Without a word, he handed the Azure Nether Sword to the Xuan Yin Avatar. The Xuan Yin Avatar took the Azure Nether Sword and slashed down with it.
"Click!"
Just then, the old monk grabbed the alms bowl and opened it, but he was too late; only half of the bowl remained in his hand.
"You!!!" The old monk trembled all over, and roared at Wang Xuan as if he were insane, spitting out several more mouthfuls of blood.
The alms bowl that he used for cultivating both his body and soul was destroyed, which severely damaged his vital energy. It would take more than ten years of recuperation for him to fully recover.
"What's wrong with me? You're heartbroken just because I destroyed one of your alms bowls?" Wang Xuan sneered. "Next, I'll destroy you!"
Xuan Yin's avatar charged forward with his sword, unleashing a chilling sword light from the Azure Nether Sword.
The old monk raised his vajra to defend himself. It was also a top-grade magic weapon, but it was still a whole grade lower than a magic treasure. It was directly cut in two by the Xuan Yin incarnation's sword.
With both of his protective treasures destroyed, the old monk turned deathly pale and fled. Wang Xuan could tell from his escape route that he was heading straight for the capital!
"As expected, this old monk must be in cahoots with Cihang Pudu." Wang Xuan was even more certain in his heart. He used his Xuan Yin Avatar to chase after the old monk and engaged him in a fierce battle.
"The azure sky collapses!"
"Bury the mortal world!"
"misty rain……"
Before the third move of the Burial Sword Technique, "Endless Rain and Mist," could be used, the Xuan Yin Avatar had to stop, because the old monk was already dead before he could withstand three of his moves.
"Sigh, why is it that no one can withstand three moves?" Wang Xuan sighed on the surface, but in his heart he was very proud.
His Xuan Yin incarnation is truly powerful; at least within the world of Liaozhai, he can be considered almost invincible!
His only weakness now is his true body; he must improve its cultivation as soon as possible. Or, next time he conquers other worlds, he can leave his true body in the Xuan Tian World and only send his Xuan Yin avatar.
After killing the old monk, Wang Xuan actually breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't used his Xuan Yin Avatar before, partly to avoid revealing it, but more importantly, to be on the safe side.
After all, Wang Xuan had not forgotten that there was another treasure in this temple, a treasure that could emit purple light, which was probably at the level of a spiritual treasure!
If the old monk were to use even a portion of the magical treasure's power, it would be enough to make Wang Xuan suffer greatly!
Wang Xuan calmed himself down and walked towards the direction of the purple light. Before long, he saw a mural.
The mural depicts a high-ranking monk expounding on Zen, surrounded by many women listening. Each woman is beautiful and charming.
“Outside the capital city…an ancient temple…murals!” Wang Xuan’s eyes widened; he immediately recognized what this was.
This is clearly a mural from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio!
"I never expected that the so-called treasure would be a mural. This is beyond my expectations." Wang Xuan sat quietly in front of the mural, extending his divine sense to examine it carefully.
After a long while, he was still unable to calm down.
This mural is a self-contained space, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is much richer than outside, making it a veritable paradise.
According to Wang Xuan's guess, this mural was most likely a spiritual treasure crafted by the gods and demons of the Heavenly Court before the world of Liaozhai fell in level!
However, while the power of spiritual treasures is indeed formidable, they are not so easy to refine. Wang Xuan possessed the Burial World Coffin, and with the assistance of Xuan Tian's will, he refined it for so long, but he had only managed to make it recognize him as his master. The power he could unleash was only equivalent to that of a low-grade magic weapon.
"Whether I can refine this mural or not, I'll go inside and take a look first." The Xuan Yin avatar walked straight towards the mural. With one step, he seemed to merge into the water and enter another space.
As soon as he entered, he landed directly in front of the monk expounding Zen in the mural. The old monk met his gaze and remained speechless for a long time.
"Are you from the lower realm? How dare you trespass into the fairyland? Do you even want to live?"
Wang Xuan didn't waste any words with the monk and kicked him to the ground, causing a gasp from the women listening to the sermon.
"This monk is also a cultivator, but his cultivation level is only equivalent to a martial artist at the Dao Entry Realm. He doesn't have the means to manipulate the cave heaven at all." Wang Xuan couldn't help but feel disappointed. He flew into the air and circled around the cave heaven.
The area of the Painted Wall Cave is quite large, with a diameter of several hundred miles. It truly resembles a fairyland on earth, and its beauty is breathtaking.
However, this secret realm is quite desolate, with only a few dozen flower fairies of various sizes, such as the Peony Fairy and the Peony Fairy, as well as a few golden-armored generals.
Just as he was about to continue his search, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck him.
Wang Xuan looked up at the sky and punched the bolt of lightning, shattering it instantly.
