Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 69 The Two Children of the South China Sea
Faced with the attack from the two boys, Guan Minghui gently waved the Xuan Guang Ruler, and four halos appeared in the air.

Two flying swords ensnared the boy, and two sea shark daggers were ensnared within the sword light.

The boy made a hand seal and exhaled, urging his flying sword to stab. The yellow and white sword light, about ten feet long, twisted up and down, while the ice-blue sea shark thorn trembled continuously, but it could not escape from the circle.

Guan Minghui gently touched the Xuan Guang Ruler, and the five-colored halo contracted inward.

"Slap! Slap! Slap!" Three sounds.

The two shark spikes exploded first into a cloud of black and blue smoke, and then the yellow flying sword also exploded in half, becoming two pieces of scrap metal.

Only the white flying sword, of relatively good quality, remained, struggling endlessly within the five-colored halo.

Guan Minghui used the light ring to pull the flying sword in front of him, reached out and grabbed it, then ran his fingers across the sword, leaving streaks of red on it before it quickly lost its luster.

The two boys were both shocked and furious. They quickly formed the same hand seal and each unleashed twelve bursts of light.

This treasure is called the Fish-Dragon Illusionary Light Ball. It was made from the eyes of a thousand-year-old tiger shark and transformed into twenty-four silver lights in the air, striking Guan Minghui.

Guan Minghui waved the Xuan Guang Ruler and used the light circle to try to capture it.

The five-colored halos enveloped the silver sphere of light; one shrank inward, and the other expanded outward, instantly changing color.

The central silver light was as large as a bushel, sparkling with starlight, and its exterior was radiant with countless rays of light, making it extremely beautiful!

This is a really great set.

If it were the original Sanfeng, even if she poured all her magical power into the Xuan Guang Ruler, she could only pull against the opponent.

Guan Minghui's magical power far surpassed that of Sanfeng. The Xuan Guang Ruler shone brightly, and the twenty-four halo rings he added grew stronger and stronger, suppressing the silver light within and forcibly shrinking it.

In the end, all the silver light returned to the size of a longan bead and fell into his hand.

The two boys gaped in astonishment. This was their master's most prized possession, and the enemy had taken it away so easily!
Knowing they were no match for each other, they exchanged a glance and immediately tried to escape.

Instead of flying close to the ground or jumping into the sea, the two of them burrowed directly under the soil and rocks.

These two have mastered extremely advanced earth-walking techniques!

Guan Minghui initially couldn't discern who the people were from the divination results; he only knew how the numerological changes involved were.

Once they arrived here, saw the island, the two people, and their magical artifact, they had already guessed who it was.

This place is called Funiu Island, and the harbor below it is called Coral Nest. The two people are named Zhen Gen and Zhen Dui.

The future second of the Seven Dwarfs of Emei!
Now that he knew who they were, Guan Minghui also knew that their specialty was earth-based techniques, and he had been on guard for a long time.

As soon as the two men cast their spell to split the ground, Guan Minghui raised the Xuan Guang Ruler, which conjured five rings out of thin air. These rings were then placed around the necks, wrists, and ankles of the two brothers. Guan Minghui then lifted the two men out of the split pit and hoisted them into the air.

The two brothers struggled in vain and could only close their eyes and await death.

Guan Minghui pointed and blocked a section of seawater, turning it into crystal glass, and then threw the two people onto it.

Zhen Gen, dressed in yellow, said, "Kill me if you want, no need for further words."

Guan Minghui thought for a moment and organized his thoughts: "Back then, your father, Zhen Hai, along with the disciples of the Iron Umbrella Demon Path, went into the sea eye to boil the sea with Yin Fire in order to seize our Ziyun Palace. Shouldn't we have killed him?"

Zhen Dui said, "No matter what, the hatred for killing one's father is irreconcilable! As sons, how can we stand between heaven and earth if we cannot avenge our fathers?"

"It's a pity you're too incompetent to take revenge."

Zhen Dui, with his neck stiff, said, "If my skills are inferior, I'll only die!"

Guan Minghui smiled and shook his head slightly: "If you fall into my hands, you can neither live nor die!"

He pointed his right hand downwards, tearing Zhen Dui's clothes in the middle as if cut by a knife, revealing his chest.

