After Officer Wang left, the fat man smiled happily. I didn't need to ask to know that he was happy because Officer Wang's attitude toward him had changed.
After the servants of the Wang family came to clean up the Taoist Palace, I asked the fat man to take a rest while I continued to work.
Today, after the fierce battle in the arena and the battle with Gu Yanran, my Taoist Qi and Witch Qi were all used up. To prepare for tomorrow's competition, I had to restore my True Essence.
The Wangwu Grotto-Heaven was worthy of being the best of the Blessed Enclave. My cultivation speed while sitting by the lake wasn't any slower than absorbing the True Dragon Qi with the jade bracelet. In just an hour, my Taoist Qi and True Essence were fully restored.
Then, I returned to the Taoist Palace to restore my Witchcraft Qi and True Essence. By the time my Witchcraft Qi and True Essence were fully restored, the sky was already bright.
While cultivating, I had the effect of sleeping, so I didn't need to sleep anymore. Sitting cross-legged on the bed, I recalled what had happened yesterday. I took out Cang Feng's cultivation notes and studied them carefully.
Cang Feng's Emotionless Sword Path couldn't be bad since he was one of the Twin Swordsmen of Stripping Armor. Cang Feng's Emotionless Sword Path couldn't be bad. It was true. I took the booklet and flipped through three or four pages. I was so engrossed in it that I couldn't help but flip through it. By the time the sky was bright, I had only read half of it.
Even so, I had benefited a lot from it.
Since I had already cultivated the Sword Nurturing Technique that Daoist Huang Zhu had given me, I didn't know how to cultivate Cang Feng's Emotionless Sword Path. However, the Sword Path itself was interlinked. Although my foundation was weak, after reading Cang Feng's notes, my understanding of the Sword Path had deepened.
I also had a deeper understanding of the Sword Nurturing Technique.
As the Allheaven Grand Competition was approaching, I went to pick the fat man up from the bed. I guessed he was too tired yesterday. When I went to wake him up, he was snoring loudly in the room.
When I took him out of the bed, he looked at me with a blank face. He hadn't woken up yet.
After the fat man washed up, we had breakfast. Then, we went to the venue of the Allheaven Grand Competition.
When we arrived at the venue, Officer Wang didn't wait for us at the entrance. Instead, he sent Ah Fu to meet us.
When Ah Fu saw me and the fatty, he took the initiative to welcome us and said respectfully, "Saint, Young Master Lin, our Young Master is very busy, so he asked this old servant to wait here. He also asked this old servant to inform the two of you that our opponent today is Lu Liang Mountain Paradise."
Blessed Land of Lu Liang Mountain?
The figure of Elder Lin Xue of the Corpse Sect appeared in my mind.
Just the power of Lu Liang Mountain Paradise was definitely not enough to make it to this round. Most of this was due to the remnants of the Corpse Sect at Chang Mountain Paradise.
Of course, even if they gathered the power of Lu Liang Mountain Paradise and Chang Mountain Grotto-Heaven, they would still be no match for us.
After all, the resources of the ten great Grotto-heavens were not something that these small Grotto-heavens and Blessed Lands could imagine.
The only thing he needed to worry about now was that Zhao Hao might continue with yesterday's plan and plant people in Lu Liang Mountain Paradise.
I asked Ah Fu, but Ah Fu smiled and shook his head. He said to me and the fatty, "Saint, you're overthinking it.
In the Blessed Grotto-Heavens, anyone can cooperate with Xuande Grotto-Heaven. For the sake of benefits, our Wangwu Grotto-Heaven is the same. However, only Lu Liang Mountain Blessed Grotto-Heaven will not cooperate with Zhao Hao! "
I was curious and asked him, "What's the reason?"
Ah Fu said to me with a smile, "That day when Zhao Hao ambushed the Saint, he used two sword slaves. Saint, do you still remember them?"
Those two sword slaves were Ah Mo's parents, so I naturally had a deep impression of them. I nodded.
Ah Fu continued, "Although sword slaves are related to the Sword Dao, fundamentally, they are inseparable from the corpse controlling techniques of Lu Liang Mountain Paradise and Chang Mountain Paradise.
It was said that more than a hundred years ago, the Xuande Grotto-heaven had forcefully snatched the Corpse Controlling Art from the Blessed Lands of Lu Liang Mountain and Chang Mountain Grotto-heaven. They had even captured many people from the two sects and used them to refine living people into sword slaves. Only after killing countless disciples from the two Grotto-heavens and Blessed Lands did they manage to research the method to refine sword slaves.
Therefore, the two Blessed Lands and Xuande Wonderland have a deep grudge against each other. It is impossible for the two sides to have any relations.
This is something that everyone in the Blessed Enclave knows about. "
When I first saw Ah Mo's parents, who were the two sword slaves, I felt that the sword slaves were extremely similar to the corpse puppets of the Corpse Sect, but I didn't think too much about it.
I didn't expect that the sword slaves were really born from the corpse puppet refining technique.
However, when I thought about the Corpse Sect, I couldn't help but sigh.
At that time, I felt that the Corpse Sect was a colossus that was even more powerful than the Metaphysics Association. However, after hearing Ah Fu's words, the Corpse Sect was unexpectedly bullied by the Xuande Wonderland.
From this, it could be seen that there was a big gap between the mortal world and the Blessed Lands.
These sighs were just off-topic. As for the next battle, with this old matter, Xuande Wonderland wouldn't intervene. Therefore, today's battle would be much easier.
