Chapter 113: The Dao Treasure is Formed, Heavenly Thunder Appears

The Sunset Hall, once a place of great importance to the Yanyue Sect, has now become the place where the Seven Sects jointly discuss major affairs.

On this day, as another province fell, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Seven Sects gathered together once again, even preparing to discuss when to leave the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World.

After all, they could no longer see a glimmer of hope; if they did not leave now, they would be completely and forever trapped in the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World.

Naturally, they were unwilling to see their sects' thousands, or even tens of thousands, of years of heritage destroyed in a single moment.

Especially since the other countries all wanted the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World to become a battlefield, holding out for as long as possible to buy enough time for the alliance they were forming, the nature of which was still unknown.

Although they promised that once the alliance was established, they would help Yue Country, Cheqi Kingdom, Jiang Kingdom, and the two medium-sized countries seized by the Righteous Alliance to reclaim their nations.

But regarding this "pie in the sky," the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom did not believe a single word.

Nor would they believe even a fraction of it anymore; now they needed to plan how to withdraw their sects from the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World to the Nine Nations Alliance to the greatest extent possible.

After all, in the current Yue Kingdom Cultivation World, only the Nine Nations Alliance could be considered a safe place.

And they had already requested help from friends within the Nine Nations Alliance.

Regarding the arrival of the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom, the high-level officials of the Nine Nations Alliance were quite pleased.

After all, they also needed to deal with the invasion of the Mulan Tribe, and the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom were no small help.

It was merely a matter of marking out a piece of land for the Seven Sects to settle down.

This was not a difficult task for the Nine Nations Alliance; as for whether they could successfully settle down, that would depend on the capabilities of the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom.

The high-level officials of the Nine Nations Alliance would not interfere much, a point the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom were well aware of, so there were still disagreements regarding the matter of heading to the Nine Nations Alliance.

But it was still much better than having the sect's heritage completely severed.

"Qiong Daoyou, will that fellow Daoist who killed the Suihun Old Demon of the Ghost Spirit Sect actually take action again? If we have his assistance, the success rate of our plan this time will increase significantly."

"After all, apart from him, none of us can deal with or contain the Yunlu Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect. This Yunlu Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect is a top-ten expert across the entire Tiannan Cultivation World; he is truly difficult to deal with."

Linghu Laoguai of Huangfeng Valley looked at Qiong Laoguai and asked again.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Seven Sects had all asked this same question before, and Qiong Laoguai's answer remained unchanged.

"He will not. That fellow Daoist suffered not insignificant injuries during the last great battle. He is still in seclusion healing his wounds and has not yet recovered, so you fellow Daoists need not think about it. As for the Yunlu Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect, I will handle the containment myself. Recently, my control over the Formless Sword Array has improved further; even if I am still not his match, containing him for a while should not be a difficult task."

"Then how much confidence does Junior Brother Qiong have?"

The person speaking was a former Nascent Soul cultivator of the Yanyue Sect, now the Supreme Elder of Spirit Beast Mountain, a cold woman.

"Thirty percent, perhaps. If Senior Sister feels that is not enough, you can take action yourself; I will have no objections!"

Qiong Laoguai pondered for a moment and replied.

Relying on the Formless Sword Array, he now held the status of the number one person among the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom; even the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect, a Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator, was not confident in defeating him.

Therefore, when saying this, he naturally was not overly polite.

"Junior Brother has misunderstood; this humble self was merely speaking casually. I am still immensely impressed by the might of Junior Brother's Formless Sword Array."

Hearing Qiong Laoguai's blunt words, the cold woman's expression stiffened, and she then forced a smile.

"Since the Yunlu Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect is left to Junior Brother Qiong, do you fellow Daoists have choices for the other Nascent Soul cultivators?"

At this moment, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect spoke up.

Although the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects mainly targeted the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World for their invasion, they had not let the other countries go either; it was impossible for them to live in peace and then support the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom.

Therefore, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Six Demon Sects currently invading Yue Kingdom were mainly led by the Yunlu Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect, totaling over a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators.

If they withdrew from the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World, they would inevitably face frantic obstruction, and a great battle was unavoidable.

Since Qiong Laoguai was dealing with and containing the Yunlu Old Demon, the remaining Nascent Soul cultivators would naturally have to be handled by them.

So, as soon as these words were spoken, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the other six sects looked at each other, and no one answered first. Except for Qiong Laoguai, everyone else had lost the previous gambling match, so they naturally understood the divine abilities and strength of the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects.

"It is merely containment; could it be that you do not even have this much confidence?"

Seeing this scene, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect frowned, her face showing displeasure as she spoke coldly.

