Chapter 23: Xiantian Yiqi Wan Ling Fan

Above the sea of clouds, Liu Xin voluntarily softened his tone: "If both junior brothers can turn conflict into harmony with me, Liu is willing to gift a superior Dao scripture."

"At this point? Are you not joking?"

Lu Yang heard this and laughed: "Senior Brother Liu, we are all disciples of the Holy Sect; why pretend? You are now in a situation where you and we cannot coexist."

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Liu Xin did not answer, only suddenly darkening his expression.

Because Lu Yang was right; at this very moment, those truly unwilling to reconcile were no longer Lu Yang and Xiao Shiye, but Liu Xin and the Fairy Qingchen.

The reason was simple: the Holy Sect's rules.

"Although as long as one is not discovered, the Holy Sect's rules are as good as non-existent, but to put it another way, once discovered, the Holy Sect's rules become truly real."

Lu Yang sneered: "You people surely are not setting ambushes and robbing fellow disciples for the first time; it is just that no one discovered it before. However, now, as long as I leave and report to the Law Enforcement Hall, when the truth comes out, Senior Brother Liu, you will almost certainly die."

"Junior brother is joking."

Liu Xin's face twitched slightly: "We could simply sign a magical contract, agreeing that today's events shall not be heard by six ears; in this way, this senior brother will naturally feel at ease."

"Really?" Lu Yang countered.

Of course it was false.

Only the dead are most reassuring!

"Qingchen!"

At Liu Xin's low shout, the Fairy Qingchen, who had remained silent beside him, finally spoke; one saw her Zhu Chun lightly open, and Xu Xu exhaled a single syllable:

"Open!"

Before the words had fully fallen, the surrounding sea of clouds changed again; in an instant, towering Shanfeng manifested, surrounding and trapping Lu Yang and Xiao Shiye right in the middle.

Obviously another formation!

"Do you really think I fear your Heavenly Demon Blood-Transformation Divine Light?" Liu Xin actually recognized Lu Yang's supernatural power; he sneered, then a banner fluttering in the wind appeared in his hand: "Just so happens my 'Xiantian Yiqi Wan Ling Fan' has no master soul to preside over; today I will use you to sacrifice the banner."

"Go!"

Before Liu Xin's words had fully fallen, Lu Yang had already merged his body with the Sword Pill and flown to strike; the sky-covering, earth-shrouding bloody qi made Liu Xin swallow back his unfinished mockery.

"Souls, return!"

One saw Liu Xin form the magical hand seal, vigorously shaking the Wan Ling Fan in his hand; immediately, two wavy white qi were released, and as they steamed, human figures gradually manifested.

Lu Yang did not stop his movement and struck down with one sword.

And the two human figures, under Liu Xin's command, also gathered a body of true qi and fiercely counterattacked; then, hearing a Boom, the two were sliced apart by sword qi.

Liu Xin had just wanted to go out and join forces with the two Fan Spirits he had summoned to fight the enemy, but seeing this, he immediately shrank back in.

"Qingchen, act quickly!"

Hearing this, the Fairy Qingchen's beautiful face grew grave; she plucked a Phoenix-Tail Hairpin from her hair and threw it; the hairpin instantly transformed into a Jin Guang and stabbed toward Lu Yang's brow.

However, before that Phoenix-Tail Hairpin could approach Lu Yang, another treasure light appeared out of thin air and blocked it; it was none other than Xiao Shiye, this Duobao Tongzi.

Not only that; one saw Xiao Shiye now spread his sleeve and actually fling out more than a dozen magical treasures in one breath; although their quality varied, some good and some bad, without exception all emitted intense treasure light; yet, after he sacrificed these treasures, they actually exploded with a Boom right in mid-air!

"Boom-Boom-Boom!"

The exploding treasure light was like small suns; it actually blocked the killing formation set up by the Fairy Qingchen, and even almost exploded the formation from within!

Such a lavish scene made the other three twitch at the corners of their eyes.

Xiao Shiye was indeed different from Lu Yang, having no powerful magical arts or supernatural powers, yet when he fought others, he obviously did not use those flashy things.

As long as he flung the treasures outward and then self-detonated, that was enough.

