The next moment, a plume of black smoke rose from the Demon Sect elder's corpse.
A sinister power spilled out of the smoke, trying to pull the two halves of the body back together.
Unfortunately, under the influence of the Slaughter Blade Art's aura, this power began to slowly dissipate.
At last, under the pressure of Blade Momentum, it vanished without a trace.
"Could this be some kind of forbidden art from the Demonic Fiend Palace? It's certainly strange."
Watching this scene, Su Yun furrowed his brow.
The Demon Sect's demonic cultivators might not be very strong for their cultivation level.
But their methods were exceedingly strange.
Even after their bodies were split in two, they could still heal themselves.
"I can't afford to underestimate these demonic cultivators."
Seeing this, Su Yun took the moment as a warning to himself.
If he gained a little strength and became blindly arrogant, he might well come to grief in the future.
Vmmm!
The next moment, a dense stream of blood-red smoke rose from the Demon Sect elder's corpse.
Two more streams of blood-red smoke rose from the bodies of the other two demonic cultivators.
All three streams of blood-red smoke sank into Su Yun's body.
The blade aura emanating from him grew heavier and heavier.
"The Slaughter Blade Art devoured the baleful energy of two Mystic Profound Realm demonic cultivators and a Qi Sea Realm Demon Sect elder. A bountiful harvest! Cultivation progress increased by thirty percent!"
The voice rang in his mind.
"Not a bad increase."
After taking a moment to reflect, Su Yun flashed over to the Demon Sect elder's corpse.
He crouched down and easily removed the Spatial Ring from the elder's hand.
Then he went over to the other two corpses, rummaged around for a while, and took all their resources.
After that, he rode off at full speed.
Not long after he had left,
an old man in purple robes appeared where he had been.
It was Elder Tie of the Mystic Blade Sect!
"Su Yun's Blade Momentum has reached at least ninety percent."
Touching the blade marks on the ground and sensing the lingering Blade Momentum, Elder Tie exclaimed in astonishment.
He gazed in the direction Su Yun had gone, his heart stirred.
He had cultivated for over three hundred years and seen countless geniuses.
Of course, he had also traveled overseas and met the so-called prodigies of other sects.
But he had never even heard of a genius who advanced at such an astonishing rate.
After studying the blade marks for only a few days, Su Yun had raised his Blade Momentum to this level!
If not for the ravages of time, which had left the Blade Intent in those marks badly diminished,
he would have been tempted to wonder if Su Yun could comprehend Blade Momentum at one hundred percent.
It was simply unbelievable!
"Sure enough, the Great Elder is as shrewd as ever. He'd guessed long ago that those rats from the Demonic Fiend Palace might target Su Yun, so he sent me to protect him in secret."
"I'm thoroughly convinced you deserve the position of Great Elder, Tie Yun."
Watching the demonic cultivators' corpses, Elder Tie thought with a smile.
In fact, he had been following Su Yun in secret ever since he left the sect for Heavenly Blade Canyon.
He had sensed the demonic cultivators' presence back then.
But while in Heavenly Blade Canyon, he had let a trace of his aura slip, making them wary enough to stay away.
Moreover, he had secretly warned every cultivator who knew about Su Yun's situation not to spread word of it when leaving Heavenly Blade Canyon.
That was why the demonic cultivators hadn't known Su Yun's Blade Momentum had already reached this level.
Otherwise, they would have withdrawn at once, never daring to waylay him here.
"Still, even if Su Yun's Blade Momentum hadn't broken through,"
"those demonic brats probably wouldn't have been able to stop him from leaving."
Elder Tie looked away, inwardly sighing.
"Who would have thought that in just a few days, Su Yun would master the Slaughter Blade Art!"
It was no easy feat to master the Slaughter Blade Art while still in the Mystic Profound Realm.
Let alone while also wielding Blade Momentum at ninety percent.
His foundation in martial arts was truly astonishing!
"Right, I still have to deal with the people from the Blade Origin Sect."
Elder Tie suddenly seemed to remember something and looked in a certain direction.
The next moment, his figure vanished.
In a dense forest,
a group of people were meditating and waiting for Su Yun to come to them of his own accord.
Their leader was a white-browed old man with a powerful aura, his eyes shut tight.
At one point, a disciple couldn't help asking, "Elder, Senior Brother Mu He was killed. Should we take the initiative and attack?"
"Don't worry. That little brat called Su Yun won't live to see another day!"
The white-browed old man opened his cold eyes, then smiled nonchalantly.
This time, he had brought a devastating weapon.
Once detonated, it could level everything within a ten-li radius!
Even if Su Yun had terrifying talent and comprehended Blade Momentum at one hundred percent, he would still be doomed!
Of course, this was his last resort. He wouldn't dare use it lightly.
"Perish!"
The next moment, however, a cold voice came from the sky.
A violent pressure descended on everyone in an instant.
