568: The Thousand-Armed Demoness Emerges from the Clockwork! She Forges a Connection with the Rules of the Mist!

The sun set in the west!

In the Enchantment Room on the second basement floor beneath the main hall of Emperor Sword Peak.

Yu Jianying solemnly said to Su Lie, "I have already carved the Fire Gang Runes all over this room and set up a mechanical array formation; you can rest assured!"

"Remember, do not leave this room after 6 PM when it gets dark. No matter what happens outside, no matter what sounds you hear, you must not leave!"

She gave him a solemn warning before closing the door and leaving the room, "In any case, I have set the mechanical lock. This door will only open every morning!"

Clack! Clack!

Su Lie listened to the sound of footsteps gradually fading away.

He let out a long breath, "That's good! I don't have to worry about anything else tonight! Time to sleep!"

As he spoke.

He lay half-reclined on the bed and took out the Artifact Sword Path manual he had just received from his storage pouch, reviewing it carefully.

This classic text detailed artifact refining techniques, experience, and cultivation methods.

This was a sword cultivation Dao method that allowed one to improve their cultivation realm through artifact refining.

It only refined one type of weapon: the sword.

Everything else was related to the sword.

Sword cases, sword gourds, sword armor, and so on.

It also covered methods for refining natal artifacts, restrictions on artifacts and weapons, principles of power enhancement, material compatibility, and the identification and assessment of various materials.

Su Lie became engrossed and momentarily forgot the time.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Suddenly, a series of violent roars came from outside the secret room.

"Ah! Pain! It hurts so much..."

Following that, a miserable and agonizing voice sounded.

"Is that Yu Jianying?"

Su Lie's eyelids twitched, and he abruptly sat up, "What exactly is happening?"

He felt extremely anxious and restless about what was happening outside.

This made him desperately want to go out and see.

Just then.

Bang! Bang! Thump!

The iron door of the stone room he was in was struck by an immense force.

Looking from the inside, the intense impact from outside caused massive bulges to appear on the iron door.

It looked like the door was only moments away from being shattered by the external force.

Su Lie sensed a familiar aura within this power, "What change has come over Yu Jianying that she would become so frantic and agitated?"

"Is this why the Formless Ghosts attack living beings at night?"

At this moment, numerous doubts arose in Su Lie's heart.

He sat on the bed and waited for a while, seeing that the movement had stopped.

Only then did he suppress the restlessness in his heart.

He continued reading the Dao method.

When the time reached midnight, 12 o'clock.

Buzz!

Su Lie suddenly looked up.

He saw that all the Fire Gang Runes in the room suddenly lit up.

The time on the clock stopped at 12:15:40 AM.

Su Lie stared at the clock face for a few seconds before realizing that the time in the room had been frozen.

Although he could move, he did not.

"The power of Time Stop? Is this the power of the Formless Ghost Clan?"

Su Lie thought to himself.

Soon.

He noticed black hands suddenly extending from the ceiling, floor, and walls.

Dense black hands flowed out from within the walls, accompanied by a voice saying, "La! La! La! La! La! The Thousand-Hand Demoness has arrived!"

A childlike voice sounded.

Su Lie saw a short-haired elf emerge from the clock directly in front of him.

She had six pairs of wings made of black palms and a pair of dragon horns on her head.

The short-haired elf's eyes were deep like the starry sky, and a trace of drool hung at the corner of her mouth.

The elf was wearing black battle armor, and her curvaceous figure made her look uniquely delicate and beautiful.

When she saw Su Lie, she excitedly flew over, "Hehe! Smells good! It smells so damn good!"

As she spoke.

She hugged Su Lie's arm, tore his sleeve with her teeth, and began rubbing against him like a pet dog.

Before long.

Su Lie's arm was covered in the short-haired elf's drool.

Immediately after.

The short-haired elf wiped away the drool and sat on Su Lie's shoulder, "You said you would help me refine artifacts! Help me refine array formations! Help me manage the laboratory! Help me manage the spiritual fields! You must accomplish all of this, okay!"

"It took a lot for you to move me this one time, so I hope you don't disappoint me!"

"Otherwise, I will eat you!"

"If I eat you, I can advance to become an eternal life form like the Ancestor!"

"If I eat you!"

"I can..."

"But suddenly, I don't want to eat you anymore!"

Saying this.

She flew in front of Su Lie's face, carefully observing every inch of his appearance.

She said somewhat dejectedly, "But you are not a member of the Formless Ghosts! How great would it be if you were? We could wander the world together and make our home anywhere!"

