Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 325 Sea Chase
The three-story attic was filled with the gentle fragrance of incense.

The father and son sat facing each other. Shen Wenxing slowly picked up the teapot in front of him, poured a cup of spiritual tea for Shen Yuan opposite him, and respectfully handed it over.

"After sixteen years of seclusion, I can sense that your state of mind has changed somewhat."

Shen Wenxing poured himself a cup of tea and said with a faint smile, "I'm not in such a hurry, and I've figured some things out."

"Compared to Father, I am still not mature enough."

Shen Yuan picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of tea, and smiled faintly.

"That's just your personality."

"How well have you comprehended the body cultivation system that your father passed on to you?"

Before the collapse of the Dao, the most important part of the physical cultivation system that circulated in Yangnao Land was called the "Leak-Free Golden Body".

There was a saying at the time that body cultivators were "cultivators who were not favored by the heavens." Therefore, when body cultivators broke through the five realms, if they wanted to obtain the golden essence and cultivate the flawless golden body, they needed to plunder the immortal golden essence of other immortal cultivators.

Upon learning of Jin Xing's conspiracy, Shen Yuan encountered the old man from outside the Cangmin Realm who called himself Jin Xiao during his second visit to the Jiuyuan Zhexian Temple.

He obtained an alternative path of physical cultivation from the Golden Frog's mouth.

Jin Xiao’s original words were: “The so-called way of physical cultivation is to seek within oneself, without relying on external things, with willpower as steel and qi and blood as fuel.”

Body cultivators strengthen their foundation, refine their internal organs, and hone their physical bodies until supernatural powers emerge within them. They then begin to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, inscribing its patterns into their flesh and blood, ultimately achieving physical immortality and a long lifespan.

Ancient texts record that a fully accomplished body cultivator can achieve physical sainthood, cultivating a realm within their body, nurturing deities through their acupoints, merging their physical body with the Great Dao, and achieving the unity of the three bodies…

Back then, Xu Zhan had already merged with the metal element and cultivated a flawless golden body. However, due to the conspiracy involving the metal element, the entire Shen family was plunged into a moment of despair in their cultivation path.

Shen Wenxing originally planned to risk combining his inner metal element with gold to cultivate a flawless golden body, thereby figuring out exactly what the inner metal element was.

Upon learning of this, Shen Yuan immediately instructed Shen Chongming to awaken Shen Wenxing, who was in seclusion, forcibly extract the metal element he had absorbed into his body, and then told Shen Wenxing the general direction of body cultivation that Jin Xiao had mentioned, allowing him to comprehend the true path of body cultivation on his own.

Several decades have passed since then, and it's unknown how much Shen Wenxing has come to understand it.

Meeting his father's gaze, Shen Wenxing picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of spiritual tea, and sighed, "The method you mentioned, Father, is too obscure, and the details are too vague."

"My son's aptitude is not as good as Xu Zhan's. He has been sitting idly for decades with little to show for it."

"However, my son has already passed this method on to Jingzhe and the others."

"When Xiu Yan woke me up earlier, I saw Jingzhe. The brat's talent in physical cultivation is no less than his father's, and he seems to have made some progress."

"After the Nine Provinces World was unsealed, I was busy with worldly affairs and didn't have time to ask in detail."

He paused, then looked at his father and said, "Xiuyan intends to establish a presence in the Fengshui Realm and seek the source of the Dao within it."

"Send Xu Zhan there."

"Xu Zhan made a request, intending to take You'er and Jingzhe with him."

"I have come here to ask you, Father, to cast a divination for our family of three and the many body cultivators who are going to the Fengshui Realm, to inquire about their fortune."

Shen Yuan nodded calmly.

"You tend to be conservative in your actions. Don't you think Xiu Yan's move is a bit too radical?"

Shen Wenxing paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Father established a rule that the previous head of the family would not interfere with the decisions of the next head of the family."

"Moreover, Xiuyan and her son are two generations apart, and their family situations are different, so the decision-making naturally needs to be adjusted accordingly."

"It's hard to say for sure."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan stroked his beard and chuckled, "You..."

"You're still trying to play tricks on your father."

After chuckling, he sighed and said, "The matter of planning outwards was mentioned by Xiu Bai. Being connected to the Nine Provinces World, this matter is very important to him."

"Xiuyan is no longer the young man he once was. The trials and tribulations he has experienced have matured his character and wisdom considerably."

Looking at Shen Wenxing in front of him, Shen Yuan sneered, "Although you say you don't want to interfere, you actually have some reservations about coming here to ask your father to divine the fortune of Xu Zhan and the others, don't you?"

Shen Wenxing did not speak.

He himself hadn't actually noticed this, but now that his father has said it, he realizes it's true.

"Sacrifice is inevitable in pioneering endeavors."

"At this crucial moment for a plan that will last for a thousand or even ten thousand years, I, as your father, will not interfere."

