669: Chapter 669 Self-Destruction, Token is Genuine

This strange Cultivator named Hezhou was not of high cultivation, only at the Early Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. His aura was even stranger, possessing both pure Yang and pure Yin, creating an awkward sensation of Yin and Yang being mixed but not fused.

"Why do I not remember ever taking you as a Disciple?"

Liu Xuan raised his hand and made a grabbing motion. A silver-white light flashed over the token Hezhou was holding high, and it instantly appeared in Liu Xuan's hand.

The token was colored in Yin and Yang, its material impossible to determine at a glance, and it carried a faint pressure of a Spirit Transformation Dao Lord.

"This is a fake at first glance!" Liu Xuan casually tossed the token to Jiang Xingwan beside him, then narrowed his eyes and locked his Divine Sense onto Hezhou. "You have some nerve, daring to impersonate my Disciple right in front of me. If you cannot explain yourself clearly today, you need not leave."

The ugly face of the Cultivator named Hezhou, covered in deep wrinkles, stiffened, with only his eyes revealing confusion.

'What do you mean I am impersonating your Disciple?'

'It is you who are impersonating the Joyous Union Sect Sect Master, my Revered Master!'

He muttered in his heart, then looked up at Liu Xuan with disdain. "Fellow Daoist, your courage is much greater than mine!"

"Impersonating a Sect Master, a Late-stage Spirit Transformation great Cultivator—how many lives do you have to throw away?"

In his eyes, Liu Xuan was already a dead man, and there was nothing to say to a dead man.

Hezhou turned to bow respectfully to Jiang Xingwan. "My Revered Master asked me to pass a message to you: he has already found a way to complete the Cultivation Technique Legacy and will return soon. Please do not be in a rush to find a Dao Companion. He also has a plan to deal with the dramatic changes in the world situation; you can rest assured and wait."

Jiang Xingwan listened quietly and fell silent, her face showing no change in expression. A moment later, she turned to look at Liu Xuan beside her and asked, "Husband, how should this person be dealt with?"

Liu Xuan gave Jiang Xingwan a deep look, then smiled. "No rush. Let me first ask who is behind this."

As soon as he finished speaking, a phantom image of a Taiji Yin and Yang symbol lit up beneath Hezhou's feet, and a sealing force pressed down upon him.

Hezhou's expression changed, and his wrinkled face became even uglier. "Daoist Yin-Yang, do you intend to betray the Sect Master?"

He first shouted to attract everyone's attention, then violently crushed a Teleportation Talisman hidden in his hand.

"Hum~"

A layer of invisible spiritual light surged from his body, and a mysterious aura made contact with the slowly rotating Taiji Yin and Yang phantom above his head.

Instantly, the Taiji Yin and Yang diagram stopped as if jammed, the sealing force stalled, and it instead became a protective barrier for him.

At the same time, a faint spatial fluctuation arose around him, and his figure gradually became blurred and dim.

"You will regret this!" Before leaving, he scanned the crowd with an arrogant gaze.

"Whether we will regret it or not, I do not know, but you are about to regret it immediately!"

Liu Xuan chuckled and pointed forward. The entire space rippled like the surface of a lake.

Hezhou, who was about to disappear, was swept by the spatial ripples, and his blurred figure returned to solidity.

He looked astonished, looking down at the Teleportation Talisman his Revered Master had bestowed upon him, which had now turned into flying ash and dissipated.

"Using a Teleportation Talisman in front of me? Do you not know that the long-distance Teleportation Array spanning the Southern Border and the Eastern Sea was all built by me?"

Taking advantage of the moment of Hezhou's shock and fear, Liu Xuan restarted the Yin-Yang Great Formation to seal his cultivation, then took a step and teleported in front of him.

"Let me see who exactly your Revered Master is."

While speaking, Liu Xuan formed his fingers into a sword and tapped Hezhou's glabella. A translucent spider phantom flashed briefly, and his eyes instantly lost their luster.

Refining a Puppet with a Puppet Gu requires the other party's willingness. The higher the Cultivator's cultivation, the firmer their will. If the other party does not fear death, even if they have no ability to resist, it is not easy to succeed.

