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Chapter Sixty-Seven: White Lotus
writer:无罪      update:2022-07-21 15:26
  Baili Suxue took a deep breath, vital energy quickly swelling up in his body, and on the verge of surging out of his meridians. This was a chance he had waited fifteen years for. Using this spring war, with him and Ding Ning as bait, he finally had a chance to fight his way into Changling. All of the verbal confrontation, all of his attitude was just to use that Paired Flying Wings.

  Fire started to burn in his cold eyes. Since he had successfully used this move to seriously wound Zheng Xiu, and he was on the verge of killing her, he did not want any accidents, or to waste any time.

  At this time, he had expended a lot of vital energy, and there were many hidden wounds in his body, but this was also the time his sword essence was at its fullest. All of the previous fighting was within his plan. Now, what was next was the blow to kill Zheng Xiu. This was his truest and strongest desire inside his body.

  The killing intent which had accumulated for fifteen years was released. The air had not turned cold yet, but the cultivators who were closest to this palace felt their bodies turn stiff because of this tangible cold.

  In the distance, the gazes of many people landed on Huang Daochen. Now, only the present sect master of Spirit Void Sword Sect could save Zheng Xiu’s life.

  Huang Daochen felt very bitter inside. He could only act. Even if he knew very well, if he used his full power against Baili Suxue, he might be killed by Pan Ruoye.

  A round hoop slid out from his wrist and flew away from his hand. This was a dark gold round hoop which looked very simple and there were no seal scripts at all.

  Yes when his vital energy flowed out from his hand, this gold round hoop turned into a round door.

  The golden light coming off the hoop formed a mirror floating in the air. The mirror floated just several feet in front of Huang Daochen, but it seemed connected to another world.

  There was a vast sound coming from the light, a presence completely different from this world which surged out. The light coming off this hoop was just a few feet long, but such a sound and this kind of presence felt like there was an enormous beast about to force its way from another world here through the hoop.

  Pan Ruoye was covered in blood. Many of her meridians were broken, but at this time, she stepped out without thinking, avoiding multiple flying swords heading at her, and then she forced out all the power in her body with a grunt.

  A patch of green leaves formed in the air, right in front of the golden hoop. The leaves were very weak, but they covered that door at this time.

  **

  Baili Suxue did not care about this at all. In the past many years, he had never felt that Spirit Void Sword Sect could rival Min Mountain Sword Sect, even when Spirit Void Sword Sect had its five masters. Some of Spirit Void Sword Sect’s ways to communicate or hide with the void, in his view, was like stealing the power of realm eight. Using such methods, making an opening, and taking out some energies only realm eights could use. When geniuses put their efforts into studying such methods, and did not go to truly become realm eight, what they left behind was not a path to realm eight. Then the peak power of this sect for many generations would stop at realm seven.

  As of now, he did not care about Huang Daochen’s power. He only wanted to kill Zheng Xiu. Whether or not he was alive after that was not something he was concerned about. He just wanted Zheng Xiu dead!

  His killing intent turned to a golden sword light, blinding, majestic, unrivaled, and like the king of the world. This was the Phoenix Defeating Kill move of the Phoenix Defeating Sword Manual. This was the sword manual which Yuanwu cultivated. At this time, Baili Suxue used such a move, not because he wanted to express some meaning, but because this sword was one of the strongest sword moves in the world.

  A true king would only follow their own wishes, and never compromise. He was a king like this. So his sword essence was even more perfect than what Yuanwu could use.

  Zheng Xiu hesitated at this moment. She looked up light, but she still gave up on using the sword high up in the high that was moving with the star fire. She decided to gamble with her fate. Her eyes turned to a deep blue color.

  The loud sound of buildings collapsing came from inside her body. This was the sound of a true collapse. It was the jade palace in her energy sea which had collapsed. For an ordinary cultivator, this was akin to destroying their own cultivation, activating all their potential, and giving their last attack as a cultivator.

  The air in front of her became blue just like her eyes. In Baili Suxue’s perception, a deep sea appeared. The energy coming from her body and the energy she was drawing on came with the power and pressure of a sea.

  But Baili Suxue did not think that she could stop this attack.

  But Yuanwu’s blow had been able to slice off the peak of a mountain. What about a sea?

  The golden sword light followed his perception and gaze to easily cut through the blue sea. The sea was cut apart like this. The blue energies burned when they came into contact with the golden sword energy, spraying out into the most spectacular fireworks.

  At this moment, Zheng Xiu drew back several hundred feet. While this golden light was still wrapped up in the softness of the sea and did not catch up to her, in her energy sea and on her porcelain skin, many spiderweb cracks appeared.

  The aftermath of her energy sea’s jade palace collapsing seemed to cause a collapse in her meridians and body. The cultivators who were unable to participate in a battle of this level were shocked. In their minds, the scene of Zheng Xiu, the mistress of Changling, cracking open like porcelain.

  The fireworks were blooming, the energy burning fiercely, and all of the imperial palace was so frozen it was deathly silent.

  Changling seemed prepared to welcome the death of its mistress, and the entire world seemed prepared to welcome the era without this Jiaodong Commandery woman controlling everything.

  But at this time, from her body that was like fragile porcelain, the sound of much energy brushing together sounded!

  Pang pang pang pang!

  Many white waves rushed out of the meridian points in her body.

  Baili Suxue suddenly stopped breathing.

  This was a pure energy release!

  Such pure energies carried a holiness and life hard to describe with words. They charged through Zheng Xiu’s body and bloomed on her like white lotuses. Her face was twisted hideously now, savage in pain. But her body was covered in white lotuses, pure and light. Such a contrast was strange.