Shen Yuan's expression gradually became solemn, and his voice became much lower.

"This matter concerns the fate of my Shen family, and even the entire Kyushu world."

"The Great Way is just and fair, and destiny also belongs to the Way of Fate. Under normal circumstances, it would not have any impact if one peeked at it a little."

"The fate of the Nine Provinces world involves too many things. Even if I, as your father, were to exert all my strength to glimpse the surface of it, it would inevitably cause the Great Dao to make corrections, which might affect the original outcome. Do you understand?"

Shen Wenxing lowered his eyes and pondered his father's words.

He never imagined that such a small matter as divining good or bad fortune would involve so much.

"The Great Dao never ends, and destinies intertwine. A single move can affect the whole body. The principles of Heaven are vast and boundless. The more I cultivate, the more I realize how insignificant I am."

Shen Yuan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

After obtaining the "Method of Taking Kan and Filling Li" from the Nine Yuan Immortal Temple, the huge weight on his heart was lifted, and he had more time to comprehend the Great Evolution Dao.

The deeper Shen Yuan's understanding of the "Bi Shi Gui Zang Jing" (a classic text on divination and divination), the greater his inner fear became.

Whether it's cause and effect or destiny, these most fundamental principles of the Dao can only be grasped superficially by a cultivator who has devoted his entire life to them.

When one does not understand this path, one's view of the Great Way is like a frog at the bottom of a well looking up at the moon.

When one grasps only the basics of the Tao, one realizes that one is like a mayfly finally seeing the blue sky!
Shen Yuan could sense that this understanding was not limited to the Great Evolution Path he was cultivating.

All cultivators in the world should have similar insights after reaching a certain level.

Unless one day one can truly transcend the Great Dao and rise above it, this sense of awe can not be completely eliminated.

"Yes, I was being presumptuous."

Realizing that things weren't as simple as he thought, Shen Wenxing, though not quite understanding his father's meaning, didn't press the matter further.

He understood his father, unlike the current head of the family, Shen Xiuyan.

The father valued family ties; Shen You was his granddaughter, and Xu Jingzhe was his great-grandson.

If it were not absolutely necessary, his father would have already cast a divination for everyone, asking about good or bad fortune, without him having to come in person.

"Son, there is one more thing."

Without dwelling on the matter of divination, Shen Wenxing changed the subject.

"Talk about it."

Shen Yuan picked up the teacup in front of him again and spoke.

Shen Wenxing cupped his hands slightly and said, "The descendants of Anu's lineage mostly have a difficult life."

"Xiu Bai sacrificed himself to unite with the origin of the Nine Provinces world. Li'er is devoted to the Dao and has no interest in the feelings between children."

"Xiuyan is the only son of Anu's lineage. He is now in his forties and is still unmarried."

"I cannot bear to see the lineage of Anu wither away. I wish to choose a good wife for Xiuyan, a virtuous woman to manage domestic affairs, carry on the family line, and also to appease her heart. What do you think, Father?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Anu and her husband died young, so this matter should have been handled more by you, their elder brother."

"Have you already chosen someone, either within or outside the clan?"

Shen Wenxing nodded and said, "I do have someone in mind, but since it concerns the wife of the head of the Shen family, I still need Father to make the final decision."

Shen Yuan nodded without saying anything.

Shen Wenxing continued, "Years ago, during the great harvest season in Yangnao, Chongming took charge and captured a female cultivator from Fushan Kingdom who possessed a wind-attribute spiritual root in a battle against Fushan Kingdom. Her name was Fufeng."

"I wonder if Father still remembers?"

Shen Yuan recalled for a moment and nodded.

Shen Wenxing continued, "Chongming used extraordinary methods to allow the female cultivator and Wu Jiu, a cultivator under his jurisdiction, to give birth to a young girl who also possesses a wind-attribute spiritual root, named Wu Yuning."

"This woman is also Chongming's disciple. Her cultivation has now reached the perfection of fetal breathing. She is a few years younger than Xiuyan."

After introducing Wu Yuning's identity, Shen Wenxing looked at his father.

However, in terms of background, Wu Yuning's father, Wu Jiu, was only a minor centurion in the Shen family's army until his death, and his mother, Fu Feng, was a prisoner.

Becoming the matriarch of the Shen family in this capacity will inevitably draw some criticism.

After all, the Shen family is now the ruler of the Nine Provinces World, and is no longer the small cultivation family it once was.

"While her background is somewhat inferior, on the other hand, that girl was also the apprentice of the previous head of my Shen family..."

"You can handle this matter as you see fit, but we should mainly listen to Xiu Yan's opinion."

"What happened between Anu and Zhao Xuan must not be repeated."

Shen Wenxing cupped his hands and said, "Then we'll make the arrangements right now. Let that girl get to know Xiu Yan better first."

"It's a good opportunity to arrange a personal bodyguard for Xiu Yan."

