62: Chapter 21 In Peril, Fairy Sister!?

Jihe Town.

Chen Xuan retracted his escape light and landed slowly when he was still a li away.

Three heavenly secret jade slips floated before his eyes:

[Minor Peril: Demonic Cultivators are running amok in Jihe Town, making it exceptionally dangerous. Caution is required. Slaying them will yield Liuyang Sword Sect contribution points.]

Under the observation of the Heaven-Stealing Foundation, Yin Qi permeated the air, and the faint hum of a sword could be heard.

Bizarre!

Chen Xuan looked at the intelligence again. Those of the Demonic Path had unstable Foundations; even if they were at Late-stage Qi Refining, they were nothing to fear.

Thus, Chen Xuan moved as swiftly as a shooting star but sneaked in quietly.

Through the dilapidated courtyard walls and broken duckweed, the deep waters of the Long Sea could be seen below.

As he walked, he could even see severed limbs and fragments of people's bodies. It was truly terrifying.

The Demonic Path truly deserves to perish.

Killing intent surged in Chen Xuan's heart.

He headed toward the center of the town, where the Yin Qi was even denser.

The further he went, the angrier he became.

What kind of tragic scene was this?

Men, women, young, and old—all had met with tragic deaths.

It was simply utterly devoid of humanity.

Walking here was like walking through purgatory.

The [Liangyi Rule] seemed to sense Chen Xuan's Qi signature. Guided by it, it buzzed on its own, as if eager for battle.

Finally, Chen Xuan reached the central ancestral hall.

Corpses were hung one after another in the large courtyard, looking incredibly bizarre.

Meanwhile, the hum of a sword echoed incessantly; it seemed a battle was still raging somewhere.

Operating the Heaven-Stealing Foundation, under his Dharma Eye, everything was gloomy and deathly silent, like a ghostly realm on earth.

Truly terrifying, an entire village of Cultivators had been slaughtered.

Chen Xuan had now completely cast aside any contempt.

However, with his Innate Sword Bone, his combat strength when executing the Dao of the sword far surpassed ordinary people, giving Chen Xuan some measure of confidence.

As he slowly entered the ancestral hall, Chen Xuan stopped in his tracks.

A Formation!

Under the gaze of the Heaven-Stealing Foundation, a grand Formation covered in Formation runes appeared before his eyes.

Those blood-colored Dao runes were like threads of the source of darkness, interwoven in the Void Realm.

Having studied Formations for most of his life, Chen Xuan knew how to distinguish the Gate of Life, the Gate of Death, the Gate of Fear, the Gate of Scenery...

If he walked straight in, he would likely step directly into the Gate of Death.

Chen Xuan did not act rashly.

Entering the Formation blindly would be disregarding his own life.

Yet, right at this moment, a feminine, eerie voice rang out:

"Fellow Daoist, you have been watching from the outside for so long, why not come in for a chat?"

The voice's gender was indistinguishable; it felt like a specter from Hell, harsh and freezing cold.

Chen Xuan became increasingly cautious. He released his Divine Sense, and the Liangyi Rule unsheathed itself, guarding against any potential sneak attacks.

"Roar!"

Sure enough.

In the next instant, the corpses hanging in the courtyard all turned their heads in unison. Then, they flipped upside down, their eyes rolling back to show only the whites, staring intently at Chen Xuan.

Whoosh!

Cold winds rose from all directions.

The scorching daylight was instantly obscured by dark clouds.

An evil cultist was casting a spell.

Chen Xuan hesitated no longer and immediately slashed with the Liangyi Rule. Rays of sword light shot out in all directions, instantly destroying the corpses one by one.

Why was it so simple?

Just as this thought arose, Chen Xuan's vision darkened!

The destroyed corpses released ghostly Yin energy, instantly expanding the Formation once more!

He had fallen into a trap!

He was trapped in the Formation!

"Roar!"

No sooner had he entered the Formation than a green-faced, fanged evil ghost descended from the sky, lunging at Chen Xuan to kill him.

Chen Xuan sidestepped and slashed out with his long sword.

The evil ghost was sliced in two, but it quickly healed.

However, the evil ghost violently passed right through Chen Xuan. The Canglan spiritual power surged within him, withstanding the first strike.

Fuck!

This demonic Cultivator is truly full of tricks.

Knowing he had been tricked, Chen Xuan first activated several High Grade Talismans to defend against external attacks.

At the same time, he cautiously sized up everything within the Formation.

Within the dark domain, gusts of Yin wind blew, resembling a ghostly realm.

It was difficult for his spiritual sense to expand outward.

There was also a green-faced evil ghost staring at him hungrily.

Against ghosts and monsters, fire-attribute spells naturally possessed the greatest power, while lightning-attribute spells dealt the most lethal damage.

