Zhiyuan boarded a boat and left, accompanied by Daoist Yiping.
Yizhen and Zhou Wuji stayed on the island to continue dealing with the remaining zombies.
There are a large number of zombies, scattered all over the island.
It would take at least ten days to half a month to completely wipe out all the zombies.
It's difficult to find any trace of zombies during the day, as the people from the Pacification Office, the Lower Court, and the Golden Leaf Temple are all resting.
Zhou Wuji used all his savings to buy the sword. He didn't feel bad about it; on the contrary, he was very happy.
The main reason he didn't care much about the money was because it came so easily.
Money in your hand is of little use, but it's a different story when you exchange it for a sword.
With the sword in hand, Zhou Wuji couldn't resist trying it out.
The sun was quite strong, so he put on a straw hat, carried a sword, and went out.
With his Six Yang Dharma Eye, he could detect Evil Qi and even a mile away, he could sense the aura of a zombie.
In this respect, the Mind Mirror can only reflect a radius of ten feet, which is far inferior to the Six Yang Dharma Eye.
I tested the sword on a few zombies, and the White Rainbow Sword cut through everything as easily as cutting tofu.
Zhou Wuji didn't even need to exert much force; the blade could smoothly slice through any obstacle.
He also tried using pure steel armor plates, and with a little force, he could smoothly cut through them.
The blade's extreme sharpness far surpassed that of the Seven Star Sword in his hand.
As Zhiyuan said, only such a sword deserves to be called a precious sword.
The White Rainbow Sword was so sharp that Zhou Wuji liked it more and more as he used it, and he kept slashing until sunset before he carried the sword back to the camp.
In one day, he killed nearly two hundred zombies.
The Origin Xuan he obtained was transferred into the Five Yin Pouch. Although he failed to raise the level of the five Yin Spirit, he still made significant progress.
He also searched the area around the cave where Chen Dalu was killed, but found no trace of Chen Dalu's hiding place.
Back in his tent, Zhou Wuji had barely sat down and taken a sip of water when Wuming arrived.
"Senior brother, why Heavenly Capital?" Wuming asked curiously.
She had come to look for Zhou Wuji several times during the day, but the tent was always empty, which made her a little worried.
"Having nothing to do during the day, I went out for a walk and killed some zombies."
Zhou Wuji pointed to the soft stool next to him and said, "Sit."
Wuming sat down gently and asked with concern, "Has Senior Brother eaten?"
"I don't feel like eating here, so I took Grain Avoidance Pill."
Zhou Wuji asked Wuming, "By the way, the island is filled with Sha Qi; eating there is bad for your health. Do you have any Grain Avoidance Pill?"
"Some."
Wuming heard his senior brother's concern for him, Mingli couldn't help but smile.
She immediately noticed the black-sheathed longsword beside Zhou Wuji and asked in surprise, "Senior Brother, you've changed your sword?"
This sword is similar in appearance to the Seven Star Sword, but it is noticeably longer, and the lotus-shaped guard is simple and elegant. There are also subtle differences in the hilt.
Wuming was particularly concerned about Zhou Wuji, which is why he noticed such a subtle change.
Zhou Wuji was pleasantly surprised. He naturally grasped Wuming's hand. "Junior Sister, you still care about me. This is a precious sword I bought from the abbot."
He acquired a new sword, and although it cost him a large sum of money, he was truly delighted.
But he couldn't find anyone to brag to. Wuming without him saying anything that he had changed his sword, which made him very happy.
The junior sister has feelings for him, which is why she pays so much attention to his subtle changes.
Wuming glanced nervously outside the tent, afraid that outsiders would see her being intimate with her senior brother.
On the other hand, she really enjoys this closeness; she feels especially comfortable holding hands like this, without being too intimate and making her nervous.
Zhou Wuji Wuming drew his sword and displayed it to Wu Ming.
Although Wuming knew nothing about swords, he could tell that this was a fine sword.
Seeing her senior brother so excited, she felt even more compelled to praise him.
