Chapter 134

"That's how it is." In the Great Dragon City Six Paths Palace garrison, Wu Tie held a precept blade, solemn and stiff, clumsily performing the Eighteen-Form Arhat Subduing Demon Blade nine times in a row.

Holding the precept blade, Wu Tie once again recounted to the senior officials of the Six Paths Palace in Great Dragon City the full process of how he obtained the Arhat Subduing Demon Blade.

"It was very dangerous, but I managed to escape. Unfortunately, the blade technique was burned to ashes by lava during the scramble, which is unfortunate." Wu Tie spread his hands: "Fortunately, my memory is good; the blade technique is already memorized in my heart."

The Vajra Hall, Arhat Hall, and Heavenly King Hall are the Six Paths Palace's specialized institutions for managing the martial strength of inner disciples.

The Vajra Hall corresponds to Foundation Establishment disciples, the Arhat Hall to Sensing Mystery disciples, the Heavenly King Hall to Chonglou Realm disciples; disciples above the Chonglou Realm naturally rise to become inner senior members and are no longer bound by the three halls.

Wu Gang, Sha Li, and the Heavenly King Hall's chief, Wu Ri, were extremely familiar with all the Six Paths Palace's inherited techniques; after Wu Tie finished a set of the Arhat Subduing Demon Blade practice, they already had a clear schematic in mind.

After nine repetitions, including Wang Si, the senior officials present of the Six Paths Palace had a complete understanding of the Arhat Subduing Demon Blade; they also recorded Wu Tie's oral blade secrets and compared them with the Twelve-Form Blade Secrets currently transmitted.

Without a doubt, the Twelve-Form Blade Secrets taught by Wu Tie are more complete and reliable; the blade aura they cultivate is more solid and substantial, with greater destructive power—laying foundations for Foundation Establishment disciples, drawing heavenly-earth primal energy to forge mana for Sensing Mystery disciples, and even enabling Chonglou Realm disciples to comprehend the "Arhat Heart" and break the Heavenly Lock Chonglou, which is of great significance.

This set of blade techniques is of little use to others, but its significance to the Six Paths Palace is immense.

If the Six Paths Palace's inheritance is like a great cauldron missing a leg, the Eighteen-Form Arhat Subduing Demon Blade truly fills that leg.

"Truly, it is the Buddha's blessing." Wang Si, Wu Ri, and others simultaneously looked up at the dome above, chanting praises in low voices.

Wu Tie pursed his lips, looking at these excited, red-faced guys; in this situation, shouldn't they be shouting "Namo Amitabha Buddha"?

He could be certain that the Six Paths Palace is a surviving lineage of the ancient Buddhist sect; there is much such information in Old Tie's inheritance. However, seeing that they couldn't even fully transmit a single set of blade techniques, one can imagine how deficient their inheritance is.

"Tie Dajian, you have committed an unforgivable mistake… to atone for your error, the Six Paths Palace must pay a huge price." Wang Si, as the chief of the Discipline Hall stationed in Great Dragon City for the Six Paths Palace, sternly rebuked Tie Dajian standing nearby.

"To atone for your mistake, from today onward you will follow Lord Wu Tie… spend your life serving him to expiate your sin." Wang Si looked at the grim, deathly aura–filled Tie Dajian, gently shook his head, and sighed.

Tie Dajian walked over devoid of any vitality, solemnly clasped his fists before Wu Tie in a salute, and bowed deeply.

"Lord Wu Tie, this worthless old life of mine, Tie Dajian, is now yours from this day forward." Tie Dajian muttered lowly.

"You're welcome; from now on we're all our own people." Wu Tie laughed as he helped Tie Dajian up.

Beside him, the chief of the Incense Kitchen Hall stationed in Great Dragon City for the Six Paths Palace—a giant nearly three meters tall, with a fat head and big ears—slapped his belly and muttered to the several equally burly, fat men behind him.

Several men strode out, and not long after they returned carrying several metal boxes.

The heavy metal boxes were set before Wu Tie; the men opened the lids, revealing neat little compartments filled with various grades of primal herbs—eighth‑ and seventh‑grade. A rich energy aura burst forth, and the fragrant scent of the primal herbs filled the whole courtyard.

