A Carefree Journey

This time, Ink Bamboo Mountain really made a fortune. Of the eight furnaces of swords forged by the Lü Family, seven were taken away at once. After sensing the killing calamity and discovering the sect's hidden talisman, Real Person Wanshu, who came to provide support, led them away first through the spiritual cave passage at the bottom of the sea. Only the furnace that had already been opened was left behind, in case the Xuanmen people came to investigate.

To prevent the Xuanmen from pursuing them, the four True Immortals bought her time to seize the sword and escape. They also cleaned up the mess at the scene and modified the sword pool formation of the Lü Family's sword forging. With these four sword-forging experts operating it, unless a sword-forging master from the Xuanmen personally inspected it, no one would be able to tell that the number of sword-forging furnaces in the sword pool was incorrect.

Then the four of them took Li Fan away by another route, in case Shen Dongyang revealed Li Fan's name and the Xuanmen's diviner knew his whereabouts and chased after them to attack.

Fortunately, the worst-case scenario didn't happen. The five of them even went to Yanzhou for two more days, treating Li Fan's broken leg while observing how things were developing, and no one came to bother them.

Clearly, Shen Dongyang kept his promise and did not reveal Qingyue's background to the Xuanmen.

Life is unpredictable. Although some things may be your opportunity at first, if you don't fight for them and just sit and wait for them to fall from the sky and into your mouth, and someone else takes them away or changes the situation, don't blame others. You can only blame yourself for missing out.

The Xuanmen sect was well aware of this simple principle; after all, they had rushed all the way to the South China Sea to compete for the fortune. It was just that some minor problems had arisen.

It turned out that Shen Dongyang had been unconscious for a day after returning to Yanzhou. When he woke up, before he could even report back, he discovered that the six swords had been taken away by the Xuanmen.

So he disregarded everything else and argued that each of the five righteous men who went to exorcise the demon should receive a sword. However, the Xuanmen leaders expressed that they were deeply moved by the righteous actions of these Golden Core cultivators in exorcising demons and acting on behalf of Heaven.

But being moved is one thing, but being moved can't put food on the table, so being moved is pretty useless.

The Daoist sect went on a large-scale team-building trip to the South China Sea. With so many people making the trip, do they really expect to leave empty-handed after catching a few goldfish?

Besides, you can't use flying swords on a dead person. You're so badly injured, just focus on recovering and don't worry about it. Let the elders representing the various sects handle these minor matters like dividing the swords.

Ahem, the Nine Great Xuan Sects weren't always this shameless; it's just that they've really run into trouble on both ends.

The Lü Family turned against them. The six Nascent Soul Stage who had their souls sealed, using some unknown secret technique, actually sensed Lü Daolian's death. It turned out that they had also made an agreement with the Xuanmen, promising that if they spared Lü Daolian's life, the Xuanmen would bring her before them and have her become their disciples.

There's no madman in this world who would kill his disciples after taking them in, thus incurring a calamity and shortening his own lifespan. Ancient sects like the Xuanmen wouldn't stoop to such underhanded tricks for a few flying swords. So, as long as the other party is willing to give them a way out, the Lü Family is willing to reveal the whereabouts of the flying swords.

Unexpectedly, the Xuanmen sect went back on its word and still harmed Lü Daolian, completely annihilating the entire Lü Family. With no hope left, no matter how the Xuanmen sect explained or interrogated them, none of them would reveal a single word about the flying sword. On the seventh day, they all perished.

Faced with this inexplicable accident, the Xuanmen sect naturally lost interest in pretending to be gentlemen. Knowing that fate had changed and that this trip might only be able to divide the six swords they had, they decided to drop the pretense and get whatever they could, regardless of grade.

So the bigwigs who led the delegation to the South China Sea held a closed-door meeting and discussed the matter at length. It's unclear how many meetings they had or how much benefit they exchanged, but they finally reached a consensus.

Danxia Mountain rightfully received a reward; Shen Dongyang is still alive, isn't he? The Xuanmen (Daoist sect) saw his contribution in bringing back the flying sword and his disciple's body, as well as his achievement in eliminating the Qingyang Sect's demon, and they won't forget it. They will reward him in the future. The End.

There was no objection to Hengshan getting a share. Since Bai Jianqiu had passed away, the Bai Shuangying of the Bai Family, since they were siblings from the same clan. They were the only two cultivators of the Hengshan Bai Family in this generation, and the elders of both Hengshan and the Bai Family had no objection.

The sword that Emei obtained originally belonged to Chen Nanggu, but Chen Nanggu was on the verge of death and could only use elixirs to prolong his life, and he could die at any time.

