Chapter 15

"Will Young Master be so amazing that he won’t need me anymore?"

Suchu Xue frowned, seriously considering this possibility. On Qiantian Mountain, there were countless maids, many of whom were nimble and clever, and there were no shortage of noble individuals. She had only been chosen as the young master’s maid because of her dual cultivation in spirit and martial arts, which made her more powerful than ordinary girls her age.

The more she thought about it, the more dejected she became. Xue’s eyes turned vacant as she gazed at the unconscious young man in her arms.

In her most desperate moment, Zong Shou, whom she was supposed to protect, had appeared before her. What was originally thought to be hopeless turned into the swift slaughter of Zong Yu and his group in just a few dozen breaths, pulling her back from the brink of hell.

The heroic figure of him wielding a sword against six enemies was deeply etched in her heart, a memory she could neither forget nor wanted to.

Her eyes gradually became entranced until Yin Yang approached them with a few quick steps.

"Did the young master kill all these people alone?"

Yin Yang carefully examined the corpses by the carriages a hundred paces away. Even though he had already guessed, he couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath.

"What a fast blade! What a domineering sword! Three warriors and three martial masters, and it only took less than forty breaths in total—truly remarkable—"

After a brief moment of contemplation, Yin Yang took out a purple crystal from his bag and placed it between Zong Shou’s eyebrows.

Seeing this, Xue’s face immediately showed annoyance: "Uncle Yin, Young Master still remembers things from when he was a child!"

Yin Yang was unconcerned, shaking his head slightly and saying, "What kind of person is this fierce sword Uwei? You should know better than I do, Xue. Three or four secret martial masters of the same rank can only be slaughtered by him. To be able to take his right eye with just an initial opened wheel, how could it not raise suspicion? We must verify if the young master is truly himself!"

In just a moment, the purple crystal glowed with a pure, brilliant azure light.

Yin Yang’s eyes lit up as he quickly put the crystal away, exclaiming in admiration, "This divine soul is truly pure! The young master’s talent for practicing spirit techniques must be extraordinary! It is said that when celestial martial saints and spirit masters possess others, the most taboo thing is a mixed soul, and the original soul must not be allowed to exist. Since the young master still has memories from his childhood and his divine soul is so pure, he definitely isn’t a possessed body!"

Seeing Xue’s tension gradually ease, Yin Yang smiled understandingly and then looked at Zong Shou with a deeply emotional expression. His eyes held anticipation, joy, and a hint of envy.

"Since it’s not the wisdom of a past life, today’s battle must have been the young master’s own doing. He must have practiced some secret technique unknown to us to be so powerful. I only knew that the young master, due to the coexistence of two meridians, couldn’t practice any martial techniques. But I didn’t know that his martial talent was so astonishing. To be able to leap four ranks and kill a martial master with just an initial opened wheel, if the young master can overcome his dual meridian body and become a celestial martial saint, who in this world could possibly be his match?"

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When Zong Shou regained consciousness, it was already three days later. His head felt as if it had been split in two, dazed and throbbing with intense pain.

He finally managed to open his eyes and found himself lying on a soft couch inside a carriage, resting on Suchu Xue’s lap.

"Hehe! This pillow is so comfortable, so fragrant—"

His mind was entranced, and the intense pain in his head seemed to lessen. Zong Shou took a light sniff and then noticed a long red scar in front of him.

The constitution of the tiger-cat clan was indeed formidable. The medicinal herbs passed down by the demon race for tens of thousands of years were astonishingly effective.

In just this short period, most of Xue’s wounds had healed, leaving only red marks on her snow-white skin. It was estimated that they would fade in a few more days.

After being unconscious for several days, the life-and-death battle still felt like it had happened not long ago in Zong Shou’s mind.

Thinking of the shocking wounds on Xue’s body, he couldn’t help but shudder and quickly sat up. Every muscle in his body felt as if it had been torn, causing him to involuntarily draw a sharp breath.

