That silhouette, sitting in the middle of a dark corner, motionless, with no breath of life emanating from his body, should just be a dead body, not a living person. ww.w.
Zhang Ruochen was not a timid person, only that a dead body, sitting behind him for several days without him noticing it, just thinking about it made one feel creepy.
On the Undead Ancient Ship, there were a lot of bizarre things, even Holy Thoughts could be cultivated into Evil Holy Thoughts Bodies, so what else could not possibly happen?
Thus, even when faced with a lifeless corpse, Zhang Ruochen remained vigilant and cautiously approached over.
The corpse, and it was unknown how many years it had been sitting there, was covered in dust, and its body was dried out but not rotting.
In the centre of the corpse’s eyebrow, there was a wine glass sized blood hole, the hole was surrounded by cracks, making his entire head look like a cracked clay pot.
The bloody hole in the centre of the eyebrow was the fatal wound.
“Having died for many years and yet not decaying, this person must have been a supreme powerhouse in the past.”Little Black said.
“If, indeed, he was a peerless powerhouse, even if he died, his corpse should have exuded a shocking aura, and ordinary beings wouldn’t be able to get close at all. However, I’ve been inside the cabin for so long, but I haven’t detected any aura at all.”
Zhang Ruochen’s fingers rested on his chin, feeling puzzled, and then, his eyes lit up as he said, “On his body, there should be some sort of treasure that masks his aura.”
In a place like the Undead Ancient Ship, Zhang Ruochen didn’t dare to act recklessly, first releasing his spiritual power to probe once, confirming that there was no danger before walking to the corpse’s side.
On the corpse’s belt, using a silver thread, hung a white token.
Zhang Ruochen was the first to remove the token and wipe away the dust on the surface.
Only to see that there were eight sword patterns engraved on the top of the token, each of which contained a different sword dao flavour, and moreover, one was more profound than the other.
Zhang Ruochen released his spiritual energy and immersed himself in it.
Instantly, the eight sword patterns on top of the token emitted white light and rushed up, transforming into eight small three-inch long swords that wielded eight different sword techniques.
The eight sword techniques, although they were all very subtle, however, it could be clearly detected that their power, varied from one another.
In particular, the seventh sword technique and the eighth sword technique could be said to be so arcane and varied that even with Zhang Ruochen’s current attainments in the Dao of the Sword, he was unexpectedly forced back by them.
Zhang Ruochen hastily withdrew his spiritual power, somewhat shocked, and said, “Wan Xiang City’s ‘Flying Immortal Sword Technique’?”
Ten Thousand Fragrant City, known as “Sword City”, was on par with the Sword Pavilion of the Taiji Dao, the Wang Clan of the Underworld Sword Graveyard, and the Martial God Mountain of the Martial Market Chambers, and was known as the four sacred places of the sword dao in the world.
Wan Xiang City’s “Flying Immortal Sword Skill” was known throughout the world, and naturally, Zhang Ruochen had some knowledge of it.
It was said that the ‘Flying Immortal Sword Technique’ was created by the ancestor of Ten Thousand Fragrant City, who had created a sword dao through comprehending the ‘Wordless Sword Spectrum’.
The first sword technique, corresponded to Sword One.
The second sword technique corresponded to sword two.
And so on, the eighth weighted sword technique, corresponded to sword eight.
The biggest advantage of the Flying Immortal Sword Technique over the Wordless Sword Script was that it was much easier to comprehend and, furthermore, it also directly transformed the Sword Dao Intentions into Sword Technique moves.
While cultivating sword moves, the sword cultivator can in turn reverse the enlightenment of Sword I, Sword II, and Sword III ……
Eight hundred years ago, Sword Emperor Xue Hongduan came out of nowhere and directly supplemented the Flying Immortal Sword Technique to the tenth level, making the Flying Immortal Sword Technique one of the most powerful sword techniques in the Kunlun Realm.
Zhang Ruochen flipped over the token, and on the back of the token, there were indeed the words “Ten Thousand Fragrant City” printed on it.
“On this person’s body, he is wearing the Eight Sword Order of Ten Thousand Fragrant City, which means that he has successfully cultivated the eighth sword technique of the Flying Immortal Sword Technique, and he should have realised the Eight Sword as well… what a rather terrifying character.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Little Black said, “According to this Emperor’s judgement, this person should have died three hundred years ago.”
