Volume 8: Demon Suppression Chapter 44 Just Do It
"Then, I have no other choice." The master of Shuiyue Temple said helplessly.
After a pause, she continued, "Also, I can tell you in advance that the battle between the sword spirit and the demonic energy in your natal sword will not be decided in a short period of time."
She looked regretful. "That is to say, if you are unwilling to persist in this, you will remain in the Void Refining Realm until the outcome of this fight is decided, and it will be difficult for you to make any progress."
"You are so young, yet you are already a Void Refining Cultivator with a promising future. Why are you wasting your precious time like this?"
After all, Lu Qingshan was a talented swordsman whom she had high hopes for and had invested in, so the Shuiyue Temple Master couldn't help but give him a few more words of advice.
"Besides, you persist like this just to pursue that slim ray of hope."
“Sometimes, you have to learn to give up.”
"In this world, you often have to give up something in order to gain something."
"She is just a sword spirit, not your Taoist partner."
Everything the Shuiyue Temple Master said made sense, but Lu Qingshan was unwilling to listen.
"That won't work either. I can't give up on her." He remained unmoved.
"I'm sorry, I don't appreciate the kindness of the temple master."
Xia Daoyun, who had been silent for a long time, had a glimmer of light in her autumn-like eyes. She couldn't help but look at Lu Qingshan again, her eyes full of admiration.
This is what a sword cultivator is.
As a fellow swordsman, Xia Daoyun could best understand Lu Qingshan's persistence, and could even empathize with him, and his heart was filled with excitement.
Lin Yao was also slightly stunned, her eyes fell on Lu Qingshan's face.
It is because Lu Qingshan is such a person that she has always trusted him so much.
"Alas, you sword cultivators," the Shuiyue Temple master felt Lu Qingshan's determination and could not persuade him any more. He could only sigh and shook his head, saying, "It's really hard for others to understand."
"As far as I know, there shouldn't be any magic method in the Ziwei lineage's divine magic that can solve your current situation."
The head of Shuiyue Temple slowed down his voice and said to Lu Qingshan: "It's not that I want to attack you, but these evil spirits have already merged with your natal sword. If you want to separate them, external means will no longer have any effect. Unless the evil spirits choose to leave your sword on their own and give up the fight."
"But since the evil spirit has already merged into the sword, it is its instinct to fight for control of the sword. How could it voluntarily leave Longque?"
The words of the Master of Shuiyue Temple could even be said to be an early death sentence for Qin Yitian.
Lu Qingshan's heart sank.
He got nothing, which was disappointing but not surprising. However, the assertion of the master of Shuiyue Temple made things even worse and made him feel disheartened.
However, Qin Yitian had no one else to rely on except him.
If even he gave up, what should Qin Yitian do?
How could he give up?
"Sorry to bother the Master of Shuiyue Temple." Lu Qingshan stood up and clasped his fists respectfully.
Then, he gritted his teeth, turned around and said to Xia Daoyun: "Master, I want to go to Tianhe City again..."
He wanted to go find the master of Tianji Temple, even though there was little hope.
"Okay." Xia Daoyun nodded.
The two said goodbye and turned to leave.
"Unless the evil spirit leaves voluntarily..." Lin Yao, who had been listening silently at the side, stared at Lu Qingshan's back with a worried look, pondering what her master said in her heart. Suddenly, she remembered something and subconsciously called out to Lu Qingshan, "Wait?"
"Hmm?" Lu Qingshan responded and turned around, looking at Lin Yao who suddenly called him, not understanding what she meant.
Lin Yao hesitated, "Master, are you saying that the only way to solve the problem of Master Lu's natal sword is for the evil spirits to voluntarily leave Longque?"
The head of Shuiyue Temple nodded, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Master, when I was practicing the Tianji Spiritual Art, I once read the handwritten notes of the successive Tianji Temple masters of our sect. Among them, there was an introduction to the Soldier Demon Clan."
Lin Yao fell into recollection and continued, "The first generation of Saint Demon of the Soldier Demon Clan, the Mang Cang Demon Lord who had stepped into the semi-saint level, used his own bloodline magical powers to breed a supreme magic sword."
