You're Smearing My Reputation

Clang!

The flying sword moved like a water dragon through the void, exuding a chilling killing intent, or perhaps like a streak of silver lightning.

Under the control of the monk with phoenix eyes, it arrived before Jiang Chuan in the blink of an eye.

Treasured Mountain Seal!

Jiang Chuan formed a hand seal, and the towering Treasured Mountain seemed to merge with his fist. It smashed through the void, colliding with the flying sword.

Crash!

It was like a mountain collapsing, or ten thousand horses stampeding across the wilderness.

As Jiang Chuan punched the flying sword away, the great commotion also alerted the elders of Bodhi Temple, and they all rushed towards Jiang Chuan's location.

"It seems I have no choice but to abandon my Divine Law Body."

Before the monk with phoenix eyes could finish speaking, his entire being transformed into a golden rainbow light, tearing through the sky and heading straight for Jiang Chuan.

"Take my blade!"

Jiang Chuan shouted, using his palm as a blade and slashing down at the monk with phoenix eyes.

A bloody blade light, incredibly dazzling, condensed the world-shattering killing intent from the endless purgatory, slashing towards the monk with phoenix eyes.

Facing the incoming blade light, the monk with phoenix eyes sneered.

"Remember this! The one who kills you is Ji Yuansheng of Maha Hall!"

The next moment, Ji Yuansheng's Divine Law Body raised its hand, revealing a bead flashing with purple lightning.

"Be careful! It's the Sky-Destroying Evil-Quelling Lightning!"

RUMBLE!!!

Before Elder Jingyun could finish speaking, the Sky-Destroying Evil-Quelling Lightning exploded, like an erupting volcano, instantly engulfing Jiang Chuan.

"Ji Yuansheng! I'll remember you!!!"

[You were struck by the Sky-Destroying Evil-Quelling Lightning, activated by Ji Yuansheng's Divine Law Body.]

[Fortunately, you cultivated the Supreme Yang Limitless Body to the early stage of Supreme Yang, making your physical body comparable to a Low-grade Treasure Artifact. You were not killed outright, but you were severely injured.]

[Abbot Kong Ming personally refined a Heavenly grade mid-tier pill, the Silver Moon Vitality Nourishing Pill, to heal your injuries.]

[After confirming your life was out of danger, Abbot Kong Ming personally led the Vajra Hall and Water Moon Nunnery to engage Maha Hall in battle.]

[You spent your time recuperating while studying various formation texts.]

[One year later, your injuries healed, and your understanding of formations deepened.]

[For the first time, you successfully controlled the Star Spirit Myriad Transformations Light and evolved your first formation.]

[Another six months passed. With the help of the pills left by the prince and princess, you successfully broke through to the ninth level of the Third Realm.]

[Due to cultivating the Supreme Yang Limitless Body, your strength has reached sixty thousand jin, twice that of a typical peak Third Realm cultivator.]

[You attempted to draw an Inner Scenery Map and break through to the Fourth Realm, but you failed.]

[You went to the Warrior Monk Institute and sought guidance from Elder Jingyun.]

"Jiang Chuan, let me ask you, do you know how the immortal and Buddhist paths describe the mortal world?" Elder Jingyun held his prayer beads.

"The mortal world?"

Jiang Chuan pondered for a moment and replied, "Daoist scriptures say that once one enters the mortal world, all five colors will blind you. Buddhist scriptures compare the mortal world to a sea of suffering."

"But there are also cultivators who view the mortal world as paradise."

Elder Jingyun pointed to the cloudless sky stretching for miles.

"The mortal world is the same, yet some see it as a sea of suffering, some as a tribulation, and some as paradise. The heavens and earth are also like this."

"The Inner Scenery Map depicts the world in your heart. Jiang Chuan, I ask you, what kind of world is in your heart? Is it a pure land, hell, or something else?"

"What kind of world is in my heart?"

"What kind of world is in my heart?"

"..."

Jiang Chuan's heart churned, and he murmured to himself.

[You thought hard but found no answer. As the Three Buddhist Dao Sects had already suppressed Maha Hall, Elder Jingyun advised you to travel through Qingyuan Realm to find the answer to this question.]

[You readily agreed. After bidding farewell to Elder Jingyun, you left Bodhi Temple and went to the Qingyuan Realm Heavenly Dao Pavilion branch in the capital of the Nine Abyss Dynasty to purchase information about Que Jinling of the Fire Sparrow Clan.]

