Inquiry about immortality

Chapter 2711 Sword Tomb

Suddenly, a sword aura appeared in the Demon Realm. As the sword aura flew past, everyone used their secret techniques to investigate its source, but none of them could sense the owner of the sword aura, including Elder Mu and Youyan, two late-stage Integration Realm experts.

This sword energy was too sudden, as if it came from another dimension.

That leaves only one possibility: this sword energy did not come from a cultivator, or rather, it was not from a current cultivator.

In the world of cultivation, such things are not uncommon. Some peculiar places contain mysterious records that capture events from ancient times and repeatedly demonstrate them.

However, the sword energy was so real, and the sharp sword intent made them tremble with fear; it must have been more than just a photograph.

The reason everyone looked at Qin Sang was simple: he was the only sword cultivator, and everyone had long suspected that he came from the Western Sword City.

"Although I practice the way of the sword and have long admired the swordsmanship taught in Xijue Sword City, I have never had the opportunity to visit them," Qin Sang said in a deep voice.

Seeing that he denied coming from Xijue Sword City, the others could not force him, and they shifted their gaze away from Qin Sang. As for whether they believed Qin Sang's words, only they knew.

At this moment, everyone noticed that Elder Mu's expression was unusual.

Elder Mu stared at the jade slip in his hand and uttered a startling statement: "That sword energy seems to have been drawn out by this token!"

"what?"

"Could that sword energy be...?"

……

Everyone was surprised, and then they all thought of a possibility: was that sword energy clearing a path for them?

Lei Jun's cave must be extremely well hidden, otherwise, with countless demons in the abyss, it would have been occupied by them long ago.

They arrived carrying jade slips, which triggered some kind of mechanism in Lei Jun's cave, and then sword energy appeared...

Everyone immediately activated their divine senses to trace the trajectory of the sword energy, and sure enough, they found something unusual where the sword energy disappeared.

There was a strange void node there, even though there was nothing there before!

Void nodes are like portals, opening a passageway in this distorted void for them, leading to another place.

"quick!"

The elderly man surnamed Mu urged him repeatedly.

The sword energy vanished in an instant; the fear was that this void node would close soon.

Elder Mu finally set off, but then suddenly remembered something and turned to Qin Sang, “Fellow Daoist Qingfeng, come to my side.”

Everyone's expressions changed upon hearing this. Jiang Jiugao hesitated, but ultimately remained silent. Qin Sang was the only sword cultivator, and since this Thunder Lord's Cave was guided by sword energy, Qin Sang, who was proficient in swordsmanship, might be of great use.

Qin Sang remained calm, nodded, and silently flew to Elder Mu's side.

The formation changed, with Elder Mu, Youyan, and Qin Sangfei at the forefront, followed by the others in turn.

The void node was indeed maintained for a very short time. When the group flew to the void node, it had already declined and was about to close.

'Swish! Swish! Swish!'

Without time to investigate, the group filed in.

Passing through the void node, Qin Sang checked behind him and found it closed, causing his heart to sink. Without the jade slip's guidance, could the Vermilion Bird and the Banyan Tree King activate this void node?

Since she was already there, Qin Sang had no way to turn back now. With Elder Mu right beside her, she couldn't even leave a warning. She could only trust the abilities of the Vermilion Bird and the Banyan Tree King.

A soft exclamation came from the side. Everyone looked up and saw starlight twinkling in the darkness. It seemed that they had left the abyss and arrived under the starry sky.

Something's not right!

Elder Mu's expression hardened slightly, and he hissed, "Be careful!"

Before the words were even finished, the stars in the sky transformed into countless shooting stars, which fell from the sky. Each shooting star was actually a sword aura!

"Is this jade slip a token or a trap?"

Everyone cursed inwardly, but fortunately they had taken precautions before entering and remained calm in the face of the overwhelming sword energy.

'call out!'

A sword aura shot straight towards Qin Sang and Elder Mu.

Elder Mu raised his right hand, palm facing the sword energy. Then his palm split open, turning into an eye with a golden pupil inside, glaring at the sword energy and shooting out a beam of golden light.

'Snap!'

This wasn't golden light; it was clearly a golden lightning bolt that struck the sword energy squarely.

The sword energy shattered instantly, and even the sword intent contained within it was destroyed by the golden lightning and dissipated into the void.

Qin Sang secretly regretted it. Looking at the golden eyeball in Elder Mu's hand, he felt a vague sense of familiarity, which reminded him of the Silver-Eyed Saint Clan he had encountered before.

The golden eyes are somewhat similar to the hidden eyes of the Silver-Eyed Saint Clan.

Could this be the hidden eye of the Golden-Eyed Holy Clan?

In the True Radiance Holy Clan, gold and silver eyes are the noblest eye colors. It is said that gold eyes are even better than silver eyes, and in ancient times they were known as royalty.

