Chapter 67: The Mysterious Cultivator

  "We can't match their power! Retreat quickly!" This was Lu Yufeng's first reaction. As soon as he saw the black stone statue's gaze, he immediately turned around and leaped into the air, flying back in the direction he came from without any hesitation. Lu Yufeng had already seen the gap between himself and his opponent, and it was absolutely not something he could overcome. Perhaps the Wind Blade Imprint could threaten the opponent, but would they give him time to condense it? Therefore, a quick retreat was Lu Yufeng's first reaction.

  "Hmm!" Lu Yufeng heard a cold hum coming from afar, and then he felt a sharp killing intent locked onto him. He turned his head to see a black flying sword hurtling towards him. Lu Yufeng quickly used all his strength to dodge downwards, avoiding the fatal blow by a hair's breadth. The flying sword whizzed past his head, leaving Lu Yufeng with a cold sweat. If it weren't for his keen sense of crisis awareness saving him once again, he would have been dead by now.

  "What?!" Lu Yufeng bellowed, leaping to the side. The long sword that had flown out earlier suddenly changed direction and shot towards him again. Lu Yufeng dodged the flying sword's attack this time with a very ungraceful posture.

  "Yù Jiàn Shù!" Lù Yǔ Fēng dared to confirm that it was absolutely the sword-controlling technique of the Yuè Jiàn Mén, not an ordinary object-control method. This sword-controlling technique was unique to the Yuè Jiàn Mén and had no other branches.

  "What is a strong swordsman of the Yu Jian Men doing here?" Lu Yufeng shouted loudly, looking at the flying sword that was swooping in. This time, Lu Yufeng did not dodge, although he was no match for it, he also wanted to see just how strong this person was!

  "Force splits the clear sky!" Lu Yufeng fully activated his true yuan, pouring the surging energy into the long knife. With a leap, he was in mid-air, and with a single slash of the knife, he struck down at the incoming flying sword.

  "Hmm..."

  Lu Yufeng only felt a surge of great power coming, then his throat was sweet, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out. Lu Yufeng was struck by the flying sword and heavily hit the ground. The flying sword was also dissipated by Lu Yufeng's knife.

  "Boom!" Lu Yufeng fiercely smashed into the ground, creating a nearly three-foot deep pit.

  "Pffft..." Lu Yu Feng spat out another mouthful of blood. Then, he slowly crawled out from the deep pit.

  "If my physical body wasn't decent, even if I wasn't killed by the flying sword, I'm afraid I would have been crushed to death by this force." Lu Yufeng felt lucky that he had cultivated his physical body, or else he would have died again. This was because Lu Yufeng discovered that the land in this ancient ruin was much harder than outside, and if he had crashed into the ground outside, he would have at least created a pit three feet deep, but inside the ruin, he only managed to create a hole of one foot deep.

  The stone statue revealed a surprised expression, unexpectedly, a small monk was able to block his attack. Although he was currently sealed and severely weakened, it wasn't something that a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like Lu Yu Feng could withstand. However, he didn't make another move against Lu Yu Feng, as his prestige wouldn't allow him to not be able to kill an inferior with one strike, or else he would lose face.

  "Are you a member of the Yu Jian Men?" Lu Yufeng asked the black stone statue.

  "Do you know about Yujian Gate?" he asked Lu Yufeng with a surprised expression.

  "Of course, I know that among the top three sects in the cultivation world today, there is the Yu Jian Men!" Although Lu Yufeng did not answer his own question about the black stone statue, but instead asked himself with great dissatisfaction, the situation was stronger than people, and Lu Yufeng honestly replied.

  "What is the Upper Three Religions?" The black stone statue asked again, Lu Yufeng was very strange, why did he only hear the black stone statue speak, but didn't see it open its mouth?

  "The top three sects are the three most powerful factions in the cultivation world today, namely the Yu Jian Men, Tian Mo Men, and Yao Jun Gong! They are collectively known as the Top Three Sects!" said Lu Yufeng.

  "Little one, what is your surname and name now that you are the master of the Yuxian Gate?" The black stone statue said coldly, with a flash of chill in its eyes.