Boom!!
Before their eyes, every Blade Origin Sect disciple present began bleeding from all seven orifices, their faces contorted in agony.
Their bodies were driven several meters into the ground!
"Not good!!"
The white-browed old man was aghast, blood seeping from his eyes as he glared furiously.
His face twisted with rage. He immediately took out a purple orb, intending to detonate it!
But Elder Tie, hovering in the air, merely flicked a finger and wiped out the souls of everyone present.
At the same time, he pinned the white-browed old man in place, leaving him unable to move.
Then Elder Tie beckoned, effortlessly drawing the old man's soul toward him.
He grabbed it in one swift motion!
"Damn you! Let me go!"
"Does the Mystic Blade Sect mean to start a war between our sects!?"
The white-browed old man's soul struggled violently.
"Do you know why I haven't killed you?"
Elder Tie merely smiled, utterly unmoved by his threat.
"What?"
Under Elder Tie's cold stare,
the white-browed old man's soul shuddered.
Seeing his expression, Elder Tie couldn't be bothered to say anything more.
With a flick of his finger, he sent the old man's soul flying into the sky.
Then he turned and left.
Only his cold words lingered in the white-browed old man's ears.
"Go back and tell those old fossils from the Blade Origin Sect."
"If you're not satisfied, then come fight."
"The Mystic Blade Sect will be waiting!"
Several hours later,
Su Yun returned to the Mystic Blade Sect safely, his mind finally easing a little.
Although he had guessed that an elder might be following him in secret, he couldn't let his guard down completely.
He had watched his surroundings carefully the whole way back, remaining vigilant.
Only after returning did he finally relax.
Then he began sorting through his spoils.
Su Yun put away the useful resources.
He planned to exchange the rest, which had little value to him, for Contribution Points.
The Mystic Blade Sect's Resource Pavilion.
Su Yun arrived there.
After a while, he exchanged some of his resources for one hundred thousand Contribution Points. It was a pretty good haul.
Then he looked at one of the Resource Pavilion elders and asked,
"Elder, do you have any Profound Yang Essence in stock?"
Profound Yang Essence was a treasure with yang attributes, refined by the sect's experts. It helped cultivate the Great Sun Profound Heaven Technique.
So he wanted to exchange for some and test its effect on his cultivation.
The Slaughter Blade Art was advancing rapidly and had already reached the mastery stage.
But the Great Sun Profound Heaven Technique was progressing rather slowly.
It was still stuck at the first layer.
A strong body was essential to every aspect of the path of cultivation.
Naturally, Su Yun wanted to improve his as quickly as possible.
Seeing Su Yun, the Resource Pavilion elder smiled warmly. "We still have some Profound Yang Essence in stock. It costs five thousand Contribution Points per drop."
"Su Yun, how much do you need?"
The Mystic Blade Sect had a steady source of this treasure, so the price wasn't too high.
It would be much more expensive outside the sect.
Of course, the Mystic Blade Sect wouldn't allow its disciples to resell the sect's resources.
Anyone caught doing so would be punished severely.
"Good. I'd like to exchange for twenty drops."
After thinking for a moment, Su Yun replied.
"Just a moment."
The elder answered and sent someone to fetch the treasure.
A while later, Su Yun received a golden jade bottle.
It held twenty drops of Profound Yang Essence.
After chatting with the elder for a while, Su Yun left the Resource Pavilion.
On his way back to his residence, Su Yun pondered for a moment, then murmured to himself,
"My cultivation is still a little too low."
"Looks like it's time to return to Su Estate and have Su Ling refine some Jade Marrow Pills."
Having Su Ling refine pills was one of his most important ways of acquiring resources at the moment.
The pills she refined could be submitted to the sect in exchange for Contribution Points.
At the Mystic Blade Sect, inner disciples needed ten thousand Contribution Points to exchange for a bottle of Jade Marrow Pills.
But submitting a bottle of Jade Marrow Pills earned only half that value: five thousand Contribution Points.
It seemed like a loss.
But many rare resources could only be exchanged for with Contribution Points.
The Profound Yang Essence Su Yun needed, for example.
So he had to return to Su Estate and start his alchemy plan.
Early the next morning, Su Yun set out at once.
In the faint light of dawn, Su Yun was like a purple spirit roc. With each bound, he crossed dozens of yards.
He moved incredibly fast.
Time flowed on.
Gradually, the sun climbed high, and the blazing sunlight surged overhead.
As sunlight spilled across the land,
it reduced every hard-working commoner to a tiny black dot.
Gathered together, those dots made up the myriad lives of the mortal world, with all its bitterness and sweetness.
By then, Su Yun had already returned to the small city.
But the moment he entered Su Estate,
he saw his elder brother, Su Lin, sitting in a wooden chair with a deeply troubled expression.
It seemed he was pondering some difficult problem!
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