Weapon spirits need to form a contract and recognize their master. Once such a god-level weapon spirit forms a contract, it can directly reach the state of "oneness of man and sword" with its master, which is the highest attainment that many sword practitioners have been pursuing throughout their lives.
With this opportunity, "walking sideways in the world of cultivation" is not just talk. Although Chu Danfeng did not choose a sword, the power is the same.
He followed Ghost Yue Lao's instructions and gradually formed a master-servant contract with the soul.
"This means you have accepted it as your master. From now on, even if you are thousands of miles away, as long as you change your mind, it will be at your disposal... Do you want to try its power?" Ghost Yue Lao said weakly, enduring the pain that almost made him want to vomit blood.
Chu Danfeng looked at the fan again. It was an ink-and-wash fan with silver paper and bamboo bones. The bones of the fan felt cool to the touch, and the peach blossoms on the fan were elegant and boundless. The spirit of the fan sank into it, and it was restored to its original state after a moment of spiritual power replenishment. It seemed that there was nothing special about it except that it was good for showing off.
…Is it really as magical as it is said to be
Chu Danfeng tried to use his spiritual power to drive the fan, holding the handle and waving it gently -
An extremely domineering and powerful spiritual power shot out from the fan, and two or three giant pythons were cut into two pieces. Black blood gushed out, and the bottom of the valley was filled with a strong smell of blood. There was still a sharp murderous aura in the air. The giant monster snakes that were lurking everywhere were frightened and retreated quickly.
Chu Danfeng: “!!!!” WTF. WTF. WTF. WTF. Am I that awesome!
This fan was like an amplifier, amplifying his original spiritual power thousands of times. You know, based on his current cultivation level, it was not enough to fill the teeth of the strange snakes here, but now, with just a light wave, without even using all his strength, he killed the strange snakes in the blink of an eye... Chu Danfeng felt like he was about to swell.
However, Ghost Yue Lao couldn't hold back this time, and said with great sorrow: "I never thought that I would guard this magic weapon for thousands of years, and it would fall into your hands in the end... Your cultivation is too low, you didn't even bring out one tenth of its power!"
Hua Tingxuan frowned, looking like he wanted to beat up this rude old monster again. Chu Danfeng was even more excited: "Really? Its power still has so much room for improvement?"
Ghost Yue Lao snorted, indicating that it was indeed the case, but due to the presence of 'Big Brother Hua', he did not dare to utter more contemptuous words.
Chu Danfeng rubbed his hands eagerly, then opened his folding fan with a "swish", "Really? Then I'll try again."
However, before he could gather enough spiritual power to fan with all his strength, Ghost Yue Lao's airs of superiority could no longer be maintained, and he screamed repeatedly to stop him: "No, no, no! Show mercy!!!"
Chu Danfeng: “?”
Because it was too excited and anxious, its voice sounded more like a snake: "I spent a lot of effort to build this cave into its current state. Young man, please show some mercy and let me go."
Chu Danfeng: “… ” Didn’t you just complain that my cultivation level is too low and I can’t play the role of a spirit weapon
However, he did not make it difficult for this "senior". He put away his fan politely and said, "I have another favor to ask. I have a fellow disciple, a girl wearing the uniform of a Shuangji Sect disciple, who is about this tall... It seems that she also accidentally fell into your place. I wonder if you have seen her, senior?"
"No." Gui Yue Lao denied without hesitation, "I have never seen any girl."
Its answer was so absolute that Chu Danfeng became suspicious.
Seeing his senior brother frowning, Hua Tingxuan raised his little face and said in a baby voice: "Since this 'Stone Grandpa' doesn't know, little senior brother, let's find it ourselves."
Ghost Yue Lao was so frightened by the address that he almost lost his composure: "Big Brother, who are you calling grandpa? Also, judging from your cultivation, your true self is probably much older than your junior brother, why are you pretending to be so cute! !
However, since he had already denied it, it was not easy for him to suddenly regret it now. He could only watch them searching in the cave silently.
