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Phew—
High in the sky, Perfected One Xiao Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
He had originally thought this was merely a simple task, but he had not expected that he would almost perish here.
With a beckoning motion of his hand, he collected the severed arm of the demonic cultivator from the deep pit below, as well as the unfinished Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
Damn it!
That damned old monster actually dared to use his greater strength to bully the young; did he truly think there was no one standing behind this Daoist Master?
After he returned, he would ask his Martial Uncle to take action and see if he could not crush that fellow to death!
While he was grumbling and cursing in his heart, he arrived near the fellow body cultivator Daoist who was unconscious.
"Martial Uncle!"
Streaks of flowing light ignited on the horizon; they were the martial nephews who had come along with him.
This was perfect, as he now did not have to take action himself; he could simply let these martial nephews carry this fellow Daoist to the hospital.
"Martial Uncle, that final sword strike was simply too cool!"
"The sword intent was magnificent and upright; at a glance, it was clearly the work of a great power. I did not expect Martial Uncle to have such a friend."
"The power of that sword strike has already far surpassed the Void Returning Stage; Martial Uncle, you couldn't have possibly hidden your cultivation base, right?"
Hidden my cultivation base, my foot!
You all still have the face to speak; out of the twelve Divine Transformation practitioners who followed me, nine were actually avatars!
His heart felt stifled when he thought of this matter, but what caused him even more heartache was that streak of Taixu Evil-Breaking Sword Qi.
In recent years, the powerful sword cultivator who had a good relationship with his lineage had left the Central Continent, and finding a streak of sword qi to use for refining techniques was simply a thousand times difficult!
It just so happened that within the inheritance of his lineage, many great divine abilities required the sword qi of a sword cultivator as a material for refining the techniques.
"Carry this fellow Daoist on your backs and send him to the hospital first; this time, thanks to..."
Halfway through his sentence, Perfected One Xiao Ning suddenly froze.
A streak of purple sword qi, incomparably pure and with a strength identical to the previous one, appeared very abruptly within his sea of consciousness.
The Taixu Evil-Breaking Sword Qi had returned?
Furthermore, he had actually failed to detect it in the slightest!
With such methods, could it truly be one of the four great elders of the Sword Sect, or perhaps even an old monster at the Grand Elder level?
In an instant, he understood many things; no wonder the sword qi that had been crushed became even stronger, and subsequently, he felt a bit of lingering fear.
All of this proved without a doubt that the Sword Sect senior was nearby!
If he had not used the sword qi brought by the Purple Sword Talisman Order just now, that senior from the Sword Sect who had emerged from seclusion might have simply watched as he was crushed to death by the demonic great power that appeared afterward!
On the other side, after Xu Xing left Xuanjian City's Third High School, he continued to wander around aimlessly.
It was not until the great power of the Taishang Dao Sect arrived in Xuanjian City that he raised his head to take a look.
Before long, a terrifying divine sense as vast as a sea of abyss swept across the entire city.
Xu Xing did not take it to heart and stopped in front of a flying sword coating shop.
The owner must have been busy fleeing for his life earlier, so even the main door was not closed; however, the sign on the side listed the types of coatings available.
'Sword Qi Thunderclap Simulation Board 1.0: After coating, it can simulate the sound of a sword cultivator's Sword Qi Thunderclap; customized light effects are subject to an additional charge.'
This was exactly the type he had seen at the school earlier; aside from being flashy, it had no use, making it a proper cultivation version of a 'ghost fire' scooter.
Then there was the 2.0 version, which had an additional effect of deterring evil and foul spirits.
As for the price, it was also very touching, being ten times more expensive.
Naturally, there was also a full version of the Sword Qi Thunderclap coating, which could fully exert the ability of Sword Qi Thunderclap, and its price was several times higher than the second type.
Finally, there was one more, and this one was quite interesting.
'Sword Light Differentiation Coating (Limited Edition): After coating, Sword Light Differentiation can be used three times; requires a sword-flying license.'
Sword Light Differentiation was generally standard equipment for a Golden Core sword cultivator of the Sword Sect, though some geniuses could comprehend this realm during the Foundation Establishment stage.
Regardless, this was a realm that required immense effort to achieve, yet now a single coating was sufficient.
"Not bad."
Aside from this limited-edition Sword Light Differentiation and the full version of the Sword Qi Thunderclap coating, most of the other coatings were similar—flashy and impractical things used to satisfy the vanity of young minor practitioners.
