White Blade (Part 3)

Sandy noticed something was wrong earlier than Su Xuan.

Just as her feet entered the Burning Heaven Realm, a cold hand covered her mouth, blocking her voice as much as possible.

The man was very strong and used his spiritual power to hold Sang Dai tightly in his arms. He dragged her and Su Xuan apart. At the same time, a cold and powerful spiritual power penetrated her meridians, causing her to faint.

The action was so fast that I couldn't react at all.

Before she fell into coma, she seemed to hear her own voice. It was that person imitating her voice and responding to Su Xuan.

Now, Sandy was awakened by the cold.

She felt a chill all over her body, her chaotic vision gradually became clear, and rhythmic sounds echoed around her.

That seems to be...

Is someone combing their hair?

Sandy turned over with great difficulty, climbed up by supporting herself on the ground, and raised her head with great effort to look.

Not far from her was a dressing table.

It is made of dark sandalwood and looks very old, with even the paint peeling off a lot.

A man sat at the table, combing his hair in front of a bronze mirror.

Again and again, with great patience, yet seemingly numb.

It was indeed a bit weird. She was wearing all white, which was totally out of place in the dirty and bloody Burning Heaven Realm.

Unlike a fierce ghost who only knew how to kill, this fierce ghost did not kill her when she was unconscious just now.

Sandy didn't speak, but carefully got up and sat against the wall.

Her legs had no strength, and the spiritual energy penetrated into her body, restricting her movements.

She closed her eyes and tried to wake up the sleeping Changmang in her sea of ​​consciousness while recalling what had just happened.

Being able to approach Su Xuan silently, or even replace something with something else in front of Su Xuan, his cultivation level can only be higher than Su Xuan's.

There are only three Mahayana cultivators nowadays. Two of them have been in seclusion for a hundred years and have not come out. The only one left is Su Xuan.

He has the highest level of cultivation.

But now it seems that is not the case.

Maybe, there is a powerful among the powerful in the world of cultivation, or maybe, he is at the stage of transcending tribulation?

That was truly terrifying; it was obvious that this powerful man was coming for her.

Sandy smiled bitterly.

"Many years ago, there was a female cultivator who awakened her heavenly spiritual roots and cultivated the art of speaking spirits, which enabled her to see into the secrets of heaven."

A soft and ethereal voice echoed.

Sandy came to her senses and realized that it was the female ghost who was speaking.

She is really different from other powerful ghosts, she is conscious.

Sandy didn't say anything, mainly because she couldn't speak. Her body was cold and she had no strength, even to the point of opening her mouth.

"She reached the Dan stage at the age of twenty-five, the Yuanying stage at the age of a hundred, and the Dujie stage at the age of a thousand. Before she ascended to heaven, she glimpsed the destiny, broke the closed-mouthed meditation, and revealed the secret."

Sandy frowned.

Nowadays, among the four realms, only the Immortal Realm's Xumi Sect practices verbal spiritual arts. Most verbal spiritual arts involve silent meditation. The entire sect is filled with mute people, who practice enlightenment by peeking into the secrets of heaven, but are most afraid of revealing the secrets and disturbing the Tiangang.

The Guixu Spiritual Vein was eroded thousands of years ago, and there has been no cultivator who has transcended the tribulation since then. The last cultivator who transcended the tribulation in the world of cultivation was from the Xumi Sect.

She is a female cultivator named Huan Lingyin.

But Immortal Lingyin had already ascended to heaven.

The female ghost continued, "In order to save the four realms, she gave up her immortal path and revealed the secret of heaven. But after the four realms heard the secret, they sentenced her to insult the gods and frame the way of heaven. They took out her heavenly spiritual roots, burned her flesh and blood with a raging fire, and turned her soul into a fierce ghost. Girl, tell me, is she wrong?"

Sandy was speechless and had no strength left.

This was just the ghost girl's one-sided statement. Sandy didn't know what the secret was, so it was difficult to make a conclusion.

The female ghost was not angry and continued to comb her hair.

"Since you can't tell me the answer, I'll tell you another story."

Sandy closed her eyes and listened to her.

