Chapter 62: Volume One: Mountain Ghost Rumor, Chapter 62: Sword Qi Pointing to Mystery

Volume One: Mountain Ghost Rumor, Chapter 62: Sword Qi Pointing to Mystery

Xie Wan didn't dare to waste any time and climbed Erniu Mountain at her fastest speed.

The Xiaoshi Village at the foot of the mountain was already empty, with no smoke or people, only trenches and wooden fences dug to resist demons.

She sighed faintly. Since she was expelled from the mountain by the Xuanwei Sect for sealing her cultivation, she had moved to many places. Hearing that the Hundred Treasure Zhen Pan Xi sat down here and left countless very attractive Dharma treasures, she made up her mind to come and make a profit.

She established the Xizhao Inn in Youju Town and finally waited for the opportunity to unseal the seal, but she didn't expect that the so-called Hundred Treasure Zhen Pan Xi was the teacher of the town's private school. He had laid out the layout for many years, and she was like a sparrow greedy for food, drilling into the cage prepared by others.

The arrival of Senior Brother A Ping was beyond her expectation. She originally thought they would rely on each other to win the many treasures left by Pan Xi...

Xie Wan smiled at herself. Thinking more is useless. Since she got this Low-grade Spirit Artifact, she returned to the sect in a glorious way.

Looking at Youju Town for the last time, she just wanted to turn around and cross the mountain.

The Erniu Mountain beneath their feet suddenly shook, as if an earth dragon were turning over. By the time she regained her senses, she saw someone soar into the air, holding that Tu Fu sword, and streak toward the direction of Shanniu Village.

She was naturally familiar with that person's aura.

"Little Toad..." Xie Wan talked to herself. "What is your identity? How can Pan Xi look at you so highly? Could it be just the kindness of teaching over the years? I don't believe it."

She thought about following along to see why Zhao Chan suddenly possessed such shocking power, but then thought, Pan Xi let her leave without stopping, thinking to herself, now that I have heavy treasures, it is indeed not suitable to be in the limelight. Sigh, it's better to honestly return to the Xuanwei Sect to receive the reward.

Huangfu Changqiu looked at Pan Xi in surprise: "Can the luck you refined be yielded?"

Pan Xi shook his head: "Can't yield."

"Why did Zhao Chan suddenly have a part of the authority of the City God and the Mountain God of this place?" Huangfu Changqiu felt incredible.

He explained: "Only half an hour. When the time is up, the luck, City God, and Mountain God authority will return to this world."

He paused.

"Don't misunderstand that I am a glutton who only eats and doesn't enter. I swallowed the bone and blood essence of demons and outsider cultivators, and also fed it back to the luck. Now you can't see the effect. It is the so-called 'moistening things silently.' The fields and mountains around Youju Town will have normal weather and good harvests in ten years, whether it is farmers, herbalists, hunters, or lacquer gatherers, they will all have a full harvest.

Bai Pacification Envoy, can this contribution of mine be recorded in the account book of the Demon Slayer Division?"

Bai Yuqing raised her eyebrows heroically and kicked the problem to Lancang Prefecture: "The Grand Pacification Envoy of the Prefecture Division will give you the answer."

Xun Lan said: "Without the imperial court's edict of the Xitang Kingdom, stealing the god position of the City God and the Mountain God, you can't solve this matter without peeling off a layer of skin."

"Haha... Fellow Daoist is right. If the Grand Pacification Envoy nods and agrees, I am willing to serve the Demon Slayer Division without asking for return. Of course, I must be given a status in the Demon Slayer Division, so as to avoid being unclear and making others feel that I am a slave of the Demon Slayer Division."

They finished talking.

Kong Yanxing leaned against the wall of Caiyan Street and walked to Bai Yuqing's side, asking in a low voice: "Bai Pacification Envoy, can the commoners gathered in Youju Town be allowed to return home?"

"Let Wang Huan do it."

"As you command."

Kong Yanxing called Wang Huan and gave him a few instructions. Wang Huan led the order happily, let out a long sigh of relief, and handled it immediately.