After a casual glance, Xu Xing walked into the shop.
Some flying swords that had already been coated were hanging on the surrounding walls, while some coating materials were kept inside transparent glass cabinets.
At the very back was a desk with a computer and half a bowl of cold noodles resting upon it.
Perhaps because the person left in a hurry, the computer was still turned on, but due to the network being disconnected, the image on the screen was frozen.
Within the image was an enchantingly beautiful female cultivator with an exquisite face and a seductive figure, wearing a thin, bright red long dress that allowed her beautiful features to be faintly visible, inviting imagination.
There was also a line of small characters in the top left corner, the content of which was very simple.
Zhong Jiajia, a Dao Integration Stage cultivator of the Sect of Joy.
The Dao Integration Stage was also known as the Great Power stage; even within an immortal sect, such a person was a pillar-like figure who could swat hundreds of Void Returning Stage practitioners like Xiao Ning to death with a single palm.
Emm...
Life is not easy; even a great power must sell their art.
Xu Xing simply sat down and took out two spirit stones, placing them to the side as internet fees; after researching for a while, he found that the method of use was similar to what he remembered.
He clicked on the screen, and the frozen image turned black; after loading for a while, it brightened once more.
Amidst the melodious music, the great power of the Sect of Joy was seen wearing light and airy clothing, with a zither placed before her.
It was a piece of music that Xu Xing had never heard before; the melody was peaceful, yet when combined with the person playing the zither, it caused one's heart to sway.
"If everyone wants to hear anything else, you can all say so."
Her voice was delicate and melodious, tugging at the heartstrings; it was clearly a very profound charm technique.
The bullet comments on the side were constantly jumping, with thousands of them being posted in just a single minute.
It was at this moment that he felt a mysterious suction force coming from the screen, which seemed to want to suck away a wisp of his essence and desire.
However, in the end, it could not find a target and could only vanish helplessly.
"This is somewhat interesting..."
It was no wonder the Sect of Joy was able to white-wash themselves into an orthodox sect; it seemed that this was inseparable from this method of absorbing a person's essence across a network cable.
Closing the live stream, Xu Xing directly searched for the content of this method of the Sect of Joy.
The related content was not hidden; this method of absorbing desire and essence across a network cable was something a genius of the Sect of Joy had studied and developed after the Spirit Network appeared.
The cultivation methods of the Sect of Joy mostly involved the absorption of desire and essence, or the harmony of Yin and Yang.
During the ancient years, the vast majority of Sect of Joy cultivators who wished to cultivate to a higher realm had to seek out human cauldrons for gathering and replenishment.
This was also the reason why the Sect of Joy had been classified as a demonic path.
However, since the birth of the Spirit Network and the creation of the method to absorb essence and desire across a network cable, the behavior of using human cauldrons for replenishment had been gradually phased out.
This method was not only safe, but the essence and desire obtained far exceeded what could be gained from replenishing from a single human cauldron.
Not long after this, the Sect of Joy negotiated with the Six Great Immortal Sects and killed a group of stubborn and evil-doing cultivators within the sect, finally officially white-washing themselves and becoming the seventh great immortal sect of the Taixuan World.
Nowadays, they had even become the sect with the highest popularity among the Seven Great Immortal Sects, being the most welcomed by the younger generation of practitioners.
The reasons for this were understood by everyone.
Furthermore, the cultivators of the Sect of Joy did not hide the fact that this method would absorb desire and essence.
In other words, everyone knew that watching a live stream of a Sect of Joy cultivator would result in a wisp of essence and desire being absorbed.
But... who cared?
It did not harm the body anyway; at most, one would enter a sage state for a period of time.
Could it be that you would not enter a sage mode after normally watching some unhealthy content?
To be able to see a high and mighty Dao Integration Stage great power perform for such a small price was simply a massive gain!
'Such messy essence and desire will certainly not be used directly; there should be a method for purification within the Sect of Joy.'
However, this part had not been made public.
After finishing his reading, Xu Xing opened the live stream platform from earlier and returned to the live stream room of that female cultivator of the Sect of Joy, allowing it to continue playing while he stood up and walked out.
I have updated the internal glossary with the new term "Dao Integration Stage" and the character "Zhong Jiajia." I am ready for the next segment.