Suchu Xue, who had been dozing off against the carriage, was startled awake. She mumbled in a daze and then lazily stretched.

The next moment, she saw Zong Shou looking at her with a half-smile. Her face immediately turned bright red, and she hurriedly stood up.

"Young Master, you’re awake?"

Her voice was full of surprise, but she kept her head lowered, her chin touching her chest. It seemed as if she wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.

Zong Shou laughed in spite of himself, feeling a bit puzzled. He wondered why she had been so bold when giving him a massage and pulse diagnosis, but now she was so shy.

He wanted to tease her but knew that in her current state, even a few casual words might make her run away.

He could only shake his head and look out the window. The scenery outside was no longer a wasteland but a road surrounded by mountains and valleys. There were already many pedestrians and carriages on the way, indicating that they had left Longze Plain and entered the Sudian Mountains near Dongji Yunhai.

Not far away should be one of the major strongholds of Lingyun Sect, the first major sect of Donglin Yunlu, Danling Mountain.

Lingyun Sect’s influence spanned the Cloud Realm, with a total of nine strongholds distributed across the five cloud continents and four large cloud islands.

Danling Mountain was just one of them. Its true headquarters was located in an ancient cloud palace. In his previous life, Zong Shou had the fortune to see it, and it was indeed on a grand scale.

Looking at the endless mountains on both sides, Zong Shou’s brows involuntarily furrowed. "Are we still heading to Danling Mountain? I heard that Danling Mountain is hidden in thick fog and only appears once every three years at a specific time. It’s probably not the right time yet—"

Suchu Xue had already calmed herself down and smiled, "Has Young Master forgotten? This year is the hurricane year! Calculating the time, there are only two months left!"

Zong Shou vaguely remembered that all the continents and cloud islands in the Cloud Realm floated above the clouds. Approximately every ten years, a large number of hurricanes would arise from the cloud seas, sweeping across the region. The former was due to magnetic forces, and the latter was due to temperature differences, but this was knowledge from the future.

At that time, no matter how thick the fog, it would all be blown away, which was when Danling Mountain would appear.

Pursing his lips, Zong Shou felt a bit reluctant. He subconsciously didn’t want to go to Danling Mountain.

In his previous life in the game, the grudges with Lingyun Sect were secondary. More importantly, his father, the so-called Bloodthirsty Demon Saint and Nine-Tailed Fox King Zong Weiran, had killed eleven celestial martial saints from Lingyun Sect after achieving the rank of martial saint and reappearing in the world.

It was said that due to the tragic death of his beloved son and the extermination of the Heavenly Fox Clan, he blamed Lingyun Sect and single-handedly attacked Danling Mountain, causing countless strong individuals of the sect to fall.

For decades after this battle, Lingyun Sect was severely weakened and its influence greatly diminished. It only slightly recovered some of its strength in the later stages of the Divine Emperor Era.

This battle was hailed as a world-shocking battle, stirring the entire realm. At that time, Zong Weiran was not in his demon king form but was acting alone, which is why Zong Shou had not immediately recalled it.

Zong Shou didn’t know the secrets behind it. He only knew that the son of the demon king had fled alone into Danling Mountain and was later mercilessly expelled by Lingyun Sect.

This led to his being used as a puppet and then publicly executed.

"What exactly happened in Danling Mountain? Since the demon king arranged for his beloved son to seek refuge with Lingyun Sect, there must have been a reason. What could have caused him to be expelled? Well, I’ll go and see for myself. Anyway, I have to visit Danling Mountain sooner or later. Some things need to be verified—"

*Hunwu Chongtian* by Yishui Qianshan

Dying unjustly and becoming a ghost, unable to enter the cycle of rebirth, unable to be reincarnated, I will specialize in cultivating a ghost immortal!

A *Tianshi Jing* forges an extraordinary life.

Book ID: 2243073

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