Ever since the strange snakes retreated like a tide, the valley bottom has become much emptier. With the help of starlight, it seems that some black, thin thatch can be seen. Chu Danfeng took out a tinder, and when he saw clearly, he was frightened to the point of vomiting: that is not thatch, it is clearly hair!
He had heard of the habits of snakes. They could even digest bones, but not eggshells and hair. Looking at the hair, he didn't know how many people had died. No wonder this place was full of big snakes, but it was called "Hundred Ghosts Valley"...
Chu Danfeng already had goosebumps all over his body, but he still had to maintain the image of a mature brother in front of the child: "Don't be afraid, Senior Brother is here."
Although he tried to remain calm, his voice was still trembling slightly.
Hua Tingxuan nodded obediently, held his little brother's hand, and replied, "Don't be afraid."
Somehow, Chu Danfeng had the illusion that he was comforted by a gentle touch, but why was the little junior brother's hand so cold? Although this little guy was small, he had a strong temper. Every time he squeezed into his quilt, he was like a hot little stove.
Don’t worry that you caught a cold in this cold valley.
…
The two finally found Yingxue.
She was a junior sister from Kunduan Peak who was traveling with them. She was unwilling to miss the spiritual sword, so she took the risk, regardless of the thousands of instructions from her teachers before they left, and wandered around Wanjian Peak after nightfall. She was probably accidentally sucked into the black hole.
Yingxue fell in a pile of snake skins, unconscious and breathing weakly.
Chu Danfeng fed her a Qi-boosting pill and injected some spiritual energy into her, but she still did not wake up. He had a bad feeling in his heart - when he fell from the black hole to the bottom of the valley, he was also unprepared and was directly pulled into the 'Heart Demon Realm'. Could she have been bewitched by the 'Ghost Matchmaker'
Thinking of this, Chu Danfeng picked up his junior brother and returned to the stone statue of Ghost Yue Lao. With a twist of his wrist, the folding fan spun a beautiful flower between his slender fingers with distinct joints, and the tip of the fan bone pointed directly at Ghost Yue Lao's face: "Haven't you seen a disciple of the Shuangji Sect before?"
The peach blossom bamboo fan's spiritual power was overbearing and sharp, as if it carried the owner's raging anger, and scared Ghost Yue Lao so much that his voice trembled: "Young man, don't be impulsive."
Chu Danfeng screamed in his heart: Damn, this is the feeling! The fan is really a powerful tool for showing off!
But he still had the demeanor of a senior brother who was profound and steady, and said politely: "Senior, please let Junior Sister Yingxue of our sect go, otherwise don't blame me for being impolite."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Gui Yue Lao saw that the body of the stone statue collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was actually trying to run away. Chu Danfeng did not panic. He opened his folding fan, gathered all his spiritual power, and attacked several key places at the bottom of the valley.
Sure enough, after a while, the stone in front of him creaked and reassembled, and turned back into the ghost Yue Lao with a human face and a jackal body. It begged with a sad face: "Young man, please have mercy! I really can't do anything. Your sister has entered the 'Demon Realm'. According to the rules, she can't come out until the test is over!"
Chu Danfeng: "My test is not over yet, why did you let me out, Senior?"
"..." Gui Yue Lao choked for a long time and said bitterly, "That's different. If it weren't for... I wouldn't be so seriously injured and I wouldn't be so afraid of you-"
But its words stopped abruptly here, as if someone had strangled its neck out of thin air. Then, the stones on the statue began to fall down, and it looked like a spent force. Chu Danfeng was about to go forward to check, but he heard a cough from the other end of the valley. It was Yingxue who woke up!
He came here to rescue people, and when he saw this, he was about to pick up the little girl and go back. But when he turned around, he saw Hua Tingxuan also fell to the ground.
When Master Meng Cangyu, Third Uncle Qiu Cangyun and others arrived, Chu Danfeng had just climbed out of the valley holding his unconscious junior brother and helping the injured junior sister Yingxue.
