Chapter 393: Descend the Mountain, Sweep Away Demons!

Jie Tian Cliff, the Ye Family.

Ye Family head Ye Shaoying stood with hands clasped behind his back, gazing silently at the mountains beyond, while behind him stood a young man with a sinister countenance.

"Ah, what a pity."

Ye Shaoying sighed, helplessness in his eyes; if the Tangmo True Person and his Ye Family had been of one mind, he would never have taken such action.

After all, what difference was there between this and severing one's own arm?

'Pity, Guangji was destined to dedicate himself to the Sword Dao anyway; since that is so, whenever he dedicates himself is fine; it is better to secure more benefits for my Ye Family.'

'After all, it was my Ye Family that nurtured him step by step to this point; without our cultivation, he could never have attained his current cultivation and status. Moreover, the greater and stronger the family's power becomes, the more likely it is that we can welcome him back in the future; I imagine he would be quite willing.'

Ye Shaoying quickly convinced himself.

Or rather, this was simply the operating law of the Yushu Jiange; it was just that the Tangmo True Person had always been out of step with it, so now, he was to be excluded.

"Ye Cheng."

Ye Shaoying looked at the young man beside him and said softly, "Guangji had no offspring during his life; thus, after his death, items such as the 【Non-Killing Sword】 have no heir."

"I cannot sit idly by and let his lineage die out."

"After today, you shall offer incense in the family register and be adopted into Guangji's line; I hope you will make good use of the 【Non-Killing Sword】 and restore Guangji's brilliance in the future."

Upon hearing this, Ye Cheng immediately clasped his hands in salute; his handsome face twisted with excitement, and light flickered in his eyes, containing not only the joy of an instant leap to the heavens but also the satisfaction of revenge, clearly showing long-standing dissatisfaction with the Tangmo True Person who had stripped him of all status with a single word.

'This man deserved exactly what happened today!'

With this thought, Ye Cheng even felt an urge to laugh aloud, yet as time passed, the expression on his face gradually grew stiff.

—The Tangmo True Person's qi mechanism has not dispersed.

Moreover, even the Quexie True Person and Guangming Buddha Son, who were already preparing to open champagne within the Deep Abyss, were somewhat stunned, as if they had not yet reacted.

'What is going on?'

The Quexie True Person frowned slightly, a sense of ill omen arising in his heart; yet the moment this premonition surfaced, he decisively crushed it.

'There can be no accident; I have cultivated 【Sword Intent】 for a lifetime, how could I not understand? To kill with 【Non-Killing Sword Intent】, with such massive conflict, how could the 【Sword Intent】 remain unharmed? It must self-destruct! Once destroyed, fortune cannot suppress it; he must begin sacrificing the Sword Dao fruit position!'

And the result must inevitably be the death of the Tangmo True Person.

How could there be an accident?

There cannot be an accident!

Yet as time passed, outside the Yushu Jiange's mountain gate, the Tangmo True Person's qi mechanism remained unchanged, and the expected golden light never appeared.

'... Master, send someone to check.'

The Quexie True Person spoke, his gaze shifting to land upon the Guangming Buddha Son: "You have been here for so long; you should do something now."

Seeing this, the Guangming Buddha Son immediately pressed his palms together:

'He is afraid.'

This was normal, because he was afraid too... The reason he dared to scheme thus was his certainty that the Tangmo True Person would surely die afterward and absolutely could not retaliate.

But what if the Tangmo True Person was injured but not dead?

Then the matter would become serious.

Especially since the current Tangmo True Person had already had his 【Non-Killing Sword Intent】 broken; if his so-called pedantic and foolish non-killing philosophy was also broken because of this...

"... Amitabha!"

With this thought, the Guangming Buddha Son's true body, currently located in the Pure Land, suddenly opened both eyes and drew in a sharp breath; he dared not get involved with such bad luck.

So going to check himself was definitely impossible.

Fortunately, his Pure Land was vast; cannon fodder could be found in any number. Thinking thus, he immediately shifted his mind and summoned a Dharma Guardian Monk from outside the temple.

"Vimala, go to the Yushu Jiange."

"Ah? Me?"