Therefore, Master Jinghui, Chu Nanyi's master, said that Chu Nanyi would hold the sword for the time being. If Chen Nanggu rescued him, it would be returned to him. If he could not be rescued, it would be Chu Nanyi's destiny to have the sword, and she would not compete with her fellow disciples for the sword's destiny.

This made the other factions feel it was fair.

And then there's the sword pellet that Gu Panpan took first.

Thus, the Xuanmen had already obtained seven of the nine swords calculated, and the ownership of four of them was confirmed. This wasn't a too bad result. The remaining three swords were taken by the bigwigs of other Xuanmen sects, who planned to use them as rewards for the elimination of the Lü Family in the South China Sea.

They agreed to search for a few more days, and if they still found nothing, they would distribute the three swords to the sects that contributed the most or suffered the most losses in this campaign against the Lü Family, as compensation.

Of course, for sects like the Beichen Sword Sect, which were wiped out five hundred years ago, people can simply admire them in their hearts; there's no need to burn offerings at their graves as a sacrifice.

As for the rogue cultivators of the South China Sea, don't even think about it. There's no place for you. Since the Lü Family has been destroyed, there's no need to open the Immortal Market anymore. It'll save you from staying in Yan Continent to fight for swords. Get out of here as soon as possible. Saving your heads is the biggest reward.

This is the final decision reached by the leaders of the Xuanmen sect after a week of closed-door discussions.

Shen Dongyang also knew that since the decision had been made by the top leaders of the Nine Great Xuan Sects, he, a mere Golden Core, had no say no matter how great his contributions were.

So he later went to E Shenyu and gave the sword he had been given to the Shi Family, thus fulfilling his promise to Qingyue, Shi Yong, and his fellow demons at the time. Of course, these are all stories for later.

However, due to these events, mainly the delays caused by the meetings of the bigwigs, the Xuanmen sect had basically no clues left when they were exploring the ruins of the underwater battle.

They saw the sword furnace still covered with Lü Daolian's remains, and misled by the arrangements of Ink Bamboo Mountain, they concluded that it was because the Old Demon Qingyang opened the furnace prematurely that the predicted destiny of the flying sword's birth was disrupted. This furnace of swords was essentially destroyed.

If no other flying swords emerge in the near future, this sword-grabbing contest in the South China Sea can be considered over, and there's no need to waste any more time on it.

The Xuanmen sect set this tone, which essentially meant they accepted their fate and completely lost any chance to connect with other flying swords.

Fairy Wangshu used her Divine Transformation body to carry the seven sword furnaces underground. Although it was a bit slow, a week was enough for her to bring the sword furnaces back to Ink Bamboo Mountain.

To be honest, this time Fairy Wangshu, a dignified Divine Transformation, went to the underground spiritual veins to refine a magic weapon for Li Fan, but she actually got lost. Apart from accidentally finding the secret passage of the underwater spiritual cave and arriving in time to stealthily transport the Lü Family's sword furnace, she was essentially invisible and inactive the whole time, without contributing anything at all.

Of course, this calculation is a bit harsh. After all, many experts from the Nine Great Xuan Sects were misled and wasted their time in Yan Continent, making a wasted trip.

It can only be said that sometimes, opportunity really is an unpredictable thing. What is destined to be yours may not be, but what is not destined to be yours will definitely not be.

The other four Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, although they didn't receive the Lü Family's secret techniques, were given seven furnaces to practice on, which wasn't bad. After all, they fought two battles at great personal risk, contributing many talismans, materials, and even a foot! They fought their way back.

Of course, when you calculate it this way, Li Fan deserves the most credit for Ink Bamboo Mountain.

He located the sword furnace, eliminated the Divine Transformation, sacrificed one of his own sword pellets and six readily available flying swords, and indirectly diverted the attention of the Xuanmen sect. Only in this way could he ensure the safety of the seven sword furnaces that had not yet been opened and remained intact for the Ink Bamboo Mountain gate.

So Ink Bamboo Mountain made a promise to Li Fan and quickly delivered on the reward.

It's not just that I said it quickly, it really was very fast.

Even before Li Fan and his group had fully recovered, the money was already paid out to him.

Two flying swords.

Yes, a flying sword.

Yeah, two.

One of them was a proper eight-sided sword of the Bamboo Mountain Black Sword, three feet long with a five-inch hilt, a round hilt and a sharp point, and it was exactly the same as the Bamboo Mountain Basic Sword Qi that Li Fan shot out.

The material used to forge the sword was a peculiar black metal, which was clearly the same metal used to forge Yao Xuanzhou's Ink Feather Sword, thus creating a genuine ink-colored Black Sword.

