Su Li's eyes flashed and she said, "Are you... a living person?"
The middle-aged puppet smiled and shook his head, "I'm just a consciousness stored in the puppet's body."
"Before that..."
Su Li hesitated to speak, and the middle-aged puppet slowly spoke: "That is your destiny, I will not stop it, but since you can get through it, it means that your destiny is strong enough to pass on my mantle. If not If so, I won’t show up.”
Su Li was silent for a moment and said coldly: "How do you know that I will definitely accept your mantle?"
"Ha ha ha ha… "
The middle-aged man laughed, "I won't force you. If you don't want to, just refuse. But I can see that you are somewhat interested in the sword lineage."
Su Li's eyes were filled with light and a smile appeared on her face, "Senior is right, so I'll ask you for advice."
There was a gentle smile on the middle-aged man's face and he nodded gently.
"Use the sword you enlightened to attack me."
Su Li narrowed his eyes, and the long sword in his hand immediately turned into lightning, and a faint black thought lingered around him.
when! when! when! when!
The crisp clashing sounds of the two swords continued to sound, mixed with the middle-aged man's gentle teachings.
"I don't know where your soul has been. It has undergone transformation early and has reached the perfect state of the Heavenly Soul. This state can affect reality, but it is not good for you to understand the sword's intention. Just now, the Heavenly Soul Arbitration said that the sword is the master of the sword. Thoughts, you have some enlightenment, but you realize it in the wrong way, your obsession... is not your thoughts."
Su Li paused with the sword in his hand, and the black light in his eyes quickly disappeared.
A look of relief appeared on the middle-aged man's face, "Why are you holding the sword? What I want is not your simple thoughts, but your thoughts with the sword. Do you understand?"
"not understand!"
Su Li gritted her teeth and attacked tirelessly with the sword in her hand, but was repeatedly blocked by the middle-aged puppet. After dispelling the thoughts of Tianhun, she once again tasted the blankness in her mind.
It went blank again and again, and slowly, she heard many voices in the dark.
"Li'er, are you willing to be my leader's wife?"
"Li'er, no matter you like me or not, I am relying on you!"
“…”
"...Master, your life ring is broken, Jing Xin is sorry for you!"
"Is it worth trading your life for your child's future?"
"It's fake. The whole world is fake. Senior sister, you are just a tool that can be discarded after being used. Do you really think anyone will like you?"
"A daughter of luck, it is impossible for heaven to allow such a person to be born naturally. Therefore, Master, you have been deliberately arranged from the moment you were born, until you are angry and resentful, and you will not end well!"
"No happy ending!!"
…
"ah!!"
In the calm void, a cry of extreme despair suddenly sounded, like a cuckoo crying for blood, and it was full of sadness.
The ordinary long sword's blade was instantly coated with a layer of black flames, filled with the aura of destruction, and it slashed at the middle-aged man!
The middle-aged man suddenly changed his expression and did not dare to conserve his strength. The purple light on the sword quickly condensed and could withstand the sword, but the puppet was tainted with a trace of black flame and burned instantly.
The middle-aged man's expression changed again and again, and he had to give up his physical body and retreat into the void, watching from a distance as Su Li wildly drew his sword on the high platform.
Proud Sword Technique, Tempering Star, Shattering Jade Technique and other high-level swordsmanship were mixed together, causing waves of disgust in the void.
"This is... the sword of destruction?!"
The middle-aged man realized that he was hiding in the void and saw this scene, with shock on his face.
Meaning, "How could it be...destruction? What kind of despair is hidden in this woman's heart, and she even wants to destroy everything?"
The middle-aged man's face was heavy, and he began to realize the seriousness of the matter. If a person who clearly understands such a sword's intention has a wrong mind, what kind of disaster will it bring to the world of cultivation
"What kind of monster did I attract? I didn't expect that I would commit such a crime after my death. It's God's will..."
The middle-aged man is full of bitterness. He is just a piece of knowledge and cannot affect the movement of the stars.
A few days later, all the energy, blood, true energy and physical strength in Su Li's body were exhausted. He could only lie on the high platform and gasp for breath. His blood-stained clothes were soaked with sweat, like a pawn who had just survived the battlefield. .
The middle-aged man slowly approached, looked at Su Li who had lost his destructive power, and sighed softly.
After a few breaths, Su Li recovered a little strength, got up from the ground, remained silent for a moment, and bowed deeply to the middle-aged man.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man sighed even more heavily.
"Let's go. I won't give you my mantle. The skills you have learned are too complicated. And every one that falls into the eyes of the world can cause a bloody storm. It will probably not take long for my inheritance to fall into your hands. will disappear from the world.”
Su Li forced a smile and said calmly: "I understand."
The middle-aged man was slightly startled when he saw the smile on his face, "What... do you understand?"
"I know what senior is worried about, but those... all happened a long time ago. Now I just want to find out the truth. If I can avoid killing, that would be the best. But if someone stops me, I... can't do anything."
Su Li smiled gently, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.
The middle-aged man was silent again. He had been cultivating for tens of thousands of years during his lifetime. He had met many people and encountered many things, but he had never seen a woman as strange as Su Li.