Over these years, because the Yanyue Sect was the head of the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom, its losses had been the greatest. Although its status had not been affected, its strength had decreased quite a bit.

"Senior Sister, I will deal with Wang Tianyun of the Ghost Spirit Sect."

Seeing this, Linghu Laoguai of Huangfeng Valley spoke up.

After all, he was already at the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage, so dealing with and containing an ordinary Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator was not a major problem.

His opponent in the last gambling match was Wang Tiansheng of the Ghost Spirit Sect, so naturally, he was no match.

After all, although Wang Tiansheng's cultivation realm was slightly inferior to his, his divine abilities and Ancient Treasures were far superior, so losing was normal.

And this Wang Tianyun was also a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator from the Wang Family of the Ghost Spirit Sect, and he was Wang Tiansheng's younger brother.

He was also the Nascent Soul cultivator responsible for the Ghost Spirit Sect's invasion of Yue Kingdom.

Among the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects currently in Yue Kingdom, he ranked at the very bottom in terms of strength.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the other sects cursed inwardly, but since they could not say it out loud, they could only scramble to state which Nascent Soul cultivator they would deal with and contain.

Finally, the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Qingxu Sect gave a bitter smile and chose the strongest Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator under the Yunlu Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect: Han Moshan of the Yuling Sect.

"Since the Junior Brothers and Junior Sister have decided, then go and prepare! Whether we can leave Yue Kingdom this time depends on this one move."

After listening, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect let out a breath and said in a deep voice,

"We understand, Senior Sister may rest assured. If we cannot withdraw from Yue Kingdom this time, then we will fight the Six Demon Sects to the death; even if the entire sect is destroyed, we will make the Six Demon Sects pay a bloody price."

The Nascent Soul cultivator of the Giant Sword Sect, who had the most explosive personality, grinned and said viciously.

As for his words, the others did not echo or agree.

After all, none of them wanted their sect's heritage to be severed.

Seeing this, the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Giant Sword Sect snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Regarding this, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect did not continue to say anything to boost morale.

Such words were of no use to Nascent Soul cultivators; everyone knew that they could only pray for their own good fortune now.

Leaving the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World earlier meant preserving a bit more strength.

After the discussion ended, just as the Nascent Soul cultivators of the other sects intended to leave and return to their respective sects to give orders according to the plan they had just discussed.

Suddenly, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect frowned, her autumn-water-clear eyes filled with surprise as she looked toward the outside of the hall.

Qiong Laoguai followed closely behind, while the Nascent Soul cultivators of the other sects looked at one another in shock and joy, then, with a swish, all turned to look at the equally puzzled Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect.

"Senior Sister, has another fellow Daoist in your sect condensed a Nascent Soul?"

Linghu Laoguai of Huangfeng Valley was the first to ask.

"I am not sure, let us go and see."

The Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect shook her head slightly, then transformed into a white rainbow light and headed outside the hall.

Seeing this, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the other sects naturally followed, the only one who did not leave being Qiong Laoguai.

At this moment, his expression was exceptionally complex, a mix of surprise and a hint of annoyance.

"This brat, what has he done now? It's just refining a Life-Bound Magical Treasure, why make such a huge commotion?"

Cursing inwardly, Qiong Laoguai immediately stood up and headed toward the Earth Fire Hall.

When he arrived at the Earth Fire Hall, the sky above the entire Earth Fire Hall was filled with rolling black clouds, with continuous thunder and lightning, making people feel terrified and utterly shocked.

At this time, the nearby Golden Core stage elders and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators of the Masked Moon Sect had all been ordered away by the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect.

Furthermore, the Sect Protection Array had been fully activated to avoid any accidents.

At this moment, the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy throughout the entire Masked Moon Sect had become chaotic and impossible to cultivate with, and even the Sect Protection Array had been significantly affected.

"Senior Sister, could it be that some fellow Daoist is refining some kind of ancient exotic treasure in this Earth Fire Hall? Otherwise, how could it cause such a huge commotion?"

The current Supreme Elder of Spirit Beast Mountain asked, her beautiful face filled with confusion.

She knew very well that the place where the anomaly was occurring was the Earth Fire Hall of the Masked Moon Sect, not a place for closed-door cultivation.

Therefore, it could only be the refining of some extraordinary ancient exotic treasure; such a situation only existed in ancient texts.

The Tiannan Cultivation World had not seen such a situation for at least a thousand years, so as a former elder of the Masked Moon Sect, she was naturally extremely concerned.

Because the appearance of an ancient exotic treasure was enough to greatly increase the strength of the entire Masked Moon Sect.