After a moment's thought, Shen Yuan said, "We can pass on the inner cultivation method of the Golden Core Technique of Taking Kan and Filling Li to that girl, and also use some resources to help her break through to the Golden Core stage first."

Shen Wenxing bowed in agreement and was about to leave when Shen Yuan said, "After you go down, have Xiu Yan come over. I have some things to discuss with him."

"Yes," Shen Wenxing replied, turning and walking out of the pavilion.

A moment later, Shen Xiuyan appeared on the top floor of the pavilion.

Shen Wenxing had already told Shen Xiuyan about his plans for Fengshui, and knowing that Shen Xiuyan had his own plans, Shen Yuan didn't ask any more questions.

Shen Yuan glanced at Shen Xiuyan across from him and said in a deep voice, "I believe you are well aware of the situation, so I will not ask any further questions."

"I've called you here today to talk to you about something else."

Shen Xiuyan respectfully cupped his hands and said, "Please enlighten me, Great-Grandfather."

Shen Yuan nodded and said, "As the saying goes, 'To repel external aggression, one must first pacify the internal situation.' Now, my Shen family has been in the Nine Provinces World for nearly twenty years."

"What is the situation of those powerful families under your rule?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Xiuyan was slightly taken aback.

He didn't quite understand what Shen Yuan meant.

Seeing his expression, Shen Yuan sighed softly and smiled, "To expand our territory, we need a powerful army."

"The disciples of those aristocratic families under my jurisdiction have been too complacent for the past few decades and have lost some of their fighting spirit."

"Although the family rules are strict, the cultivators of the major families, while abiding by the rules, also lack the necessary ambition to improve themselves."

"If I'm not mistaken, among the six great families and three immortal sects, apart from the cultivators who had already reached the Golden Core realm before their Dao collapsed, no new Golden Core cultivators have been born yet, right?"

Shen Xiuyan's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

He hadn't really thought about that in detail.

Now, after Shen Yuan's reminder, he instantly noticed that the cultivation level of cultivators in the Nine Provinces World was indeed somewhat sluggish.

Ultimately, the lack of external pressure led those aristocratic disciples to believe that as long as they abided by the family rules and did not violate the rules of the clan's main courtyard, they could rest easy by relying on the wealth accumulated by their families and slowly cultivating their skills.

“The ban has been lifted, and you and your great-grandfather have already allocated the blessed lands to them. It’s not appropriate for your great-grandfather to interfere anymore.”

"Regarding the resources coming up, you need to find a way to let them know that cultivation is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind."

"You know how cruel the cultivation world is in the Cangmin Sea. If the cultivators under your rule cannot adapt in advance..."

"You will suffer a great loss when you travel in the future."

Shen Xiuyan nodded quickly.

"Great-grandfather, please forgive me. It was an oversight during the inkstone repair."

Shen Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Human energy has its limits."

"There have been too many things happening in the Kyushu world in recent years, so some oversights are inevitable."

"Your great-grandfather just told me that he will arrange someone to assist you. You can consider and delegate authority appropriately regarding the clan head and related matters."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xiuyan frowned slightly.

The Clan Court is an institution that oversees the entire Kyushu world and is at the core of power.

Over the years, since he succeeded as the head of the family, he has never felt comfortable handing over the position of clan leader to someone else.

"I wonder who Grandfather has chosen?"

Shen Xiuyan cupped his hands and asked.

He needed to confirm whether the person chosen by his great-grandfather Shen Wenxing was qualified to take charge of the clan's main courtyard.

If it's not suitable, he won't accept it for the sake of the family, even if it means going against his elders.

"Don't be so nervous."

"Grandpa's action was not an order, but merely a suggestion."

"Whether to let her take charge of the clan's main courtyard, or assist you in handling other matters, is entirely up to you to decide based on her abilities."

"Your great-grandfather mentioned this so that you could have a lighter burden."

Shen Xiuyan felt a warmth in his heart upon hearing this, and somewhat embarrassedly cupped his hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you, Great-Grandpa."

Shen Yuan nodded and continued, "There is one more thing."

“The old folks from the powerful families under my jurisdiction are all getting old. They have no faults, but they have no merits either.”

"Moreover, their thinking is somewhat outdated, and they are no longer suitable to lead a clan."

"After you go back, think about it. Grant them titles and ranks, give them some dignity, and let them relinquish the power they hold."

"The current predicament of aristocratic cultivators is more or less due to their own reasons."

"Replacing them with younger, more energetic, and capable people will be more helpful for external planning."

Shen Xiuyan secretly kept these words in mind.

Shen Yuan sighed and said, "The burden you bear now is no less than that your great-grandfather carried when he led the family to its founding."

"Grandpa is telling you all this today for one purpose only."

"Those in positions of power should make good use of all available people; it is better to plan for others than to plan for oneself."

Shen Xiuyan nodded thoughtfully.

