In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 425 Tai Bai Tian Ji: Am I not late? (3K views, please subscribe!)

"There's only one day left until the three-day deadline. We need to hurry. Senior Ruan, have you decided who our next target is?"

After walking a distance, Su Yuan stopped in a desolate mountain. After taking control of the surrounding world, he summoned Ruan Pingcui and Chen Nuoyi.

After a moment's thought, Ruan Pingcui was about to give an answer.

However, before she could utter a sound, a terrifying pressure that shook everyone present suddenly descended!
Su Yuan was very familiar with this oppressive aura; it was the fierce power unique to Nan Cang.

Is Nan Cang attacking?
Shocked, Su Yuan quickly mobilized the power of the surrounding heaven and earth to lock onto an uninvited guest who was attacking at high speed.

It was none other than Nan Cang, who had an ordinary appearance and was currently wearing a purple official robe.

His imposing eyes swept coldly over Su Yuan and the others, his tone calm and unwavering:

"Found you."

Su Yuan: "..."

As Ruan Pingcui, Ye Muyu, and Chen Nuoyi all assumed their fighting stances, Su Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of confusion.

"Old Man Nancang, how did you discover this?"

Nan Cang said calmly:
"By chance, a day ago, I secretly sent out invitations to all Nascent Soul cultivators in the Cold Plum World, inviting them to a gathering at the Governor's Mansion the next day, and also mobilized some informants to monitor them."

"Given my prestige, even if a neutral Nascent Soul cultivator like Jia Fugui resisted, he would have told me beforehand and would not have left on his own."

"If he suddenly does something unusual, I think it would be very necessary for me to come and see for myself."

Su Yuan: "..."

Well, that is quite a coincidence.

So, at this critical juncture of sacrificing the Cold Plum World, what is Nan Cang trying to do by summoning so many Nascent Soul cultivators?
If they all attacked together, even you, Nan Cang, wouldn't be able to kill them all before your strength was exhausted.

Ruan Pingcui, standing to the side, suddenly changed her expression and said in astonishment:
"Do you not only intend to sacrifice the billions of lives in the Cold Plum World, but also to include Nascent Soul cultivators of your level in your devouring scope?"

Nan Cang answered without even lifting his eyelids:
"Of course. Do you really think that you can break through to the half-step Nascent Soul stage by simply sacrificing hundreds of millions of lives? The Nascent Soul stage is far too worthless."

"The reason we didn't mention the treatment of Nascent Soul cultivators before was simply to appease people."

Ruan Pingcui fell silent, her expression a mixture of anger and despair.

Nan Cang continued:
"No need for further words. You are all delicious prey to me. Enter my sleeve first, and when I devour the world, you will become one with me."

As he spoke, this powerful figure, who was almost at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, flicked his sleeve, and an irresistible suction force emanated from his sleeve.

Faced with such absolute power, Su Yuan and his companions were powerless to resist.

But just as their feet left the ground and they were about to be captured by Nan Cang, a sword light suddenly ripped through the sky, tore through space, and struck Nan Cang's sleeve heavily.

A small corner of the latter's purple sleeve was immediately cut off, and the suction force dissipated.

"I'm not late, am I?"

A tall, upright figure stood with his back to Su Yuan and the others, turning his head slightly to look back with a smile on his face.

Although he has the face of Yanhe, the other party is undoubtedly Taibai Baiji!

"Teacher, that was pretty cool!"

Su Yuan gave a thumbs up.

Taibai Ji smiled and said:
"Nan Cang left in a hurry in order to catch you in time."

"Perhaps he plans to deal with you all first and then come back to deal with me, but he underestimates me a bit."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze back to the silent governor of the Cold Plum World, no longer concealing his Nascent Soul cultivation, which clashed fiercely with Nan Cang's vigorous and domineering pressure.

Immediately, the space in this area experienced violent compression and collision, causing the celestial phenomena and the earth's veins to tremble.

Seeing that a strange phenomenon stretching for thousands of miles was about to occur, Su Yuan dared not hesitate and mobilized the Demonic Thunder to cut off the connection between this place and the outside world.

"The Flame Fiend Cult has more secrets than I imagined, but that suits my taste perfectly."

Nan Cang remained calm and unsurprised.

Just like the sudden appearance of Taibai and Baiji, it's merely like having an extra dish on the table; there's no need to pay attention to it.

And he certainly has the right to be so arrogant.

Then Nan Cang raised his hand and, just as he had dealt with Ruan Pingcui and Kong Yue, squeezed the air heavily.

Tai Baiji appeared outwardly normal, but its internal organs were suddenly subjected to an invisible force that could crush it at any moment.

Tai Baiji's solution to this was quite simple.

Only speed can’t be defeated!

Before his internal organs shattered, he had already raised the Wenji Sword in his hand, instantly achieving oneness with the sword.

A silver-white spirit sword, over ten feet long, appeared on the spot, carrying extremely sharp Geng metal energy, and shot out.

The speed of this sword strike was extremely fast, instantly traversing the entire distance between him and Nan Cang, piercing through his body.

A crack appeared on Nan Cang's body, splitting him in two.

But strangely, he did not completely break into two pieces.

Strange buds of flesh rapidly formed from his wounds, intertwining and quickly mending his body, which had been torn in two, restoring it to its original state in the blink of an eye. "A sword cultivator... a top-tier sword cultivator!"