It is clear that he has resentment in his heart, and he can even understand the meaning of the destructive sword, but he can still maintain a clear heart.
That kind of people…
The middle-aged man glanced at his transparent hands and suddenly laughed freely and freely, "I am a person who has been buried in the grave. Why do I still have the righteousness of the world? Haven't I suffered enough during my lifetime..."
As he said that, his expression became serious, "Girl, what you have learned is the best mental swordsmanship in the world. Coupled with your sword intention, you are invincible at the same level, and can even kill people across levels. But I look at what you have learned. , only to find that you still lack something."
Su Li nodded, not surprised, "I lack a killing move, I understand."
"hehe… "
The middle-aged man smiled and took out a transparent bead from his chest. "I think with your intelligence, you must have thought of it a long time ago. I will give you my inheritance mantle. You can use it yourself or give it to someone you like. You can do whatever you want." It's your wish. But there is a sword move that is not in the inheritance and can only be taught by me personally."
Su Li raised an eyebrow, "A killing move?"
The middle-aged man laughed, "Of course, and... quite powerful!"
…
Half an hour later, the shadow of the middle-aged man dissipated and turned into dots of starlight that melted into the void.
Su Li watched this scene quietly, then bowed and said softly: "Best farewell to me, senior."
As the starlight completely merged into the void, Su Li's slightly warm face returned to coldness, and he said slowly: "I have already passed through the 18th level of the Star Road. Now I ask for the gift of the Star Road to infuse and hit the Golden Core stage!"
As soon as these words were spoken, a cold voice immediately sounded in the void.
"as you wish!"
The stone steps that had disappeared emerged one after another, starting from the fifth step with a strange luster.
It condensed into a huge ball in the void. After stagnating for a moment, it suddenly rushed towards Su Li, wrapping her whole body in it and turning it into a transparent cocoon.
Su Li slowly closed her eyes, like an old monk in trance, and began to absorb the pure power in it with peace of mind and concentration.
Not long after she entered samadhi, a white light flashed, and she looked at the cocoon body with burning eyes, seeing that the figure turned out to be the Heavenly Soul Arbiter just now.
"Sword old man, you have found a good successor..."
Su Li's absorption took several years. As time passed, the transparent cocoon gradually shrank, and finally only a layer of skin remained.
At a certain moment, Su Li suddenly opened her eyes, counted her fingers, and discovered that she had stayed here for ten years.
"It's time to go out."
Su Li looked calmly at the star gate at the end of the star road. He glanced at the round golden elixir in the center of his body's dantian. His steps slipped and he stepped into the star gate without hesitation and disappeared.
In the core of the tea tree, Black Lotus was still cursing, and the Mirror of Samsara looked a little sickly floating in the void, and he didn't know what happened during this time.
Suddenly, a star gate was suddenly constructed, and Su Li, unkempt and ragged like a beggar, walked out of it.
brush! brush! brush!
The Black Lotus Ring, the Mirror of Reincarnation, the Nightmare...all the treasures are back in an instant.
When Hei Lian saw Su Li, he was stunned at first, and then glanced at him as if he had seen a ghost, "Su Li, you, you, you... are you back now?!"
Su Li frowned slightly and asked in response: "How long has it been?"
"It's only half an hour!"
Heilian shouted, "Half an hour, my master, what have you been doing on the Star Road? This is a record for the shortest time to leave the Star Road. Could it be that the owner of the Star Road looks down on you?" , kicked you out directly, right
That shouldn’t be the case. I’ve never heard of anyone who failed to make it to the stars and still came out alive..."
Su Li stopped listening to Hei Lian's chatter and was slightly shocked.
Ten years... one hour
The time conversion this time was even more exaggerated than last time, but except for the rebellious spirit body, everything else was clearly normal.
"Is it because I invited Tianhun Arbitration?"
Su Li couldn't understand why her star road always had some accidents. Fortunately, no matter how difficult the process was, she successfully came out.
Thinking of this, Su Li flipped her palm, and a transparent ball of light appeared in her palm. Before Hei Lian could see what it was, she put it away.
"Little Su Li, tell me what you encountered on Star Road?"
"I was chased all the way to the seventeenth level and almost died inside. I finally asked for arbitration from the Heavenly Soul and was able to survive."
"Tell the truth!"
“…”
After playing with Heilian for a while, Su Li seemed to feel less heavy in his heart. After taking Cang Lei Cave back into his hands, he walked out of the main entrance of Tea Tree Core.
She already knows some ways to use Tianhun, so she is no longer as cautious as before.
According to the words of the senior swordsman, the perfection of the heavenly soul is extremely rare even in the god-transformation stage. In Yuxu Sect, if she wanted to encounter the god-transformation stage, she would have to force her way into the forbidden area.
"Su Li, you came out just like that?"
On the tea peak, Heilian's heart trembled as he looked at the unaware disciples who were passing by Su Li.
If they were exposed, it was still unclear whether they could escape. Su Li was too courageous.
Su Li didn't answer. She turned the corner of a mountain road, and a sudden chill came to her face.