"Go, but don't put too much pressure on yourself. Remember that your family is behind you."

Shen Yuan said softly and saw Shen Xiuyan out of the pavilion.

When he returned to the top floor of the attic alone, he walked to the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance.

Shen Yuan knew very well that now was the time when the Shen family needed to be most cautious.

In the past, when they were in Yangnao, the Shen family suffered many dangers, but all of them were due to the karma they had formed with the Great Ying True Lord Xu Xiu.

With that old fox protecting him, he ultimately didn't end up with his family destroyed and his people killed.

But now... the Shen family has no one backing them.

……

The enormous sword-nurturing gourd flew rapidly through the air.

Not far from the sword-nurturing gourd, several flying magical artifacts, resembling carvings of withered wood, shuttled through the clouds, relentlessly pursuing it.

On the sword-nurturing gourd, Huang Lingshan and the other three looked grim.

As the main operator of the sword-nurturing gourd, Liu Qixuan, who was already seriously injured, was now ashen-faced and his aura was extremely weak.

"Ling Shan, Wu Feng..."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on any longer."

"This is my storage bag, please take it."

"I will try to hold off those beasts for a moment, and the three of you can escape separately."

As Liu Qixuan spoke, bright red blood began to trickle from the corner of his mouth.

The Burial Sword Abyss is 180,000 miles away from the Return Sea Cliff. The Sword Nourishing Gourd is not a flying magic weapon after all, and its speed is not much faster than flying with the wind.

The four broke through the encirclement from the Burial Sword Abyss. Although they were very careful to avoid the territories of various major powers along the way, they were still targeted by the group of cultivators from the Xuanhe World behind them.

Ultimately, it's because the matter of Burial Sword Abyss caused too much trouble.

Now, all the major powers in the Cangmin Sea have received news that thousands of sword cultivators from the Burial Sword Abyss have joined forces, broken through the blockade of many immortal cultivators, and escaped from the Burial Sword Abyss.

Among these sword cultivators, some might possess the most precious treasures from the Burial Sword Abyss.

Upon receiving this news, the various factions dispatched personnel to patrol around their respective areas, paying special attention to any sword cultivators hurrying along.

Huang Lingshan and her companions hurried along the way, and not long after entering the Return Journey Cliff, they were discovered by cultivators from the Xuanhe Small World.

The Xuanhe Small World belongs to a medium-sized power in the Guitu Sea Cliff. The Dongxuan Sect, which controls the Xuanhe Small World, is almost as powerful as the current Fengshui Realm Patrol Dao.

After discovering Huang Lingshan and her three companions, the disciples of the Dongxuan Sect did not hesitate at all and immediately sent people to hunt them down.

The reason they were so bold is quite simple.

Huang Lingshan and her group of four were all sword cultivators, one at the Purple Mansion level and three at the Golden Core level. Some of them were injured and they were in a hurry, so it was clear that they had just escaped from the Burial Sword Abyss.

The four were so destitute that they didn't even have a flying artifact and were only traveling with a sword-nurturing gourd. They didn't seem to have any powerful forces behind them.

Based on this, the disciples of the Dongxuan Sect concluded that the four must be rogue sword cultivators. Even if they had a powerful backer, it would be at most a Purple Mansion power, which was not worth worrying about at all.

"Senior Brother Liu, you mustn't!"

"We have entered the cliff of our return journey. If we hold on a little longer, there might still be a chance for a turnaround!"

On the sword-nurturing gourd, the Moonflower Sword Immortal's expression changed slightly, and he quickly spoke.

Liu Qixuan shook his head with a sad smile: "The golden core sword pill in my body has already developed cracks."

"My spiritual power is also about to give out."

As he spoke, he forcefully shoved the storage bag in his hand into Huang Lingshan's hand, and then suddenly waved his hand, using a gentle force to drive all three of them off the sword-nurturing gourd!

"go!"

"If any of you have the strength in the future, you may avenge me!"

"Tell that brat Wen'an that I can no longer drink with him!" Liu Qixuan's hearty voice echoed in the void. He then forcefully activated all the sword energy in his body and slammed his palm onto the sword-nurturing gourd beneath him!
"You little brats, you've been chasing me all this way, do you really think your grandpa's easy to bully!?"

"Sword River!"

The violent sword energy surged into the sword-nurturing gourd, and in an instant, countless sharp longswords, like a celestial river stretching across the void, roared and attacked the many Dongxuan Sect cultivators chasing behind!
"A mere Golden Core cultivator at the peak of cultivation, how dare you be so insolent before me!?"

Among the Dongxuan Sect cultivators chasing after them, an old man in a green robe at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm revealed a mocking smile on his face.

