Chapter 649   - Imminently Breaking Out of the City

Edited by Molly and Ea

After talking, Lian Hua walked out of the hall.

At the entrance of the main hall, he ran into Yan Tianhen who was holding a rabbit and stuffing a radish into its mouth.

Yan Tianhen frowned and sighed in distress, “Lian Hua, why doesn’t my rabbit like to eat radish? It really worries me to death.”

Lian Hua pulled the corners of his mouth and said, “You are still addicted to playing around. Carefully look for this Venerable and tell me if this is a real rabbit or not!”

Yan Tianhen suddenly realized and said “I almost forgot ah, it’s been a long time. I can’t figure out what is real and what is fake.”

Lian Hua rolled his eyes at the sky and said, “I indirectly asked for you. Chang Sheng nowadays only likes you. Even if Lingyu comes back, he would still only like you. You don’t need to run wild in your imagination and be jealous of yourself.”

Yan Tianhen’s eyes lit up. He smiled, “Hehehe.” and held the rabbit in his arms as he stood up and said, “What is Lian Hua Shixiong saying, he is him and I am me. You can’t get confused.”

Lian Hua rolled his eyes at the sky again, and left with a turn of his sleeve. He thought in his heart, What is the problem with this little brat? Insisting on getting jealous of himself.

Yan Tianhen watched the silhouette of Lian Hua angrily leaving, carrying the image in his mind he smiled for a while, then hugged the rabbit in his arms and went into the hall to find his Dage.

Lin Xuanzhi told him a lot of things, the majority of them asking Yan Tianhen to listen to Lian Hua, to not run around and make trouble; it didn’t matter even if he got into trouble, just remember to bring out Lian Hua’s name if he couldn’t handle it.

After all, within Youshan Capital, using Lian Hua’s name was better than anything else. Yan Tianhen naturally readily promised.

Soon after, Lin Xuanzhi went into seclusion. This time, seclusion lasted a hundred years.

In the hundred years, Yan Tianhen did not feel lonely because he was only one wall away from Lin Xuanzhi and was kept company by Lian Hua, fighting and drinking together so he didn’t feel lonely, and he made great progress in his cultivation. Now he had broken through the peak of the Small Perfection stage, reached the Major Perfection Stage, and was only one step away from reaching the Grandmaster Stage.

It was just that he still hadn’t ever cleaned the rusty sword with the blood cypress sap; it was as if he had completely forgotten it.

A hundred years later, there was a deafening explosion. A golden light rose straight into the sky, condensing into a golden array shape in the sky, and rapidly rotating a number of rounds, then suddenly returned.

Yan Tianhen had been originally practicing just outside of Youshan Capital. As soon as he saw this, his eyes lit up and he immediately took the two white tigers and one rabbit and ran towards Youshan Capital. The magic weapon had been refined, and Youshan Capital’s problem would be resolved within the next few days.

Lin Xuanzhi took the magic object and held the magic weapon that was finally formed after a hundred years of refining in his hand. Its name was “Gathering Souls”.

This Gathering Souls was the shape of a lotus flower, and the main body was the Twin Lotus Lamp which was originally placed in the Five-Element Converging Soul Plate, plus dozens of magic weapons that could gather souls and the sparrow spirit vein buried deep under the entire Spirit Sect grounds, which continuously supplied only the purest spiritual Qi, finally formed the current Gathering Soul under the meticulous care of Lin Xuanzhi.

Lian Hua was the first to arrive. His favorite thing to do every day was to look at the withered tree and then to look at that man.

“Successful?” Lian Hua asked.

“Successful,” Lin Xuanzhi answered.

Lian Hua’s eyes suddenly became red.

He waited for so many years and he finally succeeded until today.

Yan Tianhen also rushed over. He held the lotus-shaped light colored magic weapon to gather souls, looked around, and said, “Dage, this magic weapon looks a bit like our Twin Lotus Lamp.”

Lin Xuanzhi said with a smile, “It is made from the Twin Lotus Lamp.”

