Chapter 15: Identity Exposed?
You can't scold high-Realm cultivators.
"Brother, those look like tongxuan grass, don't they?" The tall one pointed to the entire patch of tongxuan grass ahead.
The short one stared intently.
It really was!
Because his attention was on the red moon above, he hadn't noticed that the entire grassland before him was covered in tongxuan grass!
Looking into the distance, Sword Peak stood tall, and the chains wrapped around it added to its killing intent.
"Could this be a Sword Dao Grandmaster's Sword Nurturing Ground?"
"When we were pulled in just now, we didn't see an exit, so this should be an attached Secret Realm."
"Judging by the style within this Secret Realm, it's very likely the work of a Demonic Path magnate."
The short one calmly analyzed the situation. Such Demonic Path magnates were usually quite ruthless, and the Secret Realms they set up were even more dangerous. They wouldn't hold back just because they were also from the Demonic Path.
"Oh right, where's our Secret Realm Age Detection Spirit Energy Meter? Quickly take it out and measure it."
"Uh... Brother, didn't you say to leave behind unimportant, inconvenient items and leave as soon as possible? That thing was so big, so I left it there."
"..."
Damn it!
What a prodigal son!
That Secret Realm Age Detection Spirit Energy Meter was worth over three million spirit coins, which they had painstakingly saved for decades. Was it an unimportant item?!
The short one was on the verge of tears. He really wanted to crack open his idiotic brother's head and see what was inside.
The tall one felt a little uneasy seeing his brother's expression.
The short one felt stifled, but he didn't say anything more. Now was not the time for an argument.
"Forget it, I'll first test the spatial stability here to see if I can open a passage out." The short one took out a Talisman. "Be careful, don't break these tongxuan grass."
After giving the instruction, he injected a trace of Magic Power into the Talisman between his fingers.
In this era, cultivators have already summarized a complete Secret Realm development process.
First, use the Age Detection Spirit Energy Meter to determine the age; generally, older Secret Realms are more dangerous. Then, use a Space-Breaking Talisman to measure spatial stability, ensuring a retreat path so they can withdraw at any time if things go wrong.
These two points must be confirmed before further exploration can begin.
As Magic Power was injected into the Space-Breaking Talisman between the short one's fingers, faint bright yellow flames rose, and the area where the flames burned twisted slightly, as if it would shatter at any moment.
As time passed, the bright yellow flames gradually turned blue, and the originally twisted space seemed to finally reach its limit.
Crack!
After a crisp sound, the twisted area shattered, revealing the outside world through it.
But soon, a hazy gray mist covered it.
"It's done!" The short one flicked his right hand, and the flames on the Space-Breaking Talisman extinguished. "Class C spatial stability, not strong."
He was at the Soul Transformation Late Stage, and his brother was at the Soul Transformation Middle Stage. They could retreat at any time.
"Be careful, don't be too greedy. Even if we only collect a few hundred stalks of tongxuan grass this time, we can still earn a lot."
To be safe, the short one didn't plan to approach the sword-like mountain this time. Since he knew the coordinates here, he could always come back later.
After selling this batch of tongxuan grass, he would acquire some Magic Treasures when the commotion died down. Then he would definitely make the Zhang family siblings pay!
"Don't worry, brother, I'll be careful." The tall one nodded and reached for a stalk of tongxuan grass at his feet.
The leaves of Sword Dao-attributed tongxuan grass were sharp and could easily cut the skin if one wasn't careful, but they wouldn't injure a Soul Transformation cultivator.
He grabbed the tongxuan grass, and its leaves were directly crumpled together.
"Don't be so rough with your movements, the medicinal properties will be lost... Get out of the way!" The short one suddenly roared.
The tall one didn't realize what had happened and instinctively obeyed his brother's command, but he was still a step too late.
Pfft!
Blood splattered, arcing through the air, and an arm with half a shoulder detached from the tall one's body, the cut perfectly smooth.
It was Sword Qi!
But why?
The tall one's expression was somewhat bewildered, clearly not having reacted yet, until he felt the pain.
"Ah!!!!"
Surging Magic Power spread, and currents of Qi swept through, bending the tongxuan grass for several miles around.
Violent Divine Thought expanded wildly. The tall one's eyes were bloodshot, and only one thought remained in his mind—find the sneak attacker and torture him to death!
His raging anger ceased abruptly the next moment, as dozens more invisible Sword Qi crisscrossed through him. His barely functioning Magic Power was like paper, easily pierced and cut.
Dense red lines appeared on his face. The tall one opened his mouth, and chunks of flesh fell off.
The short one's eyes were about to split open. He didn't care about being careful anymore and rushed over, but his outstretched hands only grasped two chunks of flesh.
Under the Sword Qi's Strangulation, not only the vitality of the Physical Body, but even the Divine Soul's spirituality was completely extinguished.
Aside from the initial Sword Qi, the bursting Magic Power also broke some tongxuan grass. No matter how tough the stems and leaves were, they were still too insignificant compared to the Qi pressure of a Soul Transformation Stage cultivator.
If not for that, the number of Sword Qi would have been much smaller, and he might have had a sliver of hope.
A pile of flesh scattered, and the flowing blood stained the nearby tongxuan grass. The short one felt extreme grief.
"No, I have to get out of here quickly!" He made the most rational judgment.
He quickly retrieved the storage ring from the flesh and blood, stood up, and was about to open the passage. However, the sight before him filled him with utter despair.
The Sword Qi hadn't disappeared; it had merely adjusted its intensity, which was why it was a little late.
Hundreds? Thousands?
It was countless.
Under the chain reaction, Sword Qi comparable to the Soul Transformation Late Stage surged like a tsunami and storm, overwhelming and crushing everything.
"F*ck you!"
…………
Halfway up the mountain, a red light flashed, and a blood-stained jade box appeared out of thin air.
Not long after, a white ape arrived nearby.
Driven by curiosity, it dropped the fruit in its hand, picked up the jade box, played with it for a while, and bit it a few times. Discovering it wasn't food, it quickly lost interest, threw away the jade box, and ran towards the mountaintop.
Meanwhile, Xu Xing had returned to Xuanjian City.
Inside the villa, the spiritual light on the wall flickered faintly, and a comfortable breeze gently wafted in.
Xu Xing leaned back in a rattan lounge chair, holding a green jade token in his hand.
The contribution points from the mission reward were credited to his account, or more precisely, the account of his alias, 'Xu San Dao,' not long after he returned.
The amount was considerable, but Xu Xing wasn't concerned about that. Along with the contribution points came a message.
【I've sent my Disciple to find you】
The appearance of this sentence indicated that someone within the Sword Sect knew that the one who had emerged from seclusion in Xuanjian City was him, but only one or two people knew about this alias of his.
That shouldn't be.
Previously, when he sent a message to the Sword Sect to explain the situation and quell the unrest, he used a high-level alias that was not widely known.
How did his identity suddenly get exposed?
"Could it have been then?" He thought of something.
Earlier in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, he had injected a wisp of Magic Power to confirm his identity. Thinking it over, that was the only possible point of exposure.
To be able to see through his disguise... that Magic Power identification terminal was truly not simple.
"I was still careless."
Xu Xing smiled helplessly and turned on the television.
The television was broadcasting a traffic safety program. Recently, there had been many such programs, and they were also being promoted on the streets.
Too many people had returned to Xuanjian City in the past two days, and several major accidents, such as mid-air collisions while flying on swords, had occurred.
The unluckiest were Sword Cultivators Lin and Feng, who, as among the first to be caught and also Sword Sect Disciples, had been repeatedly cited as examples.
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