"This magic sword has unparalleled killing power against the demons, because it has a strong restraining power against demonic energy. With one strike of the sword, all demons retreat. It was with this magic sword that the Demon Lord Mangcang was invincible in the abyss. He was invincible for ten thousand years and helped the Soldier Demon Clan conquer the vast Burning Moon Region."
The Burning Moon Region is the territory of the Soldier Demon Clan in the abyss.
"So, as long as we can get this magic sword, we should be able to use it to force the evil spirit in Mr. Lu's natal sword to leave Longque on its own."
"Silly disciple, you also know that you have to get this magic sword." After hearing this, the head of Shuiyue Temple shook his head and laughed, "I also know this, but that magic sword is the supreme magic weapon of the Bingmo clan. It is worshipped in the king's city of the Bingmo clan. How can we get this magic sword?"
After being reminded by the Shuiyue Temple Master, Lin Yao finally reacted.
She was completely worried about Lu Qingshan, so when she remembered the matter of the magic sword, she was so anxious that she didn't think much and just blurted out whatever came to her mind.
Now that I think about it, I realize that what I said was all useless nonsense .
This made her feel a little ashamed.
"Sorry..." Lin Yao quickly apologized.
Xia Daoyun shook his head to indicate that it was not a problem.
"Can you tell me in detail about the magic sword?" To everyone's surprise, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in Lu Qingshan's eyes, and he actually asked.
Xia Daoyun frowned slightly, but didn't say much.
She never interfered with Lu Qingshan's thoughts.
“You don’t want to…” The Shuiyue Temple Master showed a surprised expression and said directly: “This is impossible. You must know that in the entire human domain, unless it is Xia Daozu, even if your Sword Sect’s Sect Master personally takes action, he will never be able to kill his way into the Soldier Demon King City and take away the Demon Clan’s divine sword.”
If the human race had this strength, they would not have been suppressed by the demons for so many years and would have sounded the clarion call for a counterattack long ago.
"Maybe there are other ways?" Lu Qingshan said calmly, "We don't have to fight our way to the royal city to get the sword."
The master of Shuiyue Temple looked at Lu Qingshan deeply, and finally nodded to Lin Yao.
Lin Yao no longer hesitated and told what she knew:
"The Demon Lord Mangcang stayed in the semi-saint realm for a long time. He wanted to break through to the final Demon Saint realm but failed. He eventually died, but his magic sword was left behind."
"As the strongest in the history of the Soldier Demon Clan, the first generation of Saint Demon, the magic sword he bred has infinite power, so he has always been revered by the Soldier Demon Clan and regarded as the clan's divine weapon. However, no one knows what magical power this magic sword has. After the death of the Mangcang Demon Clan, no one in the Soldier Demon Clan can control this sword. Therefore, this magic sword can only be enshrined in their royal city and put on the shelf. Its symbolic meaning is better than its practical meaning, leaving behind many legends."
Lu Qingshan stood quietly, thinking about something.
"Let's not talk about the fact that you have no way to enter the King's City of the Soldier Demon Clan and get in touch with the magic sword. Even if you have the chance to get in touch with the magic sword, what can you do? Over the years, dozens of demon lords and hundreds of demon masters of the Soldier Demon Clan have coveted this extremely powerful magic sword, but in the end, no one has been able to control it. How can you, a human cultivator, do something that so many powerful Soldier Demons can't do?"
"So, it's not that I forgot about the magic sword. It's just a mirage. You can only see it but not touch it." The master of Shuiyue Temple said in a serious tone.
"Is that so..." Lu Qingshan did not give up the idea, but fell into deep thought.
What the master of Shuiyue Temple said makes sense.
But this logic doesn't apply to him.
Because, as long as he can touch the magic sword, no matter what magic the magic sword has or how many restrictions it has, he is confident that he can control the magic sword.
[Natural Sword Type]: You will be able to use any sword without restriction.
Who made it so that the supreme demon weapon created by this Demon Lord Mangcang would be a sword?