[To your surprise, you encountered Jiang Daode here.]

"Thirty thousand Spirit Stones!"

"Why don't you just rob me?"

Jiang Chuan looked at Jiang Daode's beaming face and really wanted to hit him with the Treasured Mountain Seal.

Jiang Daode chuckled, "Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan, our Heavenly Dao Pavilion conducts legitimate business; we don't engage in robbery for wealth."

Jiang Chuan: "..."

Selling genuine goods?

If I hadn't seen you threaten me with my own eyes, I would have believed your nonsense!

"I only paid two thousand Spirit Stones for a demonic prodigy like Lu Chenling. Even if Que Jinling is amazing, can she be fifteen times more valuable than Lu Chenling?"

Hearing Jiang Chuan's words, Jiang Daode shook his head.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Chuan, that's not how you calculate it. Fellow Daoist Lu doesn't hide his whereabouts, so it's easy to find her. But I've never heard of this Que Jinling you mentioned."

"To find her whereabouts, I need to perform divination. Divining heavenly secrets and destiny is very risky, and could even lead to death."

"I'm asking for thirty thousand Spirit Stones from you only out of respect for your temple. If it were any other rogue cultivator, I wouldn't sell this information for less than sixty thousand Spirit Stones!"

Jiang Daode acted as if Jiang Chuan was getting a great deal.

Jiang Chuan's eye twitched slightly.

So, I'm getting a good deal even when you're ripping me off?

Then, Jiang Chuan took out a Low-grade Treasure Artifact, a flying sword, and threw it to Jiang Daode.

"This was a gift from the Tenth Prince of the Nine Abyss Dynasty. It's worth at least fifty thousand Spirit Stones."

"Besides information about Que Jinling, I also want some information about the fairies of the Qingyuan Realm."

Jiang Daode took the flying sword and showed a strange expression.

"Fellow Daoist Jingyang, are you sure you're cultivating the Joyful Zen? Won't Abbot Kong Ming beat you to death?"

Jiang Chuan: "."

You're the one cultivating Joyful Zen!

Your whole family cultivates Joyful Zen!

I just want to complete the Qingyuan Realm Fairy Directory!

Don't slander my name!

[After obtaining the information on Que Jinling and over a dozen fairies, you left the Heavenly Dao Pavilion.]

[You also noted in your little black book that the time to suppress Jiang Daode has been increased from three hundred years to five hundred years.]

[You were a bit surprised by the information about Que Jinling.]

[Que Jinling, a royal of the Demon Race, was not in the Northern Region but in the Purple Bamboo Market in the East Sea.]

[You boarded a Flying Boat and went to the Purple Bamboo Market again.]

[Unlike before, as soon as you disembarked, you encountered cultivators checking everyone, even using a Bone-Illuminating Mirror.]

[What surprised you even more was that among the cultivators conducting the checks, besides those from Bamboo Immortal Island, there were also cultivators from the Immortal Path.]

[After some investigation, you learned the reason.]

Looking at the imposing young man on the wanted poster in his hand, Jiang Chuan's thoughts raced.

"To be jointly wanted by the Immortal Path, Demonic Path, and several Outer Sects, what exactly did this guy named Wan Shanhe do?"

Suppressing his curiosity, Jiang Chuan entered the Purple Bamboo Market.

[Changing out of your monk's robes and taking a Hair Growth Pill, you set off to find Que Jinling, who was disguised as a rogue cultivator, according to the information from the Heavenly Dao Pavilion.]

[As if sensing your arrival, Que Jinling left the Purple Bamboo Market and went to a nearby deserted island.]

"Fellow Daoist, you've been following me all this way, why don't you come out?"

Que Jinling, with her bright eyes and pearly teeth, was already a rare beauty.

Paired with her tall figure and black attire, she looked even more heroic.

Blue formation patterns materialized out of thin air and then dissipated.

Jiang Chuan's tall figure appeared out of nowhere.

"So, Bamboo Immortal Island found out after all."

Que Jinling showed a look of determination, then drew the crimson long sword from its sheath and pointed it at Jiang Chuan.

"I, Que Jinling, have no regrets dying for the Dao! But it's not that easy to kill me!"

Jiang Chuan: "."

What's with "dying for the Dao, no regrets"?

What is all this?

And miss, when did I ever say I was going to kill you?