Chapter 604: Returning to the Dao Sect

"This kind of divine ability of Master Moke is truly bizarre to the extreme!"

Zhang Nuo looked at the monk and said with envy.

"Actually, it is nothing much. This old monk has a special constitution; I can snap my meridians completely and then repair them. The restored meridians are like uncultivated wasteland that can be utilized anew!"

After a simple explanation, Moke took the Jade Slip and went into a corner. Then he sat cross-legged, five hearts facing the sky, and began trying to integrate the sword art!

Freed from the chaotic task of flipping through Jade Slips, Zhang Nuo felt much more relaxed and watched the monk quietly!

A few months later, Moke's figure suddenly shook, and he spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

"Master!"

"It is no matter. The first plan did not work; wait for me to snap my own meridians, then I will proceed with the second plan!"

As if he were just talking for fun, a series of popping sounds came from the monk's body, and then he closed his eyes again!

This kind of thing happened seven or eight times in succession. By the end, Zhang Nuo was breaking out in cold sweat just watching! Snapping the meridians in one's body and then reconnecting them, only to snap them again—any person would likely be unable to bear it! Yet the monk before him showed no signs of pain at all and continued testing one plan after another!

More than ten years later, even Moke the monk himself did not know how many times he had snapped his meridians. On this day, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and his figure suddenly leaped several zhang high!

This scared Zhang Nuo terribly, as he thought the monk had suffered a cultivation deviation!

"Success! Haha! This old monk has succeeded!"

Above the Scripture Pavilion, the old monk rode his escape light, flying in circles, paying no attention to the Jade Slips all around that were falling off the bookshelves one after another due to the activation of his magic power!

Hearing his words, an inexplicable impulse surged in Zhang Nuo's heart. After a long time, the monk's joyful mood finally subsided; he landed in front of Zhang Nuo and handed him a Jade Slip!

"Here is the complete set of the Three Immortals Sword Art! This old man has fulfilled his promise to you! Leave this place quickly! This old man also needs to cultivate this peerless technique!"

Before Zhang Nuo could say any words of thanks, Moke pointed a single hand toward the gate. Immediately, the Scripture Pavilion door swung wide open, and under a gentle force, Zhang Nuo was sent out! Then the door closed, and only Moke's bursts of laughter could be heard from inside!

Zhang Nuo had a forehead full of cold sweat. Why was it that everyone with some special divine ability acted so strangely? Could they not be a bit more normal?

Shaking his head helplessly, Zhang Nuo sank his Divine Sense into the Jade Slip. After looking at it for a while, a look of wild joy appeared on his face! Putting the Jade Slip into his Storage Bag, Zhang Nuo transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the residence where Luo Lie stayed!

Upon arriving at the seven-story building, he saw it was already empty. After asking the surrounding Jile Temple disciples, he learned that Luo Lie had already left Jile Temple more than ten years ago due to some matters! As for where he went, no one knew!

Seeing that Luo Lie was not there, Zhang Nuo had no choice but to leave on his own!

More than twenty years later, inside the Yangtian Hall of the Wuliang Dao Sect, Tianyi Laodao and the others, such as Jiguang, were looking at Zhang Nuo with incredulous eyes!

"A genius! A peerless talent! This old man did not misjudge! My Yangtian Hall finally has a day to rise!"

The one speaking was none other than Tianyi Laodao. Back when Murong Hongxiu returned to the Wuliang Dao Sect, he knew that Zhang Nuo had successfully advanced, but at the time, none of them really believed it, because such things were not just talk. Between the Integration Stage and the Refining Void Stage lay a chasm, and how many cultivators had fallen into this chasm? Could Zhang Nuo really cross this chasm so easily?

Hearing is believing, but seeing is reality! When Tianyi Laodao saw Zhang Nuo's cultivation with his own eyes, the impulse in his heart could no longer be concealed!

"Immeasurable Daoist! Senior Zhang, this time Jiguang is completely convinced!"

Jiguang flicked the whisk in his hand and bowed deeply to Zhang Nuo! Previously, because Tianyi Laodao had strongly praised Zhang Nuo, Jiguang had been somewhat unable to accept it, but now everything before his eyes proved that Tianyi's unique vision had made a contribution to the Yangtian Hall and even the entire Wuliang Dao Sect!

Based on Zhang Nuo's current cultivation speed, he would certainly have the opportunity to advance to the Great Accomplishment Stage. When that time came, the Wuliang Dao Sect would be another sect with a Great Accomplishment Stage cultivator sitting in command, besides the Immortal Domain Sixteen Chambers!

"Hall Master, Zhang has returned this time and will stay in the sect for a longer period. Therefore, to repay the Hall Master's kindness in recognizing my talent, I have decided to hold a lecture within the Yangtian Hall! Any disciple of the Yangtian Hall may come to listen! This will first raise the reputation of the Yangtian Hall! As time goes on, more disciples will join our hall!"

Zhang Nuo's words almost moved Tianyi Laodao to tears!

"Good! We shall do as you say. If it doesn't work, I can even yield this Hall Master position to you!"

"That is not necessary! Zhang has another major matter yet to complete, so I cannot hold the position of Hall Master at all!"

With a light laugh, Zhang Nuo did not want to deal with these thankless tasks!

