From martial arts sects to immortality sects

Chapter 133 Ghost Cultivator, Rainbow Sword Soul

After killing Xuan Gong, Li Qingqiu did not leave or wander around; he stood still and waited.

After a person dies, their soul will appear, and it takes seven days for the soul to dissipate. He wanted to see what the ghosts of the gods and spirits in the human world looked like.

A soul that is immune to all human magic targeting the soul must give birth to a special kind of soul, right?
Lin Chuan and Nangong E floated around. Lin Chuan looked at Xuan Gong's corpse with a look of satisfaction, while Nangong E's expression was somewhat complicated.

"I never expected that the Great Wei could produce such a loyal minister."

Nangong E thought silently. Although she was shocked and moved by Xuan Gong's words, she did not plead for him. She could see that Xuan Gong was living in great pain, and death might be a relief for him.

Soon, a soul emerged from Xuan Gong's corpse, and Li Qingqiu immediately narrowed his eyes.

Indeed, it's unlike anything else!

Xuan Gong's soul was different from other ghosts; it had no resentment and no trace of coldness, and it even made Xuan Gong feel very pure.

[Given that this was your first time purging the sect and consolidating the orthodox tradition's laws and order, which has profound significance for the orthodox tradition, you are granted an opportunity for inheritance rewards.]

Li Qingqiu was slightly surprised when the notification suddenly popped up in front of him.

This can trigger the reward mechanism?
However, upon further reflection, cleaning house was indeed not an easy task. Once this was done, Li Qingqiu would not be so averse to such matters in the future.

This is a breakthrough in both emotion and morality!
Ah!
It's not easy.

Li Qingqiu was giving his self-evaluation.

Xuan Gong, also known as Chu Jing, slowly opened his eyes. This time, he not only saw Li Qingqiu, but also Lin Chuan and Nangong E behind Li Qingqiu, which startled him and made him instinctively back away.

Li Qingqiu was secretly surprised; the ghosts and gods in the human world were indeed different, and they could move freely as soon as they became ghosts.

As soon as Chu Jing stepped back, he saw his own corpse, which quickly calmed him down.

"I'm really dead..."

Having lived for nearly two hundred years, Chu Jing felt a strange sense of relief about the current outcome, though he couldn't explain why.

Li Qingqiu brought up the Daoist panel and saw that Chu Jing's portrait had a ghostly aura around the edges, and his face had become dark, giving him a ghostly feel.

He clicked on Chu Jing's profile picture to check, and found that his loyalty had not only not decreased, but had actually increased to 85.

What does this mean?

Chu Jing looked up at Li Qingqiu and asked, "You can see me, right?"

Li Qingqiu closed the Daoist tradition panel and replied, "That's natural."

Chu Jing looked at Lin Chuan and Nangong E and asked, "Were they the ones who were following me earlier?"

"The one following you is this child. His name is Lin Chuan. He is the son of my master, Lin Xunfeng. He died at the hands of your demonic sect," Li Qingqiu introduced.

Chu Jing remained silent, while Lin Chuan glared at him and made a menacing gesture.

Li Qingqiu pointed to Nangong E and said, "Her name is Nangong E. She is a princess of the Great Wei Dynasty. Have you ever heard of her?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Jing's eyes widened, and he trembled all over as he exclaimed, "Princess Yuanxi, you actually..."

Nangong'e asked in surprise, "You know me?"

Chu Jing said excitedly, "Your Majesty has never met you, but His Majesty often mentions you. He said that you are the best sister to him, and it is because of you that His Majesty dotes on his daughter."

"Who is this His Majesty you're talking about?"

"Emperor Wen of the Great Wei Dynasty, Nangong Yuan."

"So you were loyal to Yuan'er. I never imagined he could become emperor, Emperor Wen, no less?"

Nangong E asked in surprise, but Li Qingqiu was not surprised, because he had asked Nangong E before and deduced from the time of her father's death that Nangong E and Chu Jing might have some connection.

Chu Jing immediately knelt down and said sorrowfully, "Princess, I have failed Your Majesty and the Great Wei Dynasty!"

Nangong E already knew about Xuan Gong's actions, and combined with what Xuan Gong had said before, she roughly understood why Chu Jing acted that way, which made her feel complicated.

She couldn't comfort Chu Jing, because Chu Jing had indeed killed many people.

Li Qingqiu said, "Since you are already dead, your past life is over. If you were to refine your soul like Master Jiang, I might have to make your soul disappear completely."

Chu Jing looked up at him and asked, "May I ask, Sect Leader, what is Princess Yuanxi's current condition?"

“She has become my ghost slave. I found her in an ancient mirror,” Li Qingqiu said frankly.

Nangong'e continued, "If I had no master, I would have been filled with resentment and lived in a daze, and might even have hurt people. Now, although I am a ghost, I live more freely than when I was alive."

After hearing this, Chu Jing hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Please, Sect Master, accept me as your ghost slave!"

Li Qingqiu asked, "Are you doing this for that descendant of the Nangong family, or for yourself?"

“Both are true. I don’t trust him, nor do I want him to completely disappear. Even as a ghost slave, I want to witness the path of immortality.” Chu Jing said earnestly. He could feel a mysterious force approaching him, pulling him into an unknown place.

Li Qingqiu shook his head and said, "Your soul is special; I'm afraid I cannot take you as my ghost slave."

Chu Jing gritted his teeth and suddenly flew towards Li Qingqiu. Li Qingqiu looked at him and secretly became wary.

Then, Chu Jing entered the Rainbow Sword, causing it to tremble.

