Chapter 91: Chapter 86 The Scroll of Mistwaters Appears
Translator: 549690339
Two voices rang out in unison, echoing in front of the Taiyi Hall.
“Impossible! How could you possibly come out alive from that godforsaken place?” The two men spoke in unison, their faces filled with disbelief.
Standing before the sword forest, Li Fan folded his arms and stared at the shocked Sikong Yi and Baili Chen, responding with a cold, silent smirk.
He simply set his foot on the sword handle, as if he intended to chase after the two men.
An illusory shadow pierced, and a heart-wrenching pain followed.
Li Fan almost lost control of his body and narrowly avoided tumbling off. Falling off the sword handle wouldn’t kill him; he would only be teleported to the outer edges of the sword forest and start over.
Of course, if someone were foolish enough to try and pass from above the sword forest…
They would then get to experience firsthand what it would feel like to have ten thousand swords piercing their heart.
This was the test of the sword forest in front of the Taiyi Hall.
This place differed from other parts of the Celestial Palace of Clouds and Waters. Here, as long as you didn’t court death, there were no life-threatening dangers.
At most, you would just experience the feeling of countless swords piercing through your heart.
In his previous life, many cultivators had gritted their teeth and endured the intense pain, crossing the sword forest, and entered the interior of Taiyi Hall.
But…
The grand hall inside was completely empty, devoid of anything!
“Could it be that because, from the beginning, the treasures within the Taiyi Hall were taken away by Sikong Yi?”
“Is the Taiyi Hall’s chance encounter the ‘Cloud and Water Scroll’?”
Although he could now use the Binding Worm technique to capture these two men, he couldn’t guarantee that he could force the method of obtaining the ‘Cloud and Water Scroll’ from their mouths.
As far as Li Fan knew, in the Ancient Xian Realm, there were vicious soul-searching methods that could forcibly read a cultivator’s memories.
Regrettably, Li Fan doesn’t know how at present.
So, to be on the safe side, it was better to wait until these two men unearthed the ‘Cloud and Water Scroll’ before proceeding.
As Li Fan was pondering, the Blue Flame Spirit appeared in his mind’s eye.
As his body temperature gradually decreased, Li Fan felt himself becoming incredibly calm and rational.
Nothing external could disrupt his state of mind.
He stepped forward, setting his foot on the sword handle.
Though he could feel the pain, but…
Li Fan was fearless.
He walked several steps forward in succession, and just to avoid overly startling Sikong Yi and Baili Chen, he came to a halt, feigning rest.
Having seen Li Fan come back from the dead as it were, Sikong Yi and Baili Chen were greatly shocked.
Seeing Li Fan getting closer and closer, they couldn’t help but grow anxious.
With that in mind, they braced themselves, gritted their teeth, and strided forward several steps.
The pain brought by the four sharp swords at the same time was not as simple as additive.
The pain suddenly multiplied several times, making it almost impossible for the two to maintain their stable stance.
Luckily, in the nick of time when they were about to fall, they supported each other and managed to recover their balance.
Seeing this, Li Fan also took three steps forward, then retreated, pretending to be powerless.
In this way, Li Fan always maintained a certain distance from the two, lowering their vigilance.
But he also carried the demeanor of a relentless pursuer, causing them a sense of oppression.
Sikong Yi and Baili Chen, like hunted animals chased by hounds, moved step by step closer towards Taiyi Hall.
Eventually, they reached the end of the sword forest.
Jumping down from the sword handle, the two of them hit the ground as if drained, collapsing in a heap.
But with Li Fan steadily closing in from behind, they couldn’t afford to rest.
“One hundred and sixteenth generation direct disciple of the Celestial Palace of
Clouds and Waters, Baili Chen, requests an audience with Taiyi Ancestor Master!”
Baili Chen’s voice echoed over and over.
Li Fan abruptly halted mid-step, his eyes fixed intently on the scene unfolding before him.
The majestic Taiyi Hall, as if alive, started to shudder and slowly rose into the air.
