Chapter 48: Faceless Immortal

“Hiss… huh…hiss… huh…”

The sword ghost, covered in blood, squeaked on the agarwood floor, walking along a muddy and bloody path, all the way to the main hall of the Dongzhen Palace.

The nun who had fled on the deer before, holding her head, hid under the shrine table, looking at the ghost standing outside the hall through the door, her teeth chattering, terrified, rubbing her hands desperately,
“Ah, ah, ah… Immortal, save me, immortal, save me, immortal, immortal, save me… click!”

Unfortunately, the immortal on the shrine did not respond.

The formless sword energy was colorless, soundless, invisible and intangible. It had already passed through the hall and cut into the woman's heart. The sword energy went straight through her lungs and broke into her abdomen, causing her liver and gallbladder to rupture. A mouthful of blood and mud gushed out from the woman's mouth and nose.

At the same time, Tiedan also broke in, flew in and attacked, the wooden sword flew, pierced the nun's eyes and brain, pierced the head and nailed it to the altar, the tail of the wooden sword was struck by lightning and shook violently, blood plasma flew, and the nun's long black hair was shaken off, and her brain mixed with blood was smeared all over the ground.

"call……"

It was not until this moment that Tiedan, who was standing in the main hall of the temple, let out a long breath, and in the blink of an eye, his eyes regained clarity.

Everyone in Dongzhen Palace was killed.

Cool.

Jumping around, stretching his arms and legs, and wiping the dried blood off his face with his sleeve, Tiedan walked forward, pulled out the wooden sword that had pierced the nun, and stabbed her in the chest again, slitting open her abdomen. He wiped away the mark left by the murderous sword, and shook off the blood foam and brain marrow on the sword with his hand.

Unfortunately, the sword was broken after one battle, and the wooden sword was indeed not suitable for hard chopping. After killing all the way, the sword edge had been flattened, and the talismans on the wooden sword could not be seen clearly. He relied entirely on his divine sword energy to chop people, which made their tendons numb and their bones shake. If there were other powerful masters in this Dongzhen Palace who were hiding in the dark and attacking, it would be quite dangerous.

But that was not the case. Most of the people on this mountain were good-for-nothings. The disciples who were building their foundation and the maids and concubines who served them were probably the children of noble families from the nearby Dui Kingdom or the sons of powerful landlords. They would be useless if they stayed at home, so they simply paid a lot of tuition fees and sent themselves here to socialize and cultivate themselves.

Of course, there is not a single person who is seriously engaged in body refining, Qi refining, and sword refining. Judging from the books on the surrounding workshops, Dongzhen Palace seems to be taking the path of making and refining magic weapons for sacrifices. They mainly teach the basics of refining, and there probably aren't that many true disciples.

So the disciples usually spent their days there reveling and singing, gathering in groups of three or five, drinking and taking drugs, indulging themselves in ecstasy, and performing those bedroom tricks that came from the Ziwei Palace.

Although there were a few people in the Jindan realm, they were already drunk and naked, without even taking the necessary safety measures. If Tiedan saw them, what else could he say? He just caught them off guard and killed them one by one with his sword, like slaughtering dogs and chickens.

He rushed in like this, chopping down anyone he saw, and the opponents had no choice but to surrender, slaughtering them like cattle or sheep. Tiedan felt that beating was meaningless, so he didn't waste any time and just killed everyone and was done with it.

At this moment, the master hasn't finished the fight yet, but during the fight, there were several loud thunders in the sky and blood rained down, so it probably won't be long.

So Tiedan was not in a hurry and just wandered around the main hall of Dongzhen Palace to see if there was any opportunity.

What’s interesting is that the god enshrined on the shrine in the Dongzhen Palace is neither Xuannv nor Mozun, and certainly not one of the Ten Great Demon Lords, but a nameless and faceless immortal.

Yes, faceless. Judging from the clothes and appearance, he is a human being, and his body shape is similar to that of a human, but his face is flat and there is not a single hair on his head, like a boiled egg. There are some vague outlines on his face, but there are no eyes, ears, mouth or nose.

This shrine and altar, located in the center of the main hall, is entirely carved from a single piece of jade. The faceless immortal is carved in relief in the jade, and it seems as if he is about to step out, but suddenly his earth escape technique fails and he is stuck in the stone.

Although most of the body of the Faceless Immortal was hidden in the jade, only his left hand was stretched out. Looking along the arm, one could see that he was holding a jade box in his palm.

Tiedan was so lost in thought that he subconsciously jumped onto the jade platform of the shrine and reached out to take it...

"Pia!"

Suddenly a fish fin emerged from the void and slapped Tiedan's hand away.

The catfish popped up again.

It had a serious look on its face, pointed with its fin at the faceless man who was handing over the box, and shook its head.

Tiedan: “…”

Well, then don’t take it.

Tiedan also woke up in time and immediately realized that this faceless immortal statue might have some ghostly power. It could make him dazed and unable to control himself. It must be a little weird. Moreover, he had just wiped out the entire family, so it might not be a good thing.

This fathead catfish had saved him several times, so it certainly wouldn't harm him. It's just that its saliva smelled a bit fishy...