“Three hundred years ago, there were a total of nine Sword Saints in Ten Thousand Fragrant City, crushing the other three major Sword Dao Holy Lands and claiming to be the number one in the world. Among the nine great Sword Saints, six of them were disciples of the Sword Emperor. Over the past three hundred years, of the nine great Sword Saints, three have fallen and two have disappeared.”
“This person, should be the number one expert of Ten Thousand Fragrant City three hundred years ago, the second disciple of the Sword Emperor, Xue Lan Shan.”
After some thought, Zhang Ruochen surmised the identity of the corpse.
The Sword Emperor was the most flirtatious and only accepted female disciples, yet he made an exception and accepted Xue Lanshan as his disciple, thus showing how highly qualified Xue Lanshan was.
At that time, the entire Kunlun Realm’s cultivators believed that Xue Lashan was the Sword Emperor’s successor.
Xue Lashan had indeed not let the Sword Emperor down, and after the Sword Emperor’s disappearance, he had quickly become the number one expert in Ten Thousand Fragrant City.
If, three hundred years ago, he hadn’t died here, it was very likely that he would have already realised the Nine of Swords and become the unparalleled Sword Dao Supreme Power in the world today.
“Xue Lan Shan’s cultivation is so terrifying, under the Great Saints, I’m afraid that there are not many people who are his opponents, so how could he have fallen above the Undead Ancient Ship? Could it be that above the Undead Ancient Ship, there is something even more terrifying than the Evil Saint Idea Body?”
Thinking of this, Zhang Ruochen couldn’t help but feel his hands and feet go cold, realising that he had underestimated the danger level of the Undead Ancient Ship.
Zhang Ruochen had once heard Ao Xin Yan mention that after reaching the Saint Realm, the higher one’s cultivation level was, the faster one would die if they broke into the Yin Yang Sea. Originally, Zhang Ruochen was still a bit unconvinced, but now he believed a few points.
Zhang Ruochen put away the Eight Swords Order and continued to grope around the corpse, taking out a palm-sized hexagonal stone block at the location of the corpse’s chest.
The stone block, which appeared quite rough, was reddish in colour and had dragon patterns engraved on it.
Seeing the hexagonal stone block in Zhang Ruochen’s hand, Xiao Hei revealed an excited expression and said, “This is the gate seal of the Dragon Fire Island… This Emperor finally knows why Xue Lan Shan came to the Yin Yang Sea. He must have wanted to enter the Dragon Fire Island to take in the Spirit Dragon Flame and use the Spirit Dragon Flame’s quenching of the Sacred Body to prepare for his impact on the Great Sacred Realm.”
Zhang Ruochen revealed a hint of joy and said, “In the Yin Yang Sea, there really is a Spirit Dragon Flame?”
The Spirit-clearing Dragon Flame, which was of a higher grade than the Infinite Holy Flame, was spat out from the mouth of a divine dragon and could burn the sky and boil the sea.
Little Black said, “In the entire Kunlun Realm, only the Dragon Flame Island has the Spirit Dragon Flame. In the extremely distant past, the pups of the Divine Dragon Clan, after reaching the Saint realm, would all head to Dragon Fire Island to try to take in the Spirit Bearing Dragon Flame.”
“Zhang Ruochen, you should also go and collect a Spirit Dragon Flame, using the Spirit Dragon Flame, you can deal with the Evil Saint Thought Body. Moreover, when collecting the Divine Dragon Sun and Moon Chaos Pagoda, the Spirit Dragon Flame can also come in handy.”
There was no need for Little Black to say more, Zhang Ruochen had already decided to collect the Spirit Dragon Flame after learning about it.
The wonderful uses of the Spirit Dragon Flame were much more than those mentioned by Little Black, and it would also be of immense help in the cultivation of the Sacred Dao.
However, it was not an easy task to enter the Dragon Flame Island, and the only way to get in was to borrow a door seal.
Zhang Ruochen took the Door Seal in his hand, and put it into his spatial ring for safekeeping.
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen continued to grope around and finally found the reason why the corpse’s aura, had not spread out.
The reason was above the corpse’s right wrist.
It was a string of white Buddha beads, twelve in total.
