Chapter 241 The Old Man Cannot Be Killed

"Indeed!"

Wan Liyuan and the others found it utterly inconceivable that White Impermanence of the Red Sleeve Beckon was actually the leader of their First Uprising Gang.

It was simply unimaginable.

White Impermanence was tall and thin, whereas Huangfu Song was somewhat short and stout.

Previously, they could never have connected the two.

After all, they were two completely unrelated people.

At this moment, many thoughts raced through Wan Liyuan's mind.

No wonder the gang leader had been in seclusion since that battle decades ago, rarely appearing in public.

It turned out he had secretly joined the Red Sleeve Beckon and even became their White Impermanence.

Then what did he mean by sending him to deliver gifts and curry favor with Yan Chu two days ago?

Did he plan to eliminate him as well?

A deep chill ran through his heart.

White Impermanence, who was Huangfu Song, had half his body slumped on the ground; with Saber Intent eroding his wound, he didn't have long to live.

As for the other Wuchang Emissary of the Red Sleeve Beckon, he was already frozen with terror, not daring to move.

With just one seemingly ordinary strike from Yan Chu, White Impermanence was cut in half, and two Guest Elders of Prince Yous Residence, who were far superior to himself, were killed instantly.

He is actually a Heavenly Human!!!

"Argh!!!!"

Tortured by the agonizing Saber Intent, Huangfu Song roared toward the sky:

"Senior, are you still not going to act?!!!"

There's another expert?!

Drawn by his words, Wan Liyuan and the others no longer cared to wonder how Huangfu Song was related to the Red Sleeve Beckon and followed his gaze into the distance.

They saw the thick mist part as an emaciated old man slowly walked out.

His face was covered in age spots, he wore thin hempen clothes, and his disheveled hair was loosely tied with a wooden hairpin.

"Senior, do you still remember your agreement with the Red Ancestor?"

"Please act on behalf of my Red Sleeve Beckon and eliminate the Blade Demon Yan Chu!!"

The old man was expressionless, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.

He spoke slowly, his voice raspy and unpleasant like metal scraping together.

"Rest assured, even without the agreement with the Red Ancestor, this old man would still act!"

"Oh?"

Yan Chu sized up the old man with some curiosity.

Of the two hidden in the shadows, one was the Purple Robe Divine Constable blocking the gorge, and the other was this old man before him.

He probably didn't intend to act originally.

He only came out after seeing that Yan Chu had revealed the strength of a Heavenly Human.

Yan Chu said unhurriedly and calmly:

"And who are you?"

"This old man is—Old Man Bu Sha!"

"Old Man Bu Sha?!"

Everyone present was shocked; even the surrounding mist churned, and the other person hidden in the shadows was equally shaken by the old man's identity.

Old Man Bu Sha of the Seven Kill Sect!

It's actually him?

No wonder he would say such things.

Yan Chu's grudge with the Seven Kill Sect was also significant; he had killed two of their Disciples, and now, besides Old Man Bu Sha, only two others remained alive in the Seven Kill Sect.

"I didn't want to come down the mountain; after all, I no longer have the heart to kill."

Old Man Bu Sha's cheeks were gaunt as he said unhurriedly:

"But those two little brats on the mountain were desperate to come down and avenge their Senior and Junior Brothers. I couldn't just watch them go to their deaths, so I had to come myself."

"Don't worry, I won't kill you!"

"But I can cripple your cultivation and throw you to others to be killed!"

"I see, so this is the Way of No Killing of the Seven Kill Sect?"

Yan Chu couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

"Your Seven Kill Sect is ranked quite high on my little hit list. I was planning to find some time to cross off your names, but I didn't expect you to come to me."

"Very well, I'll let this incompetent man see that even Old Man Bu Sha must die before me!"

"Yan Chu!!! Don't be so arrogant!!"