However, Liu Xuan did not intend to refine this so-called Hezhou into a Puppet; he only wanted to use the Puppet Gu as an aid to perform... Soul Searching!

The art of Soul Searching, a Demonic Path method explicitly forbidden by the Dao Court, was something Liu Xuan learned from the Ghost King Ghost King Lian Yue.

Although his attainments in the technique were not high, by combining the Puppet Gu and the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Qi, his Soul Searching method was more advanced than any Devil Head below the level of a Dao Monarch.

After the translucent spider phantom flashed across Hezhou's glabella, Liu Xuan's finger, which was pressed against his glabella, did not move away. Instead, a dense, evil, bizarre, and terrifying Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Qi poured out, enveloping him.

With the Yin-Yang Great Formation sealing his cultivation, the Puppet Gu breaking his Divine Sense defense, and the Six Desires Heavenly Demonic Qi confusing his consciousness, everything was ready. Liu Xuan intended to perform the Soul Searching technique to see if he was truly a Disciple of the Joyous Union Sect Sect Master, or if he had been sent by someone else.

The Joyous Union Sect Sect Master had been missing for four thousand years, yet appeared right at this moment—how could there be such a coincidence?

Liu Xuan did not believe he was truly a Personal Disciple of the Joyous Union Sect Sect Master; he was more inclined to believe this was a probe from some Dao Monarch of the Long Whale Palace or another major power.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly! Just as Liu Xuan wanted to browse his memories, a chaotic force exploded from within his Sea of Consciousness, instantly affecting his Nascent Soul and Physical Body.

"Boom~"

A spatial fluctuation flashed on Liu Xuan's body, and he returned to the venue's high platform, while Hezhou exploded with a huge roar, his Divine Soul completely destroyed.

With the self-detonation of his Nascent Soul, the entire Yin-Yang Great Formation was shaken slightly, causing countless Cultivators to look over from afar.

"How ruthless; he was actually a suicide operative!"

Judging from what Liu Xuan saw just now, Hezhou likely did not self-detonate voluntarily, but rather someone had left a mechanism within his Sea of Consciousness.

Upon discovering that someone was performing Soul Searching, in order to avoid exposing their identity, they immediately activated the mechanism, forcibly causing his Nascent Soul to self-detonate.

Self-detonation is an excellent method for mutual destruction. If used properly, it can even injure a Cultivator of a higher major Realm.

However, most Cultivators are greedy for life. This thing called self-detonation requires immense courage and determination, yet it cannot be practiced many times, so many Cultivators cannot use it even when they are about to be killed.

'Hiding their head and showing their tail—who exactly is playing tricks?'

Just as Liu Xuan was pondering, he suddenly discovered that the three women, Caixuan Daoist Lord Song Yurao, Hehuan Daoist Lord Cui Siya, and Red Dust Daoist Lord Su Qingyan, were all staring at him with strange gazes.

"Why are you looking at me?" Liu Xuan paused for a moment before realizing, and explained, "He self-detonated; it has nothing to do with me."

"Don't look at me like that. Although the technique I used looks a bit bizarre, it is actually a proper, legitimate method!"

Jiang Xingwan stood up to smooth things over and waved her hand. "The farce is over. Everyone disperse. Focusing on completing the alliance of the four lineages is the real priority."

It was just the death of an Early Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator of unknown origin; for the various Dao Monarchs, it was not a big deal.

After Jiang Xingwan finished speaking, Caixuan Daoist Lord Song Yurao, Hehuan Daoist Lord Cui Siya, and Red Dust Daoist Lord Su Qingyan left one after another, while the celebration below continued, and everything remained as usual.

On the high platform, only Jiang Xingwan and Peach Blossom remained as their own people, so Liu Xuan spoke more casually.

He pointed to the Yin Yang token in Jiang Xingwan's hand and asked, "The Yin and Yang Qi on this thing is quite pure. Can you tell anything from it? Is it something from your Joyous Union Sect?"

Jiang Xingwan gently rubbed the surface of the token with her finger and said with a complex expression, "This token should be genuine!"