It turns out that the Green-Robed Ancestor's second primordial spirit had been hidden inside the corpse all along. If Wang Xuan rashly went up to touch the corpse, he was very likely to be ambushed by him.
Seeing that his little tricks couldn't fool Wang Xuan, the Green-Robed Ancestor fled for his life.
However, Wang Xuan was prepared. A mirror the size of a palm appeared above his head, crystal clear and breathtakingly beautiful.
This mirror was naturally the Kunlun Mirror. Wang Xuan used this magical treasure to seal off the space, extinguishing all hope of the Green Robe Ancestor's escape. This was quite a show of respect for him.
With nowhere to go, the Green-Robed Ancestor's second primordial spirit roared to the heavens, "Emei Sect, you have gone too far! You attacked me for no reason. In the future, a senior from the demonic path will surely come to avenge me!"
A look of pity appeared in Wang Xuan's eyes. After seeing Wang Xuan's two flying swords, Purple Lightning and Frost, this green-robed patriarch inexplicably assumed that Wang Xuan was an Emei master, which was truly absurd.
Are his two flying swords, Purple Lightning and Green Frost, really that similar to the Purple Ying and Green Suo of the Emei Sect?
It is obviously impossible, because the aura of each magic weapon is different. Although Zidian, Qingshuang, Ziying, and Qingsuo are all purple and green swords, the auras of these four flying swords are completely different.
The Green-Robed Ancestor was a master from the same era as the Long-Browed True Man of the Emei Sect. He had witnessed the divine power of the Emei Sect's Purple and Green Twin Swords and there was absolutely no way he could confuse them.
There is only one plausible explanation for this situation: the Green-Robed Ancestor unknowingly fell into an illusion.
As for who distorted the Green-Robed Ancestor's perception, is there any need to say? It was naturally Fairy Jinghuan, who always stood expressionless beside Wang Xuan.
Wang Xuan glanced at Fairy Jinghuan but didn't say anything. He knew her intention was simply to stir up hatred for the Emei Sect.
It should be noted that the world they live in is the Shu Mountain World, which places the greatest emphasis on cause and effect. Most of the immortal mansions and treasures are backup plans left by senior masters, and their owners have long been determined.
They even calculated exactly when and by whom those demons should be killed, leaving no way for ordinary cultivators to survive.
Wang Xuan possesses the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to conceal the secrets of heaven. Even Fairy Jinghuan, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and others have received the Mysterious Heaven Talisman bestowed by Wang Xuan, which is enough to deceive those celestial masters' calculations of heavenly secrets.
Under such circumstances, if someone were to investigate the cause of Green Robe Ancestor's death, they could at most trace it back to the shout he let out before he died...
Wang Xuan felt no qualms about framing the Emei Sect. He didn't take it to heart at all, and instead began to plunder the Green Robe Ancestor's assets.
He searched through the corpse of the Green-Robed Ancestor and then carefully looked around the cave. In the end, he obtained a thumb-sized emerald green bead and an ancient book made of some kind of unknown animal hide.
That emerald green bead is the Mysterious Female Bead, a treasure used to refine the second primordial spirit. The Mysterious Female Bead was originally a treasure of the Daoist sect, but it was only after falling into the hands of the Green-Robed Ancestor that it became so sinister and demonic.
Wang Xuan examined the Mysterious Female Pearl, his powerful divine sense thoroughly inspecting the treasure inside and out. As he expected, the Mysterious Female Pearl was of a lower grade, limiting the potential of the second primordial spirit cultivated from it.
But for Wang Xuan, none of this was a problem. He controlled the Xuan Tian Great World and could mobilize the world's origin to strengthen the Xuanpin Pearl, raising its quality by a whole new level.
His original Xuan Yin incarnation had been trapped in the Celestial Perfection realm for many years, and its potential had been exhausted. This was because the Xuan Yin incarnation was a zombie body and naturally had no primordial spirit!
Now that Wang Xuan has used the Mysterious Female Pearl to refine his second primordial spirit and then fused it with the Mysterious Yin Incarnation, he can naturally break the limitations of his zombie body.
Wang Xuan put the Mysterious Female Pearl into his spatial ring before turning his attention to the ancient book, the Mysterious Female True Scripture.
Chapter 216 Hanxu Immortal Abode
The spirit of the valley never dies; it is called the Mysterious Female. The gate of the Mysterious Female is called the root of Heaven and Earth; it exists continuously, its use inexhaustible…
Wang Xuan was completely absorbed in the profound scriptures, and he couldn't help but clap his hands in admiration.