  "It seems to be the surname Jian, as for what it is called, I'm not quite sure!" Lu Yufeng felt that this person was also a sword cultivator, but when mentioning the Yu Jian Men, there was a hint of suppressed anger, no, it should be said that it was killing intent. Lu Yufeng, with the help of Qing Shan's sword momentum and his own brought killing intent, had some understanding of the way of killing, so he was particularly sensitive to killing intent.

  "Hahaha... Yu Jian Men! Good, good! Sword Tian Hou, back then you secretly plotted against me and let me die unjustly. I must avenge myself. With your natural talent, I believe you will live until now! Even if you didn't make it, I will settle this account with your descendants!" The black stone statue shouted towards the sky.

  "Die unjustly? Senior, you?" Lu Yufeng was very puzzled. This person was clearly in his own distant place, so why did he say die unjustly?

  "Alas..." The black stone statue suddenly had a hint of desolation in its eyes, "Isn't it strange? Take a look for yourself!" After saying that, the stone statue shook slightly.

  Lü Yu Feng suddenly discovered that after the senior finished speaking, a figure walked out from the stone statue. Why did he say it was a figure? Because Lü Yu Feng found this person to be extremely illusory, with a transparent feeling. Behind this person, the black stone statue stood still in its original position, only its appearance had returned to how Lü Yu Feng first saw it.

  "Senior, what's going on?" Lu Yufeng slowly sat up, his face shocked and asked, with a hint of fear in his tone.

  "You don't have to be afraid, I'm just a spirit, no physical body, besides, I won't hurt you. If I wanted to kill you, do you think you could hide from me?" The spirit said disdainfully, looking at Lu Yu Feng's appearance.

  "What's going on with you, senior? Why have you become like this?" Lu Yufeng asked nervously.

  "Hmph! It's all because of Jian Tianhou. Eight hundred years ago, Jian Tianhou and I were fellow disciples, and during our training, we discovered this ancient ruin together and explored it. Who would have thought that for a martial technique, he would ambush me and shatter my physical body?! At the time, I had already reached the Combined Spirit Realm, and my soul had condensed into existence. He couldn't erase my soul, so he used an Ancestral Soul Stone to bind my soul here. After eight hundred years of searching, I can finally emerge from the Ancestral Soul Stone, but unfortunately, I can only leave it within a distance of three zhang (about 10 meters). Otherwise, I would have long since returned to the Imperial Sword Sect and taken Jian Tianhou's dog life! As long as the Ancestral Soul Stone remains intact, I am unable to leave." The figure spoke with an air of indignation, then coldly gazed at Lu Yifeng.

  "Uh... senior, I'm not a disciple of the Yu Jian Men, you're looking at me like this, it's making me a bit nervous!" Lu Yufeng was startled by the gaze of this figure, could it be that they were going to make a move on him?

  "Hmph! Kid, as long as you help me with one thing, I'll let you go!" The figure threatened Lu Yu Feng.

  "May I ask what senior needs junior to help with?" Liufeng, now just a small figure, facing the threat of his own life, of course, couldn't afford to be slow, and hastily said.

  "It's simple, just help me destroy this Soulstone and that's it!" The figure said, pointing to the Soulstone behind him. In fact, even if the figure didn't say anything, Lu Yu Feng already knew what he wanted him to do, but Lu Yu Feng still had to wait for the figure to say it out loud. After all, such a powerful being liked everything to be under his control, and besides, Lu Yu Feng was happy to play dumb.

  "Senior, are you kidding me? With your incredible strength, you can't even break this Soul Binding Stone. I'm just a small cultivator, how could I possibly break it?" Lu Yu Feng replied honestly. "I couldn't even attack the stone, look!" The figure said, shooting out a sword aura with a wave of his hand. Then something strange happened - Lu Yu Feng saw that the sword aura shot out by the figure passed through the stone statue without causing any damage to it.

  "Besides, with the commotion you caused in the Phantom Kill Array, it should be enough to destroy this stone statue." The figure coldly gazed at Lu Yu Feng and said.

  "What?" Lu Yufeng sprang up, his true yuan surging throughout his body, and he looked at the figure with a vigilant expression. "Could it be that the deviated wind mark I released in the formation has been discovered?" Lu Yufeng would absolutely not let anyone know that he could use the Deviated Wind Mark; this was his last resort.