Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 508 - 502: Overwhelming Seven

Chapter 508: Chapter 502: Overwhelming Seven

"Initially...." Nan Shunqing’s expression turned ugly, he then shook his head, "Let’s go back and talk about it, the process is somewhat baffling to me, I didn’t figure out what exactly happened."

"That’s fine." Lin Xin nodded and looked towards the Sima sisters who were already somewhat dazed, at a loss of what to do.

They were not ignorant, aware that skilled cultivators could preserve their spiritual sense at the Divine Platform and reincarnate to cultivate anew.

This younger brother of theirs had shown extraordinary intelligence from birth, and they too had people investigate whether there was a cultivator reincarnating to cultivate in their family, but they found no traces of it.

Now, to their surprise, this "demonic leader" before them had pointed something out, awakening the memories of his past life.

The Underworld holds no prejudice against cultivators who reinvest in reincarnation, instead, many families welcome such transmigrated lives.

After all, after reincarnating and re-cultivating, there’s a high chance of having extraordinary talents that become pillars of their clans.

Only cultivators who have reached the Golden Core level and possess the corresponding secret techniques, with their souls unharmed, can barely succeed in reincarnating.

If they cannot awaken their spiritual senses after success, they would lose their memories like ordinary people, their spiritual senses clouded, living entirely as a new individual.

Nan Shunqing was quite fortunate, he had mastered a secret technique involved with causality, which luckily led him to encounter Lin Xin, his teacher from his previous life.

And another fortunate part was that Lin Xin also possessed such a secret technique that could awaken the spiritual senses.

These essential factors led to him eventually being able to awaken his spiritual senses now.

At this moment, what Sima Kongyan and her sister worried about wasn’t something else, but whether this young brother who had awakened the consciousness of his past life, would still remember the Sima family who had doted on him since his childhood.

After all, just by looking at his previous life’s teacher, it was evident that he was likely associated with the Demon Path or Evil Path cultivators, fortunately, his demeanor didn’t seem twisted or cruel.

"Little brother..." Sima Qing hesitated, calling him with concern.

Nan Shunqing turned his head, looking at his sisters. His eyes also recalled his life as the legitimate son of the Sima family, adored and spoiled by the whole clan.

The family head of the Sima family had had two daughters in succession, the third child being a son, which was an immense surprise and joy to everyone, finally having a son. The family head had spared no effort to pave various paths for Nan Shunqing.

Originally, upon his return, he was supposed to enter one of the top sects in the Eastern Prefecture—Thanks-giving Hall, to be personally taught by an elder level Golden Core elder, which in the Eastern Prefecture was considered the highest level of aristocratic treatment.

After all, although the Eastern Prefecture is stronger than the Southern Prefecture, not just anyone can have access to Golden Core cultivators.

The Shape-shifting Cave’s forbidden cousin also thus regarded the three siblings differently, leading to this chance encounter.

Otherwise, given the cultivation of the Sima sisters, even if they were of the same race with a hint of blood relation, a remarkable Golden Core talent like him wouldn’t have treated the three of them differently.

"Rest assured, elder sisters, I had only cultivated for several decades in my previous life, and I’m still younger than my sisters in age. Nanjiu will not forget his identity in this life," he solemnly replied seriously.

The two sisters slightly exhaled in relief upon hearing his response.

Since their father, the family head had children, a hundred years had passed before they had another child. If they were to lose this son due to this incident, they were unsure of the kind of punishment they would face upon returning.

Moreover, they also greatly cherished and adored this younger brother.

Nan Shunqing nodded at them and then turned to face Lin Xin.

"Teacher, how many years has it been since my body perished?"

Lin Xin looked at him with a strange expression.

"Since the battle to corral the insect mother, it has been only twenty years," he replied.

"Twenty years.....?" Nan Shunqing suddenly paused, then looked anew at Lin Xin cloaked in demonic Qi.

Although he had lost his cultivation, his insight remained, for he had once been a high-level expert capable of rivaling Yuan Jing at the Golden Core pinnacle. Now, he instantly recognized that Lin Xin’s level was at least at the Yuan Jing stage.

"Only twenty years, and you, Teacher....!?"

He didn’t finish his question, but Lin Xin already knew what he wanted to ask.

He, as a teacher, wasn’t considered exceptionally talented. It was wonder how he had achieved such heights in such a short period.

He just smiled in response.

"There are many things that, at your previous level, telling you would have been more harmful than beneficial. If you can break through to a level I recognize in the future, I will tell you the secrets. But for now.... not yet, it’s far from enough."

The Red Leaf Sword Master, the Underworld on this level. The dimensions he faced were too vast. Lin Xin’s opponents were not ordinary cultivators, but the vast and ancient Underworld that existed since the Primordial Ancient Times.

Unless absolutely necessary, he didn’t want to involve his most talented disciple.

"Teacher...." Nan Shunqing took a deep breath, complexity showing in his eyes.

"Let’s change locations first, there are too many bugs from the Shape-shifting Cave here."

Lin Xin suddenly looked up towards the distance.

In the sky, a triangular silver-white object was rapidly approaching. It resembled a huge pyramid, with a gigantic goat-horned monster’s head on its apex.

The whole triangular object was dozens of meters tall, emitting faint, indefinable twisting force fields, rapidly moving towards the location of Lin Xin and others.

"How senseless."

