#236 - He's already here, let's take him (4000 words, two in one)

As the small sword formed from sword energy pierced the space between Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo's eyebrows, Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo fainted to the ground, Xu Ming's head hitting the earth.

Xu Xuenuo fared a bit better, collapsing onto Xu Ming's shoulder.

"That's about right."

The old man said to the crowd.

"Quickly impart what you want to teach them. If they can grasp it, then they can grasp it.

If they can't, it means it's their destiny. It also shows that the Great Dao isn't giving us any chance. Old relics like us should die here. The new world doesn't have a ship to carry us old things."

"Oh, Elder, what are you saying? I have a lot of confidence in this little brother~" Zhou Wanfeng's lips curled up. "It's just that I don't have anything particularly outstanding to offer, but I did get a nameless Mind-Clearing Incantation in a ruin. It feels somewhat meaningful and has helped me through several life-and-death situations. I'll just teach it to them."

With a gentle touch, Zhou Wanfeng sent a wisp of spiritual power, painstakingly gathered over the years, into the space between Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo's eyebrows.

"I'll let him learn this Heavenly Dao Oath Swear, though he definitely won't promote it. But if he needs to sign a contract one day, he can use this method."

The Gambler chuckled, condensing a wisp of spiritual power and sending it into the space between the two's eyebrows.

"My Pig-Butchering Saber Technique is quite suitable for martial artists. As for that little girl, she probably won't even glance at it. After all, what woman would like my crude saber technique? But then again, this little girl has to learn it whether she wants to or not."

The Butcher condensed two wisps of spiritual power and sent them into the space between the two's eyebrows.

"My Divine Swiftness Technique isn't bad. I bet this kid hasn't learned such a good movement technique as mine."

The Thief said, sending two wisps of spiritual power into the space between the two's eyebrows. "Their swordsmanship, plus my movement technique, tsk tsk tsk tsk, I can't even imagine it."

As he spoke, the Thief's eyes suddenly lit up: "I wonder what those enemies will think when they see them using my movement technique, hahaha."

"I hope my spear technique has successors."

The only seemingly normal man, also bound by iron chains in the cave, shot out two wisps of spear intent, entering the space between the two's eyebrows.

Everyone in the cave shot a wisp of spiritual power towards Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo, entering the space between their eyebrows respectively.

Although this wisp of spiritual power was small, it was gathered over hundreds and thousands of years under the premise of their spiritual power being sealed.

Each wisp of spiritual power carried one of their techniques.

"Elder, what are you going to teach them?"

Zhou Wanfeng looked at the old man with a charming smile.

The Carpenter smiled: "Elder, you've never taken a disciple from beginning to end, right?"

Zhang Xiao'er: "Then these two kids are considered the Elder's disciples?"

"Get lost, get lost, what disciples of mine? This old man will never take a disciple in my life.

But well, these two children do indeed have good sword talent, only slightly worse than me. What I'm teaching them is only one sword strike. If they learn it, hahaha."

The old man didn't finish speaking, only laughing loudly.

But everyone's minds were focused.

They naturally knew which sword strike the old man was talking about.

Although the old man said he wouldn't take disciples, if they really learned the old man's sword strike, these two kids would be disciples even if they weren't called that.

Laughing and laughing, the old man shot out two small flying swords from the space between his eyebrows again, directly piercing into the space between their eyebrows.

"Now, let's begin!"

The old man said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

The crowd also put away their thoughts and responded in unison.

A gust of sword energy wind blew past, lifting Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo into the air, suspended.

Immediately afterward, the sword energy wind transformed into strands of invisible fine lines.

The fine lines formed from sword energy wind pierced the most crucial Wind Spirit acupoints of the fifteen prisoners, including the old man.

Although these people couldn't use spiritual power, through the guidance of these sword energy fine lines, their spiritual power gradually gathered towards the two's bodies.

Everyone's gazes were fixed on these two children.

They knew very well that their fate was already in their hands.

At the same time.

Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo slowly opened their eyes.

But they both discovered that it wasn't their physical bodies that had awakened, but their souls.

Surrounding them was a red land filled with long swords, like a sword burial ground.

A blood-red sun hung in the sky above.

