245: Chapter 245 One Year

"Sect Leader, Yin Wujiu is dead."

Inside a palace constructed entirely of iron, a man wearing a ghoul mask sat high upon his throne.

This person was the Sect Leader of the Shadow Kill Sect.

The Sect Leaders of the Shadow Kill Sect had always appeared in masks throughout history; no one knew their true identities.

"I know."

A voice that sounded neither male nor female emanated from his mouth.

"Come out, stop hiding." The Shadow Kill Sect Sect Leader looked forward and spoke.

"How truly heartless. A practitioner in the Nirvana Middle Stage, just abandoned like that." A raspy voice rang out.

Following this, a bald man whose face was half-covered in several sword scars appeared in the room.

"If he can kill, he can live." The Shadow Kill Sect Sect Leader said coldly.

He had already given him a chance. For someone who wanted to usurp the throne, he had been quite merciful; otherwise, the man would never have had the chance to live until now.

"Leave." "Yes." The person immediately left the palace.

"Not bad. Being able to use the power of the Nightmare before dying, he died in a worthy manner." The bald man sneered.

"Next, I hope you do not disappoint us." The bald man continued.

"Naturally." After a moment of silence, the Shadow Kill Sect Sect Leader replied.

"We will not forget what we promised." The middle-aged man's figure walked into the darkness and disappeared.

The entire palace fell into silence. At some unknown moment, the Shadow Kill Sect Sect Leader's figure also vanished from there.

...

Yuanxu Mountain. After several days of travel, Master Yun Hua and Master Uncle Shi Fan finally returned to the Sect.

Upon meeting Sect Master Yun Xiao, they immediately informed him of what they had experienced.

"Could it be that there is a problem with the node?" Master Uncle Shi Fan said in a deep voice.

In the great war ten thousand years ago, the practitioners of the Qingxuan Realm paid a tremendous price to finally drive the Nightmare out. They had no way to eradicate the Nightmare, so they could only drive them away and Seal their passageways.

These passageways were what they called nodes, suppressed by a group of top Sects.

Furthermore, once a top Sect weakened or perished, the node it guarded would be handed over to other top Sects to suppress.

For example, Yuanxu Mountain guarded a node. This node was located within Yuanxu Mountain.

But now, the opponent had directly used the power of the Nightmare, which made him suspect whether there was a problem with the node. Or perhaps it was Wanqi Mountain.

"The node will not have problems. Once a problem arises, the people from Xingxiao Pavilion will notify us." Sect Master Yun Xiao shook his head.

The Seals for all nodes were set by Xingxiao Pavilion. Sect Master Yun Xiao and the others trusted them quite a bit.

Once the Seals they set encountered issues, Xingxiao Pavilion would notify them immediately.

"As for Wanqi Mountain, there shouldn't be any problems either." Sect Master Yun Xiao said in a deep voice.

Wanqi Mountain was garrisoned by various Nirvana Ancestors. He had also been keeping in contact with Nirvana Ancestor Yuanhe, and Wanqi Mountain was currently stable.

Then, there was one more situation, which was also the situation they were least willing to see.

"Another node has appeared?" Master Uncle Shi Fan said with an exceptionally grave expression.

Another node appearing. For them, that was undoubtedly the arrival of a disaster.

"I will make a trip to Xingxiao Pavilion." Sect Master Yun Xiao said. He felt it was very necessary for him to go to Xingxiao Pavilion.

"As for the Shadow Kill Sect, let Elder Ouyang issue a notice."

The Shadow Kill Sect Vice Sect Leader used the power of the Nightmare to ambush and kill Master Yun Hua and the others. This point alone was enough to make the Shadow Kill Sect intolerable.

"I understand."

...

The Shadow Kill Sect was officially wanted by all the major top Sects.

Led by Yuanxu Mountain, other Sects responded one after another, denouncing the Shadow Kill Sect for colluding with the Demonic Path and attacking Disciples of the Righteous Path.

The Shadow Kill Sect was not to be outdone; they released bounty orders with even richer rewards. The people on these bounty orders were basically all Genius Disciples of the various top Sects.

This was the Shadow Kill Sect's counterattack. This counterattack quickly took effect, as many Disciples from other top Sects were ambushed by assassins from the Shadow Kill Sect.

Some fell, and some fought back and killed their attackers. The Qingxuan Realm was becoming increasingly chaotic.

"Senior Brother, do not go out recently; be careful of the people from the Shadow Kill Sect." Yu Yaoqin also said to Lin Ming.

She had recently heard of many Disciples from other Sects suffering attacks from the Shadow Kill Sect.

"I can't be bothered to go out." Lin Ming shook his head. Going out or not, he would not go out unless necessary. This was Lin Ming's principle.

...

One year passed.

During this year, the situation in the Qingxuan Realm became increasingly tense, even bordering on chaotic.

Friction between the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path became increasingly frequent. It seemed as if the next war was about to break out.

As for Lin Ming, during this year, his life returned to tranquility once again.

Although he had an extra Junior Sister, this Junior Sister was quite worry-free. After all, a cultivation-obsessed Junior Sister was either Cultivating or on the way to Cultivating. This certainly made things worry-free enough.

During this year, Su Lianxue had directly raised her cultivation to the Sea-Opening Realm Ninth Heaven; the next step would be the Spirit Platform Realm.

This cultivation speed could be said to be leagues ahead among the Disciples of her generation.

It was said that in Su Lianxue's generation, the Disciple with the best Aptitude besides Su Lianxue was currently only in the Spirit Guiding Realm. Yet Su Lianxue was already preparing to make a Breakthrough to the Spirit Platform Realm.

Sometimes, the gap between people is greater than the gap between humans and dogs.

Su Lianxue did not hide her strength either; she revealed her strength, which was already at the Sea-Opening Realm Ninth Heaven, in front of her Revered Master. This earned her a round of praise from her Revered Master.

Lin Ming noticed that his Revered Master's strength had also broken through a minor Realm, reaching the Nirvana Third Heaven. For a practitioner in the Nirvana Realm to increase their cultivation so quickly, his Revered Master was not simple either.

Lin Ming's cultivation had improved by two minor Realms, "breaking through" to the Lingtai Ninth Heaven, with one and a half years left until the deadline set by his Revered Master.

In these one and a half years, he could just find a random time to break through to the Spirit Treasury Realm. It was not a difficult task.

Inside the Immortal Cave, the flame star flowing moon sandalwood swayed its branches and leaves. The flame star flowing moon sandalwood was now a Level 6 Spiritual Plant. Lin Ming had obtained an ice-attribute spiritual item to help it become a Level 6 flame star flowing moon sandalwood.

For Lin Ming, this was another nice source of income. There was also the Heavenly Sun Determination Herb he took from Li Wushu. Under his careful cultivation, it had repaired its deficiencies and was growing vigorously.

It could be harvested at any time to be refined into a nine-turn void-breaking pill. With one and a half years left, Lin Ming was not in a rush and could wait slowly. After all, he still had quite a few things to do. The days of earning spirit stones could not be wasted.