Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

"Each of these three sword threads is equivalent to a strike from a Golden Immortal. I'll keep them for him to save his life in the future."

"As for this flying sword, I will keep it safe for now. Firstly, with his cultivation level, he will not only be unable to unleash the power of the flying sword, but will also be hindered by it. Secondly, although this was not his original intention, it is an indisputable fact that Zhu Mei was killed because of him. In order to prevent today's events from happening again, I will keep this sword safe for him as a lesson for him."

"You should explain the matter here to Mr. and Mrs. Miaoyi. I need to go and send Zhu Mei to his next life first. If we continue to delay, I'm afraid his soul will be clouded and it will be difficult for him to return."

Having said that, in a flash of inspiration, Li Jingxu had already disappeared; leaving only a grief-stricken Jiang Shu and the frowning Miao Yi couple behind.

"Brother Qi, I never expected our reunion to be like this..."

Chapter 664 Yan Shisan's Blessing in Disguise

"Uh……"

When Yan Shisan woke up again, it was three days later.

A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes. Yan Shisan couldn't help but rub his aching head. He felt as if his mind had been swept by a storm, or as if his brain was a jumble of muddled paste. He was drowsy and disoriented, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

The moment he opened his eyes, a figure appeared beside him. The person reached out and brushed his chest, and then a stream of cold liquid was poured into his mouth.

Stimulated by the icy current, Yan Shisan instinctively shuddered, and the icy current surged upwards, rushing into his mind, and his previous drowsiness immediately began to subside.

When Yan Shisan recovered, he saw that the person standing in front of the bed was a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a white robe and with three strands of sideburns.

"Junior Brother Yan, you're awake. How are you feeling?" the Taoist priest asked.

Yan Shisan smiled and weakly called out, "Senior Brother."

This person was none other than Luo Jiuzhen, Jiang Shu's eldest disciple and the senior brother of their lineage.

Luo Jiuzhen smiled slightly, and a flying sword flew out from her sleeve, obviously to inform the Demon Subduing Master Jiang Shu. Then she said, "It seems you are alright, that's good. I have already informed my master, and you will know everything when he arrives."

A moment later, a flash of sword light appeared on the spot, and Jiang Shu had already appeared beside him. Luo Jiuzhen bowed and then turned and left the cave.

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"You're quite lucky, kid. I didn't expect you to benefit from this misfortune." Jiang Shu sized up Yan Shisan for a moment before saying this.

Yan Shisan gave a bitter smile and said, "Master, why do you say that? I am extremely weak right now, and I can't even feel my Yuan Dan anymore."

Jiang Shu said, "Your core is shattered."

As he spoke, he stared at Yan Shisan's expression, and seeing that he was extremely calm and composed, without any complaints or discouragement, he nodded and said:

"You remain calm in the face of danger, unmoved by external circumstances. Your Dao heart has indeed developed a certain foundation. Not bad, not bad!"

“I wasn’t just making a casual remark; you really hit the jackpot, kid.”

“You forcibly activated that Golden Immortal-level flying sword earlier. Although you were controlled by the sword, that flying sword is an extremely precious treasure. In addition, you are already the sword master, so it has no intention of harming you.”

"Your meridians and acupoints, refined and expanded by the sword energy of that flying sword, are now like great rivers, if they were streams before the formation of the Yuan Dan."

"Moreover, because your Yuan Dan was destroyed, your two true energies have been forcibly merged into one under the pressure of the sword energy. The newly generated true energy not only possesses the dual attributes of Qingcheng and Hunyuan, but has also been refined by the sword energy to become more condensed."

"Although your Yuan Dan was destroyed by the sword energy, your realm is still intact, and your true qi foundation is already established. As long as you start cultivating, forming Yuan Dan again will be a natural process, and your strength will be vastly different from before."

"Moreover, there is another benefit. Previously, you were controlled by the sword, and the sword intent invaded your sea of ​​consciousness, which forcibly expanded your sea of ​​consciousness."

"If it were anyone else, they would surely be severely injured in spirit and soul. Even if they didn't die, they would be tainted by the sword intent, and their spirit and will would be extinguished. But you, kid, are protected by the ancestor, who personally intervened to set things right for you. He not only restored your spirit and soul but also preserved the sea of ​​consciousness expanded by the sword shadow."

"Moreover, in your previous trials, did you obtain a Samadhi Heart Flame? This flame can suppress all inner demons."