  Volume 4 62 - That Night

  Hu Jingjing followed Li Xixing, passing through the giant monster skeleton.

  The giant skeleton was like the hull of an enormous ship and felt extremely pressing when one walked between them. Especially when Hu Jingjing saw a large pile of corroded iron when she passed where the beast’s abdomen should have been. There were metals of all colors, twisted into various layers by a force, and then abraded into large snowflake-like pieces.

  Thinking of how this giant beast had swallowed these things in the past, she was in more awe.

  But Li Xixing did not consider such things. When he passed through the giant skeleton, he thought for a moment then picked up dried branches and leaves to create two piles of flame before putting some loose soil over them.

  Through the strange spirit rain, in the sky above the Mountain of Ancestors surrounded by birds, two pillars of smoke, one thick and one thin, rose.

  “What are you doing?” Hu Jingjing looked at his actions and asked when he started to walk again.

  “One thick and one thin is the smoke signal of the border army representing safety. Usually, to make the smoke pillar more obvious and strong, they will use cow and wolf dung, and some special colored powder.” Li Xixing turned to glance at her and said, “If he has arrived, at least he will know that we are safe up until here. I will release smoke at regular intervals.”


  Hu Jingjing was only momentarily dazed before understanding him. Hereon, Li Xixing would burn and make smoke pillars like this every once in a while. If they got to a certain place and no smoke rose, it meant she and Li Xixing had encountered fatal danger and died.

  “If we die, he has no need to risk his life for us here. He will make a good choice,” Li Xixing looked forward indifferently and said.

  Hu Jingjing’s emotions were low. “You are certain he will understand what you mean?”


  Li Xixing did not look at her. “He is much smarter than me. Of course he will understand.”


  The pair were just trying to make conversation so they quickly quieted. Large amounts of corpses appeared in front of them, most of them still in human shapes and not shattered like the skeletons outside of the Mountain of Ancestors.

  In terms of appearance, the corpses in their sight were relatively complete. They also appeared to have died later than the people outside. No matter who, when they were stepping on a thick layer of bones, especially human ones, would not feel well.

  Hu Jingjing tried to not step on skulls, but listening to the strange cracking sounds coming from under her feet, her face grew paler. “These people are the Tianliang people who were the last to commit suicide in the Mountain of Ancestors?” she could not help but ask.

  Li Xixing frowned at her words, looking hesitant. But thinking of how she had just come from Changling to the battlefield, her performance in this situation was good. His expression eased, and he said, “You should see where the fatal wounds on these people are located.”


  Hu Jingjing stilled. These dead people only had bones left. Since Li Xixing had said so, then the fatal wound must be on the bones, and easy to see.

  She was embarrassed. She looked at the bones in front of her, and her gaze became stern. Most of the skeletons had no obvious sword or blade marks, but there was a small hole between the brows on the skull. The hole was the size of a needle, despite being weathered through several years.

  Li Xixing glanced at her. He originally wanted to remind her to look on her own, but he thought that this was soon to be a time of life and death, and not his usual training of new soldiers. He still managed to suppress himself and said, “Look at the back of the skull.”


  Hu Jingjing took a deep breath. She tried to calm her emotions and then found the key.

  The skull of a human, especially those of a cultivator, would be extremely hard and dense. The item that had penetrated the forehead of these skulls must be much smaller than a needle tip. A sharp thing like this could penetrate the forehead so it must have great momentum and should be extremely sharp.

  Piercing through the forehead meant it would easily go through the back of the head. Yet there were no small holes in the back of all the skulls.

  Snap!

  Li Xixing cut open one of the complete skulls.

  Hu Jingjing knew what he was doing. She suppressed her discomfort and looked closely at the interior. There were no marks on the back of the skull, and nothing had been left inside the skull.

  “It cannot be a cultivator.” Li Xixing did not want to waste time. He looked at Hu Jingjing, saying slowly and seriously, “These skeletons did not die at the same time …… Even if a powerful cultivator did this by himself, his cultivation would change over time. He cannot control primal energies of the universe or a weapon so precisely to pierce each person’s forehead and not leave behind any traces.”


  If it was not a cultivator, then what ……

  Hu Jingjing looked at Li Xixing.

  Li Xixing said after a moment of silence, “You still have time to leave.”


  “True bravery is still doing even when afraid. My heart tells me what I need to do now. So I think I am a truly brave person.” Hu Jingjing paused and laughed. She started to walk along the path wreathed with skeletons and ascend upwards.

  The mountain path narrowed slightly ahead of her and Li Xixing to enter into another relatively flat valley. As a result, the skeletons looked like an enormous grey-white waterfall, and a demonic mouth that consumed flesh and spit out bone.

  Li Xixing followed Hu Jingjing’s trail. Inexplicably, his emotions were calmer now than when he first entered the valley. He was even a bit grateful to the stubborn young woman before him. He knew she was right. One person going alone, even to face the ultimate death, would be too lonely and miserable.

  At the end of the skeleton path, where it narrowed, a dot of bright yellow appeared. It was like a totem pole. It gave off a unique crystal light and appeared like a long amber column.

  Li Xixing and Hu Jingjing’s gazes were naturally attracted to the crystal pillar. What they did not notice was as they instinctively looked at the profound patterns on the pillar, something was changing inside the crystal pillar.

  Some extremely small things keenly sensed the presence of new blood and flesh. The scent caused them to start waking up.

  Hiss!

  The ten-foot long amber crystal pillar inexplicably shook, sounding like it was breathing.

  These sounds were made from many small sounds occurring together. When the sounds merged together, it was palpitating.