Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 14: Casting a Spell and Leaving a Sound to Fish for Seafarers

Cui Haike had always believed that his beloved disciple Yang Li had been by Lu Min's side all this time, helping him to eliminate evil spirits.

Unexpectedly, Yang Li was humiliated and driven away by Lu Min on his very first day, and was almost killed on the spot!

Shocked, he hurriedly asked what had happened.

Lu Min couldn't directly tell her daughter that she had an affair and was pregnant before marriage, so she spoke in a roundabout way, scolding her indirectly.

Yang Li, an eighteen-year-old virgin, couldn't understand what he was saying, but Cui Haike, with over a hundred years of cultivation, understood it instantly.

He was both angry and exasperated. He shouted a few words to defend himself and then asked Yang Li where he was. After learning the exact direction, he immediately flew off to find him.

Lu Min was furious after being scolded by him. Just as she was about to retort, he left. She couldn't help but feel a surge of anger stuck in her throat, unable to let it out or swallow it down.

Cui Haike flew straight to Lingyu Cliff. The cave entrance was hidden under vines and moss, making it difficult to spot. He didn't notice it at first.

Guan Minghui has been in the mountains for the past few days, using the black silk to refine many green plants. All the flowers, trees and shrubs within a hundred miles are under his control.

He kept expanding the search area in order to determine where Hua Yaosong's cave was located and whether it was nearby.

After a thorough search, it can be determined that Hua Yaosong is not within this hundred-mile radius. Perhaps he has not yet come to Mangcang Mountain, or perhaps he lives a hundred miles away.

Although a hundred miles can be covered in an instant for a sword immortal, it does provide a certain strategic depth.

He can manage this mountainous area well and devise defensive strategies.

Guan Minghui also had another objective: to find the Qing Suo Sword.

In the world of Shu Mountain, almost everyone forges swords. There are at least eight or ten thousand famous flying swords, and countless more nameless ones.

If we were to rank these flying swords, the top three would definitely be the Purple Ying Sword, the Green Suo Sword, and the Nanming Li Huo Sword.

The Purple and Green Twin Swords were originally rare treasures from the Celestial Palace of the Nine Heavens, brought down to the mortal realm by a banished immortal.

It was obtained by Ai Zhenzi during the Qin Dynasty. Before ascending to immortality, he sealed it in the back mountain of Wudang. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with the help of Lu Yu, one of the two elders of the Great Wilderness, the Long-Browed Immortal obtained it.

Seeing that the Purple Ying Sword was docile and steady, and easier to control, the Long-Browed Immortal gave it to his good brother Deng Yin, while he himself used the other Green Rope Sword.

When he ascended to heaven, he saw that although the Azure Sword had been with him all his life, it was still unruly and extremely violent, making it difficult to control. So he sealed it in a cave and used the cold, malevolent winds in the earth's core to temper it.

According to Master Changmei's arrangement, the Azure Sword will be collected by Zhou Qingyun with everyone's help when Li Yingqiong comes to Mangcang Mountain to kill the demon corpse at the beginning of the main story. At that time, the Purple and Azure Swords will be combined, and Gu Chen will be cut in two.

The Purple and Green Twin Swords are the most treasured artifacts of the Emei Sect. Master Changmei has designated that the Purple Ying Sword should belong to Li Yingqiong and the Green Suo Sword should belong to Zhou Qingyun. No one else is allowed to harbor any wicked thoughts or attempt to obtain them.

During the second sword duel between the Emei Sect and the Wutai Sect, Qi Shuming's flying sword was clearly no match for the Five Poison Immortal Swords. Instead of taking out the pair of immortal swords, he went to the Fishing Rock in the East Sea and spent decades forging another sword, the Golden Light Blazing Fire Sword.

If Guan Minghui takes the Qing Suo Sword, then he and the Emei Sect are destined to be mortal enemies, locked in a life-or-death struggle.