Guan Minghui drew a picture in the air, and smoke began to rise from the skin on Zhen Dui's chest, as if an invisible, red-hot iron had been drawn across it.

With a hissing sound of flesh burning, strokes of calligraphy quickly appeared, eventually forming three talismans.

Then Guan Minghui rotated the Xuan Guang Ruler, and the five light rings controlled his back. He then drew four talismans along both sides of his spine on his back.

This is the Seven Saints Soul Talisman from "The Three Secrets of the Demon".

The Seven Sages of the Bewitching Heaven are seven great demon saints from another world. There is a special chapter in "The Three Secrets of Demons" that describes how to establish contact with them and even summon them to the mortal realm.

Its uses are numerous, and the Seven Saints Bewitching Heaven Technique that Chu Feng is currently cultivating in seclusion is its ultimate divine skill.

Sanfeng was unable to cultivate due to its limited aptitude and comprehension. Guan Minghui felt that there were many possibilities if it were combined with the Xuan Yin Gathering Beast Technique, and planned to refine it when he had time in the future.

He branded the Zhen brothers with the Seven Sacred Soul-Controlling Talismans, which allowed him to control their souls.

He first kept Zhen Gen sober, and then had Zhen Dui slap his brother.

Controlled by the Heavenly Demon, Zhen Dui's eyes turned bloodshot. He raised his hand and slapped Zhen Gen's face hard, as if he had seen his father's killer.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

After only seven or eight slaps, blood was flowing from Zhen Gen's nose and mouth. Guan Minghui released his control over Zhen Dui. He knew what he was doing, but he couldn't control himself. Seeing his brother beaten so badly, he couldn't help but cry loudly.

Next, Guan Minghui restrained Zhen Gen and made him take out a shark thorn and stab it into Zhen Dui's thigh, twice on the left and three times on the right.

The shark thorn is over a foot long, piercing in from the front and exiting from the back, and is coated with a potent poison.

Zhen Dui's face quickly turned blue, and he was about to die from the poison.

Guan Minghui released his control over Zhen Gen, and Zhen Gen quickly gave his younger brother the antidote.

He said bitterly to Guan Minghui, "If you have any tricks up your sleeve, come at me! Don't torture my brother."

Guan Minghui laughed and said, "I like to use you to torment your brother, and then let him torment you."

After taking the antidote, Zhen Dui, panting heavily, said, "If you still consider yourself a sword immortal, then give us a quick death!"

"Why should I give you a quick death? I'm going to make you kill your brother, and then let your brother's corpse jump up and bite you to death."

The two brothers exchanged a glance, both feeling a chill run down their spines: "You...you really are a demon!"

"Well, fine, I'm a demon." Guan Minghui smiled at the two of them; he liked this kind of combination where each was the other's Achilles' heel.

Zhen Gen, having been thoroughly subdued, retorted, "What exactly do you want? Is it a mountain of knives or a sea of ​​fire? Draw up the line, and we brothers will be leaving!"

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this sooner?" Guan Minghui said. "My palace is currently refining a kind of divine cinnabar, but we don't have enough manpower. We need furnace-tillers. You will come with me to the palace to serve."
Do odd jobs. You want revenge? First, you need to survive. Endure all the humiliation and hardship. Wait for the clouds to part and the moon to shine. When your destined master comes knocking...
"Then you'll have a chance, right? Otherwise, what good will it do to be tortured to death by me now, and have your souls taken away by me to be refined into gods and demons?"

Although the Zhen brothers were still resentful, they had no other choice but to grit their teeth and agree, preparing to endure humiliation at Ziyun Palace so that they could find an opportunity to avenge their father in the future.

Guan Minghui liked this approach, letting them return to the coral cave to pack their belongings.

The father of the Zhen brothers, Zhen Hai, was killed by the Ziyun Palace and the Tiger Head Zen Master. Their mother fled with them, but she was seriously injured and died not long after.

Later, they became disciples of a wandering immortal and cultivated themselves here.

Their master has not yet achieved immortality and has passed away. The fish-dragon illusion orb and the white immortal sword were used by that wandering immortal master back then.

The two changed their clothes, sealed the cave entrance, each carrying a treasure bag and a bundle, and returned dejectedly.

They're now carrying magical talismans, so they can't escape even if they wanted to.

