Faced with the ruthless determination of this old man, Tang Yu couldn't help but feel deep admiration.
"I was rude earlier. With this elder's cultivation level, I fear I, Tang, will never be able to reach it in this life."
The elder with the surname Zhou let out a cold laugh, though in his heart, he also felt a certain emotion.
How many years had passed since the last time he felt that the young were truly formidable?
No wonder Fang Meiyun was willing to pay such a high price.
Using that invaluable Heavenly Crystal as a reward for him to intervene.
"But, old ancestor, your Thousand Swords Mountain has no grievances with our Hehuan Sect, nor is it allied with the Virgin Sect."
"Risking your life for that small benefit offered by Fang Meiyun is not worth it. If what you want is money, our Hehuan Sect has many methods."
Tang Yu began to advise him with a smile.
After hearing a few words, a hint of doubt appeared in the elder Zhou's eyes.
The Thousand Swords Mountain was made up exclusively of sword cultivators.
Although their power was formidable, they were somewhat limited in wealth, relying entirely on the resources of their territory.
Just as he hesitated for a moment...
Tang Yu's flying sword, which had been suspended in the air, suddenly launched a sneak attack.
In the blink of an eye, Elder Zhou lost two or three inches of his body.
At the moment of Tang Yu's sneak attack, Elder Zhou exploded in fury.
With all his might, he thrust his sword forward.
The sword pierced Tang Yu's chest but was stopped by a faint red glow.
Still, Elder Zhou wielded his sword with one hand and continued to thrust forward.
Tang Yu allowed the sword's tip to push him back, forced to retreat by Elder Zhou's sword.
Both moved southward in this strange posture of a single thrust.
They advanced about ten feet until Tang Yu crashed into the base of a massive mountain and came to a halt.
The fog on the path they had taken completely dissipated, turning into an avenue of sword energy.
The moment they stopped...
The sword's tip finally broke through the red glow in Tang Yu's chest.
But the fierce sword energy, although following the tip, could no longer advance an inch.
Unable to severely injure Tang Yu with a single blow, frustration appeared in Elder Zhou's eyes.
This bastard, his defensive technique was already terrifying.
And he was wearing seven magical robes!
Moreover, he used some kind of treasure to conceal them.
The residual power of his sword barely pierced through two of those robes.
Before he could launch another strike, Tang Yu seized the opportunity to counterattack with ferocity and determination.
Elder Zhou was already on the verge of collapse.
After Tang Yu contaminated his energy and treasures with the snow technique...
His combat power plummeted.
He couldn't even gain an advantage by using all his strength in a thrust.
This Elder Zhou, recognized as the number one under the Divine Transformation realm, had no choice but to resign himself to death.
After taking a devastating punch from Tang Yu, he was slammed into the ground.
Elder Zhou's meridians were shattered, and he bled from his seven orifices.
Sitting on the ground, he spat a large mouthful of blood before looking up at Tang Yu with a smile.
"Before I die, I have a question I want to ask you."
"Say it."
Following the logic that villains die from talking too much, Tang Yu responded with a single word, alert.
"Last time, the illumination phenomenon at Hehuan Sect... it wasn't actually Nangong Wuxin, was it? It was you."
Elder Zhou's voice was already somewhat unintelligible.
After that illumination phenomenon at Hehuan Sect...
The patriarchs of the other six major sects were shocked, believing that Nangong Wuxin was about to break through his level.
Only now did he realize...
The technique this young man used to contaminate energy and treasures was not an ordinary technique.
It was a technique derived from the Dao itself!
The person who had reached enlightenment at that time was not Nangong Wuxin.
It was this monster, whose talent could no longer be described as prodigious!
"Yes."
After answering, Tang Yu quickly delivered the final blow, not giving the old man the chance to ask more questions.
With a single punch, he sent the old man to the other world.
Tang Yu first took all the valuables from the corpse.
And to prevent the old man from having any resurrection secret arts...
He used a fire technique to give him a free cremation.
After delivering the final blow, Tang Yu pondered for a moment and decided to abandon the reverse hunt against the Virgin Sect.
Since they had dragged the Thousand Swords Mountain to their side...
For precaution, Tang Yu chose to return first to reunite with his main group.
After more than a day, he found the members of Hehuan Sect.
They were all resting by a river.
The fog within several miles had already been cleared by them, so as soon as Tang Yu approached, they detected him immediately.
Nangong Ying was the first to come out to meet him, and as she grabbed Tang Yu's arm, she looked him up and down with concern.
"Little brother, didn't you get hurt being out for so long?"
"I hurt myself a bit, but it's nothing."
"Huh? How is that nothing? Let your shijie check it."
"The wound is on my back, little brother, do you want to see it?"
Tang Yu asked with a mischievous laugh.
Realizing that this guy was bothering her, Nangong Ying snorted in annoyance: "I wouldn't look even if you paid me!"
"Then I'll pay you to see yours."
Tang Yu lowered his voice as he said it.
Nangong Ying opened her mouth to bite Tang Yu.
This guy had been showing less and less respect for her as an older sister lately!