"The power of this lightning is not strong, it is only equivalent to the damage of a Dao Perfection cultivator, and it cannot pose a threat to my Xuan Yin Avatar at all." The Xuan Yin Avatar turned to look behind him, a smile tugging at his stiff face: "But the feeling of this lightning is so familiar, it actually has a trace of the meaning of a Heavenly Tribulation in it, this should be the Heavenly Tribulation in the cave heaven."
"To trigger the heavenly tribulation of the cave heaven, a part of this cave heaven is required!"
Under the gaze of the Xuan Yin incarnation, a plump woman of about 30 years old floated in mid-air, coldly watching him.
Chapter 131 Kunlun Grotto Heaven
"Who are you? How dare you trespass into this fairyland! You're dead today!" the woman shouted at Wang Xuan.
"You must be the aunt those flower fairies were talking about, the nominal owner of this grotto-heaven." Wang Xuan said with a smile. If he wanted to obtain a part of the Painted Wall Grotto-heaven and thus accelerate the refinement of this grotto-heaven treasure, he had to start with this person.
"As expected, all men deserve to die! Die!" The woman glared at Wang Xuan angrily, refusing to answer him, and directly activated the power of her cave.
The next moment, Wang Xuan sensed an invisible force descending, and the space around him was slightly distorted, which was clearly the prelude to spatial teleportation.
"Where do you want to move me? To the underground magma?" Wang Xuan sneered repeatedly.
The opponent's cultivation level was only equivalent to the mid-stage of the Dao Entry realm, similar to Wang Xuan's. She didn't have divine assistance in refining the spiritual treasure; she merely obtained a sliver of authority within the cave heaven by chance, and its power was limited, at most only able to contend against a martial artist in the early stage of the Transcendent Realm.
Wang Xuan's Xuan Yin avatar emitted billowing corpse evil energy, forcefully withstanding the power of the cave-heaven shift, and then lunged forward.
Although "Aunt" hated men, she had never seen such a fierce man as the incarnation of Xuan Yin, and was immediately terrified.
Wang Xuan threw a punch that shattered the woman's defenses, striking her in the abdomen.
About a day later, Wang Xuan's main body opened his eyes, reached out and touched the painting, causing ripples. Xuan Yin's avatar stepped out from it, holding a token in his hand.
This token is crystal clear, as if it were made of some kind of crystal, but its material is definitely not ordinary crystal; it could perhaps be called "celestial crystal".
"Is this the authorization token for the spiritual treasure of this cave?" Wang Xuan held the token in his hand and played with it. Recalling the information he had obtained through interrogation, he couldn't help but marvel at it.
It turns out that this mural was a treasure crafted by the Heavenly Emperor when the Heavenly Court still existed in the world of Liaozhai, and it was also known as the Heavenly Emperor's Back Garden.
The flower fairies in the grotto were all flowers planted by the Heavenly Emperor. After absorbing the spiritual energy of the grotto for thousands of years and being transformed by the "demon-enhancing technique," they all took human form.
Even the "aunt" herself was just a celestial maiden who planted flowers for the Heavenly Emperor back then, and her knowledge of the affairs of the Heavenly Court was limited.
Hundreds of years ago, the world underwent a great change. The Heavenly Court collapsed, the Underworld ceased to exist, and the "Painted Wall," a magical treasure from a grotto-heaven, fell to earth and was thus preserved.
"With this token, I can now easily control a portion of the power of the Painted Wall Grotto. As for refining this Grotto Treasure, I still need to return to the Xuan Tian World." Wang Xuan put away the token, and his main body and Xuan Yin avatar worked together to dig the Grotto Treasure off the wall.
Before long, Wang Xuan finished dismantling the wall. In front of him was a three-meter-high and ten-meter-long sheet of paper, which was difficult to roll up, shrink, or even put into his spatial ring.
No wonder the old monk had been guarding the treasure in the cave, but instead of keeping it, he embedded it in the wall as a mural.
Wang Xuan's true form held the painting aloft, and with a thought, he vanished from the world of Liaozhai and returned to the main world.
However, although his physical body left, his Xuan Yin incarnation remained.
In the time to come, Wang Xuan's Xuan Yin avatar will stir up trouble in the world of Liaozhai, seizing various privileges and rare treasures.
After a spatial shift, Wang Xuan's true form returned to the Kunlun Dao Palace in the Xuan Tian World.
He had only been gone for less than a month, but the Kunlun Dao Palace had changed completely. There were now more than a dozen little girls there, and Cai Yan was sitting high on the Dao platform, looking like a strict teacher, lecturing the little girls.
"Zhaoji, what's going on? Where did these little girls come from?" Wang Xuan asked with a strange expression.
