Chapter 243: Chapter 9 Lifeless 10 Directions 10,000 Spirits Festival
From Li Mo’s attack to his escape, it took only a few minutes.
Moreover, he only revealed the aura of Perfect Core Formation when facing Xuanling Heavenly Dragon, leaving everyone else unresponsive.
Li Mo acted under the noses of many Demon Cultivators, his actions were utterly reckless.
The Blessed Earth Immortal didn’t even pay attention, while Xuanling Damu Heavenly Monarch wanted to pursue, but Li Mo had already vanished into the sunset.
"Hah, what a coward."
Xuanling Damu Heavenly Monarch opened her palm, revealing a giant eye in the center.
The surrounding air distorted, but after hesitating repeatedly, she chose not to use any magic, her gaze dark and fixed on the distant fiery clouds.
"Which Devil Sect is this exactly from..."
Li Mo sensed the threat like a thorn in his back disappear and immediately concealed his aura.
In fact, he was already prepared to use the Nearby Array, which was inscribed inside the Taiyin Law Heaven. With the protection of the Hundred Refinement Magical Artifact, even a Nascent Soul Stage couldn’t stop him from teleporting.
Of course, it would undoubtedly waste a Taiyin Law Heaven.
Fortunately, it was a false alarm; once he refines Xuanling Heavenly Dragon into the End-of-the-World Dao Seed, acquiring the No-Life Sect techniques should not be a problem.
Li Mo’s forehead cracked open, and the Cave God’s Eye activated.
He scanned his body inside and out to prevent any hidden tricks from the No-Life Sect. Confirming there were none, the Cave God’s Eye instinctively looked towards Qing Town.
The way the two Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators fought was a bit unexpected.
The Blessed Earth Immortal and Stove God seemed to stand opposite each other, both sitting cross-legged with closed eyes, without the slightest spiritual fluctuation around them.
Where was the tension of a fierce battle?
"Strange things."
Li Mo continued deeper into the Sword Tongue Sect, the Blood Sea turned into semi-transparent micro dust.
Whether the No-Life Sect had already taken over the Sword Tongue Sect seemed to be hindered by the existence of Heavenly Sword Sect, making it impossible to be utterly reckless.
So, for now, staying within the Sword Tongue Sect’s territory was the safest option.
Li Mo glanced at Corpse Mountain, where Elder Han Feng was bound by the Blood Soul, unable to move.
"Who on earth are you?"
Facing the threat of death, Elder Han Feng became neurotic.
"Could you be from Tushan City?"
"It must be Tushan City, you can’t kill me, you can’t kill me. Although I slaughtered tens of thousands in Tushan City, you must know, I’m not the only one in the Devil Sect doing this..."
Li Mo directly used the End-of-the-World Dao Seed, and Elder Han Feng immediately sank into a Melting Furnace, unable to escape, the scorching flames already engulfing his body.
"Ahhh, I’m so unwilling!!!"
He didn’t even check Elder Han Feng’s Storage Bag, no matter what resources it carried, letting it all turn to ash is the safest.
As a Core Formation Stage, Elder Han Feng was estimated to burn for at least ten days.
"Let’s first establish a Cave Mansion for seclusion."
The Blood Sea traversed through the clouds.
Under the Sword Tongue Sect’s protection, though the wild countryside wasn’t lacking in villages, the scattered Daoist Temples belonging to the Sword Tongue Sect were manned by low-level Sword Cultivators.
Li Mo arrived at a series of endless mountain ranges, casually retracting the Blood Sea into his body. The Shadow Transformation Ghost Tiger directly burrowed into the depths of the mountains.
Moments later, the Ghost Tiger skillfully carved out a Cave Mansion.
Li Mo entered the long-lost Cave Mansion, immediately summoning all the Tattooed Beasts to his side to handle dangerous alerts.
While Li Mo arranged the array, the little ones kept hopping around.
Apart from the dirty work done by the Ghost Tiger, they had not been out for a long time, and even in the enclosed Cave Mansion, they were inexplicably excited.
Li Mo looked at the seven Tattooed Beasts, each with different personalities, and couldn’t help but smile.
However, he didn’t have time to play with the little ones; his consciousness entered the Corpse Mountain Mini World.
