Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 124 Brain Ingress
The mountain wind whipped up fallen leaves, and the mountain gate, which had just been swept clean, became messy again.

The little boy yawned and reluctantly picked up the broom beside him.

While sweeping the floor, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the towering Azure Peak Sword Peak deep within the sect.

I heard that today is the day Senior Brother Changsun is going to have a decisive battle. I wonder how the battle is going.

Senior Brother Changsun even gave me candy. He's a good person and very capable; he'll definitely win.

The person sweeping the floor put extra effort into it.

Having just finished his work and about to wipe his sweat, he glanced down at the long steps leading down the mountain and suddenly saw a figure.

She was a woman carrying a sword.

She was very tall, wearing a white dress with red trim, and a belt cinched at the waist, which accentuated her voluptuous figure.

As you get closer, you can see that she has a beautiful face, delicate red lips, and especially a pair of phoenix eyes that are both languid and sharp.

The boy had been observing her, but when his gaze swept over her unusually full breasts, he immediately blushed and turned his head away.

As the woman approached, she took the initiative to ask, "Little one, where does your Lingxiao Sword Sect hold its sword trials?"

What a disrespectful child!

The boy straightened his chest and raised his chin: "Today is the decisive day of the sword trial. Only the top thirty-two young talents can reach the top of Qingfeng Sword Peak. Are you one of them?"

"I?"

The woman's eyes widened as she looked down at her mature and voluptuous figure, her expression a mixture of感慨 and distress: "That's definitely not the case anymore."

The boy, carrying a broom, snorted, "Then you're out of luck. You'd better try again next year."

The woman wasn't in a hurry. She found a rock by the mountain gate and sat down. Her long legs were crossed under her dress. She clicked her tongue in amazement and said, "Will you hold it again next year?"

"It...it should be done!"

The child clenched his fist tightly: "I will train hard this year, and I will participate in the sword trial next year."

"You can't do it, can you?"

"Why can't I?"

"You haven't even entered the industry yet."

"I...I'll start working tomorrow!"

Just as the woman and the gatekeeper were arguing about something unrelated, a figure came running from the distance inside the sect.

The man was dressed in green, and his movements were agile. The boy recognized him at a glance, and immediately shut his mouth, no longer wanting to waste words with the woman. Instead, he turned around, bowed to the newcomer, and respectfully called out, "Senior Xia!"

The person who arrived was Xia Xuan.

Xia Xuan felt embarrassed by the child's address and waved her hand, "What senior? Just call me senior sister..."

After speaking, she turned to the woman in red sitting to the side and gave a proper disciple's salute: "Master."

The child stiffened and slowly turned his head to look at the beauty in red.

Even the disciples who cleaned the mountain gates had mentioned Xia Xuan's reputation, such as her cultivation, her swordsmanship, her divine legacy of the Azure Bird, and of course, her lineage.

Fu Hongshuang, the current leader of the Xuange Sword Clan.

The master stretched out his arm, patted the child's head, stood up, and walked into the door.

Xia Xuan quickly followed behind her.

Fu Hongshuang glanced back at her apprentice: "Lost?"

Xia Xuan nodded somewhat embarrassedly: "I lost."

"Did he lose to Changsun Yu, or to Pei Xia?"

“Pei… oh?” Xia Xuan looked at her curiously, “Master, you know his name?”

"Is it weird?"

"You didn't mention it? I thought he was so experienced that I thought he had given you a nickname back then."

“Experienced now, that’s now. Back then, how old was he? Your master had him wrapped around my little finger,” Fu Hongshuang scratched her temple, as if to prove something, and emphasized, “He didn’t use an alias, but I did!”

Xia Xuan nodded politely.

Based on her understanding of her master, when Fu Hongshuang wrote that word "dog," it was most likely because she had suffered a loss at Pei Xia's hands back then.

Seeing that Xia Xuan was silent, Fu Hongshuang thought that Xia Xuan was thinking about her defeat again. She put her arm around her apprentice and said nonchalantly, "Losing to Pei Xia is not shameful. In fact, in terms of talent alone, that kid is not much better than you. He only won because of his temperament and inheritance."

"You have no idea how monstrous his two ancient techniques, 'Supporting Heaven' and 'Martial Uniqueness,' are. Eight years ago, he used the fire veins in the earth's core to temper himself in the East Sea and obtained the body of fire virtue. Now, he probably has all five virtues and all eight aspects. Not to mention you, even my sword might not be able to break his physical body."

Xia Xuan listened to her master's rambling words, which seemed to be comforting her. She blinked and whispered, "What Five Virtues and Eight Aspects? He... he just refines cauldrons."

Fu Hongshuang paused, a hint of confusion flashing in her phoenix eyes, before turning to Xia Xuan: "Refining a cauldron?"

Xia Xuan nodded: "Refining the Cauldron means having a solid foundation. It's unlikely that anyone in the Profound Realm will be his match."

"Tongxuan?"

"Tongxuan".

Fu Hongshuang slowly released her hand from her disciple's, and Xuan Ge felt his back straighten up again.

She raised the sword in her hand: "Well, well, you've finally met your match, Pei Xia."

Xia Xuan looked at her, thinking to herself, "They must have a grudge." She asked softly, "Did he offend Master before?"

Fu Hongshuang sighed deeply: "Your great-master died because of him."

Why are we talking about Grandmaster now?
Fu Hongshuang looked towards the summit of Qingfeng Sword Peak: "Alright, there's no point in saying more. Let's go up the mountain first. It's been eight years since we last met. Let me have another go at this brat!"

The master and disciple walked along the sect square, heading towards the mountaintop.

As she passed the main hall of the Lingxiao Sword Sect, Fu Hongshuang suddenly stopped. She looked up, somewhat puzzled, at the top of the main hall.

