Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start
Chapter 1324 - 263: The Number One Sword in All Heavens

Chapter 1324: Chapter 263: The Number One Sword in All Heavens

Over the course of these days, the matter of Gu Chen assassinating Jin Xuan had been fermenting within the Earth realm, causing severe turbulence, showing no signs of calming down any time soon.

In an ancient cave dwelling within the Earth realm, the climate was pleasant, and the scenery was beautiful with birds singing and flowers fragrant, pavilions and water pavilions everywhere—it was perpetually daytime, never falling into night.

This place was the hideout of the three from Lan Yue Lake, Lan Hua.

After Gu Chen had used the Samsara Scripture to turn them into puppets, he naturally became aware of this fact.

Nowadays, compared to when he was in the lower realm, his technique of making puppets with the Samsara Scripture had become more sophisticated. After all, both the level of the technique and the strength of Gu Chen’s spiritual soul had greatly improved compared to those days.

For this reason, Gu Chen was not worried about being detected by other cultivators because on the outside, the three Lan Hua appeared no different from before they were controlled.

"It seems a bit difficult to exert all their strength," Gu Chen manipulated the three Lan Huas.

As he said, turning the three into puppets was not without flaws, there was still one fatal flaw.

That was their strength. After Gu Chen had refined the three Lan Huas, their spiritual souls were almost depleted, meaning they had lost their self-consciousness, eroded by more than ninety percent.

This was mainly because the three Lan Hua had struggled fiercely at the time. After all, as exceptional beings, they were not so easily refined.

And this led to the fact that, although they appeared no different on the outside, they could not engage in combat with others. Once they did, only one-tenth of their strength would remain, and their true condition would be immediately apparent.

Fortunately, this wasn’t a very big problem and had little impact on Gu Chen’s plans.

One day, after the three Lan Huas released their message, five exceptional beings appeared and approached him.

"Who might you five be?" the three Lan Huas gathered and met with the five.

Gu Chen, through their perspective, sized up the five individuals. He had never seen them before, each of their faces exceptionally cold.

However, observing their energy, they were indeed the five who had tracked him after his battle with Jin Xuan.

"There’s no need for you to know our names. You should understand our purpose in coming here," one man in black stepped forward while the others remained silent, clearly making him their representative.

Lan Hua frowned and said, "But sir, what is your family name and given name? If you don’t reveal your background, think about it, would you dare to cooperate with someone unknown, even just once?"

The five men in black exchanged glances and one spoke, "My name is Mo Ye, I come from a hidden Great Undying Dao Clan in the higher realms, and these four are approximately in the same situation as I am."

"The Earth realm indeed harbors crouching dragons and hidden tigers," Lan Hua nodded. The five individuals before him, Mo Ye included, had all reached the sky realm, yet had kept a low profile previously.

If one thought that the top ten races and the twelve great undying clans of the upper realm were the only remarkable beings, they would be greatly mistaken.

Because the upper realm was indeed too vast, encompassing three thousand six hundred realms, not every power could stand out in the world.

Some hidden Dao Clans also had descendants who made their appearance, but they kept their existence secret and low-key.

But if one underestimated their strength due to this, they would inevitably suffer a great loss upon meeting them.

Gu Chen, through the perspective of the three Lan Huas, sensed that each of these five individuals was possibly not inferior to Jin Xuan of the Golden Roc Clan.

"Let’s talk about it then, what’s the situation with Gu Chen? You tracked him that day, what happened afterward, how did it fail?" Mo Ye asked.

It was precisely because the three Lan Huas had spread this news that Mo Ye and his group were drawn here.

They were very curious about what state Gu Chen, who had killed Jin Xuan, was truly in.

It was clear they were very cautious; even though five individuals at the sky realm had an absolute advantage in public, they weren’t reckless and sought to gather information beforehand.

The three Lan Huas glanced at each other, and one of them began to speak, "That day Gu Chen fled. Because we have some special methods, we closely followed him and didn’t lose track of him in a dense forest where we intercepted him."

Upon hearing this, the five immediately frowned and said, "So it is. Why did you still fail? Could it be that he alone could defeat all three of you?"

Lan Hua heard this and feigned a sigh, "That lad is truly cunning. That dense forest was his prepared escape route, and there were traps there. We three were careless for a moment and fell into them, which let that lad escape from death."

Mo Ye pressed further, "I need to know his real condition at that time!"

Obviously, they were wondering whether Gu Chen was really injured or not.

Or rather, whether he had really used some secret technique to kill Jin Xuan.

Lan Hua, with a solemn expression, nodded and said, "This much I can confirm. We briefly clashed with him once. He was vomiting blood profusely and clearly overwhelmed. When fighting Jin Xuan, he indeed utilized some secret technique. Otherwise, how could a mere Earth realm cultivator possibly overcome we, who are of the sky realm? He should have been easily annihilated!"

Upon hearing this, the five men also nodded their heads in agreement; they too deeply believed this point without a doubt, but out of caution, they still asked.

Wishing to rely on true strength to kill a being of the sky realm while only being from the Earth realm was deemed impossible by anyone within the Earth realm; many affirmed that Gu Chen did kill Jin Xuan, but also inevitably paid some heavy price.