Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 513 The Faded Lu Tianming, and Lu Yuzhou Beast

In Zhang Ze's guess.

Those Eastern Qi cultivators who followed Xiao Jing into this place back then were likely tricked by Xiao Jing and affected by that black energy.

After being completely corrupted by the black energy, it was transformed by Xiao Jing through some means into its current form, which is no different from a puppet.

Later, driven by him, he aided and abetted the tyrant and guarded the sacred land and the Jade Capital.

Zhang Ze believes that what he needs to do is, like the magical girls, use love and friendship to awaken the sense of justice in the hearts of these seniors.

Except for the magical girl part at the end, Zhang Ze thought all of this guesses were reasonable.

But Wei Zhuang, as a man who fought with Lu Tianming for almost his entire life, could be said to understand Lu Tianming better than anyone else.

If he says it's fake, then he must have a reason.

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Ze asked, sitting up straight.

Wei Zhuang thought for a moment and then explained.

"The sword strike that cut me felt wrong; it was light and unintentional, merely a clumsy imitation of Tianming."

"That is her original Great Brightness Heaven-Opening Sword. Even if she falls in cultivation level, it is impossible for it to become so weak when used."

"And there's something about her that I feel like I've seen somewhere before."

As Wei Zhuang spoke, he placed his hand on the ice lotus, directly in front of 'Lu Tianming's' face.

No one knows what kind of magic he used, but without any warning, Lu Tianming's body, which was sealed in ice, began to change.

Lu Tianming's body began to become translucent. The pure white holy light faded, and translucent gold and starlight filled Zhang Ze's vision.

Lu Tianming, in his second phase, reverted to the first phase of Caiyi.

And a moment later, Lu Tianming, who was dressed in colorful clothes, lost all his color.

As the color faded, inside 'Lu Tianming', tiny, vortex-like magic array hubs lit up, connecting to form nine artificial meridians.

When the false facade was completely stripped away, 'Lu Tianming' revealed her true self.

A sword spirit without gender, composed of pure energy and a few magic array cores.

"Wow!" Zhang Ze exclaimed, his mouth agape.

He never expected that a sword spirit that had already been retired from the meta could still have such a strong presence.

As a unique skill of the Eastern Qi royal family, the Sword Spirit technique was almost lost after the great war, with only the Sword Sect inheriting a small portion of it.

Now this technology has been passed on to the Thousand Machines Pavilion, and they have come up with many new tricks for it.

The cultivators of the Thousand Machines Pavilion drew inspiration from the Thousand Machines Array of Fu Ji and Lily.

Instead of pursuing the quality and individual abilities of Blade & Soul, they are now seen as replaceable and combinable parts.

Starting with mass production, we can increase the power of Blade & Soul through a modular approach of stacking and combining components.

They were deployed throughout the Thousand Machine Pavilion, either to assist in research or for patrol and security.

However, no matter how much it is improved, the potential of this new era of Blade & Soul is far behind that of the Eastern Qi era due to the lack of the most crucial core technology.

According to the giant tortoise Zhu Luo, during Xiao Jing's reign, the sword spirit's technology advanced by leaps and bounds.

Although no one knows how he did it, he was the strongest sword spirit at that time, almost touching the threshold of a Tribulation Transcending cultivator.

Now it seems that during his time hiding in the Holy Land, he has been up to something new.

He raised the bar for Blade & Soul once again, far surpassing its previous level in both quantity and quality.

These colorful divine messengers guarding the sacred land are very likely all sword spirits that recorded the habits, spells, and even parts of the personalities of the cultivators of that time.

Zhang Ze and Wei Zhuang looked at each other, and silence fell over the cave for a moment.

The main reason is that Wei Zhuang was just relying on his intuition and tried it casually, and he didn't expect it to actually turn out like this.

He was quite surprised by this result.

Zhang Ze looked at 'Lu Tianming' who had revealed his true form, remained silent for a long time, and then asked, "And then what?"

Wei Zhuang was somewhat embarrassed.

"I don't know. The truth about the sword spirit is a core secret of the Eastern Qi royal family. I know very little about it, and it is different from what it was back then in many ways."

"but."

Wei Zhuang stood up and went to the back of the sword spirit. He pointed to the vortex-like core in the back of the sword spirit and taught Zhang Ze a difficult incantation.

