Chapter 158: Chapter 129: The Millennium-Undying Red Dragon

“Do not complicate matters. No matter where you learned the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword, just say it’s a divine skill gained from Du Mengyan.”

Zhu Yuxian’s voice echoed in Lu Chengfeng’s ears, yet Elder Yunmo standing right opposite him heard nothing at all.

Faced with Elder Yunmo’s questioning, Lu Chengfeng didn’t lose his head and insist on telling the truth. If he really did that, it would mean something was wrong with his brain.

“Elder, I learned the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword from someone who has mastered the Sect’s inheritance. He personally taught it to me, but I don’t want to reveal his name; otherwise, it might cause trouble. I don’t want to implicate others. If there are any punishments or consequences, I’ll bear them alone.”

Lu Chengfeng spoke in this manner. He had learned this kind of speaking skill long ago; every word was true, but by omitting some key information, it would mislead others into wrong conclusions.

His Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword, in essence, was obtained from Xun Shuijing, which completely aligns with what he just said. Every word was true.

Yet, how could anyone else listening to this think of the name Xun Shuijing?

As long as one thinks carefully and learns about the Sect’s divine skill inheritance details, it would lead them to target Du Mengyan.

If he directly named Du Mengyan, setting aside whether Elder Yunmo could determine if what he said was true or false, doing so would place all blame on Du Mengyan.

Lu Chengfeng naturally didn’t want to do that. With his current ambiguous way of speaking, even if Du Mengyan denies it later, it doesn’t matter; the Sect would suspect they had colluded long ago. The most important thing is Du Mengyan still holds the jade token, and even if the higher-ups suspect, they have no way to prove it.

After all, it’s a fact that Lu Chengfeng had learned the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword and had gathered Law Intent, thus being fully capable of engraving the inheritance into the jade token.

The Sect could come to the conclusions themselves for all the doubts.

Under the current circumstances, the matter of Lu Chengfeng learning the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword would only make a big deal smaller, and a small deal disappear.

But if Lu Chengfeng personally said Du Mengyan’s name, that would be concrete evidence, and Du Mengyan would inevitably face punishment.

As expected, after hearing his words, Elder Yunmo just thought for a moment and then ceased questioning further.

“So be it, I will report this to the Sect later, and the Sect will handle it then!”

He then shifted the topic, “Since you have already learned the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword and gathered the Five Elements Divine Light Law Intent, I will tell you one of the Sect’s core secrets.”

Lu Chengfeng said, “I seek Elder’s guidance.”

Yunmo, with some sentiment, said, “The reason our Yuncang Sword Sect has been able to pass down for a thousand years is due to the grace of the founding grandmaster, who is said to be an Immortal descended from the lower realm, self-titled as the Hidden Dragon Sword Immortal.”

“Legend has it that the grandmaster once slew one hundred and eight flood dragons in the Yuncang Mountains, their blood irrigating the peaks, and then used five Divine Swords as the foundation to set up an unmatched grand array with the one hundred and eight peaks, suppressing a Red Dragon.”

“Later, the places where the five Divine Swords were located were relocated by the grandmaster with Mountain Shifting Skill, summoning five large mountains to enshrine the Divine Swords.”

“He also performed unparalleled divine techniques to suppress the Red Dragon under the abyss crafted by the grand array, which is the Sect’s core location, the Trapped Dragon Abyss.”

If it were before, Lu Chengfeng might have thought this was merely a mythical tale, but after learning from Zhu Yuxian that there truly are Immortals in the world, he began to hold a sense of awe towards many legends of the world.

“Elder, is this legend true?” Lu Chengfeng asked solemnly.

Elder Yunmo shook his head, “Whether it’s true or not, I don’t know either. However, in the Inner Five Peaks of the Sect, there are indeed five Divine Swords for suppression, and there’s truly a grand array with those five Divine Swords as the foundation, suppressing the Trapped Dragon Abyss.”

“Under that Trapped Dragon Abyss, there indeed lies a thousand-year-old undying Red Dragon, firmly trapped in the abyss by the Great Five Elements Extinction Sword Array.”

“The five Divine Swords pierce through the Red Dragon’s body, the array operates for a thousand years, continuously extracting Dragon Blood to nourish the numerous Treasure Medicines and Treasure Trees planted deep within the Trapped Dragon Abyss, providing the Sect with many unique and hard-to-find cultivation resources in the world.”

“Yet the beasts and plants in the mountains are also influenced by that Red Dragon, giving birth to many demons, which is why the Sect experiences beast tides from time to time.”

Lu Chengfeng listened in utter amazement, a thousand-year-old undying Red Dragon, the grand array that suppresses the Red Dragon, extracting Dragon Blood to nourish Treasure Medicines, countless beasts and plants absorbing Dragon Qi to become demons…

He truly never imagined that the Yuncang Sword Sect held such a secret. If not for an Immortal, who could accomplish all this?

The thing that intrigued him even more was that thousand-year-old undying Red Dragon.

“Elder, could that Red Dragon also be an Immortal Spirit? Why didn’t the grandmaster kill it directly in those days, but rather suppressed it in the Trapped Dragon Abyss?” Lu Chengfeng asked three consecutive questions, showing just how shocked he was.

Elder Yunmo, seeing him like this, couldn’t help but smile, “I also didn’t know these secrets until a few days ago. The Sect plans to use Jade Dragon Mountain as a fallback and sent me here as the Transmission Elder. Before leaving, they disclosed many of the Sect’s secrets.”

“I don’t know the answers to the questions you asked.”

“However, being undying for a thousand years and suppressed by the grandmaster with a grand array, it surely isn’t an ordinary demon, and calling it an Immortal Spirit isn’t an exaggeration.”

