A Long Grind to Daoist Monarch

Chapter 413 - 250: Twelve Jade Tower Heavenly Melodies, Little Daoist Returns to the Mortal World (Part 2)

"But lacking the Immortal Sword for reliance, this sword’s might is reduced by at least seventy to eighty percent. If we both give it our all and resist together, we should be able to withstand it and not die."

Chen Xing shook his head, steadying Chen Yin. The latter’s injury was of the Divine Soul, while his own was of the flesh.

No wonder Chen Yin, who leads the White Sun Lineage, harbors such deep-seated unease and shadows.

"It’s easy to say, but if your good disciple indeed takes that sword, at least one of us won’t make it."

Chen Yin snorted coldly:

"Moreover, it was agreed upon that the trial would hone your disciple’s Divine Soul and Dao Heart, enhancing his understanding of the Sword Dao... In the end, we’re the ones suffering!

How could a martial artist who had never touched a sword suddenly trigger the sword technique essences within your Dao injury? It truly is bizarre!"

Chen Xing’s lips curled up, as the vague pain in his internal organs seemed somewhat eased:

"Talent! Ah Qi is indeed the pure and innate material, just as I suspected!

He needs diligent polishing and constant carving to reveal his brilliance!

That’s why he excels in martial arts and Daoist skills, standing out above others.

Precisely because Ah Qi had never touched a sword before, his talents were hidden until now!"

Ah! That explains it!

While half-believing, Chen Yin’s Divine Soul was greatly shaken.

"Old Chen, that’s the Twelve Jade Towers Celestial Sound!

Even someone like Kou Qiuyue, with unparalleled Sword Dao talent in the Red County Divine Land, couldn’t master it!

His ’Unrivaled Swordsmaster’, ’Bright Sword Heart’, and ’Sordid-Cleansing Sword Eyes’... all these transformations were merged into a ’Primordial Star Tribulation’ by this Sword Sect Daoist.

Spanning three thousand years, Kou Daozi could be ranked in the top five!"

Chen Xing’s heart calmed, growing more excited the more he thought, barely able to contain himself.

"Ah Qi, who never trained a day with swords, successively triggered the ’Three Saints Sword’, ’Sovereign Li Yuan Sword’, and finally even stirred the ’Twelve Jade Towers Celestial Sound’.

Old Chen, do you understand what this means?"

Hiss!

With Chen Xing’s hint, Chen Yin seemed to grasp it:

"Your disciple... is an unparalleled genius in Sword Dao throughout the ages?"

Chen Xing nodded, a gratified smile at the corner of his eyes:

"The Way has been lost for a thousand years, the Dragon Court governs the world, and the Three Yang Sect has lost repeatedly. Fortune has finally come to us.

Heaven showed mercy, sending us Ah Qi! His Sword Dao talent can not only impress the Meridian Sword Sect but also shock Chunyu Cultivator, Mo Tian Sheng, and the old scoundrel Yan Xin!

Moreover... there’s a one in a thousand chance he might become involved with the Fallen Immortal Mansion!"

Chen Yin was silent for a moment, then solemnly spoke:

"Chen Xing, let’s take your good disciple and leave Yihai Prefecture, to unknown lands beyond the fourteen prefectures.

With his talent, plus ample resources from the Three Yang Sect, he can step into the Divine Power Secret Realm in at most sixty years.

The Seventh Profound Mysterious Divine Soldier, Fallen Immortal Mansion, even that Starlight Beacon... Our sect’s painstakingly planned millennia-long enterprise might be achieved in this generation!"

As if he foresaw this, Chen Xing briefly replied:

"There’s no time to delay, Old Chen. Erzhu Ghost won’t last many more years, and neither will that Supreme Emperor, despite merging with a Profound Mysterious Divine Soldier.

In ten years, at most another ten, as the new and old generations change, the Red County Divine Land will be in upheaval.

Moreover... the Turbid Tide won’t remain calm, it will sooner or later sweep across all domains again, only by igniting that Starlight Beacon can its light illuminate the world and pierce through the void.

Let the Dao Court see this vast land, let the Dao Court know we still guard it alone... let the Daoist Monarch rebuild the natural order, reviving the Divine Land to its flourishing state of three thousand years ago!"

Chen Yin was silent. As the White Sun Sect Leader, he naturally understood the fundamental roots of the Three Yang Sect, and quietly said:

"Three Yangs in the Sky, forging the natural order together!"

These words calmed Chen Yin, and Chen Xing’s gaze flickered as if piercing layers of barriers, landing on Bai Qi:

"If I’m not mistaken, Chunyu Cultivator brought a Divine Soldier, the Nanming Li Fire Sword.

It’s time to give these Sword Sect people a little shock."

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In Yihai Prefecture, the highest point is none other than the "Yongning Tower."

It was originally built several hundred years ago by a royal believer of Buddhist Teachings, specifically for nobles, royalty, and grand families to pray for blessings and offer incense.

It stands forty-nine zhang tall, with nine levels up and down, each side hanging golden bells, and also precious vases, gently swayed by the night wind, heard with pleasant bell tones more than ten miles away.

