Yu Linglong

"My golden core... is in the sky!"

Qi Yuan shouted, raising the Great Treasure Sword and unleashing the Summer Eight Slashes!

Whirlwind Elder's heart trembled. He sensed an immense threat and did not dare take this sword head-on.

Yet he was even more shocked within.

"You're not a Core Formation Cultivator!"

At last, he had discovered something.

The shock in his heart grew even more terrifying.

Not at Core Formation, yet able to crush Core Formation cultivators!

Did Foundation Establishment cultivators like this even exist in the world?

This was far too monstrous!

"No, I'm at Core Formation. I have a golden core!" Qi Yuan hurriedly argued.

It had to be said, the battle among the three looked rather absurd, like elementary school students fighting and bickering.

Their spell battle failed to draw the attention of the Black Mountain Sect disciples, but the content of their quarrel was quite entertaining.

Wielding the Great Treasure Sword, Qi Yuan brutally thrashed the two of them.

In fewer than ten breaths, he had completely seized control of the situation.

Suddenly, Whirlwind Elder cast a spell. He seemed to sense something, and his eyes flew wide.

He realized something. "You're not at Foundation Establishment!"

The moment he said that, he suddenly roared, "Run! This isn't human!"

"That's right, I'm not at Foundation Establishment. I'm at Core Formation!"

Naturally, Qi Yuan would not give the Core Formation elders any chance to flee.

With a single downward slash, his sword split open heaven's gate, directly cleaving the two Core Formation elders into fragments.

There was no need for the dismemberment step anymore.

Everything happened far too quickly.

The two Core Formation elders had fought Qi Yuan for barely a dozen breaths before both were slain.

Including its sect master, the Black Mountain Sect had only seven Core Formation True Persons in total.

Chicken Worshipping Ancestor was dead.

And just now, another two had fallen.

That meant the Black Mountain Sect had only four Core Formation elders left.

The Black Mountain Sect had lost nearly half its strength.

At this time, the other experts within the Black Mountain Sect finally stopped watching the show—or emerged from seclusion—and arrived before the mountain gate.

At their head was the Black Mountain Sect's master, Black Wind Daoist.

He wore a gray robe, with crane-white hair and the face of a child. He looked extremely old; it was hard to imagine that someone of such advanced age had taken a godfather.

Yu Linglong stood at Black Wind Daoist's side, staring curiously at Qi Yuan. From time to time, she even tossed him a flirtatious glance.

The remaining two Core Formation elders wore grave expressions as they stared at Qi Yuan.

Black Wind Daoist looked at the ruins on the ground, his expression unchanged. "Your Excellency, attacking our mountain gate is somewhat excessive.

Though our Black Mountain Sect is but a small establishment, Black Chicken Old Demon is this old man's godfather.

If Your Excellency leaves now, we may let this matter rest.

Back then, our Black Mountain Sect exterminated Your Excellency's entire family. Now, Your Excellency has slain three of our Black Mountain Sect's Core Formation elders. That is enough to wipe the slate clean."

Black Wind Daoist could bend and stretch as needed, showing weakness to Qi Yuan.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan made no move. He was sizing up the people of the Black Mountain Sect, considering how to kill them quickly.

Seeing that Qi Yuan remained silent, Black Wind Daoist continued, "If Your Excellency insists on entangling us, our Black Mountain Sect is no soft persimmon to be squeezed. When the time comes, who lives and who dies remains to be seen!

And Black Chicken Old Demon is my godfather. Does Your Excellency understand?"

Qi Yuan raised a brow. "You killed my whole family, and now you're threatening me. Do you really think I was raised on Cute Duo ice cream?"

Black Wind Daoist froze.

Yu Linglong, draped in black gauze, laughed at the side. Her every gesture brimmed with charm. "Little brother, you're quite interesting. If you are willing to spare the Black Mountain Sect, this servant... would be willing, for the sect's sake, to spend a night of passion with Your Excellency."

Black Wind Daoist frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan shouted, "You're even using a honey trap. Truly despicable.

Today, I will surely exterminate your entire sect!"

Qi Yuan no longer wanted to trade words and attacked directly.