"There was also a female cultivator who was extremely gifted. She awakened her heavenly spiritual roots at the age of three, and began to refine her Qi the next day. She established her foundation at the age of five, formed her Dan at the age of seventeen, reached the Yuanying realm at the age of fifty, and entered the Huashen realm at the age of one hundred. She was dedicated to protecting all living things, but in the end, her heavenly spiritual roots were taken away from her, and she died..."

The ghost girl turned around and said:

"Return to the ruins."

Sandy suddenly opened her eyes.

That ghost girl...

She had an exceptionally pretty face, free of dust, and with gentle features.

Not looking like a tough guy at all, she stood up, her long hair dragging on the ground, and walked towards Sandy.

But she walked very slowly, and it took her a long time to walk just a few steps.

Sandy thought her figure seemed... a little strange.

It's as if I've become a lot shorter.

And the ghost girl is still saying:

"She was also surrounded and killed. The four realms found her guilty and she was destroyed. The blame lies with her. All living beings are like mustard seeds, and all living souls are turned into charcoal."

"Her spiritual roots were extracted, and she fought alone in Guixu for thirty days before eventually dying in the encirclement."

The female ghost came to Sandy.

She leaned over and touched Sandy's face.

"Girl, you judge, is she wrong?"

Spiritual power flowed out from her fingertips, bringing some warmth to Sandy.

She had the strength to speak.

Sandy spoke in a hoarse voice and asked, "Did she really destroy Guixu?"

The female ghost smiled and said, "I don't know, but the four realms said that she was the one who destroyed them."

"Did she kill innocent people?"

“No.”

"Did she disturb Tian Gang?"

“No.”

"Did she do anything that went against her own conscience?"

“Never.”

"In the end, did she regret it?"

"no."

Sandy murmured, "But she still ended up like this."

The ghost wiped away the tears from her eyes and said in a sweet voice, "Girl, you judge. Is she wrong?"

Sandy was silent for a long time.

The female ghost was waiting for her quietly.

A long time, maybe a quarter of an hour, maybe an hour.

The empty cave was filled with sound again.

“Exactly.”

"Why?"

"She didn't kill anyone, didn't disturb Tian Gang, didn't regret it, and didn't go against her heart. She was right."

"What if she was really the one who destroyed Guixu?"

"Still the same."

Sandy raised her eyes, looked at the ghost girl, and said, "She never did evil things. If Guixu was really destroyed by her, she must have done it for the sake of the four realms. Her sword heart has always been clear, and her sword will not point at the weak or innocent."

The ghost girl laughed: "But girl, how do you know she is a swordsman?"

Sandy said, "No, I'm talking about me."

The ghost girl's smile gradually faded.

"Senior, I am right."

Except for the ending, everything the ghost girl said was consistent with Sandy's life.

Only the ending is different, because in the book, she died in the battle two months ago instead of returning to the ruins.

"I have already made my own judgment, so I will be bold enough to make my own judgment on whether that female cultivator is right or wrong."

The female ghost looked at her quietly.

Sandy asked: "That female nun saw the secret of heaven. Could this secret be related to the survival of the four realms?"

"yes."

"If she doesn't tell me, will the four worlds perish?"

"yes."

"After saying this, will the four realms still perish?"

"Maybe, maybe not."

"Did that female cultivator do anything evil, insult the gods, or frame the Heavenly Dao?"

"People say she does."

"Does she regret it? If she had been more selfish and ascended directly, perhaps none of this would have happened."

The female ghost paused for a long time.

Just like Sandy just now, she remained silent, and Sandy waited quietly for her answer.

After a long time, she replied: "No regrets."

Sandy lowered her head and laughed, her laughter was muffled.

"The younger generation has made the judgment, and she is also right."

Sandy raised her eyes and met her gaze.

Repeated again: "She is right."

The ghost asked, "Why?"

"Just as I judged myself, I also judged that female cultivator in the same way. She is right."

"Senior Lingyin, you are right."

Sandy recognized the identity of the female ghost in front of her.

Ling Yin, the last cultivator in the world of cultivation who reached the Tribulation Realm six thousand years ago and a master of the art of speech and spirit in the Xumi sect.

Lingyin did not ascend to heaven, but turned into a fierce ghost as she said.

Lingyin was still smiling: "Girl, I am very satisfied with your judgment."

At this point, Sandy felt relieved. Lingyin didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards her, otherwise she would have killed her right from the start.

