Chapter 362: The Great Investigation
Sword Pavilion, Extreme Heaven Cliff.
Lu Yang’s Incarnation exhaled a breath of turbid air. Looking internally at his Foundation Establishment Realm, he saw a flying sword shining brightly under the Bi Wind.
[Eternal World-Contemplating Metal Sword Foundation]!
The grade of this Sword Foundation was not a bit inferior to the [Imperial Dragon Sovereign Dao Foundation]. The condensed Life-Bound Divine Ability was named [Ming He Eternal Metal Sword].
Beneath it were also four profundities, respectively:
[Heaven Executing], [True Slaughter].
[Intent Trapping], [Life Severing].
Something’s wrong…
Sencing the name of the Divine Ability transmitted from the Dao Foundation, Lu Yang fell into deep thought. The two characters “Ming He” were the Daoist title bestowed by Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon.
How could they become part of the Divine Ability’s name?
…Unless my Dao Foundation, and even my Divine Abilities, have already been [Recorded in the Register]! Offering incense in the Reception Hall was probably not just as simple as offering incense!
Lu Yang felt a chill in his heart, but then he couldn’t help but rejoice. He had caught up with a good time. If this were when the world’s Perfected Lords were still in power, he wouldn’t be able to play at all.
Just the name of this Divine Ability alone would be enough to scare him sleepless. Now that the Perfected Lords were in seclusion, at least there was some room for maneuvering.
“Four profundities of the Life-Bound Divine Ability, each with its own merits.”
Lu Yang carefully comprehended, wisps of sword light appearing in his eyes.
“[Heaven Execute] governs slaughter. One slash cuts everything; nothing cannot be cut. No matter what your divine ability transformations are, if they aren’t higher than it, the result is being beheaded.”
“[True Slaughter] is the technique of combining sword lights.”
“Once the sword light rises, it differentiates into thousands externally, permeating everything. After infiltrating the enemy’s body, they combine again and can transform into a sword slash. It can be called insidious and vicious.”
“[Mind Snare] is a technique to trap the enemy.”
“Just shining the divine ability on them traps them in an inexplicable place to engage in a battle.”
“If you lose, you can turn reality into illusion, treating it merely as a deduction, without harming yourself in the slightest. If you win, you can turn illusion into reality, causing the opponent to die suddenly on the spot.”
“Moreover, within the coverage of the divine ability, the sword controller can try repeatedly and constantly fighting to find errors until the opponent’s trump cards are revealed, then take their life with one sword. The only drawback is that every loss consumes a considerable amount of spiritual power, so those without profound spiritual power cannot use it lightly.”
“The last one, [Life Severing], is a sword of mutual destruction.”
“As the name suggests, once this profundity is activated, you slash yourself before slashing the enemy. A sword to liberate life; the person remains physically unharmed, but their fate is exhausted.”
In Lu Yang’s hand, sword light swirled, and the Divine Ability sword light displayed four colors of brilliance.
Besides this, there were also two [Sword Divine Abilities] condensed by Lu Yang using the [Sword Case]. However, the function of these two was purely to strengthen the profundities of the Life-Bound Divine Ability.
Apart from having stature, there was nothing else special about them.
“Probably because the [Sword Dao Fruit] has not been truly attained, so there is no profundity enhancement. They can only add bricks and tiles to the Life-Bound Divine Ability.”
Lu Yang pushed open the door. While pacing out of the cave abode, he weighed his combat power in his heart: No wonder the sword cultivators of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion claim to be number one in the world in combat. These four profundities of the Life-Bound Divine Ability have both power and utility. When fighting, it’s truly hard to find a match.
“Not to mention there is [Sword Intent] above this…”
Lu Yang was still pondering when suddenly a flying letter descended. It was clearly for him. Lu Yang received it, swept it with his divine sense, and immediately revealed a look of surprise.
In the next second, he transformed into sword light and arrived at the top of Extreme Heaven Cliff.
This place had previously been Perfected Lord Chengtian Zhengde’s seclusion spot. However, now that the Perfected Lord was in seclusion, the person sitting here had become Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon.
