Chen Luo discovered he could scavenge the minds of the dead.
So he went to a graveyard and scavenge the brain of a deceased Great Emperor, figuring he’d borrow it for a bit.
While other...
Boom!
The stone door fell down, and the stone door that was smashed by Chen Luo before was restored at some point, with complex array patterns flashing on it. At the same time, golden patterns also lit up on the ground. These patterns were like the meridians of leaves, connected to each other and extending to the entire cave.
A black fist shadow emerged from behind Chen Luo. One of the eight-armed golem's arms became solid and punched the stone door.
Bang!
The stone door that could originally be smashed into pieces with one punch now seemed to have changed its material, and the eight-armed demon statue's punch was unable to break it.
"This is the Yin-Yang Reverse Formation, with formation patterns engraved on it, specially designed to deal with sword cultivators like you."
The voice rang out again.
Ignoring his banging on the door, she continued.
"I have a way to break the formation, as long as you help me pull out the black sword"
boom!!
Before he could finish his words, the light in the cave suddenly dimmed, and then, like a volcanic eruption, an unimaginable force exploded in the cave. Instantly, the ground shook, and the golden veins inside the cave broke like silk threads, and a two-meter-high circular hole appeared in the middle of the extremely solid Yin-Yang door.
Light shone in from the hole, and when the dust cleared, the cave returned to silence again. Chen Luo, who was originally standing at the entrance of the cave, disappeared, and only the guy who was secretly bewitching people was left staring blankly at the entrance of the cave, doubting his life.
Someone really used brute force to smash the Yin-Yang Gate into pieces.
Is this guy a wild elephant spirit?
"The effect of the elephant demon plus the elephant god seal is unexpectedly good." A large amount of heat was coming out of Chen Luo's body. The elephant's brain charge slowly receded, and the demonic energy around him also subsided, turning back into the spiritual energy of a cultivator.
Xiang Chong is a genius of the elephant demon clan. In order to obtain his brain, Chen Luo spent some effort.
But the effect is unexpectedly good.
The trap that the man in the dark had carefully set up was broken by him before it even started, which made him feel very happy.
There is no road that cannot be pierced in this world. If there is, it must be because the force is not strong enough!
It was three days later when I returned to Taixu Sword Sect.
After the catastrophe of the "Demon who Destroyed the Sect", the several sects that had split off were reunited. Except for a few who escaped, the majority of the surviving sword sect disciples chose to join the Qionghua Sect. Gu He became the Taixu Sword Master again, and Tai Ling also digested the mark, and his cultivation began to slowly recover.
The Qionghua Sect completed its unification naturally.
It's just that the way of unification didn't match the plan. The unified Qionghua Sect was no different from the former Taixu Sword Sect. It just had a different name and added a bit of "junjie".
This deviation between the actual result and the plan made Gu He and Tai Ling silent for a long time.
Seeing how happy they were, Chen Luo did not go over to claim credit. He only gave Zi Tianji and Li Taixuan, who were fence-sitters, the task of exploring the Taisu Sword Sect, and then he went to a secluded place to retreat alone. He slashed two swords in a row, plus a punch using the Elephant God Seal, which consumed a lot of energy.
The obvious problems of the Seven Sects of Qionghua have been solved, but the hidden dangers still exist.
Whether it is the Silent Taoist, the disappeared 'Tao', or the ghost things on the Taisu Sword Sect's side, they are all hidden dangers. These hidden dangers need to be solved, especially the 'Tao' of the Qionghua Sect, which is of great use to Chen Luo.
The 'Tao' of sword cultivation is rare to begin with, and it is impossible to give up when you finally come across one.
Half a year passed like this.
The situation in the Qionghua Sect stabilized, and Gu He and Tai Ling found Chen Luo again and brought him a piece of news.
"The Silent Taoist is missing?"
"To be precise, he went out traveling. After the great changes in the Star Gate, no one knew where he went. Some people in the outside world said that he died at the hands of the Three Stars Ancestors." Gu He sat next to them and told Chen Luo about the information they had collected in the past six months.
Ever since Chen Luo defeated a sect with one sword last time, both Gu He and Tai Ling's attitude towards Chen Luo has changed.
“This is fake news.”
Chen Luo directly denied this answer.
How could he not know the strength of the Three Ancestors of the Stars?
He scattered the ashes himself.
The combined attack of the three was indeed extraordinary. If the 'Tao' was still there, the three of them could indeed pose a threat to the Silent Taoist, but the key problem was that the 'Tao' of the Star Gate was gone.
Without the support of the 'Tao', the three of them were at best the stronger ones in the late stage of Return to Void, not even as good as Turtle Ancestor. How could they possibly kill an old monster like the Silent Taoist who held a complete 'Tao'.
"If he is not dead, he must have hidden himself. A strong man of his level would be difficult for others to find if he hides deliberately." Gu He did not ask Chen Luo about the source of the information. He believed that Chen Luo would not lie to him.
"The Taiyuan Sword Sect was destroyed. Did Silent Valley have any reaction?"