Lingyin's fingertips touched Sandy's forehead. Her hands were so cold that Sandy, who was already feeling cold, became even more awake.

"You're the first person who said I was right. I can't bear to see you end up like that."

A secret pain rose in her sea of ​​consciousness. Sandy blinked and felt colder and colder.

She spoke haltingly: "My ending... was I surrounded and killed in the ruins?"

"So, I'm here to help you."

The spiritual power penetrated from Lingyin's fingertips, along Sandy's forehead, and penetrated into her sea of ​​consciousness forcefully and gently.

Quietly opened a ban that had existed for more than a hundred years.

Sandy was powerless to resist.

"Girl, you will remember everything slowly, but now you need to remember something first."

"You have to get through it, otherwise you will die."

Carry through it?

What to carry?

Lingyin's face gradually became blurred, and the light became smaller and smaller, until it finally fell into darkness.

She was confused and didn't know what she was doing, or even who she was. It seemed like she was thinking about nothing, but also like she was thinking about everything.

Until the darkness is torn apart and the dawning light sweeps away all confusion.

The illusory spiritual power lingered around, pulling out the memories buried in the deepest part of the sea of ​​consciousness.

***

When Sandy was thirteen years old, she was seriously injured by a demon cultivator during a training session.

She had been in a coma for more than three months. Even though the Sword Sect had given her many magical herbs and elixirs, she still showed no signs of improvement. Many people even thought that she would never wake up again.

But it is said that those who have awakened their heavenly spiritual roots are blessed by heaven, and this does make sense.

Because Sandy really woke up.

She propped herself up and took stiff steps, cautiously walking out step by step.

There was a heavy rain and strong wind outside the bamboo house, with flashes of lightning one after another. Perhaps it was the sound of rain or thunder, but it covered up the sound of Sandy's footsteps, and the people outside the bamboo house did not notice that she had woken up.

Little Sandy thought that her father and mother were worried about her and kept watch over her all night. She felt warm at heart, smiled and reached out to open the door.

As soon as my hands touched the door handle, a female voice rang out:

"How is the Guixu Spiritual Vein?"

It’s Mrs. Shi.

Then a male voice said, "This time, the Sword Sect sacrificed 113 Xuan-level spiritual root awakeners and 217 earth-level spiritual roots, but the Guixu Fairyland did not produce any new spiritual veins. The old spiritual veins... are still hopeless."

It’s Sang Wenzhou.

Sandy's brain seemed to be hit for a moment, and she stopped in her tracks while trying to open the door.

"Do we need to kill more monks?"

"Not for now. We can't make a big fuss about this. It will be difficult to deal with if the Immortal Alliance finds out. The demon world seems to want to use this method to save Guixu and has chosen a person as a sacrifice." Sang Wenzhou smiled for a moment and said, "However, there may be hope this time. The person sacrificed by the demon world is not an ordinary person."

"Who does the demon world want to sacrifice?"

"The Demon King's seventh son, Su Xuan, has awakened his heavenly spiritual roots."

“…What?!”

"Even with so many Xuan-level and Earth-level spiritual roots, there is still no way to make Guixu Fairyland produce new spiritual veins. If we offer Heaven-level spiritual roots... maybe it will be possible?"

Inside the house, Sandy breathed silently, her mind going blank.

How could she not understand what it meant?

The Guixu spiritual vein has been destroyed. If this continues, the path of cultivation for the four realms will come to an end sooner or later. The only way to save it is to repair the destroyed Guixu spiritual vein, or to stimulate the Guixu fairyland to produce a new spiritual vein.

As the Sword Sect that was the farthest away from the Guixu Fairyland, it did not have many spiritual veins to begin with. When the Guixu spiritual veins were destroyed, the Sword Sect suffered the greatest damage.

The words of Sect Leader Sang and Madam Shi all told Sang Dai exactly what method the Sword Sect used to cause the Guixu Fairyland to produce new spiritual veins.

Their method is to sacrifice spiritual roots, using the spiritual roots bestowed on the world by the Guixu Fairyland to awaken and stimulate it.

They are killing people.

Sandy covered her chest with her hands, her eyes were empty and lifeless, cold sweat broke out on her body. She couldn't believe it no matter how hard she tried. The people who said these words were her own parents, and the people who did those things were the Sword Master whom she tried so hard to protect.

