The moment the scabbard entered his hand, a strange, warm smoothness seeped through his flesh.
How strange!
It was actually made of jade.
Lian Youming's heart jolted. Without pausing, he turned and fled at a sprint in the opposite direction.
Those people were no fools. They would probably catch on soon.
The reason was simple. However mysterious Lingbao Bifa might be, it was still only an Elixir Dao method, and such things were no longer rare in this day and age. Since this was a Sword Immortal inheritance, it ought to have something to do with a sword.
The key was the scabbard.
Only the scabbard.
Whoever had secretly arranged this had most likely drawn on the tale of Great Emperor Zhenwu borrowing a sword from Lüzu, using the scabbard as a symbol.
Of everyone here, only he carried the Dragon-Slaying Sword and could see through the mystery at a glance, gaining the advantage of understanding it first.
"Hm?"
But he had barely run any distance when several terrifying surges of murderous intent and bloody aura swept toward him from the distant woods.
Several figures fought as they advanced, their battle darkening heaven and earth. They were Gan Xihu and the others.
They were coming with ferocious force!!!
Lian Youming had no choice but to change direction again. Yet moments later, he sensed several currents of qi rapidly approaching from the foot of the mountain.
Someone had already caught on.
His expression grave, Lian Youming concealed the scabbard against his body. He glanced back at the Immortal's Cave, then swiftly headed inside and jumped through the hidden entrance.
Several corpses lay in the pitch-black passage, killed in the chaotic fighting.
The passage sloped downward and ended after little more than ten meters.
It opened into a stone chamber of middling