"Don't tell anyone about buying the sword from the abbot; keep it a secret."
Zhou Wuji added a final reminder: "It's really nothing, but it's best not to spread it around."
"Don't worry, senior brother, I won't tell anyone about my father!" Wuming nodded vigorously, almost Curse.
Seeing the beautiful girl's adorable expression, Zhou Wuji couldn't help but touch her pretty face.
Wuming's face immediately flushed red, and her bright eyes lowered. Zhou Wuji gently brushed her ear, "Your hair has fallen out."
"Oh----" Wuming responded softly, but in her heart she found her senior brother quite amusing, always using such lame excuses, and she couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Zhou Wuji looked at the woman who was trying hard to suppress her laughter. Her eyebrows and eyes were smiling, her lips were smiling, her neat, white teeth were smiling, and her shoulders were swaying gently with laughter. He couldn't help but want to laugh too.
"My junior sister is so beautiful, sweet, and fun!"
Zhou Wuji gently put his arm around Wuming's shoulder, his heart filled with joy.
He didn't know if this was love, or something else, but he was absolutely certain he liked it all.
Once it was completely dark, the Pacification Office, the Lower Court, and the Golden Leaf Temple joined forces again, setting traps just like yesterday to lure and kill the zombies in this area.
Without the mutated zombies, ordinary zombies pose almost no threat to armored soldiers.
Zhou Wuji stayed by Wuming's side, watching her cast spells to dispel Evil Qi and even directly deal with zombies.
The two days of training were quite effective; Wuming was now able to look directly at the zombies and perform hand seals, incantations, and spells in front of them.
This sounds simple, but in reality, zombies are quite terrifying in appearance and are filled with Qi of Earth Sha, which can interfere with Law Technique.
It's not easy for Eighth Rank Daoist like Wuming, who has almost no practical combat experience, to calmly cast spells in the face of zombies.
This shows that Wuming has a very solid foundation. She is only two apertures away from the Seventh Rank. With her talent and various resources, she will be able to advance to the Seventh Rank within three or four years.
The Eighth Rank robes are nothing special; truly reaching the Seventh Rank allows one to preside over the ritual altar, making one a genuine Daoist priest. The difference in status and position is immense.
Zhou Wuji calculated that in three or four years, even without using the Northern Emperor's Book of Heavenly Punishment, based on his current cultivation progress, he could at least reach the Fifth Rank rank.
For some reason, he felt a pang of melancholy when he thought about these things.
On the path of cultivation, no matter how good his relationship with others is, he can only walk alone.
This is the ruthless nature of the Great Way.
Seeing that Wuming was already handling the situation skillfully, Zhou Wuji told her and then quietly went alone into the depths of the mountains to search for Chen Dalu's hiding place.
For the next few days, Zhou Wuji spent his days cleaning up zombies and testing his sword, and his nights working with Wuming, while also searching for any treasure Chen Dalu might have left behind.
Unfortunately, Chen Dalu hid very well, and after several days he found nothing.
With nothing else to do, Zhou Wuji also tried to cultivate the Tianji Sword on his own, but his progress was very slow.
At this rate of cultivation, it might take twenty or thirty years to achieve anything.
He was reluctant to use five or six taels of Origin Profound Spirit, so he used two Origin Profound Spirit weighing a little over two taels each to upgrade the Tianji Sword to the proficient level.
Therefore, even if the Tianji Sword is limited to the Fifth Rank rank, it is still on the same level as the Big Dipper Heavenly Gang Divine Incantation, which shows how amazing the Tianji Sword is.
The Tianji Sword transforms the power of the Tianji Star into water and fire, and can be transformed into the Tianji Profound Yang Sword or the Tianji Profound Yin Sword.
The Tianji Profound Yang Sword transforms the sword into starlight, capable of incinerating everything.
The Profound Yin Sword then transforms into a cold and dense sword.
The interplay of yin and yang symbolizes the transformation between water and fire.