Without even stepping off the flying artifact, he held his left hand behind his back and slowly raised his right hand, striking the oncoming river of swords with a palm strike!
The surrounding spiritual energy surged wildly, and a rough, giant hand covered in tree bark slammed down directly at the endless flying swords in the Sword River!
The flying swords that Liu Qixuan summoned kept crashing into the giant blue palm and shattered one after another!
The transition from the Golden Core Perfection stage to the Purple Mansion stage involves almost an entire major realm.

The gap is enough to drive anyone to despair.

Seeing that his all-out attack had failed to even break through the opponent's attack, Liu Qixuan's face showed a trace of desolation.

But then he gave a strange smile.

"I have cultivated for four hundred years and consider myself to have exceptional talent."

"Bound by the constraints of heaven and earth, I had no chance to reach the Purple Mansion realm for over three hundred years. Now, having just glimpsed its entrance, I must see what the Purple Mansion truly is!"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Qixuan forcibly activated his secret technique, condensing a large amount of sword dao laws above his head!
These sword laws intertwined rapidly in the void above his head, outlining the phantom of the Purple Mansion Dao Palace!
"You still want to display your utmost elegance and make a breakthrough on the spot in front of me?"

Upon seeing this, the old man from the late Purple Mansion stage of the Dongxuan Sect had a sinister look on his face, and then he waved his hand lightly!

The next moment, thousands of gleaming vine spears suddenly appeared in the void in front of him!
This is a person with a wood-attribute spiritual root.

Thousands of vine spears, forged from refined iron, each comparable to a cultivator's magical weapon, instantly locked onto Liu Qixuan, who was attempting a breakthrough in the distance!
"go with!"

With a loud shout from the old man in the green robe, the vine spears whistled as they pierced towards Liu Qixuan's body!
Given the sharpness of these vine spears, if one were to be pierced, the difference in cultivation level would mean that even if Liu Qixuan were wearing a high-grade magic weapon-level robe, he wouldn't be able to withstand it!
The old man in the green robe from the Dongxuan Sect clearly lacked any sense of morality and had no intention of waiting for Liu Qixuan to successfully break through before engaging in a fair battle with him.

He had already made a plan: to kill Liu Qixuan before he broke through to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

The illusory image of the Dao Palace above Liu Qixuan's head rapidly condensed, while countless vine spears locked onto his body and flew rapidly towards him!
Liu Qixuan, who desperately wanted to experience the power of the Purple Mansion Realm, was naturally unwilling to accept this outcome.

A resolute glint flashed in his eyes, and he directly separated a portion of his divine sense to manipulate the sword-nurturing gourd beneath his feet, flying towards the countless vine spears that carried a terrifying aura!

Just as the two were about to collide, Liu Qixuan suddenly clenched his fist!

boom!
The blue sword-nurturing gourd that had been with him for hundreds of years suddenly exploded!
The terrifying explosive energy shattered those vine spears into pieces!
Liu Qixuan himself was also coughing up a lot of blood, and his aura was like a candle flame in the wind, which might be extinguished at any time.

For a sword cultivator, the sword-nurturing gourd is like their own natal flying sword.

Especially for someone like Liu Qixuan, who had nurtured his natal flying sword in the sword-nurturing gourd from the very beginning, they were already bound together by fate.

Now, by detonating the sword-nurturing gourd, he has managed to deflect the opponent's attack, but he has also suffered extremely severe backlash.

The aura trembled, and the illusory image of the Purple Mansion Dao Palace that was about to take shape above his head flickered frequently. Finally, amidst Liu Qixuan's extremely unwilling expression, the illusory image of the Purple Mansion Dao Palace that was about to take shape suddenly shattered.

He had already lost an arm due to severe injuries sustained in the Burial Sword Abyss.

Now that he has forcibly broken through to the Purple Mansion realm and even destroyed the sword-nurturing gourd that is intertwined with his life, it is impossible for him to succeed in breaking through.

After the illusory image of the Purple Mansion Dao Palace shattered, a faint aura of death emanated from Liu Qixuan's body, and his remaining lifespan was like a deflated balloon, constantly slipping away.

Upon seeing this, the old man from the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm of the Dongxuan Sect looked on with a mocking expression.

"Unbelievable..."

"That old bastard is doomed. There's no need to waste time on him. Let's continue chasing those three!"

With a casual wave of his hand, he unleashed a streak of spiritual energy, sending Liu Qixuan, who was blocking his way, flying hundreds of feet away. Several flying magical artifacts roared as they chased after Huang Lingshan and the others, who had already escaped on their swords!

"I..."

In the void, Liu Qixuan, whose body was incomplete and whose mouth was filled with blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, gradually lost consciousness. Looking at the Dongxuan Sect members chasing after him into the distance, he still wanted to mobilize the spiritual power in his body to stop them one more time.

However, his soul had slowly dissipated, and the golden elixir sword pill within his body shattered with a crash.

Ultimately, it plunged directly into the icy seawater and perished completely.

When Huang Lingshan and the others looked back from a distance, they saw that the people from the Dongxuan Sect had caught up with them, and they realized that Liu Qixuan was probably in grave danger.