If Elder Mu had extracted the hidden eye of the Golden Eye Saint Clan and integrated it into his own body, the True Radiance Saint Clan would never have tolerated it. The fact that he has not been killed by the True Radiance Saint Clan so far can only mean that his strength and background are extremely formidable.

"Fellow Daoist Qingfeng, have you noticed anything?" Elder Mu's voice interrupted Qin Sang's thoughts.

With Elder Mu protecting her, Qin Sang could concentrate on sensing the sword energy.

Soon, a startling discovery was made: these sword energies did not originate from the same swordsman; each sword energy contained distinct sword intent. Even though they were all swordsmen practicing the sword path, each person's sword path would not be exactly the same.

Right now, they are facing thousands of sword cultivators attacking them at the same time. How could a single sword cultivator possibly unleash so many different sword energies?

Qin Sang shared her findings, but they clearly did not satisfy Elder Mu. Even those who were not sword cultivators could see that these sword energies were unusual.

After pondering for a moment, Elder Mu said, "I have heard a secret. After the great chaos of that year, the sword cultivators of the Spirit Realm who remained in the Holy Realm forged the Western Sword City and found the corpses of the dead sword cultivators, which were then used to build a sword tomb."

"Is this really true? Where is the Sword Tomb?" Youyan pressed.

Even Youyan didn't know, and the others had never heard of it. Only the girl in the purple dress had a strange look in her eyes, as if she knew something.

"I don't know," Elder Mu shook his head. "I'm afraid only the sword cultivators of Xijue Sword City know the location of the Sword Tomb. They wouldn't allow outsiders to disturb the peace of their ancestors."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Qin Sang again, but Qin Sang stubbornly denied it.

"Could we be inside the Sword Tomb right now? But why did Xijue Sword City build the Sword Tomb in the Demon Realm?" Xie Jing looked around, his face full of vigilance.

Sword energy swirled everywhere, and the sword intent emanating from some of these energy terrified her. Fortunately, none of these energy swirled together to attack the intruder, otherwise even Elder Mu and Youyan would have had to flee in a sorry state.

"This……"

Elder Mu hesitated for a moment, “The construction of Western Sword City was much later than the time when Lei Jun disappeared.”

The end of the era of the Ten Heavenly Venerables was marked by their disappearance or silence. Lei Jun disappeared around that time, and the Ziwei Palace probably didn't exist then.

Unless, when the Sword Tomb was built in Xijue Sword City, intentionally or unintentionally, it was built above Lei Jun's cave. But that doesn't explain why the jade slip could attract sword energy and help them open the void node; it couldn't be that Lei Jun had foresight.

Qin Sang remained silent, scanning the sword energies one by one. Upon learning the secret of the Sword Tomb, he was deeply moved. Were the fallen sword cultivators and the shattered Sword Pavilion all sent to the Sword Tomb?

Among them must be sword cultivators from the Ziwei lineage.

If these sword energies come from the sword cultivators sleeping in the sword tomb, they should contain sword intents that he is familiar with.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Qin Sang didn't discover any connection between these sword energies and the Ziwei Palace or the Sword Pavilion inheritance he had received.

"So what if it's a sword tomb?"

The old man surnamed Mu glanced at Qin Sang with disdain. Qin Sang and Jiang Xie were in cahoots and therefore his enemies.

"Elder Mu, continue to activate the jade slip; there may be further guidance."

They came for Lei Jun's Cave, so naturally they prioritized it. Even if there were treasures in the Sword Tomb, stealing them here might alert the Western Sword City, which would be a losing proposition.

"what?"

Elder Mu raised the jade slip, sensed it for a moment, and said in surprise, "Something is responding to the token, and it is moving at high speed."

Everyone immediately realized that there were only sword energies here, and their target was one of the thousands of sword energies!

Elder Mu suddenly grasped the jade slip, his figure appearing like a ghost, and hundreds of Elder Mus instantly appeared in the darkness.

These are all afterimages left behind by Elder Mu. It is unknown what kind of escape technique he used, but the afterimages lingered for a long time, leaving behind a complex and chaotic trajectory.

Elder Mu was tracking that sword energy. Judging from Elder Mu's movements, that sword energy was flying much faster than the other sword energies, and they couldn't sense its existence.

That sword energy was more troublesome than expected. Elder Mu chased it for a full quarter of an hour, his afterimages filling the darkness. Then Youyan joined the battle, and even the two top experts couldn't catch up.

Left with no other choice, they called for Qin Sang and the others again.

"Fellow Daoists, let's join forces and force it into a corner!"

That sword energy wasn't a living being, but it seemed to have an instinct to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. It knew someone was chasing it, and it drew chaotic trajectories in the void. Fortunately, that sword energy seemed to be bound by some kind of force and couldn't leave this void, otherwise they might have lost track of it.

Only Elder Mu could 'see' the sword energy through the jade slip; the others could only obey Elder Mu's orders.