The other was a hiltless short sword resembling a dagger or paper cutter, about seven inches long and thin in the middle, pointed at both ends, like a willow leaf. At first glance, Li Fan thought he had completed the Profound Heaven Sword Intent and brought it up as a flying sword. But upon closer inspection, it was clear that it wasn't, because the sword quality was obviously inferior. No, it couldn't be said that it was inferior; it was just that the material of the Profound Heaven Sword Intent was too good. It was like flowing star-stream mithril, completely unlike anything from the mortal world.

Although this sword was polished to a gleaming shine, Sword Light in the sunlight, it was clearly made of an alloy similar to white iron. While extremely sharp, it lacked a certain spiritual quality. Its streamlined lines clearly indicated that it was modeled after the Profound Heaven Sword Intent.

But without a doubt, just by looking at the unparalleled Sword Light, those two genuine swords, both of which could be considered of high quality, were incomparable to the trash in the mortal world.

At this moment, Yao Xuanzhou placed the pair of swords in their sword case and presented them to Li Fan.

Yes, those are the two jade boxes that contained the Half-Step Heavenly Book of the Void Star. The larger one, made of bluish-white jade, is four feet long and two feet wide, just the right size to hold the Black Sword.

The smaller topaz one, a foot long and half a finger wide, seemed destined by fate to be made to hold another short sword.

"Qingyue, I have heard about your demon-slaying deeds in the South China Sea. These two swords were forged by my Ink Bamboo Mountain. With the permission of the abbot, I, the supervisor, am presenting them to you on behalf of Bamboo Mountain."

"This sword case is something I inherited from a senior member of the Beichen Sword Sect. The sword in the case saved my life countless times in Lei Marsh back then, and I still benefit greatly from that senior's teachings."

Yao Xuanzhou gave Li Fan a deep look, then handed him the sword box and two swords together, saying, "I'd like to take this opportunity to entrust this sword intent inheritance to you as well."

"I hope you will carry on the legacy of your sect's predecessors, remember your sect's teachings to uphold righteousness, eliminate demons and help the weak, slay ghosts and demons, guard your heart and protect the Dao, and not let down the brilliance of us righteous sword immortals."

'Obtained the Flying Sword Pitian and it recognized him as its master.'

'Obtained the flying sword to slay demons and have it recognize its master.'

"Thank you... thank you, senior. Your disciple Qingyue, will remember your teachings!"

What to do! Li Fan suddenly felt a little touched!

"Did you make this, Xiao Yao???"

"You can actually forge swords???"

"Can two more be forged???"

"Wait! What did you use to forge them! I went to check the Lü Family's sword furnace as soon as I got back, and all seven of them were perfectly fine!"

Yao Xuanzhou smiled and nodded at the four old men who were gathered around Li Fan, chins in hand, watching the sword strike. Then he turned and transformed into a streak of sword light and ran away.

The old men were stunned for a moment, then they realized what was happening.

"My sword furnace!"

"We've endured two hundred years of hardship! And you just open it like this?!"

"Yao Xuanzhou! You've gone too far!"

"Grab him!"

Li Fan had no interest in the five old men's tug-of-war. He sat in the wheelchair given to him by Du Gongshi, happily looking at the two sword cases in his arms. Wow, my flying sword! I'm a man with a flying sword now!

A cultivation journey through the immortal Immortal Realm: sects, divine skills, spirit beasts, and magical treasures—the four essential elements are finally complete!

At this moment, the Kun, with a silver leaf stuck to its head, swam back to Li Fan's lap with its belly bulging, staring wide-eyed at the sword in the sword box. The silver leaf then slipped back into Li Fan's sleeve.

"Profound Heaven Sword Intent said, 'I went to see for myself. The Lü Family must have been the true disciples of Hotong Mountain. That sect is the orthodox school of Xuanmen sword forging. No wonder Xuanmen is so wary of them and is determined to exterminate their entire family. I wonder what happened within the sect that forced even a sword forger of this level to flee...'"

However, the fate of the South China Sea has already fallen to Ink Bamboo Mountain, so it is no longer the concern of his Xuanmen. Although the fire in the seven furnaces was cut off temporarily, it was not a big problem. By discarding half of the materials outside to absorb impurities, they should be able to produce seven more good ones.

Xiao Yao is a bit of a blockhead. Although he's highly talented and learns quickly, he's probably been using the Mo Yu sword for too long and doesn't know the feel of a superior flying sword. For now, he can only forge these two low-to-mid-grade seventh-rank artifacts, which are barely acceptable. You can make do with them for now if you're Golden Core Stage, and replace them with new ones when they break.

"No compromise, no compromise, it's fine, it's fine!" Li Fan couldn't stop smiling.