Huangfu Song, with only half a body left, somehow hadn't died yet. Hearing Yan Chu call him incompetent, he couldn't help but roar:

"With Senior Old Man Bu Sha here, even if you have reached the Heavenly Human stage, you will die!"

His tone was full of exasperation and rage.

Since joining the Red Sleeve Beckon decades ago, he had finally earned the chance to advance to the Heavenly Human stage through repeated contributions.

But he failed the Breakthrough and almost died.

If the Red Ancestor hadn't intervened to stabilize his injuries, the name Huangfu Song would no longer exist in the Jianghu.

Seeing Yan Chu as a Celestial Being Expert at such a young age made him incredibly envious.

Especially since there was another matter he found hard to speak of.

Since he began to Cultivate the Golden Sunflower Sword Scripture bestowed by the Red Sleeve Beckon, he had lost his virility. For years, he had to intentionally distance himself from his wife, leaving his beautiful and peerless wife to live alone in a bamboo house.

But just now, Yan Chu had actually shown desire for his wife and even called him incompetent.

As a man, this was something he couldn't tolerate!

"Please act, Senior! Slay this scoundrel!"

As long as Old Man Bu Sha killed Yan Chu, he could ask the Red Ancestor to save him again, and he might still live!

He was, after all, a Half-step Heavenly Human who had once almost opened his Physical Body Divine Treasury; his vitality was far beyond that of an ordinary Supreme Grandmaster.

Swish!

A flash appeared in Old Man Bu Sha's palm, and an ordinary steel saber appeared.

"Young man, let this old man see just what is so mysterious about your Heavenly Blade Realm!"

He raised the steel saber and struck down with a simple, unadorned flash of saber light.

This strike seemed to lack any Killing Intent, yet for some reason, it carried an extremely intense sense of threat.

This was the Saber of No Killing from the Seven Kill Saber Technique.

The one who struck had no heart to kill, yet the one struck would still die!

"Exactly!"

Although I struck with the saber, I had no intent to kill; if you die, you naturally cannot blame me.

This was the self-justification of the "No Killing" level within the Seven Kill Sect.

Because this strike contained no Killing Intent, its trajectory was even harder to trace. Looking around, it seemed as if the sky was filled with saber light, yet also as if it were completely empty.

Yan Chu similarly used his palm as a blade, the sharpness between his fingers piercing the air.

Chih!

With a single strike, the Heaven-Severing Style cut through everything ahead; all possible trajectories of that saber light were interrupted, forcing it to reappear.

Boom!

Old Man Bu Sha's pupils constricted as the saber light, like a line across the sky, shattered the Saber Qi he had unleashed, leaving him at a disadvantage in the clash of techniques with Yan Chu.

Thump!

He lightly stamped his foot on the ground, sending a wave of air surging outward that covered a radius of over ten zhang. His Aura became vast and unpredictable, and within those ten zhang, it was as if a bottomless black hole had formed.

The saber light flew into it like a drop of water into the ocean, instantly losing all direction before its power was exhausted and it dissipated.

"Oh? The Qi Sea Divine Treasury?"

The corners of Yan Chu's mouth curled slightly.

Like the White Lotus Holy Master, Old Man Bu Sha had also opened the Qi Sea Divine Treasury.

However, the two followed different paths.

The White Lotus Holy Master focused on practicing the supreme secret techniques of the Holy Lotus Sect, while Old Man Bu Sha focused on tapping into the power of the Divine Treasury, forming a Sea of Consciousness Domain similar to Yan Chu's.

"One more strike!"

Yan Chu stopped testing and strode forward. His Aura as a Celestial Being Expert was finally revealed without reservation, no longer hidden by the thick mist covering the Heavenly Sword Gorge as it surged directly into the clouds.

The heavens and earth shifted.

...

...

Above the Heavenly Sword Gorge, a middle-aged man in purple stood atop a large tree.

Most of the Heavenly Sword Gorge, which stretched for hundreds of miles, was currently shrouded in thick mist.