Zhou Wuji believed that the higher-level Tianji Sword must have a method for fusing Yin and Yang Sword Qi.
His Xiaoxiang Sword has reached Transformation Realm, and its sword moves have many similarities with the Tianji Sword, but the difference lies greatly in the level of Sword Intent Sword Qi.
Fortunately, the Night Rain Sword is dense, gloomy, and elusive, and its Sword Intent has something in common with the Tianji Profound Yin Sword.
The two Swordsmanship complemented each other, allowing Zhou Wuji to make great progress in the Night Rain Sword. He even felt that if he continued to practice like this, by comprehending and verifying with the Tianji Sword, he could push the Night Rain Sword to perfection.
The Tianji Profound Yang Sword shares similarities with the Sunset Sword. However, their Sword Intent differ greatly, although both share the same intense and fiery sword transformations.
If one can truly integrate the Tianji Sword into these two Swordsmanship, one can use the Tianji Sword when facing an enemy without fear of revealing the secret and causing trouble.
After all, his Yiyuan's level wouldn't be too high, even if he hid his cultivation, he would only be at the Sixth Rank.
Although the Xiaoxiang Sword is exquisite, its overall level is not high.
Zhou Wuji felt he could do it, and he had been experimenting for the past few days, with positive results.
By the seventh day, the island had been almost completely wiped out of zombies. Only a few scattered zombies remained, hiding in various secret places.
The strategy of using traps is not very useful anymore.
After a whole night, they had only killed a few dozen zombies.
Li Fei, the centurion in charge of the battle, also felt that the zombies had been mostly cleared out.
The next day at noon, Li Fei called together Daoist Yizhen, Zhou Wuji, Xinjue for a meeting to discuss the next steps.
Li Fei said, "Roughly estimated, we've cleared out 99% of the zombies in the past few days."
"The remaining few zombies are no threat. The Pacification Office and its garrison are exhausted and have been attacked by the Qi of Earth Sha, making them unable to fight any longer."
"The remaining few zombies will be handed over to the esteemed masters of the Lower Court and the Golden Leaf Temple."
Li Fei said, "Your actions will all be recorded and reported truthfully to the emperor. The court will surely reward you in the future."
Considering the low morale and the fact that so many men wouldn't be needed in the future, Li Fei decided to lead the garrison soldiers to withdraw first.
The remaining tasks are left to the Lower Court and the Golden Leaf Temple; subduing demons is also the responsibility of both.
However, he was only a centurion and had no authority to issue orders to the Lower Court and the Golden Leaf Temple, so he could only try to negotiate with both families in a polite manner.
Daoist Yizhen nodded. "This is what we should do."
Xinjue frowned slightly, but still nodded in agreement.
These past few days, Zhiyuan has been away, and he couldn't very well argue with Yizhen junior like Yizhen.
Moreover, this incident has escalated too much; Zhang Shiheng and the prefect cannot escape, and neither can he and Zhiyuan.
Zhiyuan had no dealings with the Five Dragons Gang, but he had some transactions with Chen Dalu.
If the imperial court were to arrest Chen Dalu and uncover these problems, he would be in deep trouble.
Xinjue stayed on Old Dragon Island hoping to run into Chen Dalu and get rid of this troublesome man!
After waiting for several days without seeing Chen Dalu or even the mutated zombies, Zhiyuan running away again, Xinjue feel that something was wrong.
Daoist Yizhen said to Xinjue, "Without the garrison soldiers, we don't need to stay together. Let's use that mountain peak as the boundary. We'll take charge of the south, and you can handle the north, how about that?"
Xinjue glanced at the mountain peak that Yizhen was pointing to; it was roughly located on the central line of Old Dragon Island, so this division was reasonable.
But he didn't want to listen to Daoist Yizhen, after all, he was a junior.
He said, "Dividing the area into sections for individual cleaning is a good idea. However, dividing it in this way isn't ideal."
Daoist Yizhen raised his long eyebrows and asked, "What Xinjue does Master Xinjue have?"