"Little Brother Wu Tie, please do not spread this Arhat Subduing Demon Blade." The chief of the Heavenly King Hall, Wu Ri, said solemnly beside him: "Even you yourself should not use it in daily practice; that would be best. Our Six Paths Palace observes rules, but if you, Little Brother Wu Tie, leak our secret transmission… the consequences would be dire."

Wu Tie threw down the precept blade in his hand, pulled the White Tiger Split lodged nearby, and with a shake of his hands the White Tiger Split let out a soul‑shaking tiger roar.

The spear shaft vibrated, the air in the whole courtyard suddenly exploded; the blast shook the surrounding houses with a deep rumble, and the ground faintly trembled.

Wu Tie's pure physical strength now exceeds a hundred million catties; the White Tiger Split, weighing 3.6 million catties, swayed casually like a divine needle stirring the sea, making everyone in the courtyard feel dizzy and unable to stand steady.

Only Wu Ri, who is at the Life Pool Realm, remained unmoved, his expression unchanged as he watched Wu Tie.

"Chief Wu Ri, spears and blades… are not my path." Wu Tie laughed brightly.

"That's fine." Wu Ri suddenly laughed: "Actually, it doesn't matter if it's leaked; my Six Paths Palace disciples can cultivate it freely without issue, but if those demonic cultists of the Changsheng Sect dare to practice our Six Paths Palace's techniques, their qi and blood will surely reverse flow and they will suffer deviation—something we never worry about."

Several senior members of the Six Paths Palace laughed in unison, each laughing with extreme joy and brightness.

Beside him, Blade King Wang Wu, ignoring the intense pain in his buttocks, grabbed a precept blade and began practicing the full version of the Arhat Subduing Demon Blade with a swish‑swish‑swish.

Just then the blade's edge howled and trembled, a fierce divine might continually condensed on him; perhaps because he had long been immersed in the Arhat Subduing Demon Blade, accumulating too deeply, after Wang Wu had just run through the blade once, he let out a great roar.

A hazy golden light suddenly appeared behind Wang Wu, and a towering, several‑meter‑tall hazy figure holding a long blade silently materialized behind him.

A blade of golden light shot from the long blade in that hazy figure's hand; a tens‑of‑zhang‑long golden flash swept by with a hiss, and the Arhat Hall, one of the Six Paths Palace's three great halls beside the courtyard, was split in two by Wang Wu's single stroke.

With a boom—rumble—, the enormous Arhat Hall covering several mu collapsed; the golden blade light not only split the hall but also sliced backward for hundreds of meters, cleanly cutting through several rows of houses, terrifying countless Six Paths Palace disciples into wailing and howling, each fleeing in disarray.

"Exhilarating… True Form of the Arhat, Demon‑Subduing Divine Blade!" Wang Wu exuberantly spat a stream of blood‑qi toward the sky, his complexion faintly deepening.

Merely practicing a complete set of the Arhat Subduing Demon Blade deepened Wang Wu's cultivation by a notch, and he also seemed to have made great progress in opening the Heavenly Lock Chonglou.

With the Arhat Hall collapsed, its chief Wu Gang stared blankly at the ruined building, giving a hollow "heh heh" with a smile that didn't reach his eyes; veins bulged on his forehead as he slowly turned, his eyes gradually turning blood‑red.

"Wang Wu… Uncle, have I offended you?" Wu Gang asked Wang Wu with a hint of a hoarse, strained voice.

Wang Wu, immersed in an indescribable breakthrough epiphany, laughed hysterically: "How could I? Uncle, you always look after me the most."

Wu Gang snarled angrily, baring his teeth: "Then why did you split my Arhat Hall? Why not split the neighboring Vajra Hall or Heavenly King Hall?"

Wang Wu's face twitched a few times, and he stared blankly at the collapsed Arhat Hall.

Wu Tie swiftly gathered the several large boxes of primal herbs, said nothing, and led the people away; like a wooden puppet, the deathly‑still Tie Dajian carried his specially made great sword and followed step for step behind Wu Tie.

The events of the past two days were a huge blow to Tie Dajian; he felt suffocated in his heart.

Inside the Six Paths Palace garrison, chaos reigned; soon came Wang Wu's hoarse howls and the thudding "thump‑thump" of a bronze staff striking his buttocks.

