Chapter 909: Slaying the Master

The person who broke into Jin Daoren's Cave Abode was dignified, young, and handsome, holding a golden Flying Sword as if he were a Disciple of some Orthodox Xuan Sect.

In reality, he was another local Loose Cultivator named "Shen Xuexing," originally a failed Cultivated Talent who never passed the exams, but later, through a stroke of luck, obtained a few pages of a fragmentary Daoist text from an ancient book and thus stepped onto the path of Taoism.

This Shen Xuexing appeared refined and charming, but in truth, he most enjoyed using magic to bewitch innocent women and then ruin their chastity.

Jin Daoren came to this place, and due to their mutual involvement in swindling the wealthy and seizing property, many conflicts arose between them, and over time, they actually became bitter enemies!

In terms of cultivation realm, both were at the Condensing Sha stage, and the quality of their Sha energy was equally mediocre, making them evenly matched, but Jin Daoren was skilled at commanding Gu Insects, causing Shen Xuexing to suffer a heavy loss and flee.

This man also had some luck; he did not know where he obtained Spirit Medicine to cure the poison of the Gu Insect, and then, learning from his pain, he refined a "Golden Snake Hook" and came to seek revenge!

In this world, the swordsmanship of the Mysterious Gate is unparalleled under heaven!

On his person, only this Flying Sword had a flight speed fast enough to arrive after the start but reach first, intercepting the Mysterious Female Pearl.

Although Shen Xuexing's Golden Snake Hook was refined in a bizarre and unorthodox way, his swordsmanship came from a true Daoism transmission!

Although he had only learned a little of the surface, even this little bit was quite terrifying and formidable!

At this moment, his Dharma Power surged, and the Golden Snake Hook transformed into a golden stream of light, magnificent and agile, flying to pierce toward Jin Daoren!

When the Orthodox and Demon sides fight, they often don't call it a fight, but a sword duel; this trend can be seen from this.

Seeing the Golden Silkworm Gu transform into a stream of light and fly over, Shen Xuexing let out a long laugh and took out a Magic Tool from his robes.

Although his sword momentum was not grand or imposing, it showed great skill in its compactness, and he possessed a unique ingenuity in finding the enemy's flaws.

With just a sweep, Jin Daoren's entire arm turned into powder.

This Magic Tool was a silk handkerchief woven from Heavenly Silkworm silk, which hung down thin threads in mid-air and circled the Golden Silkworm Gu.

Reborn in this world, it wouldn't be too much to slack off for the first thousand years, right?

As for the cultivation world?

Cultivating immortality is too dangerous; he still wants to linger in the mortal world first...

Aaron watched this person's swordsmanship from the side and complained in his heart: "This sword technique has plenty of elegance but lacks masculinity; why is it like a woman's sword technique?"

The Golden Snake Hook transformed into a brilliant golden Sword Light, circled in mid-air, and trapped the Mysterious Female Pearl.

Because he was facing a cultivator one major realm higher than himself, Aaron had no second chance!

The Five Poisons Needle struck Shen Xuexing's protective Sha energy and immediately made a "pfft" sound, as if piercing a balloon.

Pfft!

Aaron's Five Poisons Needle was finally launched!

He had swallowed detoxifying Spirit Medicine beforehand and hidden this Flying Needle in his mouth, spitting it out mixed with dirty blood, all to use his own body as bait to ensure a Certain Hit!

Even so, the other party was affected by the aftermath of the palm strike and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Jin Daoren was older than Shen Xuexing and had decades more of bitter cultivation, and at this moment, his Sha energy had already reached Great Success!

Faced with a life-and-death crisis, he could not afford to hold anything back, so he spat out all his original Sha energy and lunged at Shen Xuexing!

The black mist rolled and manifested into a giant scorpion, vivid and lifelike; as its tail hook moved, it hooked toward Shen Xuexing!

Any nonsense could lead to his own death and the dissipation of his Taoism!

Even among the Side Sects, those who have inherited sword-refining methods are much stronger than those who do not.

And the next moment, a figure lunged out, palm technique sweeping across the air, and struck Jin Daoren on the back of the head with one palm!

