Chapter 212: 212. Chapter 209: Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkey, Rise of the Mountain-Reliance Sect

212. Chapter 209: Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkey, Rise of the Mountain-Reliance Sect

Before his laughter had even faded, he had already vanished. When he appeared again, he was already beside Pan Huang, and his hand had already touched Pan Huang's neck, but Pan Huang's eyes remained calm.

"Overestimating..." The Blood-Refining Sect Master sneered and said. However, before he could finish the last word, he froze in place.

Ah—

The next second, a scream erupted from the Blood-Refining Sect Master's mouth. Afterward, before anyone could react, he flew backward and fell heavily to the ground, falling unconscious.

Everyone turned to look, only to see a figure had appeared beside Pan Huang at some point. This figure was shrouded in a black robe, and everyone who met his gaze felt their Primordial Spirit ache faintly, so they hurried to lower their heads.

During the few days he had been at the Mountain-Reliance Sect, Pan Huang had basically been in the sect's library. In these three days, he had almost finished reading all the books in the library about the God-Desolate World and had also obtained some useful information from them.

For example, the current situation. Previously, he and Jiang Ruoxi had chatted, and it seemed that people in this world didn't know the method of Primordial Spirit cultivation. Their Primordial Spirits improved passively as their strength increased, so when facing evil spirits that specifically attacked the Primordial Spirit, they simply couldn't block them.

It wasn't that they couldn't block them, just that they couldn't block Xie Yu's attacks. If it were ordinary evil spirits, they would likely only have a slight effect on the Blood-Refining Sect Master, as his strength was there after all.

"Sect Master!" Seeing their Sect Master injured, the people of the Blood-Refining Sect hurried over.

After helping the Sect Master up, everyone in the Blood-Refining Sect released their killing intent and took out their weapons. It seemed they hadn't harbored any good intentions when they came this time.

Seeing this, the other sect forces sat on the sidelines, wanting to see how the new Mountain-Reliance Ancestor would deal with this. If he only relied on that black-robed man, it likely wouldn't be enough.

"Today is the day I, Pan Huang, succeed as the Mountain-Reliance Ancestor. Since everyone is so curious, I will let you see what skills I actually have. Don't blink." At this moment, Pan Huang stood up and said.

After Pan Huang's voice fell, Xie Yu behind him immediately stepped forward, a deep blue light flickering on its chest.

The next second, countless evil spirits flew out, directly surrounding everyone present. That feeling of stinging pain in the Primordial Spirit appeared on everyone.

As mentioned before, ordinary evil spirits are hard to have a fatal impact on powerful cultivators, but there is also a saying: "Ants can bite an elephant to death," and "A good tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves." Quantitative change will eventually lead to qualitative change.

As long as Pan Huang has enough evil spirits, he can remain invincible. Even without evil spirits, he himself currently has the strength of a peak Quasi-Saint, and these people present are not enough to measure up.

"Hiss! This Mountain-Reliance Ancestor is terrifying, actually able to command evil spirits. If I'm not mistaken, these evil spirits should all come from the Soul-Lost Canyon."

"Although the Soul-Lost Canyon is the territory of the Wood Spirit Clan, and the Wood Spirit Clan's reputation is also greater than that of the evil spirits, it is called the Soul-Lost Canyon after all. The power of evil spirits is the most undeniable existence in the Soul-Lost Canyon."

"It seems the Mountain-Reliance Sect has truly found a 'mountain' this time; they are going to rise again." Seeing this scene, these words appeared in the hearts of everyone present simultaneously.

"Go, I don't wish to hear the name of the Blood-Refining Sect again." Pan Huang said indifferently.

After the voice fell, the evil spirits surrounding these sect forces instantly decreased by about one-third. Hearing Pan Huang's words, the people of the Blood-Refining Sect present showed expressions of terror, but they didn't dare to say or do anything now. They were afraid that if Pan Huang was unhappy, he would make them lose their lives here.

"Sect Master, Sect Master, please wake up, our sect is about to be destroyed." When everyone's gaze was focused on the people of the Blood-Refining Sect, they felt extremely uncomfortable.

Just as these people from the Blood-Refining Sect were about to be unable to hold on, the Blood-Refining Sect Master slowly woke up. After waking up, he first looked around blankly, then immediately remembered his current situation. The next second, his face turned gloomy immediately.

"Very good, very good indeed!" The Blood-Refining Sect Master stood up unsteadily and looked at Pan Huang with a venomous expression.

"Did I let you leave?" Pan Huang said indifferently. As soon as Pan Huang's voice fell, the evil spirits surrounding the crowd stepped forward in unison and released their aura.

Their individual aura wasn't very strong, but after the quantity increased, most of the people present couldn't withstand this aura.