But Guan Minghui pondered, even if he didn't take the Green Chain Sword, would the Emei Sect let him go? Impossible!
Rather than waiting for the Emei disciples to take the Qing Suo Sword and then use both swords to kill him, he might as well take the sword beforehand!

The Azure Sword is not far from Lingyu Cliff, only a few dozen miles away in a valley, but retrieving it will not be easy.

This divine weapon has become sentient. It was suppressed by the Taiqing Divine Talisman and confined to a certain area, but it still keeps wandering around. Once the suppression is lifted, it will break out of the earth and fly to the North Sea, transforming into a rainbow dragon, which will be difficult to subdue again.

In the original story, it took more than a dozen top-tier immortal swords to surround and intercept it before it was finally subdued.

It would be quite difficult for Guan Minghui to completely subdue it and make it work for him; he would have to plan carefully before he could take action. He used black silk threads to traverse the soil and mark the location of the Green Chain Sword, pondering how to retrieve the sword. Suddenly, he "saw" a sword light flying from the south and landing on the southern slope of Lingyu Cliff.

Judging from his sword-wielding style, he is clearly of the same lineage as Yang Li, but he is more experienced and his spiritual sense is more restrained, clearly indicating that he is a rogue immortal who has already cultivated to the Golden Core stage.

The young one was arrested, and then the old one arrived.

If we release Yang Li back now, will it be okay for the two sides to live separate lives from now on? Definitely not.

Could we hide underground, remain silent, and wait for Cui Haike to leave on his own? Of course not.

Even Yang Li could find the cave entrance on the cliff. It has opened and closed several times recently. If Cui Haike pays attention, he will soon be able to discover that it is different from other places.

Since fighting is not an option and avoidance is not an option either, then fighting is the only choice.

He reached out and grabbed Yang Li from a distance.

Yang Li was meditating against the wall in a corner when suddenly a powerful force pulled him away from a distance.

The next moment, he had already lunged to the edge of the stone bed, his neck gripped tightly by a large, cold hand.

Guan Minghui said, "Your master has come to see you."

"Master?" Yang Li exclaimed in surprise and delight.

Before the exclamation could dissipate, Guan Minghui used magic to gather it and then flicked it to the entrance of the immortal abode on the cliff.

Cui Haike was calculating good and bad fortune on the spot, but before he could get the result, he suddenly heard a shout of "Master", which was clearly the voice of his youngest apprentice.

He hurriedly flew over following the sound and quickly found the two bluestone slab doors behind the green vines.

Pushing open the stone door, he flew into the cave and first saw the skeleton on the bed that had been cut in two by the immortal sword. He recognized that it was the work of his little disciple.

He was puzzled: This was clearly the remains left behind by the senior after his ascension, so why did Li'er use her sword to cut him?
Then he saw the holes and pits that his own flying sword had dug into the surrounding stone walls, and finally found the air passage leading to the main underground cave.

It was morning, and the fierce winds from the cliff top kept crashing down, the howling wind growing stronger and stronger.

Looking down into the dark passage, Cui Haike felt a sense of foreboding and began to calculate with his fingers.

Just then, Yang Li's cries came from inside the cave again: "Master...come...come quickly...save me..."

Yang Li didn't originally shout those things; he said:
"Where is my master? Don't lie to me."

"I am dull-witted and weak in my ability to apologize. Today I have fallen into your hands. I have no complaints about heaven or earth, nor do I expect anyone to come and save me."

"What do you mean, 'come quickly'? I won't believe a single word you say anymore!"

Guan Minghui extracted a few words he wanted from these words, rearranged them, used magic to gather them and send them over, and even made some words elongate their intonation to enhance the tone.

To Cui Haike, it sounded like his youngest apprentice had discovered his arrival and was asking him for help.

Moreover, the sounds came one after another, growing more urgent and louder, as if they were being subjected to some unbearable torture, or as if they were on the verge of death!
He didn't have time to continue his calculations. He hurriedly merged with his sword and plunged into the bottomless wind tunnel, flying straight towards the main cave.

(End of this chapter)