Yun Shan had completely lost its vitality, with two Lifebound Flying Swords inside, one originally possessed and the other from a Sword Embryo in the stomach.
The Lifebound Flying Swords were unharmed, merely suppressed by the Corpse Mountain.
"How could Lifebound Flying Swords have any vital connection?"
Should a Sword Cultivator’s Lifebound Flying Sword be destroyed, their foundation would be ruined even if they survived, yet a dead Sword Cultivator wouldn’t affect the Lifebound Flying Sword.
Indeed, a bit ironic.
Li Mo couldn’t help but examine Yun Shan. The latter’s Demon Sect Skills were not yet completed, making the Sword Embryo in the stomach not entirely shaped into a divine statue, exposing the bizarre nature of the No-Life Sect’s Cultivation System.
He threw Yun Shan into the Melting Furnace as well, leaving behind only one liver-shaped Lifebound Flying Sword.
Da Ai Mi Tian was particularly interested in Lifebound Flying Swords related to flesh and internal organ Taoist Bodies; instinctively, it wanted to devour them.
Li Mo toyed with the Lifebound Flying Sword for a long time, unable to discern anything before tossing it to Da Ai Mi Tian.
Da Ai Mi Tian, turning into flesh and blood, enveloped the Lifebound Flying Sword, and soon a sound of chewing came. Within just a few breaths, it was completely digested.
Both Spirit Patterns of Da Ai Mi Tian were somewhat replenished, growing by about ten percent.
Li Mo did not want Da Ai Mi Tian to quickly ascend to a Magic Treasure, thereby making it difficult to use, and hence, he didn’t purposefully search for Lifebound Flying Swords.
He patiently waited for half a day before the Melting Furnace arduously burned away four Lifebound Flying Swords, three of which were Elder Han Feng’s collection.
As for Elder Han Feng’s Lifebound Flying Sword, since it reached the Core Formation Stage, the sword had only external insect shell burns.
In Li Mo’s view, Lifebound Flying Swords were exotic living things, best eradicated to prevent Heavenly Sword Sect from detecting any signs.
He closed his eyes to nourish the spirit, and a large amount of information about the Sword Tongue Sect flooded into his mind.
Due to Elder Han Feng not being completely burned, only a shallow understanding of Yun Shan’s Demon Sect Skills was obtained, appearing fragmented.
The End-of-the-World Dao Seed, extracted from the Lifebound Flying Sword, contained the process of refining Sword Spirits.
The Sword Spirit Refining Method was taught by the Heavenly Sword Sect to the Sword Tongue Sect and was titled "Tongue Sword Fetus Technique."
"Tongue?"
Li Mo shook his head slightly. The Heavenly Sword Sect truly didn’t treat their affiliated Immortal Sects as people.
Tongue refers to the livestock’s tongue, demonstrating the Heavenly Sword Sect’s contempt for the Sword Tongue Sect, not even caring about their life and death.
After reading the Tongue Sword Fetus Technique, Li Mo found it tough to replicate the Sword Spirit.
To nurture a Sword Spirit, a "sword seed" must be implanted in the Sword Embryo’s mind, a resource unique to the Heavenly Sword Sect, supplied to the Sword Tongue Sect every twenty years, controlling the lifeline tightly.
Li Mo felt it absurd that, according to the Tongue Sword Fetus Technique records, Sword Tongue Sect’s cultivators were called "Tongue Sword Sheaths."
"Tongue Sword Sheaths" weren’t considered Sword Cultivators; authentic Sword Cultivators were the Heavenly Sword Sect’s "Sword Slaves."
"Sword Sheaths can be often replaced, primarily for nourishing Lifebound Flying Swords, whereas Sword Slaves are the true Sword Holders."
"Alright, to the Heavenly Sword Sect, Sword Tongue Sect cultivators aren’t even peers."
Li Mo searched through Yun Shan’s Storage Bag and discovered his false identity, Wu Wei, wasn’t due to lacking talent for promotion to an Outer Disciple.
But because of the high quality of his Lifebound Flying Sword, it was seized by the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Wu Wei’s cultivation nearing Foundation Establishment suddenly plummeted to the First Level of Puberty, eventually becoming a Loose Cultivator frequenting brothels in Qing Town.