Listening to the short-haired elf's words, Su Lie was utterly shocked in his heart, "Is this Yu Jianying's true form? Are all life forms in the Formless Ghosts mutated elves?"

Under his Charm Transformation Talent, Su Lie's Disguise was extremely effective, and he did not reveal any emotional fluctuations.

Yu Jianying sat on Su Lie's shoulder for a while, chattering on.

After she finished her outpouring, she rose, flew into the air, waved at Su Lie, and then plunged into the clock.

After the light from the Fire Gang Runes disappeared.

The clock hands began moving again.

Everything in the room returned to normal.

Su Lie then pretended to recover and resumed his previous actions.

Suddenly.

He saw his bitten sleeve.

Su Lie pretended to panic and got out of bed, "Who! Who is there? I see you!"

At this moment.

A faint chuckle entered his ear, "Hehe! This guy is really funny! He clearly hasn't seen anything, yet he says something like that!"

After hearing this, Su Lie couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Damn it! These guys are really cautious! Luckily, I saw the sleeve, or I definitely would have been suspected this time!"

He pretended to shout in panic for a while.

Finally, he feigned losing interest in reading.

He frantically grabbed a pillow and ran under the bed, placing a chamber pot beside him.

When his snoring began.

Yu Jianying's voice came from inside the clock again, "Hehe! This kid even knows how to use this filthy object to ward off demons! Although it doesn't work against true devils, it still has some effect on us!"

"Good night, kid!"

After the voice faded, it vanished without a trace.

Su Lie simply slept under the bed for half the night.

Early the next morning.

When Su Lie left the secret room, he noticed a lot of dust in the corridor outside.

Moreover, various kinds of trash were piled up in the different rooms.

There was twisted metal, broken array plates, and shredded manuscripts.

There were also shed skins from unknown life forms, as well as various biological tissues soaking in blood.

Su Lie did not clean up immediately. He left Emperor Sword Peak as usual and went to the Heavenly Sword Peak plaza to bathe in the holy light.

The number of people bathing in the holy light that day had dropped to around 100,000.

After completing this.

Su Lie first went to the cafeteria to eat and then wandered around Heavenly Sword Peak for over half an hour.

Only then did he return to the underground secret room beneath the main hall of Emperor Sword Peak.

While familiarizing himself with the management manual Yu Jianying gave him, he manipulated the Rune Array Formation to manage the cleanliness of the underground secret room.

For the remaining time, he carefully flipped through and examined the Artifact Sword Path classic text he had just received.

When it reached 12 PM.

Yu Jianying invited Su Lie out of the secret room.

Su Lie did not go anywhere; he stayed outside the main hall reading his book.

When Yu Jianying finished her experiment and walked out of the secret room.

Su Lie then entered the secret room to carry out new cleaning.

As evening approached.

Su Lie walked into his private room on time.

At midnight, 12 o'clock, that day.

The Thousand-Hand Demoness once again used the power of Time Stop, halting the time in Su Lie's room, and flew out of the clock.

This time, she chattered on again, "Hey! Your work performance today was perfect! I didn't have to do any subsequent steps like cleaning up or organizing tools, so I'm in a much better mood!"

"Thank you!"

"You truly are a blessing to the lazy!"

"I know you work very hard!"

"But you still need to work harder!"

..."The brothers the Ancestor arranged to enter the Sword Tomb all died under the Sword Tomb's Sword Qi!"

"Mission failed!"

"Next time, I want to arrange for you to go in!"

"If you can find the Sword Sect's Supreme Elder Council, I'll give you a great gift!"

..."Forget it! You're not even in the running to be chosen!"

"Just obediently be my groom!"

...After another long outpouring, the Thousand-Hand Demoness left Su Lie's room again.

This time, she left no flaws behind.

Su Lie continued reading as usual, but he couldn't help feeling anxious in his heart, "What should I do? I can't even enter the back mountain right now!"

Just like that.

Su Lie continued his routine for five or six days.

On the eighth day of his arrival in the Sword Sect world.

Su Lie, who was controlling the Rune Array Formation to manage the spiritual fields, was called to the main hall by Yu Jianying.

"Su Lie! This is Mysterious Feather, our Sword Sect's Sect Master! He needs a disciple skilled in managing spiritual fields to help him tend to the spiritual fields in the back mountain. Are you willing to go?"

Yu Jianying asked Su Lie.

Mysterious Feather smiled slightly and said to Su Lie, "The spiritual fields on my side grow relatively secretive and precious medicinal resources! I don't trust the servants! Most core disciples have missions, either traveling outside or entering secluded cultivation!"

"If Nephew Su Lie is willing, I can give you 1,000 contribution points daily for this task!"

