What do you mean the game swordsman I controlled has come back to life?

Inside the Elder Hall, Zhang Bi was burning with rage. Although Yue Qingwu's attack did not cause him much damage, it made him lose face within the Shangqing Sword Sect.

It's unheard of for a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator to be injured by a Qi Refining cultivator.

"You brat, prepare to die!"

"How dare you!" Su Qinghan held a long sword and stood in front of her disciple, her pretty face cold and full of murderous intent.

"Elder Zhang, please stop here. It's not good to make things difficult for this junior."

The cultivators who were building up their foundations nearby stepped forward to dissuade them.

For a dignified elder to kill a Qi Refining cultivator in public, the Shangqing Sword Sect would naturally not allow such a thing to happen.

If this gets out, it will be incredibly embarrassing.

"Shouldn't a disciple who shows no respect for his elders be taught a lesson?" Zhang Bi's eyes widened in anger, and his white beard rose as he released spiritual energy.

"Elder Zhang, the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique you used was a mid-grade Earth-level sword technique. Wasn't that a lesson learned?"

"Even if there is a rift between your two factions, you are still members of the Shangqing Sword Sect."

"If we keep fighting like this, our ancestors will have to come out of seclusion. None of us can afford to disturb their seclusion."

Many foundation builders tried to dissuade him.

"Hmph! If you weren't a disciple of the Shangqing Sword Sect, I don't know how many times I would have killed you."

Zhang Bi regained his senses and realized that it was obviously impossible to kill the other party in public.

After saying that, Zhang Bi disappeared from the spot, clearly not wanting to stay and embarrass himself.

Su Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zhang Bi leave.

Comparing their strengths, Su Qinghan was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, while Zhang Bi was in the late-Foundation Establishment stage; she was clearly no match for him.

Fortunately, the commotion from the battle alerted the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Shangqing Sword Sect, who rushed over.

Otherwise, Zhang Bi wouldn't let them off so easily.

She herself, being at least a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, was able to hold on and protect herself, but her Qi Refining disciple, Yue Qingwu, was in grave danger.

No matter how amazing his disciple's performance was, he was still just a Qi Refining stage cultivator, and the difference in their spiritual power levels was too great.

His disciple managed to injure Zhang Bi by relying on his self-created sword techniques and his strange, ethereal dodging skills.

However, such powerful moves and spells must also consume a great deal of energy.

So what if Zhang Bi is injured dozens or hundreds of times? If his disciple makes a mistake even once and is grazed by Zhang Bi's attack, he will surely die.

It was already a stroke of luck that his disciple survived.

"Disciple, let's go back."

"Are we just going to leave it at that?" Yue Qingwu asked.

"Did they let him escape?"

Su Qinghan turned her head and widened her almond-shaped eyes. What do you mean? You want to beat Zhang Bi to death?

When did my disciple become so arrogant?

They don't really think that just because they injured Zhang Bi, they can beat the other party, do they?

If other Foundation Establishment cultivators hadn't intervened and ended the conflict, based on Su Qinghan's experience, her disciple Yue Qingwu would have been dead in less than a minute.

She knew that Zhang Bi still had many moves he hadn't used yet, and this was something Su Qinghan knew openly.

Who knows what desperate trump card Zhang Bi has up his sleeve?

Su Qinghan had never seen Zhang Bi fight desperately, nor did she know what tricks he had up his sleeve.

Su Qinghan looked at her disciple Yue Qingwu, who was completely different from the one she remembered, and was very puzzled.

This is too strange. I have scanned my disciple with my divine sense countless times and I have not been able to detect that there is another soul hidden in the other party's body.

He even asked his master's friend, a Golden Core expert, to secretly check on his disciple's soul and consciousness, and found that there was still nothing abnormal.

But for some reason, his disciple Yue Qingwu's temperament became extremely strange after he went to Stone Village.

After observing several times, Su Qinghan discovered some clues.

Whenever his disciple Yue Qingwu encountered something unpleasant, his temperament would change completely.

Extremely arrogant and unrestrained.

Back then, when she looked at people, her gaze didn't "fall" on them, but rather "slashed" at them.

Ordinary cultivators would sized up their opponents, but his disciple Yue Qingwu viewed his opponents as if they were a rock blocking his way that needed to be kicked away.