"How about this, we'll clear the eastern side of the island and hand over a few mountain peaks to you."
The Xinjue said, "This division of areas clearly defines the boundaries and avoids unnecessary entanglements."
Daoist Yizhen was somewhat displeased. The mountains on Old Dragon Island were continuous, and although the area was much smaller than the mainland, the terrain was complex.
Moreover, after searching the island for so many days, the zombies on the flat ground had long been cleared away.
With only a few zombies remaining hidden in the mountains and forests, the remaining dirty work was all left to the Lower Court.
Daoist Yizhen was about to argue his point, Zhou Wuji, who was sitting next to him, spoke up.
"Master Xinjue, why go to such trouble?"
Zhou Wuji pointed Xinjue the Yuan'an behind Xinjue and said, "This monk isn't looking to fight me, so how about we have a friendly spar?"
"Whichever side loses stays on the island to deal with the remaining zombies, how about that?"
Upon hearing this, the tall and strong Yuan'an sneered silently. He then put his Xinjue Xin Jue, "Abbot, this disciple is willing to compete with Wuji."
Xinjue glanced at Zhou Wuji. With his sharp eyes, he had already noticed the change in the shape of the longsword at Zhou Wuji's waist, which clearly indicated that he had changed to a different sword.
Just by looking at the way the belt around Zhou Wuji's waist was deformed, you could tell that this sword was quite heavy.
Zhou Wuji's initiative to challenge them suggests he was likely well-prepared.
Xinjue pondered for a moment and said, "Swords are merciless. If you spar with your bare hands, it will not harm the harmony between our two families."
Zhou Wuji knew what the old monk was up to. He laughed heartily, stood up, and handed the White Rainbow Sword to Daoist Yizhen.
He said to the Xinjue, "Very well, let's do as the master says."
Before Xinjue speak, Zhou Wuji asked again, "Does the master acknowledge this betting agreement?"
Xinjue nodded; a small bet was nothing. He wanted to see just how capable this rising star really was.
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Li Fei, the centurion, couldn't very well stop them.
Hearing the commotion, the surrounding officers couldn't help but gather around.
Yuan'an was very confident and in no hurry to make a move.
A monk, holding a staff, drew a circle more than ten feet in circumference on the sand.
Xinjue said to Zhou Wuji, "Whoever leaves the circle loses, or voluntarily admits defeat. How about that?"
Master Yizhen was speechless; the old Daoist Yizhen had really shrewdly planned this.
The monks' cultivation is a method that combines Dharma and martial arts, and the Golden Leaf Temple is also skilled in the Vajra Incantation, possessing a strong and powerful physical body.
In such a small circle, fighting bare-handed is a huge advantage.
Daoist Yizhen looked at Zhou Wuji, ready to immediately object as soon as Zhou Wuji gave the signal.
Zhou Wuji nodded to Daoist Yizhen. This time, he was determined to defeat the monks so they would never dare to defy him again.
The news spread quickly and attracted everyone in the camp.
Several hundred garrison soldiers, members of the Lower Court, and members of the Golden Leaf Temple formed a dense, semi-circle.
The duel took place on a sandy beach by the river, where there was a difference in elevation from the surrounding area, allowing everyone standing on higher ground to see the scene clearly.
Most people looked excited; watching a spectacle is always a joyful experience.
Most of the people in the Lower Court looked somewhat nervous, especially Wuming. She stood next to Daoist Yizhen, her hands clenched tightly into fists inside her long sleeves, but her palms were damp with sweat.
Noticing his daughter's nervousness, Daoist Yizhen whispered, "Do Wuji has taken the initiative to challenge us, he must be confident!"
The monks of Golden Leaf Temple were all filled with anticipation and excitement; they all had great confidence in Yuan'an.
This fighting style was too advantageous for them; they were all convinced they would win.
Only the Xinjue, holding his prayer beads, looked at the elegant Zhou Wuji in his flowing blue robes, feeling that he had been outmaneuvered by this young man.