Huang Changtian, who went to report the news, and Fang Qingya, Tang Yingdong and others who were anxiously waiting outside the black hole, all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw them come out alive.
Seeing his beloved disciple in such a state of embarrassment, Qiu Cangyun was both angry and distressed. He snatched Yingxue from Chu Danfeng, checked her, and confirmed that her life was not in danger. Then he threw her away and started to scold: "How dare you! You are not allowed to enter the forbidden area, and you are not allowed to walk around Wanjian Peak at night... Have you forgotten the instructions of your teachers?"
At this time, Meng Cangyu was taking Hua Tingxuan's pulse with a serious face. Yingxue couldn't even stand steadily due to her injuries, so Qiu Cangyun directed most of his firepower at Chu Danfeng.
Chu Danfeng seriously suspected that the Shuangji Sect was dominated by yin and weak by yang. For example, in their Lixu Peak, the one with the hottest temper was actually the second senior sister Ye Bailu. And among the sixteen peak masters, this only female senior sister was also famous for not being able to tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes. The disciples from other peaks secretly called her "tiger mom" behind her back.
"Uncle-master, please listen to my explanation..." Chu Danfeng had been Qiu Cangyun's junior for two lifetimes. He was afraid of her from the bottom of his heart. He no longer had the toughness he had when facing Gui Yue Lao, and he argued weakly.
"What's there to explain?" Qiu Cangyun said angrily, "None of you kids are obedient. No matter how the teachers tell you, every time you open the barrier at Wanjian Peak, something goes wrong—"
"Uncle Master!" Fang Qingya stood up. It was obvious that he was also afraid of Uncle Master Qiu. He was so nervous that his back was stiff, but he still mustered up the courage to say, "Fifth Junior Brother, he was trying to save people! Last night, Third Senior Brother, Fifth Junior Brother and I were together with Uncle Master's disciples. Junior Sister Yingxue disappeared, and we split up to look for her, but the place where she disappeared was beyond the sword-drawing range determined by Wanjian Peak..."
He tightened the sword in his hand and said with determination: "I am very selfish and have not given up my qualification to draw the sword. I am not as good as the fifth and third brothers."
This statement set a good start. Tang Yingdong and other junior sisters from Kunduan Peak all expressed their gratitude and praised Chu Danfeng. Huang Changtian naturally echoed them, and the junior sister Yingxue, the person involved, also tried weakly and intermittently to express her agreement.
For a time, Chu Danfeng was praised as a selfless, noble, and fearless flower-guarding messenger.
He blushed a little from all the praise.
Although Qiu Cangyun scolded people without knowing right from wrong, she was surprisingly quick to admit her mistakes. She generously gave Chu Danfeng a large bottle of "Red Sun Pills" and said almost lovingly: "It was my uncle who wronged you. But why don't you defend yourself, kid?"
Chu Danfeng: “… …” When did you ever give me a chance to explain myself
The Red Sun Pill is a good thing for strengthening the body, but the refining process is complicated and the output is limited. Even his own master Meng Cangyu can't save many in a year. Chu Danfeng took it unceremoniously, but did not leave immediately. He asked one more question: "Uncle Qiu, you said that every time the Wanjian Peak opens the barrier, there will be accidents among the disciples. Do you know what is causing this? Why is it so dangerous that the disciples have to climb the mountain to seek swords?"
Qiu Cangyun perfectly demonstrated what it means to 'change his face faster than turning the pages of a book', with his eyebrows raised and roaring like a lion: "If you had listened to your teacher, how could anything go wrong!"
Chu Danfeng was frightened, but he became more curious and uneasy. It seemed that his Third Uncle knew something but refused to say. It was true that Ghost Yue Lao was guarding the treasure, waiting to give it to the "destined person", but the way he forcibly dragged anyone into the valley when he saw them did not make him look like a real god. Instead, he looked more like a hunter.