His gaze pierced through the mist, and seeing Yan Chu advancing with a powerful stride and an undisguised Aura, his expression turned solemn.

This Aura actually penetrated the mist's seal, causing the clouds drifting above the gorge to churn and violently altering the celestial phenomena above.

He hurriedly performed hand seals, sending streaks of light flying toward the gorge, making the clouds and mist even denser.

He did this to prevent the commotion of the great battle from being exposed and attracting the attention of the capital.

The Empress Dowager had summoned Yan Chu to the capital; intercepting and killing him here would, after all, not look good.

Thump! Thump!

Inside the gorge, Yan Chu strode forward.

His footsteps thundered, shaking the mountains on both sides. Had there not been a sealing force above, the ground and cliffs would have already crumbled into massive fissures.

Wan Liyuan and the others hurriedly retreated.

This was a duel between two Celestial Being Experts; they could only retreat far away, as even a sliver of leaking power could potentially obliterate them.

Suddenly, he noticed a gaze.

Looking over, he saw Huangfu Song being supported by that Wuchang Emissary from the Red Sleeve Beckon as they retreated, leaving a large trail of blood on the ground. From his expression, it was clear his injuries were severe and agonizing.

Despite this, his eyes still glared over like those of a venomous snake.

Wan Liyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he forced a strained smile.

Just now, he had bragged shamelessly, taking it upon himself to introduce the wife of the First Uprising Gang's leader to Yan Chu, not expecting the leader himself to be right there.

It was a good thing Yan Chu was here.

Otherwise, he would likely have been torn to pieces by Huangfu Song immediately.

Huangfu Song's Aura was now weak, and he couldn't spare the effort to deal with Wan Liyuan, so he fixed his gaze on the two Celestial Being Experts.

Buzz!

Yan Chu arrived over ten zhang away from Old Man Bu Sha and struck once more with a horizontal slash.

At his level of saber mastery, every strike was a top-tier technique, not bound at all by the variations of specific moves.

"Humph!"

Old Man Bu Sha gave a cold snort.

"Young man, you are far too arrogant!"

To dare to trade blows with him within his Divine Treasury Domain.

Clang!

The steel saber emitted a crisp ring as it clashed with Yan Chu in this confined space. Bolstered by the power of his Divine Treasury, this ordinary steel saber seemed to become a divine weapon, the cold light flashing on it aiming for the kill with every move.

Yan Chu's palm-blade, however, faced immense suppression upon nearing within a dozen zhang of him.

This Domain formed from Divine Treasury power was filled with Old Man Bu Sha's martial arts Concept, causing Yan Chu's palm-blade to lose all Killing Intent, making it impossible to even muster the will to fight.

"Humph! Open for me!"

Yan Chu's Primordial Spirit emitted a brilliant light, his eyes turning into a vortex. At the first glance he exchanged with Old Man Bu Sha, he sucked the other's mind right in.

"The Spiritual Divine Treasury?!"

Old Man Bu Sha was startled and had no time to defend himself before he found himself within a vast, golden Sea of Consciousness.

The expression of the middle-aged man in purple above the gorge also changed.

The Spiritual Divine Treasury was mysterious and unpredictable, the most elusive of the three great Divine Treasuries. A slight mistake could lead to one's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, making even Reincarnation impossible. Few people would choose to open the Spiritual Divine Treasury first.

He hadn't expected Yan Chu to have opened this specific Divine Treasury.

Inside the gorge, Yan Chu and Old Man Bu Sha both became still, standing motionless.

Within the Sea of Consciousness Domain, the instant Old Man Bu Sha was dragged in, Yan Chu rushed forward and delivered an exquisitely elegant strike.

Eight Heavenly Blade Arts, Heavenly Wind Ringing Jade!

This strike was ethereal and agile, as if celestial music resonated within the Sea of Consciousness, battering Old Man Bu Sha's Primordial Spirit.

...

...