It seems that what her disciple experienced in Stone Village caused her to develop a certain inexplicable personality.

Su Qinghan, with her experience of over a hundred years, had also encountered such people while traveling through the mortal world.

Originally a weak-willed person, he created another personality to protect himself from harm.

A person completely opposite to her true personality, unrestrained and arrogant.

For a moment, Su Qinghan felt quite sorry for her disciple, Yue Qingwu.

That damned demonic cultivator turned his disciple into this state.

I am your sworn enemy for the rest of my life.

"Let's go, my disciple. I'm sorry you had to suffer. Once your master comes out of seclusion, I will definitely get revenge for you."

Su Qinghan tenderly patted Yue Qingwu's head.

"Master, I'm not wronged. I'm in a good mood now."

Yue Qingwu had no idea what her master was thinking, but she felt very pleased to see Zhang Bi get the short end of the stick.

Zhang Bi, you old bastard, now you know how powerful I am, huh?

"Is all that fighting part of the plot?"

"It's alright," Lu Li shook his head, not paying any attention.

The in-game story continues.

Based on Lu Li's years of gaming experience, anything with a health bar shown in the storyline is almost certainly going to be a boss in a later dungeon.

It's a bit of a shame that my game character's stats weren't high enough, otherwise I could have tried to improve them.

If you kill this boss before the game NPCs arrive to start the story, the dungeons in the game story will likely be significantly altered, and you may be able to skip certain parts of the game story.

However, the fact that the game company has included this part of the storyline to prevent players from killing the boss clearly indicates that there will be a later storyline involving this boss.

If you skip ahead, you'll miss out on the game's story. As a first-time player, it's best to experience the entire game's story firsthand.

The boss with its glowing health bar here is most likely designed to encourage second-time players to speedrun the game.

Of course, there's also the possibility of a plot-driven death.

Never mind, I'll check back later on my second playthrough to see what happens after killing this boss.

The game's cutscene flashes through the scenery of the Shangqing Sword Sect.

The game interface returns to Su Qinghan's cave.

"Disciple, given Zhang Bi's vengeful nature and the grudges between our two lineages..."

This matter is not over yet; the Blood Fiend Sect must be extremely careful in its war against them.

Zhang Bi, as the leader of this operation,

"Using their position, they will surely arrange for us, master and apprentice, to go to an extremely dangerous stronghold."

Under the maple tree, Su Qinghan solemnly instructed his disciples at the wooden stools and chairs.

"Zhang Bi would attempt to harm us on the battlefield where the three sects are besieging the Blood Fiend Sect. Aren't you afraid of being discovered by outsiders?" Yue Qingwu asked.

"Of course, every sect has its share of scandals where its disciples kill each other, and there are certainly dark-hearted individuals within my righteous sect as well."

Compared to the demonic sects where fellow disciples are all enemies to be wary of, the righteous sects are even better at hiding their true nature, ready to kill you at the crucial moment.

My master once suspected that Zhang Bi's master was colluding with the demonic sect, but due to a lack of evidence, the matter was dropped.

Our two lineages have had a feud for hundreds of years because of this matter.

"Was Zhang Bi's master a demonic cultivator?" Yue Qingwu asked.

Su Qinghan: "I'm not sure, but I trust your master's character, so it's very likely."

As a Golden Core cultivator, a mere suspicion of collusion with demonic cultivators is not enough to deter the other party.

"The mastermind behind it all has emerged."

"Behind the scenes? It's possible that Zhang Bi's master is orchestrating something behind the scenes."

Although Su Qinghan didn't understand what "BOSS" meant, those behind the scenes still understood.

"Go and rest. Your master has already sent you a message that your fellow disciples who were traveling have returned."

When you get together and take care of each other, you'll both be at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Presumably, the war against the Blood Fiend Sect will begin soon, no more than a month from now.

During this period, you should focus on cultivating and improving your strength to strive for the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

"I will ask your master for a Foundation Establishment Pill to help you break through."

Su Qinghan explained a lot of things in a row.

"A month? That long?" Yue Qingwu was unhappy.

Lu Li was still wondering if he would have to control his character to sleep for a month when his screen suddenly went dark.

[One month later...]