Chapter 216 - Xuantong Demon King
However, whether Lu Jiuyuan had actually entered the divine ruins remained a mystery.
This was just one of many mysteries surrounding the divine ruins, although some of them were definitely true.
Being the chief of Qing Xuan, Shen Lian knew more than others. For instance, there were people from the Nine Lotus Secret Order, where Zhao Xiaoyu, one of Shen Lian"s old friends came from, had been to the divine ruins. They even brought out a book of Dao formula. It coincided with the time when the Nine Lotus Secret Order was at its peak, where it almost reunited the whole of Luoism.
The book of Dao formula that was brought out was known as "The Destruction of All" consisted of a horrifying technique. However, even Shen Lian only knew bits and pieces regarding the message that was actually contained in the book.
Shen Lian said, "The sea is vast, and everyone is occupying only one corner of it. It is extremely difficult for us to even meet. There must be someone powerful behind the celestial market. Who is this organizer that could have alerted you?"
Gu Caiwei could not help but respect how thoughtful Shen Lian was underneath his laid-back appearance. He could spot the core of the point immediately. She spoke softly, "The celestial market is organized by Xuantong Demon King."
Shen Lian was surprised, "So it"s him." Xuantong Demon King had an impressive background, but n.o.body really knew what his original form was. He had a tough Daoist heart. Once, in order to listen to the True Voice of Dao, he put in a lot of effort to find the Xuanmen sects which were tucked away at places out of this world just to look for ways to achieve Dao.
Even though as a demon, he had received a lot of cold treatments, and was often being hunted down, he never gave up. Ultimately, he gathered some unbelievable guts and entered Xuantian Sect to attend Lu Jiuyuan"s lecture.
He even got out safely beyond the seas. He sought to understand Xuan and to attain enlightenment. As he felt that it was hard for the demons to cultivate, he often conducts lectures for the demons who were spiritually active. As time went, he started to gather some demons around him and form a new force.
Being able to get out of Xuantian Sect safely was not because he was extremely powerful, but more because Lu Jiuyuan pretended to not know about it as he had the sincerity to cultivate.
Regardless, Xuantong Demon King was a powerful demon and not just someone average.
For the celestial market which would be held two months later, it was supposed that the deal would not close too soon due to the fact that for most powerful cultivators who came from all four corner, it was difficult for them to have a chance to gather at one place.
While there were a lot of cultivators attending the lectures at Longevity Temple, most of them were cultivators who had yet to observe the path to Daoism as for cultivators who had entered the path of Daoism would not attend. If Qing Xuan decided to open up lectures about the one hundred and eight Daoist techniques, most cultivators would definitely attend. However, Qing Xuan would not do it, and neither would the other large sects do it.
The real techniques should not be pa.s.sed on easily. It was not because one was selfish, but because these techniques tend to have a.n.a.lyzed the Xuan philosophy of heaven and earth. If such information was leaked to the public easily, it would bring misfortunes and not fortunes to the people who had done so.
Shen Lian at the moment was not in a rush to attend the celestial market, but he had to resolve two problems. First was to borrow the Mystical Whale"s power in setting up a formation that could gather spiritual opportunity and the second was to find the Eye of the Sea as mentioned by the Mystical Whale. He needed to obtain the extreme Yin and extremely cold Qi of devilry in order to make more of Ice Light.
With the light, he could have gotten a lot of good items in exchange at the celestial market.
About Gu Caiwei"s Huandan, he would first let her adjust her temperament so that she could be in her best state. With that being done, she then could blend in well with Shen Lian"s spiritual Qi using the principles of Yin Yang to achieve Dan Dao.
This thing could not be rushed. It could happen even after the celestial market.
Even if Shen Lian did not say anything, Gu Caiwei understood. She could not describe how she was feeling, as this action would also allow her to peek into Shen Lian"s cultivation secrets. Such trust really caused ripples in her heart.
Shen Lian was such a bright man, he indeed understood the effect of his action, but as a cultivator, one had to be independent, but also to bear responsibilities.
He had to bear some of those himself.
Zhang Ruoxu pa.s.sed the baton of Qing Xuan to him, hence he would not retreat. If he could not even bear this, there was no need for him to continue to pursue Dao.
If Gu Caiwei could not overlook the fact of Shen Lian"s trust, she could not have achieved much in the future.
There were some noises from outside as if something had happened.
With Shen Lian"s power, even if it was noisy, he could hear what was happening. He told Gu Caiwei, "Let"s step out and have a look."
When the two walked out of the room, they saw one man was carrying one arm. His other arm had been cut off entirely and it was bleeding non-stop.
When he saw Shen Lian and Gu Caiwei, he went down on his knees and started to cry out loud, "Please kill me, Shen Zhenren."
Zuo Shaoqing was standing at a distance with his long sword to his chest. He did not say a word. There was n.o.body else who stood next to him, all were far away.
Shen Lian glanced at the person and slowly asked, "What happened?"
He said, "I spoke without thinking and hence offended you sword servant. I hereby offer my life for forgiveness." He went on with his kowtowing. His broken arm continued to bleed non-stop and the sight of the blood on the floor was rather terrifying.
For cultivators whose limbs were cut off, as long as they were connected back in time, with some medicine, they could still make use of the limbs. Even if the opponent had some tricks up his sleeves while connecting the limbs would be tricky, stopping the bleeding would not be a difficult task.
Furthermore, for his injury, it was caused by a sharp tool and there was not any other Qi surrounding it.
What happened to Shoujing and Shouxuan was that when their all four limbs were cut off by the True Wandering Light Sword"s special characteristics, their limbs were picked up by the fishes in the sea. It was not surprising as the flesh of cultivators possessed a lot of spiritual power. They made great food for the fish, as a result of that, Shen Lian needed to use the Life-regenerating Elixir.
The person still had his broken arm, and as the injury looked normal, it felt like he was faking it.
Shen Lian said, "If you want to die in order to seek forgiveness, I will grant your wish."
One could only see Shen Lian pointed his finger and a streak of Qi flew out which turned into the fire immediately. The fire was intended to burn the person into ashes.
The cultivator with the broken arm did not predict that Shen Lian would take such as action. All of a sudden, a light appeared and his Qi started to solidify in order to s.h.i.+eld himself from the fire.
The fire, however, stopped midway of burning.
Shen Lian looked at him coldly, "Your Qi of Xuan Qing is not bad, but you"re too stupid. Shaoqing, please send this friend to reincarnation."
After that, Shen Lian did not even look at him, and a green-white sword ray appeared from the direction of Zuo Shaoqing. All of a sudden it entered the body of the cultivator with the broken arm, underneath the Qi. All of a sudden the body was chopped into pieces by the sword ray and was turned into a puddle of blood and flesh.
The cultivator was telling everyone about Zuo Shaoqing"s origin, and he was speaking about how Qingjiang Sword Sect was nothing in front of Shen Lian. He angered Zuo Shaoqing, who in turn cut off his arm.
He used this as an excuse to approach Shen Lian, but Shen Lian did not even ask anything. Instead, he set him up and made him use the Qi of Xuan Qing. It was one of the unique techniques Guangqing Sect had.
It was common for people from Guangqing Sect to be an undercover agent at Longevity Temple, but unfortunately, this person was not too smart and revealed himself too soon.
Shen Lian could not be bothered about what this person was thinking, as some people thought their smart enough but in fact, they were dumb.