"Young man, you are blessed! The path to becoming a celestial being is already beneath your feet. As long as you accumulate enough and your heart remains untainted, the road to becoming a celestial being is already smooth."

"Even the Three Heroes and Two Clouds of Emei are slightly inferior to you."

Upon hearing what Jiang Shu said, Yan Shisan cupped his hands and said, "It is all thanks to the care and protection of the Ancestral Master and Master that I have this opportunity. I must thank Master for planning for me."

Jiang Shu sighed:

"I was worried about how you would walk the path of the Celestial Immortal before, but I never expected that you would no longer need me to worry about you."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Now that you're awake, I'll be going into seclusion. Because of your Uncle Zhu Mei's passing, the Ancestral Master punished me by making me go into seclusion to rebuild my Dao heart, and I must obey the order."

Yan Shisan said with concern and ambiguity, "Regarding the matter of Martial Aunt Zhu Mei, what about the Emei Sect..."

Jiang Shu smiled, blinked, and said with utmost seriousness:

"The cause and effect of Junior Brother Zhu Mei's matter are all clear and verifiable."

"This matter was partly due to my intention to plan for you, and partly due to Junior Brother Zhu Mei's desire to use this opportunity to test you as a junior; it's just that things developed too quickly and exceeded our expectations."

"After all, who would have thought that the inheritance contained a Golden Immortal treasure?"

"Neither your master nor your Uncle Zhu Mei anticipated this. Even if Master Qi and his wife returned to Emei and used their treasures to deduce the secrets, the outcome would still be the same. We can only say that Junior Brother Zhu Mei was destined to face this calamity."

Yan Shisan breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that he had worried for nothing. Clearly, Jiang Shu and Li Jingxu had already considered all aspects beforehand.

He said firmly, "It was my recklessness that caused my master to suffer this calamity. I will definitely guide my master back to Qingcheng Sect to make amends for my mistakes."

Jiang Shu said:

"You should take responsibility for what happened to Junior Brother Zhu Mei. That is inevitable. Otherwise, with the entanglement of cause and effect, the calamities will only be endless."

"Now that you're awake, there are a few things I need you to do."

"First, you need to recover your cultivation as soon as possible so that you can contribute in the following matters. This bottle of elixirs was given to me by our ancestor. I don't need it, so I'll give it to you to help you recover your cultivation."

"Secondly, your Uncle Zhu Mei has passed away, but his disciples are restless and may be tempted by their inner demons. If they make mistakes, it will inevitably affect the reputation of Qingcheng."

"Now that you are the successor appointed by the founder, once you recover from your injuries, you must properly discipline your disciples and rectify the sect's conduct."

"Third, don't forget to go to the South China Sea later to settle the karmic debt."

Yan Shisan nodded. The most important point was that after he recovered from his injuries, he would take over the Qingcheng Sect and eliminate any unstable factors.

After all, Zhu Mei had previously been very close to the Emei Sect. Although she and his own lineage were not irreconcilable, they were not on good terms either. Now that Zhu Mei had died at his hands, some of those people might have already begun to harbor disloyal intentions.

"Yes, disciple understands. Disciple will recover his cultivation as soon as possible to share the burden of the Ancestral Master and Master," Yan Shisan said.

Jiang Shu smiled and nodded. It was so easy to talk to a smart person. He couldn't help but sigh that he hadn't made a mistake in taking this disciple as his student.

Then he remembered something else and said, "About that flying sword, it has now been taken by your ancestor, so don't think too much about it."

How could Yan Shisan not know what was good and bad? Putting aside whether he could keep his flying sword once it was exposed, he could understand from the keyboard information he had seen in his previous life that such a treasure was just the sword intent that was unintentionally released, which would be a fatal pressure on him, like a three-year-old child trying to withstand Mount Tai.

"I understand the deep affection and care the Ancestral Master has shown me. It is a pity that I cannot personally thank the Ancestral Master," Yan Shisan said.

As they spoke, the master and apprentice exchanged a smile, everything understood without a word.

Chapter 665 Yan Shisan Rebuilds His Skills, Carving Arrays on Xuanzhu Bamboo

After Jiang Shu and Luo Jiuzhen left the cave, Yan Shisan finally took a second look at his internal condition.

With a thought, his immense divine sense swept across Jade Spring Peak, reaching all the way to the heavens.

Those who peered out from the outskirts of Jade Spring Peak, and those who flew by on swords in the heavens above, all felt a vast divine sense sweep over them, and were seen clearly in an instant, as if they had no secrets left.

