Chapter 41 of 100

Chapter 41

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Juesè thought this way, and fled faster than anyone else. By the time Lin Fan came to his senses, not only had the two Vajra statues disappeared, but Juesè was also nowhere to be found. Juesè's Vajra spell had limited effect against enemies and a very short duration, so he knelt and cried, all to allow the True Words that invoked the Vajra spell to quietly approach Ximen Shuai and Lin Fan. Where the True Words lingered, a powerful Vajra could be summoned. Ximen Shuai and Lin Fan had limited knowledge of Buddhism and did not notice that Juesè was reciting the Vajra spell while crying.

As soon as the powerful Vajra appeared, Juesè used the visual obstruction to immediately escape into the clouds, blending with the white clouds and fleeing through them. Juesè took one last look from the clouds; Ximen Shuai was already flying back in a rage with the Seven-Breaking Flag. A wise man does not fight a losing battle, so he would remember this debt.

"Tripped in a ditch." Ximen Shuai was very unhappy: "The green mountains remain, and the clear water flows. I will burn your Shengyin Temple sooner or later." This was just a threat. It was easy to kill a few monks from Shengyin Temple, but if he really went to their door... he was the boss on his own turf. The famous righteous sects, demon sects, evil sects, and Buddhist sects all had protective formations set up on their own territory. These formations were absolutely not something a single expert could resist.

Lin Fan pondered that it was necessary to learn more about Buddhism. If Bai Mu had been there, Juesè might not have been able to sneak attack him so easily. The Buddhist spells were very different from Daoist magic.

Ximen Shuai looked at Lin Fan: "Hey, we've already sworn blood oaths. Why are you still holding back your skills?"

Lin Fan countered: "What skills do I have?"

"Fire Meteor."

"Is that even a skill?" Lin Fan asked.

"..." The brat, a toad yawning, what a big mouth. The dual-attribute Thunder Technique was indeed not very advanced; elite disciples in righteous sects might know it. However, Lin Fan used it differently, without needing to make hand seals. Ximen Shuai didn't know that after Lin Fan understood the Heart Talisman, he could perform ordinary Daoist magic by will, with his heart guiding his hands and his hands returning to his heart. Unfortunately, complex talismans like the Kui Water Yin Thunder could not be activated by the Heart Talisman, as drawing the Kui Water Yin Thunder talisman required considerable time and attention. For example, the strongest Daoist thunder technique, the Taiyi Divine Thunder, required both hands and heart.

There were no bamboo in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, so Lin Fan used wind to travel, which was not slow, but without a medium, it consumed more energy. The two returned from Zizai Valley and landed in Peach Blossom Valley, where Qing Shui Zhenren was playing Go alone in a pavilion on the lake. She looked at Lin Fan with some surprise, not expecting him to escape so quickly.

Ximen Shuai said: "Please grant us the Heartless Vine."

"Is Sun Hu dead?" Qing Shui Zhenren placed a black stone.

Ximen Shuai replied: "No."

"Did you get Ling'er's fur?"

"No!" Ximen Shuai answered.

"Why should I give you the Heartless Vine?"

Ximen Shuai said: "The Heartless Vine belongs to you, Zhenren. If you don't want to, that's fine. We are people of cultivation and juniors. Why would you deceive us? Isn't that ruining your reputation? Goodbye!"

"..." Qing Shui Zhenren flicked her middle finger with her thumb: "Take it."

A green vine flew out from her sleeve, and Ximen Shuai caught it with his left hand: "Thank you, Zhenren. Goodbye."

Lin Fan looked at Qing Shui Zhenren's sleeve, wondering if it had a hidden space. Ximen Shuai pulled him away immediately. After flying for two miles, Ximen Shaidu's face was very unhappy: "This woman, my master once helped her, but she tried to harm us for no reason. I had to use words to force her to give us the Heartless Vine."

"Yes, this Qing Shui Zhenren is quite vicious." Lin Fan asked: "Why does she live here?"

"It's not that she wants to live here, but she is sick. She once fought with the daughter of the leader of the Poison Dragon Sect and was infected with a poison. If she leaves Peach Blossom Valley for more than two days, she will suffer unbearable pain, and she cannot enter the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, or the mother poison will activate and kill her. It's like being confined in a prison." Ximen Shuai said: "I don't know much about her, but I think the person who imprisoned her could easily take her life. Why go to such great lengths?"

"Poison Dragon Sect!" Lin Fan mused. The Poison Dragon Sect and Tianjiang Sect were both sects that specialized in raising poisonous creatures. The Tianjiang Sect's mother poisons mostly fed on humans, while the Poison Dragon Sect's poisons fed on plants. The Ten Thousand Great Mountains had many unique poisonous herbs and flowers. The Tianjiang Sect was considered an evil sect, while the Poison Dragon Sect was both righteous and evil, rarely interacting with the outside world, neither friendly nor unfriendly.

Ximen Shuai gossiped: "You can inquire about Lin Xuege when you return to Yunqing Sect."

"What?" Lin Fan asked: "Do you want to borrow the Heartless Vine again?"

Ximen Shuai shook his head: "Qing Shui Zhenren repaid kindness with enmity, and it was against me. I am very unhappy. I repay kindness with kindness and enmity with justice. However, she is very powerful and in Peach Blossom Valley, so I can't do anything to her."

"It's not my business." Lin Fan was also quite curious about Lin Xuege. The top expert of Yunqing Sect in the past hundred years died mysteriously, and it was due to a mental breakdown, which couldn't help but arouse curiosity.

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Both considered this a minor incident. In the twelve continents, there were countless extraordinary people. Lin Fan was very calm. Although Qing Shui Zhenren had tried to harm him and Ximen Shuai, she ultimately not only failed but also gave them the Heartless Vine. The two balanced out, and he only felt that Qing Shui Zhenren was a bad person, without any sense of enmity.

A few days later, the two finally arrived in Xizhou. Xizhou was a cold and desolate place, once a place for exiling prisoners from the eleven continents. Later, a prisoner led a rebellion and established the Xizhou Kingdom. Yunzhou, the closest to Xizhou, sent troops to attack but was defeated. Under the emperor's order, the Xizhou Kingdom stopped production and mobilized the entire population to attack Yunzhou, occupying sixty of Yunzhou's seventy-two states, forcing the Yunzhou emperor to sign a peace treaty and cede land and pay reparations. The Xizhou King then used the wealth plundered to build his kingdom.

Xizhou's historical records referred to the great battle between the righteous and the evil three hundred years ago as the Western Demon War. The climate to the east of Xizhou was mild, and the mineral resources were abundant, so the residents of Xizhou moved eastward, making the area to the east more prosperous and wealthy. The boundary between the east and west of Xizhou was the Zhen Tian Pass. To the south of Zhen Tian Pass were the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, and to the north were the Misty Mountains, also known as the Demon Mountains, the territory of the Demon Sect. Therefore, Xizhou was divided into the Inner and Outer Passes based on Zhen Tian Pass.

Ximen Shuai knew that Zhen Tian Pass was built after the great battle between the righteous and the evil three hundred years ago, when the Demon Lord and the Xizhou Emperor met. The Xizhou Emperor ordered the entire population to move east and built Zhen Tian Pass. In addition to the three thousand soldiers stationed there, there were always high-level protectors from the Demon Sect's Upper Nine Palaces and ten disciples stationed there to prevent sudden attacks by the evil sects. They were also responsible for hunting down and killing those who sneaked through Zhen Tian Pass.

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