Chen Xuan quietly channeled his Palm Lightning, coating the Liangyi Rule with lightning. The next strike would be a fatal blow.

"Fellow Daoist, why be so angry?" The voice appeared again with a soft chuckle.

It sounded sometimes distant and sometimes near, elusive like lovers playing hard to get.

Chen Xuan kept his composure and did not rush to attack.

Yet at this moment, "Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A series of metallic clashing sounds rang out.

There is someone else?

Chen Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly. His super wisdom told him that now was the time to use super swordplay!

Almost instantly, he slashed his long sword, and Sword Qi carrying lightning struck fiercely at the green-faced evil ghost before him.

In the face of the light, the green-faced evil ghost could not escape and was instantly annihilated.

And here I thought it was someone formidable, but it turns out to be just a nobody.

Seizing the moment the sword light illuminated the surroundings, Chen Xuan moved.

The eerie ghost realm ahead was the true center of the Formation.

To break the Formation, he first had to find the Formation eyes.

Breaking the Formation eyes would make it easier to identify the Gate of Life, or even break the Formation directly.

As the sword light pierced through the dense mist, Chen Xuan operated the Heaven-Stealing Foundation at full power, and a figure in white came into view.

At this moment, she was being besieged by several Ironclad Zombies!

And there were also evil ghosts launching sneak attacks from time to time.

Her face was pale and greenish, clearly indicating she was injured and possibly even poisoned.

"Huh! A dragon-seeking token!" Seeing Chen Xuan and the token, the woman immediately concluded:

"Reinforcements?"

But in the next moment, after Chen Xuan slashed through several Ironclad Zombies and reached her, the woman frowned and said, "Qi Refining Mid-Stage?"

"It's over! This little kid hasn't even grown his hair yet!"

With reinforcements at this cultivation level, isn't he just delivering himself to his death?

The hope that had just risen was instantly shattered.

The woman's brow furrowed, and she was about to send Chen Xuan away when she heard him exclaim in shock, "Fairy Sister?"

Fairy Sister?

Liu Lili heard someone call her that for the first time.

And it was a mere brat.

Right now, Chen Xuan was only eleven years old, with delicate and youthful features.

Meanwhile, she was already fourteen, showing early signs of elegance.

Normally, she would have teased him a bit, but being heavily injured now, she only said coldly, "I will use a secret technique to send you out of this ghost realm. Go to the Puyang Shop in the Water Marsh Kingdom and have the shopkeeper contact the people of the Liuyang Sword Sect to send help."

"If I am already dead, then kill him to avenge me."

While slaying the approaching Ironclad Zombies, Chen Xuan shook his head. "Since I accepted this mission, I naturally came to slay demons and eliminate evil."

The divination had foretold this long ago. For a mere Minor Peril, Chen Xuan would not leave.

"Are you crazy? A mere Qi Refining Mid-Stage, yet you're trying to play the hero and slay demons? Go back and grow up first!" Liu Lili's gaze turned cold, and she prepared to force her spiritual power to send Chen Xuan out.

Yet right at this moment, three evil ghosts flew over, heading straight for the space between her brows.

Not good!

At such a critical juncture, if she were sneak-attacked by the evil ghosts, her spiritual power would be disrupted at best, and her Dao Foundation would be damaged at worst!

This demonic Cultivator is truly detestable.

The demonic Cultivator wielding the Ten Thousand Soul Banner was clearly highly experienced in combat, and he had grasped this timing with absolute precision.

Liu Lili's flawless defense was broken because of Chen Xuan's arrival!

He finally had the chance to severely wound her again after the first sneak attack!

The demonic Cultivator let out a sinister laugh.

"Jie jie jie!"

At this critical moment, lightning flashed in Chen Xuan's palm, instantly spreading out several Zhang!

Boom!

With a loud crash, the three evil ghosts immediately vanished into thin air.

Ah!?

At this moment, not only was Liu Lili stunned.

Even the besieging Ironclad Zombies froze in unison, because the demonic Cultivator controlling them was also dumbfounded.

These evil ghosts were refined through blood sacrifices, their entire bodies akin to the Qi of the Nine Netherworlds. Ordinary physical attacks could not harm them in the slightest.

Yet, of all things, this fellow actually executed a lightning technique that was a once-in-a-century occurrence around the Long Sea.

Liu Lili immediately changed her mind. As the toxin within her body was still spreading, she only said, "Give me forty-five minutes, and I will guide you out of the Formation."

With that, she pulled out a boundary-breaking compass, specifically used for breaking Formations.

Chen Xuan shook his head. "No need. Breaking this Formation is as easy as turning over my hand."

As he spoke, water vapor permeated around Chen Xuan, and his Canglan spiritual power surged, his aura almost rivaling that of the Late-stage Qi Refining.

And amidst the rising water vapor, a thick bolt of lightning instantly illuminated the entire world.

"Boom!"