With tears in their eyes, the three suppressed their grief and urged their magical swords to flee at top speed.

"Escape separately!"

"Junior Sister Lingshan will go ahead with Senior Brother Liu's storage bag, while Junior Sister Yuehua and I will distract them."

"If Junior Sister is fortunate enough to escape alive, and achieves some success in her cultivation in the future, she must never forget the shame of today!"

As Qiu Wufeng spoke, he had already taken the heavy, bladeless sword from his back and slashed fiercely at the void behind him!
He was originally at the half-step Purple Mansion cultivation level, wielding a heavy sword without an edge, using momentum to defeat his enemies!
This strike directly disrupted the surrounding天地之势 (heaven and earth dynamics), affecting all the flying magical artifacts of the Dongxuan Sect.

Like a small boat on a vast ocean, rising and falling in the wind and waves.

"court death!"

Seeing that Qiu Wufeng, a cultivator at the half-step Purple Mansion Realm, was so troublesome, the old man from the late Purple Mansion Realm of the Dongxuan Sect had a gloomy face. For the first time, he left his flying magic weapon and, in the blink of an eye, grabbed a green wooden staff and charged towards Qiu Wufeng!
Qiu Wufeng knew he was no match for his opponent and dared not take the blow head-on.

With a flash, he dodged his opponent in advance, but used his sword aura to stir up the surrounding world and slow down the opponent's flying magic weapon.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Moonlit Sword Immortal attacked the old man in green robes from behind, intending to restrain him by attacking where he would have to defend.

However, the difference in their cultivation levels was still quite significant.

The two men's tricks caused the old man in the green robe some trouble, but it was only minor trouble.

In just over ten breaths, the two bodies pierced by wooden spears crashed into the vast sea below.

Huang Lingshan's eyes were filled with tears.

She desperately wanted to turn back and fight them to the death.

However, considering that the supreme sword weapon in Liu Qixuan's storage bag could not fall into the hands of those beasts from the Dongxuan Sect, he could only suppress his impulse and flee at high speed on his sword.

Of the four, she was the least injured, and she herself was a Purple Mansion Sword Immortal.

The speed of flying on a sword is extremely fast.

The Dongxuan Sect members behind them were delayed by Qiu Wufeng and Yuehua Sword Immortal for more than ten breaths. After they had created some distance between them, it was unlikely that they could catch up with Huang Lingshan in a short time.

However, the old man in the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm of the Dongxuan Sect was not worried.

He could clearly sense that Huang Lingshan was injured and that she had little sword energy left in her body.

If the chase continues, it won't be long before Huang Lingshan runs out of sword energy and can no longer escape.

If a Purple Mansion Sword Immortal can exhaust the sword energy within the opponent's body, it can also prevent her from launching a counterattack before her death and posing some unpredictable threats to one's own side.

……

Over the vast ocean.

The five-colored rainbow that the imperial chariot transformed into streaked across the void.

The golden-haired monkey, wielding a top-grade spiritual weapon, approached the old dragon king of Wanlong Nest, who had once hunted down Shen Chongming.

The massacre of dragons by the Great Lord of Great Harmony was a long time ago.

Luo Tianxing was not the real murderer; he simply had some connection with Da Ying Zhenjun.

Now, Luo Tianxing has been beaten down to the point of only having a severely injured Nascent Soul. With the Golden-haired Monkey acting as an intermediary, plus that precious spiritual artifact, he has the means to persuade others.

The old Dragon King eventually agreed not to report the matter to the Dragon Nest.

But the old man was greedy and made it clear to the golden-haired monkey that if he encountered Shen Chongming again in the Cangmin Sea in the future, he would take action again.

The golden-haired monkey brought the news back to the nameless island. In order to avoid that old guy, Shen Chongming could only choose to drive the imperial chariot to travel in the northwest direction of the nameless island, thereby avoiding Huang Tiandao's pursuit.

Inside the imperial carriage, Shen Chongming sat cross-legged, his hands placed on his knees in a mudra.

Before him, a vast amount of lightning power converged, forming a terrifying lightning halberd on his chest!

Back then, at the Heavenly Venerable's Daoist Temple outside the realm, the Jade Pivot plaque of the Eastern Azure Mystic Palace brought his consciousness to the face of the false Nine Heavens Responding Origin Palace. It was the same Thunderous Halberd that rescued him from the mouth of that terrifying monster.

Since returning from beyond the boundary, Shen Chongming could clearly sense some strange changes in the Thunder Pool within the Purple Mansion Palace.

After months of quiet contemplation, he has now begun to grasp the secret technique of [Thunder Transformation].

Compared to his previous method of forcibly condensing lightning power into arrows, the [Lightning Transformation] technique is clearly superior.

The weapon formed by [Thunder Transformation] not only consumes very little spiritual power, but if he so desires, he can even slowly temper and nurture it as a magical artifact.

