497: Chapter 64 Sun Tzu’s Art of War_2 497: Chapter 64 Sun Tzu’s Art of War_2 Hidden behind the wheelchair, the youth in black slowly withdrew his finger pressed against his brow.
This sword was too fast.
So fast that, when the Sword Qi swept back, no one saw it clearly.
“…
Sword Qi Fan open.”
True Master Xiao You revealed a satisfied smile, his voice gentle as he spoke, “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the swordsmanship of Da Sui Sword Palace…
Are you the disciple of Xie Xuanyi rumored?”
The youth in black robe remained silent, merely slowly lifting his head to look at True Master Xiao You, who hovered aloft at the Heavenly Peak.
A strong wind blew, the gloom unyielding.
The black robe obscured the youth’s facial features, his features indiscernible, but his Sword Intent was fierce, roaming around the Purple Green Treasure Ship, clearing out the servant ghosts within the Soul-devouring Banner, those trembling Buddha lights, supported by the Sword Qi, managed to burn steadily.
“Xie Zhen, I’ve heard your luck is good, having captured the top of the Heavenly Pride List.”
True Master Xiao You looked down at the Treasure Ship, leisurely seated in the void, letting the big banner flutter freely.
His hands rested on his knees as he slowly spoke, “They say your master was a Sword Immortal Seed rarely seen in a thousand years, just unfortunately born at the wrong time.
During my years of cultivation, Xie Xuanyi had already perished…
Why don’t you demonstrate his Sword Dao to let me have a look?”
“Heh…”
A very derisive sneer echoed above the Treasure Ship.
The laughter was not loud.
But True Master Xiao You heard it very clearly.
He chuckled, “If you’re willing to amuse me, I can spare the other cultivators on this ship.”
“Master…”
Mi Yun’s voice was tense as he gazed at the hellish, dim scene in front of him.
A wisp of Sword Qi, fanned out and dispersed, but despite the echoing Sword Sounds, the roaming ghosts on the ship were endless.
The pole of the Soul-devouring Banner high above, continuously released blood-red light.
The youth in black gently patted the wheelchair.
Receiving no response, the smile on True Master Xiao You’s face gradually faded: “Drink a toast or be forced to drink a forfeit!”
He pointed a finger.
The newly reborn resentful ghosts from inside the Soul-devouring Banner swooped toward the location of the wheelchair…
And thus, the great battle erupted!
The youth in black tapped his toes on the ground, dashing towards the stern of the great ship, countless resentful ghosts following him, the previously scattered Sword Qi around the ship no longer raging wildly but swiftly flowing back, converging beneath the feet of the youth in black, transforming into a dazzling flying sword.
This wisp of Sword Qi, incredibly fast.
In but an instant, it shot out a hundred meters, rushing towards the other side of Qu River.
“Thinking of running?”
True Master Xiao You sneered, retracted the big banner, stepped on the flowing light, and chased after.
After a few breaths.
The originally dark and obscured river surface of Qu River, returned to clarity once again.
True Master Xiao You with the Soul-devouring Banner, drawing countless wild ghosts, swept towards the riverfront, pursuing that bit of Sword Qi which, in a blink, vanished without a trace.
The monks on the Treasure Ship, their faces pale.
Those resentful ghosts, though not directly attacking them, still left behind much Black Evil aura as they passed.
The artifact refining methods of the Evil Sect, extremely insidious.
Those souls pulled into the Soul-devouring Banner, no matter how kind in life, become extremely brutal after death.
As they aren’t allowed to pass on, not entering reincarnation, constantly suffering torment, once released by the Banner Master, they seek to massacre all living beings, dragging them into the big banner to suffer together…
Many young monks were merely touched by the entwining resentful ghosts and bore crimson scars on their shoulders.
The chanting of prayers gradually weakened.
The atmosphere on the Treasure Ship was dismal, Mi Yun sitting in the wheelchair, gazed in the direction the Sword Qi had left, his voice very softly murmuring.
“Master…”
Click.
At the end of the corridor, a wooden door opened.
Xie Xuanyi slowly walked out, he came behind the wheelchair, pushing Mi Yun onto the deck.
Seeing the suffering of his fellow disciples and brothers, remorse filled the face of the little monk.
“These people suffer because of me.”
Xie Xuanyi gently spoke, “Don’t worry…
I’ll heal their wounds.”
