Chapter 72: Death! Finally Obtaining the Broken Sword
“Ah!” Su Lingyun let out a miserable scream. Her five organs and six bowels could hardly withstand the might of your punch, and she suffered no small amount of damage.
Despite being drawn into close quarters by you, Su Lingyun still did not give up. The sound of the zither changed once more.
As the zither music entered your ears, your hands slowly lowered, your gaze turning vacant. You had been bewitched by the zither music and entered an illusion!
Within the illusion, you saw Su Lingyun with her clothes half undone, collapsing into your arms and exhaling fragrant breath, utterly seductive.
You saw through the false illusion at a single glance. With just one punch, the illusion shattered.
After a breath, you gradually regained clarity. Ever since you had crossed the Heart Demon Tribulation, no matter what illusion it was, you could see through it at a single glance!
Su Lingyun, who had long since fled far away, saw you emerge from the illusion so quickly, and her expression gradually darkened.
“I truly underestimated you!” A dignified Spirit Transformation cultivator, repeatedly thwarted before you, and in front of the many Elders of the Spirit Sound Sect no less. Su Lingyun felt she had lost all face.
You did not answer. In your heart, you believed that since enmity had already been formed, then it would be a fight to the death!
The power of Heavenly Lightning surged beneath your feet. In an instant, you appeared behind Su Lingyun once more and struck again!
Su Lingyun, having suffered losses twice, was clearly already on guard. As the zither music sounded again, an invisible barrier appeared, protecting Su Lingyun.
As you threw punch after punch, Su Lingyun was forced to quicken her playing speed to resist your attacks.
Su Lingyun’s playing grew faster and faster, and her face gradually turned pale. Suddenly!
“Beng!” A sound rang out. The Earth-rank middle-grade zither string had actually snapped clean through. Su Lingyun was greatly alarmed, her face full of disbelief.
“This is an Earth-rank middle-grade artifact, how could it possibly!”
Without the zither music protecting her body, your punches landed solidly. The flustered Su Lingyun forcefully endured three of your punches and was directly beaten into serious injury, lying on the ground barely breathing.
Were it not for her formidable cultivation and spiritual power protecting her body, she likely would have already been blasted to pieces by you.
You took out the Human Sovereign Banner and came before Su Lingyun to prevent her Primordial Spirit from retaliating.
Su Lingyun, lying on the ground, looked at you and smiled bitterly. “I never imagined that I, Daoist Xuanyin, would one day see this!”
“The weak are prey to the strong. That is the sole principle of the cultivation world!” With that, you shook the Human Sovereign Banner, about to kill her.
“I only ask that Fellow Daoist spare the many disciples of my Spirit Sound Sect, leave them a way to live!” On the verge of death, Su Lingyun begged.
“I am not one who kills indiscriminately.”
Having received the promise, Su Lingyun gave up resistance and calmly accepted death.
“The Ancestor!!!” The Elders and Sect Master of the Spirit Sound Sect cried out in wailing voices.
Thus the Spirit Transformation Ancestor of the Spirit Sound Sect died!
Within your Human Sovereign Banner, you gained another Spirit Transformation living soul. After refining it, you learned part of Su Lingyun’s memories.
What you never imagined was that this Su Lingyun had once actually been a person from within the palace of the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty!
“No wonder she dressed like a palace maid. So she was connected to the Immortal Dynasty.” You murmured to yourself, not particularly afraid of the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty’s retaliation. After all, Su Lingyun had left the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty several hundred years ago. The two sides had essentially no ties left.
Moreover, Su Lingyun’s status within the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty had not been high. She had no significant background.
After digesting Su Lingyun’s memories, you looked toward the Spirit Sound Sect Elders and Sect Master before you.
Everyone knelt on the ground, trembling as they looked at you. As for fleeing? Even a Spirit Transformation Ancestor could be slain. No one believed they could escape from your hands.
Who knew how long had passed, but you suddenly smiled. “Do you want to avenge your Ancestor?”
The crowd hurriedly shook their heads. Jiang Wu, who possessed Nascent Soul cultivation, even took the lead and spoke up. “The Spirit Sound Sect is willing to submit and serve Senior through fire and water, without hesitation!”
“Through fire and water, without hesitation!” The Elders also expressed their loyalty one after another.
“Hand over your soul blood, and I will spare your lives!” You did not believe in any loyalty. Only by holding their lives in your hands could you be at ease.
“This…” The Elders were still hesitating when Jiang Wu, as the Sect Master, directly forced out his own and his wife’s soul blood and delivered it before you.
Seeing this, the Elders no longer hesitated and handed over their soul blood.
“Good. The Spirit Sound Sect will continue as before. Spread the word about finding the person with the jade pendant. Remember, I want him alive!”
You turned and left, appearing in the Spirit Sound Sect’s Scripture Pavilion, heading straight for the sect-guarding technique.
Previously, Su Lingyun’s zither-sound technique had greatly benefited you. It could attack the soul, attack the physical body, and even defend!
Such a technique, integrating offense and defense, you felt was worth cultivating.
Now, within the Spirit Sound Sect, naturally no one dared to obstruct you. You went directly to the top floor and comprehended the sect-guarding technique.
After a long while, you let out a long breath and murmured to yourself, “Although this technique is only Earth-rank upper-grade, its might is likely comparable to a Heaven-Rank technique!”
You looked at the Nine Firmament Zither-Sound Art before you, but did not choose to take it away.
After all, it was the Spirit Sound Sect’s sect-guarding technique. You did not wish to sever their legacy.
Leaving the Scripture Pavilion, Sect Master Jiang Wu hurriedly reported to you.
“Reporting to Senior, we found him. We found the owner of the jade pendant!” Jiang Wu said excitedly.
“Where? Bring him here!”
“Yes!” Jiang Wu departed. A moment later, Jiang Wu returned before you, carrying an Inner Sect disciple of the Spirit Sound Sect in his hand.
“Senior, this person is an Inner Sect disciple of my Spirit Sound Sect. He just returned to the sect recently.” Jiang Wu said with great respect.
You sized up this person. Seeing his trembling appearance, you smiled. “Don’t be afraid. I called you here for one thing. Have you ever seen this sword?”
You took out the Broken Sword and handed it to Zhang Qishan before you.
“This… it’s actually identical!” Zhang Qishan looked at the Broken Sword in his hand, his heart shaken beyond measure.
Zhang Qishan raised his head to look at you. He knew in his heart that this matter could not be concealed, and said with a trembling voice, “This disciple has seen it. This disciple also has an identical one.”
“Oh? Could you take it out and let me see?”
Zhang Qishan took out a Broken Sword from the jade pendant at his neck and handed it into your hand.
You accepted the Broken Sword and injected spiritual power. The might of the Immortal Sword gradually bloomed.
“Hahaha.” Having obtained another Immortal Sword, you were in excellent spirits.
“I want this sword. Name your conditions!”
“This…” Before Zhang Qishan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Jiang Wu at his side.
“It is our honor that Senior takes a liking to this sword. Please, just take it.” As he spoke, Jiang Wu secretly sent a voice transmission to Zhang Qishan.
Though Zhang Qishan felt wronged, he also understood the ways of the world and hurriedly shook his head, indicating no need.
You thought for a moment and said, “Very well. In that case, I will gift you the soul blood of all the Spirit Sound Sect Elders and the Sect Master!”
Hearing this, Jiang Wu was greatly alarmed!