This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 421 - 45: Three Parts Wicked, Three Parts Killer

Chapter 421: Chapter 45: Three Parts Wicked, Three Parts Killer

“Please.” Yan Qingfeng said respectfully.

In his lifetime, his cultivation was higher than Lu Qingshan’s.

But on the path of Sword Cultivation, he was not as firm as Lu Qingshan.

Thus, this respect came from the heart.

Lu Qingshan clasped his hands in thanks and continued forward.

Immediately, his consciousness thundered again, and all the surrounding scenes changed dramatically.

This should be the last time, he thought, as he glanced at the summit now within arm’s reach.

…

Yan Qingfeng’s figure faded immediately after Lu Qingshan passed.

Next to the middle-aged Confucian Scholar, Yan Qingfeng reappeared.

“Prison Master, fellow Daoist Li.” Yan Qingfeng clasped his hands in greeting.

Both nodded in acknowledgment.

Watching Lu Qingshan, who had re-entered a trial of conscience on the mountain path, Yan Qingfeng grew curious, “I wonder what kind of heart fellow Daoist Liu Han’s trial of conscience asks about?”

Both he and Li Zhao had regrets, their Sword Hearts troubled.

Thus, they remained atop Mount Tai without reincarnating, partly to fulfill the Netherworld Prison Master’s request to help select suitable Sword Cultivators and also to seek the answer to this long-perplexing question of their own.

Now, Lu Qingshan had given them that answer.

But fellow Daoist Liu Han was different.

He himself was a Sword Cultivator with a clear Sword Heart, harboring no regrets.

So, although also tasked by the Netherworld Prison Master to help select suitable Sword Cultivators, after setting up the trial of conscience, Liu Han had reincarnated.

What exactly Liu Han’s trial of conscience involved, they didn’t know.

The Netherworld Prison Master’s eyes were profound, filled with divine light, “Having passed the trials of conscience from you two, his sincere heart towards the Sword Dao is beyond doubt.

But being too straight can lead to breakage, and sincerity can lead to death. Liu Han’s question concerns his malice and intent to kill.

A sword is a tool for killing, having a sword in hand is not enough, one must also have a sword in the heart to truly wield such a formidable weapon.”

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When Lu Qingshan opened his eyes again, he found himself in an entirely new environment.

Here, the twelve great Sects led by the Human Race and the three Great Demon Kings leading the Demon Clan had been battling for thousands of years.

This great war between humans and demons had been ongoing, with incessant ups and downs.

There was a century when the Human Race’s top combat power continuously died due to lifespan issues, nearly causing the disarrayed Human Race to collapse completely.

Fortunately, Liu Han, the current Sect Master of the West Mountain Sword Hut, emerged and single-handedly held off the three Great Demon Kings.

The thousands of years of war between humans and demons, causing devastation to living beings, was entering its final decisive battle.

An alliance of Human Cultivators, led by Liu Han.

The wind howled sharply.

Lu Qingshan gazed into the distance.

The vast expanse of the land.

The air was thick with an inescapable stench of blood.

Unlike the detailed backgrounds of the previous two illusions, this time, there was almost no preamble—the scenario got straight to the point.

Suddenly, a piece of information popped into his mind.

“Lead the Human Cultivators to overcome the Demon Clan.”

This was the method to pass this illusion.

Lu Qingshan looked down, his sword shimmering with a golden hue, a sublime aura seeping out.

This was the supreme Divine Sword, capable of Slaying Demons.

The Sword of Emptiness.

With one stroke of the sword, all turns to void.

Lu Qingshan gently waved his sword, infinite strength emerged, and space under his single stroke experienced annihilation and fragmentation.

“Such powerful strength…” Lu Qingshan murmured to himself.

Climbing Mount Tai, this was the third illusion he had experienced, and his strength had increased with each.

During Li Zhao’s time, he was merely a mundane swordsman.

In Yan Qingfeng’s time, he was already the Void Refining Sect Master of the Qingyun Sect.

Now, in the body of Liu Han, he possessed infinite divine power.

Then, a steady and deep rumbling sound approached.

Lu Qingshan looked towards the distance.

It was the Demon Clan, gathering and summoning Demon Beasts, preparing to launch a final all-out assault on the Human Cultivators’ defense line.

Of course, the Human side was not to be outdone. The cultivators had been ready to strike since the day before.

“Sect Master,” suddenly the deputy Sect Master of the Sword Hut approached hastily and reported respectfully, “Discord has arisen between the cultivators of Mysterious Yin Sect and those from Wind Blade Sect and Sharp Sword Pavilion.”

“What is the cause of this discord?” Lu Qingshan frowned and asked, puzzled, “With the decisive battle imminent, how can they still afford to fight amongst themselves?”

The deputy Sect Master hesitated, struggling to explain, “The situation is complex, you may need to see for yourself.”

Lu Qingshan nodded, no longer hesitating, he leaped up and headed in the direction of the Mysterious Yin Sect’s encampment.

Meanwhile, information about these three sects flashed through Lu Qingshan’s mind.

Mysterious Yin Sect, alongside West Mountain Sword Hut, was one of the twelve major sects, a main force in the war against the Demon Clan. Wind Blade Sect and Sharp Sword Pavilion, however, were smaller sects with slightly lesser strength.

The Mysterious Yin Sect’s cultivation technique leaned towards the Evil Cultivators, requiring living souls for their techniques.

Although there was no strict requirement for these to be Human Race souls and what Mysterious Yin Sect publicly claimed was the so-called technique of refining Beast Souls,

People in the Cultivation World were well aware that privately, Mysterious Yin Sect had its unscrupulous practices, thus they were generally not respected by the common cultivators.

However, after the war with the Demon Clan began, Mysterious Yin Sect switched to refining techniques using Demon souls, slowly becoming accepted and even achieving the status of one of the twelve great sects.

But the inherently sly and cunning nature of Mysterious Yin Sect’s cultivators was hard to eradicate.

The twelve great Sects stood high above the rest.

In this situation, without special circumstances, cultivators from Wind Blade Sect and Sharp Sword Pavilion should have no reason, and dare not, to have disputes with cultivators from Mysterious Yin Sect.

Lu Qingshan increased his speed.

When he arrived, he found the Sect Leader of Mysterious Yin Sect facing off against the leaders of Wind Blade Sect and Sharp Sword Pavilion, the tension extremely palpable.

“Sect Master Liu,” the leaders of Wind Blade Sect and Sharp Sword Pavilion saw Lu Qingshan arriving and respectfully said, “Please preside over this matter for us.”

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