Chapter 127: Immortal Crown, Evil Emperor
Gu An sent life span checks to the thirteen figures in the woods one after another and found that the cultivation levels of these thirteen people were the same, all at the third level of the fusion realm, and their ages were also the same.
All of them have the surname Li.
Gu An couldn't help but think of the Thirteen Netherworlds that had previously alarmed the world of immortal cultivation.
What are these people doing here at Taixuanmen? There are still several years before the Golden List Conference.
Seeing that they were not moving fast, Gu An did not rush to stop them. He wanted to see what these guys' purpose was.
The big coffin attracted Gu An's attention. He probed his spiritual sense into the coffin and found a skeleton. The skeleton gave off a weird feeling and wore a dark golden crown on its head. The gems on it had disappeared, leaving only grooves. Even so, it looked extraordinary.
About half an incense stick of time passed.
Thirteen figures stopped at the same time. Li Shouyou, who was at the front, turned around and waved his hand. The four men who were carrying the large coffin put it down and began to open the coffin.
As soon as the coffin lid was opened, a hand suddenly pressed down on it.
The thirteen people all looked towards the end of the coffin, and saw Gu An standing there with dark purple demonic energy surrounding him, his right hand pressing on the coffin lid.
The woods fell into silence.
These thirteen people did not run away or attack. The other twelve people all looked at Li Shouyou.
They were completely black, like ghosts, and it was impossible to see their true appearance or judge their emotions.
Li Shouyou nodded slightly, then knelt down. Seeing this, the other twelve people followed suit and knelt down.
"The Thirteen Netherworlds pay their respects to the Sword Master Fudao!"
Li Shou said in a deep voice, his voice was not loud but his words were clear.
Gu An was surprised. Did these people come here specifically to find him? No wonder they acted strangely, not like they were invading.
Gu An said: "Give me a reason not to destroy you."
These thirteen people should be ghost cultivators. They are surrounded by ghost aura, but they still have human blood and vitality.
Li Shouyou replied, "We are the Thirteen Demons of the Nine Netherworlds. We are here on the orders of the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother to present the Immortal King's Crown to the Sword Master Fudao and help the Sword Master regain his immortal status on land!"
Epiphyllum ghost mother?
Gu An was even more surprised. How could the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, whose cultivation was one level lower than that of the Nine Nether Thirteen Evils, command these people? "Why?" Gu An asked.
He did not sense any hostility from these thirteen people, which meant that they might not be lying.
Li Shouyou replied, "This is the order of the Ghost Mother. She has been comprehending your sword intent for many years in the Taixuan Sect and discovered that you should have mastered the Taicang Jingshen Sword. This sword technique was promoted by the Li family, the royal family of the Taicang Dynasty. But in fact, this sword technique was not created by the ancestor of the Li family, but by the Immortal King of the Epiphyllum Sect, who is also the ancestor of the Ghost Mother."
"That's why the Ghost Mother came to the Taicang Dynasty. She wanted to find the inheritance of her ancestors before the Epiphyllum Cult destroyed the Taicang Dynasty. Two hundred years ago, the Ghost Mother came here. Unfortunately, the descendants of the Li family were mediocre in talent and no one could comprehend the Taicang Jingshen Sword. The Ghost Mother could only lie dormant."
Gu An's Taicang Jingshen Sword did come from the Li family, but he did not expect that the ancestor of the Li family was related to the Epiphyllum Sect.
"Your ghost mother wants to get the Taicang Jingshen Sword?" Gu An asked.
Li Shouyou replied: "Ghost Mother wants you to return to the Epiphyllum Sect and use the sword power of the Taicang Jingshen Sword to regain the position of the leader of the Epiphyllum Sect!"
After hearing this, Gu An fell into silence.
What kind of trick is this? Driving the tiger to devour the wolf?
Gu An pushed open the coffin lid with one hand. He found that the coffin was quite hard and contained many restrictions, which were probably magical weapons.
