Chapter 681: Master Kind, Disciple Filial

Jiang Ding concealed his form, flying through the sky.

He was searching Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun's memories for things useful to himself, mainly the inheritance of the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong's Gong Fa.

There was no difficulty in this aspect; the inheritance prohibitions would not block his intrusion, but rather welcome it.

One could even say that if one day he could kill the previous Great Sun Sword Son, the entire inheritance of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion would fall into his hands; he would be the orthodox one, and everyone must acknowledge it.

Even a Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun who luckily survived the Great Sun Sword Pavilion would have to acknowledge it.

Then, try to kill.

There was no way around it; the blood feud between the two sides was too deep.

The blood debts on the hands of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun were unknown in number; perhaps the relatives of the Sun-Destroying Canghai Tianjun, the Divine Machine Canghai Tianjun, and the Ten Thousand Machines Canghai Tianjun, these Soul Transformation cultivators, had died at the hands of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun.

These old elders were still here; could they let go of the hatred?

Even if they let go, could the Great Sun Sword Pavilion's Soul Transformation Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun trust them?

Killing them was still the best option.

Anyway, the Great Sun Sword Pavilion had never had any "rulers ruling, ministers serving, fathers fathering, sons soning"; events of subordinates killing superiors happened frequently; moral constraints simply did not exist.

Jiang Ding turned his gaze to the Gong Fa aspect.

"The Gong Fa cultivated by Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun is the 'Pigeon Poison Coagulating Blood Sword Classic', a poison-attribute Gong Fa with considerable power, relatively quick to master, capable of making people fall into its trap unknowingly, with not weak survival capabilities; it is a quite excellent Gong Fa... however, within the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong inheritance, it belongs to the obscure side."

"Not orthodox, not grand and dignified enough, the future is not bright enough."

"Therefore, after the Nascent Soul early stage, Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun found cultivation extremely difficult, feeling that the pure sword cultivator path and the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong were unsuitable for him, thus he conceived other ambitions..."

This could not be said to be wrong; if he truly was a genius appearing once in ten thousand years, plus some luck, the path could still be walked.

"Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun's secret technique for forming the Nascent Soul back then... let me see."

After rummaging a bit, Jiang Ding focused his attention on the memory of Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun's Nascent Soul formation stage: "The secret technique is the 'Pigeon Poison Spirit-Melting Art'."

"Take the essence blood and poison of a Nascent Soul-stage poison pigeon, merge it into the Nascent Soul, then use the poison pigeon's essence blood to refine the innate flying sword, establishing a higher-level connection; if there is no Nascent Soul-stage poison pigeon essence blood, killing a large number of lower-stage poison pigeons and repeatedly refining them could also suffice..."

"Overall, it has some reference value, but not much."

"The heavenly tribulation Yin Jiu Canghai Tianjun faced when forming his Nascent Soul back then was not even as powerful as my Jin Dan heavenly tribulation."

"Calculating it, it might shorten the time to develop the Great Sun Nascent Soul secret technique by about two hundred years."

After spending some time, Jiang Ding finished digesting Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun's memories; there was nothing else of value.

"Wait until it is completely safe, then deal with it."

Jiang Ding pondered for a moment: "Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun was also a figure; he made great contributions in the process of resisting the evil and backward rule of the Zhengmo Alliance; after grinding his bones to dust and sublimating his soul, setting up a cenotaph and a nameless stele would be acceptable."

"Merit is merit, fault is fault; they cannot be confused."

"As for the merit..."

"The person who killed Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun's mother is still alive? It is a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator named Tianchou Master Dinghai Zhenjun from the Yin family; this time Yin Jiu Master Dinghai Zhenjun had to come to the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong to take risks, and this person was the one who strongly pushed for it."

"In the future, when I have the ability, if it is not troublesome, I can help him solve it on the side."

"I am indeed so kind."

Jiang Ding was satisfied, praising himself.

Buzz!

The Taiqing Flying Sword trembled slightly, transmitting a map.

The two targets, one Nascent Soul cultivator and one Jin Dan peak cultivator, after days of pursuit and escape, finally stopped, but no conflict occurred; they seemed to be staring at each other.

The Jin Dan peak one had a faint aura of heavenly tribulation on his body.

"Ran Gu Master Dinghai Zhenjun and his disciple Blood Bone True Person are indeed a pair of well-matched good master and disciple, knowing each other very well."