Such tactics made Liu Xin's already gloomy face even uglier; he simply waved the Wan Ling Fan in his hand, and in an instant summoned dozens of Fan Spirits.

These were all Liu Xin's gains from ambushing fellow disciples during this period.

"You all, go reinforce the formation."

Upon receiving Liu Xin's order, the crowd of Fan Spirits immediately responded and moved, landing at various points around the Fairy Qingchen's formation to enhance and boost the formation's power for her.

Seeing this, the Fairy Qingchen's heart was greatly settled; a small banner also appeared in her hand; she then shook it vigorously; the towering Shanfeng manifested by the formation around her immediately responded, locking heaven and earth, sealing the four directions, and at the same time firmly protecting her and Liu Xin, blocking Lu Yang's sword light.

Seeing this, Liu Xin smiled with satisfaction, then shook the Wan Ling Fan again.

This strange treasure was obtained together with the 'Xiantian Dao Scripture' during his chance encounter back then; it was his greatest reliance in fighting others since he began cultivation.

The banner has the saying of one master soul, two guardians, and three corpse gods.

The so-called Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things; only by filling these six positions and matching them with ten thousand souls can this treasure be considered complete.

It sounds simple, but Liu Xin had painstakingly refined it for over ten years without success. Ten thousand souls were fine; he could solve that by taking time to slaughter a city in the mortal world, but the most important six positions had never been settled; let alone two guardians, he had not even assembled the three corpse gods.

Nevertheless, even so, the power of this treasure was still considerable.

"Kill them!"

Liu Xin waved the banner; over ten thousand souls flew out one after another; unlike those Fan Spirits with cultivation, these souls were fierce ghosts formed from mortals filled with resentment.

Although the quality was very poor, the quantity was extremely large.

Now summoned by Liu Xin, they were truly like towering waves, a dark mass covering down, instantly drowning Lu Yang's figure within them.

More importantly, these were fierce ghosts without flesh and blood; they were not afraid of Lu Yang's Blood-Transformation Divine Light at all!

However, seeing this, Lu Yang was also completely unafraid.

The Blood-Transformation Divine Light was his most powerful method, but not his only method; after forging the Sword Pill, his Shenxiao Sword-Controlling True Art was equally formidable!

One saw Lu Yang shift his mind; the Sword Pill quickly split into dozens or even hundreds of sword lights; then his figure began to teleport and maneuver within the sword lights; he did not fight those fierce ghost Fan Spirits head-on; when the enemy advanced, he retreated; when the enemy tired, he attacked; he actually fought a guerrilla war with the crowd of Fan Spirits.

This was the true advantage of sword cultivators.

Strike with one sword and flee a thousand li, then continue attacking from another direction, fighting the opponent until they are exhausted and reveal a flaw, then finally behead them with one sword.

In a short while, the ten thousand fierce ghosts were killed by Lu Yang until they were scattered and broken, their army in disarray.

On the other side, Xiao Shiye also went ruthless; he threw out several superior magical treasures and fiercely self-detonated them, causing the barely stabilized great formation to become turbulent again.

Seeing the situation gradually turn unfavorable, the Fairy Qingchen could not help but look at Liu Xin: "Senior Brother..."

"No need to rush. I'm not in a hurry, so why are you?"

Liu Xin remained calm as ever; Xiao Shaye was one thing, but he simply didn't believe that if Lu Yang used the Sword Escape technique to slaughter indiscriminately, his true energy and magic power could remain completely undiminished.

This was also his battle tactic.

First, release those unimportant banner spirits to exhaust the opponent; once the opponent's true energy is nearly depleted, then unleash the trump card to secure victory in one stroke.

In fact, unless absolutely necessary, he did not wish to use his trump card, after all, that banner spirit was far too precious, and its identity in life was even more incredibly sensitive. Once seen by others, no survivors could be left; otherwise, even if a mere fragment of the truth spread out, it would lead to his eternal damnation.

"Very well, you can't catch a wolf without risking the child."

Liu Xin deliberated for a moment, then finally raised the banner in his hand and bowed respectfully: "A powerful enemy has attacked; to resolve this predicament, I beg Senior Brother to act."

(End of this chapter)