Under the pressure of that divine sense, these cultivators who did not even have a Nascent Soul felt as if they were facing an ancient and ferocious beast, powerless to resist. Their internal energy was like a dying man, circulating as slowly as a tortoise.

The elders hidden in the shadows were even more shocked. This pressure on their souls clearly indicated that the opponent's soul cultivation had already surpassed the Earth Immortal realm, and was at least at the Heaven Immortal realm.

Among the Qingcheng Sect elders who understood this, some were happy, some were dejected, some were disappointed, and some were resentful, but it was all in vain. Another powerful Celestial Immortal from the Qingcheng Sect had already risen to prominence.

Many people were swept by divine sense and immediately turned around and flew away on their swords. Regardless of their thoughts, they had to reconsider their plans.

As Jiang Shu and Luo Jiuzhen, who were riding away on sword light, felt the divine sense sweep over them, their protective magic treasures immediately rose up to isolate them from the outside world.

“It seems that Junior Brother still doesn’t understand the difference between himself now and before,” Luo Jiuzhen said.

Jiang Shu didn't take it to heart, smiled, and transmitted his voice:

"Thirteen's leap is too big, so he may not understand his current cultivation level. Once he has achieved the Yuan Dan stage, you can give him more guidance in the future. Moreover, this is for the best, so as to prevent those with ulterior motives from causing trouble."

"When your junior brother forms his Yuan Dan, his cultivation level and combat strength will not be much weaker than those of the Nascent Soul stage. At that time, you can assist him from the side, eliminate those who have ulterior motives, and reorganize the sect."

"I never imagined that the opportunity for my master and the patriarch to cleanse the Qingcheng sect would actually lie with your junior brother. It is truly unpredictable what cause and effect are."

Luo Jiuzhen nodded upon hearing Jiang Shu's words, knowing that this was also an opportunity for him. He had been in the Earth Immortal Realm for a long time, but he still had no clue about the path to becoming a Celestial Immortal. If he could protect a future Celestial Immortal, he might have an opportunity due to the pull of cause and effect.

However, these things need not be explicitly stated. The Dao of Immortality is precious; those who can understand it will understand, and those who cannot understand it are not destined to follow the Dao.

He nodded and agreed, saying, "This is both because of Master's care and Junior Brother's own hard work. Otherwise, the inheritance is right there, so why is it that only Junior Brother was able to obtain the opportunity?"

The master and disciple smiled, their smiles resembling those of two old foxes. Halfway there, they each flew away on their swords, returning to their own cave dwellings.

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Inside the cave, Yan Shisan's divine sense stirred, and he realized that something was wrong with him. He was stunned for a long time. When he came to his senses, he shook his head and laughed, marveling at the wonders of creation.

As for those clowns outside the door, they didn't take them seriously at all. They hadn't cared about them before, and they wouldn't care about them now either.

Now that Zhu Mei has been reincarnated, the power of Qingcheng has returned to Jiang Shu's hands. Without anyone in charge, there is no resistance to purging Zhu Mei's lineage. Moreover, he doesn't believe that Jiang Shu didn't leave some hidden hand to help him behind the scenes.

Having figured this out, Yan Shisan immediately released his flying sword and ordered his trusted confidants to start stirring things up from the outside.

Once everything was arranged and he was familiar with the abnormality of his own soul, Yan Shisan then re-examined the condition of his body.

Only after this "look" did I understand why even a celestial being like Jiang Shu was filled with emotion.

The true energy within his body was condensed like jade paste, radiating a shimmering spiritual light. It seemed that as long as he had a thought, he could immediately form a Yuan Dan and step into the peak of the Yuan Dan realm.

With a thought, the attributes of the jade-colored true energy automatically changed, transforming into the true energy of the Qingcheng Sect. With another thought, it transformed into the primordial true energy, possessing the attributes of the eight qi of the universe.

The true qi flows freely between the Qingcheng Heart Method and the Zhou Tian Hun Yuan True Scripture, possessing both.

This true energy, which was already comparable to that of the Nascent Soul Realm, was like a trickle flowing through a great river, not even filling one-tenth of his meridians. This shows how much the flying sword treasure had helped him.

Upon further examination of his body, he saw that his bones were radiating wisps of sword light. His mortal body had been transformed into sword bones after being refined by the supreme treasure. He was a natural sword-wielding body, which not only made him more adept at wielding a sword, but also allowed him to progress rapidly in his sword cultivation.