This special magical artifact is purer than those forged from rare and precious materials, and it does not require the waste of such materials.

Even if it gets damaged, it only consumes a small amount of lightning-attribute spiritual power and time.

With a slight thought, Shen Chongming noticed a subtle change in the thunder halberd before him.

His preferred weapon is the bow and arrow; the halberd was merely a reference point when he was comprehending the [Thunder Weapon Transformation].

Now that the secret technique was initially mastered and he could control it, he directly replaced the halberd with an arrow.

After hundreds of years of nurturing, the Silent Guest's Great Bow has slowly transformed into a superior magical artifact.

He wouldn't consider replacing it until he obtained a higher-quality longbow artifact.

Of all the arrows, he currently only has one Crimson Flame Arrow, which is a mid-grade magic weapon and was given to him by his aunt Huang Lingshan years ago.

With his current cultivation level, this Crimson Flame Arrow is barely enough.

However, the Crimson Flame Arrow is, after all, a fire-attribute magic weapon, which is not very compatible with him.

Now that he had comprehended the [Thunder Transformation] technique, he immediately condensed a thunder arrow.

In this way, combined with the Silent Great Bow and his current mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivation, he will be able to maximize his strength.

The halberd in front of him, under his mental control, slowly lengthened and thinned, eventually forming a thunderous arrow nearly five feet long!

A large amount of lightning power was injected into it, and the aura of this lightning arrow was rapidly increasing.

Finally, when the entire arrow was bursting with dazzling lightning, Shen Chongming slowly stopped injecting lightning-attribute spiritual power.

The light on the Thunder Arrow gradually faded, and then transformed into an arrow that looked like it was carved from blue crystal.

Shen Chongming held the Thunder Arrow with satisfaction, examined it for a while, and then put it into his storage bag.

After doing all this, he got up and went outside the imperial carriage. His mid-stage Purple Mansion divine sense slowly radiated out, preparing to explore the surroundings first.

Having learned from his previous experience of encountering a Nascent Soul True Monarch Dragon King in the Myriad Dragon Nest, he is now much more cautious when he goes on patrol.

Before proceeding any distance, they must first conduct a reconnaissance mission.

To avoid being unlucky enough to encounter something you shouldn't have again.

Shen Chongming breathed a slight sigh of relief after scanning the surroundings with his divine sense and finding nothing unusual. Just as he was about to return to the sedan chair, the old beggar who had been sitting silently on the carriage shaft suddenly stood up.

Its greyish-white eyes gazed northward.

Shen Chongming was somewhat suspicious, and as he looked over, his divine sense also spread in that direction.

"What did you sense, senior?"

The divine sense of the Purple Mansion Realm spread for thousands of miles, but found nothing.

He couldn't help but look at the old beggar with curiosity.

The old beggar ignored him, his gaze still fixed on that direction.

moment--

He gently tugged at Shen Chongming's sleeve.

His withered hand slowly rose, pointing to the place where the sea and sky met in the north.

Shen Chongming frowned. He had already used his divine sense to investigate, but found nothing. He had no idea what the old beggar had sensed.

"Did you discover something, senior?"

Since returning from the Eastern Azure Mystery Palace, the old beggar seems to have undergone some subtle changes.

But Shen Chongming couldn't say exactly what the changes were.

I could only vaguely sense that he seemed more human now than before.

"people……"

The old beggar finally responded.

people?
Shen Chongming frowned and released his divine sense to investigate again.

Even though he had extended his spiritual sense to the farthest distance, he still did not see the "person" the old beggar had mentioned.

Just as he was about to withdraw his divine sense and continue his patrol, a sword light mixed with a familiar aura suddenly appeared in his divine sense perception!

"Auntie!?"

After briefly sensing the aura of the figure within the sword light, Shen Chongming was astonished!

The Golden-haired Monkey went to the Burial Sword Abyss with Huang Lingshan and others, but only the Golden-haired Monkey returned afterwards.

He had also asked his aunt Huang Lingshan and the others about their whereabouts.

The golden-haired monkey simply claimed that they had entered the Burial Sword Abyss and were cultivating inside.

Shen Chongming didn't think much of it.

Huang Lingshan's figure suddenly appeared in his divine sense.

And judging from the situation, Huang Lingshan seemed to be frantically running for her life!

Shen Chongming's expression changed slightly, and he immediately disregarded everything else, directly maneuvering the imperial chariot towards Huang Lingshan's direction!
At the same time, Huang Lingshan, whose sword energy was almost exhausted, suddenly felt a very familiar divine sense sweep over her.

She was initially delighted, but then her expression changed drastically!

From that divine aura, she sensed that the owner of the divine aura should be Shen Chongming.

She didn't know why Shen Chongming was here.

However, she knew that Shen Chongming's cultivation was only at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, and he was no match for that old man from the Dongxuan Sect.