Aaron thought this in his heart, but his body was very honest, rolling away to hide behind Jin Daoren and the Artifact Refining furnace, curling into a ball.

Only then did Aaron stand up, wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and a smile appeared on his lips: "Finally... finally..."

After all, no matter how resourceful this person was, he was only at the Innate realm!

Jin Daoren's Array Flag and even Shen Xuexing's handkerchief were mixed with Heavenly Silkworm silk, which happened to be a rare item that countered its own kind and could resist the Golden Silkworm Gu!

"Impossible!"

He could never have imagined that since suffering a loss last time, Shen Xuexing's personality had become much more meticulous, and he had even specially borrowed a treasure from a close friend that specifically countered the Golden Silkworm Gu!

He laughed miserably, but unwilling to close his eyes and wait for death, he spat out his last bit of original Five Poisons Sha, sweeping toward Shen Xuexing, disregarding his own safety in an attempt to perish together.

Ever since suffering a heavy loss from Jin Daoren last time, Shen Xuexing had become cautious, not directly showing off his power to attack, but secretly inquiring until he learned of Jin Daoren's plan to refine the Mysterious Female Pearl.

The Mysterious Female Pearl completely absorbed the Golden Silkworm Gu, fell from mid-air, and lost all its radiance.

How brilliant was the swordsmanship of his original self?

That was the essence gathered from an entire world, with over ten thousand years of bitter cultivation, reaching the state of Furnace Fire Pure Green!

"If our power were equal at this moment, with a Flying Sword in hand, no matter how you attack, I would only use one path, striking straight at your center, forcing you to withdraw your sword to defend. And within that defensive sword move, there would be at least seven or eight flaws, allowing me to slice off your head if I wanted, or cut your crotch if I wanted!"

As the black mist dissipated, it was because one of Jin Daoren's arms had inadvertently come into contact with the Golden Snake Hook's Sword Qi.

With Jin Daoren dead, the Five Poisons True Qi was directly shattered by the Golden Snake Sword; Shen Xuexing was stunned to see this scene.

Fortunately, Shen Xuexing's eyes were full of his great enemy Jin Daoren at this moment, and he didn't care about Aaron at all.

First, he pruned away the enemy's branches and helpers, and only then did he use his sword to break through the Forbidden Technique of Jin Daoren's Cave Abode.

He secretly endured and lay in wait, calculating that Jin Daoren was about to succeed today, and only then did he attack.

After all, the Magic Tools and Daoism of Jin Daoren's lineage were all based on Hundred Poisons True Qi!

He could never have imagined that even after interrupting the refining process, this Magic Tool could still be fully completed!

The Golden Silkworm Gu is the king of the Hundred Poisons!

This creature is fierce and stubborn; once it loses its shackles, it will inevitably go mad and kill everyone in the Cave Abode!

"I already expected you would do this..."

Therefore, with a thought, the Golden Snake Hook turned back to protect his body.

Shen Xuexing's eyes bulged.

By the time Jin Daoren reacted, Shen Xuexing had already smashed open the Cave Abode gate and brazenly broken in!

Shen Xuexing was a meticulous man; when he launched his attack, he directly surrounded the mountain with Sword Light, killing all of Jin Daoren's Disciples first.

However, those of the Side Sects and Heterodox Paths, while envious of the Mysterious Gate's sword-refining techniques, lacked the proper methods and often ended up refining bizarre forms like Flying Hooks and Flying Needles.

At this moment, once the Mysterious Female Pearl was formed, it naturally resonated with his True Qi; driven by him, it transformed into a streak of flowing Light, within which five-colored rays of dawn flickered, as it crashed toward the silk cloth in mid-air that was trapping the Golden Silkworm Gu!

"Not good, this little demon is also trying to perish together with me. How is it that everyone under Jin Daoren's tutelage is so fierce?"

While Shen Xuexing felt a secret sense of relief, anger gradually rose within him; he lunged at Aaron with a ferocious grin, preparing to kill this little demon brat with a casual palm strike.