The door was pushed open at this moment.

A bolt of thunder exploded in the sky, illuminating Sang Dai's pale face. Outside, the wind howled, blowing rain into the bamboo house.

Sang Dai looked at Sang Wenzhou and Mrs. Shi.

"Father...Mother..."

Mrs. Shi showed none of the tenderness she had shown to her before, and her face was filled with shock: "When did you wake up?"

In fact, there was no need for Sandy to answer, as it could be seen from her expression.

She heard it all.

Sang Wenzhou's face was gloomy, full of numbness, ruthlessness and coldness. He waved his hand to push Mrs. Shi out and walked into the bamboo house.

He summoned his natal sword with one hand, the sword light flashed, and walked towards Sandy.

"Madam, can you please avoid me?"

Mrs. Shi knew what he was going to do.

Sandy knew it, too.

She heard about this. Given Sandy's nature, it is impossible for her to conspire with them. She will definitely make it public to the world and fight for justice for the dead, but this matter cannot be told to the four realms.

Those with awakened heavenly spiritual roots are rare, but they are not as important as the reputation of the Sword Sect.

Sandy covered her heart with her hands, blood oozing from the corners of her lips, and tears flowing uncontrollably.

"Dad, why, why are you... this is wrong..."

She was exhausted and stepped back, unable to believe that her father was like this.

She looked at Mrs. Shi, but found that her mother was silent with a complicated expression.

Sang Wenzhou pointed his sword at Sang Dai and said coldly: "Daidai, you shouldn't have heard it."

Mrs. Shi suddenly said, "Wait."

Sandy looked at her with a gleam in her eyes.

Mrs. Shi's next words sent her into a deep abyss: "We can't kill her. We need to extract her spiritual roots first. Yaoyao needs to have her spiritual roots replaced."

Sandy's lower back was pressed against the wooden table, and her sense of family affection and dependence was completely shattered.

She numbly watched as Sect Master Sang's sharp claws moved towards her crown. At that time, Sang Dai was only thirteen years old and had not yet formed a pill. She was no match for Sect Master Sang, who was at the Yuanying full state.

But Sect Leader Sang did not succeed.

Because... the demon world has invaded again.

The demon world repeatedly attacked the fairy world, and the fairy world needed Sandy's power to fight.

Sang Wenzhou did not kill her.

Sandy was imprisoned in the Discipline Hall. Three days later, all the powerful men of the Sword Sect came together and placed a seal on her sea of ​​consciousness to seal her memory.

She had forgotten the conspiracy she had heard when she was thirteen.

After waking up, she only saw her father and mother's distressed faces, hugging her and coaxing her, telling her:

"Daidai, you've worked hard in this training. Dad and Mom are proud of you."

Sandy is still the eldest daughter of the Sword Sect and does her best to protect the Sword Sect.

Everything was like a passing cloud, fleeting, and more than a hundred years had passed.

Sandy is now a cultivator who has reached the state of spiritual transformation, but she has never known that deep in her sea of ​​consciousness there is a restriction set up by the great powers of the immortal world.

Lingyin had disappeared, leaving only a voice message.

"Girl, whether you can survive today depends on luck."

Changmang has awakened and realized what has happened. He quickly grows bigger to protect Sandy and surround her.

The disguise technique left by Su Xuan was broken by Ling Yin, and now Sang Dai is covering his face.

Changmang became even more anxious and poked Sandi, hoping she could give some response.

But Sandy said nothing and no one knew what she was looking at.

Changmang cried and tried to contact Su Xuan, but he could not sense his presence. There was a formation around him, and someone had cut off contact with the outside world, not wanting Su Xuan to find him and Sang Dai.

Sandy made some movement at this time.

She stood up by holding onto the wall, long rays moving around her body, warming her master's meridians with spiritual power.

Sandy tried to walk out, but Changmang stopped her and sobbed.

She glanced at Chang Mang and said, "Chang Mang, I have something that has not been resolved for a hundred years."

What she meant was that she couldn't be stopped.

Changmang was panicking. As a heavenly grade magic weapon, it naturally knew how many people were outside, at least thousands of them. With that powerful spiritual power fluctuation, it was unclear whether they were enemies or friends. With Sangdai's half-broken golden elixir, it was definitely no match for them.

