Simultaneous travel: Starting from returning to the main god space.

Chapter 387 Imperial Advisor, Are You Trying to Take Advantage of a Young Girl? (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking follow-up subscriptions! Seeking recommendation votes!)
"Not at all, Your Excellency is too kind."

Wu Xian smiled slightly, and said in a humble yet pretentious tone:

"To be honest, I am an orphan. I didn't have the money to support my martial arts training when I was young, so I didn't start learning martial arts until I was fourteen. Later, I joined the night watchmen and was fortunate enough to be valued by Lord Wei, who often gave me guidance."

Unfortunately, my talent is too poor. It has taken me six whole years to finally break through to the peak of the third rank. I truly feel ashamed of Lord Wei's cultivation.

"..."

After hearing Wu Xian's words, Luo Yuheng remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was in turmoil.

Without exaggeration or bias, she was a genius. In just thirty-four years, she advanced all the way to the peak of the second rank of the Daoist sect, becoming one of the top few strong people in the Nine Provinces, with the capital to look down on cultivators of the same level.

However, the person before me...

He started practicing martial arts at the age of fourteen, and in just six years, he went from an ordinary person to an extraordinary martial artist, only one step away from breaking through to the second rank.

Such talent, even for a crude and uncouth martial artist, is truly astonishing.

If Luo Yuheng had read novels from another world, a sentence might already be echoing in his mind right now—

This child is terrifying beyond measure; he must not be allowed to live!

Fortunately, he is only a third-rank cultivator, which is vastly different from Luo Yuheng's peak second-rank strength. As long as he avoids close combat, Luo Yuheng is absolutely confident that he can easily suppress him.

Will win!
Thinking this, Luo Yuheng reached out and a dazzling sword light landed in her hand.

The light faded, revealing a rusty iron sword that looked quite ordinary. Apart from the risk of causing tetanus, it seemed to have no special properties.

But in fact, the origin of this sword is not simple. It was a peerless divine weapon held by a leader of the Human Sect more than seven hundred years ago.

Although the sword later caused too much killing and its consciousness was erased by the next leader of the Human Sect, and it was downgraded from a peerless divine weapon to a magic weapon, its power was not weakened much, and it became the carrier for storing sword energy and sword intent for successive leaders of the Human Sect.

The Human Sect's cultivation focuses on killing and warfare. In terms of attack power alone, it surpasses other martial artists of the same realm. With this iron sword, comparable to a peerless divine weapon, Luo Yuheng is even confident of defeating a second-grade Dao Integration Realm martial artist.

Thinking this, Luo Yuheng's somewhat unbalanced state of mind, which had been affected by Wu Xian's Versailles, returned to calm, and he said in a detached tone:

"Give up. You are no match for me. Emperor Yuanjing cannot die either, at least not now."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian scoffed, his gaze towards Luo Yuheng filled with mockery.

"What, has the Imperial Preceptor finally come to his senses and decided to cultivate with Yuan Jing to suppress the karmic fire within his body?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yuheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and his gaze toward Wu Xian instantly became extremely sharp, even carrying a hint of murderous intent.

"Who exactly are you, and how do you know about the Karmic Fire!"

The Taoist sects in this world are divided into three branches: Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. They respectively worship three Heavenly Venerables who are manifestations of the Taoist Master, and their names are the same as the Three Pure Ones of Taoism.

The human sect worships the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable and cultivates the seven emotions and six desires, but because of this, when their cultivation reaches a certain level, they will suffer the torment of being burned by karmic fire.

During an attack, the individual will randomly switch between seven personality traits: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and desire. Only by cultivating with someone of great fortune can the attack be quelled; otherwise, the individual will either be killed by the Celestial Venerable in the battle between Heaven and Man, or perish due to failure in the tribulation.

Therefore, in order to use the power of destiny to extinguish the flames of karma, Luo Yuheng had no choice but to agree to serve as the Grand Preceptor of the Great Feng Dynasty and guide Emperor Yuanjing in his cultivation.

However, because she couldn't get over that mental hurdle, she had insisted on refusing to engage in dual cultivation with him for many years.