As Wu Tie and company left the Six Paths Palace garrison, several tall, sturdy disciples with vigorous aura stood at the palace gate, arms crossed, glaring fiercely at Tie Dajian while also casting unfriendly glances over Wu Tie and the others.

Wu Tie likewise returned an unfriendly glare, then he firmly planted the White Tiger Split into the ground with his right hand dragging it forward as he walked.

The White Tiger Split, weighing 3.6 million catties, forcibly dragged a deep groove across the hard black‑stone floor; sparks flew everywhere, a trench three inches deep stretched from the Six Paths Palace gate forward over a hundred meters before Wu Tie lifted the White Tiger Split.

Those hostile Six Paths Palace disciples had their pupils shrink to pinpoints, staring in shock at the White Tiger Split before turning and walking away.

Tie Dajian also took a deep look at the spear Wu Tie carried on his shoulder, then suddenly said: "They are the families behind those little brats I slew. They have always been at odds with my lineage; do you dare to recruit me? They will stop at nothing to kill me, and you as well…"

"Moreover, the news of the Arhat Subduing Demon Blade will soon reach their ears…" Tie Dajian trailed off.

"Are you afraid?" Wu Tie turned to look at Tie Dajian.

"Not afraid." Tie Dajian said solemnly: "What is there to fear now? Back then, I and a group of fellow apprentices fought our way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. I only fear implicating you."

"I don't fear being implicated." Wu Tie shook his head; he too is now at the Chonglou Realm—even if only at the first tier of that realm, just entering—given his foundation… unless the Six Paths Palace dispatches many elite disciples to encircle and kill him, who could do anything to him?

Don't forget, when he's provoked, Zhu Zixi's bracelet is not only a storage ancient relic but also a terrifying spatial bomb; Wu Tie truly dares to use this vicious device to kill people.

"What about your daughters?" Wu Tie suddenly asked: "They were expelled; do you want…"

Tie Dajian's face twisted violently.

After a long while, he slowly shook his head: "The chief of the Discipline Hall expelled them, but the Li family, with whom I'm at odds, took them in… since they've ended up this way… let's just say I have no three daughters. Ha, perhaps I should spend this life alone…"

"Don't talk nonsense; you're still as vigorous as a dragon and tiger—why not find a few more women and have a few more kids?" Wu Tie tiptoed, reached out and patted Tie Dajian's shoulder: "I have an elder who said something very sensible—under the rod, filial sons are produced."

"Don't talk nonsense, you're still so full of vigor and vitality—just find a few more women, have a few more kids, and that'll do it, right?" Wu Tie tiptoed, reached out and patted Tie Da Jian's shoulder: "I have an elder who said something very sensible—under the stick, filial sons are produced."

Tie Da Jian murmured, repeating Wu Tie's words.

Translation: Need to ensure we kept all nuance.

Those three unlucky daughters—you definitely couldn't bear to hit or scold them when they were young… This is wrong. From now on, when you have children, beat them to death, three times a day, and train them to death… Anyway, the Six Dao Palace's cultivation method is all about desperate training! Wu Tie laughed brightly: "Those three good-for-nothings, you forgot—just have a few more competent ones later, what's the big deal?"

Let's translate precisely:

"Those three unlucky daughters, you definitely couldn't bear to hit or scold them when they were young… This is wrong. From now on, when you have children, beat them to death, three times a day, and train them to death… Anyway, the Six Dao Palace's cultivation method is all about desperate training!" Wu Tie laughed brightly: "Those three good-for-nothings, you forgot — just have a few more competent ones later, what's the big deal?"

Check we kept ellipsis? We used "...", okay.

Those three unlucky daughters, you definitely couldn't bear to hit or scold them when they were young…

This is wrong. From now on, when you have children, beat them to death, three times a day, and train them to death…

Anyway, the Six Dao Palace's cultivation method is all about desperate training!

Wu Tie laughed brightly:

Those three good-for-nothings, you forgot — just have a few more competent ones later, what's the big deal?

Now 【62】:

As long as one lives, there is still hope; it's nothing serious. Wu Tie said seriously to Tie Da Jian.

Translation: "As long as one lives, there is still hope; it's nothing serious." Wu Tie said seriously to Tie Da Jian.

As long as one lives, there is still hope; it's nothing serious.

