"The Sword Sect's Kill Order?" Long Tingyan's footsteps suddenly sank, and his expression became solemn. "Why are you asking about this?"
"Nothing much. It's just that not long ago, I left the sect for a day and was coincidentally discovered by Su Tiao. He came after me with the Sword Sect's kill order. So when I saw you today, I wanted to ask if you knew about this matter." Qin Shi played it down, but it caused Long Tingyan to widen his eyes in shock.
"Su Tiao used the Sword Sect's Kill Order to kill you?"
Long Tingyan's shock wasn't fake, and it caused the coldness on Qin Shi's face to lessen. He nodded. "Yes."
After pondering for a moment, Long Tingyan said, "The Sword Sect's Kill Order did leave the Enforcement Pavilion three days ago, but this matter has nothing to do with the Enforcement Department."
"Oh?
Nothing to do with it?
What do you mean? "
Qin Shi asked curiously, "If I remember correctly, the Sword Sect's Kill Order has always been kept by the Enforcement Pavilion, right?
Without your permission, even the Sect Master has no right to use it. "
"That's indeed the case, but there was an accident this time."
"What accident?"
"I don't know either. Three days ago, a black figure of light suddenly appeared in the Enforcement Pavilion. That figure of light was extremely ferocious, and it heavily injured many disciples of the Enforcement Pavilion. In his rage, my Master summoned the entire Enforcement Pavilion to hunt it down, but when they chased it out of the Sword Sect, the black figure vanished."
"My master investigated a circular area of 10,000 meters, but that black shadow seemed to have vanished into thin air. In the end, my master had no choice but to lead his disciples back to the Enforcement Tower, but when we returned to the Enforcement Tower, the Sword Sect's kill order had already disappeared."
"Something like that happened?"
Qin Shi was shocked. The Grand Elder of the Enforcement Pavilion was at the perfected Domain Realm, and he wasn't inferior to Fan Yan, Shen Tianyang, and Lu Shan at all. Only Zhang Hun was superior to him, and he had heard about this a long time ago.
However, even Zhang Hun wouldn't be able to escape undetected under the watchful eyes of such a powerful figure, right?
Qin Shi became serious, "Then why didn't you report this to the Sect Master?"
Long Tingyan narrowed his eyes and looked around him. When he saw that there was no one around him, he said carefully, "Since this matter concerns the reputation of the Enforcement Hall, my master alone gave the order to suppress it. He did not report it to the sect master either. Besides, not long after we returned to the Enforcement Hall, the Sword Sect's kill order mysteriously returned to the Enforcement Hall."
Hearing this, Qin Shi came to a sudden realization. It seemed that this matter indeed had nothing to do with the Law Enforcement Pavilion. However, he could not figure out the identity of that black figure.
However, he couldn't figure it out.
"There has to be something," he thought.
Long Tingyan saw his strange expression and said, "Brother Qin, my master is also doing his best to investigate this matter. If there is any news, I will inform you. However … I hope that you can keep this secret for our Disciplinary Pavilion."
Qin Shi nodded, "Of course. If it wasn't for Brother Long's core energy, I'm afraid I would have died in the Sect's Altar of Rules."
"That was Brother Qin's own ability. If it was someone else, including myself, not to mention one core energy, even a thousand core energy wouldn't be able to walk out of the Sect's Altar." Long Tingyan smiled helplessly.
"However, that core energy really caused me a lot of trouble."
Long Tingyan curled his lips, "In the future, if I'm in danger, Brother Qin, don't forget about me."
Qin Shi naturally understood what danger Long Tingyan was talking about. When Zhang Hun locked onto the Enforcement Pavilion, although he was still in the Sect's Altar of Rules, his mind power could still sense it. He nodded, "Brother Long, don't worry. I, Qin Shi, don't have any good points. But as long as you treat me well, I will definitely repay you a thousand times over. However, if you want to harm me, I won't let you go."
Long Tingyan was taken aback for a moment before he smiled, "Haha, then I should be glad that I made the right choice."
Qin Shi shrugged his shoulders, not bothering to waste any more words with Long Tingyan. After the two separated from the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, Qin Shi returned to his residence alone.
When he entered the room, the first thing he did was to set up a barrier. Three consecutive Mountain Gazing Road-Sealing Formations caused the entire room to be sealed.
Only then did he relax. Sitting cross-legged on the mat, he took out the spirit pills and medicines he had obtained from the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion and placed them down one by one.
When he saw the miserable state of his body, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, especially the sword wound on his chest. The pitch-black flames of the Devouring Flame Sword were still burning around it.
"It's really embarrassing."
He shook his head helplessly. His body had suffered a lot with him these past seven years.
"Little guy, I'll help you first. I'll help you devour the black flames. There's nothing else I can do. You'll have to rely on your own cultivation."
The Nefarious Devil's voice rang out. Qin Shi nodded his head, "That's enough!"
In truth, the thing he felt the most helpless about was the black flames. He felt that the black flames were extremely similar to the Nefarious Devil's devouring power. They weren't formed from ordinary spiritual energy. Instead, they were constantly devouring the spiritual energy in his body.
