Heaven Slaying Blade

Spiritual Master Lingtong sighed, "You probably wouldn't expect that someone like me, a schemer, could actually have friends, right? Who hasn't been young? Who, when young, hasn't had a few friends?"

Yiyi Shui said coldly, "Are you planning to kill us?"

"No, no, absolutely not." Spiritual Master Lingtong sighed, "I know, after hearing so many secrets from me, you must be wondering why I'm telling you all this, why... reveal so many secrets unknown to most creatures in the Tunnel. Will I kill you after telling? Absolutely not. Because..."

Spiritual Master Lingtong turned around, looking at the two women, "Because you... never mind, you wouldn't believe it anyway. Let's put it this way: I have a history with you. Whoever I harm... I would never harm you."

"Sounds nice! If you have the guts, let us go!" Yiyi Shui rolled her eyes.

At this moment, Spiritual Master Lingtong suddenly turned around and said blandly, "Have I ever imprisoned you?"

The two women exchanged a glance and were both a bit stunned.

Spiritual Master Lingtong continued, "Think carefully, since you came here, has anyone troubled you?"

The two women instinctively shook their heads. Indeed, no one had.

There aren't many people in Xiushui Villa, mostly servants and a few guards. But even the weakest maid has the cultivation of the Great Saint Realm. They are courteous to the two women, even somewhat in awe. But the problem is, whether it's Qi Xiaoyu or Yiyi Shui, both are extremely intelligent people. They know very well that there's no way to escape. So, they never even thought about escaping.

"Isn't that it? No one has troubled you, no one has sealed your cultivation. Has anyone ever said no to you wanting to go somewhere?" Spiritual Master Lingtong looked deeply at the two women and said lightly, "Even if you want to leave Xiushui Villa, no one will stop you."

"Is this really true?" Yiyi Shui looked at Spiritual Master Lingtong, suddenly feeling she couldn't figure out this old man.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Qi Xiaoyu asked coldly.

"What I want to do is very simple: to help your husband grow quickly and then help me sever this damn divinity! It's a joke that an honored practitioner of the Supreme realm like myself can't control my own life and death." Spiritual Master Lingtong said matter-of-factly.

"That's a joke! Since that's the case, why don't you tell him directly?" Yiyi Shui retorted.

"Telling him directly would be a joke." Spiritual Master Lingtong said, "There are some things you don't understand."

"Of course, we don't understand... But since you say we can leave anytime, we'll leave now! You, a Supreme existence, wouldn't go back on your word, would you?" Yiyi Shui looked at Spiritual Master Lingtong and said.

"Of course I keep my word." Spiritual Master Lingtong said, "However, I wouldn't advise you to leave."

"Haha." Qi Xiaoyu's face was full of mockery.

Spiritual Master Lingtong said, "If you leave Xiushui Villa, you won't get far. With your level, you dare not claim to be top-notch even in the Immortal Domain, let alone the Tunnel. Besides, if you leave now, where could you go? That scoundrel Chu Mo... he's not even in the Tunnel!"

"You mustn't talk about him like that!" Yiyi Shui and Qi Xiaoyu glared at Spiritual Master Lingtong.

"Really... really... damn it!" Spiritual Master Lingtong's lips twitched, and after a long time, he sighed, "Just stay here and cultivate peacefully. Later, I will have someone provide you with systematic cultivation methods and resources needed for cultivation. You can leave once you reach the peak of the ancestral realm... perhaps consider this when the time comes."

As Spiritual Master Lingtong spoke, his form flickered and he disappeared. If not for that fishing rod still there, with the float in the water bobbing up and down, it might make one think he had never appeared.

"What exactly does he mean?" Yiyi Shui looked at Qi Xiaoyu, full of confusion.

Qi Xiaoyu had a similarly bewildered expression, completely unclear about why Spiritual Master Lingtong was doing this.

"He told us so much, what does he actually mean?" Yiyi Shui muttered, "If he bears no malice, why treat our husband like that? With that prophecy, how many people has he harmed!"

Qi Xiaoyu nodded gently, "Indeed, he has harmed many people, but thinking carefully, it doesn't seem to have harmed our husband much?"

"It seems... there's some sense in that." Yiyi Shui said, then added, "No, no, we can't fall for this old man's trick. What if... what if..."

After pondering the 'what if' for a long time, Yiyi Shui couldn't continue because the difference in their levels was just too vast!

It wasn't a minor difference; probably no one could have imagined before that Spiritual Master Lingtong would be a Supreme level existence. Such a thing truly doesn't require boasting because there's simply no need.

At this moment, suddenly a delicate Great Saint Realm maid called out to the two women from afar, timidly, "Ladies, the master instructed me to bring the cultivation methods and resources to the ladies, and to... and to supervise the ladies' cultivation."

