Chapter 66: The Ruthless Sword Immortal

  I followed the emotionless person into that white building. From the outside, the white building looked ordinary and unremarkable, no different from the old buildings by the roadside. However, once inside, it was as if I had entered a completely different world.

  The decoration inside the building is simple and unadorned, but as I walked along, I saw countless arrays carved on the walls and floors in various hidden corners. Although they were only some low-level attack or defense arrays, if every floor and every place in the building was arranged like this, then the number of arrays hidden in this building would be staggering.

  The emotionless path led me into the elevator, and I took the elevator to the top floor. As I stepped out of the elevator, there was a white corridor outside, with no one in sight. The doors on both sides of the corridor were also tightly closed. The emotionless looked around in confusion, clearly not understanding why no one came to guide me.

  "Don't you know the way?" I couldn't help but ask with a smile, seeing his bewildered look, and was surprised that there were still people who got lost in a place they had been studying for so long.

  "Hey, boss, because my cultivation isn't enough, I've never been up to this rooftop before, so of course I don't know where to find your vice principal." Wu Qing shook his head, smiling somewhat awkwardly. Upon hearing Wu Qing's words, I couldn't help but be shocked - with Wu Qing's current rogue cultivation level, he didn't even have the qualifications to come up to this rooftop?

  "Then let's go that way, there is a very strong power fluctuation over there." I hesitated for a moment and pointed to the left side of the passage, because I could feel a massive power gathering at the end of the passage.

  He agreed to the proposal without emotion, for he too had felt the enormous power at the end of the passage, a power far beyond his own, a strange power unlike yuanqi.

  I and Wu Qing walked along the white corridor towards that power, and soon we arrived in front of it. It was an ordinary wooden door, but behind this door was a huge power.

  "What to do?" the ruthless one said, looking at me. Neither of us knew what was behind the door. Looking at the enormous power behind the door, if there's a trap or monster inside, rushing in would be disastrous.

  "Go out for a walk, Pingwen. I want to have a private talk with Mr. Long."

  A man's voice suddenly rang out, echoing in the corridor, and I was surprised to find that I couldn't pinpoint the location of the speaker.

  "Yes, I understand!" The ruthless one jumped in fright, but quickly reacted and gave me a wink, indicating that the owner of this voice was the vice principal. Then, he walked back along the way he came.

  "Please come in, Mr. Long." The voice sounded again.

  I smiled faintly and pushed open the wooden door in front of me, stepping inside. No matter what was waiting for me behind the door, with my abilities I didn't need to worry, so I might as well be generous about it.

  Some things were beyond my expectation, I thought of everything, but I didn't expect that behind the door was a sun-drenched lawn, a man lying on a nearby grassy slope with his hands clasped to his head, and several unknown strange animals running around him.

  I stepped into this strange place with some surprise, and found a rural landscape inside a building, which was quite eerie. But the real feeling under my feet told me that it was indeed a piece of existing lawn, not an illusion.

  "Isn't this view strange?" The man lying on the grassy slope seemed to know my surprise and explained, "I love the fresh feeling of the outdoors, but unfortunately, there's no place in the city that can give me this feeling anymore, so I created a place like this."

  "It's an illusion space after all!" I lay down beside the man, plucking a small blade of grass and putting it in my mouth as I said, "Being able to create your own illusion space, your cultivation is quite impressive."

  The so-called illusory space is the personal space opened up by a cultivator, where everything inside changes according to the will of the opener. It can be said that the master of the illusory space is like a god in his own space, and he can modify the laws within the space at will. Therefore, unless one's power far exceeds that of the opener, it is impossible to seize control of the space from him. Otherwise, even if one were to fight against the opener in his own space, not even a god could defeat him. Xuan Niao once used this trick, but I later broke through it.

  "Mr. Long, perhaps I should call you a carefree god?" The man said with a mysterious smile.

  I was taken aback and didn't know how to respond to him. Who on earth is he that knows my identity?

  "I think I should probably introduce myself in a human-like manner? Hehe!"

  The man said again: "Reacquaint yourselves, I am the ruthless Sword Immortal of the Xian realm." Upon hearing his words, I couldn't help but be shocked once more.

  "How did you end up as vice principal here?"

  "Hmm, how to put it?" The ruthless sword immortal turned around twice before responding: "Actually, I was sent by the God of War to help those friends of yours." Seeing my skeptical expression, he awkwardly smiled and continued: "Besides, the mortal realm is more fun. The immortal realm is really too boring."

  I couldn't help but chuckle at his words. He's indeed worthy of being called the ruthless Sword Immortal, even his train of thought is so peculiar.

  The ruthless Sword Immortal seemed to be laughed at by me and was somewhat embarrassed, rubbing his hands to change the subject: "Alright, let's talk about the main issue."