Feeling the stinging pain from the Primordial Spirit again, the Blood-Refining Sect Master noticed the surrounding evil spirits. With just one glance, his pupils shrank to the size of needles, and the aura on his body became chaotic.

"Sect Master, our Blood-Refining Sect has been wiped out." At this moment, a disciple beside him said with a sobbing tone.

"Say that again?" When the Blood-Refining Sect Master heard this, he immediately looked at the person who spoke.

"Sect Master, during the time you were unconscious, one-third of the evil spirits here left."

"Left to go where? The sect?" The Blood-Refining Sect Master stared fixedly at the disciple who spoke.

"The Mountain-Reliance Ancestor said he didn't want to hear the name of the Blood-Refining Sect in the God-Desolate World again, and then those evil spirits flew away." After saying this, the Blood-Refining Sect disciple finally couldn't help but burst into loud tears.

The reason he cried was because his younger brother was still in the Blood-Refining Sect. Their family was left with only him and his brother. Now that the Blood-Refining Sect was wiped out, his brother definitely couldn't have survived, which was why he was like this.

"You have such a cruel heart; aren't you afraid of the karmic retribution?" The Blood-Refining Sect Master looked at Pan Huang with venomous eyes.

"Yo! You even know about karmic retribution?" Pan Huang looked at the Blood-Refining Sect Master with a face full of surprise, his eyes full of disdain and mockery.

Seeing this scene, people from other sect forces also felt an inexplicable sourness in their hearts. They weren't sympathizing with the Blood-Refining Sect; the Blood-Refining Sect's reputation in the west of the God-Desolate World could be described as notorious. The reason they felt this way was because they saw their own shadows in the Blood-Refining Sect Master.

When the Mountain-Reliance Sect declined, they had all suppressed the Mountain-Reliance Sect, only the Blood-Refining Sect was more prominent, and then the Blood-Refining Sect became the scapegoat on this occasion today, which was why they ended up like this.

But who could guarantee they wouldn't be the next Blood-Refining Sect? If the Mountain-Reliance Sect thought of what they had done to the Mountain-Reliance Sect back then, they might follow in the footsteps of the Blood-Refining Sect.

Soon, all the evil spirits that had left returned. Seeing the returned evil spirits, everyone's heart shook. It seemed the Blood-Refining Sect had been wiped out; even if it hadn't been completely wiped out, it was likely close to it.

"Master, it's all resolved." Xie Yu said at this moment.

"Mm!" Pan Huang nodded.

"What did you do?" After seeing those evil spirits return, the Blood-Refining Sect Master actually guessed the result, but he still looked at Pan Huang and asked this question.

"Haven't you already guessed it? How about this, I'll let you go back and see your sect." Pan Huang grinned.

After speaking, he waved his hand and threw these few people from the Blood-Refining Sect out of the Mountain of Delusion.

"Go!" The Blood-Refining Sect Master said with a gloomy face.

After these people from the Blood-Refining Sect left, they didn't notice a few black shadows appearing in the dark corners. After these black shadows appeared, they followed the people from the Blood-Refining Sect back to the Blood-Refining Sect.

After arriving at the Blood-Refining Sect, the Blood-Refining Sect Master looked at the silent Blood-Refining Sect, and his heartbeat stopped for two beats. He pushed away the disciple who was supporting him and stumbled into the Blood-Refining Sect.

After entering the Blood-Refining Sect, what appeared before his eyes was a ground full of corpses. They died very quietly, and their faces even retained the expressions and appearances they had while alive.

Pfft—

A mouthful of blood was spat out, and the Blood-Refining Sect Master fainted on the ground again.

Before the disciples he brought could support him, the black shadows in the dark rushed over and crashed directly into their bodies.

In an instant, everyone froze in place. A few breaths later, those few black shadows crawled out of their bodies. Looking closely, these few black shadows were exactly Pan Huang's evil spirits.

How could he let the people of the Blood-Refining Sect go? Wildfires cannot be extinguished completely; they grow again with the spring breeze. If he let them go today, what if they made a comeback one day in the future? It might cause trouble for the Mountain-Reliance Sect.

On the Mountain-Reliance Sect side, after hearing Xie Yu's words, a smile appeared on the corner of Pan Huang's mouth.

"Now everyone, start congratulating me." Pan Huang looked at the sect forces below and said with a smile.

"Congratulations to the Mountain-Reliance Ancestor!" Hearing Pan Huang's words, those sect forces bowed and said in unison.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Hao and the elders couldn't suppress the smiles on their faces. Seeing them like this, Jiang Ruoxi covered her forehead helplessly.

Actually, she could understand the mood of her father and the others. It had been over a hundred years, and they finally held their heads high today.

