After a long time, Li Hui finally calmed down and reconsidered this matter slowly.

  Although it is currently only a guess that there will be a war between the cultivators and the demon cultivators, Li Hui feels in his heart that nine out of ten things are likely to turn out as he thinks.

  What should I do then?

  Li Hui put aside his inner resentment and began to think seriously about this issue.

  "I am going to take the path of entering the Tao with a sword, achieving the line of a Sword Immortal. However, the Sword Immortals have long been lost in the current Cultivation Realm. Perhaps there are still some ancient Sword Immortal relics that have not been discovered by people, but this hope is faint. This can be seen from Master Yuan Hua's painstaking search for Sword Immortal relics, only to obtain a few scattered pieces of information."

  "This is equivalent to the path I am going to take being a road that is different from all the cultivation sects. Whether it's immortal cultivation, demon cultivation or Buddhist cultivation, the majority of them use swords as their weapons, but not every cultivator who uses a sword is called a Sword Immortal!"

  "The true way of the sword immortal, what it is, I need to explore step by step. Master Yuan Huan has already pointed out a direction for me to move forward, but how to walk specifically, still needs me to go on my own."

  "What I rely on now is, first, the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique. If it weren't for the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique, I'm afraid I would just be an ordinary loose cultivator struggling to make ends meet in Ling Xiao City, living a mediocre life. My second reliance is the Yuan Huan Immortal Mansion. Whether it's the spiritual instruments and treasures left behind by Master Yuan Huan, or the elixirs, spirit stones, or those mineral materials, I'm afraid they wouldn't be inferior to the collection of a small cultivation sect."

  "But most importantly, the immortal mansion itself, according to the information left by Yuan Huan Shizun, this immortal mansion is probably impossible for even a strong scattered immortal to break through its defenses. Of course, let alone encountering a scattered immortal, even if one encounters an infant-stage old demon who takes action against oneself, it's likely that there won't even be an opportunity to escape into the immortal mansion!"

  Moreover, once one escapes into the immortal mansion, although it is possible to change its external form, it is still very difficult to deceive those ancient monsters in the Yuan Ying period or the scattered immortals. If they discover the secret of the immortal mansion, there will be too many ways to capture and trap oneself. Furthermore, with the power of a scattered immortal, it is entirely possible to thoroughly destroy or refine this immortal mansion using some method. Therefore, this immortal mansion can only serve as one's last trump card, and must not be revealed unless absolutely necessary.

  Pouring himself another cup of tea, Li Hui's mind had completely calmed down, and he was now thinking rapidly about his current situation and the road ahead.

  "According to the information left by Yuan Huan, this world is too big and hard to imagine. The Bi Xiao Gate is just a small part of it, if one wants to achieve the great way of the sword immortal, how can they be content with staying in this place? However, my current strength is too weak, and I am still as insignificant as an ant in the cultivation world. At this time, going out to explore the world is not a good choice."

  "Entering the Azure Sky Gate is just a starting point for my sword immortal path. When my power is sufficient, I will inevitably leave here and venture into the world to pursue the Great Way. The Azure Sky Gate treats me as a pawn, but am I not also treating the Azure Sky Gate as a stepping stone?"

  "My purpose in entering the Azure Sky Gate is just a trial on my sword immortal path, a thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. My first step will be towards the Azure Sky Gate, and everything will start from here. Since I have chosen this path, whatever difficulties or dangers lie ahead are merely another test for me! Moreover, my master has mentioned that only by frequently experiencing life-and-death battles can one better improve their swordsmanship and comprehend the true meaning of the sword."

  Li Hui's gaze gradually became stern:

  "With my three-foot long sword, I will walk the path of a swordsman, no matter how difficult or perilous it may be, I will break through with my sword! Vanquish the immortal with the sword, destroy the demon with the sword!"

  At this moment, Li Hui is not only not afraid of the upcoming war between cultivators and demon cultivators, but instead filled with longing!

  One move unparalleled, sword shattering the universe, body amidst the nine heavens! This is what it means to be a true Sword Immortal!

  The second day at dawn

  One thousand Refining Qi stage disciples and one hundred Building Foundation stage disciples all gathered at the mountain gate square.

  What surprised Li Hui was that the leader of the Han Shi Dao, also arrived at the square and said a few words of encouragement to these disciples who were about to set off.