This Mysterious Female Scripture is indeed a treasure trove of Taoist cultivation, leading directly to the realm of celestial immortals, and Wang Xuan has also gained a lot from it.
It's an enormous waste that such a precious Taoist scripture as the Mysterious Female Scripture fell into the hands of the Green-Robed Ancestor.
It's important to understand that the Green-Robed Ancestor was a true demon. Not only did he lack knowledge of Taoist scriptures and secrets, but his temperament was also completely opposite to the state of mind required for cultivating the Taoist Mysterious Female Scripture. No wonder the Green-Robed Ancestor suffered a qi deviation back then; it was most likely caused by his haphazard cultivation of the Mysterious Female Scripture.
"My Profound Heaven Divine Technique can only be cultivated to the seventh-level Divine Demon realm with difficulty. I simply cannot deduce higher-level cultivation methods. However, there are countless Heavenly Books and Divine Techniques in the Shu Mountain World, and several of them directly lead to the Golden Immortal realm. They are just the right resources for me to perfect my Profound Heaven Divine Technique!"
Wang Xuan put the Mysterious Female True Scripture into his spatial ring, then turned to Fairy Jinghuan and said, "Let's leave here first. There are still a few immortal mansions and secret realms in this world waiting for us to open them one by one."
Fairy Jinghuan was puzzled. Wang Xuan had clearly come to this world with her and had been with her all this time, so why did he know about the secret realm of this world?
She wanted to ask, but seeing Wang Xuan's malicious gaze, she had no choice but to swallow her question.
Wang Xuan led Fairy Jinghuan away from Baiman Mountain, pondering which immortal abode to open first.
Although there are many immortal abodes and secret realms in the Shu Mountain world, they have all been marked by the Emei Sect and regarded as their own possessions!
Even if Wang Xuan has the advantage of concealing the secrets of heaven, he can at most search two or three immortal mansions and secret realms. The experts of the Emei Sect will immediately react and make targeted arrangements.
Wang Xuan did not want to engage in a major battle with the Emei Sect so soon, so he could only selectively open two or three immortal abodes.
"I have no shortage of spiritual treasures; on the contrary, those heavenly books and divine skills are more valuable to me. In that case, I will go and open the Hanxu Immortal Mansion first."
According to Wang Xuan's memories from reading the Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain in his previous life, Hanxu Immortal Mansion is located in the Taihang Mountains and is the cave dwelling left behind by the Pure Yang Immortal Lü Dongbin.
The ascension laws in the Shushan world are somewhat unique; only cultivators at the Celestial Immortal realm can ascend to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm. However, some cultivators stubbornly remain in the mortal realm, unwilling to leave, until their cultivation breaks through to the Golden Immortal realm. Only then, under the world's pressure, do they leave the Shushan world and ascend to the Spirit Void Immortal Realm.
Chunyang Zhenren Lü Dongbin was undoubtedly such a Golden Immortal. The legacy he left behind points directly to the Golden Immortal realm, comparable to the divine and demonic realm of martial arts.
Wang Xuan wanted to perfect the Xuan Tian Divine Technique, so he couldn't miss these Golden Immortal level celestial books in the Shu Mountain world. He would get his hands on the Hanxu Immortal Void first.
Experts at the Divine Power Realm can fly incredibly fast, and Wang Xuan and Fairy Jinghuan arrived at the Taihang Mountains in no time.
Based on the few records he had seen in his previous life, Wang Xuan only knew that Hanxu Immortal Mansion was located in the Taihang Mountains, but he had no clue as to where it was exactly.
Left with no other choice, Wang Xuan resorted to a clumsy method: using his divine sense to search inch by inch in the Taihang Mountains.
The Taihang Mountains in the Shushan world stretch for thousands of miles, and are ten times larger in length and width than the Taihang Mountains on Earth in the previous life, and their area is more than a hundred times larger.
More importantly, the Hanxu Immortal Mansion was set up by Lu Dongbin, a Golden Immortal. Even though Wang Xuan's cultivation has now reached the realm of supernatural powers, comparable to a Celestial Immortal, he still cannot easily find the entrance to the Hanxu Immortal Mansion.
