625: Xu You

Xuan Ni remained motionless, only moving when the ripples were about to spread to Dou Yuan Hall.

With a light tremor of his body and a swing of the halberd in his hand, the ripples that were about to spread vanished without a trace.

Then, his figure reappeared within Dou Yuan Hall.

By the time he stood before the elders, the injuries on Xuan Ni's arm had already disappeared.

Whether it was an illusion or he had recovered fast enough, none of the elders could see through it.

The elders saw that their Hall Master had clearly succeeded in his breakthrough, yet he didn't seem to be in a good mood.

Although they were puzzled, no one dared to ask.

Compared to that, however, they were more curious about the sect's next move.

While unifying the Sacred Ring Domain was certainly impossible, their territory should at least expand a bit.

Contrary to what his subordinates thought, Xuan Ni currently had no such intentions.

He wanted to enter seclusion again. If Slaying one Corpse wasn't enough to beat Xie Feng, then surely Slaying two Corpses would be?

If Slaying two Corpses still wasn't enough, then he would slay all three corpse.

Stepping into the late stage or even the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm, becoming part of the top tier below the Saint Extreme Realm.

“Hall Master, where are you going?”

Seeing Xuan Ni walking back toward his place of seclusion, the Great Elder asked.

“Seclusion!”

Xuan Ni replied without looking back, then stepped into his seclusion grounds to continue his cultivation.

The elders: ...He just finished his breakthrough and came out; why did he run back into seclusion again?

All the elders present looked at each other in dismay. The Hall Master hadn't left any instructions before leaving; what were they supposed to do next?

As for asking?

When the Hall Master was in seclusion, one could not disturb him without an urgent matter.

It didn't matter if he had just entered; entering seclusion was still seclusion.

If they went now without a decent reason, combined with the fact that anyone could see Xuan Ni was in a bad mood, it would be seeking death.

“Ahem.”

Given that Dou Yuan Hall had been peaceful lately, the Great Elder, adhering to the principle that doing nothing leads to no mistakes, commanded, “Since the Hall Master said nothing, everything will proceed as usual.”

“Once the Hall Master emerges from seclusion, he will naturally make the appropriate arrangements.”

In the Hall Master's absence, the Great Elder was the one with the most power and strength in the sect.

The elders below him would generally listen to him, so he had to say something.

At this moment, as soon as the Great Elder spoke, all the elders felt as if they had found their pillar of support and returned to their respective posts... Meanwhile, after Xuan Ni returned to his place of seclusion, he didn't actually start cultivating immediately but also began thinking about the path ahead.

He had already embarked on the path of Slaying Three Corpses; barring any accidents, the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm would be his end goal.

But looking at the dou yuan halberd in his hand, he suddenly thought of the sacred ring bell mentioned in the Legends.

This halberd was one of several spiritual treasures formed after the sacred ring bell split apart.

Having the same origin... perhaps using such a method was not impossible.

As he thought, Xuan Ni's eyes gradually brightened.

Yes, Xuan Ni had also thought of what Xie Feng had considered back then.

After all, this information was out in the open, and no one who could reach this level was a fool.

In the absence of an information gap, what you could think of, others could naturally think of as well.

But for Xuan Ni, now was not the time to think about this.

He had just finished slaying his good corpse and needed more accumulation before slaying the second corpse.

He also had to hurry and collect the other two spiritual treasures; he hadn't forgotten his other competitor, Xie Feng.

After a bout of brainstorming and finishing his thoughts, Xuan Ni truly began his cultivation... Guixin Hall.

“The Hall Master has been in seclusion for many days; could something have gone wrong?”

“How is that possible? With the Hall Master's skills, it's absolutely impossible for anything to happen.”

“Enough, discussing this here now is completely meaningless.”

Somewhere in the headquarters of Guixin Hall, several elders were waiting for their Hall Master to emerge from seclusion.

Slaying Three Corpses!

They had seen this cultivation method and were naturally very clear about the risks involved.

Should anything go wrong in the middle, the result would be either severe injury or qi deviation.

“The Hall Master has already started; what's the use of talking about it now?”

“Focus on guarding the outside; there's nothing else we can do.”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately gained the agreement of the other two.

But just then, from deep in a corner of Guixin Hall, a powerful pressure rapidly rose.

Within a short time, it climbed to a level far exceeding the peak of the Ninth Transformation.

Under this pressure, the elders from before showed expressions of great joy.

This situation... their Hall Master, Xu You, had succeeded in his breakthrough!

However, before they could celebrate for long, a destructive power spread from that direction.

These elders were the closest; they were turned into dust the moment they reacted.

Even the expressions on their faces were still those of joy before they could react, only their smiles now held a hint of terror.

And they were not the end, only the first batch of experts to be affected.

After them, there were the elders and disciples of Guixin Hall; not a single person could escape the destructive power.

Once this stretch of starry sky was completely empty, the figure that caused it all finally appeared.

Xu You!

However, his current state did not look good; his aura was in disarray, clearly showing signs of qi deviation.

Evidently, something had gone wrong in the first three steps of Slaying Three Corpses, and he suffered a backlash in the fourth step.

As a result, the members of Guixin Hall could never have imagined that the one who caused all this was their own Hall Master.

So cleanly and efficiently, he had personally destroyed his own sect.

And Xie Feng's figure also slowly emerged on the scene.

Everything that happened had been witnessed by him from start to finish.

However, he did not take action to save the people of Guixin Hall from Xu You's hands.

Because it was unnecessary!

It was better to let Xu You do it himself, to see if it could wake him up or make him a bit more sober.

But looking at it now, it was clearly unlikely.

In the end, Xu You had become a lunatic like the Hall Master of Luohong Hall, Yu Qianhong.

Personally destroying his own sect!

So Xie Feng appeared. He hoped that the sect masters of the Ten Sects would all slay the three corpse and break through to the Quasi-Saint level.

But what he needed were sober, rational Quasi-Saints.

Dealing with such a lunatic Quasi-Saint, it was better for him to personally clean them up.

Similarly, this time he could conveniently take the Guixin Mirror from Xu You's hand to use as his next object for slaying a corpse.

As soon as Xie Feng appeared, drawing from the lesson at Luohong Hall, he immediately used the sixth sword of the Ultimate Nine Swords.

On the other side, Xu You, having found a target, launched his most fierce attack against him.