Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 46 The Number One Killing Sword of Shu Mountain

The Long-Browed Immortal's Fiery Cloud Chains are extremely powerful; even peerless divine weapons like the Purple Ying and Green Rope would take an hour or two to break them.

Guan Minghui has already refined the Fire Cloud Chain multiple times with the help of the Ten-Thousand-Year Warm Jade. It is a rare treasure, and it would be a pity to destroy it.

Moreover, according to the Xuan Yin Divine Number, the time he traveled to was taken as the node, with the previous Gu Chen as one segment and the later himself as another segment, the yin and yang of the past and present were reversed, and good and bad fortune were interchanged.

The Fire Cloud Chain was originally intended to restrain Gu Chen, but in Guan Minghui's hands, it became closely related to his future attainment of Dao.

Similarly, the Azure Chain Sword, originally intended to kill Gu Chen, became a great asset to him.

It would be a great pity if the Fire Cloud Chain were destroyed by the Purple Ying Sword as it was in the original story. Before retrieving the sword, Guan Minghui devised a meticulous plan.

Just as the sword chains were locked in combat, he used the Ten-Thousand-Year Warm Jade to shoot out Xuan Yang True Qi, which in turn fueled the fire quality within the Fire Cloud Chain. He also had the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm spray out Xuan Yin True Qi to harmonize the energy.

He made the Fire Cloud Chain contain both yin and yang, making it less rigid. Even if it breaks, it will not be destroyed and can be reforged and reunited in the future.

As for Ku Tie, Cui Haike, and Yang Li, although they were isolated outside the Xuan Yin Formation and could not see what was happening inside, they knew that Guan Minghui was using the Qing Suo Sword to cut the Fire Cloud Chain.

Ku Tie looked worried, thinking that the demon corpse was already very powerful, and once it was freed from the shackles of the Fire Cloud Chain, it would be even more powerful and difficult to subdue.

Cui Haike was worried that after the demon corpse successfully escaped, it might keep its promise and allow him and his disciples to leave this place safely.

Yang Li was even more worried than Ku Tie, thinking that if the demon corpse left this place, the sea would be wide enough for fish to leap and the sky would be high enough for birds to fly, and it would probably become lawless...

Cui Haike wanted to stay out of it and wait until Guan Minghui left before fulfilling his promise. He actually hoped that Guan Minghui could successfully sever the Fire Cloud Chain and leave quickly.

Ku Tie and Yang Li racked their brains, trying to figure out how to notify Hua Yaosong outside to come in and stop them.

Hua Yaosong didn't actually need them to notify him; he had already calculated that the demon corpse would be born ahead of schedule. The divination indicated that the time would be in the near future, and that it would be vicious and difficult to cure.

She had gone to Mount Emei long ago to find Xuanzhenzi and Qi Shuming, asking them for advice on how to deal with the situation.

Qi Shuming has returned from his tribulations and is in seclusion to cultivate and restore his magical power from nine lifetimes. The time for the sword duel between the Emei Sect and the Wutai Sect is drawing ever closer, and Xuanzhenzi is to take charge of the overall situation.

The remaining ascetic monks, Bai Guyi, Zhu Mei, and others all had their own tasks and had no time to attend to this place.

Xuanzhenzi also made calculations regarding Hua Yaosong's concerns, and they indeed showed that the demon corpse would be born ahead of schedule, and would cause great damage to the Emei Sect in the future.

But the prophecy of the Long-Browed Immortal stood there, clearly stating that the demon corpse would be reborn after being suppressed for a hundred years.

Were they wrong? Or was it Master Longbrow who was wrong?

They must be wrong! Even if Master Longbrow is wrong, they have to help him cover it up!

He told Hua Yaosong to go back first, and then called Li Yuanhua back, who was spreading the word everywhere. They planned to gather their six junior brothers and sisters to set up a Six Harmonies Flag Gate Formation at Lingyu Cliff to reinforce the seal and keep the demon corpse suppressed for a hundred years...

But at this critical juncture, the two elders of Songshan, who had been monitoring the movements of the Wutai Sect, sent a message saying that the Taiyi Hunyuan Patriarch had led a group to the Qinling Mountains and was searching for something in a grand manner.

The three immortals and two elders possessed extremely strong divination abilities. According to the divination results, the Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor was searching for something, which was an ancient artifact left over from the Western Han Dynasty. It consisted of three swords and a bottle.

