Killing Ren Woxing, Obtaining Star Absorbing Great Method

[The entrance to the West Lake dungeon was hidden behind a rockery. The opening was small and pitch black inside. You merely glanced at it before striding in.

At first, it was extremely narrow, barely enough for one person to pass. After walking several dozen steps, there was a stone staircase leading directly towards West Lake. After another few hundred steps, you saw a huge stone chamber.

The stone chamber was firmly blocked by a heavy iron door. There was a hole in the iron door, larger than a human head, through which you could see that the stone chamber was empty and damp, and permeated with a strong stench.]

[You weren't surprised by this at all, since Ren Woxing had been imprisoned here for over ten years.

For more than ten years, he had eaten, drank, and relieved himself in the same spot. Even though deaf-mute servants cleaned it regularly, how could it not stink after accumulating in this almost completely sealed space?

It's no wonder Ren Woxing went on a killing spree like a madman after getting out. He was really pent up.]

[After surveying the situation inside the stone chamber, you used the four keys you'd found on the four manor lords to open the door.

As the door opened, Ren Woxing, who was locked in an iron cage in the center of the stone chamber, immediately looked over.

This door hadn't been opened in a long time, and he probably hadn't smelled such fresh air in a long time either.]

[In your opinion, Ren Woxing was an absolute fiend. The reason the Sun Moon Holy Cult was called the Demonic Cult by the orthodox sects was 99% because of him.

Therefore, after opening the stone door, you didn't hesitate at all and immediately attacked Ren Woxing.]

[Although Ren Woxing had been imprisoned for more than ten years, his strength hadn't declined at all, and was even greater than before. He had actually reached the mid stage of the Innate Realm.

In addition, he possessed the bizarre Star Absorbing Great Method, which made him unafraid even when facing you, a powerhouse at the peak of the late Innate Realm.

Unfortunately, Ren Woxing's strength was originally inferior to yours, and now his hands and feet were locked by black iron, limiting his movements, making him even less of a match for you.

Therefore, after less than thirty moves, you struck Ren Woxing with twelve sword strikes in quick succession, each one deep enough to see bone.

Your Purple Haze True Qi lingered in the wounds, causing them to bleed continuously. Ren Woxing's face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his attack and evasion speed became slower and slower due to excessive blood loss.

Finally, on the forty-second move of your exchange, Ren Woxing, unable to struggle any longer, was successfully sealed off in all his meridians by you, becoming a lamb to the slaughter in your hands.]

[Half a day later, you left Plum Manor alone in a carriage, heading towards Mount Hua.]

[Half a day earlier, after subduing Ren Woxing, you examined the situation and discovered that he had engraved his Star Absorbing Great Method on the cage. However, you knew that the Star Absorbing Great Method on it was incomplete, lacking the most crucial method for resolving foreign True Qi within the body.

However, your Violet Dawn Divine Skill also had the effect of resolving foreign True Qi, so you stopped paying attention to the incessantly chattering Ren Woxing and directly cut off the head of this former Demonic Cult leader with a single sword strike.

Afterwards, you first copied down the incantation of the Star Absorbing Great Method, and then destroyed the writing on the cage.

Finally, too lazy to deal with the corpse, you ransacked the entire Plum Manor for valuables, loaded them into the carriage, and drove away.

This carriage full of things was worth as much as tens of thousands of taels of silver. This was only because there were many things that were too big to take away.

Unfortunately, you in the simulation couldn't use a storage space, otherwise, why would you bother with such trouble?]

[However, you yourself didn't need so much money, but your Mount Hua Sect needed it, and your parents needed it too. These were all the Demonic Cult's assets anyway, so there was no harm in taking them.]

[A day later, you sold all the antiques and calligraphy on the carriage in Hangzhou Prefecture, obtaining a total of 43,000 taels of silver.

This was naturally different from the true price of those antiques and calligraphy, but you didn't care.

Because Hangzhou was a thousand kilometers away from Mount Hua. If you traveled by carriage, it would take at least a month. You didn't have that much time to waste.]

[Having exchanged all the valuables for silver notes, you traveled light and returned to Mount Hua in just five days.

This was because you were sightseeing along the way, taking your time. Otherwise, it would have been even faster.]

[Back at Mount Hua, you handed 40,000 taels of silver notes to your master, Yue Buqun, and told him that these silver notes were plundered from the Demonic Cult.

Your master was very happy about this.

But you didn't mention the matter of Ren Woxing. It was best to keep this matter to yourself and not publicize it everywhere.

After all, Ren Woxing also had a daughter who was the Sun Moon Holy Cult's Holy Maiden. The other party had a large group of miscellaneous unorthodox followers under her command, the Six Immortals of Peach Valley, the Five Poisons Sect, the Old Man of the Yellow River... and so on.

If they really found out that you killed Ren Woxing, then you, your parents, and everyone in the Mount Hua Sect would probably not have a peaceful life.

Therefore, you should bury this secret in your heart forever.

As for the remaining three thousand taels of silver notes, they were naturally for your parents.]

[Back at Mount Hua, you learned that your eldest brother, Linghu Chong, had actually befriended Qu Yang, an elder of the Demonic Cult, during this trip, and had been punished by your master to contemplate his actions on Siguo Cliff for a year.

This also reminded you that your eldest brother Linghu Chong had learned the Dugu Nine Swords during this year of contemplation on Siguo Cliff.]

[If you had to say what martial art you wanted most in the entire The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world, then the first place would undoubtedly be the Dugu Nine Swords.

And with your current age and realm, you felt that as long as Feng Qingyang showed up, the possibility of him choosing to impart the Dugu Nine Swords to you would probably be higher than imparting it to your eldest brother Linghu Chong.]

"Dugu Nine Swords... I wonder if I can get it in the simulation..."

Looking at the content that had just appeared on the screen in front of him, Zheng Qian's eyes lit up, his face full of anticipation.

The most top-notch martial arts in the entire The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world were only the Sunflower Manual and the Dugu Nine Swords. You definitely wouldn't practice the Sunflower Manual, so only the Dugu Nine Swords, which could break all the moves in the world, were left.

And you now had a great opportunity to obtain it, so how could you not be tempted?

[With a plan in mind, you began to frequently appear on Siguo Cliff from the next day onwards.

Either studying the Star Absorbing Great Method, or drinking and comparing swords with your eldest brother Linghu Chong, talking about life, the days passed peacefully and fulfillingly.]

The reason you studied the Star Absorbing Great Art wasn't to prepare to cultivate it, but to combine it with the supreme Yang internal energy in the Purple Cloud Divine Skill and the Evil Warding Sword Manual.

In order to create a high-grade Innate Realm cultivation method that integrates the advantages of the three.

However, the supreme Yang internal energy in the Evil Warding Sword Manual was a remnant of the Sunflower Manual, and its rank was only low-grade Innate Realm. The Purple Haze Divine Skill and the Star Absorbing Great Method were a bit higher, but they were only mid-grade Innate Realm.

It was undoubtedly very difficult to create a high-grade Innate Realm cultivation method with these three as the core.

But you had plenty of time.]