However, as time goes by, the karmic fire within Luo Yuheng's body will become increasingly intense. The national fortune she gains from her position as the Imperial Preceptor will be insufficient to suppress it any longer. In the original work, if Xu Qi'an had not appeared, she would probably have truly submitted to Emperor Yuanjing.

This is the greatest secret of the Human Sect, known only to core disciples and the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Sects.

But now, this secret has been revealed by a crude and uncouth man, which makes Luo Yuheng suspect that Wu Xian's identity may be far more complicated than she knows.

On the other side, facing Luo Yuheng's questioning, Wu Xian smiled meaningfully, then took out a fragment of the Earth Book from his pocket and began to spout nonsense:
"This is a fragment of the Earth Book, a gift from Master Jinlian. He also told me about the Karmic Fire."

"Golden Lotus!!"

Luo Yuheng was slightly taken aback. His gaze turned to the fragment of the Earth Book. After confirming that it was genuine, he immediately believed most of Wu Xian's words.

Wu Xian then continued, "Not only that, Daoist Jinlian has found another way to suppress karmic fire, but he needs my help to succeed." "What way?"

Although he was somewhat skeptical, Luo Yuheng couldn't help but ask when he heard that there were other ways to suppress the karmic fire.

"That is……"

Wu Xian drawled out his words, speaking in a low voice, and then, under Luo Yuheng's curious and expectant gaze, revealed a wicked smile.

"you guess!"

"you!!"

Luo Yuheng was taken aback at first, then flew into a rage, slashing fiercely with his rusty iron sword while shouting angrily:

"die----!!"

The blazing, blinding sword energy surpassed even the scorching sun, casting a pale white glow over the entire world.

Seeing this, Wu Xian made no attempt to dodge, but simply narrowed his eyes and let the magnificent sword light slash toward his head.

A third-rank martial artist is also known as an immortal body, but his primordial spirit is still a weakness. Therefore, Luo Yuheng's sword was not only meant to cut off Wu Xian's six yang leaders, but also carried sword intent, intending to tear his primordial spirit apart. It was clearly meant to kill him.

but……

Click——! !

Before Luo Yuheng’s incredulous eyes, the sword light shattered like fragile glass.

At the same time, Wu Xian touched his forehead, and there wasn't even a white mark left, let alone a wound.

"That's it?"

Wu Xian smiled strangely and said, "Grand Preceptor's sword strike was surprisingly weak. Could it be that you think this junior is handsome and are therefore planning to take advantage of a young girl, deliberately holding back?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Yuheng's initial shock vanished, replaced by boundless rage.

Who is she? When has she ever suffered such humiliation!
Now that things have come to this, it has nothing to do with Emperor Yuanjing's safety anymore. No matter what, she is going to kill this lecherous scoundrel today!

The next second, Luo Yuheng's aura surged, and he threw out the iron sword in his hand, which spun around and rained down swords.

A barrage of sword energy shot down, blasting open the void and stirring up the winds and clouds.

Normally, faced with such a fierce and relentless offensive, even a second-rank martial artist or a second-rank Arhat who had cultivated the Vajra Divine Skill would have fled in disarray, not daring to confront it head-on.

But now, when these sword lights struck Wu Xian, they only created ripples of golden light within a three-foot radius around him, without even harming a single hair. After a while, he even raised his hand to yawn.

It didn't cause much harm, but it was very insulting.

Luo Yuheng's eyes gradually turned blood red, and even the karmic fire within his body showed signs of erupting.

Finally, she took a deep breath and slashed down with all her might, transforming into the four elements of earth, wind, fire, and water, which combined to form a powerful and murderous array that suppressed Wu Xian.

The second rank in Taoism is called "Crossing Tribulation," which signifies the great achievement of the Yang Spirit and the ability to condense the four Dharma forms of earth, wind, water, and fire.

Luo Yuheng went a step further, arranging them into an array. While not as sophisticated as a sorcerer's formation, it still amplified the power of the sword energy, making it unmatched even by a first-rank expert…

"Zheng——————!!!"

With a flash of blood, the great formation collapsed, and the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire were instantly annihilated.

Wu Xian sheathed the blood-stained blade, then pointed it at the dazed Luo Yuheng, and laughed:
"Grand Preceptor, you have already drawn your sword many times; now it is time for you to receive one of my strikes."

"Be careful, this one cut could kill you!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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