Based on these conditions, it must be the treasures left behind by Zhang Mian: the Three Yang One Qi Sword and the Azure Mirage Bottle!
So Xuanzhenzi transferred all his men there, asking them to join forces with the two elders of Songshan to try to find the sword and bottle before the Wutai Sect.

In this way, he could no longer take care of Lingyu Cliff. Xuanzhenzi then bathed and changed his clothes, and devoted himself to calculation. He suddenly realized that not only would the demon corpse be born ahead of schedule, but even the Qing Suo Sword would be taken away by the demon corpse.

How could this be? He was somewhat incredulous at his divination. Even if the demonic corpse were to emerge ahead of schedule, the Azure Sword was a rare treasure of the Heavenly Palace, a priceless artifact his master had carried for a thousand years. It possessed sentience and could never possibly submit to the demonic corpse and fall into the hands of evil!

I must have miscalculated...

It is said that the workings of fate are unpredictable. Apart from sages who have attained enlightenment, who can know everything? Everyone makes mistakes.

After careful consideration, he sent his eldest disciple, Zhuge Jingwo, with a letter to Hengshan, asking Granny Jin, Luo Ziyan, to help him make the trip.

After all, the divination indicated that the three swords should have fallen into the hands of the Emei disciples, while the Azure Mirage Bottle was destined to be associated with Granny Jin's future disciple.

As for Guan Minghui, he used the Azure Chain Sword to sever the Fire Cloud Chain, collected the broken chain, and then used the Profound Yin Soul Refining Array to refine the Azure Chain Sword.

First, he needs to make Qing Suo Jian acknowledge his strength and recognize that he is very powerful!

The weak are not worthy of possessing the Azure Chain Sword!
His current strength is actually just average, but he has the Profound Yin Soul Refining Array.

He activated the entire formation, unleashing its full power. All eighty-one divine banners shook simultaneously, releasing a dense aura of malevolence. Hundreds of beast souls roared in unison, spewing out Xuan Yin divine flames.

Guan Minghui sat upright in the void within the formation, releasing the fire of his Xuan Yin Golden Elixir, which merged with the formation, spewing out flames ten or a hundred times stronger to refine the sword.

Such intense firepower was almost too much for even the Azure Chain Sword to withstand. It would be fine if it were only for a short time, but if it were to be forged for a hundred days, the Azure Chain Sword would have to give in.

The Azure Sword kept locking onto Guan Minghui's location and sped towards him. Guan Minghui used his ability to teleport away within the formation. The Azure Sword locked onto him again and shot at him again, but he teleported away once more.

Guan Minghui also knew that he could not subdue the Qing Suo Sword by force, so he had to find another way.

The Azure Sword has developed sentience, which is an obstacle to subduing it. It can choose its own master, and it is difficult for anyone not recognized by it to possess it.

Unlike other flying swords, which can be used as soon as you get them and refine them, this one is different.

However, this also created another opportunity for exploitation.

The most distinctive feature of the Green Chain Sword is its killing intent!
In the entire Shushan world, even if you include the flying swords and knives of the evil and demonic paths, none are more bloodthirsty than it!

In the original novel, Zhou Qingyun has three red lines on his eyebrows, indicating that he is destined to be the master of the Qing Suo Sword in this life.

The Azure Sword was bloodthirsty, but the Long-Browed Immortal did not allow it to kill at will. He suppressed it, restrained it, and even after ascending to heaven, he suppressed it in a cave, using the earth's wind and yin energy to refine it.

In this respect, Guan Minghui could do "better" than Changmei Zhenren.

He can follow the green sword, let it sense his killing intent, and become one with the sword so that they can go out and fight to their hearts' content in the future!
Guan Minghui himself did not possess a strong killing intent, yet he absorbed the killing intent of numerous beast souls within the Xuan Yin Formation.

These beast spirits were ferocious and brutal beasts in their previous lives, such as the Wood Demon, who would capture wild animals alive, crack open their skulls, and eat their brains alive.

For example, the bear likes to place wild animals on rocks, mash them with its paws, and then chew them up, bones and all, enjoying the texture.

Sometimes they would chew on the mangled limbs of wild animals, which were still alive, and then howl loudly in agony.

The rest were no pushovers either. They were ruthless in life, and after death, their souls were refined by the Xuan Yin Great Law, making their resentment and killing intent even stronger!
Guan Minghui absorbed all this killing intent and integrated it into his body, then connected with the Qing Suo Sword to establish a mental link.

(End of this chapter)