In other words, one of the two biggest challenges of this seemingly impossible task was not possible for him.
This is easy.
All I have to do is lurk into the abyss and enter the royal city.
Then find a way to get access to the supreme magic sword of the Soldier Demon Clan.
Finally, he used the magic sword to dispel the evil spirit in the dragon bird and awaken Qin Yitian...
That's it.
It sounds like it's going to be tough.
But compared to losing Qin Yitian, what are these difficulties?
Isn’t it?
…
"Master, since the demons have the means to disguise themselves as us humans and infiltrate the human realm, don't we humans have similar means?" Lu Qingshan raised his eyes and asked.
"Are you really going to steal that magic sword?" The master of Shuiyue Temple couldn't believe it.
She has always believed that Lu Qingshan is not only gifted, but also has an outstanding character. It is because of these two factors that she is very optimistic about Lu Qingshan.
Who could have thought that Lu Qingshan today would be so...overestimating his own abilities?
He's stuck in a dead end and refuses to get out.
"Master, the problem you just mentioned about controlling the magic sword is not a problem for me." Lu Qingshan said frankly. Since he needed help from others, he could not hide it anymore.
"What do you mean?" The master of Shuiyue Temple was unable to understand Lu Qingshan's meaning for a moment.
"I am born with an extraordinary affinity for swords. It can even be said that there is no one better than me. As long as it is a sword, I can use it without any hindrance. Even the natal swords of other sword cultivators are the same," Lu Qingshan explained patiently, "This ability has never been an exception so far. So, although I haven't tried it, I think that magic sword may not be as difficult to control as I imagined."
"Ah?!" The pupils of the Shuiyue Temple Master suddenly shrank. He had obviously never heard of such a physique before. He murmured, "Is there such a thing in the world? Could it be that there is really such a thing as a natural sword type?"
Even Xia Daoyun, who was usually calm in the face of difficulties, was surprised at this moment.
"So, I just need to find a way to get in touch with that magic sword."
"This matter is troublesome, but it is not completely hopeless," Lu Qingshan added, "If we give up, then it is hopeless."
"So... no matter what, just do it."
He looked towards the Master of Shuiyue Temple, waiting for her reply.
The head of Shuiyue Temple was shocked. After a moment of silence, he finally said, "None of our human cultivators has ever tried to lurk in the abyss. First, we are at a disadvantage in the battle with the demons, so we don't have the energy to do this. Second, it is too difficult for humans to disguise themselves as demons."
"The reason why demons can disguise themselves as humans is mostly because of their own bloodline abilities. The abilities of bloodline abilities are extremely random and strange."
She went on to explain, "We humans don't have such a thing as bloodline magical powers. We can only use transformation spells to disguise ourselves. And our transformation spells can usually only capture the form, not the spirit, and cannot be hidden from the eyes of the demons at all."
"In addition, the cultivation systems of humans and demons are completely different. The difference between spirits and demons is obvious. Humans do not have the means to change their own magic power. Once they make a move, their true form will be exposed." The master of Shuiyue Temple added.
"The latter point is not a big problem."
Lu Qingshan calmed himself down and a piece of wriggling flesh appeared in his hand.
The piece of meat quickly merged into his body.
Immediately, he stretched out his hand and billowing demonic energy surged out.
"This is the Yin Kui Core that was seized from the underworld. It can convert spiritual power and demonic energy into each other."
"You actually have this thing in your hand!" The master of Shuiyue Temple was surprised.
She had also heard about the latest discovery of Zhishou Tower not long ago.
But what she heard was that Zhishoulou had clearly only seized a copy of the Yinhui Center, which they had already regarded as an important discovery, and they were working hard to study the secrets contained therein, and no one could touch it.
But I didn't expect that Lu Qingshan also had such a rare item in his hand.
"The problem with the cultivation system has been temporarily solved. The next focus is how to disguise so as to hide from the eyes of the demons." Lu Qingshan raised the question.
Don't think directly about how difficult a task is, as that will only make you lose your motivation.
Break it down into small problems and solve them one by one, and it will be much easier.
