Chapter 221: Junior Brother, You Are Still Too Kind

True Person Shangxuan walked very fast.

Although he was already a sword cultivator at the peak of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, possessing two innate divine abilities and a superior spiritual sword, his two fists could not fight off four hands.

After all, no matter how strong he was, he was not a Great True Person; even at the peak of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, he was still only at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment. Moreover, he himself was not a direct disciple of the four great powers, so facing an attack by more than a dozen Foundation Establishment True Persons, he could only let out a few whimpers of a defeated dog in extreme grievance:

"If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one!"

"Beasts! Beasts!"

Only screams were heard; True Person Shangxuan took a seal strike from True Person Yinshan on his back, was stabbed straight through by Yu Chan in the front, and his divine sense was shattered by Hanxiang.

His entire body was battered and bruised by treasures and divine abilities wielded by other Jiangbei True Persons at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Finally, a divine ability crashed down with a boom.

【Bao Shou Shan】!

With no power to resist, True Person Shangxuan fell directly to the ground; the radiance of his divine abilities scattered with a boom, his eyes closed tightly, clearly having lost consciousness.

As for the two sword cultivators at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, the Xuanjin Sword Master and the Xuanyin Sword Master, there was even less to say; they did not even need Lu Yang and the others to act. The Jiangbei cultivators, having witnessed what "Saint Sect methods" were, swarmed forward. Without any suspense, they captured both of them on the spot.

"Well done."

Lu Yang, with a calm expression, sent True Person Shangxuan and the two sword masters, Xuanjin and Xuanyin, one by one into 【Bao Shou Shan】 to be suppressed: "Everyone has worked hard this time."

Having spoken, he took out a stack of jade slips.

He sent a wisp of divine sense into each jade slip, then distributed them directly to the Jiangbei cultivators present: "Everyone has merit this time; take these and use them."

"This is..."

A Foundation Establishment True Person from a small sect took the jade slip, swept it with his divine sense, and his expression immediately became excited: "The 【Ten Thousand Treasure River】 technique of the Treasure Distribution Cliff?"

"I gave them to you; just keep them."

Lu Yang spoke in a flat tone: "There are also the divine ability techniques of the Shangxuan Sword Sect. Wait until I interrogate them, and every Daoist who acted this time will get a share."

"Since everyone took the risk to act, I will not treat you poorly." As the words fell, Lu Yang waved his large hand and directly threw the superior spiritual swords of True Person Shangxuan, the Xuanjin Sword Master, and the Xuanyin Sword Master to the three Foundation Establishment True Persons who had contributed the most, making the others' eyes turn red with envy.

The previous caution was instantly thrown to the nine heavens.

Divine abilities! Techniques! Spiritual treasures!

The sects everyone present came from were not large to begin with; some were simply rogue cultivators, so being able to obtain these things was already a windfall for them.

What more was there to say?

If the Jiangbei True Persons had a bit of a slacking mood before, now it was all gone, replaced only by burning passion and fighting spirit in their hearts.

Anything less would not be enough to show their loyalty!

The grace of the Saint Sect is endless!

"As for them..." Speaking here, Lu Yang looked at the three of True Person Shangxuan again, shook his head: "The three of them have cultivated until now without it being easy."

"Our Saint Sect has always treated captives well."

"Here is the plan: after I finish interrogating them, I will feed their Dao foundations to my 【Abi Sword】, turn their corpses into demon corpses for alchemy, and send their souls to the Refining Law Secret Realm for reincarnation."

Hearing this, True Person Yinshan frowned, then sighed: "Junior brother, you are still too kind."

Lu Yang also looked helpless: "Sigh, I can't change it."

The two spoke back and forth as if it were the most natural thing, while Hanxiang nearby grew colder and colder in her heart with every word, and even Yu Chan's eye corner twitched slightly.

Is this damn kindness?

Is there some misunderstanding about the Saint Sect's definition of kindness?

Little did they know that in the eyes of Lu Yang and True Person Yinshan, I am letting your soul reincarnate and start over; if this isn't kindness, then what is kindness?

Moreover, after they reincarnate, they might even return to the Foundation Establishment stage!

By then, we can harvest another wave.

Immediately, Lu Yang grabbed the three of True Person Shangxuan, walked into a secret room, took out the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner, summoned Chen Xinan, and cast the Heavenly Mother Transformation Profound Light.

One day later.

