Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Zhang Ruochen used his fastest speed and rushed to Tomb Forest’s outer area. He didn’t simply enter blindly, but opened Heavenly Eyes and checked the surroundings of the cemetery from where he stood, hundreds of miles away.
He saw numerous dead souls around the cemetery.
Most of the dead souls were in human form. They were wearing torn clothes and their hair was messy. They looked poor and their eyes emitted red light.
There were also several dead souls of huge beasts, with murderous expressions on their faces.
The beasts had beast souls and, when they died, they became dead souls.
These dead souls were coming out from the Tomb Forest non-stop. Most of them were rushing towards Yin and Yang Sect. Some were also heading in other directions like thirty-six mansions in East Divine Region and twelve mansions of East Satanic Region.
“How many dead souls are there in Tomb Forest? Was it really uncountable?”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes expressed his worry.
When dead souls entered mansions of East Region, the first to suffer would be the normal villagers. Even a small shadow soldier could swallow the souls of all the villagers.
There were two dead souls with real physical bodies standing outside the cemetery.
Their bodies were filled with strong Ghostly Qi. One was wearing a red robe with long black hair. It was a pretty young lady. She was pale and tall, and her eyes were filled with coldness.
The other one was an armored giant with strong arms. He looked like a tall tower, standing guard over the left region of the cemetery.
There were two types of dead souls. Ghost generals and shadow soldiers.
Shadow soldiers could be differentiated into four levels, the fourth class to the first class of shadow soldier, with respect to the four levels of human warriors: warriors of Huang Realm, Xuan Realm, Earth Realm and Heavenly Realm.
Ghost generals had three types, which were evil spirits, demonic spirits and Wuchang.
Only Wuchang, which were the strongest among the ghost general types, could condense to form real physical bodies.
This meant that the girl and the warrior outside the Tomb Forest were at least of the Wuchang level.
A Wuchang was very strong and was comparable to a half-saint. They might even champion over half-saints and swallow their saint souls.
Besides Wuchang, there were still ghost kings, who could also form real physical bodies.
Ghost kings were even stronger and could fight against saints.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t know whether these were ghost kings or Wuchangs and didn’t enter blindly without a plan.
If both of them were ghost kings, Zhang Ruochen knew he might be defeated easily.
Furthermore, he was still in recovery now. He knew he should be more careful.
Zhang Ruochen took out the Void Sword and held it in his hand. The white sword shined brightly. Although the Void Sword reacted to him, the sword spirit still didn’t seem to have recovered.
After hesitating for a while, Zhang Ruochen took out the Universe Spiritual Map and activated the spatial door. Then, he went into the Scroll World.
Under the Divine Sky-connecting tree, Han Xue knelt down in front of Sword Saint Xuanji’s dead body. She put her hands on her legs and her eyes were filled with tears, but she didn’t cry out and tried her best to keep calm.
Zhang Ruochen came from afar and appeared in front of Han Xue.
Han Xue lifted her head and looked at Zhang Ruochen. She bit her lips and said, “Master, who killed grandmaster?”
Han Xue had been staying with Sword Saint Xuanji saint for quite some time. He liked her very much and had taught her many different sword techniques.
And thus, their relationship grew quickly.
Han Xue had already treated him as her own grandfather. So, when she saw Xuanji’s dead body, she couldn’t accept what had happened.
With mixed feelings, Zhang Ruochen said, “Don’t ask too much about the cause. I will take care of it. But I have to put aside these things for now. There is something serious about to happen in East Region. Thousands of people might die.”
Although Han Xue was just a ten year old girl, she was mentally more mature than people her age.
She kept the sadness in her heart and stood up. She looked at Zhang Ruochen, “Master, what has happened?”
“I will tell you in detail later.”
Zhang Ruochen drew out his Void Sword, and passed it to Han Xue with both hands, “From now on, I hand the Void Sword over to you.”