"Hide the eyes of the demons..." The face of the Shuiyue Temple master became serious, and he analyzed seriously: "Your goal is to enter the king's city of the Bingmo clan. In the king's city, you may even encounter beings of the level of the Demon Lord, so you have to use an illusion that can hide the eyes of the Demon Lord..."
"It doesn't exist," the Shuiyue Temple master said after thinking for a long time, "No magic can be so miraculous."
The Demon Lord is a ninth-rank being, equivalent to a ninth-level cultivator of the human race.
How could any illusion be able to deceive the Demon Lord?
But it is impossible for Lu Qingshan to enter the abyss as a human.
If this problem is not solved, everything that follows will be empty talk.
“Master, we don’t have the magical power of bloodline, but we humans have a special physique.” Lin Yao’s eyes flashed, and she suddenly interrupted at this time.
"Hmm?" The head of Shuiyue Temple was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what Lin Yao meant, "You mean... the phantom divine vein?!"
Lin Yao nodded slightly, her eyes sparkling, and looked at Lu Qingshan and said, "It just so happened that I successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm a few days ago and fully awakened the Phantom Body Divine Vein."
After Lin Yao said this, Lu Qingshan noticed that her cultivation had been improved from the Jindan stage to the early Yuanying stage at some point.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
The last time the abbot of Shuiyue Temple sent him to Lianhua Peak to bless him with the Tianxuan Secret, he was unable to see Lin Yao.
The rumor at the time was that Lin Yao was practicing in seclusion and was about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
A matter of course.
"The identity I transformed through the phantom body divine veins cannot be seen through by anyone based on their cultivation," Lin Yao's eyes sparkled, "The same is true for the Demon Lord."
This is the power of the phantom divine vein, and it is also the reason why Lu Qingshan valued Lin Yao so much in the first place.
"But, the Phantom Body Divine Vein is your ability..." Lu Qingshan reacted, "Could it be?"
Lin Yao nodded, confirming Lu Qingshan's guess, "In our Taiyin lineage's Beiyue spiritual art, there is an auxiliary spiritual art called "The Stars Move".
After performing this technique, we spiritual practitioners can lend our abilities other than spells to others, including mana, qi and blood, spiritual consciousness and even supernatural powers.
Although the duration of the Change of Stars is very short, the duration of my phantom body's magical power is not fixed.
In other words, as long as you don't actively interrupt the change, the shape it creates will continue to be maintained."
Having said that , no one present was stupid, so how could they not understand what Lin Yao meant?
Xia Daoyun looked at the master of Shuiyue Temple, asking for her opinion.
The master of Shuiyue Temple pondered for a long time, then nodded slowly to Xia Daoyun and said, "It is completely feasible in terms of operation."
"However, there is still a problem," Lin Yao said, "Mr. Lu, you still need to choose the demon you want to pretend to be, and kill him to obtain a part of his body."
[Phantom Body Divine Vein]: The fourth level: Phantom Body (Nascent Soul Stage): can transform the body into any creature.
Note: You must obtain the original form of the creature you want to transform into before you can cast the illusion.
“Moreover, the demon you pretend to be cannot be too mediocre. Because the class system of the demon clan is based on bloodline, demons with ordinary bloodlines are not qualified to enter the royal city of the soldier demon clan.” The master of Shuiyue Temple reminded.
"There are so many demon cities on the battlefield outside the domain. I will destroy one and help you choose a suitable identity from them." Xia Daoyun said coldly, with murderous intent in his heart.
When the master of Shuiyue Temple heard Xia Daoyuan's fierce speech, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
"Master, there's no need to be so troublesome." Lu Qingshan spoke out to stop him.
As an eighth-level swordsman, if Xia Daoyun were to massacre the city, there is a high possibility that the demons would also send out eighth-level demons to attack the human city gates for revenge, thus causing the risk of escalating the war.
He didn't want his master to be criticized by others because of his personal affairs.
"Um?"
Xia Daoyun raised his eyebrows.
"I have a better choice." Lu Qingshan explained.
His heart moved.
A piece of arm appeared in his hand.
Qingge's broken arm.