"Alright, everyone can leave!" After receiving everyone's congratulatory gifts, Pan Huang said to the crowd with an arrogant expression.

This sentence choked the sect forces, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only bow again and then leave the Mountain-Reliance Sect.

After everyone left the Mountain-Reliance Sect, the Illusion Array was activated again, and the entire Mountain-Reliance Sect vanished within the Mountain of Delusion.

"Do you feel I was a bit too arrogant just now?" After everyone left, Pan Huang came to Jiang Ruoxi's side.

"Uh..." Jiang Ruoxi lowered her head, not knowing what to say.

She indeed had such thoughts. The Pan Huang just now and the Pan Huang she first met were simply two different concepts.

"The Ancestor is showing weakness to the enemy!" Jiang Hao walked over at this moment.

"Showing weakness to the enemy?" Jiang Ruoxi didn't quite understand.

Pan Huang's performance just now didn't look like showing weakness to the enemy. He had just wiped out the Blood-Refining Sect directly and suppressed all the sect forces so they couldn't lift their heads. This didn't look like showing weakness to the enemy at all.

"Everyone will be wary of a powerful person, but everyone will fear a person who is powerful and also steady in temperament. And the consequence of fear is that everyone will unite to eliminate the source of fear. Ancestor, am I right?" Jiang Hao looked at Pan Huang and said.

"That's right. Everyone will only despise a person who is powerful and arrogant, because in their view, this is a person who can be schemed against at any time, and there is no threat at all."

"Understand? You still have too much to learn." Jiang Hao flicked Jiang Ruoxi's forehead.

On the second day after Pan Huang became the Mountain-Reliance Ancestor, Jiang Hao handed over the magic power beads accumulated over the past hundred years to Pan Huang. Looking at the magic power beads before him, a thought to devour them immediately appeared in Pan Huang's heart.

"Good!" Pan Huang nodded.

After Jiang Hao exited the deliberation hall, Pan Huang began to cultivate. He didn't absorb the magic power in the magic power beads, but used them to wear down the Heavenly Dao Mark in his Primordial Spirit.

"It really is effective!" Being washed by the magic power in the magic power beads, the Heavenly Dao Mark finally had a reaction. This was faster than Pan Huang refining it with his own magic power. Although it still wasn't very obvious, by using these magic power beads, he could shorten the time to refine the Heavenly Dao Mark from five hundred years to two hundred years.

Just as Pan Huang was washing the Heavenly Dao Mark, a gentle energy radiated from the hall where Pan Huang was. A few breaths later, it spread to the entire Mountain-Reliance Sect.

Feeling the long-lost Dao rhyme, Jiang Hao and the elders showed excited expressions on their faces. The disciples were the same; they hadn't felt the Dao rhyme for over a hundred years.

The first moment they felt the Dao rhyme, everyone in the Mountain-Reliance Sect chose to enter seclusion.

This was the magical aspect of the Mountain-Reliance Sect. When they cultivated normally, they were similar to ordinary cultivators, but once they perceived the Dao rhyme, their cultivation speed would increase several times. This was a mutually complementary matter.

They provided magic power beads for their 'mountain', the 'mountain' used the magic power beads to cultivate and strengthen its own strength, while they used the Dao rhyme radiated by the 'mountain' to accelerate their own cultivation, thereby achieving the effect of mutual help and mutual progress.

Soon Pan Huang also discovered this phenomenon, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"So the essence of the Mountain-Reliance Sect is like this? They use the magic power beads they produce for the 'mountain' to cultivate, and the 'mountain's' cultivation and realm are far more powerful than theirs. Because they absorbed the magic power beads, their 'mountain' will unconsciously radiate its own Dao rhyme when cultivating, and they will use the aura of the magic power beads to capture the Dao rhyme and accelerate their own cultivation process. I have to say, the person who created this technique is truly a genius." Pan Huang muttered to himself.

"Since this is mutually complementary, then let me help you all once more."

After Pan Huang finished speaking, he actively radiated his own Dao rhyme. He perceived that the hall he lived in was the center of the entire Mountain-Reliance Sect and also the tallest building in the entire Mountain-Reliance Sect. In this hall, there was an array that could spread the aura of the Dao rhyme to the maximum.

Now that he actively released his own Dao rhyme, plus the help of this array, it was equivalent to preaching in the Primordial World.

When Pan Huang actively released his own Dao rhyme, all the disciples of the Mountain-Reliance Sect suddenly shook, and then directly fell into deep enlightenment. Pan Huang noticed this scene and nodded with a smile.

The stronger their strength, the more magic power beads they would produce. The more magic power beads produced, the shorter the time Pan Huang would take to refine the Heavenly Dao Mark. This was indeed a mutually complementary matter. Coming to this Mountain-Reliance Sect was truly the right choice. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 213 =====