133: Inheritance, Two Avatars

"Holy crap, this is bad!" Jiang Yan immediately formed a hand seal while holding his sword. "There's still a fish that escaped the net!"

Heartless held him back, a trace of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. "Don't be impulsive..."

He pressed his palms together and chanted a Buddhist name. That scale suddenly floated into the air, actually manifesting Li Yi's phantom.

"The Lake Heart Sea Demon has been temporarily suppressed by me. After obtaining the techniques, everyone please leave the Secret Realm immediately."

The phantom finished speaking, then turned into countless points of light and dissipated before everyone.

Heartless and Jiang Yan looked at each other. At this moment, they knew very well that Li Yi's words were meant for the Disciples and Elders of the other Sects.

Then, a trace of a meaningful smile appeared on both of their faces.

"Ahem..." Jiang Yan coughed lightly, his tone steady. "Everyone, you've seen it. My Revered Master and I have worked quite hard to ensure every Sect gets their Legacy. I hope everyone can provide some labor fees."

"Amitabha." Heartless pulled out a stack of "Voluntary Donation Forms," his tone praising. "Senior Li of the Qingyun Sect is truly righteous, but as Juniors, we must understand the importance of showing some filial respect. I hope all Benefactors understand."

Jiang Yan smilingly distributed a "Voluntary Donation Form" to every Cultivator. That look... it was as if he was telling everyone present to weigh their options carefully; after all, "they" were the lifesavers of everyone here.

Heartless pressed his palms together with a benevolent expression. "If you donate extra incense money, you can enjoy a lifetime warranty service for the Rebirth Mantra."

The Cultivators of various Sects watched the two of them play off each other, and their faces turned green.

But catching a glimpse of the wet Sea Clan blood on Jiang Yan's sword edge, and then looking at the stack of "examples" in Heartless's hand already covered in bloody handprints... everyone was speechless.

"We'll donate!"

A moment later, Jiang Yan weighed the bulging Storage Pouch and raised an eyebrow at Heartless. "Monk, you're getting more and more skilled at this business, aren't you?"

Heartless pressed his palms together with a solemn expression. "Amitabha, it was all learned from Benefactor Jiang."

"Rumble..."

Just as the two were dividing the loot, the Second-floor Island Secret Realm shook. Following that, the Spirit-Devouring Mist surrounding the twelve light pillars slowly dissipated.

"Look, the Legacy has opened!" a Qing Tian Sect Elder cried out in alarm.

"Quick, go receive the Legacy."

A crowd of Elders and Disciples from other Sects rushed toward the twelve light pillars one after another.

Jiang Yan and Heartless looked at each other. Jiang Yan sent a mental transmission: "Aside from the blue ones, feel free to check out the others."

Heartless pressed his palms together and sent a reminder: "Don't forget, be careful of the Sea Clan mummies on the light pillars."

"Understood!" Jiang Yan replied.

As the two arrived before the light pillars, Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes and carefully scrutinized the twelve pillars.

Beneath each light pillar, a cross-legged Sea Clan Mummy was indeed faintly visible. Their hands were in seals, as if maintaining some kind of ritual.

"Go to the red pillar first." Jiang Yan lowered his voice. "Artifact Refining techniques are the most practical. Snatching them is pure profit."

Heartless suddenly pulled him. "Wait! Look at that cyan pillar..."

Near the Alchemy Dao pillar, several Cultivators had just approached when they suddenly froze, their Divine Souls almost wandering onto the cyan pillar.

"They fell for it just like that?" Jiang Yan was very puzzled.

"No, it should be the method of observing the Legacy," Heartless speculated.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and comprehend it," Jiang Yan said excitedly.

But before he could take a step, he was pulled back by Heartless. "Wait and see."

A flash of alertness crossed Heartless's eyes. He carefully watched the Cultivators whose souls were wandering and found that although they seemed dazed, the spiritual energy around them was flowing rhythmically.

"What's the situation?" Jiang Yan asked quietly.

Heartless lowered his voice and pointed at the hand seal of one of the Cultivators. "Look at his hand seal technique; he is clearly comprehending some kind of Alchemy Dao secret technique, but this state is very wrong."

Just as he finished speaking, that Cultivator suddenly opened his eyes. A ball of cyan Alchemical Fire rose from his palm, and a look of wild joy appeared on his face. "I've realized it! It's the ancient 'Azure Nether Alchemy Technique'!"

Jiang Yan hurriedly turned to look at Heartless, feeling that there shouldn't be any problem.

But Heartless's expression remained as calm as a lake, showing no signs of any abnormal emotion.

"Wait a bit longer!"

Jiang Yan was somewhat helpless, but for the sake of caution, he still didn't dare to approach those light pillars.

"Haha, I've obtained the ancient 'Blazing Fire Alchemy Technique'!" a Xuantian Sect Elder said with wild joy and pride.