Han Xue knelt on the ground, lifting her tiny face up and facing her master. “Void Sword was specially designed and used by Thousand-bone Empress. It was considered to be one of the strongest swords in Kunlun’s field. I couldn’t accept such a treasure.”
Zhang Ruochen turned his arm and threw the Void Sword onto the ground. He turned around and looked at the Divine Sky-Connecting Tree and said, “You have the Thousand-bone Body type and are closely connected to the Void Sword. Furthermore, the case that happened in East Region is closely related to this sword, which makes this hand-over necessary.”
Han Xue blinked once, her eyelashes fluttering open, and said, “Even if I have the Void Sword, what can I do to solve the issue in East Region?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Maybe nothing. But even if the chance is very slim, we still have to try. Stand up now, and hold the sword in your hand.”
Han Xue stood up again and looked at the sword. She hesitated for a while. In the end, she touched the hilt of Void Sword.
Suddenly, the Void Sword emitted shiny light from its blade.
Hundreds of bits of white sword Qi exploded out towards Zhang Ruochen and produced a vibrating beeping sound.
Luckily Zhang Ruochen was prepared and quickly defended himself with his Abyss Ancient Sword.
Wham!
He dodged the attack of the Void Sword and flew away, retreating for forty miles.
However, Han Xue was standing still next to the Void Sword.
The striking sword light shined onto Han Xue and made her look extremely fair, except for her hair and eyes that were still black. She was just like an angel.
The sword Qi from the Void Sword automatically avoided attacking her and surrounded her as if it was protecting her. This was a strange yet impressive phenomenon.
After seeing it, Zhang Ruochen smiled and thought, “Han Xue is really the one that Void Sword is waiting for. I am just a passerby.”
Witnessing the huge change, Han Xue was a little shocked and her eyes widened. She tried to remain calm and didn’t get frightened.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Han Xue, place a drop of your blood onto the sword’s surface.”
“Okay.”
Han Xue held the hilt of the sword tightly and lifted it up. Then, she used the sword to cut her palm lightly. A deep cut formed on her palm quickly due to the sharpness of the blade.
The Void Sword absorbed her blood and shined even more brightly.
At the same time, lines of meticulous inscriptions emerged like a spiderweb and sped towards Han Xue’s palm, forming a connection to her meridian system.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Did you feel its sword spirit?”
Han Xue looked at Zhang Ruochen and nodded. Then, she took the Void Sword and went before Zhang Ruochen. She bowed low and said, “Thank you, master, for giving me this sword.”
“This sword has been yours since the beginning.”
Zhang Ruochen looked at her, feeling proud of her deep inside his heart. At this moment he understood the happiness of witnessing his own disciple growing up.
This was the selfless contribution and love given to her. It was also a type of learning and growth for himself.
Han Xue’s body type and comprehension were excellent. Her mental strength was also far better than others. With the addition of this Void Sword, she would become even better.
One can imagine her future would be very successful.
Zhang Ruochen took out Sword Saint Xuanji’s saintly source and held it in his hand. He looked at Han Xue and said, “Take this. You will get lots of benefits from refining this.”
Han Xue took the saintly source and held it in her hands. She asked curiously, “Master, what is this?”
“This is what Grandmaster Xuanji left for you. Once you absorb it, your sword mastery will reach another level.” Zhang Ruochen touched her head and smiled, “Consume it. Three days later we will head out to perform the big task.”
“Okay.”
Han Xue trusted her master and didn’t hesitate. She swallowed it immediately and sat with crossed legs on the ground. Immediately, she started refining it.
The sacred power of the saintly source was too powerful and caused Han Xue’s surroundings to start raining divine liquid. The divine liquid dripped onto her and was quickly absorbed by her body. It caused her body to be even more fairy-like.
In the next hour, Zhang Ruochen fully absorbed the pill spirit of the Withered Pill and recovered. He was back to his top form.
Furthermore, he also improved and reached the top limit of the Eighth Change of the Fish-Dragon Realm.