Wu Tie said seriously to Tie Da Jian.

"As long as a person is alive, there is still hope; it's nothing serious." Wu Tie said very seriously to Tie Da Jian.

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In Tie Da Jian's dull, death-filled eyes, a spark of hope flared; he solemnly bowed deeply to Wu Tie and said solemnly: "Sir Wu Tie, from now on, my life is yours… just like my brothers, call me Da Jian."

Translation: In Tie Da Jian's dull, death-filled eyes, a spark of hope flared; he solemnly bowed deeply to Wu Tie and said solemnly: "Sir Wu Tie, from now on, my life is yours… just like my brothers, call me Da Jian."

In Tie Da Jian's dull, death-filled eyes, a spark of hope flared.

He solemnly bowed deeply to Wu Tie and said solemnly:

Sir Wu Tie, from now on, my life is yours…

Just like my brothers, call me Da Jian.

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Wu Tie nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't call you Old Iron… that's a special name for another old guy. Da Jian, good."

Translation: Wu Tie nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't call you Old Iron… that's a special name for another old guy. Da Jian, good."

Wu Tie nodded with a smile:

Don't worry, I won't call you Old Iron…

That's a special name for another old guy.

Da Jian, good.

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Shi Fei and Lao Bai nearby then came over, greeting Tie Da Jian one after another.

Translation: Shi Fei and Lao Bai nearby then came over, greeting Tie Da Jian one after another.

Shi Fei and Lao Bai nearby then came over.

They greeted Tie Da Jian one after another.

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Shi Fei and Lao Bai were still a bit dazed at this point.

Translation: Shi Fei and Lao Bai were still a bit dazed at this point.

Shi Fei and Lao Bai were still a bit dazed at this point.

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Now we need to include Shi Zhan.

Tie Da Jian, who is at the half-step Life Pool realm, the former top expert of the Cangyan Realm, and whose cultivation matches that of the Giant clan's ancestor Shi Zhan—just like that, he was coaxed into Wu Tie's hands?

Translation: Tie Da Jian, who is at the half-step Life Pool realm, the former top expert of the Cangyan Realm, and whose cultivation matches that of the Giant clan's ancestor Shi Zhan—just like that, he was coaxed into Wu Tie's hands?

Check each clause:

Tie Da Jian, who is at the half-step Life Pool realm,

the former top expert of the Cangyan Realm,

and whose cultivation matches that of the Giant clan's ancestor Shi Zhan

Just like that, he was coaxed into Wu Tie's hands?

We need to keep the questioning tone; we used question mark.

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All that was given was just a manual of the Eighteen-Style Arhat Subduing Demon Blade?

Translation: All that was given was just a manual of the Eighteen-Style Arhat Subduing Demon Blade?

All that was given was just a manual of the Eighteen-Style Arhat Subduing Demon Blade?

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The Six Dao Palace even threw in several crates of eighth- and seventh-grade prime herbs? Those several large crates of eighth- and seventh-grade prime herbs are far more than the cultivation resources the Shi Family gave Wu Tie, and the Shi Family's resources were mostly ninth-grade prime herbs.

Translation: The Six Dao Palace even threw in several crates of eighth- and seventh-grade prime herbs? Those several large crates of eighth- and seventh-grade prime herbs are far more than the cultivation resources the Shi Family gave Wu Tie, and the Shi Family's resources were mostly ninth-grade prime herbs.

Check each clause:

The Six Dao Palace even threw in several crates of eighth- and seventh-grade prime herbs?

Those several large crates of eighth- and seventh-grade prime herbs are far more than the cultivation resources the Shi Family gave Wu Tie,

and the Shi Family's resources were mostly ninth-grade prime herbs.

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From now on, having a half-step Life Pool expert accompany them, the group's morale became much more steady.

Translation: From now on, having a half-step Life Pool expert accompany them, the group's morale became much more steady.

From now on, having a half-step Life Pool expert accompany them,

the group's morale became much more steady.

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Starting from the Six Dao Palace's garrison, they walked straight down the street toward the hotel.

Translation: Starting from the Six Dao Palace's garrison, they walked straight down the street toward the hotel.

Starting from the Six Dao Palace's garrison,

they walked straight down the street toward the hotel.

