yasinovel Chapter 1243 - 610: Three on a Journey
Chapter 1243 - 610: Three on a Journey
The elevator slowly descended, surrounded by melodious music, like high mountains and flowing water, the sound of silk and bamboo pleasant to the ears, very delightful.
Squashed in the elevator, covered in soot and dust from at least an army group’s worth of firepower, Cloud Deer Mountain Man turned his head to look at Chen Xuantian.
Chen Xuantian rolled his eyes at them and spoke in Yu Zao’s voice,
"What do you want? Have you seen me before?"
The three of them shivered with discomfort. Yunzhong Pao couldn’t help it,
"Brother Ma Lai, can you change back? It’s kind of weird like this."
Chen Xuantian casually explained,
"I can’t yet, this isn’t an Illusion Technique or a Blinding Technique, it’s the transformation skill from the 36 Transformations. There’s definitely a genetic check and permission verification in the elevator, I’ll have to wait until we’re out to change back."
Huqian Mountain Man sighed,
"Ah, we old bones three thousand years old really can’t keep up with the times. Who would have thought that the Mystic Sect Mystical Skill has developed to this extent, truly astonishing."
Ah Xiong comforted him,
"It’s okay, three thousand years is still just a child."
Huqian glared at him.
Yunzhong Pao also sighed,
"Although the senior brother warned us repeatedly, this array is extremely dangerous, and our skills aren’t enough, and to never rashly enter.
But who would have thought every level would be this tough. If it weren’t for Fellow Daoist Ma Lai leading us, we probably would have already died without a place to be buried.
Thank you for taking care of us all the way."
"No need to thank me, no need to thank."
Chen Xuantian also courteously thanked him in return.
Huqian Mountain Man snorted coldly,
"Since you were told not to come, who told you to follow and enter the array?"
"You still have the face to talk! I didn’t originally want to come! It was you who chased us in, wasn’t it!"
Paozi was furious.
However, Chen Xuantian understood what the old man meant, knowing he had seen through it.
Indeed, Chen Xuantian could easily lead them through the five barriers because he was well aware of the dangers here from the start. In other words, he could have led them out during the first array. Actually, they were forced here by him.
So Chen Xuantian quickly changed the subject, lest the two little animals figure it out,
"Alright, alright, since we’re here, we might as well enjoy it. However, the mountain man followed us all the way here, so it seems he’s also set on obtaining the Divine Weapon, eh?"
Huqian Mountain Man shook his head,
"I have self-awareness, my fate is insufficient, I can’t compete for or keep it. I’m not here to vie for the Divine Weapon, but just to take a look at the Sword Array."
Chen Xuantian calculated with his fingers, understanding,
"Oh, you’re here for the sword casting method? Could it be that Hutong Mountain intends to open a forge for sword casting? But it makes sense, your mountain is claimed as the top of the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens, wealthy and abundant with Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, there’s nothing you can’t cast."
Huqian Mountain Man didn’t hold back and drew the dual swords from his hand to look,
"Indeed, I’ve been pondering the Path of Artifact Refining for a long time, and I’ve always had the ambition of sword casting. The most suitable weapon for oneself must be crafted personally, no need to owe others and be subject to their karma.
It’s just that my mastery of the Five Arts hasn’t reached its peak, and the swords I forge always lack a bit of spirit; they could still be more refined.
But I heard that the new generation Sword Sect Leader is extraordinary, Heaven’s Chosen Son, that Sword Monarch Xuantian had a way of sword casting back then, receiving top praise from the Five Elders, and was respected as the previous Great Grandmaster of Treasure Refining. I’ve long intended to visit and seek his advice.
However, I also heard that Sect Leader Xuantian has been in seclusion in the mountains for years, not easy to disturb, so I specifically came to observe the Sword Array he left in Suiyang this time."
"I see. Here."
Chen Xuantian nodded, took out a gourd from his bosom, divided the Muscle Regeneration Pill, stuffed the extra into his sleeve, and then engraved a Talisman Divine Sense on the gourd, tossing it to him.
"What’s this..."
Huqian Mountain Man was shocked upon seeing it!
"Oh shit! The sword casting method! How do you have it! Why didn’t you say so earlier!"
Chen Xuantian spread his hands,
"How would I know you wanted the sword casting method from just what you said? I thought you were after my life."
Huqian Mountain Man was suddenly filled with skepticism, but the gourd was genuinely his own; he really couldn’t see a problem,
"Are you really so generous? Could it be that this array hides some mechanism? Planning to betray me at the last moment when the sword is forged, is that it?"
Chen Xuantian chuckled,
"Mountain Man, have you closed yourself off to the point of being a fool? It’s common knowledge that alchemy ruins three generations, and sword casting can destroy a sect.
Going through the trouble of treasure refining and sword casting, only for the Divine Weapon to be stolen by a mountain man, ahem, mountain bandits in the end, leaving one’s home destroyed—how many fools would still do that nowadays?
If you’re keen on walking this road to ruin with bold construction projects, I couldn’t possibly support you more! How could I fool you into something like that?
I can’t wait for you to deplete Hutong Mountain’s Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, exhaust your stores casting a few Divine Weapons so I can, ahem, borrow and admire them for a while!
Of course, it’d be ideal if it could spark a military arms race among the nine major sects, with Cloud Platform forging steel, Daoist Lords casting swords left and right, and flying swords being sold for ten coins apiece, so everyone can have a sword to wield, and a treasure to use. Then we wouldn’t need to go through so much trouble scheming and battling arrays for tribulation crossing."
Huqian Mountain Man, "..."
Ah Xiong happily, "Hooray! If they’re only ten coins, even I can afford a flying sword to use!"
Huqian glared at him.
Yunzhong Pao curiously,
"But Fellow Daoist Ma Lai, how do you have the Sword Sect’s Sword Array? Are you also a Sword Sect disciple?"
Chen Xuantian,
"Oh, bought it when I passed by Nine Yin Mountain."
Yunzhong Pao,
"Oh, so you bought it at Nine Yin Mountain."
Huqian Mountain Man,
"Oh... don’t keep oh-ing and making up stories! Who would sell sword casting arrays at the foot of a mountain?"
Yunzhong Pao,
"The Sword Sect would! When the Nine Luminaries Divine Sword handwritten copies were the cheapest, they were only a hundred coins each, though sometimes there were typos.