He silently approached a meditating monk, touched the monk’s brow with two fingers, the Principle of Life transformed into a lustrous cyan glimmer, swept into the latter’s Heart Sea, the pale monk trembled, disbelieving as he opened his eyes.
Only to see the cyan glimmer gradually melting away.
The scars left by the resentful ghosts, fading bit by bit.
All pain gone.
“This…”
The sturdy monk looked shocked and murmured, “I heard that Benefactor Xie has comprehended the Principle of Life, seeing it today, it truly is an immortal technique…”
Xie Xuanyi shook his head, said nothing, and continued to the next person.
In fact, relying solely on the “Principle of Life” could alleviate pain, but it wouldn’t have such immediate miraculous effects.
In each strand of the principle, he subtly added a minute strand of Undying Spring Water Vapor.
The Undying Spring in his own Dantian needed to be used frequently to become “living water.”
The quantity of this water vapor was only a trifle, yet it greatly enriched the Principle of Life.
Using it this way, even a Great Practitioner of high realm couldn’t discern any clues.
Finally,
Xie Xuanyi returned to Mi Yun’s side, the gloomy scene on the treasure ship had been cleared now.
These monks looked just a bit haggard.
“Benefactor, will there be trouble in the battle between True Master Jun Shan and True Master Xiao You?”
Mi Yun was quite worried.
He knew that True Master Jun Shan was a “Yang God Reincarnation,” just as esteemed as his own foster uncle, but after all, he only had a Cave Heaven Body now.
“No need to worry about him.”
Xie Xuanyi shook his head.
The reason he had pulled True Master Jun Shan into the mission team was precisely because he valued the reincarnated true person’s formidable combat power, far beyond his current realm.
True Master Xiao You was currently only at the Fourth Realm of Yin God, and had yet to condense a dharma form.
Even with the enhancement from the Soul-devouring Banner, his strength was at most that of the peak of the Initial Realm.
Such strength, wanting to kill Jun Shan, stood no chance!
When Miao Zhen was challenging the Da Chu Heroes at the Golden Body Tower, Jun Shan was thinking, “If it really doesn’t work out, I’ll break through the Yin God.”
The so-called “Cave Heaven” realm, for him, was just a layer of paper window, which could be broken through with a single thought.
The methods that this reincarnated true person possessed far exceed the estimations of ordinary people.
The battle with Xiao You wasn’t much.
When True Master Xiao You is driven to a desperate situation, Jun Shan will reveal his true body and entangle with him.
If this True Master Xiao You does not harbor a killing intent, then everyone will just showcase their techniques, fighting three hundred rounds, and the matter will be set aside…
But if Xiao You truly gets angry and harbors a will to kill,
then today, only one will perish, and that will definitely not be Jun Shan.
“Sigh…”
Even though the crisis was resolved, Mi Yun’s small face was still tense.
He took a deep breath, looked at the clear river surface before him, and couldn’t help expressing his concern, “Benefactor, the unease in my heart has not subsided, instead, it’s growing stronger.”
“Hmm.”
Xie Xuanyi softly responded.
Mi Yun, having comprehended the Karma Principle, had very accurate Heart Lake Sensing.
He knew.
All of this, had yet to come to an end.
Huo Qu was a chess piece, and the endpoint this chess piece pulled at was a cage set by Red Immortal.
Was True Master Xiao You not another chess piece?
On the surface, it appeared Yuan Jimo merely dispatched True Master Xiao You to intercept the treasure ship…
in actuality, this chess move, might just be to verify a thought.
Among the Eastern Mission Team, there was another existence on par with “Miao Zhen.”
The first move, is a conspiracy.
The second move, is an outright scheme.
Now that both chess strategies have effectively taken place, what follows next is the real killer move.
“Shopkeeper Qian.”
Xie Xuanyi slowly approached the tightly closed guest room, knocked twice, and spoke softly, “There’s something Xie wishes to discuss with you.”
Previously, under the Soul-devouring Banner, a horde of demons danced wildly, the treasure ship presented a dire scene.
This room remained firmly shut, without the slightest noise.
As the helmsman of the treasure ship, “Qian San,” seemed utterly unresponsive, as though dead—outside, the treasure ship was nearly overturned, yet there was still no response whatsoever.
“…Sorry.”
Xie Xuanyi had just started speaking,
when a response came from the other side of the door.
Qian San’s voice coldly stated, “Before setting sail, I already mentioned…
this trip, we only ferry people, no fighting.”