His past insights into the art of sword control resurfaced, and he gained a deeper understanding of many of his questions and doubts. He was ready to put them into practice, and his sword control skills would surely improve by leaps and bounds, making him no less than a peerless genius like Li Yingqiong.

After just a moment's thought, Yan Shisan found that his thoughts were also working faster and his ideas were more complete than usual.

By this time, his strength had been restored, and it was clear that the drink Luo Jiuzhen had given him was no ordinary product.

Without hesitation, he took out the elixir given to him by Jiang Shu, poured one into his palm, and swallowed it. A tremendous spiritual power immediately arose, surging forth like a tidal wave through his vast meridians.

Yan Shisan did not delay any longer and immediately began to practice the exercises according to the mental method of the "Zhou Tian Hun Yuan Zhen Jing" to harmonize his true energy.

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Just as Yan Shisan was making progress, in the endless darkness beneath the Southern Barbarian Heavenly Abyss, Xuan Zhu carefully hid in a corner of the grime, watching hundreds of thousands of Yin soldiers rush past before her.

Wherever they went, the rocks froze, the air was chilling and eerie, sending shivers down one's spine as if one had truly entered the underworld.

Once the Yin soldiers had gone far away, Xuanzhu emerged from the corner. With a flap of her wings, she floated into the air and landed on the cliff face. She gently stirred the bowl with her fingertips, and a speck of pale gold stained her fingertips. As she moved her fingers, she left behind pale gold patterns.

Meanwhile, the pale golden patterns on the extremely gloomy stone wall emitted a constant 'sizzling' sound, as wisps of yin energy and pale golden Buddhist light continuously fought against and dissipated each other, trying to clear away the foreign energy.

Seeing this, Xuanzhu dared not delay any longer, otherwise all her previous efforts would have been in vain.

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After a long time, when the last stroke was carved, the lines connected end to end, and within a radius of hundreds of miles, a faint golden light quietly lit up, and the Eighteen Arhats Formation was completed.

With the Buddha's light relic as the foundation of the array, the moment the array was completed, the endless Yin energy that had been lingering was drawn by the array and gathered into a sea that surged toward the array.

After being transformed by the great formation, the yin energy turned into Buddhist light, and the phantom images of Arhats appeared below the abyss. As the phantom images of the eighteen Arhats took their places, the power of the great formation became even greater, and the pulling force became stronger. The chanting of sutras, under the blessing of the great formation, resounded for hundreds of miles around.

Upon hearing the chanting, both the agitated and berserk Yin soldiers and the ghost cultivators who had gained their own intelligence flew towards the great formation, and for a moment the already dark Tianyuan was covered with even darker clouds.

Sensing the convergence of a large amount of yin energy, the power of the great formation was further stimulated. Under the guidance of the young monk Xuanzhu, chanting and converting sounds poured into the minds of the yin soldiers and ghost cultivators, forcibly transforming them into Dharma-protecting monks and Buddhist light protectors.

In an instant, the illusory figures of the eighteen Arhats became more and more solid, and the speed at which they transformed into Yin soldiers and ghost cultivators also increased accordingly. In a moment, the Buddha light of the great array spread within a thousand miles, shining like a golden pearl under the incomparably dark Tianyuan.

Chapter 666 Tianyuan Confrontation

Nanman Tianyuan.

Fifteen days ago, the woman from Tian'e Peak issued an order prohibiting anyone from entering Tianyuan to collect spiritual materials during this period, or they would bear the consequences.

As a result, the natural disasters from Earth did not back down. Instead, their reckless spirits were unleashed, and they ignored the ban, swarming into the Abyss in search of opportunities.

After searching for many days without any results, the group was about to give up. After all, so many people had gone down to the Heavenly Abyss, who knew if they were just overthinking things, or if some lucky bastard had already secretly hidden the good stuff away.

Unexpectedly, a golden pearl suddenly rose from the abyss, so dazzling in the darkness and gloom of the abyss that even Yuan Yuan, thousands of miles away, could see it. In an instant, countless sword lights and figures wielding Gu descended from the abyss.

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Beneath the abyss, as a force of over 100,000 Yin soldiers was forcibly transformed into monk soldiers by the great formation, the formation had expanded to a radius of nine thousand miles.

Around the main formation of Xuanzhu, countless solemn and dignified Yin spirits held weapons. As the formation chanted scriptures, the chants echoed in the Tianyuan, finally attracting a ghost cultivator in the Wuxiang realm. Accompanying him were countless ghost cultivators in the Yuanying and Zhaoshen realms, as well as hundreds of thousands of Yin soldiers.