Who let him join the Sword Sect?!
Chapter 77: A Passionate Battle Between Good and Evil

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: A Passionate Battle Between Good and Evil

Cold City, 9 p.m., underground.

Li and Fuji are waiting for Zhang Ze’s signal.

Just now, two earth-digging spirits quietly loosened the soil for the deep underground snake cave.

This underground snake cave is a three-layered spiral structure.

The top layer is home to the Lifebound Spiritual Snake.

The middle layer is where various spirit stones, magical artifacts, and treasures are piled up.

At the bottom is where the Demon Refining Array is set up.

And now the third layer has been peeled away from the entire snake cave by two earth demons.

Only the passageway is still connected.

Just a little more, Li can easily break it.

Once Zhang Ze gives the order, they can take the entire Demon Refining Array and escape into the night.

Though it sounds absurd, Fuji and Li claim it’s easy, and Li even wanted to dig out the second layer too.

However, Zhang Ze stopped them.

...

On the ground.

To ensure absolute success, things must proceed in order.

Zhang Ze first contacted Lily.

Lily’s task is the safest.

...

Cold City, City Lord’s Mansion.

Madam Han Yao is still chatting with Lin Hai.

Madam Han Yao is somewhat annoyed; she suddenly finds this man in front of her really bothersome.

Even though just yesterday she was frustrated for a few minutes due to her failed attempts to seduce him.

Sword Hall Chief Lin Hai is sitting across from Madam Han Yao, talking non-stop.

From noon, he talked all the way to now, only leaving for a short while in between.

Talking about Cold City, Cyan Thorn, the future, the present, the Demon Sect’s plots, the light of the Righteous Path.

Every topic is a serious one, yet half of his words seem to be hints.

Madam Han Yao can’t get a word in edgewise, nor can she drive him out.

Just as she’s about to forcibly see him off out of sheer impatience, she spots a short little girl sneaking inside.

The little girl gives Lin Hai a thumbs-up and then leaves the room quickly.

After Lily runs far away, Lin Hai stands up and dusts off his robe, returning to his usual cold and terse demeanor.

"Demon-Suppressing Sword Array"

This is the last phrase Han Yao heard Lin Hai say.

Though the great paths ultimately converge, each Sword Sect member has a different sword, and each person’s Sword Dao is unique.

Lin Hai’s sword only cuts down evil spirits.

Now is the time to strike.

A simple and unadorned long sword appears in Lin Hai’s hand, and it falls to the ground, melting into the floor and disappearing.

Madam Han Yao didn’t even have time to shift her Divine Sense to her Lifebound Spiritual Snake before she was plunged into darkness.

In the darkness, there was only her and a prison formed by swords.

At the same time, everyone else in the City Lord’s Mansion was controlled by the Sword Hall cultivators.

...

The secret realm under the Taoist Temple.

Chen Qin squats gloomily on the ground, using a stick to dig dirt and write.

Writing Zhang Ze’s name, then crossing it out.

She is bored and angry.

Originally, she wanted to join her senior brother in the showdown with the great snake, but was assigned a very dull task.

Only slightly better than Lily’s.

Deliver Ling Qiwu, Ling Qiliu, Ling Qiqi to the Taoist Temple.

She arrived early and the journey was uneventful.

The reunited sisters are gathered together, chattering endlessly.

It’s really noisy, from afternoon till now.

But Chen Qin is not annoyed; it feels like home.

Moreover, listening to them makes Chen Qin feel a bit homesick.

She’s thinking about when she should return to the Sword Sect Main Pavilion and apologize to her father.

After all, she’s been out for quite a while.

As she ponders, Zhang Ze’s voice comes through the Sound Transmission Jade.

"Junior Sister, Lily’s side is done."

"Oh, got it!" Chen Qin replies crossly.

She stands up and claps her hands, calling out to Ling Qiliu.

"Qi Liu, you can go wake up Aunt Ling Liu now."

"Okay!" The seven sisters immediately rise and run to the stone chamber.

"Mom! The sisters are back!" Ling Qier’s voice, still round, is the loudest.

The Profound Bird in the formation twitches her eyelids.

She opens her eyes.

The dream of Cold City is awakened.

...

Five Rams Slope.

The little monk and the Grand Monk stand by the roadside, bored, digging holes with their feet.

"Master, aren’t you going to take action?" Hui Ming asks.

"Take what action?" The little monk looks at his disciple with confusion.

Hui Ming looks puzzled, "Didn’t you promise earlier to capture the middle-aged cultivator avatar?"

Hui Xuan shrugs, "Against a Golden Core?"

"Disciple, you’re joking, if you’re going to do it, you do it."

The Grand Monk shrinks his neck, "Forget it, I can’t beat him now either."

"Isn’t that the end of it?" The little monk uses his foot to fill the newly dug hole back in.

"But what about the promise?" Hui Ming scratches his head, "Master, you said we mustn’t lie."

"Ah, Donor Zhang’s earlier big talk got your master fired up."

"Thought there’d be an exhilarating clash between righteousness and evil."

"Who’d have thought, they wouldn’t take me along to fight the snake."