“Greetings, Master!”
Lu Yang said no more and performed a sword salute directly.
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon sized him up upon seeing this, then said calmly, “After cultivating to this realm, your background from the past life no longer provides much assistance.”
“Go enter the world.”
“For us sword cultivators, there has never been a logic of working behind closed doors. To sharpen a Sword Heart, one can only go through long periods of bloody battles and walk out a dao path from life and death.”
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon spoke implicitly, but Lu Yang understood in his heart. For sword cultivators to condense [Sword Divine Abilities], they originally needed to slaughter wantonly and fight with people. It was just that the Sword Pavilion, as always, spoke very nicely, calling it “entering the world,” while in reality, it meant finding a place to go on a killing spree.
As his voice fell, Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon took out a jade slip.
“Recently, major sects and aristocratic families in Jiangnan have reported that the Myriad Poison Cult of the Southern Frontier is secretly abducting commoners in Jiangnan to use as materials for refining Gu. Go and investigate this.”
Speaking of this, a trace of baleful qi suddenly appeared between Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon’s brows:
“If this is true… report back to me immediately.”
Lu Yang respectfully accepted the jade slip: “Disciple accepts the order!”
After Lu Yang left, a figure appeared on Extreme Heaven Cliff. It was Ye Cheng, the Ye Family Perfected One who had met Lu Yang before. Looking at his retreating back:
This person’s luck is quite good!
This Ye Family direct descendant pondered in his heart: I thought that by secretly having a Myriad Poison Cult spy switch his Foundation Establishment spiritual item, given his fate weighed down by sins and debts, he would definitely encounter unexpected disaster, and Foundation Establishment failure was a foregone conclusion… As a result, this person’s background is truly extraordinary; he actually managed to survive it.
its a pity… If not for Martial Uncle being pedantic, why would I need to act sneakily?
Looking back at the top of Extreme Heaven Cliff, Ye Cheng shook his head: Although my Sword Pavilion is the leader of the righteous path and needs a just cause, why investigate some commoners?
Mere commoners weren’t worth wasting time on at all.
Under the cycle of heaven and earth, commoners would always grow back after dying. Yet their numbers were huge, making investigation very troublesome and wasting a lot of energy for nothing.
And what if something was really found?
Wouldn’t it be more convenient to just let a Sword Seed die at the hands of the Myriad Poison Cult?
It just so happens this person killed Xing Feng in his past life. My Ye Family disregarded past grievances and accepted him as a disciple. Now it is time for him to repay the karma.
That was why he had secretly schemed before, waiting for Lu Yang to fail Foundation Establishment, then push the karma onto the Myriad Poison Cult to obtain a justification for war.
Righteous and Demonic War, Sword Seed dies violently.
My Sword Pavilion avenges the disciple and eliminates demons to defend the Dao. This is the simplest method. The death of one person can benefit the world greatly, yet Martial Uncle is unwilling…
“Whatever. I still have to act to share Martial Uncle’s worries.”
Thinking of this, Ye Cheng flicked his finger, sending out a flying letter.
At the same time, outside Extreme Heaven Cliff of the Sword Pavilion.
A disciple at the late stage of Qi Refining suddenly raised his head, receiving the flying letter that fell from the sky, then went to a quiet room to read it.
Sword Pavilion… is going to act against the Sacred Cult?
Not good!
The disciple’s expression changed. He took a deep breath and quickly sank his consciousness into his dantian. There, a small worm was entrenched.
This was the [Thousand-Li Heart-Linking Gu].
The Myriad Poison Cult used Gu as the foundation of cultivation. Every cultivator would refine several kinds of Gu worms to replace spiritual treasures, each with its own spiritual effects.
And the [Thousand-Li Heart-Linking Gu], as the name suggested, was divided into mother and child Gu, capable of transmitting messages from the child Gu to the mother Gu.
After this operation, even before Lu Yang left the Sword Pavilion, the news about his upcoming trip to the Southern Frontier had already arrived on the desk of the Myriad Poison Cult.
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