But it was necessary to figure out who was refining it; however, an ancient exotic treasure of this level would require the entire sect to exhaust hundreds or even thousands of years of time, energy, and the invitation and search for a master artifact refiner to even have a chance of appearing.

It was simply not something the currently weakened Masked Moon Sect could achieve.

Yet the scene before her told her that someone was indeed refining an ancient exotic treasure, and it was immensely powerful, thus triggering the scene before them: a lightning tribulation.

This was because, just like a Demon Beast undergoing transformation, it required the final process of "lightning tempering" to be successfully refined.

If it could not withstand it, not only would the exotic treasure be destroyed by the heavenly lightning, but the artifact refiner themselves might also be implicated, resulting in serious injury at best, or the destruction of the artifact and death at worst.

At this moment, the person with the most unsightly expression was Qiong Laoguai.

He never expected that Yan Taibai was merely refining a Life-Bound Magical Treasure, so why did it cause such a huge commotion?

If he were not careful, his identity might be exposed; although the Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom were working together to deal with the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects, if Yan Taibai's identity were exposed, the consequences would be unpredictable.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Six Sects of Yue Country might not say anything, but no one knew if it would leak out.

At that time, it would inevitably bring about huge trouble and bring a fatal disaster upon Yan Taibai.

"Junior Brother Qiong, shouldn't you explain which fellow Daoist is borrowing the sect's Earth Fire Hall to refine an ancient exotic treasure?"

Just as Qiong Laoguai was thinking about how to respond, the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect asked first.

Her beautiful face also showed a hint of surprise and excitement, clearly believing that the cultivator refining artifacts in the Earth Fire Hall was the mysterious Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator who had helped the Masked Moon Sect survive the previous disaster of sect annihilation and killed the Ghost Spirit Sect's Suihun Zhenren.

Only he would have the possibility of refining an ancient exotic treasure, and if it were successfully refined, combined with his own terrifying strength, and he helped their Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom...

Even if they could not drive the Heavenly Luo Kingdom Six Demon Sects out of the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World, it would be enough to minimize the losses of their Seven Sects of Yue Kingdom.

Perhaps they could even use this to safely leave the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World.

Therefore, as the Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect finished speaking, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the other six sects, who already had the same suspicion, all looked at Qiong Laoguai, wanting to get an accurate answer from him.

Being stared at by so many cultivators of the same rank with expectant gazes, Qiong Laoguai felt immense pressure and hesitated for a long while before speaking.

"Senior Sister is right, it is indeed that fellow Daoist. He is indeed refining an ancient exotic treasure. I understand Senior Sister's intentions, but I can only try my best to speak to him. As for whether this fellow Daoist is willing, I cannot guarantee it. I hope Senior Sister and the other fellow Daoists will forgive me. Do not force him, otherwise, we might gain a great enemy for no reason."

By the end, Qiong Laoguai's tone already carried a hint of a threat.

But no one cared, and they quickly said.

"How could that be? Qiong Laoguai, please go ahead and speak. No matter what conditions that fellow Daoist has, we will do our best to fulfill them. As long as he is willing to help."

"Fine, I agree." Under the expectant gazes of the Nascent Soul cultivators, Qiong Laoguai nodded and agreed.

If he did not agree, Yan Taibai would very likely not be able to leave the Masked Moon Sect; no matter the cost, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Seven Sects would make him stay to help.

He naturally did not want Yan Taibai's identity to be exposed, so it was best for him to handle this matter.

"Many thanks, Junior Brother Qiong. No matter what conditions that fellow Daoist has, as long as the Seven Sects can do it, you can promise them."

The Great Elder of the Masked Moon Sect promised.

"Hmm! I will try!"

Seeing this, Qiong Laoguai could only nod and agree for now.

At the same time, inside the Earth Fire Hall, Yan Taibai looked at the three-foot-long golden sword in the artifact furnace, which looked as if it had been cast from gold and appeared unremarkable, his face full of joy.

As for the lightning tribulation outside, he had no intention of paying any attention to it; he believed that his Life-Bound Magical Treasure "Dao Artifact": Luxian Juetian Sword was enough to handle it.

Now, he only needed to survive this lightning tribulation, and this Life-Bound Magical Treasure "Dao Artifact": Luxian Juetian Sword would be truly successfully refined.

As for how powerful it was, he could only ask the Ghost Spirit Sect later.

The current Yan Taibai did not know yet, but he could feel the Geng Metal power contained within it, which was primarily for slaughter, as if it could split the heavens and the earth.

And this was the only Dharma Treasure that could unleash the "White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash", and it was also an invincible Dharma Treasure that only he could refine.

With this Life-Bound Magical Treasure, he had enough confidence to erase the Ghost Spirit Sect from the Tiannan Cultivation World.

(End of chapter)