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In Great Dragon City, Wu Tie still had things to do; at least, with all those gold coins in his bracelet, aside from keeping a portion for daily expenses, 99% of the gold coins he would remelt and exchange for prime herbs.

Translation: In Great Dragon City, Wu Tie still had things to do; at least, with all those gold coins in his bracelet, aside from keeping a portion for daily expenses, 99% of the gold coins he would remelt and exchange for prime herbs.

Check each clause:

In Great Dragon City, Wu Tie still had things to do;

at least, with all those gold coins in his bracelet,

aside from keeping a portion for daily expenses,

99% of the gold coins, he would remelt and exchange for prime herbs.

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Cultivating the Primordial Scripture consumes vast resources; thinking of that terrifying cost, Wu Tie felt an indescribable bitterness.

Translation: Cultivating the Primordial Scripture consumes vast resources; thinking of that terrifying cost, Wu Tie felt an indescribable bitterness.

Cultivating the Primordial Scripture consumes vast resources;

thinking of that terrifying cost, Wu Tie felt an indescribable bitterness.

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Heaven knows, how many resources he must consume to climb the Thirty-Three Heavens, break through the layered tower, and condense a Life Pool?

Translation: Heaven knows how many resources he must consume to climb the Thirty-Three Heavens, break through the layered tower, and condense a Life Pool?

Heaven knows,

how many resources he must consume to climb the Thirty-Three Heavens

break through the layered tower, and condense a Life Pool?

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As they neared the inn, a caravan slowly passed before Wu Tie and company; the draught beasts used by this caravan were a monster resembling a rhinoceros but covered entirely in scales, a type Wu Tie had never seen before.

Translation: As they neared the inn, a caravan slowly passed before Wu Tie and company; the draught beasts used by this caravan were a monster resembling a rhinoceros but covered entirely in scales, a type Wu Tie had never seen before.

Check each clause:

As they neared the inn, a caravan slowly passed before Wu Tie and company.

the draught beasts used by this caravan were a monster resembling a rhinoceros but covered entirely in scales, a type Wu Tie had never seen before.

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These huge creatures have strong bones and vigorous aura, their eyes even more ferocious, like battle mounts surpassing ordinary draught beasts.

Translation: These huge creatures have strong bones and vigorous aura, their eyes even more ferocious, like battle mounts surpassing ordinary draught beasts.

These huge creatures have strong bones and vigorous aura,

their eyes even more ferocious,

like battle mounts surpassing ordinary draught beasts.

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Moreover, the caravan numbered a full three thousand people; their hair either red, blue, or green, with eye colors mostly blue and green, and what astonished Wu Tie even more was that the entire caravan had not a single elder or woman—only strong, able-bodied men.

Translation: Moreover, the caravan numbered a full three thousand people, their hair either red, blue, or green, with eye colors mostly blue and green, and what astonished Wu Tie even more was that the entire caravan had not a single elder or woman—only strong, able-bodied men.

Moreover, the caravan numbered a full three thousand people,

their hair either red, blue, or green, with eye colors mostly blue and green,

and what astonished Wu Tie even more was that the entire caravan had not a single elder or woman—only strong, able-bodied men.

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Although there were over a hundred frail-looking individuals sitting in the wagons, appearing weak, but Wu Tie felt from them a powerful mental pressure.

Translation: Although there were over a hundred frail-looking individuals sitting in the wagons, appearing weak, Wu Tie felt from them a powerful mental pressure.

Although there were over a hundred frail-looking individuals sitting in the wagons, appearing weak,

but Wu Tie felt from them a powerful mental pressure.

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These individuals may have weak bodies, but their mental power is extraordinarily strong; obviously they are not weaklings.

Translation: These individuals may have weak bodies, but their mental power is extraordinarily strong; obviously they are not weaklings.

These individuals may have weak bodies, but their mental power is extraordinarily strong;

obviously they are not weaklings.

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Such a unit suddenly entering Great Dragon City made Wu Tie constantly feel something odd.

Translation: Such a unit suddenly entering Great Dragon City made Wu Tie constantly feel something odd.

Such a unit suddenly entering Great Dragon City

Wu Tie constantly felt something odd.

"Lao Bai, go scout the road…… These guys don't seem to be natives around the Great Dragon Region, right?"