"This is……"

Li Qingqiu was surprised, not expecting Chu Jing to do this. Chu Jing's voice came from within the Rainbow Sword: "I can also feel the peculiarity of my soul. It seems that only by doing this can I remove this peculiarity."

As he finished speaking, Li Qingqiu could clearly feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surging towards his Rainbow Sword.

His Rainbow Sword began to show some changes.

He remained vigilant, gripping the Rainbow Sword tightly.

Nangong E and Lin Chuan also came over, ready for battle. Even Nangong E did not completely trust Chu Jing, because Chu Jing's transformation into a ghost gave them an indescribable sense of horror, as if they were facing a natural enemy.

Li Qingqiu waited for a full three hours.

Three hours later, the Heavenly Rainbow Sword emitted billowing black smoke, which condensed into a ghostly figure—none other than Chu Jing.

Li Qingqiu was surprised. He felt that Chu Jing had become the thousand-year-old sword soul within the Emperor Xuan Sword and completely merged with the Heavenly Rainbow Sword.

"Please allow me to acknowledge you as my master," Chu Jing said firmly, looking at Li Qingqiu.

Li Qingqiu gave him a deep look, then immediately poured his vital energy into the Tianhong Sword. Immediately afterward, he felt Chu Jing's soul actively establish a connection with him.

Sword spirits are different from ghost slaves. Although they also recognize a master, they are not completely controlled by their master and still have independent thoughts. However, their power can be mobilized by their master.

The process of recognizing a master was quick; Li Qingqiu and Chu Jing rapidly established a soul connection. Although he could not sense Chu Jing's inner thoughts, he could feel his power.

From now on, Li Qingqiu can use the vital energy that Chu Jing has cultivated at will.

During the process of Chu Jing merging with the Heavenly Rainbow Sword, he absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and a special kind of primordial energy actually condensed within his soul.

[Given that this is the first time a disciple of Qingxiao Sect has stepped into the Ghost Path and become a Ghost Cultivator, adding more possibilities to the development of the sect, you have been granted an inheritance reward opportunity.]

Good grief, here we go again?

Why is it still the inheritance reward? Can't you give us something else?

Li Qingqiu suddenly felt that this trip to Zhenyang Imperial City was a huge success.

While sensing Chu Jing's ghostly aura, he brought up the Daoist panel and saw that Chu Jing's loyalty had increased to 92.

Not bad!

Li Qingqiu looked at Chu Jing and smiled, "You know quite a lot."

Chu Jing respectfully replied, "To tell you the truth, I once mistakenly entered a mountain cave and took an elixir there, which increased my lifespan. At the same time, I obtained three secret manuals. One of the manuals recorded a certain method of forging weapons. I couldn't understand it before, but now I understand that this method of forging weapons does not rely on internal energy, but on another, stronger power."

He raised his right hand, and ghostly energy surged in his palm. Although he was already dead, he felt stronger than before.

"Take me to that cave sometime," Li Qingqiu nodded.

Chu Jing had no objections and immediately agreed.

Afterwards, Li Qingqiu wandered around the underground palace, where Chu Jing revealed his hidden possessions, including not only money but also many secret manuals and elixirs.

Li Qingqiu was at a loss, not knowing how to take it with him. Suddenly, he thought of Master Jiang's cloth bag. He immediately took the bag off and began to study it.

really!

This cloth bag turned out to be a storage bag, with a large, separate space inside containing Master Jiang's valuables.

After Master Jiang died, the binding seal on the storage bag gradually dissipated, allowing Li Qingqiu to easily have it recognize him as its owner.

The Taiqing Hunyuan Scripture records a method for making a magical artifact recognize its master. The storage bag is also a magical artifact, and the method is similar.

He then put all of Chu Jing's belongings into his storage bag, a move that left Chu Jing deeply impressed.

"Is this the magic of immortals? It's truly mysterious." Chu Jing was quite excited. He felt that following Li Qingqiu would allow him to witness an even more wonderful world.

"I've only just begun my journey in cultivating immortality, and I'm still exploring it. In terms of swindling and deception, I'm no match for Master Jiang."

Li Qingqiu chuckled softly. Before arriving at Zhenyang Imperial City, he had indeed been intimidated by Master Jiang. If he hadn't sent Lin Chuan to scout ahead last night, he wouldn't have dared to swagger in like this today.

His original plan was to infiltrate the imperial city, kill Zhao Zhi, and then leave.

It turned out that Master Jiang was not strong at all, and couldn't even detect Lin Chuan's presence.

Well then, I'm sorry, Li Qingqiu has no choice but to unleash a massacre.

Chu Jing shook his head helplessly. He suddenly remembered that Li Qingqiu had said he could also kill Master Jiang, which made him feel a little depressed. He had also been intimidated by Master Jiang.

"Let's go, it's time to receive Master Jiang's legacy."

Li Qingqiu turned and walked into the darkness, with Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan floating behind him, disappearing into the darkness with him.

……

In Jiangzhou, deep in the mountains, Li Qingqiu walked through the forest, the Tianhong Sword floating behind him, Nangong E following closely behind, while Lin Chuan perched on his shoulder.

A day has passed since the killing of Zhao Zhi and Jiang Tianshi; this is the third day since leaving Qingxiao Mountain.

Li Qingqiu has completely digested Jiang Tianshi's memories. This mountain hides the immortal cultivator's cave that led Jiang Tianshi onto the path of cultivation.

After looting the cultivator's cave, Li Qingqiu will return to Qingxiao Sect as soon as possible to fulfill the three-day promise he made to his disciples.

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