“The Buddha beads have the aura of the Buddha Emperor on them, could it be a spiritual treasure personally refined by the Buddha Emperor?”
Zhang Ruochen was still very familiar with the aura of the Buddha Emperor, so he could naturally recognise it.
Xiao Hei nodded and said, “Xue Lanshan carried this string of Buddha beads into the Yin Yang Sea, so he should have wanted to cover up the heavenly chances, conceal his aura, and avoid the ferocious dangers in the Yin Yang Sea. Unfortunately, he still wasn’t able to reach Dragonfire Island and died on top of the Undead Ancient Ship.”
This string of Buddha beads was much more superior than the one given to Zhang Ruochen by Master Indra.
“By wearing this string of Buddha beads, I should be able to avoid the Evil Sacred Thought Body, and furthermore, the Immortal God’s Hall will definitely not be able to project my whereabouts anymore.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
All along, the reason why Zhang Ruochen was in a passive situation was because the Immortal God’s Hall was able to project his location, and no matter where he fled to, he would be caught up.
As long as he was able to evade the Immortal God Hall’s projections, Zhang Ruochen would be able to turn from light to dark, from passive, to active.
The moment Zhang Ruochen removed the Buddha bead, the corpse’s eyes opened wide and stared straight at him.
At the same time, a roar resounded from within the corpse’s body, and on its skin, a piercing holy light emanated, illuminating the cabin.
Powerful fluctuations of holy qi spread throughout the Undead Ancient Ship.
After Xue Lan Shan’s death, the thick holy power had been gathered within his body, and at this moment, it completely erupted.
On the Undead Ancient Ship, all the Evil Saint Thoughtforms were startled, emitting ear-piercing whistling sounds as they rushed towards the centre of the holy power fluctuations.
“Senior Xue Lan Shan, I’ll borrow the two items on you for a while, and when we leave the Yin Yang Sea, I will definitely send your body and relics back to Wan Xiang City.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to take advantage of a dead person, besides, being able to find the Gate Seal of the Fire Dragon Island and the Buddha Bead on Xue Lanshan was already a great opportunity.
After using them up, returning the two treasures to the descendants of Snowy Arashiyama would be considered a reward for a reward.
As expected, upon hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, the corpse’s eyes closed again.
Xiao Hei let out a long sigh of relief, still staring at the corpse, and said, “Zhang Ruochen, just now, if you hadn’t uttered those words, I’m afraid you would have already died here.”
“Is that so?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“When one’s cultivation reaches the heights of Xue Lan Mountain, even if they are already dead, there is a possibility that they may have left behind some backstabbing.”
After a pause, Little Black added, “With the guardianship of the Buddha Bead, Xue Lan Shan’s Saint Soul might not have dissipated all the way, and even if there is only a wisp of residual soul in the body, killing you won’t be a difficult task.”
Zhang Ruochen was secretly glad and said, “Let’s go, hurry up and leave, I can feel that a large number of Evil Saint Souls are rushing over.”
Zhang Ruochen respectfully bowed to Xue Lanshan’s corpse, and then, after putting the corpse into his spatial ring, he quickly left the cabin with Little Black.
On the way, Zhang Ruochen encountered dozens of Evil Sacred Thoughtforms, however, he wore twelve Buddha beads on his hands, and surprisingly, he avoided all of them one by one, and didn’t have his scent detected by them.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t go looking for Ao Xin Yan and the Wine Crazy Man, on top of the Undead Ancient Ship, it was undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack to find them.
For the next three days, Zhang Ruochen consolidated his realm while also refining the remaining 20% of the Dragon Pearl’s Essence Qi, and his strength increased again to a certain extent.
It was also on this day that Zhang Ruochen stood on top of the deck and saw another Undead Ancient Ship appear on the vast and boundless sea. That Undead Ancient Ship emitted a silver light, causing the nearby sea to turn silver.
It was precisely the silver-coloured Undead Ancient Ship that the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon and the Ancestral Dragon Mountain’s Saint Beast were travelling on.
“Finally catching up with them.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed and the corner of his mouth curved up into an arc.
At this moment, the silver-coloured Undead Ancient Ship, docked near an island.
Little Black jumped onto Zhang Ruochen’s shoulder and pointed at the island in the distance, saying, “That’s the Dragon Fire Island.”