"Silent Valley has also disappeared. I went there myself and found that no one is there. Even the ancestral graves have been dug up. I suspect they planned this all along."
In order to sneak into the Silent Valley, the Tailing Patriarch spent a lot of effort, but after sneaking in, he found that the valley was already empty.
The ancestral grave area was full of dug holes, which roughly indicated that these people did not leave in a hurry and still had time to move the remains of their ancestors.
"It shouldn't matter."
Chen Luo coughed and skipped the topic.
He still has some say in the matter of the ancestral tombs in Wusheng Valley. He couldn't help but think of his brother Hua Buwan who was out there. He didn't know where this guy had been digging graves recently. His tomb-robbing technique was too crude, and the holes he dug were not filled tightly. There was still a lot of room for improvement in his technique.
"Do you have any news?"
Patriarch Tai Ling looked at Chen Luo with suspicion, always feeling that this fellow disciple seemed to know some secret.
"What's the situation at Taisu Sword Sect? Have you found the person I mentioned?"
Chen Luo abruptly changed the subject.
Since Silent Valley has temporarily disappeared, let's turn our attention back. Compared with the enemies outside, the Taisu Sword Sect is the closest trouble. It is too close to the Taixu Sword Sect. If there is any major change, they will definitely be involved.
"No, I have already had people clean out the cave. There are a total of 22 corpses in it, all of them are descendants of the Taisu Sword Sect. None of them were found in the places you mentioned."
Tai Ling had a solemn expression on his face.
He and Gu He went to the Taisu Sword Sect's cave together. With Chen Luo's reminder, they were very careful when they went there. However, the scene they saw after entering was completely different from Chen Luo's. There was no Yin-Yang Sect, no black beetles or corpses. There was only an almost abandoned cave with 22 dead bodies sitting in it.
All the inheritance of the Tai Su Sword Sect is included in it, even the Tai Su Sword left by the Tai Su ancestor.
"Only twenty-two bodies?"
Chen Luo frowned.
He didn't know exactly how many corpses there were, but there were definitely more than 22. There were at least 100 corpses in the underground square. If they were buried deeper, there could be 1,000. And there was also the giant black sword. Such an eye-catching thing, Gu He and Tai Ling would definitely not miss it.
The only explanation is that after he left, the person hiding in the dark concealed everything.
The Tai Su Sword Sect that Gu He and the others saw and the Tai Su Sword Sect that he saw were two completely different places.
What is that person hiding?
"Have you found any traces of the Ancient Sword Sect?"
Chen Luo was very interested in the 'Upper Nine Sects', especially the 'Immortal Weapons' of the Upper Nine Sects.
He has the brain of Brother Changqing in him, so he can definitely unleash the power of the immortal weapon. If he can see the immortal weapon with his own eyes, with his brother's background, he will definitely be able to "recall" more of the inheritance, and then he can sacrifice and refine his own immortal weapon.
"No."
Gu He shook his head. The problems of Qionghua Sect were becoming more and more troublesome. None of the people and things involved were easy to deal with. If the seven of them were still there, these problems would naturally be easy to solve. But the key problem was that there were only two of the seven left. Without the Qionghua Sword Formation, the deterrent power of the two of them was greatly reduced. Tai Ling's cultivation had not recovered to its peak, and everything would take time to solve.
This is also the norm for cultivators at the spirit-refining level.
Their time arc is very long, and the length of their lifespan determines their approach and attitude to solving problems.
But this method is naturally incompatible with Chen Luo.
He didn't want to waste hundreds of years in Qionghua Sect, nor was he interested in slowly practicing and accumulating knowledge. The existence of an external brain meant that he would not practice step by step like other people.
"The Upper Nine Sects are very mysterious, and no one knows where they are."
"Leave it to me."
Chen Luo said the same words again.
When they heard these words, the eyelids of Gu He and Tai Ling twitched.
"Solve the problems one by one, and first take back the 'Tao' of our Qionghua Sect."
If Qionghua Sect wants to restore its status as a Taoist sect, it must find its own "Tao", which is the foundation of Taoism. Sects without "Tao" will be a mess even if they are forced together. Returning to the Void cultivators cannot find a way forward here, and Transformation of the Spirit cultivators cannot comprehend the Return to the Void Method.
"The Tao was taken away by the Silent Tao. We can't find him now."
The matter returned to the Silent Taoist.
I can't even find the person, so even if I want to take back the "Tao", I can't find the target.
"Don't worry about finding someone."
Chen Luo had already made up his mind. Whether it was the Heavenly Secret Divination or the Origin Seal, they were both ways for him to find someone. If that didn't work, he could also find the Flower-backed Turtle. With the innate magical powers of the Fate Turtle Clan, he would definitely be able to find some clues.
"By the way, this is for you."
As if he suddenly remembered something, Chen Luo took out a sword-shaped stone bar from his storage bag.
This thing was the "Sword Soul Stone" he had picked up from the ruins when he destroyed the Tailing Sword Sect. It was of no use to him anyway, so he just took it out to help Gu He and the others recover their strength. The Qionghua Sect was developing too slowly and could not keep up with his pace. (End of this chapter)