"Nothing should have changed here. Try touching this place with this spell to restart it."

Zhang Ze, “.”

Although the methods in the world are always similar, how to restart is the problem.

Zhang Ze reached out and, mimicking Wei Zhuang's earlier gesture, placed his hand on the ice, attempting to use his spiritual energy to penetrate the ice and touch the core.

But just as the spiritual energy penetrated a third of the way, he heard Chen Mumu's lazy warning message in his ear.

"Don't move, it'll explode! Ten, nine, eight!"

Zhang Ze quickly withdrew his spiritual energy, and the countdown abruptly stopped.

With a sigh, Zhang Ze looked at Wei Zhuang, "Pavilion Master Mu Mu has set up a restriction in this ice lotus. With my level, I can't bypass it, and I can't touch the core."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhuang frowned slightly. "I'm not very good at this kind of thing, but I'll give it a try."

But after trying it, Pavilion Master Mu Mu's countdown started again, and this time it started counting from seven.

Wei Zhuang quickly stopped, saying, "I can't do that either."

Zhang Ze asked, puzzled, "But didn't you just remove the sword spirit's disguise?"

Wei Zhuang: "Removing the disguise doesn't require spiritual energy; this sword spirit is scanned via QR code."

Zhang Ze: "? Scan what?"

"Scan code."

Seeing that Zhang Ze didn't understand, Wei Zhuang opened his palm.

Zhang Ze saw that in the center of his uncle's palm was a dark pattern that was twisted, intertwined, and constantly changing.

"Back then, I served as the leader of the Dragon Guard in Baiyujing for a period of time."

"At that time, there were countless sword spirits of all sizes in the capital. In order to prevent villains from plotting to disguise sword spirits as living people to enter secret locations or carry out assassinations, Xiao Jing devised this code."

"Just a quick glance at them will reveal their true forms."

"I was just trying it out, but I didn't expect that he hadn't changed the password yet; it's still the same one from back then."

Zhang Ze, “.”

"Then, shall we release it first, and then restart it?" Zhang Ze asked.

“That’s not appropriate. Restarting is just a guess, and it might not even work. Besides, come and see.” Wei Zhuang said, pulling Zhang Ze to face the sword spirit.

Wei Zhuang said, "Although it's just a sword spirit, it still possesses some intelligence. It has already suffered a loss once, and I'm not sure if I can suppress it again."

Zhang Ze saw that text was rapidly updating on the Blade Spirit's bald-head-like head.

Of the thousand characters, five hundred are the character for "war," and the rest are all Wei Zhuang's name.

Zhang Ze, “.”

Zhang Ze, unsure where to begin his rant, fell silent.

The cave fell silent again, and the two of them began to ponder the same question simultaneously.

Maybe we should try a different one.

The other colorful divine messengers should be quieter than Lu Tianming's model.

"Sigh, if only Sect Master Lu were here, the Ice Lotus's restrictions would definitely be no problem for her. Besides, Lu Tianming is also a senior of her Heavenly Sect. Sect Master Lu might know something."

"Indeed," Uncle nodded.

While the two desperate swordsmen were at their wits' end, Ah Li made a new discovery.

After examining the items using professional methods such as looking, smelling, touching, rubbing, licking, sucking, and holding them in their mouths, Ah Li and Xiao Fu Ji did indeed discover many treasures and important records locked in the archives.

As can be seen from the records.

In addition to serving as a surveillance station to monitor the area, this magnificent palace also functioned as a warehouse and transit point.

Every three months, Baiyujing would issue a divine decree, giving orders to the local divine messengers and tribes.

In addition to the elevenfold levy, which was similar to a blood tax, the orders also included various kinds of offerings.

Most of the time they are resources from the Holy Land, but occasionally they may contain some strange things.

Sometimes the gaps were too large, and the divine messengers had to personally intervene.

However, most of the time, these tasks were undertaken by the Crocodile People, who served as servants, and the exploited Holy Land tribes.

The offerings submitted by Sula's tribe included the core of the water spirit and the jade feather arrows they condensed using their supernatural powers.

Ah Li rubbed her hands together, looking at the magic circle in front of her.

This magic array is clearly for transporting goods, and the place it connects to is self-evident—it is obviously the Jade Capital in the center of the Holy Land World.

It wondered if it could just crawl through here and get to Baiyujing. "I advise you not to."