Tang Yu laughed as he dodged her attack, and both began to playfully fight like children.
The members of Hehuan Sect were already used to these scenes.
Who didn't know that the Master had a good relationship with Elder Nangong? If not, how could she have moved into the Qunyu tower?
When they finished playing, the others came over to greet Tang Yu.
It was obvious that several elders were pale and clearly seriously injured.
Tang Yu, smiling, asked: "Elder Huang, what happened to you guys? Fight over the loot?"
"Master, you're such a joker."
The elders smiled helplessly and explained:
"Yesterday we ventured deeper and ran into a fog beast in the middle stage of Divine Transformation. If it weren't for the fact that the beast had no consciousness yet, we could have ended up in very bad shape."
After Tang Yu left, they decided to go further in to hunt mist beasts and collect pearls.
The further they went, the more powerful the beasts became.
They even encountered one in the initial stage of Divine Transformation.
Since the mist beasts lacked consciousness and acted on instinct, they were able to hunt it with difficulty by working together.
However, when they encountered one in the mid-level of Divine Transformation yesterday, even working together, they couldn't defeat it, and they had to retreat.
Once everything was explained, Nangong Ying looked at Tang Yu again with expectation.
"Did you have any interesting adventures on this outing, Little Brother?"
"Yes, I had quite a few. I encountered a mist beast in human form."
Tang Yu responded with a laugh.
"A mist beast in human form?"
Everyone showed surprise; they had seen mist beasts in many shapes but never in human form.
"Yes, it even pretended to be a cultivator from the Maiden Sect or something like that. Anyway, after defeating it, it dropped a bunch of good stuff."
Tang Yu took out a handful of storage rings and poured out a mountain of spirit stones, magic treasures, and more.
"..."
Finally, everyone understood what Tang Yu meant by a mist beast in human form.
"Ah... Yes, it was a mist beast in human form, I've seen it too."
Seeing the pile of valuable items, Nangong Ying was the first to side with Tang Yu.
The others smiled knowingly. After all, if he obtained it skillfully, it was fair.
One of the elders, with a calm demeanor, expressed concern:
"If this keeps up, aren't we already at war with the other sect?"
The seven great sects usually didn't interfere in each other's affairs.
Acting like this and provoking a war between two factions within the secret realm benefited no one.
"They never had good intentions. They sent someone to find me and set a trap. We don't need to be kind to them. If they want to fight, we'll fight to the end."
Tang Yu, showing no concern, added with a smile: "And I've come back to warn them: those witches are collaborating with the Mountain of Ten Thousand Swords."
"Since when?"
Everyone was surprised again, had the Mountain of Ten Thousand Swords gotten involved too?
Tang Yu took out the sword with the original name of Elder Zhou and threw it on the ground.
Everyone immediately recognized the sword.
That Elder Zhou from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Swords killed two cultivators of the same level, fighting one against two, though his cultivation later regressed to the Soul-Nascent Realm.
Although his power couldn't advance anymore, he was considered invincible below the Divine Transformation stage.
If this sword was here, then the answer was obvious.
"Now what will we do?"
Several elders from the Hehuan Sect were worried.
It was already complicated enough to fight against the Maiden Sect.
And if the Mountain of Ten Thousand Swords was added, the Hehuan Sect basically had no chance of victory.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of the Maiden Sect."
Tang Yu chuckled and packed everything from the ground into a storage ring, then threw it to Nangong Ying.
She had just gone out to handle the war merit registration.
"Are you giving me half the credit, Little Brother?"
After storing the ring, Nangong Ying looked at Tang Yu and smiled like a fool.
"Maybe, but when we get back, you'll have to help me rub my back and massage my shoulders."
Tang Yu communicated to her via voice transmission.
Nangong Ying nodded eagerly, happily accepting; anyway, she had already gotten used to being sent around every now and then.
"Where is that mid-level Divine Transformation mist beast from earlier? Point me in the direction and I'll go."
Tang Yu looked at the others as she asked.
"It's over there."
An elder pointed in the direction and then looked at Tang Yu, asking.
"Does the master plan to divert the danger to the east?"
The others also looked at Tang Yu with curiosity. She had been in the Hehuan Sect for a while, and her methods of torture were quite well-known among them.
Tang Yu smiled and nodded.
"But does the master know its location? If not, taking such a risk wouldn't be wise."
"Don't worry, I left a trap set. I know where they are. You all keep advancing and be careful if you run into people from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Swords."
After giving this warning, Tang Yu turned and left.
Following the direction indicated by the others, Tang Yu took about an hour to find the terrifying mid-level Divine Transformation mist beast.
It was a gigantic white frog.
Around it, within a five-li radius, the mist had completely disappeared, clearly condensed into that creature.
On her way, Tang Yu had already killed many mist beasts, so she had some knowledge about these creatures.
These things had no consciousness, acted purely on instinct, and couldn't even be considered living beings, but creations formed by the laws of this small world.
Once she calculated the distance correctly, Tang Yu formed a seal with her hands, and a fire arc appeared.
