Taiyu Daoist's Cover Identity
Great Sage Lieyun said in her message, "Lone Hero Mountain has always been within my surveillance range. Who would have thought that Jiang Lingxu of Purple Armor Hall would come to steal the sword? After I discovered him, I was just about to get rid of him when the will of the Five-Passes Devil Lord unexpectedly descended across vast stretches of time and space, forcibly obstructing me. That gave Jiang Lingxu the chance to break the restriction and take the Taiyu Flying Sword."
"The Five-Passes Devil Lord again?"
He Ping muttered to himself, "Last time, it was also the Five-Passes Devil Lord who stuck his hand in. Otherwise, I would have dealt with Jiang Lingxu long ago. This Outer Realm evil god really is troublesome!"
Jiang Lingxu had also encountered an immense stroke of fortune. Besides the sacred armor that safeguarded his sect, he had obtained the Taiyu Flying Sword, a supreme treasure personally forged by Daoist Taiyu. Its power was enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Escape Killing Sword.
Still, He Ping was somewhat puzzled. In that mess involving the Buddhist sects of the Western Regions, only the Taiyu Flying Sword had appeared, while Jiang Lingxu himself had not.
"This Jiang Lingxu's strength should have improved considerably as well. He has cultivated a life-preserving Dao technique—slippery and difficult to deal with. He can be considered somewhat extraordinarily gifted, capable of snatching his life back from my hands."
Great Sage Lieyun said flatly, "But with that little ability of his, even with the Taiyu Flying Sword assisting him, I have nothing to fear. Yet just as I was about to kill him, the Five-Passes Devil Lord directly possessed Jiang Lingxu and engaged me in a fierce battle. In the end, that fellow Five-Passes