His gaze fell on the bones in the coffin. Although they were lifeless, the bones were very evil. To be on the safe side, he still threw a life probe at them.
[Evil Emperor (Mahayana Level 5): 7600/9999/9999]
Wow! It can actually be detected, and its lifespan is exactly the same as An Hao's.
Gu An remained calm. He leaped up, landed on the edge of the coffin, and looked down at the bones of the Evil Emperor.
The Nine Netherworld Thirteen immediately knelt down and said nothing.
Gu An's eyes suddenly widened, and two cold rays of light shot out from his eyes.
Boom! The bones of the evil emperor were instantly shattered into dust, leaving only the Immortal King's crown lying in the coffin, and the bottom of the coffin was pierced by the broken divine light.
Jiuyou Shisanli raised his head, just took a glance, and then lowered his head.
A prompt appeared in front of Gu An:
[You successfully seized the 320-year lifespan of the Evil Emperor (fifth level of Mahayana realm)]
Gu An felt relieved immediately.
Damn it!
I was almost scared to death! Who would have thought that this skeleton was still alive, and had the cultivation level of the fifth level of the Mahayana realm! At this moment, Gu An thought of many possibilities, and he even felt that he had solved a disaster for the people.
The name of the Evil Emperor doesn't sound like a good thing.
He also pretended to be dead and hid in a coffin, which clearly indicated a shocking conspiracy.
Gu An raised his hand and took the Immortal King's Crown into his hand. He did not grab it with his bare hands, but used his spiritual power to attach to the Immortal King's Crown to avoid contact with his physical body.
He looked at Li Shouyou and asked, "Do you know the Evil Emperor?"
Hearing this, Li Shouyou was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "To be honest, this skeleton is the skeleton of the Evil Emperor. Five thousand years ago, there was a civil strife in the Epiphyllum Sect, and the Evil Emperor was attacked by a villain and poisoned. He could not gather his spiritual power, so he put on the Immortal King Crown. As a result, his vitality was drained away in an instant and he turned into bones. Therefore, the Immortal King Crown was listed as an evil weapon by the Epiphyllum Sect, and no one dared to touch it."
"In that case, how dare you send this thing to me?" Gu An's tone revealed murderous intent.
Li Shouyou said calmly: "If you practice the Taicang Jingshen Sword, the Immortal King Crown will sense the sword's intention and recognize it as its master. The person who created this crown is the one who created the Taicang Jingshen Sword."
Gu An continued to ask: "What is the relationship between Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and the Evil Emperor?"
"The Ghost Mother is the descendant of the Evil Emperor."
"Why would she send the bones of her ancestors to me? Isn't she afraid of offending me?"
"The Ghost Mother hates her own bloodline. She was trained into an evil ghost by her father when she was young, so she is looking for the descendants of the Li family. The Li family has nothing to do with her bloodline. The ancestor of the Li family was only a disciple of the Epiphyllum Sect. She wants other people who have inherited the Taicang Jingshen Sword to seize the position of the leader of the Epiphyllum Sect and complete her revenge."
"How can you be sure you can find me?"
"Ghost Mother said that as long as we get close to the outer city where the Bu Tian Terrace is located, even if we hide our cultivation, you will find out because of the huge difference in cultivation."
The method of concealing energy used by Li Shouyou and others is indeed powerful, and only Gu An can see through it.
Until now, they haven't revealed any sign of movement.
Gu An continued to question and Li Shouyou answered one by one.
After an incense stick of time, Gu An said thoughtfully: "I accept the Immortal King Crown, you can leave now."
Li Shouyou took out a short flute and said, "This is the Nine Nether Flute. As long as you blow it, we will come immediately and wait for your orders. From now on, you are the leader of the Epiphyllum Sect, at least in our hearts!"
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Gu An raised his hand and used his spiritual sense to investigate. After making sure there were no surveillance, reverse tracking or other restrictions inside, he threw it into the storage bag.
He jumped down from the coffin and signaled the Nine Nether Thirteen Li to leave.
