Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 893 - 888: Take Away Everything II

Chapter 893: Chapter 888: Take Away Everything II

The Insect Woman bit her lip and said.

"Since the Red Pine Demon Sect merged with the Yuan Dou Demon Sect, its strength has greatly increased, and it has connections with alien races from the Outer Regions. Our clan’s King of the North Wilds reportedly tried attacking the Sun Membrane several times, but was forcibly repelled by them."

"Are you still going to follow me?" Lin Xin glanced at her.

"I..." The Insect Woman fell silent, turning her head away, not daring to look at Lin Xin.

By chance, she saw the direction in which she turned her face, where the white jade statue stood.

This statue...

She suddenly found it somewhat familiar.

No, wait!

Her heart trembled violently, and she swiftly turned her head again to look at Lin Xin’s face beside her.

The statue... the robed figure... the statue... the robed figure...!!!

The Insect Woman felt as if the blood in her entire body was about to freeze and stagnate.

She vaguely guessed the true identity of this robed figure beside her. But she dared not dwell on it, striving to keep her thoughts at the shallowest level possible.

She knew that once she unlocked the answer in her mind, considering the existence embodied by the statue, being so close, knowing what she was thinking would be child’s play.

Lin Xin gave her a faint glance and stepped forward.

With a flash of red shadow, he suddenly charged into the Silver Taoist Palace and vanished in an instant.

"Senior!!" The Insect Woman was immediately alarmed.

This was the legendary formidable and terrifying Red Pine Demon Sect! For her, just a Yin Talisman Insect Woman, if discovered in such a place, it would be like a piece of meat falling into a lair of insects, lucky if even the bones remained.

The notorious reputation of the Red Pine Demon Sect is mainly due to the indiscriminate use of refinement materials.

Whether insects or beings from the Outer Regions, as long as they are not of the Human Race, all other creatures would be fully utilized, from head to toe, every bone, every drop of blood, and every strand of hair.

Thousands of years ago, the Insect Race was purged multiple times by the Red Pine Demon Sect, with the traumatic loss still vivid.

Even four Great Insect Mothers fell, dissected into countless materials, not to mention her, being two levels below them as a Yin Talisman Insect Woman.

The Yin Talisman Insect Woman’s face turned pale, and her entire body began to tremble.

Once without the protection of the robed figure, awaiting her was the tragic fate of having her entire being, even her soul, turned into experimental formation materials.

Ding... Ding... Ding!!!

Suddenly, the entire Pine Forest Sword Sect mountain range echoed with the sound of bells.

Above the mountain range, a large azure formation appeared, manifesting countless transparent flying swords hovering in mid-air, their tips pointed downward, slowly rotating.

The Insect Woman stood beside the white jade statue, not yet having any reaction.

Sss, sss, sss, sss!

In an instant, five azure-green escape lights descended from the sky, carrying an exceptionally fierce Sword Intent as they gently landed, transforming into five Pine Forest Sword Cultivators with varying forms and temperaments.

The three of them were elderly men with gray hair, while the remaining two were women, one gentle as water, the other sharp and stern.

"Who rang the Gathering Bell!?"

A senior coldly asked.

"Who brought in this little Insect Woman?"

He glanced directly at the Yin Talisman Insect Woman, completely unaffected by any obfuscating senses.

"Five Yuan Jing late-stage old monsters!!" The Yin Talisman Insect Woman’s body trembled, face pale.

She could clearly sense that each of them was infinitely close to the Polar Region, emanating a peculiar Spiritual Energy, with life forces that were infinitely vast, like the depths of an ocean, beyond measure.

"Speak inside the Taoist Palace, what’s the point of talking rubbish here." The sharp-tongued woman impatiently said.

"No one considers you mute if you don’t speak, Dugu Lin!" The elder retorted sharply without courtesy.

"I say what I want, none of your business!" Dugu Lin remained as young and beautiful as ever, sharp in temperament.

Yet over the thousands of years, some deep and indescribable essence had precipitated within her aura.

She was no longer the same young and inexperienced as when she first started.

"Alright, stop arguing. That person should have come with this Insect Woman, capture her and we’ll see who dares disrupt my Silver Taoist Palace!"

The central white-haired elder said indifferently.

The five of them walked straight towards the Taoist Palace.

Feeling panicked, the Yin Talisman Insect Woman tried to turn and flee but suddenly felt a chilling sensation on her neck, her entire body of assembled insects freezing into rigidity instantly.

She seemed as though seized by an invisible force, unable to move, floating in mid-air, following the five Yuan Jing patriarchs towards the Silver Taoist Palace.

They hadn’t reached the palace doors yet.

Boom!!

A loud explosion echoed from within the Taoist Palace.

Across the sky above Pine Forest Mountain Range, enormous blood-colored vortices emerged.

Crack!

A blood-red lightning streaked across the sky.

Countless disciples of Pine Forest soared into the sky, flying towards the Taoist Palace.

Golden Core Level and above cultivators poured down like a downpour, landing on the expansive ground before the Silver Taoist Palace.

"Who!? Who dares to cause such a commotion!?"

From the crevices between the stone slabs on the ground, strands of black mist emerged, coalescing into a towering blood-red vine over ten meters high.

At the center of the vine, the leaves gradually parted, revealing a crimson flower bud.

Screech!

The flower bud split open, revealing a beautiful girl, roughly fifteen or sixteen years old, who slowly walked out.

"Greetings, Supreme Elder!"

