Chapter 532 - 320: Evil Thought Embodiment, Martial Saint’s Inheritance, Divine Blade Zhu Xie

Lu Mingyuan’s eyes lit up at the sight.

"Everyone, use the power of the Divine Stones! They can repel these Evil Thought Embodiments!"

Lu Mingyuan’s voice transmission echoed in the ears of the many Cultivators.

As if waking from a dream, everyone quickly took out the stones they had collected in the Dragon Peak Cave Heaven to resist the corrosion of the Evil Thought Embodiments.

Now that Lu Mingyuan knew how to suppress these Evil Thought Embodiments, he went all out. With a raise of his hand, he annihilated several of the mysterious black phantoms, looking like a War God.

In less than fifteen minutes, Lu Mingyuan and the others had used the power of the Divine Stones to eliminate all the Evil Thought Embodiments that had boarded the ship.

Lu Mingyuan even set foot on the mysterious Ancient Ship himself.

He personally witnessed numerous ghastly white piles of bones—the remains of those long dead.

In just a short while, Lu Mingyuan had swept the Ancient Ship clean of all the black phantoms.

However, he had to expend over fifty Divine Fallen Blood Stones to do so.

Lu Mingyuan kept watch over the mysterious Ancient Ship, checking for any remaining Evil Thought Embodiments.

Throughout the process, Yun Qinghe followed right behind him, never leaving his side, her gaze fixed on his back.

"Just this one Ancient Ship has cost us so many Divine Stones. What if there are more like it later? Will we have enough Divine Stones to last until we leave the Returning Ruins Silent Sea?"

Yun Qinghe couldn’t help but ask this grave question.

Their group had already paid such a heavy price just to travel to the center of the Silent Sea.

But factoring in the cost of the return journey, the required number of Divine Fallen Blood Stones would be immense.

"We’ll take it one step at a time. What if there happens to be a Teleportation Array at the center we can use to get out?"

Lu Mingyuan said as he walked, his steps halting before the door of a room.

"What is it?"

Yun Qinghe immediately switched to a combat stance, sword in hand, and asked.

"There’s someone inside."

Lu Mingyuan murmured, extending his Primordial Consciousness toward the corner of the room, where he discovered someone was actually sitting.

To be precise, it was a dead person.

The figure sat motionlessly in a dark corner. It emanated no signs of life, so it had to be a corpse, not a living person.

Lu Mingyuan was not one to be easily frightened; it was just a corpse.

In the Returning Ruins Silent Sea, all sorts of strange things existed. Even the will of Divine Beings could cultivate into Evil Thought Embodiments, so what was impossible?

Therefore, even when facing a lifeless corpse, Lu Mingyuan remained vigilant, approaching it cautiously.

It was impossible to tell how many years the corpse had been sitting there. It was covered in dust and its body was withered, but it had not decayed.

In the center of the corpse’s chest was a bloody hole the size of a wine cup. Cracks radiated from the opening, making the entire body look like a fractured clay pot.

This bloody hole was the fatal wound.

The bloody hole in its chest emitted a golden radiance.

"To be dead for so many years without the Flesh Body decaying... this person must have been a peerless expert in life," Yun Qinghe couldn’t help but say.

Lu Mingyuan mused, "A corpse that doesn’t rot for centuries... he must have been a Martial Artist who cultivated the Martial Dao."

As far as he knew, the Flesh Body of a Martial Artist lasted far longer than that of any other Cultivator. Because of the Vajra Venerable Bone and even Acupoint Jade Transformation, their bodies became as sturdy as a Magical Treasure, able to remain unchanged for tens of thousands of years.

"If he truly was a peerless expert, his corpse should emit a soul-shaking aura even in death, one that ordinary living beings couldn’t possibly approach. But I’ve been in this cabin for a while now and haven’t sensed any aura at all."

Lu Mingyuan stroked his chin, puzzled. Then, his eyes lit up as he said, "He must have some kind of Treasure on him that conceals his aura."

In a place like the Returning Ruins Silent Sea, Lu Mingyuan didn’t dare act recklessly. He first released his Primordial Consciousness to scan the area, and only after confirming there was no danger did he walk over to the corpse.

He found a Token at the corpse’s waist.

He first took the Token and wiped the dust from its surface.

The Token was exquisitely crafted, engraved with four words in small seal script—’Cyan Cloud Saint King’—and it radiated an unparalleled Dao-like charm.

Just by glancing at it, Lu Mingyuan triggered some sort of mechanism. Several streams of Sword Qi appeared and surged into his mind, ceaselessly demonstrating a Sword Technique.

Even though he cultivated a Saber Technique, not a Sword Technique, he could still tell that this Sword Technique was incomparably profound—one of the most supreme Cultivation Techniques in the world.

Yun Qinghe was clearly also affected by the Token. Being highly knowledgeable, she immediately recognized its origin and couldn’t help but exclaim:

"This is a Cultivation Technique from one of the Eight Great Ancient Schools of the Middle Ages, the Cyan Cloud Saint King Skill!"

Lu Mingyuan had heard of them before. He pressed, "The Eight Great Ancient Schools? You mean the five schools that once stood alongside lineages like Fuyao, Wan Luo, and Tongtian, but eventually died out?"

Yun Qinghe nodded. "Exactly."

"The Cyan Cloud Saint King Skill was famous during the Middle Ages, renowned for cultivating the body’s righteous qi. It even has ties to the Taoist Qi Nourishing Skill."

"This Sword Technique is a Supreme Scripture comprehended by the Human Race’s Qi Cultivator from the Middle Ages, Guang Chenzi, by studying the patterns of Turtle Shells and the Human Acupoints Diagram."

"It can refine any object into a Slaying Artifact, including one’s own Flesh Body."

"During the War of Ascension, Guang Chenzi once used six Vermilion Seals to form the Heaven and Earth Sword Array, suppressing a Divine Being with a mere raise of his hand."

Lu Mingyuan said in a low voice, "The first generation of Qi Cultivators from the Middle Ages all possessed vast divine powers, cultivating themselves to be as powerful as Divine Beings. This Guang Chenzi was a Great Power from the same generation as the Taoist Ancestor. If the Cultivation Technique he comprehended were to reappear in the world, it would surely be earth-shattering."