"Boom"

The catfish leaped onto Tiedan's head and pointed at the floor tiles behind the shrine with its fin.

"Hmm? There's a secret door?"

Tiedan fumbled for a while, lifted a brick with his sword, and sure enough, he saw an iron door on the ground.

However, this iron door was locked from the inside. There were compass-like circles of complicated locks on the door. A quick glance showed that there were as many as sixty-four circles, and each circle was covered with dense talismans and spells. It was obviously the door lock made by those who played with magic tools. Just like the storage jade, it had to be unlocked in a specific order with specific true qi and spells. If you didn't know the secret, I'm afraid... "Crackling... snap!"

Then the round lock automatically turned in circles to unlock, and with a slight sound, the iron door creaked open.

The catfish popped its head out from inside, waved its fins, and gave me a look that said, "Follow me!"

"..."

When did this guy go there... He is indeed a thief...

Tiedan followed the catfish into the tunnel, and after groping for a while, he saw a stone room underneath, filled with precious antiques, gold, stone, and jade, piled up like a mountain. The ground was covered with gold bricks, and the cabinets were filled with calligraphy and paintings. There were also magic weapons in jade boxes and sealed with talismans, which must be worth tens of millions of taels of wealth. Is this the foundation of the weapon refining sect?

Wow, I’m rich.

The catfish patted Tiedan with its fin and pointed at the roof of the stone chamber.

Tiedan looked up and saw that the ceiling of the stone chamber was also made of a whole piece of jade, emitting a faint light.

Judging from the location of this underground secret room, it is probably under the main hall. It is estimated that this jade disk and the faceless jade statue of the immortal outside are one body, just like an iceberg, a whole piece of precious jade buried in the base of the mountain, the exposed part above is carved into a statue, and a jade cave is opened underneath...

Then Tiedan looked down and found that all the treasures in the room were gone...

"??"

Tiedan was stunned, rubbed his eyes, and turned his head to look.

I saw the catfish sucking a string of pearls into its mouth with a slurp...

Catfish thief!

"You, you! Leave one for me!"

Tiedan almost broke through the defense, and couldn't help but pull the catfish over and squeeze its stomach, trying to squeeze out a treasure.

The fish was furious!
It waved its fin to slap Tiedan's hand away, then jumped up and slapped him with its tail, making his mouth smell like fish. Then it wiped the bloody handprints on its white belly with its fins, pointed at the jade disk, and said, "Pah!"

Tiedan looked up suspiciously, and saw that the jade wall that was sprayed with fish saliva suddenly overflowed with true energy, shining brightly, and there was even a faint golden glow flashing.

Looking more closely, he saw many tiny characters and talismans in the jade. They were infused with true Qi and suddenly seemed to be on fire, igniting a string of fleeting lights and shadows inside the jade, like a group of golden insects and ants crawling around inside the jade.

Tiedan, "What is this?"

Catfish, "bo"

Old man, "The Book of Heaven."

day!
book!
Tiedan frowned.
So what is the Book of Heaven?

But the catfish seemed angry and refused to explain more. It just gestured and jumped around, asking him to see for himself.

After seeing its demonstration just now, Tiedan roughly understood the principle behind it, so he stepped on the surroundings to empty the treasure chests, climbed up to the ceiling, and "Ha!" he blew a mouthful of true Qi towards the jade disk.

It was as if the dust that had been sealed for years was blown away, and the inner breath like a fire swept across the jade disk, as if igniting the flame hidden in the stone.

One after another, the golden seal characters rolled and jumped, presenting an unprecedented wonderful scene before Tiedan's eyes.

It was as if his scalp was swept across by fine waves of fire, or as if his head was pierced by dense needles of lightning from the sky, going straight into the top of his head, stimulating him to feel numb. Finally, those jade disks and golden scriptures were like engraved characters on a plate, reflecting each character on the boy's retina, like starlight cast from the void and imprinted in his mind.

To be honest, although he felt that his qualifications were not bad, Tiedan really didn't know what he was looking at this time.

He only saw countless characters flying out of the stone and jumping into his mind, but he had no idea what these scriptures meant. Even these words seemed to be floating in the air. He couldn't figure out where they were used and where they ended. How could he comprehend and interpret them?
Just as I was lost in thought, the catfish jumped out again and gave me a look that said, "Go away!"

Tiedan also came to his senses and found that the jade disk in front of him had been burned to ashes without him noticing, leaving only a piece of black coal stone. The heavenly book and golden scripture hidden in it seemed to have been completely transcribed into his mind.

Hearing the "crackling" sound of the coal and the gradual cracking under the heavy pressure, Tiedan reacted and quickly escaped from the empty treasure house. When he got out of the tunnel in time, he saw that the immortal jade disk on the shrine had also turned into immortal coal, crackling, and fine cracks appeared on its hands, feet and face.

When Tiedan immediately took a deep breath and rushed out of the main hall of Dongzhen Palace, he heard a loud "bang" behind him!
Tiedan turned his head and saw billowing smoke and dust and the sound of rumbling earthquakes. The entire Dongzhen Palace had collapsed and fallen into a huge pit between the mountain ridges, and was completely razed to the ground.

(End of this chapter)

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