lü from the Bitter Journey Academy. He and his friend had obtained many fragments of the Heavenly Vein thanks to Li Ye, and their magical power and supernatural abilities were only a hair's breadth away from the Golden Core stage.

The cultivator surnamed Zhu even deduced that if they could wipe out this place, they would be able to form a Golden Core upon returning.

Therefore, the cultivator surnamed Lü no longer concealed himself. He opened and closed his folding fan, and countless black and white chess pieces appeared on it, falling straight down.

After landing, the chess pieces transformed into powerful soldiers, including cavalry, archers, catapults, siege ladders, generals, and fierce warriors—almost everything imaginable.

Each pawn is connected by dotted lines on the chessboard, just like a well-trained army, moving forward steadily and quickly.

"You're studying chess? Wargames?"

The cultivator surnamed Zhu glanced at his friend curiously, "I didn't expect you to have such a supernatural ability hidden away."

"Hurry up and get yours," the cultivator surnamed Lü urged. "If you don't make a move soon, it'll be over!"

—The furious Li Ye and Wei Qingye's power had penetrated deep into the other shore city in the distance, and with their combined strength, the entire city was trembling.

"Too."

The cultivator surnamed Zhu sat cross-legged in the void, and a phantom image of the Bagua slowly emerged behind him. The trigrams on the phantom image began to rotate and finally landed on the "Zhen" trigram.

then……

Suddenly, a calamity aura, like springtime revival, appeared all around.

"what?"

"Is Master Li about to undergo another tribulation?"

"No way?"

The fierce cultivators were startled and looked around before realizing that it was actually created by the Bagua in the sky.

It was as if a segment of the Heavenly Tribulation of the four seasons had truly been cut off. The tribulation energy of spring, summer, autumn and winter spread outwards, directly enveloping the entire Hell Path in terrifying tribulation energy.

Even if it only has one-thousandth of the original power of the calamity energy, a heavenly tribulation is still a heavenly tribulation, and its destructive power against such evil beings is self-evident.

Li Ye and Wei Qingye, who were engrossed in casually killing vengeful spirits, stopped at the same time. The latter glanced at the sky and said, "This guy is the Bagua spirit of Qiongguan Mountain, isn't he?"

"That won't be easy; in the future, one must align oneself with the Dao."

Li Ye shook his head and withdrew his gaze. His rice robe was radiating a vibrant energy like the sun, and a sun and moon ring above his head was constantly scattering summer sunlight. In his hand, he simply held a rake.

There's no way to use my signature magic weapon to hit people; it's much more comfortable to use something like a rake.

"Let's kill her as soon as possible."

He knew very well that the strands of hair outside were extensions of the power of the guardian here, and now they were all being suppressed by the aura of the Nascent Soul and were being eliminated.

The power of the garrison commander will also be greatly reduced.

Kill her while she's sick!

Li Ye, charging forward, didn't know if he had knocked over some women in red dresses or armor... Anyway, those guys were easily chopped into pieces by Wei Qingye, who was following behind.

All he knew was that behind the large, carved mahogany door in front of him, painted with blood-red lacquer, lay the location of the garrison commander.

Without saying a word, he stepped forward and kicked the door open, then grabbed the Sun and Moon Ring and a branch of the Jianmu tree that was concentrated with countless spiritual energies and threw them inside.

The garrison commander, who was waiting inside for Li Ye to arrive, was completely unaware that Li Ye had no intention of communicating with him at all.

So they didn't react in time and were completely stunned by the explosion of the Jianmu branches and the Sun and Moon Ring.

She roared angrily, "You scoundrel! How dare you plot against me..."

The roar had barely been heard when several more branches of the Jianmu tree were thrown in, accompanied by countless sword energies and torrents of various magical spells and supernatural powers.

She was completely submerged again, unable to utter a single sound.

Outside.

Relying on his magical cave and the spiritual energy supplied by his straw robe, Li Ye unleashed a variety of attacks without restraint. Wei Qingye, standing beside him, threw sword energy while asking, somewhat strangely:
Shouldn't we rush in?

Li Ye cast spells and supernatural powers while looking at him with the eyes of someone who was an idiot:
"In your family's words... you're a tiger."

"Who knows if there are any hidden magic arrays or mechanisms in here? I don't intend to listen to her say anything that might disturb my Dao heart. No matter what, I'll kill her first!"

As he spoke, he continued to throw more spells into it.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared, and what emanated from the door was an increasingly weak vitality and chaotic, violent spiritual energy.

Wei Qingye blinked.

I feel like I've learned something.

So he continued to throw sword energy.

Just when the two thought it was going to end like this, a pure white light suddenly flowed out from inside the door.

The pure light fell on Li Ye's side.

Sudden changes occur.

(End of this chapter)