Behind Lin Xin, a golden Sword Light shot up into the sky, heading straight for the object.

The golden Sword Light, like a golden arrow, shot into mid-air and suddenly divided into several snake-shaped beings.

These snake-shaped beings were scaleless and had only a single eye, with an extremely sharp horned spike on their head.

These were the mythical Golden Snakes, known for their ability to pierce through dragons’ scales, indestructible beings.

Lin Xin had accidentally created this image once by combining several different flames, including a particular type of Poison Fire from a snake, then increasing the frequency and intensity to a specific level.

Just like his previous successful efforts in forming images of the Qilin and the Three Yin Luo, though it was a chance success, he had instantaneously developed the skill to perfectly replicate it.

Thus, he engraved it on the Desire Dissolving Sword in the Sword Array. It was already at the Fifth Layer, incredibly powerful.

The Golden Snake densely separated into hundreds in moments, swarming toward the triangular shape like a hive of bees.

The triangular object also surfaced a layer of green light, seemingly a Protective Shield of sorts, attempting to block.

Some bizarrely shaped demons flapped their wings and flew out to meet the Golden Snake.

Hiss hiss hiss...

Without any tricks, the demons were struck by the Golden Snake.

Blossoms of blood, strikingly beautiful, bloomed in the sky. As the Golden Snake penetrated the bodies of the demons, it suddenly exploded like a bursting flower, countless golden spikes erupting from within.

Occasionally, some faster demons managed to dodge, but were quickly caught up by the following Golden Snakes and were instantly impaled.

The Golden Snakes that killed the enemy then divided and gushed out anew from the enemy’s body, continuing their charge toward the triangular object.

"Fiends!"

A massive feminine voice emanated from within the triangular object.

Countless green spikes emerged out of thin air in midair, directly heading for the swarm of Golden Snakes like needle points facing wheat awns.

But without any resistance, the green spikes were pierced through by the Golden Snakes, directly shattered, the Golden Snakes fiercely hitting the immense triangular object that couldn’t quickly evade.

Hiss! Hiss!

Again, a sound of piercing, the massive triangular object only lasted a few moments before its surface quickly became riddled with holes, starting to explode in bursts of red flames.

Soon, the fire and explosions grew more numerous.

The entire triangular object harshly plummeted toward the ground.

Bang!!!

A violent white light surged into the sky, illuminating the entire sky as if several suns were shining at once.

Whoosh!

A streak of golden light suddenly flew back from the explosion, automatically landing in the scabbard behind Lin Xin.

Bang!

Another explosion occurred, exploding a second time.

The triangular flying object completely crashed, only some demons with high cultivation managing to barely escape and shooting toward the distance.

Some audacious demons were still far away using some Spell Method to record and observe, attempting to transmit the scene on Lin Xin’s side out.

Lin Xin waved one hand, and immediately a wave of invisible sound spread out.

Puff!

The demons who dared to stay instantly exploded. This sight sent cold shivers down the spines of Sima Kongyan and her sisters.

"Teacher... these are the cultivation demons of the Shape-shifting Cave; isn’t it a bit too harsh of us?" Nan Shunqing, who had also experienced the battle of exterminating the insect woman, was also visibly shaken.

"Since they drew their swords against me, they were prepared to die. Besides, in the Underworld, life is the cheapest thing."

Lin Xin said casually.

"Life in the Underworld might be cheap, but that’s usually against creatures from the Outer Regions, what you did was to fellow cultivators..." Nan Shunqing muttered helplessly.

The Sima Family was ultimately part of the demon lineage of the Shape-shifting Cave, but now with Lin Xin’s intervention, countless cultivators and demons were killed or injured, which likely greatly deepened this grudge.

If the Shape-shifting Cave showed no reaction, it might lose its credibility throughout the Central Prefecture and fail to command respect.

Thus, both logically and emotionally, the Shape-shifting Cave would have to oppose the teacher to the end.

Considering this, he grew even more concerned for his fellow apprentices far away in the Southern Prefecture; if targeted by such a massive entity like the Shape-shifting Cave, the teacher might escape, but his fellow apprentices wouldn’t be so fortunate.

"Don’t worry, I’ve already made arrangements for the Southern Prefecture," Lin Xin smiled, "Besides, before I head to the Shape-shifting Cave, I must first visit the Yuan Dou Demon Sect. You can come with me."

Nan Shunqing gave a wry smile and nodded.

He glanced at Sima Kongyan and her sisters, who appeared somewhat tense and cautious.

"Teacher, let’s first go find our cousin. I’m afraid if we are late, those who were still breathing might not be anymore."

Lin Xin fell silent, knowing that Nan Shunqing was a man of deep feelings, and did not press the issue.

"Then come with me. Which Pillar was he guarding?"

"The Fifth Pillar," Sima Kongyan quickly replied.

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The ruins of the Fifth Pillar.

Lin Xin stood in front of a pool of bloody flesh,

"This... is your cousin."

He pointed at the puddle on the ground.

Sima Qing and Sima Kongyan immediately froze, standing still for a long time not knowing how to react.

Nan Shunqing, however, opened his eyes wide, eventually giving a bitter smile and helplessly glanced at Lin Xin.

"Even though I know it’s not the teacher’s fault, isn’t it a bit too exaggerated for a Golden Core Daoist Master to not survive even the residual effects of your Formation?"