Jiang Ding praised them.

Bai Fengshan.

This was a Jin Dan power subordinate to the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong, the Li family of Bai Fengshan.

Their family ancestor was White Maple True Person, a Jin Dan late-stage cultivator.

This family was always famous for producing third-tier spiritual wood, White Maple Wood, which could be used in refining sword scabbards and long banner magical artifacts; it had the effect of calming the mind and focusing the spirit; for sword cultivators who valued sword intent, it was considered a good treasure.

Therefore, the Li family of Bai Fengshan held a good status within the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong; life was passable; the family had bred over a hundred thousand people, including hundreds of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Jin Dan cultivators, prospering for a time.

Now, however, they had encountered a great calamity.

The entire mountain was utterly exterminated; silence reigned; not even a pin drop could be heard; only piles of limp human skins remained, distributed in rooms, on the mountain, and in the fields, shocking to the eye.

Inside the human skins, flesh and blood and bones had long disappeared; they had been extracted, added with various heavenly materials and earthly treasures, refined, and driven into various locations of the Li family's third-tier superior spiritual vein as array bases, forming a Blood Bone Wheel of Rebirth Great Array to resist the heavenly tribulation.

Of course, the ten thousand plus members of the Li family were merely auxiliary; the true Great Array had been refined one by one over these hundreds of years, needing only a trigger to activate.

"Success or failure, it is today!"

At the peak of Shanfeng, Blood Bone True Person roared ferociously; before the spatial rift appeared in the distance, he ruthlessly shattered his Jin Dan to form a Nascent Soul, triggering the heavenly tribulation; thunder clouds rolled in from hundreds of miles away; heaven and earth grew dim and heavy; lightning flashed and thunder rolled; spiritual energy gathered wildly.

He had no choice but to do so!

Pursuit by a Nascent Soul True Person could be avoided for a time, but not forever; sooner or later, he would be caught up with, and one move would kill him and destroy his soul.

Only a Nascent Soul!

As long as he advanced to Nascent Soul, he would immediately stand in an invincible position; even if the combat ability of a newly formed Nascent Soul could not compare to a Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator, after losing, he could abandon his physical body and flee quickly, escaping to safety.

If he returned to the sect as a Nascent Soul, with the nobility of the Blood Sun Sword Intent, who would escape was yet to be seen.

"Old thing..."

Blood Bone True Person's gaze was cold, staring intently at the spatial rift appearing in the distance, and at the withered old man who, as soon as he appeared, cast a concealment technique and hurriedly left the range of the heavenly tribulation clouds.

Two people, one master and one disciple.

They simply stared coldly at each other.

"Blood Bone, my disciple,"

Ran Gu Master Dinghai Zhenjun suddenly said, "Do you truly believe a mere heavenly tribulation can stop me?"

"Hehe,"

"My Venerable Master's divine powers are boundless; naturally, you fear nothing. Please come and speak with me, so your disciple may fulfill a small measure of filial duty."

Dong Xue Gu True Person smiled faintly.

This old thing!

He always loved to play mysterious tricks; in the past, flattering and smiling was one thing, but did he really think his methods were that clever?

Ridiculous!

"Disciple, there is no need for that."

"This old man is weak and frail; I cannot withstand the power of the heavenly tribulation."

"You must know, this heavenly tribulation grows stronger against the strong. Except for a peerless heavenly genius, who can face the thunder tribulation without fear and strike out boldly?"

Ran Gu Master Dinghai Zhenjun paid no heed to the hidden contempt in Dong Xue Gu True Person's words and said slowly, "But, Dong Xue Gu disciple, do you know what methods a Jin Dan cultivator has to escape the control of a Nascent Soul True Person?"

Dong Xue Gu True Person met him with coldness.

"Disciple, there are only long-range teleportation arrays, other Nascent Soul True Persons, and... the heavenly tribulation."

"That is all."

Ran Gu Master Dinghai Zhenjun laughed and said, "As for the sect's long-range teleportation array, I secretly ordered it forbidden for you to use a hundred years ago. I feared most that a Nascent Soul True Person would intervene, which would be very troublesome. And the result?"

"Nothing. Not a single Nascent Soul True Person."

"Disciple."

Ran Gu Master Dinghai Zhenjun sighed, seeming disappointed: "What made you think an old thing who has lived nearly a thousand years would not have considered such an obvious matter?"

(End of this chapter)