Chapter 3

After the Seven Killings, everyone dispersed. Today is only the nineteenth of September, and there are still eleven days until the first day of October.

Ten days later, no one knew how many of those present would still be alive. Although no one spoke of it, everyone had a clear understanding in their hearts. Perhaps these seven days would be the last seven days of their lives.

They each went their separate ways, and these killers rushed to the back of the cave, which was not only the training base and headquarters of the Heaven's Absolute Killing Hall but also a place of indulgence.

In the pleasure hall at the back, countless beauties with slender waists and delicate legs gathered. In the dining hall, endless delicacies were laid out, with pools of wine and mountains of meat. In the entertainment pavilion, all seventy-two forms of human entertainment were available.

Originally, these places required killers to spend money to enter and enjoy, but at this moment, they didn't need to. No one knew how many of them would survive, so they could indulge freely without spending a penny. It was like a death row inmate's last meal of chicken legs before execution.

Menglong laughed loudly and led a group of subordinates to the pleasure hall. Xiaoqing entered the entertainment pavilion, while Langzi walked into the dining hall to start tasting fine wines. Luoli, however, did not go there. He turned and walked upward, arriving at an underground training ground.

This training ground was one of the twelve in the mountain's belly, about twenty yards in diameter, with a blue stone floor. Weapon racks lined the walls, filled with various weapons. Inside, three or five people were either lifting stone locks or swinging double swords, training.

When Luoli entered, they all bowed and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother."

Luoli nodded without a word. These few people put down their stone locks, swords, and knives and stepped back, leaving Luoli alone in the training ground. The blue stone door slowly closed.

This was a rule of the sect: when the iron token was present, the Shadow Killers must disperse.

Seeing no one around, Luoli picked up a long sword. This was the most common sword of the Seven Killings Sect, three feet long, made of fine iron. Under the lamp, it emitted a faint blue light, incredibly sharp.

Luoli began to wield the sword, the sword moving with him, the sword light flashing. He swung the sword, chopping, slashing, and thrusting, completely absorbed in the movement. At this moment, there was only him and the sword, a fierce and sharp blade, with nothing else in the world, just one man and one sword, lost in the unity of self and sword.

The Heaven's Absolute Killing Hall had eighteen cultivation techniques, known as the Eighteen Methods of the Seven Killings. The seven killings were: sword, fist, knife, spear, poison, whip, and dagger. Among them, there were four sword techniques, five fist techniques, two knife techniques, two spear techniques, three poison techniques, one whip technique, and one dagger technique, collectively known as the Eighteen Methods.

One must master one of these techniques to be considered a Shadow Killer. Luoli had mastered three of the sword techniques: speed, poison, and cruelty. He still needed to master the fierce sword technique, which had six forms. Luoli had yet to master the sixth form. These eighteen methods had no specific names; they were simply named after their characteristics: speed, cruelty, poison, and ferocity. The techniques were simply called Sword One, Sword Two, and so on.

However, you must not underestimate them. These secret techniques, if in the martial arts world, would be considered heaven-grade secret techniques, worth a million gold, and countless strongmen would vie for them. This was because the Seven Killings Sect, a cultivation sect, had compiled the Eighteen Methods of the Seven Killings for its outer disciples, making it the strongest martial art for mortals below the cultivation stage!

Luoli's long sword emitted a fierce sword cry. When he swung the sword, it was like a giant beast. With this sword, all of Luoli's essence, energy, and spirit were concentrated in the sword. When he slashed, there was no turning back. This sword either killed the enemy or killed himself. This was the sword technique of the Seven Killings Sect, where all life perished under the seven killings!

The strength and posture used in this sword technique were at the limits of the human body, even to the point of self-mutilation. If an ordinary person used this technique, their tendons and meridians would be severed, and they would vomit blood on the spot. However, Luoli was unharmed, not because he was different, but because of the Longevity Poison.

The killers of the Heaven's Absolute Killing Hall must take the Longevity Poison, which was a means of control by the sect. Everyone had to take a pill to neutralize the poison every month; otherwise, their meridians would be severed, and they would suffer for seven days and seven nights before dying. Moreover, there was no way to remove the Longevity Poison.

In the world, every benefit has a drawback. The Longevity Poison, known as the Longevity Pill within the Seven Killings Sect, was not actually a poison but a miraculous elixir. Those who took it would have their potential fully activated. Injuries that would take a hundred days to heal would recover in twenty days, and minor injuries would heal in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, the Longevity Poison could completely burn one's life force, making the user incredibly strong, light as a swallow, with a photographic memory, high spirits, and unlimited potential. One year of cultivation was equivalent to five years for an ordinary person.

This was why the killers of the Heaven's Absolute Killing Hall could master the Eighteen Methods of the Seven Killings. These were all world-class secret techniques, and normal cultivation would take thirty to forty years to master. This was also why Luoli, at just sixteen years old, could kill countless strongmen.

