56: Chapter 56 A Bastard Hidden in the Sword Tomb

Looking at the half-open stone door, that Demonic Fiend had come out from here.

Reason told Shen Moyan that now was not the time to go deep into this tomb.

But the yi mo gourd at his waist trembled even more violently.

For every step Shen Moyan took closer to the tomb's stone door, the yi mo gourd's agitation increased.

"What exactly is inside that attracts you so much?"

Before Shen Moyan could think it through, the Heavenly Demon Transformation Art began to circulate on its own within his body, and his eyes began to turn crimson.

There was only one reason for the Cultivation Technique to circulate on its own:

"Devilish Qi!"

Shen Moyan was half-surprised and half-joyful.

This tomb actually contained Devilish Qi!

Like a long-awaited rain after a drought, the Devilish Qi circulated through his body, and Shen Moyan closed his eyes, enjoying the pleasure brought by Cultivate.

The yi mo gourd was also bathed in the Devilish Qi, enjoying the long-overdue nourishment.

"Devilish Qi transforms into demonic spiritual power, and demonic spiritual power is then compressed into mana."

Originally, the Condensing Dharma Body only had Biyang spiritual power and Xuanming spiritual power.

Now with the addition of demonic spiritual power, Shen Moyan's mana became even more profound.

"Should I go in?"

Shen Moyan hesitated for a moment, but still sent out a wisp of Divine Sense to probe into the stone door.

Fortunately, there was nothing inside to obstruct him; it was already a ruin.

At the end of his vision, he saw a skeleton sitting upright on a stone throne.

The skeleton gripped a long sword tightly with both hands, stabbing it fiercely into a mass of mangled, rotting corpse at its feet.

On the tomb wall behind the stone throne were last words carved with Sword Qi.

After browsing through them, Shen Moyan withdrew his Divine Sense, understanding the sequence of events.

The tomb owner was named Xu Cheng, an Inner Sect Disciple of the Biyang Sword Sect, in the Purple Mansion Realm.

He had been ordered by the Sect to enter the world and perform a mission.

But his luck was poor; the first time he entered the world, he was exposed and besieged by Cultivators of the Holy Court.

With no other way out, he hid in the Yin-Yang Earth Cave.

He originally thought to hide for a while and come out after the storm passed, but he didn't expect to encounter someone from the Six Hells Demonic Sect here.

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The Six Hells Demonic Sect was also one of the Twenty-One Immortal Orthodoxies.

The two Sects had been arch-enemies since before the collapse of the Immortal Dao, so meeting on a narrow path naturally meant a battle for supremacy and life or death.

The two fought a great battle, and both were heavily injured.

Xu Cheng successfully suppressed that thief from the demonic Sect.

But he himself had a demonic seed enter his body and was heavily injured, on the verge of death.

And the Holy Court Cultivators who were pursuing him outside had not yet left.

Feeling his end was near, Xu Cheng established a tomb for himself.

This tomb was hidden by Xu Cheng using a secret method, and only those who had learned the Biyang First Rising Art could perceive it; anyone who forced their way in would be attacked by his residual Sword Intent.

If a high-realm Cultivator came, they would also be contaminated by the demonic seed left behind after the death of that Six Hells Demonic Sect Disciple.

And the Demonic Fiend Shen Moyan had encountered just now was the part of the Divine Soul and Physical Body that Xu Cheng had cut off after being invaded by the demonic seed.

With these Demonic Fiends wandering around the tomb, no one except the Demon Suppression Department wanted to get involved in such a mess.

Over time, only people from the Sword Sect would have the chance to see this tomb.

Shen Moyan suddenly recalled the reason for the birth of Dongshan City.

An Inner Sect Disciple passing through the wilderness where the original Dongshan City was located had conveniently wiped out all the Yao Beasts in the area.

"The passing Inner Sect Disciple, could it be this Immortal Master Xu Cheng?"

Shen Moyan deduced.

The timing also matched; the time recorded on the epitaph was the year 91145 of the Nine Songs calendar, and the current time Shen Moyan was in was the year 91211 of the Nine Songs calendar.

Before his death, Immortal Master Xu Cheng carved his encounter on the tomb wall behind him, hoping that a Disciple of the Biyang Sword Sect would take his remains back, and the reward was placed in his storage ring.