“When the grandmaster set up the grand array to extract Dragon Blood to nourish Treasure Medicines, while also creating beast tides, allowing later disciples of the Sect to gain sufficient resources and training, such measures are simply incredible and unheard of.”

“I think this is the ancestral legacy left for the sect!”

Lu Chengfeng listened and, for the first time, felt the immortals were so close, even within the Trapped Dragon Abyss, there existed a terrifying presence capable of battling against immortals.

“The foundation I mentioned that can resist Celestial Humans is related to that Red Dragon,” Elder Yun Mo continued. “Besides the sword array suppressed by those five divine swords and the Red Dragon in the Trapped Dragon Abyss, the ancestor also left behind a Dragon-Binding Rope.”

“It is said that this Dragon-Binding Rope was forged from five kinds of divine materials, even more precious than those five divine swords, containing the advanced inheritance of the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword, an extremely terrifying divine technique.”

“The ancestor used this treasure to pierce through the Red Dragon’s body and then locked it within the earth’s core.”

“If someone can cultivate the Law Intent of the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword, they can barely activate the Dragon-Binding Rope, allowing the Red Dragon to break out of the Trapped Dragon Abyss to battle against intruders.”

Lu Chengfeng was left stupefied; the sect actually possessed such a trump card, capable of driving a True Dragon to suppress all enemies. No wonder it could endure through the ages without perishing.

After a while, he finally suppressed his shock and hurriedly asked, “Elder, how much power does the Red Dragon have left after being drained by the grand array for a thousand years? Can it really still fight against a Celestial Human?”

Elder Yun Mo had a faint contemptuous smile on his face. “That Red Dragon is a terrifying being capable of battling our ancestor. Even if it’s been suppressed and constantly weakened by the grand array for a millennium, it still possesses incredibly fearsome power.”

“Before I left Li Mountain, I went to the Trapped Dragon Abyss and took a distant glimpse. Even from afar, that terrifying aura nearly shattered my Martial Path True Intent—what could a mere Celestial Human count for?”

Lu Chengfeng couldn’t help but have a toothache, “The sect has such a terrifying trump card, why should it fear Youdu?”

Elder Yun Mo smiled bitterly, “Who would have thought that our descendant disciples would be so incompetent that in a great sect, no one could cultivate the Law Intent of the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Sword.”

“Without the Five Elements Divine Light Law Intent, who can drive the Red Dragon?”

“Some of the higher-ups within the sect have already made the worst plans. If truly faced with life and death, they will surely risk everything to unlock the sword array seal and release the Red Dragon.”

“By then, without the Dragon-Binding Rope to suppress, the Red Dragon, suppressed for a thousand years, will surely kill everyone…”

“At that time, whether it’s my Yuncang disciples or the people of Youdu, all will be annihilated, potentially bringing an unfathomable disaster to the entire world.”

“The sect’s First Seats are in constant dispute, and the biggest point of contention is this: some wish to release the Red Dragon in a last stand, while others believe that releasing it will endanger the entire world and must not be done.”

Lu Chengfeng’s scalp tingled as he listened. If he hadn’t received Xun Shuijing’s gift, and if the sect’s higher-ups indeed went mad, driven to desperation by Youdu and released the Red Dragon…

A True Dragon capable of battling immortals, which had been suppressed for a thousand years, could bring unimaginable catastrophe to the Thirteen States of the entire world.

Even he might not be able to escape unscathed!

Lu Chengfeng was drenched in sweat for a moment. Only then did he feel the fear sinking in. After a long pause, his voice finally hoarse, he said, “This world truly holds many secrets and incredible beings.”

“I originally thought achieving Half-Step Celestial Human would allow me to roam the world, yet now it seems I was ignorant and underestimated the heroes of the world.”

“If the Yuncang Sword Sect, with its millennia of inheritance, possesses such a trump card, what about the Celestial Law-Controlling Sect with a longer legacy? Do other Overlord Sects have similar trump cards hidden?”

Seeing the awe on Lu Chengfeng’s face, Elder Yun Mo secretly nodded. The reason he was disclosing the secrets of the sect was indeed to instill a sense of reverence in Lu Chengfeng.

He was too young, only twenty-one, and had already achieved Half-Step Celestial Human. Without a sense of reverence, it would not be good for him or the world.

“Keep this secret to yourself, do not reveal it to others,” Elder Yun Mo solemnly advised. “This world never lacks madmen and self-righteous strongmen.”

“Once the news spreads, the entire Yuncang Sword Sect will become a place of contention. Some might try everything to release the Red Dragon and destroy the world, or some overconfident Celestial Humans might try to tame the Red Dragon, or others might covet Yuncang’s fortune and wage war.”

“The interests hidden behind this secret and the power the Red Dragon represents are so massive they’ll shake the entire world. Once the news gets out, Yuncang will face the world’s hostility.”

“Unless the Red Dragon is released, Yuncang’s millennia-old legacy will surely meet its end.”

Yun Mo’s tone grew increasingly solemn, his eyes fixed on Lu Chengfeng. “This is why the sect locks this secret so tightly. Yuncang Sword Sect has endured for millennia without ever leaking this secret to the outside world.”

“Not even Inner Peak Elders like Li Jiuchong or Elder Wen, who have spent their entire lives in the sect, are privy to this information.”

“And you, at this critical moment of the sect’s life and death, needed to be informed of these secrets, so I told you.”

“Now that you know, you must consider carefully whether to return to Yuncang Sword Sect.”

“If circumstances don’t reach the final step, there’s no need for action. But if the Lord of Youdu goes too far, then you might have to wield the Red Dragon and turn the world upside down.”

“Let the world know, Yuncang Sword Sect will not be trifled with!”

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