“Fairy, you should help search too. Your cultivation is higher than mine, and your divine sense can perceive a wider range than mine, so you can’t slack off!” Based on the principle that sharing is worse than enjoying alone, Wang Xuan invited Fairy Jinghuan to search with him.
It wasn't until a day later that they found the entrance to the Immortal Abode of Hanxu on a cliff covered with countless vines and moss.
Pure Yang Zhenren has been ascended for many years, and the power of the restriction at the entrance to the Immortal Abode has dissipated by more than half. Anyone with the strength of the Divine Power Realm can forcibly open it.
Wang Xuan and his group broke through the restrictions at the entrance and strode into the Hanxu Immortal Mansion. Upon entering, they found a spacious stone chamber, its walls adorned with jewels and emeralds, shimmering and sparkling, a truly magnificent sight. Deep within the rear cave stood a large cauldron, inscribed with the mark of the Pure Yang Immortal.
Having finally found the Immortal Abode of Hanxu, Wang Xuan naturally wouldn't be polite. With a wave of his sleeve, a powerful force swept out, bombarding the four walls of the cave.
Not long after, a smile appeared on his face. He sensed that the two places were somewhat different, and that they were hollow.
Wang Xuan drew his Azure Nether Sword and began digging in those two locations. After digging up a handful of rubble, he indeed discovered two narrow crevices, each containing a jade box.
He reached out and grasped them, and a suction force appeared out of thin air, pulling both jade boxes into his hands.
"You actually managed to find the legacy of a senior master. Where did you learn this secret?" Fairy Jinghuan could no longer contain her curiosity and asked in surprise.
Wang Xuan said calmly, "I am the Xuan Tian Dao Ancestor. What secrets in the world can be hidden from me?"
Fairy Jinghuan rolled her eyes. She knew she wouldn't get anything out of Wang Xuan, so she had to suppress her doubts.
Meanwhile, Wang Xuan couldn't wait to open the two jade boxes.
Inside one jade box were two flying swords, a medicinal hoe, and a bottle of pills. Inside the other jade box were a piece of paper and four Taoist books.
Wang Xuan picked up the piece of paper and saw that it contained a record of the uses of these treasures.
Those two flying swords were Pure Yang Immortal Swords, the supreme treasures of Pure Yang Immortal Lü Dongbin for refining demons. They were incredibly powerful, no less so than Wang Xuan's Purple Lightning and Green Frost Swords, and belonged to the category of top-grade spiritual treasures.
Before Lü Dongbin broke through to the Golden Immortal realm, these two Pure Yang Immortal Swords were undoubtedly powerful. However, once Lü Dongbin reached the Golden Immortal realm, only spiritual treasures could unleash his full potential. Therefore, when he ascended, he did not take these two Pure Yang Immortal Swords with him, but left them in the Shu Mountain world.
"I already have several spiritual treasures on me, these two Pure Yang Immortal Swords are of little use to me. I'll keep them and give them to my disciple later." Without much hesitation, Wang Xuan put the two Pure Yang Immortal Swords into his spatial ring.
He picked up the bottle of pills, which were called Pure Yang Golden Pills, specifically used to increase one's cultivation level. Even with Wang Xuan's current cultivation level, consuming these pills would still have some effect, saving him several years of cultivation time.
"Every medicine has its side effects. I cultivate by directly absorbing the essence of the world, which is a hundred times better than swallowing the Pure Yang Golden Pill. There's no use keeping it. I'll leave it for my underlings." Wang Xuan put away the Pure Yang Golden Pill as well, showing that he was a good boss who was always thinking about the welfare of his underlings.
What did you say? This is something that Boss Wang doesn't value? Even if Boss Wang doesn't value these few Pure Yang Golden Pills, Pure Yang Golden Pills are still left behind by a Golden Immortal, which are treasures to Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and others!
Chapter 217 Pure Yang Sword Technique
After putting away the Pure Yang Immortal Sword and the Pure Yang Golden Pill, Wang Xuan turned his gaze to another jade box.
The jade box contained two alchemical texts, one titled "Saving the World" and the other "Leaving the Dust." "Saving the World" contained formulas for helping ordinary people, such as treating illnesses and warding off plagues; it was a major aid in Lü Dongbin's accumulation of merit. "Leaving the Dust," on the other hand, was specifically for cultivators.
Putting everything else aside, the method for refining the Pure Yang Golden Elixir is recorded in the "Leaving the Dust" alchemy manual. With the resources of the Xuan Tian World to refine elixirs, Wang Xuan will never lack elixirs again.