Yan Tianhen suddenly opened his mouth wide and said, “Dage is really generous. ‘

Lian Hua slapped Yan Tianhen on the forehead and said, “Your shocked words really came out. In the future, you’ll be following Chang Sheng, so you’ll never have to worry about a lack of magical treasures.”

Lian Hua patted Yan Tianhen’ forehead and felt it was very comfortable doing that these years. Yan Tianhen had also gotten used to being patted. It didn’t feel like much, but Lin Xuanzhi was slightly provoked, raising a slender eyebrows and stared at Lian Hua’s hand. “Do you not want this hand any more?”

Lian Hua immediately became obedient.

Yan Tianhen immediately had the courage to free himself. He felt like singing and grinned a few times.

Although this Gathering Soul was considered refined, it still needed the last step.

Lin Xuanzhi said, “In order to be able to support raising souls, the sparrow spirit vein that lives underground must be entirely absorbed.”

Lian Hua was generous and said, “Just absorb it then. It was left for people to use.”

Lin Xuanzhi asked, “You’re willing to part with it?”

Lian Hua let out a breath and said, “Even if I am not willing to part with it, I’ll still have to part with it. After the destruction of the sparrow spirit vein, the only piece of pure land of the Spirit Sect will eventually cease to exist, but the living can’t be forced to death by this no longer existant sect. As long as they can live I am willing to do anything.”

“Dage, don’t listen to him. In fact, his heart is already bursting with joy, and he can’t wait for this sparrow spirit vein to be immediately destroyed.”

Lian Hua’s death glare, “......”

Yan Tianhen, “Haha!”

Lin Xuanzhi said with a smile, “It seems that you two get along well.”

“With him?”

“I didn’t, I’m not!”

Lin Xuanzhi was relieved and said, “Then I am relieved.”

Yan Tianhen, “.....”

Lian Hua, “.....”

Without further delay, standing with Lin Xuanzhi on the highest mountain of the Spirit Sect, he collected all the spiritual Qi from the sparrow spirit vein into Gathering Soul.

They saw the white, orange, jade, purple, black, five colors of spiritual Qi like five long dragons, flying out of the ground, growling and rushing at Lin Xuanzhi standing on the top of the mountain, or more specifically, flying towards the magic weapon in his hand.

The movement caused was no less than the shock brought by the initial appearance of a magic weapon. All the people in Youshan Capital came out of their houses and stood on the long stairs looking towards the old location of the Spirit Sect. Even the great powers of Youshan Capital, who hadn’t come out for a long time, all came out and asked each other what just happened.

The current Sect Master of Spirit Sect came over, stood at the nearest place to Lin Xuanzhi, and loudly asked Lian Hua. “How did the sparrow spirit vein shake? What is this powerhouse doing?”

Lian Hua just looked obsessively at the scene where the sparrow spirit vein was fully collected into Gathering Soul, and said. “We can leave soon, and we can re-enter the reincarnation cycle soon!”

The Sect Master was fully shocked, and looked at Lin Xuanzhi who was like a fallen fairy with his mouth wide open. After a long time, it seemed like he was frightened, then turned back in a circle and said, “This, this, this, isn’t this Spirit Sect’s Chief Disciple?”

Lian Hua said, “Did you only just now figure it out?”

The Sect Master gasped. “Just based on his appearance, naturally I can’t remember. When Huarong Sword Venerable died in martyrdom, I was still an outer-door disciple and had never seen Huarong Venerable’s real face. But I still remember his last appearance — just like his current appearance! To think he’s actually Huarong Venerable. In my life, I can still see Huarong Venerable with my own eyes!”

The Sect Master said, and then burst into tears, greatly moved.

Huarong Venerable was the last hope of the entire cultivation world. That year, he swept the demon clan’s millions of troops, protected Youshan Capital, and killed Youshan Lingyu Venerable. However, he turned himself into a towering peak that continued to protect the Nine Lands for thousands of years.

Huarong Venerable had already become a legend. Now, he has returned.

