C5

It was finally the time to set off and hunt Sword Soul. This time, other than Zhou Jie and the other five, there were still eleven other people who went to hunt Sword Soul in Sky Worm Academy. The timing to hunt Sword Soul s was sensed by everyone, and there wasn't much to be paid attention to when hunting Sword Soul s for the first time. However, in principle, the deeper one's understanding of sword skills was, the better. Maybe because of the arrival of Zhou Jie's group of five, they had given Zhang Shuai and the others a sense of pressure. In this one month, Zhang Shuai, Su Mu and the others had also sensed the need to hunt Sword Soul. In fact, the arrival of Zhou Jie's group of five naturally brought them and their respective academies' understanding of sword techniques. After everyone had a mutual exchange, Zhang Shuai and the others naturally benefited greatly from this, so it was easy to understand why their strength had made a breakthrough in such a short period of time.

When Lee Xun brought the other sixteen people down the mountain, he also met disciples from other branches. Every year, Tianshan Sword Sect would arrange for two chances to hunt Sword Soul together. The main reason was for safety, so there would be some sword masters accompanying the group. Of course, those who thought that their strength was enough could also hunt Sword Soul by themselves.

Normally, killing Sword Soul would go to the Demonic Beast Mountain, and in the Demonic Beast Mountain, anything could happen, because absorbing Sword Soul was anyone's problem, so there would often be cases of people killing and robbing Sword Soul, and of course, absorbing Sword Soul was also dangerous, if the absorption of Sword Soul was too strong, the absorber's body could not bear it, then there would be a backlash, and the absorber would be controlled by the Sword Soul and become a walking corpse.

Along the way, all the hotels knew that the Tianshan Sword Sect arranged for the days of killing Sword Soul twice a year. The citizens liked the disciples of the Tianshan Sword Sect very much. The rules of the Tianshan Sword Sect Sect were strict, and it forbade the use of force to harass the citizens, and the disciples who went down the mountain to train often did things to help the strong and help the weak. The most important thing was the existence of the Tianshan Sword Sect.

After more than ten days of travel, Lee Xun and the rest finally arrived at the outskirts of the border between Tianshan Country. When they arrived, there were already several disciples of the academy waiting. In the evening, the disciples of the twelve academies had finally all arrived. Different from the other academies, where there were only three to five swordsmen leading teams, the only one with Heavenly Academy was Lee Xun. However, those swordsmen were used to it.

"Summoning everyone here is the same as usual. The priority is to ensure the safety of the disciples and notify everyone using the Sword Sect when they are in danger. Lee Xun, your Heavenly Academy is still the same as ever, consider your own safety the most important thing, even if you see the distress signal, you don't need to rescue them. If you are in danger, you must immediately send out the distress signal. The swordsmen who had come to lead the team were all over forty years old, but all of them were only around the sixth or seventh stage.

There were twelve levels to individual strength, which was from one to twelve, with each stage being divided into three stages: primary, intermediate, and pinnacle. However, there were no special marks, as the individual's strength was entirely dependent on the overall quality of their essence, energy, and divine, and at the same time, targeted at the twelve levels of Demonic Beast. However, generally speaking, people with outstanding aptitude would be able to sense the general level of strength of other people from a certain distance, unless the other party was much stronger than them or knew a concealing technique. If one's strength was much higher, they would be able to see the approximate strength of a low level person.

For these sword masters, the youngest one was at least twice as old as Lee Xun, and asking them to seek help from Lee Xun was naturally a little embarrassing. However, if they were to rescue Lee Xun, it was naturally to be expected. Furthermore, in their opinion, if they couldn't even resolve the danger themselves, the more help Lee Xun had brought over, the more they would have to help.

Lee Xun naturally understood their thoughts, thinking that it would be better to avoid trouble and complete the mission this old man assigned to me as soon as possible, so I could also go and search for my own origins.

Returning to the temporary encampment, Lee Xun brought his own people into the Demonic Beast Mountain overnight. This confused Zhou Jie and the others. In the past, their academy's swordmasters would bring people into the Academy during the day and rest during the night. After all, the dangers of the Demonic Beast Mountain at night were far greater than during the day.

"Senior Brother Zhang Shuai, why did Senior Brother Lee Xun allow us to enter the Demonic Beast Mountain overnight?"

"Hehe, we are already used to it. After all, this is only the outer perimeter, there won't be much danger. We won't be able to travel that far in a single night, so when we rest tomorrow morning, we'll probably only be at the second or third level Demonic Beast's territory. With the strength of our group, naturally there won't be any problems, and our junior disciples' Sword Soul can also be settled in one day. Once their strength has increased, it'll be safer to follow us into the deeper parts of the city. This is already an old rule, isn't it more exciting than before? "

The five of them nodded, and their blood boiled. Compared to the past where his own academy was organized, the Heavenly Academy was indeed a novel, and a lot more radical.

Ten in the morning, Lee Xun found an empty land and had Zhang Shuai and the others set up their tents. Then he brought the six weakest students to search for suitable Sword Soul s. In the evening, Lee Xun returned with six people. However, all five of them had died, and looking at their excited expressions, it was obvious that their injuries were not serious and they had all gained rewards.

