Chapter 71: Lingyin Sect, Su Lingyun
Daoist Outrageous returned the three taels of silver to you, turned, and left. Before leaving, he did not forget to take Su Yao with him.
You chuckled lightly, picked up the Broken Sword, and left Su Family Village.
Three days later, you arrived at one of the Five Great Sects, the Spirit Sound Sect!
You knew that the cultivator who had left behind the jade pendant came from the Spirit Sound Sect!
To avoid alerting the enemy, you deployed a Tier-Four Formation, the Five Elements Phantom Spirit Formation, and surrounded the entire Spirit Sound Sect.
All cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage were pulled into the illusion by your formation and could not break free.
Your half-step Spirit Transformation divine sense spread across the entire Spirit Sound Sect, and you quickly found the two Sect Masters who possessed Nascent Soul cultivation.
Looking at the two Sect Masters who had already broken free of the Illusion Formation, you chuckled lightly. "Fellow Daoist, it has been a while."
"You, who are you? Why have you intruded into my Spirit Sound Sect!" Vice Sect Master Li Huanyue said sternly, the spiritual artifact in her hand stirring restlessly.
"Yue'er, do not be rude!" said Jiang Wu, who was the Sect Master.
"Husband!"
"Hm? In the sect, address me by my title!"
"Yes, Sect Master."
Jiang Wu poured you a cup of tea and said softly, "Fellow Daoist, forgive the poor hospitality. May I ask why Fellow Daoist has come to my Spirit Sound Sect?"
"Something was lost. I've come to your sect to look for it," you said with an airy calm.
"You go too far!" The Vice Sect Master was angered.
Jiang Wu glared at the Vice Sect Master, then asked you, "May I ask what Fellow Daoist has lost? Would you like me to awaken the Spirit Transformation Ancestor to help you search?"
You let out a cold laugh. On the surface, this person meant well, but he was secretly threatening you, reminding you that the sect had a Spirit Transformation Ancestor within, warning you not to go too far.
"That's fine too. Call out your Spirit Transformation Ancestor. It just so happens I have some personal grievances with him!" You were unconcerned.
This time, Jiang Wu could no longer remain calm. Because of your Breath-Concealing Art, Jiang Wu simply could not see through your cultivation.
Pressed by your intimidation, Jiang Wu dispatched the Vice Sect Master to the Spirit Transformation Ancestor's secluded cultivation grounds to request the Ancestor emerge from seclusion!
While waiting, your half-step Spirit Transformation divine sense spread out, searching for that jade pendant within the Spirit Sound Sect.
"Fellow Daoist, I wonder if you could recall all the sect's disciples?" you said to Jiang Wu with a smile, your tone brooking no refusal.
"That is possible." Pressured by your threat, Jiang Wu could only comply.
He took out the Sect Master's token and ordered all Spirit Sound Sect cultivators outside to return to the sect immediately!
An hour later, you had searched the entire Spirit Sound Sect from top to bottom, but could not find that jade pendant.
Your brow furrowed tightly. To search for a single jade pendant in a place as vast as the northern part of the Heaven Mystery Continent was no different from finding a needle in a haystack!
Relying on yourself alone, who knew how long it would take.
"He's here!" Jiang Wu beside you said excitedly.
Before you had even seen a figure, you heard waves of zither music arrive, striking directly at your divine sense!
The Spirit Sound Sect cultivators trapped by your Tier-Four Five Elements Phantom Spirit Formation broke free of the illusion one after another, recovering.
"It's the Ancestor Xuanyin!"
"The Ancestor is here, we're saved!" a group of Elders cheered.
"Fellow Daoist, why have you come to my Spirit Sound Sect?" A woman in palace robes appeared within the great hall, waves of fragrance drifting over, her voice melodious.
Just from hearing her voice, your heart felt a surge of comfort, all hostility gone, and your intention to strike first dissipated one by one.
"Heh heh, Fellow Daoist's cultivation is remarkable. To think you entered the Dao through sound!" You smiled on the surface, but inwardly you had long since grown wary, knowing this was a formidable enemy!
"This Empress heard from a disciple that Fellow Daoist came to my Mystic Sound Sect to look for something?" Su Lingyun went straight to the point, countering with a question.
"May I ask, Fellow Daoist, what it is you seek?"
You waved your large hand, and a jade pendant slowly materialized in the form of spiritual qi before everyone's eyes.
"I seek the master of this jade pendant."
"Oh? May I ask, Fellow Daoist, what is this person's relationship to you?" Su Lingyun asked curiously.
"Fellow Daoist need not know. I want him alive!"
"Heh, and if I say no?" The moment Su Lingyun's words fell, you threw a punch, directly toward Su Lingyun's chest.
A flicker of shock passed through Su Lingyun's eyes, because she had never imagined you were a Body Cultivator, and one with such remarkable cultivation!
In her haste, she could only activate the spiritual treasure on her body and was forced to defend.
A golden light flashed, shielding the area before Su Lingyun's chest.
The full-force strike of your half-step Spirit Transformation physical body was actually dissolved by a golden light for the most part, with only a small portion of its power striking Su Lingyun's chest.
Your fist felt a trace of softness, as if you had punched cotton.
Feeling where your fist had struck, Su Lingyun's face flushed slightly, and then she was greatly alarmed!
Because you threw another punch, with no intention of stopping at all.
Su Lingyun, well aware that Body Cultivators were invincible in close combat, relied on the golden light to endure three punches head-on, then seized the opportunity to pull distance from you.
"Cough, cough." Su Lingyun coughed up a mouthful of blood in midair, shot you a furious glare, took out the Earth-rank middle-grade spiritual treasure, the Phantom Sound Zither, and began to play.
Waves of formless sound surged toward you, penetrating deep into your mind, attacking your divine sense.
Your movement to chase after her was involuntarily halted.
Under Su Lingyun's zither music, your brow furrowed tightly, your half-step Spirit Transformation divine sense barely able to resist.
You waved your right hand, and the Human Sovereign Banner appeared. You released all the living souls within it to contend against Su Lingyun's zither music.
With the Human Sovereign Banner's aid, your divine sense found relief. To prevent any mishap, you sacrificed over a hundred flying swords at once.
A hundred swords united, the Returning Unity Sword emerged, heading straight for Su Lingyun!
Facing the Returning Unity Sword's assault, Su Lingyun calmly changed the tune of her zither. With one song, the sound waves actually materialized, wave after wave crashing toward the Returning Unity Sword!
As Su Lingyun played faster and faster, the sound waves grew more ferocious, preventing your Returning Unity Sword, comparable to a full-force Spirit Transformation strike, from breaking through!
You knew this was the strongest Spirit Transformation cultivator you had encountered so far!
"Sure enough, to become a sect's Ancestor, her strength is not to be underestimated!" you thought to yourself. This person could not be compared to the Spirit Transformation cultivators you had killed before.
Entering the Dao through sound, this was a true Spirit Transformation powerhouse!
You put away the Human Sovereign Banner, Heavenly Lightning power surfaced beneath your feet, and with one step, you actually appeared directly behind Su Lingyun.
Your right fist shattered her protective spiritual qi and slammed heavily onto Su Lingyun's back. At the same time, you extended your left hand and gripped one of Su Lingyun's arms tightly, preventing her from escaping.