Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 862 - 857: Double Horns I

Chapter 862: Chapter 857: Double Horns I

"Hornless people?"

Lin Xin’s spiritual power naturally far surpassed this group of people’s imaginations. As soon as they had the thought, he instantly captured it.

"You still want to catch me and sell me?"

Feeling a mix of amusement and helplessness, Lin Xin raised his head and gently blew towards the group of double-horned people.

Whoosh!!

As soon as he blew out the breath, it grew larger and stronger, instantly turning into a fierce wind that blew fiercely among this group of people.

In a moment, the double-horned people were knocked over, bending down and trying to resist the fierce wind.

But it was meaningless. The wind kept blowing, and within seconds, it started to tear off their blood and flesh piece by piece, leaving them bloodied.

"No!!"

The leader of the double-horned people screamed in pain, quickly drew a long knife from his back, and slashed at Lin Xin.

Swish!

A dazzling white blade energy directly crossed tens of meters and aimed at Lin Xin’s head.

Buzz!

When the blade energy was still a few meters away from Lin Xin, it instantly dissipated, as if blocked by some tangible object.

The leader of the double-horned people immediately fell into despair, finally letting out an angry scream as he saw his companions being stripped of flesh by the wind, leaving only white bone armor.

He also couldn’t hold on anymore, and his flesh started to fall off in pieces.

After blowing out a breath, it took only a few seconds for the group of double-horned people to be reduced to only the last one, the female double-horned person whom Lin Xin had previously immobilized.

Perhaps because she hadn’t resisted and couldn’t resist, she was not harmed.

The female double-horned person now looked at Lin Xin as if she had seen a demon, trembling uncontrollably with deep fear in her eyes.

Beside her, another female cultivator also hurriedly knelt down beside her grandfather to check his condition.

Lin Xin frowned, understanding her filial piety, but he had saved her. Ignoring him in the first moment and running away was unacceptable.

"Where did you come from?"

Lin Xin looked at the last remaining double-horned woman.

"I... we..." The woman was so frightened she couldn’t speak properly.

"Forget it, I’ll do it myself." Lin Xin reached out, immediately grabbing the double-horned woman and placing his hand on her head.

A flash of red light quickly circulated on the double-horned woman’s head.

She instantly became dazed, saliva dripping from the corner of her mouth, her eyes turning blank, clearly completely turned foolish.

Streams of information were continuously extracted from the double-horned woman’s brain and poured into Lin Xin’s mind.

"Double-horned people... Quentin army... Noble, Empire? What a mess."

The woman’s body structure was completely different from ordinary humans, and the Soul Searching Secret Method used by Lin Xin succeeded only partially. Most memories were burned away due to the different structure, directly damaging her brain.

Finally, he withdrew his hand, only obtaining a small part of her memory.

Releasing his power, Lin Xin allowed the double-horned woman to freely fall down, crashing heavily onto the grassland below hundreds of meters, with a splat, directly splattering in a bloody mess, clearly not surviving.

He then set his sights on the girl still guarding her grandfather below.

Her grandfather was beyond saving, having died a while ago.

The girl also had empty eyes, seemingly overwhelmed by grief, falling into a temporary blankness.

Even Lin Xin landing beside her didn’t make her aware.

"Do you still want to save your grandfather?" Lin Xin suddenly asked.

The girl’s eyes suddenly regained focus, seemingly finding some hope, and she turned to face Lin Xin with tears streaming down her face.

"You... you... do you really have a way?"

She spoke in an ancient language, which Lin Xin had also studied in the Underworld, so communication wasn’t a problem.

"I have a way to save your grandfather." Lin Xin said calmly.

The girl’s eyes lit up instantly.

"But." Lin Xin’s tone changed, "Why should I save your grandfather?"

The girl was stunned.

"What will you offer in exchange?" She gritted her teeth.

"Exchange?" Lin Xin squinted, "I saved you, you already owe me a life. What makes you think you can negotiate terms?

Alright, enough nonsense. Just tell me everything about this place in detail. What is this place? Who are the double-horned people and where did they come from?"

The girl was getting desperate.

"This is the Scorched Earth Nation. It was originally ruled by us Scorched Earth people, but in recent decades, a group of double-horned people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, defeating our army, including all the top cultivators, and all of our people overnight became lower class."

The girl explained the situation in this area as quickly as she could.

"What do you want for saving my grandfather?"

She stared at Lin Xin.

"First, return the life you owe me, then I will consider it." Lin Xin said flatly.

"You!!" The girl was instantly driven to tears. "How can you be so heartless!? My grandfather... he’s already so old... how can you just watch him die?!"

Another spoiled young lady from a wealthy family, now lost and helpless in the face of adversity.