And his final words were of regret, regret for his own weakness.

Regret for failing the trust of his Senior Brother and the cultivation of the Biyang Sword Sect.

"Immortal Master Xu Cheng's Senior Brother, Venerable Zixu..." Shen Moyan recalled the information he had heard from Apothecary Liang when he was still in the form of a ginseng.

Back then, the big figure Apothecary Liang wanted to offer that ginseng to was Venerable Zixu.

"Heh, interesting."

Shen Moyan stopped the Heavenly Demon Transformation Art, circulated the Biyang First Rising Art, pushed open the stone door, and stepped into the tomb.

He walked to Xu Cheng's skeleton and made a bow, feigning respect.

Then his gaze rested on the skeleton's storage ring.

With a flick of his finger, Shen Moyan took the storage ring into his hand.

But he did not probe his Divine Sense into it; instead, he took out the yi mo gourd and poured out a drop of true blood of the heavenly demon.

Shen Moyan soaked the storage ring in the true blood and then softly chanted:

"Soul Burning."

"Aaaaaah! —"

A miserable shriek came from the storage ring, then immediately vanished without a trace.

Feeling that Immortal Master Xu Cheng's remnant soul had been burned to ashes, Shen Moyan revealed a kind smile.

Did he really think Shen Moyan was an ignorant novice?

As a Biyang sword seed, why put on an act of Sect noble righteousness?

Judging others by himself, this Immortal Master Xu Cheng was certainly not dead and would have gathered most of his Divine Soul in the storage ring.

With Sword Intent suppressing from the outside and a Divine Soul transfer from the inside, an attack from both within and without would make it hard for Immortal Master Xu Cheng's Possession not to succeed.

It was just a pity he met Shen Moyan.

The Sword Intent pressure enveloping Shen Moyan dissipated, and the skeleton on the stone throne turned to dust and scattered; this Immortal Master Xu Cheng had completely fallen.

Shen Moyan looked warily around the stone throne, checking if there was any movement from the dead Six Hells Demonic Sect Disciple.

Fortunately, the rotting corpse under the stone throne didn't move at all; it should be thoroughly dead.

Only then did he feel at ease to probe his Divine Sense into the storage ring.

"So poor?" Shen Moyan was greatly disappointed.

In his Divine Sense, there were only a few scattered Spirit Stones and several Magic Treasure fragments in the storage ring.

Only the Biyang Sword Sect token had some value; the rest was unusable junk.

Shen Moyan put away the token and then glanced at the rotting corpse under the long sword.

This rotting corpse had a demonic seed on it and could not be taken away.

"Then I'll take all the Devilish Qi in the tomb."

Shen Moyan circulated his mana, and all the Devilish Qi swirled around him, being absorbed into his body.

After absorbing the Devilish Qi, Shen Moyan finally left the tomb.

After Shen Moyan left, the rotting corpse on the ground by the stone throne slowly stood up.

"True blood burning the soul, what a ruthless junior."

The rotting corpse patted its head and clicked its tongue.

If it weren't for his excellent breath-holding techniques and the demonic seed on his body, he would have been fed to the gourd by that ruthless junior long ago.

"The suppressing Sword Intent has vanished, but this demonic body is already at its limit; I can't even use a single Divine Ability."

"However, fortunately, that Biyang sword seed left a backup; I've noted down all the hidden treasures."

The rotting corpse walked slowly to the stone throne, dug up the rock layer on the ground to a depth of several yards, and finally took out a Storage Pouch.

"Xu Cheng, you never expected this, did you? The one who laughs last is still me..."

The rotting corpse suddenly stopped mid-sentence, its decaying body momentarily freezing.

Several flies were circling around him.

But those were no ordinary insects.

Six Senses Fireflies?!

Amidst the rotting corpse's terror, a sword light arrived like a startling swan.

Careless, that junior hadn't left yet!

Swish! —

The rotting corpse's Physical Body was pierced into countless fragments.

"Just as I expected." Shen Moyan, who had returned, rubbed his hands with a smile.

After Immortal Master Xu Cheng's Sword Intent dissipated, that suppressed Six Hells Demonic Sect Disciple still hadn't revealed himself.

That meant after decades of Sword Intent erosion, his current state had declined significantly, and he wasn't confident in a direct battle with Shen Moyan.