So, why would a famous sect like Shuangji Sect allow an evil creature like Gui Yue Lao to stay in Wanjian Peak and even let legends about it spread
"Come on, Xiaowu, go see your junior brother." Huang Changtian carried Chu Danfeng away without saying anything, and whispered in his ear, "How did you provoke the tigress again? She is moody, who wouldn't be afraid of her? Go, go... How did you crawl out of that cave? Was it dangerous? I was so worried. You don't know that I was bounced out of the mountain protection formation last night. When I saw the master, he thought I was useless and tried to break the rules, and almost killed me with a sword..."
Huang Changtian kept mumbling to Meng Cangyu. Chu Danfeng saw his little brother who was still unconscious and couldn't help but worriedly said, "Master, how is Xuan'er? He caught a cold last night..." Could he have a fever? He thought that with the help of his master, the minor cold would be cured. Why is he still unconscious? Could he have a fever
Meng Cangyu said in a deep voice: "The soul is injured."
Chu Danfeng: "The soul is injured?!" How is it possible? He has been guarding his junior brother and has never seen him injured...
Meng Cangyu: "Xiaowu, come with me and tell me everything that happened last night."
There was a bright white light near the top of Wanjian Peak. Even though Liu Yanbai was usually calm and composed, he couldn't control the ecstasy on his face.
He finally, finally drew his sword!
The moment the sword came out, the rust on the flesh peeled off visibly, turning into fine golden light and dispersing into the flowing clouds on the hillside below.
The words "Mo Yun" were written on the hilt of the sword, which actually meant it had a name.
Is this the top 100 spiritual sword? At that moment, Liu Yanbai felt a sense of pride. He had worked so hard for so long, tried so hard, and finally, finally...
Finally, hard work paid off. From then on, he firmly sat on the position of the first eldest brother. Even Zhou Yuanshan of Lixu Peak had only pulled out a few spiritual swords that were ranked outside the top 100.
He will surely shake the entire sect, his reputation will soar, and he will be unrivaled. The head master, the master... Dan Feng will also definitely know about it.
Danfeng, Chu Danfeng, you spoke such harsh words to me that day. Now that you know that I have pulled out the top-grade spiritual sword, you must be regretting it.
In the world of cultivation, the strong are respected. As long as he is strong enough, there is no person or thing he cannot obtain.
However, Dan Feng is young and ignorant and doesn't know the value of things. When he comes back to apologize, I can't accept it immediately. I have to teach him a lesson so that he will learn to cherish it.
Liu Yanbai was full of ambition and felt that he had a promising future. "Marrying the beauty" was no problem at all and his future was bright. In order to show off, he slowly walked down the mountain with the Mo Yun Sword in his hand. Soon, the rumor spread among the disciples that "Senior Brother Liu won the first place this time, and the sword light on the top of the mountain was caused by him."
Today is the fourth day. Before this, disciples had drawn their spirit swords one after another, or were ejected from the mountain protection formation for violating the rules. Less than half of the disciples were left in the Wanjian Peak barrier, but the peak masters waiting on Wangjian Slope were still waiting outside with eager eyes, like parents of examinees.
Because according to experience, the most talented disciples usually come out on the fourth or fifth day. As expected, the news that "the first disciple of Zhenyu Peak has pulled out a top-grade spiritual sword" was heard from the disciples who had just come down the mountain.
Bai Cangshan, the master of Zhenyu Peak, is a middle-aged cultivator with five long beards and a green Taoist robe with an immortal look. He is surrounded by countless disciples and children. After hearing the news, his first reaction was to order his disciples to prepare for celebration and to welcome the eldest senior brother in a grand manner.
His second reaction was to pick up the jade disc and tell his senior brother Meng Cangyu the good news.
Bai Cangshan and Meng Cangyu are brothers from the same sect, but they have different opinions in all aspects. For example, Meng Cangyu emphasizes quality over quantity when recruiting disciples, but Bai Cangshan wants disciples all over the world. Meng Cangyu's first disciple drew out the magic sword ten years ago, and Bai Cangshan personally supervised the cultivation progress of his eldest disciple Liu Yanbai.