During the days of the demon disaster, he was tense every moment. Now that it was relaxed, he actually felt his legs soft and dizzy.

And Huangfu Changqiu and Xun Lan had originally thought about letting Wu Ting and Chen Xianggu experience this tempering. With them secretly protecting them, this tempering would also temper their state of mind, which would be of great benefit to their future cultivation.

But Pan Xi cut the mess quickly, and the tempering in the expectation also subsided.

Next, they contacted the two separately to collect them as disciples of their respective sects.

Due to the sect rules, Huangfu Changqiu and Xun Lan actually wanted to become their masters themselves. However, this matter can be fought for.

For mountain sects with greater power such as Baoyu Studio and Hengwu Pavilion, unless they are elders with high power, the geniuses brought back by sect disciples must be assigned according to the rules.

Huangfu Changqiu found Wu Ting.

Wu Ting had been in the Youju Town Demon Slayer Division, staying with several women from Xiaoshi Village.

They watched Huangfu Changqiu descend from the sky, stunned.

Huangfu Changqiu grabbed Wu Ting and took her away from the Demon Slayer Division.

Wu Ting's head was dizzy, and she didn't have time to react. When she stood on the flat street, she looked up slightly and saw the door plaque of the Xizhao Inn.

"What are you doing in a daze? Come in." Huangfu Changqiu said.

"You... who are you?"

"Huangfu Changqiu of Baoyu Studio. Your talent is not bad. Are you willing to apprentice at Baoyu Studio and become an immortal who can call the wind and rain?"

Wu Ting was dumbfounded: "I, can I really?"

"Zhao Chan can walk on the cultivation path as a Demon Slayer, why can't you?"

"Are you a demon?"

"A demon?" Huangfu Changqiu widened her eyes and said angrily, "If I were a demon, I would have eaten all of you in Xiaoshi Village long ago. Why bother taking you as a disciple of Baoyu Studio? Come in, sit down and talk..."

"Okay."

There was a shadow puppet troupe in the Xizhao Inn. Hearing someone shouting that the demons were coming again, everyone was trembling in their rooms and didn't dare to come out.

When Wu Ting sat opposite her, Huangfu Changqiu told her the whole story of Zhao Chan's encounter in the past few days, especially about Pan Xi being the private school teacher.

Wu Ting opened her mouth, unbelievable.

After gaining Wu Ting's trust, Huangfu Changqiu introduced Baoyu Studio unhurriedly.

Xun Lan arrived at Taoli Lane and knocked on Chen Xianggu's door.

"Zhao Chan?" Chen Xianggu shouted happily.

Xun Lan laughed: "No."

She opened the door, looked at the female Taoist outside the door, and asked: "Who are you looking for?"

"Looking for you."

Xun Lan walked into the small courtyard on her own, looked at Chen Xianggu's grandmother who was vigilant on the steps, and instead of talking to Chen Xianggu, she said to her grandmother: "Xun Lan of Hengwu Pavilion, greetings."

"Hengwu Pavilion?" Grandmother didn't understand the meaning.

"You can understand it as a sect that can let Chen Xianggu live forever."

Grandma understood what "longevity and eternal vision" meant. The storyteller in town said that the Daoists on the mountain were those who ate rosy clouds and drank dew, enjoying longevity and eternal vision. According to her understanding, that meant one could live forever.

Chen Xianggu ran to her grandmother's side, looking at Xun Lan strangely.

Xun Lan spoke very quickly, using the same method as Huangfu Changqiu, first introducing Zhao Chan's actions in the past few days, gaining the trust of Chen Xianggu and her grandmother, and then explaining what kind of mountain sect Hengwu Pavilion was.

Grandmother pondered after listening: "Can we believe Hengwu Pavilion?"

Xun Lan said very directly: "As long as I don't die, no one in Hengwu Pavilion can bully Chen Xianggu, unless she commits an unforgivable crime."

"Can you guarantee her wealth?" Grandmother asked.

Xun Lan seemed to find this question very funny: "Anyone who becomes a disciple of Hengwu Pavilion will have endless human wealth."

"Really?"