The earth was red, the sun was red, and the clouds in the sky were also red.

A sense of red desolation and silence enveloped Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo, as if the entire world had become a doomsday.

And at this moment, someone came from the front.

Xu Ming looked intently. It was a woman. This woman had a charming appearance, wearing a purple dress, with a mature figure.

Upon closer inspection, this woman's appearance was six parts similar to the Zhou Wanfeng in the cave.

No.

It wasn't just six parts similar.

But this woman was that Zhou Wanfeng.

The Zhou Wanfeng in the cave was somewhat dirty due to being locked up for too many years, her hair disheveled, unkempt, lacking the charm of her carefully dressed self.

"Little brother, am I pretty?"

Zhou Wanfeng's lips curled up, her eyes crinkling into a smile, very charming.

Zhou Wanfeng and Mo Zhu'er were similar, both belonging to that charming style.

But Mo Zhu'er's appearance was still better than Zhou Wanfeng's, and because Mo Zhu'er was young, she had a sense of purity in her charm.

As for Zhou Wanfeng, she was completely a mature beauty.

"So-so."

Xu Ming said.

"What do you mean 'so-so'? Little brother, you really don't know how to compliment people."

Zhou Wanfeng gave Xu Ming a coquettish glance.

"What's going on? Why did Senior enter my consciousness?"

Xu Ming asked, changing the subject.

Zhou Wanfeng replied with a smile: "This is the deal we made with you~ Next, we will each impart a technique to you. You must learn all the techniques we impart. Only in this way can we transmit spiritual power to you through the techniques.

And a person's soul is the most wonderful thing.

One day in consciousness may be one year or even two years outside.

A thousand autumns in a dream, that's how it is.

Under the Elder's sword energy, one year you spend in consciousness is equal to one day in reality.

But for you, time is still very tight.

If you fail, if even one of the fifteen of us fails to have our technique learned . . ."

Zhou Wanfeng paused for a moment, her eyes narrowed: "Even if you and your Dao partner fail once, you will be destroyed in both body and soul~ Buried with us~"

Xu Ming: ". . ."

"What do you mean by transmitting spiritual power to us?"

Xu Ming asked again.

"Let's talk about it when you come out alive~"

At the very instant Zhou Wanfeng's words landed, Zhou Wanfeng instantly appeared in front of Xu Ming.

Before Xu Ming could react, Zhou Wanfeng reached out and tapped Xu Ming's heart.

In an instant, Xu Ming's whole heart was in chaos. Xu Ming's eyes were red, but it wasn't like when he was in the Mandarin Duck Cauldron, being aroused by the deepest desires in his heart.

Instead, Xu Ming felt his blood boiling, his heart was very chaotic.

Mo Zhu'er threatened him to kill Qin Qingwan.

When he and Mo Zhu'er were dual cultivating, Qin Qingwan "caught them in the act," asking him who this woman was.

Faced with his mother's birth, old age, sickness, and death, he was powerless.

Wu Yanhan had to marry because of the imperial decree. He went to rob the bride and was hacked to death by the Wu Kingdom's army.

One strange thought after another arose in Xu Ming's mind.

These thoughts were very nonsensical, but they were affecting him like inner demons.

Xu Ming's head ached, and he felt like he couldn't control himself!

But at this moment, a technique suddenly appeared in Xu Ming's mind.

"Learn it and you can live. If you don't learn it, you die."

Zhou Wanfeng smiled charmingly.

Xu Ming looked at this technique that appeared in his mind, his heart trembling.

Xu Ming's Dao heart told him that what she said was all true. If he didn't learn this, he would likely be driven to collapse by these inner demons.

Xu Ming took a deep breath and began learning the spell in his mind.

Soon Xu Ming felt the chaos in his consciousness gradually subside.

Xu Ming continued to learn a technique called the "Mind-Clearing Incantation," his mind becoming more and more peaceful, even feeling a sense of entering meditation.

Standing to the side, Zhou Wanfeng looked at the man in front of her in surprise.

Judging from his methods of dealing with demonic beasts before, this man was indeed a martial arts genius and a swordsmanship genius.

But the Mind-Clearing Incantation was a type of Daoist magic, more of an understanding of the natural Dao.

