Chapter 572: Delivering Buddhist Chant, Myriad Buddha Pagoda

The sword Dao standoff, yet there was no movement at all.

Lingjian Zhenren stood up, wanting to act, but in the end he gave up.

At this moment, the battle would surely be disadvantageous for him; outside, several elders drawn by the sword qi were already watching the show.

They waited for him to reveal a flaw, waited for him to be bullied by his disciples, and then mocked him as the sect master.

Those elders were not easy to deal with; they would love to see this scene.

"Ming Wuzi, do you really intend to kill your master?"

Since I cannot use force, I will take the moral high ground and punish you.

Ming Wuzi didn't buy it, responding lightly: "Master, disciple will not kill you; rest assured, disciple merely wants to see if you have made any progress."

He knew his master would not act nor draw his sword; he felt a bit disappointed and still wanted to test the master's strength, to see if his guess was correct, so he could arrange for his senior brother to go down the mountain on a mission, and then have himself monitor the senior brother, thereby sowing discord between the senior brother and him.

This stratagem is vicious, but alas, he is indeed a sword fanatic, not skilled in worldly affairs, which does not mean he understands nothing.

The relationship between the senior brother and him is as close as brothers.

How could he be swayed by a few words from his master? Moreover, he has no interest in the sect master's position, not the slightest; being the sect master of Spirit Sword Sect entails too many burdens, preventing cultivation and personal pursuits, so he prefers his current carefree ease.

"Hmph."

Lingjian Zhenren restrained the killing intent in his eyes, waved his hand: "Get lost, Master doesn't want to see you."

"Master, you should take care of your health, don't anger yourself into illness; as for me, disciple will not…… be sad."

"You……"

Lingjian Zhenren was furious, really wanting to act and kill this rebellious disciple.

In the end, he still restrained himself.

Ming Wuzi left the hall with a smile, carefree; outside, several elders departed.

One of the elders descended, standing beside Ming Wuzi and walking with him.

An elder like withered wood, the Spirit Sword Sect's Elder Songmu, one of the Five Great Elders, is indeed the sect's real power elder, wielding certain authority over the Spirit Sword Sect and checking the sect master.

"Ming Wuzi, you little brat, you dare to draw your sword against your master."

Ming Wuzi snorted: "That's just his good luck; if it were outside, disciple would definitely give him a taste of his own medicine."

Elder Songmu heard this, smiling all over his face: "You, you're still too young; he is your master, how could you treat him like this?"

Ming Wuzi stopped, turned his head, and asked: "Elder, do you really consider him my master?"

Elder Songmu froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.

He said nothing, nor did he deny.

He just kept smiling.

Everything lay within that smile.

Down the mountain.

Ming Jianzi suddenly turned his head, looking toward the Spirit Sword Sect.

"Junior brother, will you understand what your senior brother means?"

"Don't fight him; you are not his match now, lie low and wait for your senior brother to return."

Ming Jianzi lingered a moment, then turned and left, heading down the mountain.

On Longshe Shan.

Chen Chuyang gazed at the Heavenly Ghost Pearl before him, studying it for a long time, even swallowing a batch of ghost qi origin.

The Heavenly Ghost's ghost qi origin is far more terrifying and evil than ordinary ghost qi.

Once inhaled, it will attach inside the body and cannot be shaken off.

It devours your vitality and flesh, then replaces you.

Fortunately, his Hunyuan Golden Core can devour everything, transforming the Heavenly Ghost origin, and his Hunyuan Golden Core has increased considerably.

"The Heavenly Ghost Pearl's effects are not limited to this; besides the Heavenly Ghost origin, it should have other uses."

"It cannot merge with my body to become part of it."

Unlike the Wild Dragon Snake's inner elixir, which merges with him and alters his constitution.

After swallowing the Heavenly Ghost Pearl, it cannot merge with the body; even pill fire burning cannot consume it completely.

Using artifact-forging methods to refine this Heavenly Ghost Pearl is futile.

It is very hard and difficult to refine.

Chen Chuyang feared damaging this Heavenly Ghost Pearl; there is only one, and if it breaks, there will be no second.

He tried to forge it into a spiritual artifact, but Chen Chuyang found it impossible.

He dissected the Heavenly Ghost Pearl to deduce its inner arts, such as the Heavenly Ghost's cultivated Heavenly Ghost Technique and how he condensed this pearl; after long study, Chen Chuyang gained little.

His own cultivation has increased considerably; this is the gain from this period.

"The Hunyuan Bell wants to swallow this Heavenly Ghost Pearl, but I cannot figure out its other uses, for example?"

"The Hunyuan Bell has swallowed many things—various spiritual artifact fragments, some ghost artifacts, spiritual artifacts—most of which it has consumed, yet it shows no intention to advance."

"It seems that spiritual artifacts wish to advance to sacred artifacts, but that is not easy."

"It requires great fortune; if the Hunyuan Bell advances, I too will benefit."

Heavenly Ghost Pearl, plus an unnamed fragment; in his hand he also has other good things, which he has kept.

Useless things are all fed to the Hunyuan Bell to be swallowed; the bell's foundation has greatly increased and continues to accumulate.

Chen Chuyang has studied some of those techniques and abilities in his possession; many are unusable, not matching his cultivation and true qi.

Or perhaps those abilities are too weak, inferior to the ones he possesses.

For example, the Yin Gui Sect's Yin Ghost Claws, Yin Ghost Swallowing Great Method, etc., with their gloomy ghost qi, do not match him.

Unusable, and he does not want to use them.

He does not want to exist as something that is neither human nor ghost.

In Sword Dao, having a heart for Sword Dao suffices; all things can be swords, and sword technique keeps improving.

Thunder technique is also constantly improving; lacking the Heavenly Tribulation's devouring, the improvement speed has slowed by half.

Water technique, fire technique, and so on are also constantly improving; as his cultivation rises, these supernatural abilities rise with it.

"Forget it, I'll just let you swallow it."

The Hunyuan Bell couldn't wait any longer and directly swallowed the Heavenly Ghost Pearl.

The Heavenly Ghost Pearl still wanted to resist, but in the end, it was suppressed by the Hunyuan Bell Protector, slowly devoured, and it is estimated to take some time.

The Heavenly Ghost Origin inside the Heavenly Ghost Pearl is exactly what the Hunyuan Bell needs most.

Chen Chuyang stared at this scene, his body and mind connected with the Hunyuan Bell; during this time, the Hunyuan Bell has devoured many good things, far surpassing its original forged state, its power boundless, and there is currently no one who can let Chen Chuyang use the Hunyuan Bell.

Time passed bit by bit.

The Hunyuan Bell decomposed and swallowed the Heavenly Ghost Pearl; this scene fell into Chen Chuyang's eyes, and he followed along, gaining insight and cultivating together.

In his mind, those scenes kept appearing.

Inside the Myriad Poison Cave.

The poisonous gas dissipated, replaced by waves of Buddhist chant.

The Myriad Poison Demon King sat cross-legged on the Lotus Platform, and Buddha light blazed all around him.

It illuminated the entire Myriad Poison Cave; any monster mist struck by the Buddha light was instantly transformed by the Buddha light and Buddhist chant, becoming his most devout followers.