Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect
Chapter 397 - 246: Moon Clan

Chapter 397: Chapter 246: Moon Clan

Just as the human-scorpion creature was approaching the campsite, it suddenly shuddered slightly and stopped in its tracks. Its pair of particularly fierce-looking compound eyes began to flicker rapidly, and a hint of wariness appeared on its narrow, scaly-covered, strange face.

Next, it began to slowly retreat, finally disappearing into the thicket, vanishing from sight.

A vigilant Refinement Returner, seeing the grotesque and terrifying creature retreat, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Watching the monster approach the camp’s alert line, he was already preparing to send out a warning signal.

Several hours passed like this, and it was finally time for a shift change.

"Be careful, that creature came close again earlier, nearly reaching the alert line."

The Refinement Returner cautioned.

Li Qian’s group nodded in agreement.

He found a spot to crouch down, offering a fairly open view, and the crouching position was adequately hidden.

The cultivation over the past few hours had been very effective.

Particularly the refining efficiency of the Two Forms Spirit Sword, which was unexpectedly better than in the Longevity Realm.

Thus, the shifts cycled twice more... without incident, the dangerous creature never showed up again, seemingly giving up on observing the camp.

However, no one dared to relax or be careless.

And so, more than two days passed, and another group of Refinement Returners returned.

After the handover, Li Qian and the others returned to the wooden house, then ended their Return to Void.

.....

Inside the Daoist Temple.

Li Qian slowly opened his eyes, feeling that his Longevity Spirit Body had grown stronger, and the Two Forms Spirit Sword had also become more powerful, revealing a slight smile.

This indicated that the benefits of Return to Void were even greater.

"It’s time to help Daoist Qingping rebuild Heavenly Sword Manor."

Li Qian murmured to himself.

The next Return to Void was more than two years away... so time was relatively sufficient.

He then took out a Spirit Talisman and crushed it directly.

Several days later.

Lin Qingping returned to Yiling Town.

"Daoist Qingping, are you ready to begin rebuilding Heavenly Sword Manor?"

Li Qian asked.

"Daoist Qian Yuan, have you finished refining the Two Forms Spirit Sword?"

Lin Qingping exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes."

Li Qian nodded.

Lin Qingping was utterly shocked; how many years had it been?

She remembered giving Daoist Qian Yuan the Outer Heaven Spirit Copper and the Two Forms Spirit Sword Jade Scroll only about twenty years ago, right?

Although she has never forged a Spiritual Artifact, and Heavenly Sword Manor didn’t have such experience... records from some classics suggested that forging a Spiritual Artifact often takes at least a century, not to mention refining the Two Forms Spirit Sword... surely, that would take double the time.

She originally thought that being able to rebuild Heavenly Sword Manor within about one or two hundred years was already impressive.

"Daoist Qian Yuan, we have been waiting all this time..."

She took a deep breath and quickly said.

"Alright, give me all the information you have on Netherworld Palace."

Li Qian nodded.

Lin Qingping then took out a Jade Scroll and handed it to Li Qian.

After using Spiritual Sense to perceive it, Li Qian obtained all the information.

Over the years, the remnants of Heavenly Sword Manor had gone into hiding, constantly gathering intelligence on Netherworld Palace, even infiltrating spies within it, thus obtaining a lot of information.

Since swallowing Heavenly Sword Manor, Netherworld Palace’s territory expanded rapidly, and besides its original stronghold, Heavenly Sword Manor’s mountain gate became an important base for Netherworld Palace.

Of course, occupying the territory of Heavenly Sword Manor was not the work of Netherworld Palace alone; other nearby forces also shared a piece of the pie upon its downfall.

In a certain sense, to rebuild Heavenly Sword Manor, challenges aside from Netherworld Palace include obstacles posed by several other major powers.

"Let’s eliminate Netherworld Palace first, then talk."

Li Qian calmly said, "Prepare to take over Heavenly Sword Manor."

"Daoist Qian Yuan, shouldn’t we mobilize Heavenly Sword Manor’s forces first?"

Lin Qingping hurriedly asked.

Although Heavenly Sword Manor, including her, only had three strong experts in the Longevity Secret Realm, that was still a decent strength.

"No, just handle the aftermath."

Li Qian shook his head.

Even he himself didn’t know how strong he was now.

Wiping out a Netherworld Palace wasn’t difficult... his greatest concern was the reaction of the three colossal entities bordering the Heavenly Spring Gobi.

This was also why he acted only after completing the Two Forms Spirit Sword.

Only with sufficient strength could he handle the subsequent consequences.

After Lin Qingping left, Li Qian went to the Heavenly Sword Stele and sat down to comprehend it deeply.

So half a month passed before Li Qian left Yiling Town and headed straight to Heavenly Sword Manor.

First, take Heavenly Sword Manor, then extinguish the stronghold of Netherworld Palace.

When he arrived again at Heavenly Sword Manor, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia.

He had been to Heavenly Sword Manor just twice before, and this was his third time, yet at this moment, Heavenly Sword Manor had changed, becoming a stronghold of Netherworld Palace.

Under his perception, the entire great array of Heavenly Sword Manor had completely transformed, evidently reordered by Netherworld Palace’s new array, which was inferior to the original, consisting of only eleven formations.

However, the core Ten Thousand Sword Formation of the original Mountain Protection Array at Heavenly Sword Manor reached twelve formations.

Li Qian waved his hand, and an Array Plate with numerous Array Chess pieces appeared, which he controlled to furiously strike toward Heavenly Sword Manor.

In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi trembled fiercely, forming a powerful twelve formations array, enveloping the original array of Heavenly Sword Manor.