Chapter 2364 - Ancient Demonspirit Tomb
The Heavenly Sword Pavilion had branches spanning hundreds of realms. When Lin Yun raised his head, he saw ten-odd swords piercing the clouds with a person standing on each sword. They looked extraordinary and instantly attracted everyone’s gazes.
When Lin Yun raised his head, he noticed that these people were all donned white taoist robes with purple threads embroidering a sword on their robes.
They descended and arrived on the stage, stowing their swords. There were thirteen of them, and they all radiated a powerful sword intent with golden light shining in their eyes, all grasping the Divine Light Sword Intent. Anyone could tell the difference between them and ordinary swordsmen.
Even in the Heavenly Barren Realm, there weren’t many who grasped the Divine Light Sword Intent, but these thirteen had grasped it. But there was one person with an extraordinary temperament who stood out.
“That’s the Heavenly Sword Pavilion’s chief disciple, Jiang Ziyao!”
“They’re all divine disciples, and it is no wonder why they can be exempted from the two stages.”
“Jiang Ziyao’s mastery of the sword can be considered the strongest amongst the younger generation, right?”
“But if he’s placed against Flower Burial...”
“Lin Yun? How is he going to rival him? Heavenly Book didn’t even place him in his eyes!” When Jiang Ziyao was recognized, a commotion broke out from the surroundings.
“Brother Jiang, it has been a long time since we last met.”
“We pay our greetings to Chief Jiang!” Many people came forth to greet Jiang Ziyao, and even Heavenly Book went over with a smile.
Jiang Ziyao wasn’t only the chief disciple of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, but he was polite with others and had an extraordinary temperament. He was calm since he was already used to this situation.
Heavenly Book came over and smiled, “Brother Jiang, it looks like your sword intent has improved since we last met.”
Jiang Ziyao smiled in response, but he knew this person wasn’t weak since Heavenly Book had grasped the Great Solar Dao and was unfathomable. He went straight into the topic, “You’re here first, so did anyone catch your attention?”
There were only ten quotas for the Heavenly Barren Banquet, and those from the Heavenly Sword Pavilion who came first lured attention away from him. So, he didn’t have a competitive relationship with Heavenly Book, and they could even join forces.
“I guess so,” Jiang Ziyao smiled. He examined Lin Yun and Lin Jiangxian before turning to Ji Zixi with a playful gaze. He didn’t expect the talented girl from back then to become someone’s concubine, a so-called “genius of the Kunlun Realm”, which was laughable in his eyes.
“Chief, should we get Lin Jiangxian to come over? She’s at least from the Heavenly Sword Pavilion’s branch, so it’s rude that she didn’t greet us,” a Heavenly Sword Pavilion disciple said unhappily.
“Let her be. She’ll beg us sooner or later,” Jiang Ziyao said.
When noon came, everyone had finally arrived, including the top ten geniuses on the Brandished Dragon Ranking. Qin Yun and Tuoba Hong also arrived, and their appearance drew everyone’s attention; they were not any weaker than Jiang Ziyao.
A brief moment later, a huge cauldron descended with Profound Sky Venerable standing on it.
“Finally...” Lin Yun heaved a sigh in relief upon seeing the cauldron. It was the Blue Dragon Divine Cauldron, and he was worried that it might not appear again.
“It’s time, so I will announce the third stage.” Profound Sky Venerable said. “The rules for this stage are simple. I will send you guys to a tomb later, an ancient tomb of the Demonspirit Clan. There are countless fake coffins, and you are to kill them to retrieve their spirit cores. Ten spirit cores will allow you to listen to the ancestral deity’s teachings. If you obtain a hundred, we will pick ten to participate in the Heavenly Barren Banquet. If you can kill a Golden-Eyed Demonspirit, you can immediately receive the qualification to go to the Heavenly Barren Banquet.”
Everyone was briefly stunned before they rejoiced after hearing what Profound Sky Venerable said. The spirit core was the vertical eye on their forehead, a treasure that cultivators could refine and extract saint daos from.
But those who were well-informed wore grave expressions. The Demonspirit Clan might not be dead in their coffins, but they would lose their lives if they weren’t careful. That place might not be the Heavenly Barren Realm but the territory of the Demonspirit Clan, and this meant that there were many uncertainties. Then again, it was tempting that they could listen to the ancestral deities’ teachings if they managed to get ten.
Lin Yun knew that this stage was different from the previous one since they were required to fight, and they would lose their lives if they weren’t careful. During the past two tests, fights on the Heavenly Barren Saint Mountain were restricted to digging out saint origins, at best.
Lin Yun interacted with the Demonspirit Clan a lot, so he knew how terrifying they were. They were why the Heavenly Path couldn’t be reforged in the Kunlun Realm.
When everyone became quiet, Profound Sky Venerable continued, “The tomb is beyond the Heavenly Barren Realm, and I will give you guys a medal. As long as you crush it, you can return anytime. But even with the medal, this stage will be dangerous. So you guys should consider it again.”
Many people were surprised by the third stage, since no one expected that they would have to go to the Demonspirit Clan’s territory.
Profound Sky Venerable gave everyone time to consider it and make a decision.
Lin Yun’s group also began to discuss amongst themselves before Ji Zixi turned to Xiong Tiannan. She asked, “What do you think? This is your forté.”
After all, Xiong Tiannan had a love for digging coffins, and he had many coffins with him.
Xiong Tiannan bitterly smiled, “I might boast that I even dared to dig a deity’s coffin, but I don’t have the guts. A Demonspirit Clan’s tomb is different because they might only be asleep. Let’s not force it at this stage since a hundred spirit cores is too difficult, and there will be people snatching spirit cores from others.”
Lin Yun nodded. The reason the Heaven’s Gate set up this test was probably to encourage competition.