But he could learn it so quickly?

Was this young man now taking the lead? Or was the great world already arriving, and such geniuses were not just one or two?

After half an incense stick of time passed in his sea of consciousness, the chaos in Xu Ming's heart was completely calmed.

Xu Ming slowly opened his eyes, having only a sense of peace.

At this time, Xu Ming's eyes were like a lake of spring water, without the slightest ripple.

"Thank you, Senior, for bestowing the technique."

Xu Ming bowed and saluted, expressing his gratitude.

"You don't need to thank me."

Zhou Wanfeng smiled, "The Elder said that this is your opportunity, and it is also the premise for our transaction with you. And don't be too proud too early, the techniques of those people behind are not easy to learn."

Zhou Wanfeng slowly dissipated.

At the same time, beside Xu Ming, the unconscious Xu Xuenuo also saw Zhou Wanfeng.

Some strange scenes also appeared in Xu Xuenuo's mind—

“Xu Ming knows that I am not his biological sister and that we are not related by blood. He completely severed ties with me.”

“My mother had an affair. I am not of the Xu family bloodline. My mother's affair has been discovered, and I've been kicked out of the Xu mansion.”

“Xu Ming and Qing Wan together call me a ‘bastard’.”

Although Xu Xuenuo knew that these things were unlikely to happen, Xu Ming and Qing Wan would definitely not say that to her.

However, regardless, Xu Ming and Qing Wan would definitely look at her with strange eyes.

Just at this moment, Zhou Wanfeng came to Xu Xuenuo's side.

“What a beautiful girl,” Zhou Wanfeng said with a smile, “This appearance, even I, as your older sister, am ashamed of myself. It just feels a bit cold, but then again, it seems some people like this cold fairy type.”

“What did you do to me?!” Xu Xuenuo forcibly suppressed the chaos in her mind and questioned the woman in front of her.

“What else could I do? Of course, I'm giving you opportunities. As for whether you can seize them, that's up to you.” Zhou Wanfeng's finger touched Xu Xuenuo's forehead, and a spell was directly transmitted into Xu Xuenuo's mind.

Just like Xu Ming's feeling, Xu Xuenuo's sword heart told her that she had to learn this spell to suppress the chaos in her heart.

Using almost the same amount of time as Xu Ming, Xu Xuenuo opened her eyes. Having completely learned the 《Mind-Calming Incantation》, Xu Xuenuo was extremely clear-headed, and the chaos in her mind had completely disappeared.

“You are a sword cultivator, that's right, but occasionally learning other things might improve your swordsmanship,” Zhou Wanfeng said, “Of course~ I am not a sword cultivator, so you don't have to listen to what I say.”

Zhou Wanfeng slowly disappeared.

Replacing her was a chubby man who came to Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo.

Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo did not know the man's name, only that he called himself "Butcher."

The Butcher took out a seemingly ordinary cleaver and said to Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo:

“I told you, I am the Butcher. I slaughter pigs, I slaughter cows, I slaughter everything, including people, even dragons.

But to me, no matter what it is, as long as it dies under my blade, it's the same as a piglet.

So, I named this set of knife techniques that I comprehended the Pig-Butchering Knife Technique.

Kill me with this knife technique, otherwise, don't blame me if I chop your souls to pieces.”

As soon as the Butcher's words fell, he charged forward with the pig-butchering knife in hand.

Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo also inexplicably had the same knife appear in their hands.

Moreover, Xu Ming and Xu Xuenuo could not use their other spells. All they could use was the Pig-Butchering Knife Technique. They didn't even know how they learned it when they wielded the knife!

Inside the cave, fifteen people were all looking at the man and woman lying on the ground.

“At most, one day,” the Craftsman said, “Three Stone Peak is a forbidden area. Although I don't know what methods these two people used to get here, the current Sect Leader of the Heavenly Mystery Sect must have already discovered it. They only have one day to accept our inheritance.”

“You're wrong,” the old man shook his head, “They don't even have one day.”

The old man raised his head, looking at the top of the cave, but what was reflected in the old man's eyes was not the rock wall of the cave, but the figure of a middle-aged cultivator:

“He's already here. Let's receive our guest.”