Nan Cang turned and looked at the silver-white longsword, sighing with emotion:
"It's a pity that your cultivation level is too low and you can't threaten me."

Tai Baiji, which had already switched to sword form, did not answer. The sword trembled slightly, as if it was brewing something.

Suddenly, the Thousand Gold Sword that Chen Nuoyi had been carrying on her back trembled, and half of the sword was drawn from its sheath.

The Crimson Origin Sword, which was inside the Calamity Moon Pearl, burst out of the pearl, transformed into human form, and looked towards the direction of the Heavenly Pivot with a hint of longing.

"This……"

Su Yuan vaguely felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.

Just as he was puzzled, he heard Ye Muyu mutter in a complicated tone:

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to Their Origin..."

What?! The official version of Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin!

Su Yuan was suddenly shocked, and then became furious!

Well, it turns out that Old Man Taibai was hiding such a good thing and didn't teach me, forcing me to use a pirated version of Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin!
Once everything settles down, we must make that old man explode with gold coins!
However, Su Yuan soon realized that Ye Muyu's tone was a bit off.

It seemed to carry a hint of... resentment.

Su Yuan asked cautiously:
"Instructor Ye, is there a problem with my teacher's 'Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin' technique?"

Ye Muyu withdrew her gaze and replied softly:
"Your teacher didn't learn the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique from the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect, but rather it was taught to him by Yu Xi's mother."

Yu Xi's mother? Isn't that the teacher's wife?
Su Yuan blinked and immediately understood why Instructor Ye was so resentful.

It's no wonder you're upset when your crush uses tactics against you like a rival.

However... since Master's wife possesses this powerful sword technique, she must be a great figure above the Golden Core stage. What exactly happened to her?
Why do the teacher and Yuxi never mention it?

While pondering, Su Yuan suddenly noticed a patch of silver-black clouds surging into the distant sky.

Upon closer inspection, the dark clouds gathering from all directions were none other than swords of varying grades!
Su Yuan's eyes widened.

Just how large is the area encompassed by the "Ten Thousand Swords Return to One" technique? Is it a radius of ten thousand miles? Or even wider?
Nascent Soul cultivators are indeed Nascent Soul cultivators. Apart from those who were promoted through shortcuts and were essentially worthless, they all possess the power to easily influence an entire great world.

So here comes the question.

Teacher, you've borrowed so many swords from others, have you ever considered returning them?

Did you know that many people are now taking out loans to buy flying swords? And these loans are typically for at least ten years!
You had a great time in this battle, but what happens after that?
Tsk tsk tsk, with a single thought he can shake the very foundation of countless sword cultivators' cultivation. What a sinful man, worthy of being called the Taibai Sword Demon.

However, Su Yuan also understood that at this critical juncture, everything had to give way to defeating Nan Cang.

To save the common people, let's make the sword cultivators suffer a bit.

Thinking of this, Su Yuan looked at the eager Chi Yuan and solemnly said:
"Let's go help our master."

Chi Yuan nodded with delight, transforming into a streak of blood-red sword light and joining the torrent of flying swords.

The same applies to Chen Nuoyi's Thousand Gold Sword.

Hundreds of thousands of flying swords rapidly converged, resembling a dazzling galaxy crashing down towards the ground.

The silver longsword formed from the Taibai Heavenly Pivot trembled slightly and thrust towards Nan Cang once more.

However, before he could even reach Nan Cang, he was already engulfed by countless flying swords.

Most of these flying swords are ordinary swords and should not be able to harm Nan Cang in the slightest. However, the power of the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin technique lies in its ability to make the swords resonate with each other, forcibly raising the grade of the flying swords.

The more flying swords that converge, the stronger this resonance effect becomes.

For example, right now, every flying sword present is at least as powerful as a Foundation Establishment level magic weapon!

Countless flying swords, like swimming fish, continuously joined forces, weaved, and surrounded Nan Cang, repeatedly striking the latter.

Each impact produced an extremely intense roar, and fragments of flying swords would occasionally burst out and embed themselves in the ground.

The scene is extremely spectacular!

Su Yuan and his group had already hidden in the distance and were now silently watching everything.

In this battle, not only he, but even Ruan Pingcui could only watch helplessly.

At this moment, Su Yuan had only one thought—it had gotten out of hand and could no longer be concealed.

Once the "Ten Thousand Swords Return to One" technique is used, the details of this battle will be known to everyone, and there will be no possibility of concealing it.

This made Su Yuan tense, worried that the battle would attract the attention of the main world, causing them, these 'extraterrestrial demons,' to suffer a thunderous attack.

In that case, Nan Cang, who was supposed to be the villain who destroyed the world, would become a positive figure in the fight against the extraterrestrial demons.

Who can bear this?
However, Su Yuan soon discovered through his mastery of the Heavenly Dao that the communication channels between the two worlds of Hanmei and Tianlu had been blocked by someone using some kind of authority.

Without a doubt, this was the work of Nan Cang, who held the power of life and death over the entire Cold Plum World.

It seems he doesn't want to be investigated because of the extraterrestrial demons at this critical juncture when he's about to defect.

Besides, if Taibai Baiji and Su Yuan and the others are captured, who will he ask for directions when he needs to get rid of them?
(End of this chapter)