All around, the Buddhist halls and monks’ quarters are full of pearls and brocade, ostentatiously decorated, occupying a vast area, it is said that the little novice monk needs to ride a horse to light incense.

However, under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Court, with over a hundred Daoist officials appointed, controlling various prefectures, states, counties, and cities, the Buddhist sect has hence declined, withering and falling into decay.

Those celestial king Arhat bronze statues were all melted down, temple treasures and halls leveled to the ground, leaving only this entirely wooden Yongning Tower, towering into the clouds.

"Four Cultivation Grandmaster, placed in a small place like Yihai Prefecture, although it’s enough to see, but—"

Chunyu Cultivator stands at the top of the tower, the piercing cold winds whistling like dragons, yet only stirring his robes.

The one who bears the title No-Life Sword, a true disciple of the Sword Sect, lightly pressed his hat, thinking to himself:

"Originally thought that to be Ninghai Zen’s master, one must have some skills. But after observing these few days, Chen Xing has shown not even a hint of the extraordinary, even when leveraging the benefits of the Divine Soldiers, to capture a trace of energy, nothing formidable was observed.

With the True Skill Root Diagram abolished, it’s akin to having the path forward destroyed, not worth worrying about."

He and the Sword Sect disciples stationed in Yihai Prefecture intend to overshadow the Daoist officials, inevitably needing to display overwhelming sweeping strength.

Thus, every local bully in the county city must be understood, to avoid any oversight.

"Presently, the Pai Bang Leader Hong Jie is most noteworthy, representing the Water Monarch Palace, with notable strength himself.

Next are Master Xuanji and Chongxu Zi, especially the former, with a heavy focus on ambition, determined to ascend, strike into the Ghost Immortal, and advance to the Purple Talisman.

Further down the line comes Chen Xing and a few in the Thirteen Lines typical Four Cultivation Grandmasters."

Chunyu Cultivator stands proud, his gaze indifferent.

These formidable figures already seen as extraordinary by ordinary people, for the true disciple of the Upper Sect, are merely so-so.

For no other reason.

The advancement ladder they strive for, the Sword Sect true disciples attain effortlessly.

Refining the internal organs, Circulation of Qi in the True Skill Root Diagram, breakthrough secrets for transformation inheritance in the Divine Power Secret Realm.

And the meticulous guidance from mentors, nightly sparring companions, even Marvelous Elixirs, Grotto Heaven Blessed Land... are all available.

The vast majority of Heterodox Loose Cultivators or wealthy families below the Upper Three Registers may never encounter them in a lifetime.

This is the Upper Sect disciples’ innate confidence, also the reason for their high self-regard!

Especially Chunyu Cultivator, privileged as a true disciple, destined to lead a peak, become the head elder’s divine techniques seed.

"Nanming Li Fire Sword, why were you previously influenced by Bai Qilang?"

His face under the hat shows a hint of curiosity.

Ever since arriving in Yihai Prefecture, encountering Bai Qilang at the Daoist Official’s Office.

Chunyu Cultivator has noted this child.

Among the Sword Sect’s three Divine Soldiers, Thousand-Year Grudge for fierce slaughter, Taixu Nothing for dispelling evil.

Nanming Li Fire is intensely violent, uniquely dominating, the most difficult among the three Divine Soldiers to control and subdue!

As such, when Bai Qi triggered an anomalous reaction in Nanming Li Fire, Chunyu Cultivator did not hesitate to disregard Master Xuanji of Zhi Xin Temple’s face, wanting to seize this child, followed by secretive attention, showing considerable importance.

"Bai Qilang, with good understanding and decent talent, but in swordsmanship... nothing exceptional, nothing outstanding seen."

He nurtures at the mind’s eye, resembling a surging fire pattern Divine Soldier gently humming, like a dragon’s long chant:

"He... person... interesting..."

Nanming Li Fire Sword like a naive child, giving simple, fragmented responses.

"Interesting? What kind of evaluation is this?"

Chunyu Cultivator slightly stunned, didn’t think further, it’s just a small place with a bit of talent, potentially a good seed to enter the Four Cultivation in the future.

Youths as such, Sword Sect can’t say they are as numerous as cattle, yet there are several not much different.

For instance, Long Tingfeng who accompanies him.

"Sword Dao genius, often hardest to find, like Senior Brother Kou with an exceptional demeanor, rarer still,

upon entering the mountain gate, can shake the three Divine Soldiers..."

Chunyu Cultivator sighs, after Kou Daozi perished and the Sect Leader closed in retreat, the Meridian Sword Sect’s promising talents increasingly dwindled.

He bowed his head silently, falling into deep thought, just when this Sword Sect true disciple naturally felt sentimental, his brow suddenly lit up!

That surging fiery pattern burst forth in radiance, eager to break free from Chunyu Cultivator’s control, hastening towards afar!

This Sword Sect Divine Soldier inexplicably exudes a sense of joy and eagerness, like a fledgling bird returning to the forest!

Quite akin to the description of Kou Qiuyue entering the mountain gate, subduing swords and soldiers!

"I’ve refined Nanming Li Fire, I’m the Sword Master... it leaving for no reason, wanting to abandon me and go?

Could it be, Senior Brother Kou is still in the world?!"