But this is my lifelong magic weapon and I must obey my master.

Chang Mang had no choice but to follow her out of the cave.

There was no light in the Burning Sky Realm, only ghost fires. There was no grass growing on the ground, as if it had been burned by a raging fire.

There was a small hill outside the cave. She stood on the hill and looked down at the huge crowd below.

Many people came to the fairyland this time. Five sects from the three sects and six schools came here. Their purpose was to retrieve the heavenly spiritual roots and fairy wool grass. Now there are only three of them here.

Seeing the nun standing on the hillside, the people were startled, and voices kept ringing:

"That's... that's the eldest daughter of the Sword Sect?"

"Sandy? Isn't she dead?"

"I have met Miss Sandy. I will never make a mistake. That is Sandy!"

Shen Ci Yu looked up at Sang Dai who was high up in the sky, and his lowered hands couldn't even hold the sword.

Why is she here? Where is Su Xuan?

How could she appear in Burning Heaven Realm alone? There were powerful ghosts here, and it would be too easy for them to seize her body.

They sensed the presence of fairy silk nearby, and a group of people went to look for it, but what they found was actually Sandy?

In a place where no one was paying attention, Shi Yao smiled, with a cold and heavy look in her eyes, and she disappeared silently into the crowd.

Sang Wenzhou's pupils shrank and he looked at the aura around Sang Dai in disbelief.

The ban set up by several great sword masters has disappeared, so she...

Do you remember?

Not only Sang Wenzhou could see it, but the elders present were also the ones who had placed the ban on Sang Dai back then, so they could naturally see it as well.

Sang Wenzhou tightly gripped the sword at his waist and stared fiercely at Sang Dai above him, as if he wanted to swallow her.

If I really remembered, I would never let her live.

When the disciples were still confused and discussing the Sword Sect's eldest daughter's "resurrection", they heard the Sword Sect's leader, who was at the front of the crowd, speak in a cold voice.

"The defector Sang Dai, together with her master Ying Heng, massacred the Cangwu Taoist Temple and destroyed the Guixu spiritual vein. Ying Heng took the blame alone and let this criminal girl escape for a hundred years. The law is merciless. Even if she is the eldest daughter of the Sword Sect, she cannot be allowed to leave."

Shen Ciyu was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and said in a sharp voice: "Master, what are you talking about!"

But another person stood up, another elder of the Sword Sect.

"We have found the letter that Ying Heng left for Sandy from the Sword Sect in her room. The letter clearly states in black and white that Sandy colluded with her master Ying Heng and intended to destroy the world and the Guixu spiritual vein. The Cangwu Taoist temple guarding Guixu was massacred."

The second elder also said: "Your sins are grave. As a person with awakened heavenly spiritual roots, you are causing harm to all living things!"

The third elder agreed: "This matter has evidence, and it has not yet been reported to the Immortal Alliance. I guarantee it with the reputation of the Sword Sect, and it must be true. Since we have encountered this traitor today, the disciples of the Sword Sect should work together to kill him!"

Shen Ci Yu was shocked and looked up, only to see Sandy, who was standing high up, with a blank expression on her face.

He suddenly realized something and looked at his mentor in panic: "Master, you——"

Sang Wenzhou raised his hand to interrupt him: "Sword Sect disciples, listen up, set up the Ten Thousand Killing Formation, do not let Sang Dai leave today!"

The disciples were terrified and looked up at the swordsman in the high place.

As a heavenly spiritual root in the fairy world, Sang Dai has killed countless evil spirits in the past hundred years. She selfishly does not want to believe that such a person is the sinner who destroyed the Guixu spiritual vein, but the elders of her own sect have convicted her.

Even...the one who wanted to kill her was her father.

If there was no evidence, how could he bear to kill his own daughter?

"Miss Sang..."

"Form a formation!"

It was very noisy, and Sandy could not ignore it.

She looked at the huge crowd below and saw many familiar faces among them.

Fellow students who had fought alongside her, people she had saved on the battlefield, or just strangers she had met a few times.

Changmang protected its master and turned into a hundred-foot-long silk ribbon that hung behind Sang Dai. However, Changmang was a defensive weapon and its offensive power was not strong. It was so anxious that it kept calling Su Xuan.