"Greetings, Supreme!"

The surrounding cultivators respectfully saluted, including the five Yuan Jing patriarchs.

Dugu Lin, upon seeing the girl, slightly nodded towards her. The two exchanged glances and instantly understood each other’s intentions.

They planned to go inside; with their tacit cooperation, they could entirely capture the intruder before they reacted.

Dugu Lin’s illusion heart coupled with Yin Mantuo’s toxins was the sect’s strongest team, bar none.

Yin Mantuo revealed her true form, wearing a purple long dress, with a black ribbon tied around her waist. Her legs were wrapped in thick pure black tights, outlining slender and pure long legs.

She had no shoes, just gently touched the ground with her toes, floating up with bare feet. The skirt kept flipping back.

Dugu Lin drew a Talisman Sword from behind, holding it in his hand, nodding towards her.

Swoosh!

Both rushed towards the entrance of the Taoist Palace at the same time.

Crack!

Another streak of blood-red lightning tore through the sky.

Yin Mantuo was the first to charge into the pitch-black dark entrance of the Taoist Palace.

Before she could react.

Slap.

A crisp sound rang.

She suddenly felt a sharp slap on her buttocks. Instantly, a burning sensation spread throughout her body.

"Who!!!?"

Yin Mantuo turned around abruptly, about to erupt in anger.

But the man in her view instantly made her lose all her strength to resist.

Not just her, but also Dugu Lin who followed in.

Both women looked at the man standing in the shadows, stunned.

Yin Mantuo’s mind went blank, like a thunderstruck moment, covering all trivial thoughts.

Her whole body tingled, almost collapsing to the ground.

In this moment she had imagined countless times, for tens of thousands of years, she had wanted this moment to appear countless times. But each time it turned out to be just an illusion, a luxury, or a trap set by adversaries.

But at this moment, the heart core inside her chest beat violently, at a terrifying frequency and speed never seen before, constantly resonating intensely with the person in front.

In the blink of an eye, under the circumstances of doubt and suspicion, the anomaly of the heart core finally made her realize that all this was not an illusion.

It was real.

The true master had returned.

"Disobedient again." The man in the white robe smiled gently at Yin Mantuo.

Dugu Lin’s pretty face turned icy cold, a shocking murderous intent surged within the Taoist Palace.

"Dare to impersonate my Sect’s ancestor! Deserved to die ten thousand times! I will skin you, extract your tendons, and hang you on Wuchen Mountain to be exposed for a thousand years! To serve as an example!!"

With a clang, her Lifebound Magic Artifact Longsword shot up to the sky, transforming into a bluish-green light, heading straight for the white-robed man.

"Master!!!"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind, Dugu Lin was stunned to see.

This terrifying black death flower vine demon, with power already reaching the Polar Region, actually respectfully prostrated on the ground, kneeling in front of the man, using her small mouth to kiss his shoes.

Through her silk-like waist-length black hair, she saw tears had already streamed down Yin Mantuo’s face, her porcelain-like white skin tinged with a rosy pink.

She even completely opened her defensive field, exposing everything to the man in front.

"You...!!?" Dugu Lin was dumbfounded.

The white-robed man smiled, reaching out with a gentle gesture.

Instantly, at the entrance of the Taoist Palace,

a red light shone, expelling all other abnormal powers, dominantly leaving only one power. This power gently wrapped around the two women.

"Many years have passed, Yin Mantuo, Dugu Lin, it seems you still have not forgotten me."

The man smiled, it was evident he smiled with effort, but the women could only sense indifference and stiffness from his smile.

"Master.....I’ve waited for you for too long, too long...." Yin Mantuo tightly held onto one of Lin Xin’s legs, intending not to let go.

Her usually cold temperament was now filled with tears.

Tens of thousands of years was indeed too long.

So long that Yin Mantuo could only repeat reminiscing on her life with the master from years ago.

Initially, she thought the master was only gone for a few hundred years, but a thousand years passed, two thousand years passed.

Five thousand years....tens of thousands of years!

So long that she almost despaired.

Lin Xin was a bit stunned.

The current state of Yin Mantuo was clearly so much more emotionally rich than when he left.

Dugu Lin sighed on the side.

"Keke Sai is dead, Lin Zhen is dead, Queen Bee of the Demon Honey, Lin Luo, Lin Duan, Ji Lu couple, and the empty Whale King....

Over all these years, too many people have died."

"Qing’er?" Lin Xin sighed, reaching out to touch Yin Mantuo’s little head. He could feel that Dugu Lin and others lived this long perhaps somewhat related to Yin Mantuo.

"Nan Shunqing is still in retreat, but, since you’ve come, there’s naturally no need for any retreat." Dugu Lin exhaled deeply.

Lin Xin sighed, the power of the red light slightly trembled, instantly wrapping Yin Mantuo, raising her up.

"Let’s go, see how many people in the sect still recognize me now."

"The ones who recognize you, there are only us three left." Dugu Lin smiled, but her tone carried some numbness and melancholy.

Decades of waiting, how many times did hope turn to disappointment.

The complexities within can’t be explained.

Lin Xin was silent.

"Rest assured, this time, I am back to take you away." he said softly.

"You’ve changed a lot." Dugu Lin said with a complex expression.

"You haven’t changed much."

With that, Lin Xin strode into the depths of the Taoist Palace.

In the deepest underground, within the Mysterious Realm under Sun Spring.

A dim and profound aura slowly awakened, rapidly spreading upwards.