Liu Qixuan, Qiu Wufeng, and Yuehua Sword Immortal have all perished.

She no longer wants to see anyone she cares about die.

"Chongming, let's go!"

Realizing the danger, Huang Lingshan's divine sense, carrying a voice, swept towards the general direction where Shen Chongming was located!

However, Shen Chongming had already entered the imperial chariot, but her divine sense could not detect its exact location.

At this moment, she did not realize that Shen Chongming had already left.

Her consciousness realized she was frantically fleeing, and she knew very well that Shen Chongming was on his way.

Huang Lingshan forcibly circulated the last trace of sword energy in her meridians to maintain the speed of flying on her sword.

A thought suddenly arose in my mind.

It's good that you came.

At that time, we can hand over the storage bag to him and hold off the people from the Dongxuan Sect.

The speed of the Lightning Escape Technique is not much different from that of a sword cultivator flying on a sword. This place is only tens of thousands of miles away from the nameless island, so he should have a chance to escape back.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Huang Lingshan's face.

As long as the supreme sword doesn't fall into enemy hands, the sacrifice of Liu Qixuan and the other two won't be in vain.

In the distance, the rainbow formed by the imperial chariot had already approached within a thousand miles of Huang Lingshan.

Just as Shen Chongming was about to continue forward, his divine sense also noticed the Dongxuan Sect members who were closely following Huang Lingshan.

The old man from the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm of the Dongxuan Sect seemed to be in order to intimidate the cultivators and sea monsters he encountered on the road. Instead of concealing his aura, he kept urging it on.

The moment Shen Chongming spotted him, he sensed his late-stage Purple Mansion cultivation level.

At that moment, he understood why his aunt Huang Lingshan only cared about escaping and dared not resist.

Cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage rarely venture out, while those at the late Purple Mansion stage are considered quite powerful throughout the Cangmin Sea.

Having been targeted by the other party, Huang Lingshan, who was only at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, was indeed powerless to fight back.

While Shen Chongming was pondering, the two sides closed the gap to within several hundred miles once again.

Seeing that the other party was about to catch up with Huang Lingshan, Shen Chongming didn't care about anything else and directly took out the magic weapon Silent Guest Great Bow from his storage bag!
With a flash of light in his hand, he took out the arrow that he had just condensed using the secret technique [Thunder Transformation].

With the bow drawn to its fullest extent, a thunderous arrow was aimed at the flying magical artifact ridden by the old man of the Dongxuan Sect!

When they were still hundreds of miles apart, Shen Chongming loosened his grip, and the lightning arrow vanished instantly!
A slight tremor came from the void!

The next moment, on the flying magical artifact that looked like it was carved from withered wood, the old man in the green robe seemed to sense something, and his expression suddenly changed!
hum!
A cyan protective spiritual energy shield suddenly erupted from his body, protecting himself and several Golden Core Realm Dongxuan Sect disciples behind him!
boom!
The cyan spiritual energy shield had just taken shape when the flying artifact beneath its feet was struck by a bolt of lightning and destroyed on the spot!

The lightning flashed for a moment and then disappeared instantly.

The old man in the green robe didn't even see what destroyed his flying artifact.

Gazing at the magical artifact that had fallen into the sea below, the old man in the green robe looked grim, frantically scanning his surroundings with his divine sense.

However, since he was not a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he naturally could not detect the Northern Star Emperor Chariot hidden in the void.

The old man in the green robe had a change of expression. He cupped his hands slightly towards the distant void and said, "I am Mu Qingshan from the Dongxuan Sect of the Xuanhe Realm. I am currently handling some private matters of my sect. I don't know which fellow Daoist I have disturbed. I would appreciate your leniency."

This old man is a cunning and treacherous fellow.

Although his divine sense did not detect Shen Chongming, he understood that the person who made the move could not possibly be the Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Otherwise, that attack wouldn't have just targeted his flying magical artifact; it would have instantly killed them all.

Xuanhe Realm Cave Mystery Sect?

Shen Chongming, sitting in the imperial carriage, narrowed his eyes slightly.

He didn't care where the old man came from.

Huang Lingshan was his aunt, and since she had been chased so miserably by this old man, he naturally couldn't let her go.

The reason he destroyed the opponent's flying artifact first instead of killing him was not because he had any fear.

I simply didn't want these people to have a chance to escape later.

He raised the great bow again, and the thunder arrow that had been shot had returned to the bow's core.

Shen Chongming's target this time was another flying artifact of the Dongxuan Sect.

The Dongxuan Sect has brought a total of four flying magical artifacts made of strange dead wood.

Apart from the old man in the green robe, who was at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, the remaining nearly twenty cultivators were all at the early stage of the Golden Core realm to the half-step Purple Mansion realm.

Once he destroys these flying artifacts one by one, he'll have plenty of time to play with his opponent.

(End of this chapter)