Trading barbs was far too boring.

Most importantly, Qi Yuan was not skilled at trading barbs; he had never won an argument.

Seeing this, Black Wind Daoist's expression turned cold and grim. "It seems Your Excellency truly seeks death!"

Black Wind Daoist wasted no words. He directly took out an array flag and tossed it into the air.

"Form the array!"

At that moment, he activated the sect's grand array.

In an instant, the faces of all the Qi Refining disciples turned deathly pale.

The Foundation Establishment stewards fared a little better, but their faces were still somewhat pale.

In contrast, the four Core Formation elders were ruddy-faced, and the aura around them became even more vast.

Black Mountain Sect's grand array drained the cultivation from every disciple and steward, funneling it into the Core Formation elders.

In an instant, the strength of the four elders rose to another level.

Qi Yuan looked at them and fiercely swung the Great Treasure Sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Black Wind Daoist remained unhurried. He now felt as though he had reached the late Core Formation stage. A round Golden Core flew out.

"Take this strike!"

The moment Black Wind Daoist attacked, he unleashed his strongest Golden Core strike.

A Golden Core was a Core Formation Cultivator's most precious possession, the very condensation of their Dao arts.

With this technique unleashed, Black Wind Daoist seemed certain of victory.

"The Golden Core I formed is a middle third-grade Heavy Iron Golden Core.

"This core is the sturdiest of all. Even Nascent Soul cultivators cannot shatter it in a short time.

"Your Dao arts are exquisite, your killing moves emerge one after another, and your combat experience far surpasses ours. If I were to entangle myself with you, you would surely defeat us one by one.

"Therefore, I shall use my Golden Core to break ten thousand techniques with a single force!"

Black Wind Daoist did not have much combat experience. His greatest advantage was that his cultivation realm surpassed his opponent's.

Thus, he chose the safest move: using the Heavy Iron Golden Core to suppress his opponent.

This move was extremely shameless, capable of almost crushing cultivators of lower realms.

Yet when Qi Yuan saw the Golden Core, his eyes instead lit up. "It's not even as big as a soccer ball, and you think you can suppress me?"

If Black Wind Daoist had fought Qi Yuan openly and fairly, they might have battled for quite some time.

But if he brought out his Golden Core?

Then, sorry!

Qi Yuan's blade specialized in chopping Golden Cores!

Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique!

Qi Yuan unleashed his ultimate skill once again.

The radiance of sun, moon, and wind gathered upon him.

At that moment, the enormous treasure sword exploded, revealing the form of a kitchen knife.

Black Wind Daoist froze at the sight.

A kitchen knife?

Yet before he could remain stunned for long, alarms blared madly within his heart.

Instinctively, he tried to withdraw his Golden Core.

But it was already too late!

The kitchen knife struck the Golden Core without even producing the sound of metal colliding.

Like a kitchen knife slicing through an egg, it directly cleaved Black Wind Daoist's Golden Core apart.

Black Wind Daoist's eyes widened. He wanted to say something, but no words would come out. The aura around his entire body plummeted wildly, and death was not far away.

"How... is this possible!"

Black Wind Daoist could not understand.

His Golden Core had been chopped apart by a kitchen knife.

That was his Heavy Iron Golden Core!

A Golden Core as heavy as an entire mountain!

Such immense weight condensed into something the size of an egg—its terror was plain to see!

Qi Yuan looked at Black Wind Daoist and said coldly, "It's not that I'm too strong. Your Golden Core is simply too small."

Qi Yuan also reflected inwardly.

When he formed a Golden Core in the future, he absolutely had to make it a big one. He could not be like Black Wind Daoist, forming one only as large as an egg and getting split apart with one slash, right?

After saying that, he gripped the kitchen knife and no longer concealed himself. "Kill!"

He charged at the remaining three Yuan Dan cultivators.

With his Summer Eight Slashes, he did not need to care whether his kitchen knife struck other disciples.

At first, the three Yuan Dan elders had held back, afraid of killing their own disciples.

But after merely a dozen breaths, they stopped caring as well and fought Qi Yuan with all their might.