The Mysterious Female Pearl could even subdue the Golden Silkworm Gu, so other Gu Insects were naturally even less of a concern!

Intimidated by these two objects, the 'Stomach Demon Gu' in Aaron's stomach suddenly went as still as if it were dead, no longer making the slightest movement.

Regardless of Taoism or Demon, aside from their foundational cultivation methods, Swordsmanship is always the primary True Disciple.

Shen Xuexing cried out in alarm, hurriedly driving the Golden Snake Hook to intercept the Mysterious Female Pearl in mid-air.

Seeing that the situation had changed and that Jin Daoren's Sha Qi was exhausted, he didn't even think, striking the back of Jin Daoren's head with a Five Poisons Palm.

At this time, Jin Daoren had already reached the end of his rope; how could he have expected to be ambushed by his eldest Disciple?

And Aaron, in order to ambush him, truly exhausted all his power; once the strike landed, the Five Poisons True Qi surged out like a rushing flood, striking the back of Jin Daoren's head and killing him instantly as his brains splattered, without him even letting out a groan.

Inside the Cave Abode, the black Array Flags trapping the Golden Silkworm Gu on all four sides collapsed instantly, and the black smoke that had imprisoned the Golden Silkworm Gu immediately dissipated without a trace.

Once this blood sacrifice was complete, the final step was finished; the Cauldron opened with a boom, and a pearl the size of an infant's fist, containing five-colored rays of dawn, flew out from within.

Then... it passed through without any obstruction, piercing in through Shen Xuexing's eye socket and sinking straight into his brain!

But Aaron would not be stunned!

Shen Xuexing held every advantage; why would he be willing to perish together? He would not even accept being heavily injured.

When enemies meet, they are especially jealous!

Shen Xuexing shouted, stopped talking, and pointed a finger at the 'Golden Snake Flying Hook'!

The usage of a Flying Hook has always been quite similar to that of a Flying Sword.

Finally...

Jin Daoren had refined this Mysterious Female Pearl originally to subdue the Golden Silkworm Gu, and Aaron, having watched coldly for many days, could roughly drive it by combining it with what he had learned himself.

Shen Xuexing was undaunted; with a twist of his Sword Light, he beheaded the scorpion, and within the black mist, only a golden thread could be seen moving, followed by a scream from Jin Daoren.

The furnace fire boiled, burning the corpse to ashes.

Bang!

The corpse of this Sha Qi Realm cultivator fell backward and died on the spot.

Jin Daoren had lost an arm, but a ferocious look appeared on his face; he let out a cry and suddenly formed a seal.

With Jin Daoren dead, the Gu Insects he had planted immediately went berserk.

Yet he did not expect that the opponent's figure would fold, his movement technique being incomparably exquisite; both palms came out together, and although they were far inferior to his own, they possessed a subtle force that diverted his palm power to the side.

Shen Xuexing immediately prepared to follow up with another palm to kill this somewhat strange boy and bring this revenge to a perfect conclusion.

Although he was only a small Innate foot soldier, his original insight and experience remained.

As a great Nascent Soul cultivator, he could stand there and let the opponent hit him, and they still wouldn't be able to break his protective Sha Qi!

Shen Xuexing swung a palm, fully expecting to kill this boy.

The Golden Silkworm Gu was released once more!

Squeak squeak!

The Golden Silkworm Gu cheered and flew out.

"Little demon, go to your death!"

Although Aaron had long since numbed the 'Stomach Demon Gu' with anesthetic, it could only hold it off for a short while.

The inheritance Shen Xuexing obtained was incomplete, containing only half a volume on the method of refining Side Door Flying Swords; he learned it in a hodgepodge manner, but by a stroke of luck, he killed a multi-hundred-year-old golden-scaled snake, took its century-old Inner Elixir, mixed it with Five Metals Essence, and added snake bones and scales of the same bloodline... he barely managed to refine a crooked Flying Sword, which was actually of inferior quality, yet he was quite proud of it himself, refining the exterior to look like a golden snake and calling it the 'Golden Snake Hook'!

Now, with the hook in hand, he felt as if he could kill all his enemies under heaven and find satisfaction in his life.