In the world, besides benefits and drawbacks, there are also gains and losses. With every gain, there is a loss.

The Longevity Poison burned one's life force, so those who took it lived one year for every five years of an ordinary person. No one who took this drug could live more than ten years.

Therefore, many of the older disciples of the Heaven's Absolute Killing Hall might suddenly die while talking or in the middle of a battle, as their potential had been completely burned by the Longevity Poison, leading to their death.

The only way to be free from the Longevity Poison was to participate in the Ascension Conference, enter the outer sect of the Seven Killings Sect, and start cultivating to become a bronze token killer. At that point, the Longevity Poison could be neutralized. Master Ciyun and others had done this and neutralized the Longevity Poison.

Luoli was immersed in the sword technique, the sword light like electricity. With a fierce swing, the sixth form of the fierce sword technique cut through a 600-pound stone lock.

Luoli sheathed his sword, nodded, and the sixth form of the fierce sword technique was finally mastered, giving him more confidence in assassinating Lord Xinling!

He extended his left hand, and his fingers quickly calculated. This was the Purple Star Calculation Method, which measured the circulation of his blood and calculated the current time. This method was specifically used in underground places where the sky was not visible, one of the ninety-nine auxiliary techniques taught by the Heaven's Absolute Killing Hall.

It was already the third watch of the night. The time was just right. Luoli slowly left the training room and walked up the mountain. After several turns, he emerged from a tunnel and arrived at the summit of Longshou Mountain, where Ciqing Temple was located.

Luoli looked around. The summit was vast and boundless, with layer upon layer of green mountains, a vast expanse of green, misty clouds, and clear springs. The mountain valleys were filled with clear winds and mist, with floating clouds and green pines. The water from a nearby spring broke through the light mist and smoke, cascading down, shimmering with colorful light, crystal clear, and as precious as pearls and jade. The water curtain flowed into the Dragon Drinking Gorge, thundering and spraying snow as it fell down the mountain.

Luoli slowly entered Ciqing Temple. The few monks in the temple were all disciples of the Seven Killings Sect. Seeing Luoli, they all bowed. Luoli walked step by step into the abbot's room.

In the abbot's room, Master Ciyun held a string of crystal-clear prayer beads, reciting scriptures softly. In the continuous recitation, visible light continuously cycled between him and the prayer beads.

Luoli came to Master Ciyun's side, slowly sat down, and remained still, like a meditating monk. An hour passed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Master Ciyun finished reciting the scriptures, and the light dissipated. He looked at Luoli and nodded slightly.

Luoli said, "Master, I have a question about the fierce sword technique. Please, Master, enlighten me."

Master Ciyun smiled and said, "Good, good, disciple, come, follow me, and I will resolve your doubts."

Saying this, he led Luoli into the inner room of the abbot's room, which also had a small training room.

Entering here, Master Ciyun slowly extended his hand, and a five-colored light rose, completely isolating the inner room from the outside world. The previous words were just an excuse. Now isolated from the outside world, he looked at Luoli kindly.

Luoli said softly, "Father, is everything alright?"

The matter he was asking about was the assassination he had arranged at the Taoist temple in the afternoon. This "master" was actually Luoli's biological father, Master Ciyun.

Master Ciyun nodded and said, "No problem. Bucanzǐ was completely deceived, and the old cripple didn't notice. It went very smoothly. Now it's up to luck to see if we can escape this spiritless land."

The Yinzhou Continent was actually an island, 400 miles long and 300 miles wide, a spiritless land with no spiritual energy, spiritual veins, or spiritual stones. For cultivators, it was a prison. Such a small world was completely abandoned by cultivators.

However, the land contained a blood qi, which could produce a blood ore, which had some value. It was controlled by several left-path sects, which established a government to control the mortals and mine the ore veins.

Additionally, the people here, influenced by the blood qi, were naturally combative and easily developed supernatural abilities. Therefore, this small world was considered one of the training grounds for the outer disciples of the Seven Killings Sect.

Luoli said, "Father, I have confidence. I can participate in the Ascension Conference and enter the Seven Killings Sect, leaving this spiritless land and neutralizing the Longevity Poison."

Master Ciyun shook his head and said, "The outer disciples of the Seven Killings Sect are still killers, and the lowest-level killers in the Central Heaven Main World, cannon fodder. They can be ordered to die, and they must die. Their lives are in the hands of others.

Moreover, your father offended some people in the sect in the past. They still hate me, and they know the relationship between us. If you join the Seven Killings Sect, you will surely die within three months.

You are my son. I promised your mother that I would let you live a happy life, free from the control of anyone. For this wish, I am willing to go to the depths of hell.

Therefore, I will not let you participate in the Ascension Conference. However, I will still let you leave the Yinzhou Continent and go to the Central Heaven Main World to live freely and give you a free life, returning to the human world!"

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