The Old Celestial Master sighed and said helplessly:
"Wang Ai should have had no other methods besides his inherited ultimate skill.
If he came out, he would certainly have brought his life-bound scroll with him. But look—this is only an ordinary painting scroll.
That proves one thing: Wang Ai did not bring his life-bound painting scroll.
Given what they were doing, they would definitely have made sufficient preparations before coming out.
That proves another thing: Wang Ai had other means at his disposal.
And he believed that method to be stronger and more formidable than his own Divine Painting!
But in the end, he miscalculated.
That method failed to effectively suppress the killer.
It did not even have any effect at all.
Left with no choice, he finally resorted to his original Divine Painting ultimate skill.
And the result, as you can see, was this.
The painting he hastily drew was shattered outright.
Then he tried to create another powerful painting, but failed.
In the end, he died here.
And just now, I sensed a trace of Yin energy here.
It was most likely a method involving Yin souls."
At this point, the Old Celestial Master looked at Feng Zhenghao and said:
"President Feng, if I recall correctly, your family's inherited ultimate skill, Spirit Summoning and Dispatch, specializes in dealing with Yin souls, does it not?"
At those words, Feng Zhenghao immediately adjusted his glasses and said:
"Old Celestial Master, you must be joking. This was not done by the Tianxia Association, much less by the Feng Family.
We were all kept outside just now, were we not?"
The Old Celestial Master shook his head and said:
"That is not what I mean.
I want to ask whether you can use Spirit Summoning and Dispatch to find their souls.
That should make questioning them much easier, shouldn't it?"
At those words, Feng Zhenghao laughed.
"Hahaha! So that's what you meant! No problem, it is only a small matter. Old Celestial Master, please wait a moment!"
With that, Feng Zhenghao activated Spirit Summoning and Dispatch.
In an instant, his eyes turned completely black.
However, several seconds later, Feng Zhenghao's expression became somewhat strange as he said:
"Old Celestial Master, there are no souls here?"
The Old Celestial Master said, "What? President Feng, are you certain?"
Feng Zhenghao nodded and said:
"Of course. I would never dare deceive you, Old Celestial Master.
Besides, there are quite a few people here capable of doing this, though it may be somewhat troublesome.
Still, they should be able to investigate it easily enough!!!"
Hearing this, the Old Celestial Master nodded and said gravely:
"If that is the case, then this really is troublesome!!!"
"Can you tell what happened to their souls?"
Feng Zhenghao said, "They scattered. Under normal circumstances, that would be called Soul scattered and spirit dispersed.
However, I sensed the soul aura of the Healer Spirit.
The strange part is that those traces vanished completely.
They cannot be found at all.
It is as if someone collected them!!!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.
At that moment, the Old Celestial Master shook his head and said:
"Sigh! Forget it. Since that will not work, let us examine the scene instead!
As I said earlier, Wang Ai's death was most likely due to excessive arrogance.
He trusted too much in the method he had acquired.
But Lu Ci was different.
That old bastard's strength was absolutely among the best.
His personal combat power was even more extraordinary.
Back then, he relied on his own strength to fight the Little Devils' gifted fighters in a frenzied slaughter.
Even among us, he was one of the strongest.
Do not let his age fool you.
With his Ruyi Force, very few people could injure him.
Much less inflict wounds this severe!
His right hand was cut off outright.
Such methods, such strength... the swordsmanship of the attacker was somewhat unimaginable.
This old Daoist feels that the attacker may have been someone who cultivated the Ancient Sword Path lineage!
In other words, one of the earliest Sword Cultivators.
But those people should have declined long ago!"
"The Ancient Sword Path lineage?" Xu Si asked in confusion.
The Old Celestial Master nodded and said:
"The Ancient Sword Path lineage is, in truth, what Sword Cultivators are called.
Once their cultivation reaches great heights, they become true Sword Cultivators.
They are unlike the Jia Family's Object Manipulation Technique that you know of.
Their Object Manipulation Technique is, at its core, merely a spell derived from Artifact Refining Methods.
Strictly speaking, they are not Sword Immortals.
They were merely exaggerated by later generations.
True Sword Immortals belong to the Sword Cultivator lineage.
At the beginning, Sword Cultivators of this type do not possess methods like Flying Swords.
They simply wield long swords and roam the world.
But as time continues to pass, things begin to change.
They continuously forge a sword within their bodies.
A Flying Sword.
Their own Qi also transforms into sword qi.
The day the sword is completed, sword qi stretches across the sky.
Especially the Divine Sword they forge themselves—it can gather and disperse without form.
In the blink of an eye, it can appear thousands of miles away.
They can also use Sword Flight.
Their speed is terrifyingly fast.
They can even transform their bodies into Sword Light and fly.
That is a Sword Cultivator who has reached great accomplishment.
But Sword Cultivation is difficult.
Most can only reach the level of killing with a long sword in hand.
Beyond that, there are very few.
Moreover, transforming the Qi within one's body into sword qi is incomparably painful.
During that process, the body is continuously being remade.
The pain is indescribable.
That is why true Sword Cultivators are all madmen.
But once they succeed, they become absolutely terrifying existences.
However, because Sword Cultivation is so difficult, it had already become rare by the Ming Dynasty.
In modern times, I have heard even less of it.
And the sword wounds on Lu Ci's body feel somewhat like the work of the legendary Sword Cultivators.
Look here.
There is also a long sword mark.
Even now, touching it gives one a stinging sensation.
That is enough to show that the swordsman's strength was absolutely astonishing.
If you truly intend to seek trouble with this person, I suggest you do not.
This old Daoist said it before: anyone who can follow the path of Sword Cultivation is a madman.
They must endure the pain of sword qi within their bodies.
It is like suffering the agony of being cut by a thousand blades year after year.
The pain during the process may not be quite so horrifying.
But it is certainly like being pricked by needles.
And someone who can endure that pain for so long and still cultivate successfully...
You can imagine what kind of temperament such a person possesses.
Tenacious.
Even obsessive.
If your company insists on acting against him, I estimate that he may very well disregard everything and attack your people.
At that time, it could very likely trigger large-scale chaos.
That is why Sword Immortals have been portrayed as so terrifying since ancient times.
Once they strike, it becomes a fight to the death.
So, what will your company do next?"
After hearing this, Xu Si blinked, then burst into laughter and said:
"Old Celestial Master, should this not have been Quan Xing's doing?
After all, we came here this time because of Quan Xing.
Quan Xing learned of our plan.
So, to vent their anger, they launched a sneak attack and killed Wang Ai and Lu Ci, two of the Ten Elders.
That was a provocation against our company, was it not? Do you not agree, sir?"
Upon hearing that, the Old Celestial Master smiled.
"Hahaha! You little brat are quite interesting.
But you are indeed right.
Quan Xing did this.
If it had not been them, who would dare cause trouble on my Longhu Mountain!"
Just like that, with just a few words between them, the matter was defined.
Neither of them noticed the young Daoist boy beside them.
He wore an utterly disbelieving expression, as though he had been completely stunned.
Afterward, Xu Si said a few words, then stepped aside and called Zhao Fangxu.
Before long, Xu Si returned and said:
"It has been confirmed. Quan Xing did this.
The company has already recorded it.
Old Celestial Master, company personnel will come shortly to clean this place up.
So, everyone, please leave!!!"
Not long afterward, Feng Baobao came over carrying an iron shovel.
"Bao'er, take a look. Does the sword qi here feel familiar?"
Feng Baobao merely glanced at it and said:
"You idiot, you cannot even recognize this? Isn't this Zhang Chulan's sword qi?"
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