Lu Yang put away Chen Xinan, who looked pale and sickly, casually drew his sword and killed the three of True Person Shangxuan, who were no longer human-shaped, then began to count his gains.

First was the 【Abi Sword】.

One cultivator at the peak of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment and two at the early stage; such massive nourishment fed to the 【Abi Sword】 resulted in feedback so miraculous and vast it was absurd.

"According to the feedback from the 【Human Butcher】, the Dao foundations and techniques of these three sword cultivators are all Metal element. After slaying them, the 【Abi Sword】's suppression of the Metal element has reached fifty percent; in other words, as long as it is a Metal element divine ability or technique, its power will immediately drop by fifty percent in front of the 【Abi Sword】!"

This can already be called a sword cultivator's nemesis.

It is especially suitable for ambushing sword cultivators who know nothing about it, making them overestimate the power of their own divine abilities; used well, it can even kill them by surprise!

Besides that, there was True Person Shangxuan's memories.

"There really is a technique from the Yushu Jiange!"

This was Lu Yang's other major gain; the Shangxuan Sword Sect had received support from the Yushu Yushu Jiange and had indeed obtained a secret technique transmitted by the Yushu Jiange.

Its name is—《Taiyi Formless Sword》

"It is not a cultivation technique, but a sword-refining secret method; one can use this method combined with a Cheng Tian Gang to refine a superior spiritual treasure named 【Formless Sword】."

"I see."

Lu Yang rubbed his chin, solving one of his doubts:

"This True Person Shangxuan was not actually secluding himself to break through to the late stage; he was secluding himself to refine a sword. I was wondering where he got the foundation to dare break through to the late stage."

The late stage of Foundation Establishment is a great chasm!

Even in the Saint Sect, figures like the Master of the Sky-Filling Peak died and their Dao perished because of breaking through to the late stage; how could a True Person Shangxuan have the ability to break through to the late stage?

According to True Person Shangxuan's memories, he indeed obtained a Cheng Tian Gang suitable for him, but he knew he had no possibility of using it to achieve the position of a Great True Person, so he planned to use this Cheng Tian Gang to refine the 【Formless Sword】, increase his combat power, and contribute better in future great battles.

"But now, it all benefits me."

Lu Yang smiled slightly, but soon his expression became serious; he then took a small jade bottle from True Person Shangxuan's storage bag.

The bottle contained the Cheng Tian Gang that True Person Shangxuan had obtained.

That was a breath of Xin Metal Qi.

Xin Metal, in the position of Cheng Tian Gang, is named 【Master Chongguang】!

"Coincidence?"

Lu Yang did not believe it!

Did True Person Chongguang leave a hidden hand behind this? Was Shangxuan True Person obtaining this strand of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend, and refining the 【Formless Sword】, also within his calculations?

In an instant, countless doubts arose in Lu Yang's heart.

Precisely at this moment, the Heavenly Mechanism and Cause-and-Effect had been suppressed by True Lord Qingcheng Feixue; no one could calculate, so he could only guess, unable to deduce and verify.

"Could I have ruined True Person Chongguang's good deed?"

Originally, as a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator at its peak, Shangxuan True Person was the stabilizing pillar of the 【Qing Kingdom】; it was almost impossible for anything to go wrong, after all, his strength was right there.

However, True Person Chongguang probably never expected that Lu Yang, relying on a hand of displacement technique, combined with Dao arts and divine powers, would forcibly move the entire Shangxuan Sword Sect to Jiangbei, creating a favorable opportunity to fight many with few, then rush forward and literally crush this sword cultivator to death.

"Or is it because I am too excellent!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yang could not help but sigh; he was not panicked at all: "It can still be remedied; anyway, once the item is in my hands, it is the same if I refine it..."

"... And this way, it can also give the enemy some time to react."

Thinking of this, Lu Yang glanced once more toward the direction of Zhalong Pass; he knew very clearly that his mission this time heading south was not truly to destroy the 【Qing Kingdom】.

His mission was to apply pressure.

What he had to do was to tug and pull with the 【Qing Kingdom】, creating sufficient external contradictions, thereby creating an opportunity for True Person Chongguang, who had reincarnated within the 【Qing Kingdom】.

And the destruction of the Shangxuan Sword Sect, he supposed, would be enough to trigger panic on the 【Qing Kingdom】 side.

At that time, what reaction would they make?

How would True Person Chongguang act?

(End of this chapter)