None of them were weak; they could all obey orders without question. However, the surrounding sword energy was a major problem. Some of these sword energies were so powerful that they had to avoid their sharp edges, or they would be injured.

Under Elder Mu's command, the group, who were not familiar with each other before, became more and more skilled in their cooperation. Even though they could not see the sword energy, they successfully blocked other directions and drove the sword energy away, gradually forcing it into a corner.

'call out!'

They seemed to faintly hear the sound of sword energy piercing the air.

In the darkness, a cold light bloomed, right between Elder Mu and Youyan. Everyone seemed to see an ice lotus, carved from ten thousand years of mysterious ice, exquisitely beautiful.

Everyone knew it was all an illusion; there was no ice lotus, only a sword aura radiating a cold light!

With all directions blocked, the sword energy had nowhere to retreat and suddenly erupted, slashing towards everyone from mid-air!

The sword intent descended, containing the most terrifying chill in the world, and everyone felt as if their minds were about to be frozen.

All the Nascent Soul cultivators were shocked. Even with the powerful Elder Mu and Youyan standing in front, they had little confidence in their ability to withstand this sword energy!

At the critical moment, Elder Mu suddenly threw out the jade slip in his hand.

Before the jade slip even came into contact with the sword energy, it shattered silently under the powerful sword intent, and strange waves rippled outwards.

The sword energy suddenly solidified.

The ice lotus withered, the cold light gradually dimmed, and the sword intent contained within the sword energy slowly dissipated.

Fortunately, they had the jade slip, which saved them from a crisis. They then all showed thoughtful expressions, with Qin Sang reacting the most strongly.

What's astonishing is that they were actually able to comprehend the sword intent within this sword energy. After they shattered the previous sword energy, the sword intent vanished immediately, like a dream or a bubble.

This sword energy was the most special; not only did it not disappear, but it also did not reject their divine sense, allowing them to comprehend the profound mysteries within the sword intent.

Before long, everyone woke up and looked at Qin Sang with complicated expressions.

Everyone was able to comprehend sword intent, but none of them were sword cultivators. They could only hope to gain a deeper understanding in the future. Only Qin Sang gained the most.

If Qin Sang also cultivates a sword path that contains the meaning of freezing, he may take a big step forward in the sword path, which is an opportunity that all demon lords dream of.

No one could have imagined that Qin Sang did not actually choose to merge with the sword path, but he did indeed reap great rewards.

His swordsmanship is based on the Four Symbols and Nine Luminaries Sword Formation. Master Tianyue was once disappointed by Qin Sang's choice of a sword formation, but a sword formation has one advantage: it can encompass everything.

Qin Sang had never practiced a sword technique that contained the meaning of freezing, but his Four Symbols Nine Luminaries Sword Formation contained a star. Water and ice can transform into each other, and Qin Sang focused his mind on the star, comprehending the sword path within the sword energy, and found that he achieved twice the result with half the effort.

Qin Sang was immersed in the profound Dao of Swordsmanship, quietly conjuring up a sword formation within her Purple Mansion to deduce its power. Unbeknownst to her, Chenxing began to emanate a chill, and Chenxing, which she had thought was already fully deduce, gradually transformed into a star composed of ice.

When Qin Sang woke up and noticed the changes in the sword formation, he didn't have time to examine it closely because the gazes from outside made him feel like he was being pricked by needles.

"Thank you, Elder Mu and fellow Daoists, for your help!"

Having obtained this opportunity without even entering Lei Jun's cave, Qin Sang didn't want to arouse the jealousy of others.

Fortunately, no one had time to dwell on the matter, because after the sword energy shattered, it opened a vortex in the void that led to the unknown.

Could this be the entrance to Lei Jun's cave?

The group put the recent events behind them and looked expectantly at the vortex, realizing that it was actually a passageway.

The jade slip shattered, opening this passage, indicating that they had arrived at their destination! Elder Mu was right in front of the vortex, and without hesitation, he immediately rushed into it, while You Yan was not to be outdone.

Immediately afterwards, the others entered the vortex.

As they emerged from the whirlpool, before they could even get a clear look at their surroundings, they were suddenly struck by a thunderous roar.

"Those who trespass on my territory shall die!"

The roar was deafening. Elder Mu and Youyan stopped in front of them, and everyone looked ahead in shock.

Ahead lay a vast ocean, now ravaged by a storm, with towering waves crashing on the surface and dark clouds gathering in the sky, accompanied by thunder.

'Rumble...'

A figure emerged from the water. This figure was enormous; even with only its upper body visible, it was already over a thousand feet tall, and its star-like giant eyes looked down upon the crowd.

Before it, everyone is as insignificant as an ant!

What a terrifying giant!

Those enormous eyes radiated boundless rage, and a terrifying aura swept across them. Faced with this aura, everyone's blood surged, and their expressions changed drastically! (End of Chapter)