Oh no!

Anxiety finally appeared on Old Man Bu Sha's habitually calm face.

He with one careless slip, he had actually been dragged into the Sea of Consciousness by Yan Chu.

Now, with his Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body, he was shaken by the impact of Yan Chu's Saber Intent and Divine Sense, and the Dao Heart he had cultivated for centuries began to waver.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

With a solemn expression, Old Man Bu Sha suppressed his mind and struck several times in succession. However, in the boundless Divine Sense space, these strikes had the same effect as Yan Chu's previous one.

Though they appeared close visually, the saber light could not reach Yan Chu at all.

Yet the saber light Yan Chu unleashed had already appeared before his eyes.

Not good!

The expression on Old Man Bu Sha's face, aged like withered bark, changed drastically. His Primordial Spirit erupted with light as he shouted:

"Abyssal Seven Kills, Killing is No Killing!"

Buzz!

This strike passed through his Primordial Spirit without causing any injury.

Hmm?

Yan Chu was somewhat surprised; the opponent's secret technique was quite unique, having distorted the trajectory of his strike in that instant.

But he soon gave another cold laugh.

This is my territory. I can make countless mistakes, but you can only make one.

Boom!

With a thought from Yan Chu, the heavens and earth above the Divine Sense sea overturned, and the entire space transformed into an ocean of blades. The Heavenly Blade Realm merged with the Sea of Consciousness, and everywhere one looked or heard was nothing but blades.

A massive blade descended from the sky, falling straight down.

"Old geezer, let's see how you take this strike!"

Sensing the terror of this strike, Old Man Bu Sha immediately shifted a thousand zhang to avoid it. Unexpectedly, just as he stood still, a blade flower rose from beneath his feet, causing his Primordial Spirit a jolt of pain.

He hurriedly leaped upward, but more saber light fell from the sky, forming a dense net of blades that left him with nowhere to escape.

Everywhere he looked was filled with saber light.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, let's talk this out!"

Old Man Bu Sha finally felt a massive sense of crisis.

Within this Sea of Consciousness space, his methods were almost useless, leaving him at the mercy of others.

Having lived for centuries, he didn't want to die like this.

Otherwise, on the day the Seven Kill Sect was destroyed, he would have fought to the death.

While Old Man Bu Sha was dodging saber light and pleading for mercy, Yan Chu had already closed in behind him silently.

He unleashed the Heaven-Severing Style, cutting off all of Old Man Bu Sha's paths of retreat.

At this moment, Old Man Bu Sha sensed the strike thanks to his years of cultivation and hurriedly turned to deliver a strike of his own.

But Yan Chu's Sea of Consciousness churned, and the omnipresent Divine Sense power affected his movements, making him a beat too slow.

Puchi!

The strike cut through his Primordial Spirit; this time, he couldn't dodge.

This strike cut off his life force.

Old Man Bu Sha's Primordial Spirit vanished into smoke under this strike.

[Killed a Divine Treasury Realm Heavenly Human (Qi Sea Divine Treasury) of the Seven Kill Sect. Extremely satisfying. Experience +200,000.]

Hearing this notification, Yan Chu felt at ease.

Old Man Bu Sha was, after all, not comparable to the White Lotus Holy Master and didn't have as many means at his disposal.

After all, the foundation of the Seven Kill Sect was far inferior to that of the Holy Lotus Sect, and it was unknown whose channels he had used to advance to a Heavenly Human.

In the next moment, Yan Chu's Primordial Spirit returned, and he opened his eyes.

Old Man Bu Sha's Physical Body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

One could feel the Divine Treasury power within him beginning to slowly dissipate, and the surroundings became misty with Spiritual Qi.

Although it seemed like a long time had passed in the Divine Sense space, in reality, only an instant had passed in the outside world.

Those watching only saw Yan Chu and Old Man Bu Sha close and then open their eyes, and Old Man Bu Sha's life force had already vanished.