Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 47 Another Battle with the Fairy of the Green Bag
Guan Minghui absorbed all the killing intent of the formation and used it to communicate with the Azure Sword, continuously infusing it with his power: "Follow me, and I'll let you kill to your heart's content! Ren Shou is a hypocrite. You've followed him for nearly a thousand years, doing all this for nothing. You've saved him from danger several times, and he still complains about your heavy killing intent. Before his ascension, he even created this underground cave to torment you..."

The Azure Sword also exuded a strong killing intent. The killing intent of the man and the sword merged together. This divine weapon still refused to submit. It wanted to fly away on its own and kill whoever it wanted, cutting through the earth and heading towards the North Sea. Wherever it passed, it killed gods and Buddhas!
Guan Minghui used his killing intent to communicate with it, showing gentleness, and then activated the Xuan Yin Soul Refining Array to show strength. If it really refused to submit, he would risk a hundred days of effort to refine its spirituality and completely subdue it.

Of course, Hua Yaosong wouldn't give him a hundred days.

These days, Hua Yaosong has been restless. She has only calculated that the demon corpse will be born ahead of schedule, but the exact date is not clear from the divination. She only has a general date, and the closer the date gets, the more agitated she becomes.

She couldn't even concentrate on her cultivation, so the Emei Sect refused to send anyone, saying that Master Changmei's prophecy was sure to be right, and she hoped so too.

However, she became increasingly agitated. By the time Guan Minghui retrieved the sword, she couldn't even calm herself down while meditating. Her mind was in turmoil, and she was overwhelmed with thoughts.

Memories of cultivating the Tao over the past few hundred years flashed through my mind, including how I met my master, how I begged to become his disciple, how I forged a flying sword, and how I gathered herbs and refined elixirs in the mountains...

One thought is suppressed, and another arises.

She is already a mortal immortal. Although she has not yet attained immortality, her nascent soul is almost complete. She will be able to ascend to heaven in a hundred years at most, and there will be no disasters or difficulties during that time. She only needs to cultivate and recuperate in a blessed land.

Now, his mind is filled with wild thoughts and his nascent soul is restless. He tries everything but can't calm his mind. Suddenly, he realizes: "Could it be that I am about to face a calamity? Otherwise, with my cultivation, I could have a calm mind and not have a single thought for ten or a hundred years."

She then calculated her future destiny, and the divination results were the same as before: she only needed to cultivate quietly here, and she would be able to ascend to immortality after a hundred years.

Just as they were about to use the divination to check the movements of the demon corpse, Lu Rongbo and Ku Tie suddenly flew in from outside.

It turns out that the place she was in was quite far from Lingyu Cliff, and her magic concealed it, so outsiders couldn't find it, and even if they did, they couldn't get in.

Guan Minghui had been setting up the formation and refining the sword for too long; more than two hours had passed. Ku Tie and the other two discussed that although they didn't know what the demon corpse was doing inside, they couldn't wait any longer and had to tell Hua Yaosong what the demon corpse was doing.

Cui Haike was naturally unwilling to leave, and Yang Li volunteered to deliver the message, but Cui Haike stopped him.

Then we can only rely on bitter iron.

Ku Tie couldn't find Hua Yaosong either, so he went to Rabbit Cliff to find Lu Rongbo first.

Lu Rongbo was rescued by Jin Xunu last time, and she held her son Shisheng and cried for a long time in the cave.

Of the three sisters she invited, two were killed by the demon corpse, one was bitten and turned into a zombie, and she herself almost died inside as well.

Seeing the demon corpse's ferocity growing ever stronger, revenge seemed impossible...

What hurt her the most was that her father appeared in that state and kept criticizing and scolding her.

She kept wondering whether her father was completely controlled by the demon corpse and spoke those words in a state of mental instability, or whether he had intended to say them all along.

That was clearly the same way his father had scolded him before he died!

She set up an incense table, knelt down, and cried, begging her grandmaster, the Blissful Immortal, to help her or give her some guidance on what to do next.

Unfortunately, despite kneeling and begging for three days, his master did not respond.

Having just composed herself and diligently practiced the Three Elements Demon-Subduing Needles technique, she knew she would have to rely on it to deal with the demon corpse. Since ancient times, men had forged swords while women forged needles, which was in line with tradition. She would refine the needles again so they could be used as flying swords in the future.