The ground beneath their feet began to vibrate.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Four enormous legs, resembling pillars of heaven, emerged from beneath the Taiyi Hall and fiercely stomped the ground.
The terrifying monster’s skull, much like an apparition descending into the world, materialized before Li Fan’s eyes.
The broken swords within the sword forest quivered incessantly.
“Roar!”
Accompanied by a bizarre roar, a giant tortoise finally appeared in its entirety.
The Taiyi Hall rested on the back of the giant tortoise.
As the giant tortoise continued to howl, two giant black snakes slithered out from inside the Taiyi Hall.
One moved forward, entangled with the skull.
The other went backward, its bloody, gaping maw acting as a turtle tail.
If this enormous creature, an amalgam of a turtle and snake, was already visually shocking enough.
Then the sight of this creature was already making Li Fan feel physically ill.
One could see:
On the body of the monster, every inch of the surface was filled with broken, sharp swords.
They were densely packed, making it impossible to determine just how many swords were embedded in the monster’s body.
At first glance, it seemed as if the creature was entirely composed of sharp swords.
And the miniature forest of swords in front of the Taiyi Hall seemed to be a minuscule part that had fallen off of it.
“The Celestial Palace of Clouds and Waters, Taiyi Ancestor Master? Is he still alive after all these years? Or has he, like Qin Tang and Insect Sage, turned into something eerie?” Li Fan couldn’t be certain.
In his former life, there was not a shred of rumor about this Taiyi Ancestor Master.
Li Fan dared not act rashly for a moment and only observed from a distance.
Upon seeing the true face of the ancestor master, Baili Chen was thrilled.
He knelt down, continually bowing his head in respect.
“Are you Baili Chen? Are you a direct disciple of my Celestial Palace of Clouds and Waters?”
An ancient voice echoed.
The turtle snake monster slightly lowered its skull, seemingly trying to get a clearer view of Baili Chen.
“In answer to your question, Taiyi Ancestor Master, I am from the Fuyun lineage.” Baili Chen responded with trembling voice.
“Fuyun, eh…” The ancient voice seemed to fall into reminiscence.
“Hmm, it is the aura of the Fuyun lineage, no mistake.”
“So that young man still has descendants in this world?” The turtle snake monster sensed something was amiss.
Old enough that even simple thought became a problem.
The countless broken blades piercing his body brought pain that was as though a vicious curse were constantly plaguing his mind.
Thus, after a moment of fruitless contemplation, he asked slowly, “So, why have you awakened me?”
Baili Chen seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Suppressing his excitement, he promptly said, “Disciple seeks to request the Ancestor to bestow ‘The Cloud and Water Scroll’.”
‘”The Cloud and Water Scroll’? What is that? Let me think…”
A moment later…
“Oh, I see. It’s not really a big deal.”
The turtle snake monster spoke in a voice tinged with nostalgia, “In the past,
Hanhai once said that this object could only be given to disciples of the Celestial Palace of Clouds and Waters.”
“Since you are a descendant of Fuyun…
He paused here for a moment, seemingly hesitant.
In the end, he said slowly, “Then, it seems there’s nothing wrong with giving it to you.”
Baili Chen’s face showed ecstatic joy, and he couldn’t stop bowing his head.
“Thank you, ancestor master! Thank you, ancestor master!”
Just when the turtle snake monster prepared to hand over ‘The Cloud and Water Scroll’ to Baili Chen,
A voice suddenly sounded out.
“Wait!”
Baili Chen and the turtle snake monster followed the sound.
They saw Li Fan, stepping on the sword hilts, rapidly approaching. Sword shadows kept passing through his body, yet the pain seemed to have no effect on him at all.
Li Fan bolted forward, swiftly traversing the forest of swords and alighting gently onto the ground.
Catching his breath, Li Fan cupped his hands towards the turtle snake monster, “Disciple Li Fan, also a direct successor of the Celestial Palace of Clouds and Waters, also wishes to ask the Ancestor Master to bestow ‘The Cloud and Water Scroll’!”
As he spoke, he began to operate the “Cloud-water Illusionist Art”..