Shen Ciyu said in front of everyone: "Sang Dai will never defect. There are many doubts about this matter. We must not——"

His eyes blurred and his neck ached sharply. Shen Ci Yu was caught off guard and was knocked unconscious by Sang Wenzhou's palm.

He caught Shen Ci Yu and passed it to the disciple behind him.

"Ci Yu and Sandy grew up together, and they were overwhelmed and sent him away."

There were still demons roaring in the distance. The Burning Heaven Realm was too gloomy, and the pervasive miasma had already subtly invaded Sandy's meridians.

Sandy, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"My spiritual roots awakened when I was three years old, and I was handed over to my master for instruction. He taught me with all his heart and soul. You said that as a rare heavenly spiritual root in the four realms, I should protect all living things."

"When I was ten, I realized the sword's heart and obtained the Zhiyu Sword. When I was seventeen, I formed the elixir. You said I was a genius in the fairy world."

"In the past 132 years, I have led troops to repel the demon world 31 times and killed thousands of evil spirits. You say that I am the shield of the fairy world. As long as I am here, the people of the fairy world can live in peace."

“That’s what I used to think.”

Her voice was not loud, not even as loud as the roar of the devil in the distance, but it calmed the chaotic crowd.

Sang Wenzhou's expression became uglier and uglier, and he shouted in a low voice: "Don't listen to her nonsense, form a formation and kill the traitor!"

The Sword Sect disciples hesitated, but finally had no choice but to obey the orders of their sect leaders and took the lead in forming a sword formation.

The other two sects were confused, but several prestigious elders of the Sword Sect said so, even risking the reputation of the Sword Sect.

Sandy was Ying Heng's apprentice. Many people resented Sandy because of Ying Heng's incident. But in the end, they gritted their teeth and listened to Jian Zong's words.

"Jiuding Sect, form a formation!"

"Lingzhuan Sect, form a formation!"

It's ridiculous that the three major sects formed the strongest killing array in the fairy world, but the people they wanted to kill were the rare heavenly-level awakened spiritual roots in the fairy world.

Sandy looked up and suddenly remembered what Ying Heng had said to her the night before he defected.

"Dade, no matter what you encounter in the future, remember to go your own way. Don't listen, don't look, and don't stop."

"We are both right, it's them who are wrong."

She finally understood what Ying Heng meant.

Lingyin asked her to decide whether she was right or wrong.

Sandy was right.

She still feels that way today.

She is right.

"I thought my sword was protecting the future of the fairy world, but I never expected that from beginning to end, I was acting as an executioner, protecting a group of evil spirits."

The Zhiyu Sword appeared in her hand. There were faint cracks on the sword, and the hilt was inlaid with Tianyu Stone.

The once most famous sword in the world, like its master, has fallen from grace.

The formation was completed, and the pressure burst out. The killing formation formed by the three major sects forced back the evil spirits within a radius of dozens of miles. The unpleasant ghost cries faded away, leaving only the killing sounds of the strong wind.

Sang Dai raised her sword and pointed it at Sang Wenzhou below.

"Sword Sect Master Sang Wenzhou, as a steward of the Immortal Alliance, used the spiritual roots of innocent cultivators as sacrifices to the Guixu Immortal Realm, killing lives. He is unworthy of being the master of a sect and should be executed."

"The elders of the Sword Sect have acted recklessly and together with Sang Wenzhou have killed monks. They have committed many evil deeds and should be punished."

"For 130 years, I have never done anything against my conscience. If you don't believe me -"

Sandy swung the sword in her backhand, and long rays of light stood around her.

Her hand holding the Zhiyu Sword slipped violently, leaving a scar across the entire palm. Blood dripped and stained the sword, seeping in along the sword patterns and broken cracks.

The Tianyu Stone on the hilt trembled for a moment, and then a faint light appeared in the clear stone, disappearing into Zhiyu's dim sword body, and a faint blue light was looming.

Sandy said coldly:

"Come and fight."

The clouds were thick, thunder rumbled, and lightning shuttled through them like a long dragon.

Amid the earth-shaking noise, everyone suddenly remembered.

Miss Sandy, the eldest daughter of the Sword Clan, awakened a heavenly-level lightning spiritual root.

She actually used a broken sword to attract thunder from the sky!