  He snapped his fingers, and the sunny meadow suddenly transformed into a luxurious office, while the ground I was lying on slowly rose up to form a leather sofa that lifted me up.

  Jian Xian sat down in a genuine leather chair, adjusted his thoughts, and asked: "I suppose Ping Wen has already told you about my training method?" Seeing me nodding, he continued to say: "Actually, when I was ordered by the War God to come here to help you, I discovered that there are some problems existing in the Xiu Zhen Alliance. For example, the radical faction within the Xiu Zhen Alliance."

  "Radicals in the Cultivation Alliance?"

  "Yes, there are many people in the Cultivation Union who think they can live a better life with their own power, and they think humans are weak creatures. They are very resistant to our government's surveillance and management of them. These cultivators have been inciting other cultivators to break away from our surveillance and management. This type of cultivator is mainly those with lower cultivation levels, and they occupy a large proportion in the Cultivation Union."

  "There's nothing wrong with this, as long as it doesn't violate human law, it doesn't matter how it's done?"

  "It can't be said that if it's really as they say, the fact that cultivators exist can't be hidden. This will definitely cause social panic and even more so intensify the conflict between humans and cultivators. In the end, the relationship between humans and cultivators will only get worse, and one day it'll come to a life-and-death struggle." The Sword Immortal shook his head and sighed.

  I remain silent. Having stayed in the human world for a period of time, I naturally know some of humanity's inferior qualities. Once the existence of cultivators is exposed, then the long lifespan and great power of cultivators will inevitably attract the envy of countless people with ulterior motives. Those who seek to live forever through research on cultivators and those who pursue power will certainly come into conflict with cultivators, and this peaceful life will no longer exist.

  "Why are you telling me this?" I fell silent for a moment before suddenly asking. He should know that I have other things to do.

  The sword immortal walked around the office desk in a circle and suddenly said: "Three days later, I will be leaving here, so I hope you can help Wu Qing."

  "Where are you going?" I asked.

  "I should return to the Immortal Realm." The Sword Immortal said slowly.

  "How did you know I had this ability to help Wu Qing? Maybe my current cultivation is still not as good as Wu Qing's?"

  The Sword Immortal smiled, reached into the void and suddenly a file bag appeared in his hand. He opened it, pulled out a stack of photos and threw them at Chu Bai, laughing: "You really underestimate me, the Sword Immortal of the immortal realm?"

  I picked up the photos one by one to take a closer look, they were taken when Dongfang Xue and I were fighting that monster transformed from Meng Xing'er in the mall, six of which showed me taking action.

  "Although the government's report concealed your existence, you forgot that shopping malls have surveillance systems. Your fighting scenes were all captured." Xianjian smiled like a fox catching a chicken, his eyes narrowing into a line, "How about it? Helping your little brother is no problem, right?"

  "Tell me, how can I help?" I said listlessly. This time I was really set up, although Wu Qing is my brother, but this feeling is still very unpleasant.

  The Sword Immortal made a hand gesture for me to open the file bag and take a closer look. "I've already investigated clearly, Dream Star had contact with an unknown man three days before the shopping mall incident. That man had contact with many radical factions within the Cultivation Alliance. However, no matter how I investigate, I'm unable to find out his identity. It's possible that his cultivation is even higher than mine."

  I opened the file bag and pulled out a few thin papers, on which were densely recorded names of people and when and where they came into contact with that man.

  The Sword Immortal sighed and said, "I'm not good at this kind of mental work, and more importantly, I don't have time to teach him now, so I hope you can help him."

  "Alright, I'll help him out." I could only sigh and knew that what he said was not in vain. Being ruthless is my friend's nature, so helping him wouldn't be excessive. It's just a pity that the peaceful life I had planned for myself would have to come to an end.

  "I have another question to ask you," I said. Because I was very curious about the true identity of Jian Xian, because I found that Jian Xian seemed to have a special liking for Wu Qing, and even asked him to come and help him.

  "Speak!" Jian Xian spread out his hands and smiled, since I had already agreed to come down, he also felt a bit relieved in his heart. "Why are you so good to Wu Qing?" I asked, looking into his eyes.

  The sword immortal was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Because I am his ancestor, who else will help him? I forgot to tell you, I am the third generation of the Murong family's great elder." After that, he winked at me with a self-satisfied expression.

  "What about Xue Er and Qing Er?" I asked again, ignoring his smug expression.

  "Don't worry, you will naturally see them after a month," said the Sword Immortal.

  Back at the villa, I saw Wu Qing playing with a wooden carving and couldn't help but say.

  "You have time to play with that wooden carving, I think you should consider the matter of Meng Xing'er. Although Dongfang Xue has already agreed to explain, but until now there is no response at all, I'm afraid this matter may be a bit difficult."