Upon hearing this, the monk was momentarily stunned; yet since the Buddha Son had spoken, how could a Pure Land Venerable, equivalent to a late-stage Foundation Establishment Great True Person, possibly have the right to refuse?

He could only bow deeply to accept the order, then immediately rode a beam of Buddha-light and flew away. Jiangnan, outside the Yushu Jiange's mountain gate.

Lu Yang placed his hands before him, eyes gazing at his nose, nose gazing at his heart, standing strictly in place, experiencing the "Intent" permeating heaven and earth at this moment.

This feeling was like being pierced by ten thousand arrows and flayed by a thousand knives; although nothing else surrounded him, he still felt the excruciating pain of slow slicing, and this was only because he too had 【Sword Intent】 protecting him; otherwise, he would be affected in the real world just like the others...

"Ah!!!"

"No! I was wrong! Tangmo True Person, I was wrong!"

"Spare us..."

"Don't!"

Lu Yang looked out and saw that the crowd previously brought by the old man Mo Shiyuan were now rolling on the ground, tears and snot streaming, each one begging for mercy without cease.

And this was not even the Tangmo True Person punishing them.

'It happened simply because the Tangmo True Person's emotions changed too greatly, and he could not control his 【Sword Intent】... Moreover, this change was caused by you.'

Reaping what one sows!

However, what made Lu Yang feel somewhat helpless yet also somewhat admiring was... as these people's screams rose, the Tangmo True Person also snapped back from his trance.

The next second, the terrifying 【Sword Intent】 that made one feel the pain of slow slicing truly began to gradually recede; in a short while, it scattered like wind and clouds, leaving not a trace of abnormality in the spot, only the Tangmo True Person in a blood-soaked robe standing silently, his sword-like brows slightly calm as he looked down upon the crowd.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, Lu Yang saw the fortune above his head begin to swell explosively, appearing ready to burst through a certain bottleneck and let him step into a place of no return.

However, the next second—

"Wait a little longer."

Four very polite words; the Tangmo True Person looked up at the sky and clasped his hands in request, yet although it was a request, he had already acted before receiving a response.

Index finger and middle finger stood together like a sword.

In an instant, a 【Sword Intent】 completely different from the 【Non-Killing Sword Intent】, yet not inferior by even a hair, even stronger, emerged from his fingertips!

"Screech—!"

In an instant, Lu Yang, who was closest, felt his vision go black; his divine sense that had landed on that 【Sword Intent】 was severed and extinguished out of thin air!

Not only that, but the spiritual energy, Daoist arts, light, and all things in that tiny area at the tip of True Person Dangmo's finger were all severed and extinguished at this moment, so that the 【Sword Intent】 ultimately manifested not as sword qi, but as a black-hole-like sphere, silently suspended in midair.

'Is this... 【Kill】?'

True Person Dangmo acted openly, without deliberately concealing it, so everyone could sense that this was a 【Sword Intent】 related to 【Kill】,

yet this was not a sword for killing people.

It targeted no individual, but encompassed heaven and earth, all things, and all creations, distinguishing neither friend nor foe, and slaughtering them all together!

This is

'The Sword That Exterminates Heaven!?'

The sword light flashed and vanished.

The next second, above True Person Dangmo's head, the magnificent fortune that was about to break through its limit was directly severed by a section out of thin air, then quietly dissipated.

Severing fortune!

With just this single strike, True Person Dangmo, who was originally being forced to seek gold, stabilized his qi mechanism once more; although the severed fortune was recovering at an even faster rate, regardless, he had ultimately gained a bit more time, just as he had said—letting certain interested parties wait a little longer.

"Yan Xiao."

Lu Yang shivered; he saw True Person Dangmo turn his head, look at him calmly, and say lightly, "I wish to do something; are you willing to accompany me?"

"This disciple is willing."

Lu Yang immediately bowed and said, "I do not know what this master wishes to do?"

Before the words had fully left his mouth, True Person Dangmo waved his sleeve, placed one hand on the hilt of the 【Non-Killing Sword】 at his waist, and gave the answer in a casual manner:

"Go to the Pure Land."

Descend the mountain, purge demons!

(End of this chapter)