He took the two back to Ziyun Palace and handed them over to Chu Feng, explaining their origins. Chu Feng was stunned: "How did you bring your enemy into your own home?"

Guan Minghui said, "I have calculated their backgrounds. They have a connection with the Emei Sect and will be the backbone of the younger generation of the Emei Sect in the future. Let's leave them here for now. When the Emei Sect comes in the future, whether they become friends or enemies is up to us. If all else fails, we can use them as hostages... If things get really bad, we can execute them at any time, since they have the Seven Sacred Talismans that I planted on them."

Chu Feng was still somewhat hesitant after hearing this. A few days later, Hui Zhu returned with a girl and a boy. The girl's name was Zhao Tieniang, and she was a virgin.

Huizhu was originally an old clam spirit. Years ago, she was stranded on the shore and almost had her flesh cut off by fishermen to get her pearl. She was rescued by the father of the Sanfeng sisters and released back into the sea.

Later, when Sanfeng's father died, the three girls were thrown into the sea. The old clam rescued them and took them to Ziyun Palace, which led to this celestial destiny.

Because Huizhu was an alien spirit and a shellfish with extremely poor aptitude, she reincarnated after stabilizing her primordial spirit. After becoming a human, she returned to the palace to cultivate Taoism a second time.

This Zhao Tieniang was someone she met during her reincarnation, and she brought her back to the palace to embark on her path to immortality.

Another boy, Long Lizi, was only five or six years old. He was born with deformities: his head was flat and small, his nose was concave and upturned, a third eye was growing between his two eyebrows, and he had six fingers on both hands and feet, which were of equal length.

When he was born, his parents thought he was a monster and threw him into a ravine to be fed to tigers. The tigress saw him but not only did not harm him, she also fed him with her milk.

Later, as he grew older, he was able to run across streams in the mountains with the speed of a flying monkey and immense strength.

Although abandoned by his parents, he still missed them. Because his parents were killed by wild men in the mountains, he went to take revenge, picking up a millstone-sized rock and smashing it wildly, killing many wild men.

Just then, Huizhu happened to be passing by with Zhao Tieniang, so she brought him into the palace as well.

Huizhu admired the righteous path. After hearing about the Zhen brothers, she immediately and firmly stood on Guan Minghui's side, believing that this was an opportunity to enter the righteous path from the unorthodox path. She said that the Emei Sect was upright and honest, only asking about right and wrong and not about personal gain. Back then, Zhen Hai coveted Ziyun Palace, and he was wrong first. His death was understandable. She believed that when the Emei Sect came, they would surely be able to resolve the grievances between the two sides and turn hostility into peace.

A few days later, Jin Xunu returned with a young man named Li Rui [Note], who was originally from Qinghai, a place where old demons congregated.

Li Rui learned demonic techniques from a barbarian monk for several years. He was chased and killed for harassing a female disciple of the Hongdu Sect in Tianshan. He fled overseas and happened to meet Jin Xu Nu, so he brought him back.

Upon hearing about the Zhen brothers' situation, he, being skilled in divination, immediately set up a divination chart and confirmed that the Zhen brothers had a deep connection with the Emei Sect. He then strongly supported Guan Minghui's decision.

After hearing it many times, Chu Feng gradually came to accept it. She called the Zhen brothers to her side, half comforting and half warning them, and then kept them in the palace as servants.

Not long after, Erfeng returned with a young girl named Jinping. Jinping was originally a disciple of a female immortal from another sect. Because the female immortal had gone away and had not returned for many years, she turned to Erfeng.

Thus, Ziyun Palace recruited Zhen Gen, Zhen Dui, Zhao Tieniang, Long Lizi, Li Rui, and Jin Ping, while Lian Chufeng recruited Huang Feng, Hu Ping, and Xu Fang, for a total of nine people.

Among them, some had already cultivated their inner elixir, some had mastered swordsmanship, some, like Zhao Tieniang, had learned Hinayana Buddhism from a nun, and others, like Long Lizi, were exceptionally talented. They all had some foundation in their fields to varying degrees.

Chu Feng first taught them the cultivation and foundation-building techniques from the "Golden Chapter of the Earthly Palace," instructing them to practice daily and begin preparations for refining the divine sand.

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