As for the two sword manuals, one is called "Heavenly Escape" and the other is called "Pure Yang". The former was passed down by Zhongli Quan, the master of Pure Yang Zhenren, while the latter was a method created by Pure Yang Zhenren himself. Both are top-level sword cultivation methods in the world.
In particular, the Pure Yang Sword Art is clearly a top-level sword art that directly points to the Golden Immortal realm. In terms of quality, it is no worse than Wang Xuan's current Xuan Tian Divine Art!
"With these two sword manuals, I can further improve my Xuan Tian Divine Technique. Even if I don't gain anything else, it will still be a win!" Wang Xuan couldn't suppress his joy; he was clearly very happy.
Meanwhile, Fairy Jinghuan beside him couldn't take her eyes off the Pure Yang Sword Technique in Wang Xuan's hand.
Fairy Jinghuan cultivates the path of immortality, not martial arts. She could directly adopt the Pure Yang Sword Technique without any modifications.
The Fairy Disenchantment was stuck at the Perfected True Immortal realm for many years, not only because the level cap in the Dream of the Red Chamber world was so high that she had no hope of breaking through, but also because she lacked cultivation techniques at the Golden Immortal level.
"Dao Ancestor, I think this sword manual is quite suitable for me. May I make a copy so I can practice it?" Fairy Jinghuan's attitude was extremely respectful, addressing "Dao Ancestor" repeatedly, clearly showing her eagerness to obtain this sword manual.
However, Wang Xuan disagreed. The Pure Yang Sword Manual, as its name suggests, requires cultivating a breath of pure Yang immortal energy. This sword manual is more suitable for men to cultivate; for women, it is much less effective.
In any case, the Shushan world is not lacking in Golden Immortal-level cultivation techniques. We can find another immortal technique for Fairy Jinghuan to cultivate. There is no need for her to cultivate this unsuitable immortal technique.
Fairy Jinghuan was skeptical after hearing Wang Xuan's explanation. Obtaining even a Golden Immortal-level technique like the Pure Yang Sword Manual was considered incredibly lucky; how could she possibly be allowed to choose freely?
"If we can't find any other Golden Immortal techniques, then we'll let you cultivate the Pure Yang Sword Technique." Wang Xuan felt a little uncomfortable under Fairy Jinghuan's resentful gaze, so he could only offer a reassuring remark.
Fairy Jinghuan then smiled and said, "It's a deal!"
Wang Xuan rolled his eyes. He didn't bother to look at the sword techniques "Heavenly Escape" and "Pure Yang" anymore. Instead, he put them into his spatial ring and rushed off to the next location.
Although the Hanxu Immortal Abode has never been revealed to the world, it has long been on the radar of the Emei Sect. Now that Wang Xuan has taken away the treasures within the Hanxu Immortal Abode, the Emei Sect experts will surely sense it, and he must seize the time to search as many other immortal abodes and secret realms as possible.
This time, he was going to the Evil Ghost Gorge in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in southern Xinjiang.
Hidden within the Snake King Temple in Evil Ghost Gorge is a book called "He Sha's Strange Book," a celestial book left behind by Daoist He Sha. It describes the Great Five Elements Dao, which focuses on cultivating the true energy of the five elements. It is quite different from the sword cultivator lineage, but its power is no less.
In particular, the supreme divine power, the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Ray, is comparable in power to the Purple and Green Twin Swords of Emei.
Wang Xuan is currently at the Martial Arts Divine Power realm and needs to gather various divine powers to strengthen himself. The Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light is definitely something he must obtain.
If one could master the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, even if one couldn't sweep away everything like Kong Xuan, one would definitely be able to sweep away cultivators of the same realm.
Hidden between two towering mountains, Ghost Gorge is surrounded by steep cliffs and covered by dense vines, never seeing the sun. Countless poisonous insects and giant pythons dwell among the cliff walls and thickets, making it a notoriously dangerous place.
The so-called dangerous places were only for ordinary people; Wang Xuan and Fairy Jinghuan naturally didn't take this danger to heart.
They flew through the air and soon arrived at Ghost Gorge, striding into the Snake King Temple.
Unlike the secluded Hanxu Immortal Abode, Snake King Temple was hidden away. After Wang Xuan entered, he scanned the area with his divine sense and saw a white jade stone placed on a large blue stone.
He reached out and grabbed the white jade stone in mid-air, then squeezed it hard.