"As for that middle-aged cultivator avatar, Master has his own reasons for promising."

"Don’t worry, disciple."

"Someone will take action for us."

The young monk rose and stood on the mountain path, clasping his hands together and bowing in a direction where there was no one.

"Thank you, donor."

...

The Ling Family mansion at Five Rams Slope.

The middle-aged cultivator looked at the suddenly appearing complex of buildings in front of him, utterly shocked.

Memories surged in his mind, and he recalled everything he had forgotten.

"How can this be! How is it possible!"

The middle-aged cultivator immediately tried to contact Lady Han Yao, only to find that he couldn’t reach her at all.

"Something’s happened!"

The middle-aged cultivator was decisive, as one of his three bodies survived, it didn’t count as dying.

From now on, he would be the main body and restart his cultivation from the Golden Core.

Without hesitation, he turned to escape.

But as soon as he took a step, he suddenly lost all sensation.

"Where is my body?"

This was his last thought before his divine sense dissipated.

His body was instantly turned to dust by an invisible sword qi.

Chen Mushi, a Dharma Aspect of Pavilion Master Chen, stepped out of the void and looked in the direction of the young monk.

The young monk smiled at Chen Mushi.

"Bag Arhat?"

"Interesting."

Chen Mushi nodded slightly at the young monk, then his figure shifted and vanished again.

On the other side of the mountain, the young monk lifted his leg and patted the dust off his shoe.

He took out the Sound Transmission Jade Zhang Ze had given him and said, "All done."

He put the Sound Transmission Jade away without waiting for Zhang Ze to reply.

"Let’s go." he said to Hui Ming.

"Go where?" Hui Ming asked.

"Now that things in Cold City are finished, we head north." The young monk was uncharacteristically articulate.

"Not saying goodbye to Donor Zhang?" Hui Ming asked.

"If it’s meant to be, we’ll meet again. I feel I have a strong connection with him."

...

The Serpent Cave was being acted upon simultaneously with the Five Rams Slope.

The Lifebound Spiritual Snake sensed something unusual and opened its eyes.

Suddenly, the snake felt it had lost many important things.

Now it was just one lonely snake, feeling miserable.

It even felt a bit scared, a feeling it hadn’t had in a long time.

Awakened, it instinctively probed its divine sense to the deepest layer of the Snake Cave, where its hope for recovery lay.

It was also the place it cared about the most.

Yet it couldn’t sense anything.

"!???"

That place was empty.

Everything was gone.

"Huh?"

Still in a dazed state, the Lifebound Spiritual Snake shivered in shock, waking up completely.

Then it saw two people, a dog, and a small snake appear before it.

The small snake even mocked it for being ugly.

It couldn’t stand that at all.

After all, it used to be a Divinity Transformation level big shot; all it had besides its snake scales was its foundation.

"Mere Golden Core ants, how dare you be insolent in front of me."

The Lifebound Spiritual Snake raised its body, a poisonous mist spread, and its form transformed, revealing seven giant snakes within the cave.

Though temporary, they were indeed seven real Golden Core snakes.

"Well? Who has more now?" The seven giant snakes spoke in unison.

Dispersing the poisonous mist, Li Yueqi took a few steps back with Zhang Ze.

She frowned slightly, thinking Zhang Ze was being too confident.

Although she was self-assured that as long as she was with her spirit pet, she could fight four Golden Core stage cultivators with considerable power.

But taking on seven was a bit too much.

Especially ones who had fallen from the Divinity Transformation level to Golden Core.

"Let’s retreat. It has sword qi from your Sword Sect experts in its wound, it won’t dare leave here."

"No worries, no rush," Zhang Ze remained very calm.

The seven Lifebound Spiritual Snakes were momentarily stunned, the poisonous smoke paused for half a breath.

"Mere ants, where do you get the nerve?"

Not only the seven Lifebound Spiritual Snakes, but even Li Yueqi and her two spirit pets looked at Zhang Ze in bewilderment.

Zhang Ze swung his massive hammer.

"Afraid of being outnumbered? I’ve never been!"

"Fuji!" Zhang Ze called out loudly.

"We’re here!" Fuji’s voice came from all directions.

"All of you! Form up in a twenty-person squad, full-scale attack!"

"Got it!"

A large group of Fuji emerged from the ground.

All of them were at the Half-Step Nascent Soul level.

The fight was without suspense, a one-sided dynamic spectacle.

Li Yueqi’s gaze moved between Zhang Ze and the group of Fuji, remaining silent for a long time.

"What kind of disciples does the Sword Sect have this generation?" she sighed internally.

"If Fuji is this capable, why did you call me here?" After a long silence, Li Yueqi asked.

"Doesn’t this give you a sense of participation?" Zhang Ze spread his hands.

Li Yueqi was taken aback and clutched her chest for quite a while before calming down.

She finally suppressed the urge to give Zhang Ze a good beating.

Just as Zhang Ze was about to say something else, he felt someone contacting him.

He took out the Sound Transmission Jade.

"Hello, junior sister, what’s up?"

"Auntie Ling Liu is looking for you."

"Oh, I’ll come right after this fight is over."