The next day, a piece of news spread throughout the Wuliang Dao Sect! Zhang Nuo of the Yangtian Hall, in his capacity as a Refining Void Stage cultivator, was to hold a lecture in the Yangtian Hall; any disciple of the Yangtian Hall could enter to listen!

Once the news spread, the entire Wuliang Dao Sect was stirred! The cultivators of the other two halls were anxious but had no way to participate! That was a lecture by a Refining Void Stage cultivator, which could be said to be extremely important experience for improving one's cultivation! However, their anxiety was useless, because only Yangtian Hall disciples could go to listen! They could not even enter the door!

In a room within the Wuliang Dao Sect, Beigong Zhenren sat steadily on a Putan, while Murong Hongxiu stood below her!

"To be able to safely cross the tribulation and return from this trip to the Demon World is truly a great fortune! It seems the Refining Void realm is not too far away either!"

"This is all thanks to the method the Old Sect Master helped this young woman think of!"

The young girl smiled sweetly!

"By the way, Zhang Nuo's cultivation has improved so quickly; besides going to the Hall of Prophets, did he go anywhere else?"

Beigong Zhenren asked with a frown, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"It seems not! He only cultivated in the Underground Palace of the Great Prophet for two hundred years!"

"Hehe! It seems this boy's aptitude is indeed heaven-sent! I hope he can contribute greatly to our plan to infiltrate the Underworld!"

Beigong Zhenren also felt shocked by Zhang Nuo's terrifying cultivation speed!

"Although I have not spent much time with Zhang Nuo, this person is still very trustworthy and should not do anything treacherous! Furthermore, this matter concerns the safety of the Immortal Domain; even if he does not act, once we fail, he will definitely not be able to escape either!"

The young girl said solemnly.

"I hope so! When there is an opportunity, I must have a good chat with him!"

Beigong Zhenren smiled faintly and began chatting with the young girl about other matters!

At the same time, in the main hall of the Yangtian Hall, Zhang Nuo was explaining the Dao of cultivation to the disciples below. The disciples were listening so intently they were mesmerized, and some of the knots that had troubled their hearts for years were solved instantly!

Several hours later, Zhang Nuo's explanation came to a pause, and the rest was time for the disciples to ask questions! When the disciples below stated their problems, Zhang Nuo explained them one by one!

Finally, the lecture for this day was completely finished! After the disciples returned and practiced their techniques again, it was like flowing clouds and water, without the slightest feeling of obstruction!

In just ten years, the overall level of the Yangtian Hall disciples had improved by a large margin! This was inextricably linked to Zhang Nuo's lectures!

Another ten years later, more and more cultivators from outside came to the Yangtian Hall by reputation. In just a few years, the number of disciples in the Yangtian Hall had multiplied several times over! It leaped to become the number one hall within the Wuliang Dao Sect! As for the other two halls, they were directly overshadowed!

Seeing that the status of the Yangtian Hall was secure, on this day, Zhang Nuo proposed to Tianyi Laodao that he wanted to go into secluded cultivation! Over these past few years, Zhang Nuo had also mastered the Three Immortals Sword Art integrated by Moke, and it was time to cultivate the entire sword art to the Great Accomplishment Stage!

At this time, the situation in the Yangtian Hall was much better than before, so Tianyi Laodao did not stop him! Choosing a quiet place, Zhang Nuo officially entered a state of secluded cultivation within the Wuliang Dao Sect!

This seclusion lasted for nearly a hundred years. Time flew by; some of the new cultivators in the Yangtian Hall did not even know that Zhang Nuo had ever held lectures!

As for those old disciples of the Yangtian Hall, they were hoping in their hearts that Zhang Nuo would come out of seclusion soon and give them another lecture!

During this hundred years, another major event occurred in the Wuliang Dao Sect: Murong Hongxiu had also successfully advanced to the Refining Void Stage several decades ago! In this way, there were now three Refining Void Stage cultivators in the sect, which was also a major event for the Immortal Domain!

Because the Demon Beast Tide, as it continued to the present, had already reached a white-hot stage! High-level cultivators from the Three Great Powers had also successively intervened in it!

There was only one reason why the demon beasts were so fierce: the Demon World would be destroyed in the coming decades. At that time, if there was no good place to settle, the demon beasts might become completely extinct!

For the sake of the masses of demons, the high-level figures of the Demon Realm must seize half of the territory of the Immortal Domain before the Demon Realm shatters!

Just as both sides were locked in an inseparable battle, the Immortal Domain Sixteen Chambers, which had remained in a state of silence, finally dispatched a Late Void Refinement Stage cultivator to make contact with the high-level figures of the Demon Realm!

In the end, the cultivators of both sides reached a condition: to decide the outcome of this war between humans and demons through a few matches!

If this Demon Beast Tide, which has lasted for hundreds of years, is not ended as quickly as possible, then both the Immortal Domain and the Demon Realm will suffer heavy losses! As for the plan to deal with the Underworld that the high-level figures of several realms have discussed, it will also be affected to some extent! However, only the high-level figures of several realms know about this matter; as for the cultivators below, they are completely unaware!

On the very first day Zhang Nuo came out of seclusion, Beigong Zhenren found him and took him and Murong Hongxiu away from the Wuliang Dao Sect, flying toward the front lines of the Demon Beast Tide!