As we chatted and laughed along the way, our group entered the venue. Since we had already entered the fourth round, there were only sixteen Blessed Lands that were qualified to participate, so there weren't any other complicated matters. The few that were qualified to participate were already waiting in the arena.
When Ah Fu, the fatty, and I arrived at the side of the arena, the three people from Lu Liang Mountain Paradise, including Lin Xue, were already standing in the arena.
The three of them all had yin energy lingering around them. Behind them were their own corpse puppets. Two of them had black light flickering around them. Only Lin Xue's corpse puppet, Purple Chen, had purple energy all over its body, making it look quite mystical.
Seeing the three of us come, Lin Xue stared at me for a long time. Then, she looked away. The Heavenly Master with the Yang Spirit cultivation base stepped forward and cupped his hands to greet us. "Yan Hongfei of Mount Lu Liang's Blessed Land wishes to learn from Wangwu Wonderland!"
This person was quite old. I didn't know if he was from Lu Liang Mountain Paradise or Changshan Wonderland.
I took a step forward and replied with the same courtesy, "Wangwu Wonderland's Zhou Yi seeks guidance from Senior."
That Yan Hongfei seemed to be quite spirited. It seemed that the successive victories had made him dizzy. After receiving my reply, he didn't reply, but just nodded as if he agreed.
Seeing this, I didn't say anything and just retreated angrily. I pulled the fatty and Ah Fu aside and warned them, "They cultivate the Corpse Dao, so their cultivation bases are in the corpse puppets. Don't be fooled by their low cultivation bases, but their methods are ruthless.
Especially fatty, you have to be careful. If you encounter a corpse puppet, don't try to show off. Try to keep your distance from them. Don't let the corpse puppets get close to you. They carry a large amount of corpse poison, and after being refined by True Essence and Dao energy, they are extremely powerful! "
Hearing my words, the fatty and Ah Fu nodded as if they had memorized my words.
Especially the fatty. Although he was also a cultivator, this was his first time facing a corpse puppet. His expression was very unsightly.
Seeing this, I patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, fatty. Although their corpse puppets are powerful, they are still inanimate objects. They don't have any intelligence. Moreover, the corpse puppets are of the Yin attribute, so they are afraid of Yang energy. When the time comes, we just need to use a few more Raging Flame Talismans to take them down!"
Hearing that, the fatty clenched his fists and looked at me. He nodded and agreed.
After saying that, the battle began.
The fatty and Ah Fu walked to their respective arenas. I followed behind Lin Xue and walked to the Heavenly Seal Master's battle area.
Lu Liang Mountain Blessed Land's cultivation was a realm lower than their corpse puppets. So, although Lin Xue could walk to the Heavenly Seal Master's arena, she relied on Purple Chen Corpse's power.
Seeing that I was standing on the arena, Lin Xue looked at me and asked with a frown, "There's a familiar smell on your body … Have we met before?"
I frowned. Lin Xue recognized me?
When I entered the Corpse Yin Sect, I used the Yi Ink Pearl to disguise myself. Moreover, Lin Xue and I had only met a few times. We didn't have much contact and didn't have much of a relationship.
Moreover, Lu Liang Mountain Blessed Land's strength was weak. It was much weaker than Wangwu Paradise. So, when I met her again, I didn't think that I would have any interactions with her. Who knew that we would meet again on the arena? Moreover, she said such words the moment we met.
I smiled and shook my head, "I also feel that you look familiar. It's like I've seen you somewhere before … Please don't go overboard in this battle."
Lin Xue shook her head and returned to her previous coldness. Without saying anything, she raised her hands and formed a hand seal to summon Purple Chen Corpse in front of her. Then, she said coldly, "Lu Liang Mountain's Lin Xue, please!"
I nodded and didn't stand on ceremony. I took out the Armor Removing Sword and held it in a backhand grip. I took seven steps in the Heavenly Dipper Nine Steps and used the Dongxuan power to prepare to fight.
Based on their previous contact, Lin Xue's Zi Chen corpse had a certain level of intelligence, and its movements were astonishingly fast. The reason why Lin Xue was able to overcome all the difficulties in the Celestial Master Arena was closely related to this corpse.
As I judged in my heart, I silently inserted my Dao Qi into the sword. On Lin Xue's side, her hands continuously changed and the hand seals she formed became more and more complicated.
Finally, she put her hands together and pointed her index fingers at Zi Chen's corpse.
No matter if it was in the Corpse Sect or the arena of the Allheaven Competition, I had seen Lin Xue's battles many times. As soon as I saw her actions, I knew that she was going to command Zi Chen's corpse to attack me and engage me in close combat.
Although Purple Chen Corpse was fierce at the Corpse Sect, his strength was only at the late stage of the Heavenly Master realm. However, Lin Xue's progress in the Allheaven Competition meant that Purple Chen Corpse's cultivation had greatly increased.
So, I didn't dare to be careless. I took a deep breath and poured half of my Dao Qi into the Armor Removing Sword to prepare to fight.
However, what I didn't expect was that after Lin Xue gave the order, Purple Chen Corpse stood in front of her and didn't have any intention of charging forward.
At first, I thought I had misjudged Lin Xue's handprint. But soon, I saw confusion in Lin Xue's eyes.
She formed a seal with her hands again. It was the same technique as before. After a set of complicated hand seals, she put her index fingers together and pointed at Zi Chen's body again.