Xia Xuan asked softly, "What's wrong, Master?"

Fu Hongshuang is at the Heavenly Consciousness Realm, a realm in which cultivators have developed what is known as divine consciousness.

It was these faint wisps of divine sense that made her subtly sense something amiss.

Is that Aunt Xi on the roof of the main hall?

……

Both inner sect elders of the Lingxiao Sword Sect are at the Transformation Realm.

Although he was far inferior to the peak Transformation Realm masters like Xu Zhuofeng and Huangfu De, his level of skill was still exceptionally high, making him a rare grandmaster in the martial arts world.

Just like the infamous Five Masters of Guigu, who were known throughout the land, they were a group of five villains at the Transformation Realm.

Pei Xia did not rashly draw his sword against Xiao Yue, knowing that with his current level of cultivation, he could not possibly defeat a Hua Yuan cultivator.

He glanced at Changsun Yu, who was slumped on the ground, from afar, then turned to Zheng Ge, the leader of the Lingxiao Sword Sect: "Sect Leader Zheng, does this mean I won?"

A smile appeared on Zheng Ge's face.

This should be the best outcome he hoped to see.

But just as he was about to announce Pei Xia's victory.

From the testing platform came Changsun Yu's wind-piercing shout: "I haven't lost yet!"

Behind Xiaoyue, Changsun Yu struggled to his feet. He was covered in bloody wounds, his face was deathly pale, and he was panting heavily.

Only when he looked at Pei Xia were his eyes dark and vicious: "I haven't admitted defeat."

That's what he said, but Xiaoyue didn't make the slightest move aside.

Pei Xia was not surprised by this.

From the moment Xiaoyue stepped onto the stage to stop him, Pei Xia's inner demons had already sensed that Changsun Yu was preparing a certain spell.

This kid has another trick up his sleeve.

Moreover, Changsun Yu even felt that his technique was enough to allow him to hide behind Xiaoyue in full view of everyone and still convince everyone to turn the tables.

"Prove my...supernatural powers..."

With a low groan, Pei Xia saw two crimson flames in Changsun Yu's eyes, which seemed to transform into gaping maws, devouring him.

The flames carried a frenzied roar that could shatter one's mind, as if it wanted to devour all of the opponent's consciousness!

Pei Xia finally understood.

Changsun Yu's fourth supernatural ability... turns out to be the art of mind and spirit!

No wonder, even with Zheng Ge in charge of the Lingxiao Sword Sect, he was still able to completely control an elder at the Transformation Realm.

It turns out that it uses the fire of the heart as a means to manipulate the mind and spirit through magical arts.

Indeed, in terms of level alone, this is an extremely profound and sophisticated technique.

But Pei Xia couldn't help but laugh.

This time, Pei Xia didn't even have the slightest intention of being on guard. He completely opened his mind, allowing Changsun Yu to enter the depths of his mind with an almost welcoming attitude.

No one could perceive that the fire in his heart was remotely entering Pei Xia's mind.

Changsun Yu held his breath and focused intently. In the instant he finally succeeded, his ferocious face turned into one of wild joy!
It worked!
Great, now all I need to do is manipulate Pei Xia and make him admit defeat in public, or to save face, I can make him confess that he used outside help or poisoned me beforehand...

No problem... Although there were many twists and turns and unexpected events, it's still okay.

As long as I win, the Dancer can continue her seclusion. Xiaoyue from the sect will handle things for me. Once I obtain the Xuange Sword Manual, everything will be over.

And then there's Pei Xia. He can disentangle himself from his own magic, which is likely aided by his inner fire. He might even have a deeper understanding of this special power, which would be a great help to me.

Oh right, and those two women he always carries around. Hmph, Pei Xia, don't you value them highly? From now on, I'll make them my slaves!
Filled with the joy of turning danger into safety, Changsun Yu's inner fire went straight into the depths of Pei Xia's mind.

However, he had not yet found Pei Xia's mind, but the surroundings were becoming increasingly deep and dark.

He felt as if he had plunged into some bottomless abyss, and an extreme cold and loneliness suddenly enveloped him.

Then, a faint light slowly emerged from the depths of darkness.

Changsun Yu focused his attention and became vigilant, while simultaneously swimming towards the point of light.

As he got closer, he slowly realized that it was a cluster of blood-red flames.

Ah, ah! Sure enough! This kid also possesses the ancient and powerful inner fire energy within his mind!

While overjoyed, Changsun Yu couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Fortunately, Pei Xia was ultimately dull-witted and couldn't fully grasp and utilize this power like I could. Relying on his strong martial arts skills, he only knew how to use the Heart Fire to dissolve. Hmph, if he were also a sixth-level Su Master, I'm afraid I would have really fallen into his hands today.

Changsun Yu lingered beside this cluster of blood-red flames, his consciousness radiating pure greed.

Just as he was pondering how to take away Pei Xia's inner fire, he suddenly noticed that the flame flickered and then began to slowly shrink inward, eventually becoming an extremely thin point of light.

It was as if something was suppressing it, or as if it were trembling in the face of a ferocious beast.

This idea startled Changsun Yu himself, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

What a joke! Where in this world is there a spiritual force more ancient and powerful than the fire of the heart?
In the deep shadows, a darkness even greater than pitch black seemed to descend from behind.

Changsun Yu's consciousness slowly swirled in Pei Xia's mind.

Behind him was a gigantic ball of flesh that seemed to rise to an endless height!

Countless human brains gathered together, contracting and expanding like breathing, under a pressure as if the heavens were collapsing, the furrows on those brains resembled countless gaping mouths...

Silently mocking this humble yet unaware arrogant person!
(End of this chapter)