Cai Yan stared blankly at Wang Xuan, unable to come to her senses for a long time. She said in a daze, "Why are you back? Didn't you say it would be at least a year and a half before you came back?"
The next moment, Cai Yan became flustered, worried that Wang Xuan would blame her.
After asking around, Wang Xuan finally understood the reason for the matter. It turned out that Cai Yan was bored staying alone in the Kunlun Dao Palace, so she ordered Yue Fei to find a group of little girls to teach them the knowledge of the Jixia Academy.
"That's good too. Jixia Academy is a collection of the essence of the main world. If Jixia Academy can settle down in Xuantian World, it can also promote the evolution of the rules of Xuantian World." Wang Xuan not only did not blame Cai Yan, but praised her instead.
Miss Cai Yan has settled down in the Xuan Tian World with the legacy of the Jixia Academy, which is undoubtedly a great boon to the Xuan Tian World.
Wang Xuan even considered organizing an immigration in the main world to transfer all the essence of the main world over.
"Later, I'll have Li Shimin and Yue Fei cooperate with you to build a Jixia Academy in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty!" Wang Xuan's words made Cai Yan even happier.
After Cai Yan left with the group of little girls, Wang Xuan reached out and stroked the cave treasure, beginning to communicate with the will of Xuan Tian.
The will of Heaven descended, following Wang Xuan's command, and covered the grotto-heaven spiritual treasure, assisting Wang Xuan in refining it.
Not long after, the Xuan Tian Will suddenly sent out a desire to completely integrate this grotto-heaven treasure into the Xuan Tian World.
Wang Xuan thought for a moment and realized that a single celestial treasure wouldn't be of much use to him. He could return to the Xuan Tian World at any time, and the Xuan Tian World was essentially a super-large celestial treasure to him.
"Since you want to devour and merge with it, then go ahead!" Wang Xuan reached out and threw the Cave Heaven Treasure. The void in front of him automatically cracked open, and the Cave Heaven Treasure was perfectly embedded in it.
Xuan Tian's will released a massive amount of world origin, using the power of the entire world to refine a grotto-heaven spiritual treasure. With the help of the immortal crystal token, the refining speed was much faster than when he refined the Burial World Coffin.
About a month later, the magical treasure had completely merged with the Xuan Tian World, transforming into the first grotto-heaven of the Xuan Tian World.
The laws of the Xuan Tian World have also been improved considerably. Previously, only cultivators at the peak of the Dao Entry Realm could be born, but now it is possible to produce powerful cultivators at the early stage of the Mortal Transformation Realm.
“This grotto-heaven is located in the Kunlun Mountains and can be called the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven. It is just right to be my residence.” With the help of the power of Heaven’s will, Wang Xuan moved the entire Kunlun Dao Palace into the grotto-heaven.
Although Kunlun Mountain is beautiful, it is inevitable that outsiders will come to disturb it. It is more suitable to cultivate oneself in a grotto-heaven.
As for the group of flower fairies in Kunlun Grotto, let Cai Yan manage them.
Chapter 132 Compassionate Salvation
As the Xuan Tian World completely merged with the Kunlun Cave Heaven, the world's origin was also rapidly growing stronger.
The next moment, a stream of dark yellow gas descended from the sky and landed directly on Wang Xuan's head.
This is the legendary power of merit! Wang Xuan helped the world grow stronger, and naturally, he would receive a return favor from the world. At this moment, the Xuan Tian Will directly burned one-tenth of the world's origin, transforming it into power of merit that descended upon Wang Xuan!
Wang Xuan quickly sat cross-legged, simultaneously circulating the Purple Sun True Explanation and the Righteous Qi Technique, transforming that power of merit into his own cultivation.
His physical body, true energy, and soul were all undergoing rapid transformation. In just a few breaths, he broke through from the middle stage of the Dao Entry Realm to the late stage, and finally settled at the Perfect Dao Entry Realm.
The merit gained from sacrificing a spiritual treasure was less than one percent of the power. If Wang Xuan used all that merit to improve his cultivation, he could at least raise his cultivation to the early stage of the Celestial Realm.
However, that would inevitably lead to an unstable foundation, creating hidden dangers for his future cultivation path. Therefore, Wang Xuan forcibly suppressed his desire to break through in one breath and instead integrated that power of merit into the Azure Nether Sword and the Heavenly Silkworm Robe.
The Heavenly Silkworm Robe first emitted a pure white light, and the power of merit directly changed its quality, transforming this top-grade magic artifact into a low-grade magic treasure.
The Azure Sword also underwent a transformation, instantly becoming a top-grade magic weapon!
Even so, only half of that merit power was consumed, and the remaining half gathered above Wang Xuan's head, faintly transforming into a golden wheel of fortune.