When Meng Cangyu received the voice transmission from Bai Cangshan, he had just finished listening to Chu Danfeng's adventure last night. He was about to give his apprentice some instructions when he heard a familiar voice: "Danfeng! So you are here... Uncle Meng?! How did you get to Wanjian Peak? Ah... Disciple Liu Yanbai greets Second Uncle."
Meng Cangyu's eyes fell on the shining Moyun sword on his waist, and his face showed no joy or anger: "It's a good sword."
Liu Yanbai always presented himself as a modest and introverted gentleman, but he was young after all, and he couldn't suppress his smugness. He smiled and said, "Second Master, I'm here to see Junior Brother Chu. Can I have a word with you?"
Before Meng Cangyu agreed, Chu Danfeng asked: "Master, after asking so many questions, you still haven't told me the exact condition of Sixth Junior Brother's injury..."
Meng Cangyu: "Don't worry, since he is still unconscious, his life is not in danger."
Liu Yanbai was completely confused as he listened to the master and disciple talking in riddles, but what concerned him more was that Chu Danfeng completely ignored him, so the desire to show off the magic sword in front of him was ignited again.
"Xiao Wu," Liu Yanbai said, "How's your progress? Have you pulled out the spirit sword?"
Chu Danfeng felt physically disgusted when he saw Liu Yanbai, and answered dryly, "No."
This answer was not beyond his expectation. His junior brother Chu's golden elixir had been shattered and his internal organs had been severely damaged. He was no better than an ordinary foundation-building cultivator, so naturally he could not draw his sword.
He mainly wanted to get Chu Danfeng to ask him questions first, so that he could naturally lead the topic to the Mo Yun Sword, but he didn't expect Junior Brother Chu to be so cold.
Never mind, Chu Danfeng might not know the weight of the Mo Yun Sword yet. Anyway, the answer will be clear when they leave Wanjian Peak in a while.
When the barrier of Wanjian Peak is open, disciples can enter freely, but when leaving, they need to break the barrier themselves with their drawn spirit swords, or wait until the last day and have the masters open the barrier and take them all away - of course, there is also the most humiliating way, which is to be ejected by the mountain protection formation.
Splitting the barrier is actually a tradition with a strong sense of ritual. The stronger the cultivation and the higher the grade of the spiritual sword, the louder the noise the splitting will make. Therefore, the disciples who have drawn the best swords are more willing to leave early.
Liu Yanbai also made such a plan, but he was only worried about how to let Chu Danfeng see it. At this time, Meng Cangyu invited him at the right time: "Yanbai, we are ready to go down the mountain. If you have something to say to Xiaowu, why don't you come with us?"
Liu Yanbai was overjoyed and agreed without hesitation.
With this person by his side, Chu Danfeng felt upset and puzzled at the same time: Master usually never cares about his disciples' affairs, what happened today
When the group got down the mountain, outside the transparent barrier, they could see crowds of people on Wangjianpo. The most eye-catching ones were the master and disciples of Zhenyu Peak. There were already many of them, and in order to welcome the eldest senior brother Liu Yanbai who "came out on top", the crowd looked even more powerful.
Now almost everyone knows that Senior Brother Liu has pulled out the 'top 100 best-grade spiritual sword', and they are all eagerly waiting for him to break the barrier so that they can open their eyes.
Liu Yanbai had been looking forward to this moment for a long time. He bowed to Meng Cangyu and said with a smile, "Second Master, Junior Brother Chu, and fellow junior brothers, Yanbai has pulled out a magic sword and is about to test its power. If you don't mind, you can leave the barrier with Yanbai later."
Meng Cangyu: "No need."
As the master, Meng Cangyu naturally did not need to borrow the sword from his juniors. Liu Yanbai did not care either. Now that all the masters and inner disciples were present, his most important goal was to astound everyone with his skills. He secretly exhaled a breath and strode forward with his sword in hand.
Meng Cangyu looked at his back and told Chu Danfeng calmly, "Xiaowu, when we go out later, you will break the barrier."