#323 - It turned out to be a sword spirit (4000 words, two in one)

Xu Ming led Shi Xin into the Samadhi Cave.

The instant the two of them stepped into the cave, Xu Ming immediately sensed something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Shi Xin turned his head to look at Xu Ming, puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just feel like something's not quite right about this place?" Xu Ming shook his head.

"Why?" Shi Xin had actually noticed a long time ago that Xu Ming had a strong sensitivity to the surrounding environment, and he could sense anything out of the ordinary.

"There's something wrong with the direction of this cave. It seems like some kind of magic formation has been set up inside. This kind of formation is natural, and the map we have might be useless."

As he spoke, Xu Ming turned around and looked at the entrance he had come from.

Immediately afterward, Xu Ming picked up a stone from inside the cave and threw it towards the entrance.

With Xu Ming's strength, the stone he threw could easily travel a distance of 5 li, but they had only stepped 500 meters into the cave.

However, the stone hit the wall, and the sound came from not far away.

This meant that the path they had come from had been completely altered.

"Let's go over and take a look," Xu Ming said to Shi Xin.

"Okay," Shi Xin nodded.

In fact, as far as Shi Xin was concerned, he would agree to whatever decision Xu Ming made.

Xu Ming led Shi Xin back, but as they walked, they found themselves back where they started.

This was a problem, meaning that this cave could only be entered but not exited, and they had even become trapped in a small world.

"That's interesting. It seems that when the Rootless Secret Realm is about to collapse, many things inside change."

Previously, at Blood Bodhi Mountain, there was originally only one Blood Bodhi fruit tree.

Unexpectedly, when they came to Blood Bodhi Mountain this time, there were dozens of Blood Bodhi trees, as if they had all been restrained before, and now they had all erupted at once.

And this time, coming to Samadhi Cave, it was probably the same.

All the natural treasures of Samadhi Cave were probably going to come out all at once.

Moreover, it had always been rumored that the Samadhi Cave of the Rootless Secret Realm contained the most precious treasure.

This treasure was extraordinary, even more valuable than the main Blood Bodhi fruit of the Rootless Secret Realm.

However, in the past, people had always come to Samadhi Cave in the Rootless Secret Realm to search for treasure, but no one had ever found it.

Now that the Rootless Secret Realm was about to collapse, these treasures would definitely emerge.

In fact, the more advanced the natural treasures, the more likely they were to develop intelligence.

This was like what happened in Myriad Flowers Valley before.

The flowers and plants in Myriad Flowers Valley had intelligence, let alone immortal-grade items.

The existence of immortal-grade items would definitely seek a way out when they were about to perish, rather than sit and wait for death.

Xu Ming felt that if he wasn't mistaken, the current Samadhi Cave had become a place of trials.

That treasure would definitely appear at this time, without a doubt.

"We can only continue to move forward and see if there's anything good ahead."

Xu Ming's tone was very relaxed, not panicked at all.

Xu Ming felt that he had nothing to panic about.

The main thing was that, in Xu Ming's opinion, there was really nothing in this place that could threaten him.

What was the most important thing?

If he was a sharp spear, then Shi Xin was the most solid shield.

Shi Xin was not a burden.

Although Shi Xin didn't have a ranking on the Azure Cloud List, it was because Shi Xin basically didn't participate in any battles.

But if they really had to fight, to be honest, it would still be difficult to defeat Shi Xin.

Just as Xu Ming was leading Shi Xin forward, the two of them suddenly encountered an ambush.

These people had also entered, probably hadn't realized what they had gotten themselves into, and were still thinking about robbing people.

This was indeed a bit interesting.

Unfortunately, they tried to rob Xu Ming.

At this time, Xu Ming's injuries had all healed, and he had returned to his peak state, not to mention that Shi Xin was still by his side.

In less than two rounds, all of these people were killed by Xu Ming, who showed no mercy.

Shi Xin didn't try to dissuade Xu Ming from anything, because Shi Xin was already used to it and knew that it was useless to persuade Xu Ming.