This made Su Lie extremely excited.

However.

He felt a hint of icy coldness around Yu Jianying's aura.

Although Su Lie really wanted to go, he gritted his teeth and refused Mysterious Feather, "Apologies, Senior Martial Uncle! I still need to help Master manage the laboratory and the spiritual fields here, so I really can't spare the time!"

This answer made Yu Jianying smile.

The killing intent she carried transformed into a feeling of warmth.

Although this change was extremely subtle, Su Lie still perceived it.

Mysterious Feather glanced at Yu Jianying dismissively after hearing the refusal.

Yu Jianying raised her head proudly and said, "In that case, go back to your work!"

Her tone was very cheerful.

Su Lie bowed and left, "Damn it! She's treating me like a pet!"

After Su Lie entered the underground secret room.

Mysterious Feather then said to Yu Jianying, "Junior Sister! Did you call me over just to help you test your food? Isn't that too childish!"

"No! Brother! I called you over because there is an important matter that requires us to work together!"

Yu Jianying shook her head. After saying that, she took out a contractual document.

After Mysterious Feather saw the document, his eyes narrowed, and he asked in a low voice, "Does the Ancestor know?"

"Of course, he knows! If the Ancestor hadn't permitted it, how would I dare ask you for help at this time!"

Yu Jianying said solemnly.

The subsequent conversation.

Su Lie could no longer hear.

He sensed that Mysterious Feather had used some kind of power to create a confidential space.

Su Lie sighed and continued with his work for the day.

About an hour later.

Yu Jianying entered the underground secret room and threw an Identity Information Rune to Su Lie, "Su Lie! From now on, every morning, go to the spiritual fields in the back mountain of Heavenly Sword Peak to help my Senior Brother tend the land! Return after 3 PM to help me clean the laboratory!"

Su Lie's heart stirred upon hearing this.

He hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise.

Immediately.

He was about to decline, "Master! I..."

Before he could speak.

Yu Jianying quickly explained, "Your Senior Martial Uncle Mysterious Feather and I have some important matters to attend to! He leaves in the morning, and I leave after 3 PM! Therefore, he really does need you to go over there!"

"My work here will be moved to the evening, so you only need to complete the cleaning and tidying before 6 o'clock!"

"The contribution points for the Heavenly Sword Peak mission are 5,000 points daily!"

"This is the maximum your Master can help you with!"

...After she finished speaking.

Su Lie finally nodded and accepted.

Following this.

Su Lie's day was the same as the previous one.

At midnight, 12 o'clock.

The Thousand-Hand Demoness came to Su Lie's room again.

She lay down in Su Lie's hair and sighed to herself, "The Ancestor is really something!"

"I could clearly ambush and kill the Extreme Fiend Sword Venerable myself, yet he insisted on having that Mysterious Feather guy go over to get a share, and he specifically named my little pet to go help Mysterious Feather look after the spiritual fields. It's truly baffling!"

Speaking of this.

She rubbed Su Lie's hair and said with great dissatisfaction, "Little pet! Senior Brother Mysterious Feather's spiritual fields are huge! And there is an old dragon nearby, so you must be careful!"

"Oh, right! Oh, right!"

"The Immortal Slaying Sword Residence nearby is a restricted area, so don't wander into it!"

She muttered a lot.

Finally.

The Thousand-Hand Demoness stretched, and she lazily mumbled, "I'm such an idiot! My little pet has been frozen by me, how could he possibly hear what I'm saying?"

"Oh well! Our clan should be recognized by the rules soon! The destruction of the Sword Sect is already a certainty!"

"The Ancestor said that the Heavenly Dao rules have started the Suppression of the light holy sword. Although the Suppression force isn't strong, this is definitely a good thing!"

"Hahaha! When we can openly appear in the world, if you successfully complete my test, I will let you be this Sect Master's attendant boy! Hehe!"

"I'm really looking forward to it!"

Afterwards.

The Thousand-Hand Demoness turned back into the clock and vanished again.

Su Lie still slept under the bed.

Nothing happened that night.

The next morning.

Su Lie was the same as usual. When he arrived at the Heavenly Sword Peak plaza.

[Buzz!]

[Congratulations on successfully completing mist rule Mission 1: Explore the Mystery of the Sword Sect's Downfall!]

[Please continue your efforts!]

[Note: Mission rewards will be granted upon your return!]

[Note: In places illuminated by the holy sword's light, you can convert the resources you obtain into resources compatible with the mist rule!]

The notification before his eyes made Su Lie's eyelids twitch, "What is going on? I can actually re-establish contact with the mist rule, and I can do it here... How is this possible?"