"I will pick you up to Hengwu Pavilion together. Whether what I said is true or not, you can see for yourself."

Chen Xianggu pulled her hand anxiously and whispered: "Grandmother, I'm not going!"

"Shut up!"

Immediately after, she said: "Good, we agree, Chen Xianggu can become a disciple of Hengwu Pavilion."

Xun Lan seemed to know she would agree, nodded slightly, and said to Chen Xianggu, who was anxious and at a loss: "Miss Chen, I understand your feelings for Zhao Chan. He is now a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Division, with excellent talent. Give him a few years, he will definitely become famous, and his cultivation will also rise."

"If you are still a mortal, are you worthy of Zhao Chan?"

"Moreover, the lifespan of a cultivator is far beyond that of a mortal. Even if he is willing to marry you and spend his life together, you will eventually become old and yellow, while Zhao Chan will still look like a handsome young man..."

"Miss Chen, you are a smart person, I don't need to say more."

Chen Xianggu was completely silent. She stood beside her grandmother for a long time and said slowly: "Good, I will go to Hengwu Pavilion with you."

"Zhao Chan is going to kill the Mountain Ghost lurking outside Youju Town now. Do you want to say goodbye to him? But I want to tell you another sentence: If two people are together for a long time, why do they have to be together day and night? If Zhao Chan really cares about you, he will definitely come to Hengwu Pavilion to find you."

Xun Lan buried a hook here. She hoped to see Zhao Chan visit Hengwu Pavilion. If the sect formed a relationship with such a "monster" genius, there might be a big harvest.

Chen Xianggu became firm: "No, when I have achieved cultivation, I will come to find him."

Wu Ting at the Xizhao Inn also agreed to Huangfu Changqiu and went to Baoyu Studio in Baoxiang Country to practice.

"Do you still want to say goodbye to Zhao Chan?"

"It's not a life-and-death separation, no need to say goodbye. In the future, I will miss Xiaoshi Village and Erniu Mountain, and visit him by the way." Wu Ting said, "Anyway, I am alone, with no worries."

Huangfu Changqiu smiled: "Time is running out, let's set off."

She held Wu Ting's hand, walked to Caiyan Street, and took Wu Ting away with the wind in front of Bai Yuqing.

Xun Lan glanced at the two people rushing straight into the clouds and asked: "Do you have anything to pack?"

"Bring a few clothes," grandmother said to Chen Xianggu.

"These trivial things, in my opinion, don't need to be brought. When we pass through the city, I will buy you some new clothes."

Xun Lan walked to the two, took their hands, and the wind blew under her feet, rushing straight to Hengwu Pavilion in the Heinei Kingdom.

Pan Xi smiled and said: "Bai Pacification Envoy, Wu Ting and Chen Xianggu are both people with excellent talent, so just let them be taken away?"

Bai Yuqing hummed, "What do you think?"

"I think Baoyu Studio and Hengwu Pavilion are more suitable for the two."

"That's it. In short, Zhao Chan has become a Demon Slayer. After the Grand Pacification Envoy knows, not only will he not blame me for losing two geniuses, but he will also invite me to drink."

Pan Xi looked at Shanniu Village. "Zhao Chan met the Mountain Ghost. Shall we go and watch the battle?"

"Don't watch. Wear the 'Confucian shirt' you gave him, and a Knowing Fate Realm cultivator can't hurt him at all."

"Zhao Chan is my student after all. Let him get familiar with the cultivation of the Upper-grade Knowing Fate Realm in advance."

Bai Youjun held Bai Yuqing's arm and whispered: "Sister, Mr. Pan is a good person."

Pan Xi heard this and couldn't help laughing loudly.

Bai Yuqing frowned deeply and couldn't say a word. She immediately said to Kong Yanxing: "After Zhao Chan returns, tell him, don't forget the one Low-grade Spirit Artifact, four High-grade Dharma Artifacts, and ten bottles of Yunling Huicui Pill he owes me."

Kong Yanxing asked in disbelief: "May I ask Bai Pacification Envoy, how could Zhao Chan owe so many debts?"

