Chapter 1583 - 177: Sword Tip Points North to Suppress Evil Demons

Chapter 1583: Chapter 177: Sword Tip Points North to Suppress Evil Demons

In the Mingcang Sect’s Jingluo Courtyard, inside the Observatory Tower, Zhang Yan was quietly reading through the many ancient texts stored in the courtyard.

Although he had already established the method to evolve the sword array, the Shaoqing Jade Treasure Scroll contained only a few brief words on arranging the sword array and did not include a cultivation method, thus he could only deduce and explore on his own.

His purpose here was to search for past records of the Shaoqing Sword Cultivators fighting swords with others, to see if he could find anything for his own reference.

Fortunately, Mingcang is the Ten Thousand Years Mysterious Sect, and there are many records on this topic. Over the past few days, he has gained quite a lot.

For ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, he wouldn’t take them so seriously. Even without a flying sword, he could easily handle them.

After the Demon Cave emerged, he would surely face those practitioners of the Demon Sect at the Nascent Soul Third Realm.

Anyone whose cultivation has reached such a level will have one or two tricks up their sleeve. Even if defeated in a fight, they have ways to escape, making it impossible to kill them completely. Even if he wins, the results will be quite minor, not to his satisfaction.

His goal was once he encountered these individuals, he would use all possible means to detain them, leaving them no opportunity to turn the situation around.

A Third Realm cultivator is rare even among the mysterious sects, let alone the Six Sects Demon Sect, where one cannot predict who might become a future Grotto Heaven achiever. If he could eliminate one or two, it would equate to injuring their core.

Though he had Five Elements Escape Technique and Forbidden Locking Heaven and Earth Skill, relying on these skills alone seemed insufficient to secure victory. However, having the sword array could provide an additional means in this regard.

The sword array is not a common formation; it cannot harness the Earth Vein Spirit Mechanism. The strength gained comes entirely from the cultivator themselves, resulting in few changes. Its key is to entrap rather than cause damage.

Due to the swiftness of the sword light, few Dharma Treasures can compare. Once the opponent is encircled by the array, they can only passively defend, regardless of their formidable means of defense, under relentless sword light cuts akin to heavy rain and lightning, they’ll eventually face defeat and demise.

After reviewing for another five or six days, Zhang Yan finally found what he needed and felt he had some insights, so he stepped out of the pavilion under the respectful gaze of the Deacon Daoist.

At this moment, two women approached him. On the left, one wore a form-fitting robe with large sleeves, her step shaking slightly, a long scarf encircling her arm, with a delicate face. Beside her was a girl of around twenty, dressed in a body-fitting long skirt with a knee-length waist wrap, a red dot painted on her brow, eyebrows like willow leaves, with a graceful and quiet demeanor.

Upon seeing Zhang Yan, the leading woman hurriedly pulled her companion aside, greeted with respect, and said, "Zheng Bixin at your service, Junior Master Zhang."

Zhang Yan glanced at her, seeing she looked somewhat familiar, pondered briefly, and said, "Are you under Senior Sister Han?"

The woman quickly replied, "Didn’t expect Junior Master to still remember me." She then pointed at the woman beside her, saying, "This is my peer sister, Han Mengdie. Sister, go ahead and pay respects to Master Zhang."

Han Mengdie didn’t say anything, but after hearing the instruction, she silently bowed.

Zhang Yan nodded slightly before shaking his sleeves and walking out. Shortly after, a brilliant rainbow was seen shooting up, heading towards the clouds.

Han Mengdie exhaled a sigh of relief. While standing beside Zhang Yan earlier, she felt the qi mechanism pressing against her, rendering her somewhat breathless, causing her to quietly marvel.

After she regained her composure, she gently nudged the woman beside her and complained, "Sister, how did you instruct me earlier? True Master Zhang is among the current Ten Great Heads. When our teacher steps down, you will undoubtedly take over. With the dangerous battle against Xuanmo, if you can befriend Junior Master Zhang, you might receive some protection."

She was not there by coincidence but had heard Zhang Yan was reading and brought her sister over to bump into him deliberately to help her sister become recognizable.

Han Mengdie, displaying a tranquil expression, said, "It was my fault for doing poorly."

Zheng Bixin looked at her sister’s indifferent and detached demeanor, sighed helplessly, and said, "Forget it, everyone has different karma; I won’t force you."

Upon returning to the Zhao You Heavenly Pond, Zhang Yan hadn’t yet entered when he suddenly saw a flying book coming towards him. He raised his hand to catch it, found it was a flying book sent by Su YiAng, his gaze flickered, and then he tucked it into his sleeve, opened the array gate, and entered the Cave Mansion.

Soon, he returned to his inner room, sat down on the Jade Couch, and first took out the bamboo divination, manipulating it for a while. Afterwards, he held the Broken Jade, starting to deduce the sword array.

Approximately half a year later, he withdrew his heart and spirit from the Broken Jade.

After a brief adjustment of qi, with a turn of his heart and spirit, a sword light shot out, instantly transforming into a shower of light, encompassing the entire Cave Mansion.

Then, with another wave of his sleeve, he retracted the sword light. In just the span of a breath, the Solid Jade table lying opposite, along with a dozen lotus stone seats, silently turned into a pile of dust and fragments.