He came back for the sake of Youshan Capital, for the sake of the tens of thousands of souls trapped in Youshan Capital. The Sect Master knelt down and bowed to Lin Xuanzhi.

It took a full three months for the sparrow spirit vein’s spiritual Qi to fill Gathering Souls, and now this Gathering Soul had become the magic weapon with the densest spiritual Qi in the world. Many evil spirits crawled out of the dark ground, wanting to snatch the magic weapon that was a serious threat to them. Demonic beings also woke up from their sleep. This Gathering Souls was of great nutritious value to them, it was sweet, delicious, and also hard to describe.

Lin Xuanzhi held Gathering Souls and rushed to the place where the Jianmu tree was located, while Youshan Capital had already descended into the chaos of fighting right now. Countless demons and evil spirits appeared overnight, occupying several long streets of Youshan Capital and trying to gather in Jade Ocean Jasper Heaven. Suddenly a cold light swept from the sky, sweeping all the monsters running to the ground.

A general wearing a battle robe, blazing with anger, stood atop the tower, with the air of one man able to hold a pass against ten thousand enemies. Holding a spear, he contemptuously swept a glance at the tens of thousands of monsters below him, and said, “Looking for death.”

When the people in the city learned that Youshan Capital’s predicament would be solved, everyone cheered, cried, and fought the monsters outside. At that moment, they had been waiting for too long, so long that they became almost lifeless.

The city became a cluster of confused fighting, and Lian Hua stood at the main gate of Spirit Sect without consideration to the situation of Jade Ocean Jasper Heaven. His long vines fluttered in the air, devouring many monsters. “Trespassers must die!” Lian Hua’s green eyes were dark and his expression was cold.

Jade Ocean Jasper Heaven’s Pillar of Heaven had stood for millions of years, and it wasn’t easy to open it. Lin Xuanzhi settled down his heart, lifted the lotus flower of Gathering Souls, and then pushed it gently into the Pillar of Heaven.

The Pillar of Heaven seemed to have sensed the Gathering Soul’s lack of malicious intent, and the shield blocking all things actually allowed this Gathering Soul to enter it.

Only to see from Jianmu’s roots and from the Wood Keeper’s forehead, there was something gleaming gradually coming out, and then assembling towards the Gathering Soul, circling around the lotus flower for a long time before slowly following and entering the gap.

Lin Xuanzhi gently raised his lips slightly and smiled just like that.

You guys have been guarding Youshan Capital for so many years, and now it is time to rest.

Although Spirit Sect had ceased to exist, the achievements of Spirit Sect would last forever and had already been imprinted on the pillar of honor and disgrace in the Dao of Heaven. Where Dao Zu’s soul returned to was unknown — maybe it became a mountain, maybe it turned into a river, or perhaps it became the sun, moon, and stars. He also didn’t know where his junior martial brothers went, but perhaps they had been reincarnated into a new life. In place of the world, I will remember all of you forever. Lin Xuanzhi’s eyes were slightly moist. His mind flashed through memories of the past.

He saw the scene of Xi He holding a sword and insisting on sparring with him; he saw Lian Hua’s reddish cheeks, as he did not dare raise his head while asking the Spirit Emperor who had just returned to Spirit Sect not long ago if he had any marriage partner yet.

He saw the scene of Youshan Lingyu and Cangdi Fenglang fighting, one holding a sword and the other holding a blade, wishing for the complete destruction of the Spirit Sect.

Things changed with time. Youshan Lingyu, holding a sword in his hand, with his body covered in blood, stood in front of the dead Dao Zu. His eyes were bloodshot, and his white robe was dyed red with blood.

He stood up alone and looked back at the door.

In the end, Lingyu said to Chang Sheng, “When I die, I will leave one of his root systems. I hope Shixiong can give it to Lian Hua and let him raise him for us.”

Chang Sheng said, “He didn’t deserve death, why should he be planted like this?”

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Author’s note: The past events are complicated, so it needs to be slowly unraveled~