After Xu Ming killed them, Shi Xin chanted scriptures to help them pass on.

The combination of Xu Ming and Shi Xin was quite strange.

One was responsible for killing people, and the other was responsible for helping others pass on…

To be honest, no one knew how these two people had come together.

Xu Ming and Shi Xin continued to move forward, encountering all kinds of people who wanted to rob and kill them, but in the end, these people were all killed instead.

Xu Ming's storage bag couldn't even hold the belongings of the dead anymore.

Xu Ming thought about giving those things to Shi Xin to put in his storage bag, so it wouldn't be a waste.

But Shi Xin refused, not wanting to share the spoils with Xu Ming.

Xu Ming didn't force it.

If he didn't want it, so be it.

However, when Xu Ming and Shi Xin had been walking forward for nearly an hour.

Xu Ming and Shi Xin suddenly heard some strange laughter.

The two of them continued to move forward, and the laughter became clearer and clearer.

They had already heard clearly that the laughter came from a woman.

However, the woman's voice was very hollow, not like the voice of a living person.

The voice sounded somewhat charming, but even more eerie.

"Yo yo yo, where did this female monk come from? She's so beautiful."

The two of them had been walking for less than half an hour when they encountered another robbery.

"Hand over all your valuables, and leave the female monk behind, then you can leave,"

The men said to Xu Ming.

Shi Xin turned his head and looked at Xu Ming a few times.

Xu Ming just sneered twice, then stepped forward.

However, before Xu Ming could take a few steps, Shi Xin tugged at the corner of Xu Ming's clothes.

Xu Ming turned his head to look at Shi Xin.

Shi Xin blinked his eyes at Xu Ming: "Is it okay to leave them some souls…"

Xu Ming: "…"

"Alright, I'll listen to you this time and leave them some souls."

Xu Ming sighed helplessly.

He had originally wanted to influence Shi Xin.

But unexpectedly, he seemed to have been influenced by Shi Xin instead.

It seemed like he had become more of a saint.

Forget it, whatever, it could be considered accumulating some merit for her.

"I understand, I'll listen to you this time and leave them their souls. Consider it their good luck," Xu Ming said to Shi Xin.

"Mmm," Shi Xin nodded, and only then did he let go of the corner of Xu Ming's clothes.

On the other side, those people must have heard Xu Ming and Shi Xin's conversation.

They just felt that these two people were too arrogant. There were so many of them, and their cultivation levels were all in the Golden Core Realm. From the fluctuations of spiritual power they had revealed earlier, one was a Dragon Gate Realm cultivator and the other had just entered the Golden Core Realm.

Yet these two people actually wanted to determine their fate.

"You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit! Kill them!"

The leader looked coldly at Xu Ming and said.

Xu Ming immediately raised the long sword in his hand and swung two swords.

These people still wanted to slowly torture Xu Ming to death.

But in the end, they realized that they couldn't even withstand one sword from the other party.

"Spare us! We're so sorry! We were blind and didn't recognize Mount Tai! Spare our lives! We won't dare to do it again! We can give you anything!"

As Xu Ming walked forward with his sword, these people fell to the ground and kept retreating.

On the other side, Shi Xin had already closed his eyes and began chanting scriptures of salvation.

Shi Xin was all too familiar with what would happen next.

"Hehehe…"

Just as Xu Ming was about to chop his sword down on them, that charming laughter echoed in the cave again.

Xu Ming frowned, then immediately turned around and slashed his sword towards Shi Xin.

The strong sword energy scared the robbers so much that they almost wet their pants.

At this time, they realized.

It turned out that the man had only used less than 50% of his strength when he slashed at them just now. The man had even spared their lives just now.

Otherwise, with that sword strike, all of them would have been completely annihilated, without even a chance to beg for mercy.

Facing the sword energy that Xu Ming swung, Shi Xin just stood there quietly, without moving at all.