"Don't worry, you just need to tell him."

"Yes."

Immediately, she said to Pan Xi, "There is a shadow puppet troupe in the Xizhao Inn, which is about to turn from death to life. You do the rest for me."

Pan Xi's eyes lit up and he hurriedly agreed: "Good."

Since she said so, she must have agreed to say a few good words for him at the Baize Hall or the Patrol Platform.

"Qing, we should go."

"Ah?! Sister, I'm not going! I want to be with the young master!"

"Not going? Qing, this is not up to you."

After saying that, she grabbed Bai Youjun and walked toward the Source Water.

One step was almost ten or twenty feet away. In a few blinks, the figures of the two sisters could not be seen.

Pan Xi rubbed his chin and thought, Bai Yuqing is going to find the Source Water God Jin Zhun? Or go to the nest of fox demons in Yuan Shui Village?

After Zhao Chan put on Mr. Pan's Confucian shirt, he felt that he was a god in Youju Town.

Omnipotent!

Following his intent, he flew up lightly like a leaf, clutching the Tu Fu sword that Pan Xiansheng had gifted him, and streaked toward Shanniu Village.

He saw the Mountain Ghost with strange monkey eyebrows, dog eyes, cow ears, leopard nose, and tiger mouth on the mountainside of the small mountain beside Shanniu Village.

He slashed with his sword.

The sword light seemed to illuminate the world.

Xiaoshui didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly took out the Xia Shi Token sold to him by the Summer Official.

This token is also called Summer Talisman in the Imperial Observatory. If summer comes late in a certain place, this token can be used to adjust it.

The originally cold weather suddenly became scorching hot, and there were faint cicada chirps.

The sword light approached.

In the blink of an eye, the weather created by the Xia Shi Token dissipated instantly.

Xiaoshui looked at Zhao Chan floating in the air in horror, and this sword Qi enough to kill a Knowing Fate cultivator.

"Let's talk!" He shouted while not daring to be lazy, urging all the power of the Xia Shi Token.

Condensed into streaks of "scorching heat" flames to resist the sword Qi.

In a breath, the sword Qi swept away the "scorching heat" flames erupted by the Xia Shi Token.

Xiaoshui watched this scene, and the Xia Shi Token he was holding fell to the ground with a *clang*.

He shouted in incomparable horror: "Young master, we must have a misunderstanding! You..."

Zhao Chan felt the power he could use now and asked: "How to be a person above others?"

Xiaoshui said as a matter of course: "Naturally, eat people."

Zhao Chan didn't hesitate to slash again.

Just that light and breezy slash.

This world seemed to be particularly rejecting Xiaoshui, who had become a Mountain Ghost, squeezing him to collide with the sword Qi.

Cut into two pieces!

It's not over yet.

Continued to slash again.

Xiaoshui's soul was torn to pieces by the sword Qi, and like the many innocent commoners in Shanniu Village, his soul flew away!

Watching Xiaoshui's fragmented soul return to heaven and earth and sprinkle on the wilderness, Zhao Chan finally exhaled the anger that had been held in his chest for the past few days.

He felt as if he had unloaded a thousand-pound burden.

His eyes blurred, and he actually saw the yellowed and dilapidated book. On the first page he opened, the Mountain Ghost pattern had lost its vivid posture and became ordinary.

But the line of words in the lower left corner was shining brightly—"Sword Qi Pointing to Mystery."

At the same time, Zhao Chan learned "Sword Qi Pointing to Mystery" as if it were taught by heaven.

Sword cultivation method.

No, to be more precise, it is a sword cultivation method that reaches the Golden Core Great Dao.

Moreover, "Sword Qi Pointing to Mystery" is the first chapter, and there are two other chapters of sword cultivation techniques in the middle and back.

The True Qi flowing in the twelve main meridians and eight extraordinary meridians slowly changed according to the route of "Sword Qi Pointing to Mystery."

When the True Qi operation route was brand new.

Zhao Chan floated in mid-air, looking at the white clouds in the distance.

He slashed with his sword.

Broken Cloud!

... ===== CHAPTER 63 =====