Suddenly, Ku Tie arrived, saying that the demon corpse had led the Long-Browed Immortal to the Green Chain Sword left underground, intending to use it to sever the Fiery Cloud Chains binding him. Lu Rongbo was shocked upon hearing this and hurriedly took Ku Tie to find Hua Yaosong.

Hua Yaosong sat up abruptly from the stone bed: "As expected, the demon corpse will be born within the next few days!"

She was entrusted by the Long-Browed Immortal to watch over the demon corpse here. If the demon corpse did not try to escape, she would keep the Long-Browed Immortal's prophecy and live out each day.

But now that the demon corpse wants to take the Azure Chain Sword in order to sever the Fire Cloud Chain, Hua Yaosong has to intervene!
Holding an iron staff, she led Lu Rongbo and Ku Tie to Lingyu Cave at breakneck speed.

Passing through the cave, we arrived at the earth's core, where thick, malevolent energy filled the interconnected isthmuses, gushing and surging wildly, with countless beasts roaring and howling within.

Cui Haike and Yang Li came forward and said, "The demon corpse has been inside for more than two hours. In addition to the Xuan Yin Grand Array, a Xuan Yin Divine Curtain has also been set up outside."

The place where Guan Minghui was located was not very spacious; the Xuan Yin Grand Array only occupied about two or three acres of land when it was deployed.

Unable to remove the Azure Chain Sword in his haste, he unfurled the Profound Yin Divine Curtain, placing it outside the Profound Yin Array. It spread outwards along the gullies and ridges of the Earth's core, forming a sphere with a radius of several miles. Inside, there were countless layers of soil and isthmuses, as well as groundwater, and foul and filthy energies such as Earth Fiends and Black Omens.

Worried that the Azure Sword would be taken by the demon corpse, Hua Yaosong raised the iron staff. The dragon head at the end of the staff came to life and spewed out a beam of azure light. This azure light shot out dozens of feet away, forcibly breaking through the evil aura in front of her. Then she rode the sword forward.

With her leading the way, Ku Tie and Lu Rongbo followed closely behind. Cui Haike didn't want to go, but Yang Li was impulsive and held a grudge against the demon corpse, so he followed as well.

Guan Minghui sensed that someone was coming. The divination he had performed beforehand indicated that Hua Yaosong would come, and he would use the Qing Suo Sword to kill her, thus eliminating a major hidden danger for the future.

So he let Ku Tie and the others go outside to seek help from Hua Yaosong.

But even now that they've come, Qing Suo Jian still refuses to yield.

He had clearly demonstrated sufficient strength using the Profound Yin Soul Refining Array. Without external force, the Azure Sword would not be able to break through or harm him. After a hundred days, he would be able to refine the spiritual essence within the sword.

At the same time, he also showed enough "goodwill"—that is, the murderous aura that gathered from hundreds of ferocious beasts.

He could sense that Qing Suo Jian had already given him enough recognition, but it was just one step away from success.

The difference is not a quantitative change. If it cannot be broken through, even if the spirit is refined after a hundred days, it will not submit.

Guan Minghui pondered that he had to think of another way. Did he have to kill all the outsiders in front of Qing Suojian in order to make Qing Suojian completely accept and submit to him?
The others are nothing special, but Hua Yaosong is a tough nut to crack, and according to the divination, a female expert will also be arriving today! If we wait for that person to arrive, all our previous efforts may be in vain.

Before he could come up with a foolproof plan, Hua Yaosong arrived extremely quickly and had already reached the outside of the Xuan Yin Grand Array.

Hua Yaosong is skilled in Taoist magic with the Yi Wood attribute, specializing in overcoming earth and water. Instead of flying along the isthmus, she broke through the blocking earth and rocks, creating a straight passage and quickly arrived.

"Monster! You dare touch the sword that the Long-Browed Immortal has carried for a thousand years? You're truly courting death..."

Guan Minghui's voice came from inside: "Fellow Daoist, you are mistaken. I only want to use it to cut the chains that Ren Shou left on me back then. I will use his sword to cut his chains, which is to use the original soup to cook the original food."

Hua Yaosong sneered: "I have already deduced from the divination that the Fire Cloud Chain on your body is about to break. If you escape now, you might actually have a chance to live. But if you dare to stay and covet the Azure Chain Sword, you will only be courting your own destruction!"

(End of this chapter)