Yao Dao · Emei Disciple

  Yue Qing said to Wu Li: "That treasure is ours together, three precious swords and a jade bottle, just right for each of us."

  Wu Li's expression eased slightly, and he felt that Yue Qing's proposal was acceptable. He wasn't someone who didn't care about reason, and he had initially thought that Yue Qing would take advantage of his numerical superiority to monopolize the treasure. That's why he had been on high alert, making a desperate stance. Now that he heard Yue Qing wanted to share it with him, it seemed reasonable after all. After all, Yue Qing had figured out the origin and location of the treasure more clearly than himself, and had even anticipated his move earlier. Moreover, among the three opponents, Yue Qin was already a formidable enemy. The long-bearded Taoist behind him looked like Ming Yi Zi, who had beheaded the sea serpent in the East Sea years ago. The young man wasn't weak either. If they really fought, Wu Li might not have the upper hand with one against three.

  He was about to nod in agreement when Yue Qing said, "I know that Daoist friend was robbed of the Golden Whip Crag's foundation by Zhu Ai Zi back then and has been seeking revenge for years. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a suitable sword, which is why he has failed repeatedly. The three flying swords among the treasures this time are a set, called the Three Yangs United Sword. If used separately, their effectiveness will be greatly reduced, but if combined, they can rival the Emei Purple Kun and Qing Suo. Today, Wu Daoist friend found this place first, so I'll put on a thick face and ask for a personal favor. I don't want that sword anymore, and I'll also ask Ming Yi Daoist friend for a favor, he doesn't want his either. Both swords will be given to Wu Daoist friend, what do you think?"

  Wu Li couldn't help but be overjoyed, yet he didn't dare to believe that such a good thing had really happened to him. He secretly suspected that Yue Qing had some ulterior motive: "If it's really like this, then I'll owe you one!"

  Yue Qing asked Ming Yi Zi again, and Ming Yi Zi knew it in his heart. This time, Yue Qing wanted to give a treasure to his junior fellow apprentice, and he himself was just here to watch the excitement. Originally, there was no share for him, but Yue Qing said so, which made Wu Li owe him a favor. Why not take advantage of this? So he nodded in agreement: "Very well, as you say, I'll give that sword to Wu Dao You!"

  After the two parties had negotiated and settled, they flew down to the valley together to search for treasure. There was a forbidden spell left by Zhang Mi, which, although it had been through thousands of years, still had great power and firmly guarded the entrance of the valley, not allowing anyone to enter.

  Wu Li got a bargain and didn't want to take the treasure for nothing, but he was also worried that Yue Qing and the other two would snatch it from him after they had promised to let him have it, so he volunteered: "The three of you rest on the side and watch me break through the formation!"

  Wu Li was a hot-tempered person, and the magical artifacts he refined were extremely violent. With a flick of his wrist, dozens of crystal sands as high as several meters would fall from the sky, heavily smashing onto the seal at the valley entrance. The millet-sized grains of crystal yellow sand jumped and flowed on the invisible barrier, rubbing against each other to produce fist-sized, metallic-lustered thunder pearls. Countless thunder pearls rolled in the quicksand, growing larger and larger, and as soon as they encountered any obstacle, they would immediately explode violently!

  Rumbling, yellow sand fills the air, lightning flashes, and the entire valley is covered in yellow dust. The giant trees that have grown for hundreds of years, as well as boulders and clods of earth, are all ground into fine powder by the crystal sand, and shattered into smithereens by the divine thunder!

  Ming Yi Zi and Liu Quan's faces slightly changed color, thinking that it was no wonder this old Taoist could compete with the two old men of Songshan, losing but not conceding, always wanting to take revenge. It turned out that he really had earth-shattering skills, and if they had really started fighting earlier, they would have ended up in a sorry state! They also admired Yue Qing's cunning and demeanor, being able to befriend such a master was much better than making an enemy. The three ancient immortal swords left behind by the Three Ancient Immortals were casually given away, saying that if one wanted to give them up, they would be given up. If it were someone else, even if they knew the pros and cons of the situation, they probably wouldn't be willing to give them away for nothing.

  Wu Li used the divine sand to break the seal, and it took more than a few hours to completely grind away the restrictions left by the original master. Wu Li was a proud and arrogant person, and neither of them dared to offer assistance, so they stood together under an old pine tree on a nearby mountain peak, chatting. Yue Qing told Liu Quan: "Now that you have joined my Wutai Sect, I will take the place of your master and accept you as a disciple. Once this matter is settled, I will take you to Maoshan to pay respects to our master, and at his grave, you can perform the ceremony of becoming a disciple."

  Liu Quan found it somewhat strange: "Elder brother, why is the mausoleum of our Wutai Sect's founder not located on Mount Wutai but instead placed at Mao Mountain?"