When the Nefarious Devil made its move, Qin Shi immediately felt a fiendish aura overflow from his left arm. Like a wild dragon, it spread towards his chest from all directions.
No matter how strong the devouring power of the black flames was, it still couldn't compare to the Nefarious Devil's killing intent.
Very quickly, the black flames became extremely restless as they were enveloped by the killing intent. Then, they slowly disappeared as they were devoured.
However, when the black flames dissipated, Qin Shi saw that the flesh on his chest had already been burnt to a crisp. Even he couldn't help sucking in a breath of cold air.
"Looks like I won't be able to relax for the next three days."
With a long sigh, Qin Shi stretched out his palm and crushed a stalk of Spiritual Grass with his spiritual energy. Then, he crushed the second stalk, the third stalk, and the fourth stalk. After all the Spiritual Grass had been turned into powder, a purple whirlwind swirled around Qin Shi's body, causing all the powder to fuse together.
When all the powder had fused, Qin Shi slowly closed his eyes. All his hair was loosened, and his chest rose and fell rhythmically. The powder was faintly discernible between his mouth and nose, making him look quite mysterious.
Immediately, his Primordial Spirit descended from his sea of consciousness and dantian.
Then, he formed a martial arts hand seal that he hadn't used for a long time.
"God Character Formula!"
Although his physical body had been severely injured during the battle with Su Tiao, fortunately, his sea of consciousness wasn't injured. Therefore, under the transformation of the God Character Formula, his spiritual energy began to gradually warm up.
A 20% transformation was still quite terrifying for a Nine Curses Talisman Magician like him.
Rumble!!!
All of a sudden, his body erupted with a wild and courageous force.
When everything was ready, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Sweet Pouring Raindrops Array!"
His Primordial Spirit put his palms together, and a wisp of emerald green vitality bloomed like the color of spring. A green array gathered in his chest.
When the array was formed, his dead flesh that had been burnt to charcoal suddenly regained its vitality. The outer layer of the extremely hard cuticle slowly melted under the gentle dew, and then the wound recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The wound was Qin Shi's most serious injury.
When the wound healed, Qin Shi heaved a sigh of relief. Following that, he only used half a day's time to restore his dislocated organs and used another half a day's time to open up his blocked meridians and blood vessels.
Boom!
On the sixth day, which was also the last day before he entered the sword pavilion, Qin Shi's black eyes flickered, and the profoundness in them was even stronger than before.
"Little guy, you've recovered?"
The demon smiled as he looked at Qin Shi. When he saw the flickering luster on Qin Shi's body, he couldn't help being shocked, "Hmm? It seems that not only have you recovered, but you've also improved?"
Qin Shi shrugged his shoulders. Although his spiritual force and soul force didn't improve over the past two days, he had created more than a dozen Sweet Pouring Raindrops Arrays in his body. Now, there were nearly a hundred arrays in his body.
In other words, he was one step closer to the Undying Indestructible Body, the avatar that Qin Shi had always yearned for.
Looking at the time, it was already evening. Qin Shi clenched his fists and did not continue to cultivate. After all, he would be entering the sword pavilion tomorrow, and he hoped that he could rest for a while.
As the night passed, the sun rose in the east.
When the sun rose once more and illuminated the Sword Sect, the entire Sword Sect fell into a state of excitement.
Because all the disciples knew that today was the day that the disciple in seclusion, Qin Shi, would enter the sword pavilion.
The Sword Sect's Sword Pavilion was situated at the back of the Sword Sect's mountain range. There was a tall platform here, and beneath the platform was a rapidly flowing river. When looked down from above, the river was like an extraordinary sharp sword, and its source and end couldn't be seen.
The platform was above the river, and unlike ordinary platforms that were supported by dragon pillars, it floated there like a heavenly court that had separated itself from the mortal world.
Early in the morning, nearly a million disciples gathered below the platform.
"Have you heard?
This time, the one guiding Qin Shi into the sword pavilion is actually Senior Feng Sha! "
"What?
Senior Feng Sha?
Didn't he retire for many years?
Why would he be guiding Qin Shi into the sword pavilion? "
"It's true. There's no doubt about it."
"That brat is really lucky."
"Indeed. I just don't know what kind of swordsmanship he can comprehend in the sword pavilion. It is said that there are many Creation level and even Reincarnation level swordsmanship in the sword pavilion."
"Forget about the Reincarnation level swordsmanship. The swordsmanship in the sword pavilion is extraordinary. Even Sect Leader Fang Qing could only comprehend a superior Manifestation martial art. However, even if he could comprehend a Manifestation martial art, it would be worth it."
"Indeed. After all, all the martial arts in the sword pavilion are unique. All of them are created according to one's Spiritual Power and physical body. A Manifestation martial art that has a 100% rapport with one's body might not even be comparable to an ordinary Reincarnation level martial art, right?"
Many disciples were in a heated discussion.
However, at this moment, everyone suddenly turned solemn. Their gazes were all attracted by the black-robed youth behind Fang Qing.