The Disciple standing opposite the Xuantian Sect Elder opened his eyes, hands blazing with fire, the joy on his face irrepressible. "I've also realized it! I've obtained the ancient 'Li Fire Alchemy Technique'!"

Following that, one person after another showed expressions of wild joy, all shouting that they had obtained ancient technique Legacies.

"Something's wrong!"

Heartless suddenly crushed a Buddhist bead, and fine gold powder drifted with the wind toward the ecstatic Cultivator.

"Puff! Puff! Puff..."

The moment the gold powder touched the Alchemical Fire around him, it actually ignited into eerie blue flames! The wild joy on those Cultivators' faces instantly twisted into pain, and blue slime seeped from their seven orifices.

"Ah!! Help... help me..."

Scale patterns began to emerge beneath his skin, and his voice became hoarse and broken, as if another consciousness was fighting for control of his body!

Jiang Yan gasped. "The Legacy is laced with Possession Seeds!"

He immediately pulled out the Jade Slip Li Yi had given him, and the newly emerged handwriting on it was shocking:

[Legacy is real, Mind-Cultivation Technique is a trap]

[Keep Purple and Yellow, leave the rest]

Li Yi, who had just entered with Murong Xue and the others, sent a helpless transmission: "Don't dawdle, hurry up and clear the Possession Seeds inside those people!"

"Holy crap, only Yellow and Purple are real!" Jiang Yan's eyes flashed with sharp light. "But the Sea Clan added some 'extra ingredients' inside!"

"Amitabha." Heartless pressed his palms together. "Then we should save the people first."

The two looked at each other and simultaneously revealed cunning smiles.

"Save people? Of course we'll save them!" Jiang Yan suddenly pulled a stack of gold-glimmering Talismans from his Storage Pouch, with the words [Purification Fee] written on them in a flamboyant style.

Heartless tacitly brought out a Merit Box, with [Voluntary Donation, Double the Blessings] carved on the lid.

"Fellow Daoists!" Jiang Yan lunged forward, his Spirit Treasure longsword sweeping out, knocking several contaminated Cultivators back a few steps. "Professional exorcism, fair prices for all!"

Heartless took the opportunity to hang a small tag around each person's neck: [VIP Transcendence Package Trial User]

Seeing these two troublemakers through the Jade Slip, still not forgetting to rake in money at this time, Li Yi pressed his hand to his forehead.

He truly wondered if this continued, whether the Abbot of Dragon-Elephant Temple would come looking for him.

After all, he had heard some things about the young monk Heartless's reputation, and he didn't know when his own Disciple had corrupted the little monk.

He hoped another Demonic Monk wouldn't emerge!

Before the Cultivators with the tags could react, they heard Jiang Yan shout: "Basic package: Five hundred Spirit Stones to remove the Possession Seed! Deluxe package: An additional anti-Possession warding Talisman—one thousand Spirit Stones!"

To top it off, Heartless added: "Sign up now and get the second person at half price!"

At the same time, the angry roar of the Sea Clan High Priest came from the bottom of the lake, the sound of chains snapping was deafening.

"Boom!"

A hundred-meter giant wave suddenly exploded on the lake surface, and a huge half-human, half-fish figure broke through the water!

The Sea Clan High Priest was covered in broken chains, and twelve "sea god tokens" rotated around it, each token reflecting a scene from within a light pillar.

"Monk, save the people, quick!" Jiang Yan said, his hand movements instantly accelerating as one Talisman after another was slapped onto everyone.

While the two were busy saving people, the last two contaminated Cultivators all turned into Clones of the Sea Clan High Priest!

"Humans... all must die!"

"It seems it can't come in!" Heartless noticed.

Jiang Yan's eyes flashed, immediately grasping the key point.

He quickly exchanged a look with Heartless, and the two tacitly flanked the two transformed Clones from the left and right.

"Since the main body can't come in... let's take one each, hehehe..."

Jiang Yan's sword edge turned, and the Spirit Treasure longsword was instantly covered in lightning.

"Then let's transcend these two Clones first!"

After Heartless spoke, he pressed his palms together, chanting Sanskrit sounds. Eighteen Buddhist beads formed a "Demon-Suppressing Circle" in the air, completely blocking the two Clones' retreat!

The two Clones let out hoarse roars, the scales beneath their skin writhing frantically as they tried to break free from the constraints.

But Jiang Yan's sword had arrived. Amidst the surging lightning, he instantly struck down at one Clone.

"Puff!"

The Spirit Treasure longsword wrapped in lightning was like a hot knife through butter. With one slash, the Clone's left arm was severed, but what sprayed from the wound was not blood, but thick blue slurry!

"Monk, they're definitely not human anymore!" Jiang Yan sneered, his sword momentum becoming even more fierce.

"Amitabha." Heartless took the opportunity to throw the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl, covering them from above. "Does Benefactor Jiang perhaps have feelings for This humble monk?"

The alms bowl turned upside down, firmly suppressing the other Clone!