Completely immersed in the role, the little fujoshi, with her hands behind her back, walked up behind A-Li with a lily-like gait.

"Why?" Ah Li asked, puzzled.

"Silly girl," Little Rotten Princess said, pointing to the magic circle runes. "This magic circle can only teleport specific items. If anything else gets mixed in, the trap over there will be activated."

After studying the magic circle for a while, she continued, "In most cases, as soon as it pops up, it will be punched twice by the colorful-clad divine messenger squatting over there. In less likely cases, it will be thrown directly into the sea outside the holy land."

"I see. Then can those flying boats be used?" Ah Li was referring to the flying boats that the black-clad divine messengers were riding in.

Those flying boats could also travel between Baiyujing and the Holy Land.

But Lily—no, I mean Little Fukuhime—shaked her head.

"I also checked the flying boat, and the magic array on it is also problematic."

Whether we can get in depends entirely on whether Baiyujing opens the door. If we are discovered, we will still be ganged up on by those colorful divine messengers.

"Very dangerous."

Little Fuji whispered.

Ah Li looked at the little rotten girl speechlessly, thinking to herself that her acting was too convincing. If it were the real Ah Li, she probably would have just said, "Let's do it, let's go," and joined in on the spot.

No longer dwelling on the matter, A-Li continued searching for possible clues, but before it could even gnaw open the crystal box in front of it, the space behind it suddenly twisted.

Sura, who insisted on exploring the Huadian together, and several twin-tailed girls popped out of the void.

Sula ripped the black hairpins off her head, pointed east, and looked somewhat terrified.

"The big one has arrived; I've never seen him before."

The girl playing Lily realized in 0.0001 seconds that Sula meant there was danger over there. She exclaimed "Oh my god!" and immediately shrank behind A Li.

Upon hearing this, Ah Li didn't foolishly go out immediately.

Instead, they first removed the Little Fu Ji's divine mask, allowing the evil Lily's power to leave the Little Fu Ji's body.

Immediately afterwards, A Li put Sula into the Beast Taming Ring and instructed the now-normal Little Rosamund to keep an eye on her.

After everything was in place, it tightly wrapped the black silk that Zhang Ze had given it around its body, and then crawled up to the top of the magnificent palace on its own.

The city in the valley is located in a valley. To cross the ridge and see what is happening to the east, one must climb to the top of the palace.

Ah Li, who was impersonating the invisible eaves and brackets, looked eastward.

Just as Sulla said, the big one has arrived.

Crossing the mountain ridge, Ah Li saw a giant beast fighting with several people dressed in colorful clothes named 'Lu Tianming' on the plains to the east.

The battlefield seemed to be surrounded by a barrier, with no sound or aura escaping. If one did not see it with their own eyes, it would seem as if the battlefield did not exist.

A Li didn't pay much attention to the colorful-clad Lu Tianming; its attention was entirely on the giant beast that had suddenly appeared.

It was a monster formed from starlight and golden mist, with a slightly bloated body and several pairs of wings on its back that resembled the roots of an ancient tree.

It has a long, slender neck and a head that resembles a combination of a dragon and a tiger. It has no eyes, only a nebula-like spot of light between its eyebrows.

Starting from this nebula, golden star runes shimmered and spread within its body, extending from its head all the way to its tail mane, which resembled a woven fabric of shattered stars.

The behemoth held a sword in one hand and held a golden star disk in the other.

The giant sword in its hand was also composed of stars and mist, as if it were an extension of its body. With each swing, a Lu Tianming in colorful clothes was cut into stardust.

In the face of the behemoth, Lu Tianming's pirated Great Brightness Heaven-Opening Sword was as fragile as paper, shattering at the slightest touch. It took three or four people working together to barely withstand a single strike.

The starlight behemoth had the upper hand, but after hacking for a while, it immediately realized that Lu Tianming in colorful clothes seemed to be unable to cut them all down.

The behemoth pondered for a moment, then switched from offense to defense, seemingly brewing something.

After enduring three blows of the Great Bright Heaven-Opening Sword, the Starlight Beast plunged its sword into the earth while simultaneously lifting up the Star Disc with both hands.

Like immortals flying to the moon, or giant star beasts soaring into the sky.

As it took off, the colorful-clad Lu Tianmings reacted even more intensely, and they gave chase.