  Yue Qing's face showed a sorrowful expression, and he remained silent for a moment before beginning to explain: "The Mao Shan Sect has always been on good terms with our Wu Tai Sect. In the first Emei sword fight, my master's arm was cut off by Qi Shui Ming. After returning, he secluded himself in Maoshan and spent ten years cultivating the Five Poison Sword with the help of Ma Lao Dao. He finally defeated Qi Shui Ming in the second Huangshan sword fight. Unfortunately, at the critical moment, San Xian Er Lao joined forces and attacked together, especially Zhu Ai Zi, who said many unpleasant things to my master. My master was furious and fought back, but the Five Poison Sword was taken by the enemy, and he himself was injured by the invisible sword, causing his soul to be destroyed and unable to reincarnate. Not long after, he ended up with a tragic fate of having his soul scattered. The fellow disciples were afraid that the Emei Sect would take advantage of their victory to kill them, so they fled in all directions, including my master's uncle, Mohe Zunzhe Si Kongchuan, who hid in Yunmeng Mountain."

  Ming Yizi and Liu Quan had also heard about the two super sects' sword fight in the past, but they didn't know the details. Especially Liu Quan, who was now a disciple of Wutai Sect, hearing that his own sect had such a tragic history made him even more resentful towards Emei.

  "After Master's death, Senior Sister Xu announced that she would reform and retreat to Mount Huang, sealing the mountain gate and refusing to see any of her former fellow disciples. She claimed that she would no longer interfere with the conflicts between the two factions. Gu Shixiong went into hiding at Dongting Lake, Li Kunwu fled to hide among ordinary people, Lin Yuan and Qian Xiao hid in the mountains of Yunnan... Dragonfly Shidi changed his allegiance and joined the White Bone God Sect... The Wutai faction collapsed, and originally, Master Tui was supposed to inherit the mantle and take charge. However, seeing this scene, he became enraged and, within a few days, suffered a spiritual deviation during meditation, causing his internal organs to ignite and reducing himself to ashes. We remaining disciples were afraid that Master's body would be desecrated by the Emei faction, although it was unlikely. But if the evil sects were to covet it, they might dig him up to refine an evil treasure. Conveniently, Old Man Mao came to Wutai to mourn and suggested taking Master's body back to Maoshan for burial. At that time, the Wutai faction had suffered two successive disasters, and everyone was preoccupied with their own affairs, so no one stopped him."

  Yu Qing finished speaking, and the three of them remained silent for a long time. After a while, Liu Quan solemnly said: "Elder brother, once we make the Five Tai Sect prosperous, we will bring back our late master's remains to Mount Wutai for a grand burial."

  Yu Qinggang had just opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, he suddenly saw three sword lights flying from the east, extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye they arrived above the mountain valley. Three beautiful girls stood on the swords, one of whom was slightly shorter, wearing a yellow palace dress, pointing downwards with her hand and shouting: "Wu Li, you wicked Taoist, we had already calculated that you would plot something sinister, and indeed you are up to no good here!"

  Wu Lìzhèng was getting anxious because he couldn't break the seal for a long time, and was worried that Yuè Qīng would look down on him. After hearing what the girl said, he became even more furious: "Shameless little wench! This Daoist priest is taking his own treasure, what business is it of yours? For years you've been provoking me at Mount Lao, I didn't want to bully the weak with my strength, so I let you off repeatedly. Don't try to take advantage of me!"

  "That girl smiled and said: 'Wu Lao Dao! With your insignificant Taoist skills, you dare to mention the four words "bullying the small" with me? Wu Lao Dao, I'll tell you, this treasure is left by a Xian of the Former Han for our future Shifu's sister, it's not time for it to be unearthed yet. Moreover, the treasure has spirit, it recognizes those who are destined to have it, if it's not yours, even if you break the seal, you won't get it! Bah! Evil demonic outsiders like you, do you deserve to enjoy the ancient Xian's legacy?'"

  Wu Li's anger reached its peak, but he suddenly burst out laughing, his expression twisted: "You have a path to heaven but you don't take it, hell has no gate but you come knocking on your own, it's you who are looking for death, don't blame me, Wu Li, for being ruthless and merciless!" Wu Li flew up into the air, sat cross-legged facing downwards, and disappeared into the rolling yellow sand, continuing to use his Crystal Sand Treasure to grind away at the restrictions below. He made a hand seal with both hands and released his self-refined Yellow Essence Sword. His heart was set on finding Zhu Mei for revenge, but he had been unable to find a good sword to use. Over several years, he had searched all over the nine states and four seas, extracting not a small amount of yellow essence from iron ore veins, refining it into flying swords. He felt that even this was still insufficient to counter Zhu Mei, so he thought to use quantity to gain victory, refining 180 swords. When the time came to fight, he would release them all at once and be sure to win. However, yellow essence was hard to come by, and after using several years of effort, he had only managed to refine these fourteen swords. Using them to deal with Zhu Mei was a bit lacking, but using them to deal with these three Emei disciples should still be more than enough. With his treasure in front of him, he no longer held back, and the fourteen yellow lights rose up into the air at the same time, sealing off all paths for the three women to advance or retreat. Then, he suddenly stabbed forward towards the center, wanting to chop the three people into pieces with his chaotic sword!

  The three women made their preparations and simultaneously released their flying swords to engage in battle with Huang Jing's sword.

  These three girls were unknown to Yue Qing, so he asked Liu Quan, and Liu Quan also didn't recognize them. Ming Yizi said from the side: "These three are disciples of Baiyun Dashi, one of the Luofu Seven Immortals of Mount Emei."

  Yue Qing nodded: "No wonder they're using the authentic swordsmanship of the Emei Sect."