  Looking at him, I couldn't help but remind him not to forget this thorny matter. As soon as he mentioned it, Wu Qing immediately returned to normal, after all, the death of Meng Xing'er could be considered a big or small thing. If the Cultivation Alliance believed his explanation, then everything would still be fine, but if they didn't believe him, what terrible consequences

  Anything can happen.

  "Do you think the people of the Cultivation Alliance will believe her explanation?" Wuqing stood up and walked over to sit beside me, asking with a serious face.

  I thought for a moment and shook my head, "Probably not." Seeing Wu Qing's thoughtful expression, I explained further: "Dongfang Xue is not a crucial figure in the Cultivation Alliance. The one who was killed was the beloved disciple of one of the six major sects' leaders, and our explanation sounds so absurd. I think she would have great difficulty convincing other cultivators, let alone the radical cultivators within the Cultivation Alliance."

  "Now we can only raise our vigilance and wait patiently for the echo of Dongfang Xue." I thought for a moment, then said slowly.

  Helplessly nodding, knowing this is all I can do now.

  The two of us fell silent for a while, and I suddenly laughed without any reason. He looked at me in surprise and was about to speak when I said with a smile: "Dongfang Xue has already arrived."

  He stared at me with an expressionless face, momentarily unable to understand how he knew that Dongfang Xue had arrived and spoke with such confidence. Just as I was about to ask him, the door burst open with a loud crash, and Dongfang Xue rushed in.

  Dongfang Xue's face didn't look too good, and upon seeing me sitting there, she wasn't surprised at all. She just nodded at me as a greeting.

  "What's up, interpretation result"

  "How? Did the people of the Cultivation Alliance believe it?"

  He got up emotionlessly and poured her a cup of tea, asking hastily.

  "The situation is terrible." Dongfang Xue rubbed her forehead and said, "The leader of the Tianxing Gate, Tianxingzi, is hesitant to believe, but those disciples below don't believe it. Many radical cultivators are even shouting that they want to fight back for Star's revenge. What a group of ignorant people!"

  I stared at Wu Qing blankly, although I had long known that the Cultivation Union would not believe my explanation, but thinking of those radical cultivators still gave me a headache.

  "What should I do?" he asked indifferently, turning his head to look at me.

  After studying under the vice principal for so long, I've experienced everything and have been to the gates of hell many times. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be this disoriented now. But somehow, every time he's with me, he naturally thinks of seeking my help, as if he firmly believes that with me on board, nothing can go wrong.

  I bowed my head in contemplation, looking at me with an impatient and urgent gaze, silently waiting for my response.

  After a while, I suddenly clenched my fist and turned to Wu Qing Zheng and said: "At present, the only way is for us to go in person to explain. Dongfang Xue didn't say that Tianxingmen's master Tianxingzi was skeptical? As long as we can convince him, this matter will naturally be settled, and those radical cultivators won't have any reason to make trouble, after all, Tianxingzi is the victim."

  "Go and explain it yourself?"

  Wu Qing and Dongfang Xue let out a simultaneous cry of surprise, their eyes fixed on me as if they were staring at an escaped mental patient.

  Dongfang Xue took a deep breath and asked, "Do you know how many cultivators are in the Cultivation Union headquarters?" Seeing me shake my head, she extended four fingers and continued, "Four thousand, and all of them are at least Heart Movement stage or above!"

  Heartless heard a word, choked with a cough, as if frightened by this number, his face suddenly turned pale.

  And I heard this number after a calm face no different color, faintly said: "What's the difference?"

  "What's the big deal?" Dongfang Xue heard me say this, and couldn't help but examine me carefully to see if I was really confident or just pretending to be calm. However, my expression remained as still as an ancient well, leaving her with no choice but to scold: "Four thousand cultivators, not to mention those with cultivation above the Nascent Soul stage, even the smaller ones, one mouthful of saliva from each could drown you."

  I smiled faintly, slowly stood up, leaned forward to bring my face in front of Dongfang Xue's, stared straight at her until her face turned red and she unnaturally turned her head away. Only then did I burst out laughing: "When it comes to people at my level, the outcome of a battle isn't determined by numbers."

  After that, I stretched my waist and looked at the setting sun outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and said in a calm and confident tone: "Since I dare to take people there, I can also bring them back safely." Although my voice was not loud, it had an air of absolute self-confidence.

  Dongfang Xue gazed at his back, her eyes involuntarily shining with a doting expression.

  "Alright, I believe in the leader's ability and the leader has this confidence. What else is there to be afraid of? We'll go to the Xiu Zhen Alliance headquarters to see for ourselves!" Unfeeling also seemed to have regained his usual boldness under my influence, laughing loudly as he spoke.

  I exchanged an unfeeling glance with him, and everything was understood without a word.

  "Two lunatics." Dongfang Xue muttered to herself, but her heart was still surging. The majestic figure from earlier was still vivid in her mind. Dongfang Xue knew that it would be very difficult for her to forget the scene from earlier in this lifetime.