Chapter 154: Nine Nether Dao Scripture (1/2)

After the sword cultivator clone obtained the token, he did not stay behind to 'farm points' and snatch more tokens.

That kind of action might be able to show off, but in reality, besides offending people, there was no other benefit.

Especially since this was only a clone. At this level, so what if he was in the limelight? It still had no positive effect on his main body.

The clone, Tang Yan, stepped on the flying sword and slowly left the stone forest field. None of the other nearby Foundation Establishment Cultivators dared to stop him and allowed him to take away a token representing his chance to advance.

Many of them suspected that the clone had run out of spiritual qi and could no longer fight. However, what if they guessed wrong?

The flattened stone forest was still vivid in their minds. There were not many brave souls present who wanted to die.

After casually tossing the token to the staff member, Tang Yan was surprised to discover that he was not the first to come out.

On the jade board representing the Foundation Establishment stage, there were already five names.

While he was using his ultimate moves to clear the scene, someone had already successfully obtained the token and came out to complete the task.

Although the sword cultivator clone did not think of rushing for time and only slowly finished everything, it did not take long.

He was not surprised that someone was faster than him. However, there were five of them. This was not an ordinary sight.

Hmm? There was actually a disciple from the Immortal Ascension Pavilion among the five?

The disciples of the Immortal Ascension Pavilion were not considered powerful among the many sects in the Great Mountain Region.

The general impression was that they were all mostly weak and only relied on medicinal pills and artifacts.

However, this person's name was ranked second on the jade board. Since when were the disciples of the Immortal Ascension Pavilion so capable?

After handing over the token, Tang Yan's name was finally placed at the sixth position.

He immediately shook his head and did not care about these trivial matters anymore. He did not intend to stay behind to continue watching the battle and instead rode his flying sword back to the sect's encampment.

Not far away, a group of sword cultivators who were also carrying flying swords on their backs looked at his distant sword light and revealed expressions of praise.

”He won without arrogance. His temperament is not bad.”

”This Tang Yan kid suffered a great calamity previously and managed to survive. It's time for good fortune to come.”

”After being absorbed by the Golden Core zombie demon, he fell into the dirty Yin Corpse Blood. Under those circumstances, not only was he fine, he even awakened a special talent in spiritual qi. This is a blessing for our Shu Mountain.”

The few Shu Mountain elders who were watching the battle outside gathered together. They were not stingy with their praises towards this resurrected disciple Tang Yan.

Tang Yan had forgotten most of the Dao Techniques he had learned in the past. Although he had awakened his Sword Heart, they were originally worried that Tang Yan would not be able to recover from this setback.

Even if he did not, it would take him a long time to learn new spell techniques and recover his strength.

However, he did not expect that not only would Tang Yan not be at a loss, but in a mere few months, he had risen to become one of the five strongest Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak.

”But Little Tang Yan still lost a lot of his memories. He doesn't even recognize me as his master anymore.”

A sword cultivator who was holding a wine jar in his hand and had a drunken flush on his face felt a little helpless when speaking about this. He raised the wine jar and took a few more gulps.

”Old Fan, don't be sad. As a cultivator, eternal life is the goal. A mere twenty-something years of memories is nothing. There's still a long way to go.”

”However, I heard that when your disciple was under the Mother River, he seemed to have seen something incredible. What's the exact situation?”

An elder beside him asked. However, Jiang Li had already asked his sword cultivator clone to reveal a portion of the information earlier.

He naturally did not say too much in detail. The most important part, the spiritual root, was not mentioned.

This was because after obtaining the Spiritual Root Branch, he already had the possibility of benefiting from the conflict between the two sides.

If he revealed everything about the spiritual root seed in one go, it would first cause others to suspect that he knew of this information. It was very likely that he would put this clone in a disadvantageous situation.

Secondly, if the information was completely leaked, perhaps someone would advocate a large-scale hunt to destroy these spiritual root seeds. However, there was no good way to identify the disciples who had been possessed. It was very easy for people to panic and cause chaos in the entire situation.

It was even possible that someone would target the mystical ability of the spiritual root seed that could change fate and thus collect and use those seeds without permission, resulting in an even greater catastrophe.

After all, greed was human nature. It could not withstand even a little test.

Finally, there was also the point that Jiang Li ”did not care” the most. From the appearance of the Spiritual Root Branch, those spiritual root seeds seemed to have an extraordinary meaning to it and were rather important.

That Spiritual Root Branch was about to be made into a second clone by Jiang Li. At that time, these unknown spiritual root seeds would become easily obtainable for him. How could Jiang Li bear to give the benefits to others for free and give up?

Therefore, he only used the memories of his death as an excuse to tell them about the huge monster hidden under the water, hoping that the sect could investigate it.

As for what they could find out, it was not something he could grasp.

”I'm not sure yet, but Elder Zuo Kong and Elder Zuo Luo have already gone to investigate. If there's anything unusual, they should be sending back the news very soon.”

In the battle of the Mother River, the people of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak had suffered a huge loss. Originally, they were still holding back their anger.

It was only because the Golden Core zombie demon had been killed that they could not do anything else.

Now, they knew that under the water, the Golden Core zombie demon was not all that was there. There were still existences hiding deeper in the shadows.

As such, how could the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak endure it? They had already restrained themselves by not directly overturning the damned Mother River. How could they really remain unmoved?

They had only sent out two Golden Core sword cultivators to scout the area. If they really attacked, it would be a rapid all-out strike.

Many large and medium-sized sects would easily turn into history under the wrath of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak.

Jiang Li's move was called manipulating a tiger to devour a wolf. He did not believe that a huge tiger like the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak could not beat a tree.

At that time, when the two sides fought, Jiang Li would be able to fish in troubled waters like he did back then. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Not long after Tang Yan obtained the token, another few cultivators walked out from within.

Among them, there was another unfamiliar face. When the name on the jade board appeared, many people discovered in surprise that another person was registered under the Immortal Ascension Pavilion.

Among the ten people who received the tokens first, two were disciples of the Immortal Ascension Pavilion.

This was really abnormal.

Obtaining the token the fastest did not necessarily mean that the cultivator was stronger. However, at the very least, it meant that the cultivator at least had the effect of suppressing the chaotic situation in a certain aspect in order to stand out in a stalemate.

For example, unparalleled speed, artifacts that could not be destroyed, etc.

Logically speaking, it was impossible for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of such a level to be unknown no matter how low-profile he was. However, none of the two people present knew each other.

It was not difficult to understand the reason behind this. Immediately, many people looked in the direction of the Immortal Ascension Pavilion with unfriendly gazes.

After so many years, they had almost forgotten that the Immortal Ascension Pavilion was actually an external force.

The other party had borrowed the power from the outside of the Great Mountain Region. This meant that once the Immortal Ascension Pavilion's Great Mountain Branch obtained victory, the benefits distributed would definitely be transmitted to the headquarters of the outside world.

It was natural for them to do business within the Great Mountain Region. However, if they were to take away a portion of precious resources and send it to the outside world, it would undoubtedly slow the development of the Great Mountain Region.

Not only that, but the Medicine Garden Mystic Realm would produce many high-grade spiritual herbs. Once they attracted the greedy gazes of the outside world, with wolves surrounding them, the cultivation world of the Great Mountain Region would probably have to face a difficult war.