The Profound Heaven Sword Intent seemed to say, "Heh, what a pathetic prospect! Do you think two swords can restrain the skills of a disciple of the Beichen Sword Sect? Don't worry, this batch is for Ink Bamboo Mountain to test, and for the next batch, I'll guide you from the raw materials. At least you'll be able to forge a sword pellet that we can actually use."

"Hehehe! Hahaha! Hahahaha!" Li Fan was laughing so hard he couldn't stop.

' The Profound Heaven Sword Intent sighed, "Alas, this brat who's never seen the world is truly pitiful... By the way, what kind of Cultivation Method have you practiced this time? How come you have an extra Qiankun Qi Golden Core?"'

"Oh, speaking of this." Li Fan reached into his sleeve and pulled out a large bowl-shaped goldfish basin. Inside were two koi: one black and one white. He had bought them directly from the Huan family fish merchant for a thousand strings of cash when he stayed in Yanzhou to check on the situation. Of course, the thousand strings of cash were mainly for the price of this fish tank Magic Treasure, which was convenient to carry around and could be kept in his sleeve so that the fish could be kept "fairly balanced." The two fry hadn't even reached the Jin Qing yet, so it was practically a free gift.

Because of the major incident of the massacre of the Lü Family, and the fact that the Huan family's Golden Scale Palace ship was also disrupted by the Xuanmen, the Immortal Market suffered huge losses, practically losing everything, not to mention making a fortune.

Finally, a customer arrived, and the manager of the Huan family, intending to make as much profit as possible while minimizing losses, even went to the fishpond to help Li Fan pick out the fish he specified.

You know what, they really are professional fish farmers, these two fish are exactly the same as the real body or incarnation of the Yang Fish Boy! Even the spots on their heads are exactly the same!

Even Li Fan had some doubts. He wondered if the two system members were deliberately acting against him, subtly hinting from the beginning that he should choose these two fish to raise as a means to cultivate his Dao body.

The Profound Heaven Sword Intent seemed to say, "You like fish so much, kid? Are you breeding them for the Kun?"

The Kun (a mythical creature) retorted, "Pah! I am a Kun! Not a fish! And both of these are male!"

'The Profound Heaven Sword Intent says, "You seem to be paying attention to this too...?"'

Li Fan held the bottom of the goldfish bowl with his left hand and covered the lid with his right. The Qi of Heaven and Earth flowed out from his hands, circulating in the goldfish bowl and feeding the black and white fish with properly refined Dao Breath spiritual Qi to aid their cultivation.

"I received instruction from an immortal in a dream, who imparted to me a nameless Daoist technique that can directly refine the Five Elements True Qi into the Qiankun Two Qi, which then naturally becomes Golden Core. This technique can be used in conjunction with the Qiankun Flying Dragon Sword Technique and does not conflict with the Taiyin Five Luo Sword Ghosts Secret Refinement."

"Profound Heaven Sword Intent says, 'Really?! Is it true that there really are such miraculous encounters as immortals imparting knowledge in dreams?! I've only ever heard of such things! You're truly a crazy person with boundless good fortune...'"

I've seen my fair share of strange fellows, but this is the first time I've ever encountered such a freakish cultivator as you. Achieving the Golden Core stage in three months is one thing, but to achieve two Golden Core stages at once...

Qingyue, who knows, you might one day reach the celestial realm of the Third Patriarch!

"To achieve the realm of celestial beings...?"

However, Li Fan wasn't as happy as he had been when he received the flying sword.

Because he knew that there was absolutely no such thing as a free lunch.

He only did some odd jobs for those two boys, and he was rewarded with a Golden Core. This doesn't necessarily mean the system is very generous; it only means that the Taiji Xian Dao sought by the native cultivators of this world probably has no 'mystery' to the system.

To put it extremely, the battles, sword fights, and struggles for the Dao among the Three Great Sects are, in the eyes of the system, just like the feuds and vendettas of the Human Dao world, and in the eyes of the immortals, equally childish and laughable.

Cultivating immortality is merely a means, exorcising demons is just a task, and flying swords are simply tools.

For Li Fan, his fundamental purpose and primary task in coming to this world was to explore the mysteries of the Tai Su Dao and to compete for the true Heavenly Book.

To take it even more cynically, if Li Fan had forgotten his fundamental purpose for transmigrating, then for the twins, taking their Golden Core would be just as easy and simple as bestowing them upon Golden Core, right?

Li Fan opened his right hand and looked into the goldfish bowl, where the two fish were chasing each other and swimming like the primordial energy of heaven and earth, just like the Tai Chi symbol.

They may seem carefree, but aren't they really the same, always ending up in Li Fan's palm, chasing after the bait he casually scatters?

"I wonder when I will finally be able to truly roam freely and unrestrained in this world..."

End of this volume

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