However, when all the colorful-clad Lu Tianmings gathered around the Starlight Beast, the star chart in the beast's hand suddenly exploded.

In an instant, the Milky Way collapsed, and endless starlight filled the silent barrier, swallowing up all of Lu Tianming's colorful clothes.

When the starlight faded and the star chart reassembled, no more Lu Tianming in colorful clothes appeared.

Seeing that the battle was over, Ah Li shuddered before she came to her senses. Without making a sound, she began to carefully crawl downwards.

Ready to slip away.

In this unfamiliar holy land, it's best to be cautious and avoid making casual contact with beings of that level, whether they are friend or foe.

Let's meet up with Zhang Ze first.

But Ah Li crawled downwards for a while and then suddenly stopped because she felt as if her bottom had touched something.

Ice and cold.

Ah Li swallowed hard, slowly raised her head, and discovered that the giant star beast on the plain had disappeared without a trace.

Turning its head slowly, it saw that the giant star beast had appeared behind it, stretching out its huge hand to support its little bottom and tilting its head to look at it.

Zhang Ze's black cloak stealth suit was meaningless in front of the cosmic behemoth.

Was discovered.

Ah Li looked at the giant beast, and the giant beast looked at Ah Li.

After a 0.0001-second hesitation, Ah Li suddenly opened her mouth wide.

A phantom of a square pig flashed behind it, its enormous maw opening wide as it lunged at the void behemoth.

As the saying goes, when two armies meet on a narrow path, the brave will prevail. Live to eat, die to be done with it. At worst, you can be resurrected in the Stone Pill and devour it.

Inside the fat bear's cave.

Zhang Ze and his uncle, two desperate illiterate men, were still studying the obviously abnormal body of Lu Tianming in colorful clothes.

They tried to use their divine sense to contact Lu Tianming, who was sealed inside the ice lotus.

The good news is that contact with divine sense will not trigger the self-destruction of this ice lotus.

The bad news is that this thing refuses to be accessed and doesn't listen to human speech.

It completely ignored Zhang Ze's visit.

When Wei Zhuang made contact, Wei Zhuang's name began to rapidly appear all over its body, from head to toe, in every place.

It looks incredibly eerie.

After trying twice more, Wei Zhuang probably recalled some unpleasant memories and dared not try again.

"Let's just leave it here and continue west," Zhang Ze said after thinking for a moment.

"Senior Zhu Luo fought with someone over there before, so it might still be there. The colorful sword spirit over there should be more normal."

Wei Zhuang: "Indeed."

After deciding to give up, Zhang Ze got up, intending to put away the Ice Lotus and find a ditch to throw it away. But as soon as he stood up, he saw something wriggling behind Wei Zhuang.

A monster made of starlight and mist was cocooning there, and it looked only the size of Ah Li.

It moved silently, and you would forget it was there if you looked away even slightly.

Judging from the monster's appearance, it seemed to be trying to climb onto Wei Zhuang's body.

Zhang Ze spotted the monster, and the monster looked up and stared at Zhang Ze.

Zhang Ze made his decision in just 0.0001 seconds.

He unleashed his innate Dao Body and then used "My 100% Accuracy Normal Punch" to strike the monster.

He also issued a warning to his uncle.

"Watch out, there's a long-necked maggot with hairy starlight behind you!"

Before his uncle could turn around, Zhang Ze had already knocked the so-called 'hairy, star-like, long-necked maggot' away.

Under the influence of Zhang Ze's evil power, the 'hairy starlight long-necked maggot' was forcibly controlled for a second.

But before Wei Zhuang could even make a move, he drew his sword and slew the maggots.

A familiar voice rang out from the mouth of that 'hairy, star-like, long-necked maggot'.

"Sect Master of the Heavenly Sect," Lu Yuzhou said angrily.

"You little brat, can't you come up with a decent name?! What kind of name is 'Hairy Starlight Long-necked Maggot'?!"

"Ugh?"

Zhang Ze lowered his hand, which was about to unleash the Myriad Laws Borrowing Treasure Sword Formation, and looked at the talking 'hairy starlight long-necked maggot'.

After another 0.0001 seconds of hesitation, Zhang Ze raised his fist again and threw a punch.

"You monster! You dare to lie! Uncle, let's go!"
"Eat my punch!"

Lu Yuzhou, "."

(End of this chapter)