"Did you manage to hunt a Sword Soul?" Zhang Shuai asked out of concern. Being called the boss by this group of people everyday, naturally, he had to act like a boss.

The six of them revealed their Soul Sword s. Two of them were Second Treasure Orange Ranked Swords and the other four was One Treasure Red Ranked Sword. Judging from the energy contained within the gems, the energy contained within the soul skill gems that they had just absorbed was already sufficient for them. This proved that the Sword Soul s they had killed were the most suitable for them. There were many times when the Swordplay Gem had just finished absorbing, and after completing its evolution, the Swordplay Gem's energy was insufficient, and required a certain amount of time to replenish. Therefore, cultivators were very cautious about using the Swordplay Gem's energy. Normally, during spars, they would rarely use the Swordplay Gem's energy, and the higher the Soul Sword's level, the more Swordplay Gem, and the more time they needed to replenish themselves.

"The six of you should quickly meditate, digest today's combat experience, and experience the changes brought to you by the new power."

"Yes, senior brother." The six of them replied in unison.

After absorbing the Sword Soul, other than being able to make the Soul Sword evolve and obtain the possibility of obtaining the Swordplay Gem, it would also be more or less beneficial to the human body. Of course, the higher the level of Sword Soul absorbed, the stronger the strengthening effect would be.

Seeing that the six of them had started to meditate, Lee Xun then turned and entered the forest.

"Senior Brother Zhang Shuai, why did Senior Brother Lee Xun leave alone?" Tian Fen asked, a little afraid. This place was, after all, within the Demonic Beast Mountain.

"Hehe, scared? Let me tell you a small secret. Actually, every time we go out with the Senior Brother Lee Xun to hunt Sword Soul, we are extremely happy and look forward to it, because we can eat a lot of top-quality food. "

Zhou Jie and the other three were a little noncommittal. However, the four disciples that were just preparing opened their eyes, and looked at Zhang Shuai with great anticipation. They had heard a long time ago that the people who came with Lee Xun would be able to eat some strange things every time. When the disciples who hunted Soul Sword went back, they would spread the news without restraint. Those who had experienced it would also agree, making those who did not have any experience drool.

One of them could not help but ask, "Boss, is it true?"

"Nonsense, look at how anxious the four of you are, hurry up and meditate, look at the two senior brothers around you, be careful or the Senior Brother Lee Xun will come back and punish you without food."

In this Demonic Beast Mountain, one could not have even the slightest bit of carelessness. Zhang Shuai had already divided the ten people into two groups, and took turns to be in charge of the guards.

After around an hour, Lee Xun returned with a big bag in his hands. He took out the items in his pockets one by one and started to plant some plants that were similar to ginseng, causing everyone to flash with light. However, most of them gradually frowned as they smelled an unpleasant stench.

"Zhang Shuai, split these items evenly into sixteen portions, each of you get one portion, you can't take advantage of the other." Lee Xun pointed to the smelly things.

Zhang Shuai immediately divided the ingredients evenly and divided them into sixteen portions. He couldn't rush and poured all of his into his mouth. Zhou Jie's group of five and the four disciples who had just entered the Demon Beast Mountain Range all looked at each other.

"If you don't eat, then just give it to us." Zhang Shuai said as he swallowed his saliva. Su Mu and the others also acted like they were going to snatch it from him if they didn't eat it.

The remaining nine people started to suspect whether Zhang Shuai and the rest had set them up on purpose. He should at least get rid of the fishy smell and eat it when it was cooked.

Amongst the nine of them, Qin Qing was the first to pick up the dining table, and swallowed all the food that was on it. The remaining six boys saw that Qin Qing had already eaten, and they themselves started eating as well. However, they were eating very slowly, and their expressions were clearly extremely difficult. Dong Nana and Tian Fen felt even more troubled when they saw this.

"Eat faster. With the way you guys eat, when will you finish the rest?" Lee Xun's expression was cold, but actually, he was overjoyed in his heart. Let me let you all know how I passed through this place back then, I actually had to eat like this for seven years.

When Dong Nana was the last one to finish eating, she actually started to vomit. The others also looked like they had contracted an infection and wanted to vomit.

"Endure it." Lee Xun struck the palm strike from behind the back of every person who wanted to puke, and the few of them immediately stopped feeling like puking. Very soon, they felt their dantian becoming hotter and hotter.

"Don't waste time, look at the other senior brothers around you and quickly meditate."

After an hour, Qin Qing was the first to wake up. Then the others woke up one after another.

Zhou Jie was a little excited as he mumbled out of his throat, "I-I broke through the Heavenly Mountain Mantra and entered the third stage."

"Hehe, me too." Tian Fen said excitedly.

Dong Nana and Cheng Kun also expressed that Heavenly Mountain mantra had entered the third realm. The four of them were around the same strength in every aspect, so it was normal for them to break through at the same time.

Of the four new disciples, two of them also indicated that they had reached the second stage of their mental cultivation method, while the other two indicated that they were not far away from breaking through. On the other hand, Zhang Shuai and the others only expressed that their mental cultivation method had improved by a lot.