Seeing her, Lin Xin couldn’t help but think of the first time he met Qiao Yu. Back then, wasn’t she just like the woman in front of him?

"So, hornless people are all lower class here?" Lin Xin felt a bit incredulous upon hearing this.

Cultivators wielded immense power outside, unmatched except by the Heavenly Demon Army Master. Yet here, they were oppressed by these double-horned people using some strange force, rendering them as lower class?

"Yes! It’s not just hornless people. Any cultivator who doesn’t practice Dragon Qi is considered lower class and an exotic cult here." The girl said helplessly. "I’ve told you everything I know. Now will you save my grandfather?"

"Exotic cult?"

Lin Xin shook his head slightly. He had already sensed the so-called Dragon Qi. When the double-horned leader slashed at him, the blade energy was driven by this Dragon Qi.

It’s indeed powerful, with a strength three times that of the true yuan of the same level. No wonder it easily restrained opponents of the same rank.

However, unlike ordinary cultivation, this Dragon Qi wasn’t attained through personal cultivation but seemed to be nurtured by a biological energy entity within, which then forms a contract with the person to grow stronger together, creating the terrifying power.

"In other words, this so-called Dragon Qi is purely generated through flesh symbiosis." Lin Xin analyzed clearly in his mind.

"Have you ever heard of the Red Leaf Sword Master?" Lin Xin thought for a moment and asked.

"Can you please save my grandfather!" The girl’s face grew colder and more desperate.

"Give me your life and I can save him." Lin Xin said calmly. To obtain anything, one must pay an equivalent price.

That was his principle.

"You!!?" The girl’s face instantly showed a trace of anger and hatred.

Feeling the inexplicable rise of animosity from her, Lin Xin was slightly intrigued. He had saved her life, yet she still felt hatred towards him, truly selfish to an extreme degree.

But he was too lazy to waste time with her. Given that they were both humans, he wouldn’t use Soul Search.

With a flick of his hand, a thin ray shot out from Lin Xin’s palm and entered the girl’s forehead.

Instantly, a string of information about the Scorched Earth Nation poured into his mind.

This spell was called Jade Charm Art, equivalent to a gentle version of Soul Search, without causing brain damage.

Regarding the body structure risk, if it were similar to the double-horned person, despite the girl appearing human, an inner structural difference might cause the spell to fail and damage the brain.

Then that would be her bad luck.

Reviving a cultivator was a major undertaking Lin Xin could manage, but why would he expend his effort for her?

"Reviving someone... interesting idea. I’ve never tried to truly revive a cultivator before."

Lost in thought, large amounts of information from the Jade Charm Art poured into Lin Xin’s mind.

He initially read without issue, but as soon as he encountered the Scorched Earth Nation’s initial invasion by the double-horned ones,

Lin Xin’s eyes widened sharply.

"What’s this...!!?"

A flicker of emotion flashed in his eyes.

In the memory, countless black-armored soldiers appeared overnight.

They instantly captured the Scorched Earth Nation’s Imperial Palace, killing the Emperor, generals, and marshals, some dying while others went missing.

Following that night, countless double-horned people continued streaming out from the Imperial Palace over the ensuing months, occupying the most fertile regions of the Scorched Earth Nation.

No one knew where the double-horned people came from nor what kind of power they wielded.

All people could see was that these double-horned people unleashed an invisible wave attack power, tremendously restraining the cultivators’ true yuan energy, to an exaggerated extent.

After seeing all the memories, Lin Xin let the girl collapse to the ground while he fell into deep thought.

"These double-horned people don’t seem simple."

He glanced around, finding the double-horned people’s fallen bones scattered everywhere.

He chose a spot where bones had fallen and reached out, capturing a small black token from the grass.

The token was dark grey, with a large red dragon symbol drawn on it.

It resembled a dragon. Interestingly, the double-horned people’s bodies were covered with similar patterns and designs.

"A tribe with dragons as their totem..."

Lin Xin closed his eyes, his divine sense locating a spot with living beings.

Swish!

His figure instantly vanished.

When he appeared again, he was near a grassland hill, beside a huge caravan slowly moving along the edge.

The people in the caravan were mostly double-horned, with only a few wearing poor-quality grey cloth who were hornless.

The carriages were loaded fully with metal equipment.

Lin Xin suddenly appeared on the side of the caravan, observing from afar.

"More double-horned people..." Luckily, he had read the memory of the previous double-horned woman and already grasped their common language.

"It’s a Golden Lotus Cult hornless person!!" Seeing Lin Xin suddenly appear, the double-horned guard captain immediately drew his large sword, igniting an invisible, terrifying aura.

A wave of power strong enough to make a Golden Core Stage cultivator despair emanated from him.