  Then, he ordered that each Foundation Building period disciple be given an additional 5,000 pieces of low-grade spirit stones and ten bottles of various medicinal pills; each Qi Refining period disciple was given 1,000 pieces of low-grade spirit stones and ten bottles of medicinal pills.

  These ten bottles of elixirs have different effects, some are auxiliary cultivation elixirs, some are spiritual recovery elixirs, and most are several kinds of treatment for internal and external injuries.

  This move made those disciples in the Qi Refining stage even more excited, and many people cheered happily.

  Li Hui suddenly felt a wave of inexplicable sorrow, the people in front of him, who were from the same school as him, perhaps not long from now, most of them would lose their lives in the war. And today they were cheering for some trivial things that didn't matter at all.

  "This is also a hard-won gain!" Li Hui thought to himself as he put all these things into his storage bag.

  There were Zhangmen Hanshi Dao people, Murong Lie and Lin Yu present. The cheering disciples on the square restrained themselves a lot. And Murong Lie also rarely didn't have a stiff face, instead he was smiling all over his face as he looked at these young disciples.

  According to the arrangement of Murong Lie and Lin Yu, all the Qi-refining disciples were divided into 100 teams, with 10 people in each team. The 100 Foundation Establishment disciples, on the other hand, had one person leading a team, and each Foundation Establishment disciple controlled a small, cyan-colored flying boat, carrying the 10 Qi-refining disciples on board.

  These airships were not as large as the ones Li Hui and his friends had ridden in when they first entered, but ten people standing on top of them did not feel crowded at all.

  Then these flying boats rose into the air amidst the farewell voices of the Hanshengdao people and flew towards the northwest. Murong Lie and Lin Yu also rode their swords into the air, but controlled the speed of their flying swords to keep pace with the flying boats, leading a fleet of one hundred flying boats on either side.

  Li Hui looked back and saw that the building of Bi Xiao Men was gradually getting smaller, the flying boat was rising higher and higher, and soon it flew out of the protective array of Bi Xiao Men. From the outside, this place was just an ordinary mountain peak.

  The flying boat flew northwest, and the disciples on the boat began to admire the scenery along the way, talking and laughing loudly with each other.

  It was already deep autumn weather at this time, the flying boat flew all the way through the vast mountains and forests, only to see the red leaves covering the mountains, the layers of trees were dyed, a beautiful scenery.

  The sky was vast and distant, standing on the flying boat, the autumn wind blew over, Li Hui's mood also relaxed.

  The speed of the flying boat was not particularly fast, far less than that of a sword flight. However, it could still travel thousands of miles in one day. If it were a foundation-building cultivator flying with a sword, they would probably be several times faster, and if it were a golden elixir cultivator flying with a sword, who knows how many times faster they would be.

  However, in order to bring along the thousand non-flying Qi Refining stage disciples, they could only use flying boats. Murong Lie and Lin Yu could also only control their flying swords' speed to be the same as the flying boat's.

  Less than half a day later, they flew out of the range of the Azure Mountains. Outside the Azure Mountains was an endless expanse of flat land that stretched as far as the eye could see. However, when night fell, they saw layer upon layer of mountains in front of them once again.

  Murong Lie and Lin Yu ordered the disciples of Bi Xiang Men to come down and temporarily rest overnight at the foot of the mountain.

  On the third day at noon, the people of Bixiao Gate who were flying over a vast plain suddenly saw a mountain range appear in front of them. The mountain was not very high or large, but it stretched for hundreds of miles like a winding dragon. There was no vegetation on the top of the mountain, but there were still some trees growing on the slopes. The bare mountain top was a dark red color, and from a distance, it looked as if a giant red python was sleeping on top of the mountain.

  The flying boat went straight down to the mountain ridge under the leadership of Murong Lie and Lin Yu.

  Gradually getting closer to the mountain ridge, on the flying boat, I saw that there were already many monks standing below. At this time, two monks rose into the air from the crowd and flew straight towards the direction of the people at the Azure Sky Gate.

  "Murong Dao brother, Lin Dao brother, you've had a hard journey!"

  The two newcomers were Zhang Fang and Guo Taiquan, two Golden Elixir cultivators from the Purple Mystic Sect. At this moment, they were greeting Murong Lie and Lin Yu, apparently familiar with each other.

  "Haha, Zhang Daoxiong, Guo Daoxiong, it's been a long time! Thanks for coming to welcome me!" Murong Lie said with a big laugh, and Lin Yu also smiled and nodded in greeting.