The sword energy brushed past Shi Xin and went straight towards the woman in the red dress behind Shi Xin.

The corners of the woman in the red dress's mouth curled up slightly, and Xu Ming's sword energy directly struck empty air.

Xu Ming turned around again, and what he saw was the woman in the red dress reaching out her hand and directly tearing out the man's heart!

Fresh blood kept flowing down from the woman's fingers.

Then, the woman in the red dress grabbed hard, and in that white and delicate palm, the bright red heart was directly crushed into a cloud of blood mist.

The woman not only killed his physical body, but when she took out his heart, she even pulled out his soul, forcibly trapping it in his heart.

So, the woman had just crushed not only his heart but also his spirit.

Xu Ming raised the longsword in his hand again and slashed at the woman.

As a result, the woman transformed into a red shadow and dissipated directly.

After the woman disappeared, the sword energy that Xu Ming unleashed struck another person, instantly obliterating their body and soul.

At that moment, the woman in the red dress floated past several others, and their hearts were plucked out one by one, like removing pineapples, and then crushed into a bloody mist.

Everyone was dead beyond dead.

"What the hell is that thing!"

Xu Ming frowned. He didn't care about the deaths of these people.

But what annoyed Xu Ming was that he had promised Shi Xin to preserve their souls, but he didn't expect the woman to kill them.

This made him lose face in front of Shi Xin.

Xu Ming slashed again with his sword.

His longsword was entwined with the power of thunder.

Xu Ming already regarded the woman in the red dress as a ghost cultivator, and the Ten Thunder Heart Sutra he practiced was definitely a natural counter to her.

But unexpectedly, the woman in the red dress didn't even dodge. She simply extended her hand, and a red aura blocked Xu Ming's longsword, preventing him from cutting down any further.

"Boom!"

Xu Ming's sword energy and the red aura of the woman in the red dress scattered apart.

A cloud of mist burst out directly in front of Xu Ming.

In the next instant, a delicate white hand reached for Xu Ming's heart.

Xu Ming flicked the longsword in his hand upwards.

The longsword and the woman's delicate white palm produced a sound of steel colliding.

Xu Ming slashed again with a sword energy, cutting open the woman's red mist.

In the next moment, Xu Ming directly stood in front of Shi Xin, preventing anything from happening to him.

However, Xu Ming felt that he was overthinking things.

Xu Ming was worried about Shi Xin.

But Shi Xin was actually worried about Xu Ming.

When Xu Ming approached him, Shi Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately pinched a magic seal, creating a golden bell cover over the two of them.

The woman in the red dress reached out her hand, originally wanting to pluck out Xu Ming's heart, but her hand directly collided with the golden bell cover and was bounced away.

"Just take care of yourself, I'll go deal with her."

Xu Ming said to Shi Xin.

The next moment, Xu Ming rushed out of the golden bell cover and charged towards the woman in the red dress.

The woman in the red dress didn't expect Xu Ming to be so decisive, nor did she expect him to be so brave that he dared to attack her.

The woman in the red dress. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, as if she had discovered something interesting.

Xu Ming repeatedly and heavily slashed the longsword in his hand at her body.

And when the longsword collided with her, the sound of steel colliding echoed again and again.

At this moment, Xu Ming truly realized.

The woman in the red dress was not a ghost cultivator at all.

The woman in the red dress had been using sword energy all along.

Moreover, the woman's sword energy was very pure.

How strange!

This is actually a Sword Spirit!

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[The second to last day of National Day, climbing mountains and camping with junior high school classmates.

It's been so many years since we've seen each other. Everyone feels like they're still the same as before, as if time has suddenly stopped, without any changes.

If I had to say there were any changes, it would be that everyone brought their significant others.

Time really does fly by so fast. In the blink of an eye, more than 10 years have passed. I didn't expect that after more than 10 years, everyone would still be able to gather together.

I hope it's not just today, I hope that after half a lifetime of wandering, everyone will still be young when they return...]