The Qi Refinement disciples and Foundation Establishment stewards of Black Mountain Sect were killed or wounded in an instant.

Holding his kitchen knife, Qi Yuan once again unleashed the Heaven Severing Sword Drawing Technique, slaying one of the Yuan Dan elders.

Another Yuan Dan elder had already been severely wounded, only to be ambushed by Yu Linglong. She devoured his Yuan Dan to restore her own cultivation.

Now, Yu Linglong was the only Yuan Dan elder left in all of Black Mountain Sect.

Her black veil was stained with blood, and her clothes were tattered, exposing a large expanse of smooth skin above her full breasts.

She looked at Qi Yuan with pitiful eyes. Her gaze shifted, brimming with seductive charm. "Could you spare this little woman's life, sir?"

"Hmph!" Qi Yuan ignored her and continued hacking wildly with his kitchen knife.

Seeing this, Yu Linglong went on, "You have a grudge against Black Mountain Sect. Now that almost everyone in the sect is dead, why continue tangling with me?

"Though I am an elder of Black Mountain Sect, I have no feelings for it."

"Demoness, die!"

Fear filled Yu Linglong's heart. If this continued, she would certainly die in less than ten breaths.

Gritting her teeth, she hurriedly said, "I have a secret I can tell you, Fellow Daoist!"

Qi Yuan ignored her.

Yu Linglong panicked. "Actually, I possess the Purple Bamboo Body. To this day, this little woman has not lost her Yuan Yin and has preserved her maidenly chastity.

"Black Chicken Old Demon covets my Yuan Yin. He has spent vast Resources raising me, all so he can nurture me to the Divine Infant realm.

"Once I reach the Divine Infant realm, if he cultivates with me and obtains my Yuan Yin, he will have a chance to step into the legendary Purple Mansion Realm.

"If you are willing to spare my life, I am willing to become your servant and offer you my Yuan Yin, helping you attain the immortal opportunity of the Purple Mansion!"

Qi Yuan paused at that. "Purple Mansion?"

Seeing this, joy rose in Yu Linglong's heart. "As long as you are willing to share the clouds and rain of Mount Wu with me, you may enter the Divine Infant realm today.

"If you wait until I grow into the Divine Infant realm and then spend a spring night with me, you may have hope of entering the Purple Mansion!"

Seeing that Qi Yuan had stopped attacking, her voice became even more alluring.

Qi Yuan's thoughts whirled behind his brows. "Doesn't that mean you are Black Chicken Old Demon's Resources?

"All the more reason I can't let you live!

"A Black Chicken Old Demon at the Divine Infant realm is already terrifying enough—let alone one in the Purple Mansion Realm!"

As he spoke, he chopped off Yu Linglong's head with a single swing of his kitchen knife.

Yu Linglong's head immediately flew away, and Qi Yuan followed with another slash, splitting her golden core apart.

Yu Linglong was dead beyond any doubt.

Looking at Yu Linglong's corpse, Qi Yuan said happily, "That scared me to death. Good thing she mentioned her Purple Bamboo Body.

"Otherwise, if I killed her and ran, Black Chicken Old Demon might have come over and picked up her body.

"Who knows whether that body could help someone enter the Purple Mansion?"

As Qi Yuan thought this, he took out specially made Corpse Dissolving Water and poured it over Yu Linglong's corpse.

In an instant, Yu Linglong turned into a puddle of water.

"This way, Black Chicken Old Demon shouldn't be able to take her Yuan Yin, right?"

"No, it's still not safe enough!"

Qi Yuan lit another fire, evaporated the puddle dry, then packed the soil here into his Storage Bag.

After busying himself for a while, Qi Yuan looked at Black Mountain Sect, killing intent surging in his eyes. "Some disciples are still alive. I need to clean them all up, then move out their Library Pavilion and get out of here fast!"

Black Wind Daoist had activated the formation. Later, when Yu Linglong and the other Yuan Dan elders fought Qi Yuan, they forcibly drained the cultivation of the remaining disciples to increase their own strength.

Many disciples had become desiccated corpses, but a small number were still alive.

Naturally, Qi Yuan would not let them go.