She shot three arrows in quick succession at the frog.
In no time, the three fire arrows struck the frog's body.
This type of attack didn't cause the frog any pain or itching.
But its instinct led it to turn and focus on Tang Yu, beginning to chase her.
Once it attracted the creature's hatred, Tang Yu mounted a flying magic treasure and quickly fled.
To make the most of the treasure's performance.
Tang Yu took out about a hundred high-quality spiritual stones to activate a special formation in the treasure.
With this costly way of using it, he managed to make his speed match that of the terrifying frog.
By increasing his speed.
Tang Yu took out the seal from the previous treasure.
With just a thought.
Tang Yu quickly located the position of the elders of the Maiden Sect through the seal.
The mark left by this treasure's seal seemed to be on the body.
But in reality, it left a mark on the soul of the target.
As long as the mark remained, Tang Yu could track their location.
At that moment, all the marks were gathered in a single point.
That could only mean that the vast majority of the Maiden Sect was in that place.
So he sped towards them.
Linglong and the others felt an odd unease.
They had all already joined the main group.
Since they had lost their robes and were wearing things to cover their foreheads.
Although the other elders in the group said nothing.
The looks they gave them were somewhat strange.
So throughout the journey, they felt quite uncomfortable, but they couldn't explode.
Noticing their discomfort.
Ning Qingyan, who was leading the group, also didn't know how to console them.
Making the atmosphere of the entire team particularly strange.
Only during the confrontation with the mist beasts did they exchange a few words.
After everyone united their efforts to consecutively defeat two initial-stage Divine Transformation mist beasts,
Ning Qingyan spoke: "Everyone has worked hard, let's rest for half a day to recover and face the next battle better."
Everyone responded with "Alright" and sat down to meditate and rest, occasionally chatting about anything.
Only the women who had lost to Tang Yu remained silent, sitting in a corner, meditating quietly.
Among them, the elder who was spat out by Tang Yu didn't seem particularly affected.
Although they had taken her magical robe and storage ring.
But... trusting in her appearance, she could tell that the others still had quite a bit of trust in her.
"No wonder the master told me in my early years not to insist on preserving my youth, he really meant it for my own good."
At that moment, she suddenly remembered the advice from her master in the past, and her heart warmed.
The group's rest didn't last long.
Suddenly, an extremely terrifying aura approached from not too far away, and the ground began to tremble.
Noticing this movement, everyone immediately became serious, adopting a defensive stance.
Under everyone's gaze, Tang Yu shot out of the mist sea at an incredible speed, flying low over a compass.
In his hand, he held a handsome young man.
It was Murong Jie, the young genius of this generation from the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, famous for having an innate sword body.
"It's that damn guy!"
Seeing Tang Yu, Linglong was the first to react, shouting in hatred.
In the next second, a massive mist beast in the shape of a frog emerged from the sea of clouds, causing the Maiden Sect disciples to change their expression.
Was it a mid-level mist beast in the Divine Transformation stage?
"Ladies, I brought you a little gift. It's simple, but full of love, don't be shy."
Finally reaching the Maiden Sect camp, Tang Yu smiled like a lunatic as he led the mist beast toward the crowd.
"Scatter!"
Ning Qingyan made the decision on the spot, ordering everyone to scatter to prevent Tang Yu from attracting disaster to them.
But not all of the Golden Core realm cultivators present had the speed of Tang Yu.
One, barely in the initial stage of the Golden Core realm, was a little delayed.
And was caught by Tang Yu and the mist frog.
The beast, in a rage, crushed him with a single palm, reducing him to pieces instantly.
Seeing that Tang Yu was about to attack others who were slower,
Ning Qingyan had no choice but to grit her teeth and shout: "Everyone gather, let's face the mist beast together!"
Among those present, there were not many who could surpass Tang Yu and that beast in speed.
If they scattered...
At least half of them would end up dead because of that guy!
Under her command, the Maiden Sect disciples stopped and began to act together.
Linglong and the others quickly activated the Ten Extermination Formation, which they had prepared against Tang Yu,
to face that powerful mist beast.
Being forced to act, they naturally became the target of the Maiden Sect's attacks.
Tang Yu, seeing himself free, didn't run too far.
He placed Murong Jie, whom he had been holding in his hand, on the ground,
then took out a mat, placed it on his forehead, and sat on it.
"Damn Tang, I'll get you back for this humiliation a hundred times over."
With Tang Yu sitting on his forehead, Murong Jie was furious to the point of nearly exploding.
He had crossed paths with Tang Yu while fleeing from the mist beast.
He had planned to seriously injure him and leave him to die, fulfilling his pact with the Maiden Sect.
But his sword failed to harm him, and instead, it was him who received a punch.
Then he was caught by the mist beast, and on the brink of death, Tang Yu turned around and grabbed him, taking him away on the compass.
"Really? How nice. I'll make you sleep with a few fairies. If you don't return it a hundred times, you'll be a ***."
Tang Yu laughed as he let out farts, making Murong Jie, who was serving as a bench, turn green with disgust.
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