Li Mo realized why the Sword Tongue Sect was full of Demon Cultivators. In his place, he would have rebelled too, having cultivated hard for decades only to benefit someone else.
It would have been tolerable if the Heavenly Sword Sect pretended a little.
But the Heavenly Sword Sect didn’t even bother to pretend, directly calling the Sword Tongue Sect’s practitioners "tongue sword sheaths."
"The Heavenly Sword Sect is indeed the same, a deep-seated arrogance looking down on any Immortal Sects outside of the Heavenly Sword Sect."
However, this indirectly proved the terrifying strength of the Heavenly Sword Sect, unfearful of any threats.
After thoroughly reviewing the Lifebound Flying Sword information, Li Mo unwittingly used the Hammer and Anvil, soon birthing new incomplete Spirit Patterns.
[Sword Dao Spirit Pattern]
[Using a Sword Embryo as ink, a Sword Embryo as pen, and a Sword Embryo as medium, Sword Dao Spirit Patterns can be inscribed inside and outside the corresponding Hundred Refinement Magical Artifact.]
Sword Dao Spirit Patterns apply to sword-related artifacts.
Li Mo was surprised, as Sword Dao Spirit Patterns hadn’t reached top-quality, perhaps because swordsmanship belonged to techniques created by cultivators.
The Five Elements and the Sun and Moon belonged to the rules of the Heavenly Dao.
Li Mo hadn’t intended to refine a flying sword; Sword Dao Spirit Patterns were likely unique to the Heavenly Sword Sect, unnecessary to add trouble for a Fake Magical Treasure.
He watched Elder Han Feng in the Melting Furnace, whose vitality had already vanished.
The corpse gradually disappeared, with Elder Han Feng’s body structure revealed, most of which was no different from ordinary people.
Only the dual Middle Dantian seemed special.
Elder Han Feng’s innate Middle Dantian was severely atrophied, likely because his Lifebound Flying Sword absorbed nutrients for a long time, barely condensing a Low-grade Golden Core.
High chances were that the Sword Tongue Sect’s cultivators were in similar situations.
If they wanted to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage, they had to rely on Lifebound Flying Swords, inevitably losing autonomy.
Elder Han Feng’s second Middle Dantian was used for practicing the Devil Sect Skills.
The second Middle Dantian was like a hollow divine statue, revealing traces of a Taoist Body, its surface engraved with the name "Xuanling Heavenly Dragon."
Li Mo speculated the No-Life Sect techniques turned swallowed cultivators into Middle Dantian, compensating for the Sword Tongue Sect’s lack of Taoist Body.
Elder Han Feng’s corpse took a full half-month to dissipate into ashes.
The much-anticipated Devil Sect Skills were finally obtained, covering from childhood to the Nascent Soul Stage, proving the trip wasn’t in vain.
[Lifeless All Directions Spirit Festival]
The more Li Mo read, the more he felt that the creator of the Lifeless All Directions Spirit Festival, No-Life Mother, likely had the cultivation of a Land Immortal.
Namely, the Post Three Realms of the Nine Realms of Ascension.
The skills were exceedingly profound, far beyond Li Mo’s imagination.
After the Primordial Dao Seed absorbed the content of the Lifeless All Directions Spirit Festival, Li Mo’s two techniques were finely adjusted.
Although appearing as Devil Sect Skills, the Lifeless All Directions Spirit Festival still leaned towards orthodox Taoist roots, albeit containing numerous shortcuts using mortals as sacrifices.
For instance, during the Entering Tao stage.
The No-Life Techniques require nurturing a special Middle Dantian called a "temple."
The temple can be formed from one’s flesh and blood, but transforming others’ bodies into the temple can endow the Middle Dantian with some mysterious Taoist Body qualities.
Li Mo also learned that the Lifeless All Directions Spirit Festival was linked to the so-called "True Void Hometown."
The True Void Hometown was the fundamental cornerstone of the No-Life Sect, rumored that only after Foundation Establishment, communicating with the Middle Dantian temple could one enter the True Void Hometown.
The True Void Hometown was not a small world, but a special mental realm that only personal experience could unravel.
Li Mo took a deep breath.
He didn’t rush to cultivate the Lifeless All Directions Spirit Festival, planning to use the Mayfly Dream to let the Fake Soul Consciousness see if there were any flaws within.