Qi Xiaoyu: "..."

Yiyi Shui: "..."

The two women exchanged glances, full of awkwardness and speechlessness.

This feeling, why does it feel so much like... a strict yet loving father?

This feeling... so strange!

"Hmph, let's go see what the old man is up to!" Yiyi Shui dragged Qi Xiaoyu to her feet.

But when they saw the cultivation techniques and resources, the two women were completely stunned, frozen in place.

Yiyi Shui looked at Qi Xiaoyu and said, "Is this really the rhythm to cultivate us into the ancestral realm?"

Stacks of holy medicine and Great Saint medicine were there, sealed with special charms. Each cultivation technique was an authentic ancient scripture, emanating endless dao rhythms. There were also bottles of elixirs, each sealed with a charm on its lid.

A slight probe with divine sense would reveal the effects and usage methods of these elixirs.

The two women were not inexperienced, but to be honest, they had never seen such luxurious cultivation resources in their entire lives!

What exactly is Spiritual Master Lingtong planning?

......

Chu Mo and his group of four had now crossed many mountain ranges, far from that extremely cold land.

They had been traveling for nearly a month, uncertain of the distance they had covered.

This world within the Tunnel was truly vast.

The creatures within were countless, with every kind imaginable.

The four of them even encountered a bee at the peak of the ancestral realm, and just the aura it emitted sent shivers through them.

However, there was no confrontation or conflict. In fact, the bee guided them along a path—a path leading to a human city. It peacefully accompanied them for several days before leaving.

"What should we do now?" Without the constant scheming of the past and the ever-present dangers of a violent death, Meng Na felt somewhat uneasy here.

Zi Dao and Ouyang Fei also looked at Chu Mo with confusion. The Edict of the Investiture of the Gods was with Chu Mo, so they weren't worried about facing any crises. This place also wasn't the territory of the Luoshui Family, so they weren't afraid of being recognized. As for cultivation, at their level, it was either retreat in seclusion for years or seek powerful ingredients for alchemy. Improving wouldn't be a task that could be completed overnight.

So, they all turned to Chu Mo, unsure of what to do.

Chu Mo looked at them and said, "First, I need to know which family controls this edition of the Investiture of the Gods. Then, I want to find a few people."

Zi Dao, Meng Na, and Ouyang Fei all looked at Chu Mo in shock. The three of them had levels too high, with brains too capable of computing, and immediately deduced what Chu Mo intended to do.

Zi Dao twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "You're not planning to rescue your friends, are you? If you do that, can you still keep the news of you being able to shatter divine ranks a secret?"

"Yeah, that's too dangerous," Ouyang Fei said.

Meng Na said, "Wanting to get news of them is not a problem. But if you wish to help them escape suffering, that's a massive issue."

Chu Mo shook his head with a wry smile, "I'm not that reckless, but at least I need to ascertain they are safe first."

Meng Na said, "We have just recently returned from the Gray Land, and if my calculations are correct, a new wave of invasion from the Gray Land might soon arrive."

Chu Mo understood Meng Na's meaning and said, "That's why I want to find them as soon as possible."

Zi Dao was silent for a moment before suddenly asking, "Will we see familiar people?"

Chu Mo glanced at Zi Dao. He knew that this was something he had to face sooner or later!

That day he planned to say it but was stopped by the already startled Zi Dao and Ouyang Fei. But now that things had come to this, Chu Mo felt that what is meant to come will come. No one can avoid what needs to be faced.

Ouyang Fei was silent, head bowed, obviously not entirely in the dark.

Having been with them for so many days, Meng Na could sense something. Especially since Chu Mo had been helping Zi Dao and Ouyang Fei from the start—in Meng Na's opinion, it couldn't be without reason!

Chu Mo was very loyal, but he was not someone merciful to a fault. Even when he himself was in extreme danger, he still took risks to rescue Ouyang Fei.

Chu Mo looked at Zi Dao and smiled, "Have you heard of the Seven Great Saints?"

"The Seven Great Saints?" Zi Dao frowned, glancing at Chu Mo and then at Ouyang Fei, shaking his head, "I've never heard of it!"

Ouyang Fei murmured, "I've only heard of the Six Great Saints." Then she counted on her fingers one by one, looking very cute, yet her tone carried a bit of difficulty, as she herself didn't know what her words truly represented.

"Great Saint Kun Fish, Great Saint Roc, Great Saint Cat, Great Saint Snowy Sea Dragon, Great Saint Bull Demon, Great Saint Fox Heaven. But those were things from a long, long time ago. They were the cultivators who entered the ancient battlefield with us, already breaking through to the ancestral realm on the battlefield, becoming true titans of the ancestral realm."

Ouyang Fei said.