The Nine Netherworlds and Thirteen Evil Spirits saluted him one after another, then lifted the coffin and left.
Gu An did not return to the valley immediately, but meditated under a tree and placed the Immortal King's Crown in front of him.
According to Li Shouyou, tens of thousands of years ago, there was an Immortal Dynasty on earth where everyone could practice immortality. There was no emperor at that time. The ruler of the Immortal Dynasty called himself the Immortal King and ruled over the immortal gods on land. Later, the Immortal Dynasty met with misfortune. Natural disasters continued, and the immortal practitioners encountered mental demons one after another. Plague spread. It only took ten years for the Immortal Dynasty to go from its heyday to its destruction.
Although the Immortal King survived, the Immortal Dynasty no longer existed. He dared not call himself an immortal anymore and did not dare to challenge the might of heaven.
In the years that followed, his descendants founded the Epiphyllum Sect. One of the sect leaders created the Taicang Jingshen Sword. The sword's intent shocked the heavens and brought about a heavenly calamity, hence the name Jingshen. This sect leader believed that he had reached the realm of his ancestor the Immortal King, but he still could not achieve immortality. So when the deadline was approaching, he used his own cultivation to forge the Immortal King's Crown. This crown contained the power of the Immortal King, and successive sect leaders had all studied it, but were unable to tame the Immortal King's crown, and instead were plagued by bad luck.
Gu An used his spiritual sense to probe the Immortal King's crown, but it turned out that even a ninth-level Mahayana cultivator was unable to penetrate into it.
He didn't dare to use his own sword power to test it. Not to mention whether Li Shouyou was lying, even if he was telling the truth, this method might not be true. After all, no one had ever succeeded.
After thinking about it, Gu An felt that this thing was too weird and it was better not to have it around.
He stood up, performed the Wuji Zizai Step, and quickly arrived at the Beihai Mountains.
He dived directly to the bottom of the North Sea, buried the Fairy Crown and Piccolo in the mud on the seabed, and put a ban on them.
I will continue to study it after I have broken through several major realms.
Anyway, Gu An doesn’t need to borrow the power of the Immortal King’s Crown.
After doing all this, Gu An quickly returned to Xuan Valley and continued to celebrate the festival with his disciples.
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After Jiuyou Shisanli left, Gu An's life returned to normal again and no one came to disturb him anymore.
Three years passed quickly.
Gu An is turning seventy years old.
This day, in Tianya Valley.
Gu An had just finished picking herbs and was in a good mood. He personally delivered the herbs to the warehouse.
As soon as he went out, he saw Lu Xian coming.
When Lu Xian saw him, his expression suddenly became unnatural.
Ever since he was defeated by Gu An, he has been practicing hard all day long, and his cultivation has increased rapidly. Now he has reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
Ninety-nine years old, sixth level of Nascent Soul Realm!
It's exaggerated! But Lu Xian felt frustrated. After taking so many pills, he still couldn't break through to the Spiritual Transformation Realm before he was 100 years old.
"Are you attending the Golden List Conference?" Lu Xian came over and asked.
Gu An laughed and said, "Why would I participate? With my qualifications, it would be embarrassing to go."
The corner of Lu Xian's mouth twitched. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm going to participate. One night three years ago, I suddenly felt a lot less pressure. In the past three years, I have not been affected by my inner demons and dreams. It's just right for me to attend the Golden List Conference and relax."
Relax?
Others may suffer.
Gu An complained in his heart, and he began to feel the residual soul breath in Lu Xian's body.
Huh? One of my souls is missing. I used to have seven souls, but now I only have six.
Three years ago that night...
Gu An suddenly thought of something. Could it be that the Evil Emperor also left a remnant of his soul in Lu Xian's body? This didn't make sense.
What is the relationship between the Evil Emperor and Lv Xian? The Evil Emperor was the long-dead leader of the Epiphyllum Sect, and Lv Xian was Lv Baitian's biological son...
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Could Lü Baitian be related to the Epiphyllum Cult? Update begins! (End of this chapter)