  "Haha, let's go, we'll talk more on the way down. I've already arranged for Mu Rong Dao brother and Lin Dao brother's accommodations." Zhang Fang made a "please" gesture.

  "Thanks for your trouble, Zhang!" Murong Lie cupped his hands in gratitude. The four Golden Elixir cultivators then descended together towards the mountain ridge below.

  The disciples behind Bi Tian also fell down together.

  The mountain ridge looked down from the air, feeling that the terrain was uneven and bumpy. Unexpectedly, there was a very wide open space on the top of the mountain. The people of Bi Xiao Men landed on this open space. In front of the open space were buildings and houses.

  "This is Chi Meng Ridge, this time we will join forces with the other six sects to fight against the evil demons! You all wait here first, I and Lin Zhang Lao and Zhang Dao Xiong have some matters to discuss!" Murong Lie turned his head to instruct the Bi Xiuan Men disciples.

  Zhang Fang, however, was smiling as he waited on the side. After Murong Lie finished speaking, he suddenly turned his head and shouted: "Wang Youguo, go help the Taoist friends of Bi Xiuan Men find a place to settle down first."

  "Junior brother obeys!" a waiting Foundation Establishment cultivator replied.

  Murong Lie and Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a little surprised in their hearts, this Purple Mystic Sect is indeed thorough, but between the lines, it's also self-proclaimed as the Alliance Master.

  However, there was no change in their expressions as they said to Zhang Fang: "Thanks for your trouble, Brother Zhang!"

  "Haha, it's nothing, let's just go with the flow. The two of you please follow me!" Zhang Fang laughed and led the two men towards a tall building in front of them.

  After Murong Lie and Lin Yu left, the disciples of Bi Xianguan finally became restless, with a look of surprise and confusion on each face.

  Chi Meng Ridge! Before departure, they only knew that they were going to remove the demonic guard, but did not know where specifically. Until now, they finally knew that this place was called Chi Meng Ridge. Looking at the empty space with dense and numerous monks, each person's heart was filled with doubts, vaguely feeling that this time might not be as simple as Lin Zhang said.

  Li Hui's heart was calm, but when he saw that so many disciples from various sects had gathered on Chi Meng Ridge, it confirmed his suspicions - this time, it was likely to be a war against the demon cultivators.

  At this time, the purple Xuanmen's Jigong cultivator Wang Youguo walked over, and from among the Jigong cultivators of the Bi Xiao Gate also walked out one person, precisely that Zhao Liang who had presided over the Bi Xiao Gate when they accepted disciples.

  "Wang Daoyou is at the bottom of the Biyu Gate, Zhao Liang." Zhao Liang reported his own family first.

  "Zhao Daoyou, the lodging place at Bi Xiao Gate has been arranged. Please follow me!" Wang Youguo went straight to the point.

  Then a group of disciples from Bi Xiao Men followed behind Wang Youguo and Zhao Liang, walking forward.

  "Zhao Daoyou, originally there was a family of cultivators founded by my Zixuanmen disciples on this Chì Mǎng Ridge. However, with the large number of people attending the Seven Sects Alliance this time, the houses here are simply not enough to accommodate so many people. Therefore, only the Golden Elixir Elders and Foundation Building Cultivators can be accommodated in the houses. Qi Refining Disciples must be stationed on this open ground."

  The king walked on one side of the country and introduced some situations here to Zhao Liang.

  As he spoke, they had already arrived at an open space, where disciples of some unknown sect were already stationed.

  "Zhao Daoyou, a fellow disciple of the Refining Qi stage from your sect is here to request temporary lodging. Please, let us have the foundation-building stage Daoist brothers follow me to your residence!" Zhang Fang said.

  "Thanks, Zhang Daoyou. Brother Feng, you temporarily lead the disciples of our sect here for now. I'll send someone to replace you later." Zhao Liang turned his head and instructed a foundation-building cultivator.

  "Don't worry, Master!" replied the Taoist priest surnamed Feng.

  After Zhao Liang and his group left, a group of Qi-refining stage disciples finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to complain one after another.

  "What kind of place is this?! Not even a place to live!"

  "Are you going to squat here and blow cold wind at night too?"

  ……

  Feng's face changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.

  Li Hui's face was expressionless, he had been prepared in his heart, so he didn't feel surprised at this situation. He simply sat on the ground with his eyes closed and rested quietly.

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