While performing the Dharma technique, beads of sweat the size of beans constantly broke out on Aaron's forehead, one hand clutching his stomach.

This person was none other than Aaron!

He was merely a weak, pitiful, and helpless second Nascent Soul; even his Nascent Soul had been scattered, leaving only a sliver of True Spirit.

Seeing this, Jin Daoren's expression could not help but turn completely desperate.

How sharp is Sword Qi?

Every step of his refining at this moment was endured with incomparably intense pain.

"You good-for-nothing Shen Xuexing!"

Aaron still understood the principle that villains die from talking too much, so he would not chatter with Jin Daoren at all.

Although it was a slight pity that he could not vent his thoughts on master-killing in front of Jin Daoren, he could not worry about such things.

Aaron hurriedly picked up the Mysterious Female Pearl again, injected a trace of True Qi, and rubbed it against his lower abdomen.

Although Jin Daoren had planted Gu Insects in his Disciples' bodies that would warn him upon death, how fast is Sword Light at killing? Like a flick of a finger, it happens in an instant!

"Those who block me from hiding and surviving are all dead..."

This Golden Silkworm Gu is best at breaking through Gang Sha Qi and can destroy a cultivator's physical body; there are only a few things in the universe that can restrain it.

Jin Daoren's Sha Qi is named—'Five Poisons Sha Qi'; when practicing, one needs to absorb the essence of the Five Poisons and refine it into one's own True Qi and Dharma Power. The Sha Qi refined this way is initially incomparably foul-smelling and carries deadly poison, yet it is only of low grade.

Besides, there was still the great enemy Shen Xuexing nearby!

Only then did it come to the turn of Thunder Method, Array Formation, Demon Fire, True Fire, and other inheritances.

Jin Daoren acting this way was because he saw he was in a desperate situation and wanted to seek life from death; at the very least... he could perish together with his enemy!

After killing Jin Daoren, he kicked the opponent's corpse into the Cauldron used for refining the Mysterious Female Pearl!

Roar!

"You..."

In his view, a mere Innate, after killing Jin Daoren, would be a matter of one sword strike, not worth distracting himself for at this moment!

If not for Jin Daoren seeing the situation quickly, his Six Yang Leader would have been chopped off by the Golden Snake Hook!

"My lover, then let us perish together!"

"I can happily go off to the human world to play freely again..."

A flash of baleful aura erupted from its body, and it lunged toward the only living thing inside the Cave Abode—Aaron!

Aaron, however, had anticipated this; he pinched a spell seal, and the Mysterious Female Pearl in mid-air released five-colored cloud Light, shrouding the Golden Silkworm Gu within.

But no matter how exquisite the Swordsmanship, without a Flying Sword and without cultivation power, it is still all for nothing!

Seeing Shen Xuexing strike with a sword, Daoist Jin roared and spat out the baleful aura he had painstakingly cultivated from his mouth and nose!

This mouthful of baleful aura was not only as black as ink, but it also carried a rich fragrance that made one unable to resist taking a deep breath, only for their internal organs to fester and for them to die, turning into a puddle of pus and blood!

When the foul stench is completely refined away, leaving only a rich fragrance, then this mouthful of Five Poisons baleful aura is considered Great Success, capable of harming people invisibly.

Yet he never expected that just as his old strength was spent and his new strength had yet to arise, in that hair-breadth gap, a needle-like Light would suddenly flash from within the foul blood the opponent had spat at him.

In mid-air, the Golden Snake Hook and the brocade handkerchief, having lost the direction of his Dharma Power, let out a mournful cry, their radiance retracted, and they fell to the ground.

Inside his stomach, there was still the 'Stomach Demon Gu' causing trouble!

This was naturally the result of Aaron secretly refining it on the side.

Inside this semi-transparent bead, a Golden Silkworm Gu was sealed, looking just like a piece of amber.

Thinking of this, Aaron could not help but look at Shen Xuexing's corpse and Daoist Jin's Cave Abode again.

Even if he were to go to the human world, this looting of corpses was still indispensable.

(End of this chapter)