Chapter 259: Chapter 226: The Sealed Heart Sword

The colder Han Shuangjiang’s demeanor, her face perpetually frosty, the more that dead fox likes to tease her in certain ways.

Although Sister Han is a “dual-degree” theory master, history has repeatedly shown us that the vast majority of theorists are useless!

Her expression immediately changed, her heart rate slightly quickening, a faint blush appearing as she avoided eye contact with him.

——”Little useless one” is truly amusing.

The young girl pursed her lips slightly, not saying a word.

Chu Huaixu began his male seducer routine again, showing a trace of sadness: “I thought that after being apart for so long, Senior Sister Han would somewhat miss me.”

“Sigh—.” He let out a long sigh.

But the two of them were really too familiar; she had already experienced Chu Huaixu’s routines several times.

She immediately realized that this dead fox was purely taking pleasure in her again.

At this moment, Big Ice Cube immediately furrowed her brows, looked up at him, and said, “Here you go again!”

Chu Huaixu stopped teasing her and instead gently pulled her into his embrace.

To his slight surprise, today’s Big Ice Cube was more proactive than usual, immediately raising her hand to hold him tight.

——And holding him tightly.

Burying her face in his chest, her lips pressed against his robe, so the sound she made was muffled, and only then did she say:

“I do.”

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Many girls with a touch of pride in this world are like this; when you ask them, you often can’t get an answer, but after a bit of closeness, it might be different.

After a brief moment of tenderness, the two “career-minded” individuals focused their attention on the stone gate that had just opened.

Clearly, there was another challenge in the secret realm.

Chu Huaixu didn’t think that the inheritance secret realm left by the Dao Ancestor would only have these rewards.

“Improve Divine Sense, expand meridians, upgrade Sword Intent…”

This is indeed quite generous, definitely an upper-level secret realm.

But it still doesn’t compare to the stature of the Dao Ancestor.

After exchanging glances, the two began to walk inside.

The passage remained narrow and long, and walking side by side would feel a bit cramped.

After passing through the passage, they came to a stone wall once again.

The stone wall was still engraved with a huge character “Dao”.

Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang just glanced at it, and their bodies began to move forward involuntarily.

The two stood together in front of this large character.

The next moment, golden beams of light emerged from the ground, activating a grand array.

Chu Huaixu’s Heart Sword reacted instantly.

“Hmm? An Illusion Realm!” He immediately judged and said to Han Shuangjiang.

If the last challenge was merely breaking through an Illusion Realm to pass, it would be too easy for him.

It’s like walking right into a trap.

The Heart Sword can cut through all illusions, and it has never failed until now.

He directly activated the Heart Sword, intending to destroy the Illusion Technique Array before it formed, gaining an advantage.

However, a terrifying scene unfolded.

The force controlling his body even bound the Heart Sword within his Sea of Consciousness!

No matter how Chu Huaixu operated, the power of the Heart Sword wouldn’t activate!

The Heart Sword, which had never been unsuccessful before and could easily annihilate even Primordial Spirits, surprisingly failed today.

“Is this the Dao Ancestor!” he was shocked in his heart.

Even more frightening is that Chu Huaixu is not directly facing the Dao Ancestor now.

What he and his Heart Sword were facing was merely a grand array left by the Dao Ancestor a thousand years ago.

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The Illusion Realm Array quickly took shape.

Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang quickly fell into it.

He found himself outside a small town.

Big Ice Cube wasn’t by his side.

“It’s indeed a solo instance.”

“Even if the two of us came in together and entered the grand array, in the end, we’d fight alone.”

Moreover, he suspected that the situation Han Shuangjiang was in should be exactly the same as his.

As Chu Huaixu was about to examine his surroundings, he suddenly froze.

Soon, his eyes began to gradually lose focus.

Gradually, his vacant expression turned into confusion.

That classic question emerged: Who am I, where am I?

But a well-designed Illusion Realm naturally immerses you.

Chu Huaixu’s eyes soon became clear again.

“I am a Daoist Outer Sect Disciple, on a demon-slaying mission, having tracked down traces of evil cultivators!”

Thinking this, he began to step into the town.

He hadn’t walked far into the town before hearing a scream.

Chu Huaixu’s figure flickered as he dashed towards the sound.

Interestingly, he seemed not to be a Body Cultivator at this moment.

He was just an ordinary Second Realm Sword Cultivator.

Yet Chu Huaixu wasn’t surprised by this, as if this was how it should be.

The Body Technique he used now was no longer the Profound Level technique [Feixuan].

Instead, it was the cheaper Yellow Level Technique [Gale] from the Daoist Sect, an entry-level technique.

Chu Huaixu soon reached a location and drew the Middle Grade Spirit Sword in his hand.

This Swordless individual didn’t find it strange to have a sword in his hand, as if it was naturally his Lifebound Magical Treasure.

Upon arriving at the scene, he immediately saw three Second Realm evil cultivators plundering ordinary people.

Several people lay in pools of blood on the ground.

They would extract people’s blood to see if it contained a Spiritual Embryo.

If there was a Spiritual Embryo, they would take the person; if not, they would just kill them for amusement.

Seeing the scene before him, Chu Huaixu immediately shouted.

“You have chosen the path of death!”

Strangely, despite being one against three, and two of them having higher cultivation than him, he was not afraid at all.

A fierce battle was about to erupt, and a young boy was huddling in the corner, trembling with two corpses in his arms.

Chu Huaixu’s overall combat power was already no different from that of a regular Daoist Outer Sect Disciple.

He was even inferior to the Outer Sect prodigies.

Fortunately, the Daoist Sect is one of the Four Great Sects in the East Continent. Even an average member would be considered a genius cultivator elsewhere.

The evil cultivators, despite being in a higher realm, had unstable foundations.

In terms of actual combat power, they might not necessarily be his match.

At this moment, he couldn’t use [Six Out of Seven].

He used the Yellow Level Technique called [Clear Wind Sword Formulas].

It was actually a set with the Body Technique [Gale].

The two complemented each other, which was quite decent among the Yellow Level Techniques.

A skinny evil cultivator with a hooked nose was struck on the arm by a sword from Chu Huaixu.

But the next moment, he was slashed from behind.

The Sword Qi carried traces of Evil Qi, which brought a slight burning sensation to his wound.

Chu Huaixu couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan.

His pain threshold seemed to have vanished.

Yet he still didn’t realize the strangeness.

And the self-healing effect of the Dao Scripture naturally no longer existed.

There was no sign of healing at his wound.

On the contrary, because of the Evil Qi, the skin around the wound seemed slightly burnt.

“So, you belong to the Daoist Sect, no wonder you have some means!” The hooked-nosed evil cultivator glanced at the token on him, his face growing somewhat solemn.

“Now you’re scared? It’s too late!” Chu Huaixu’s show-off nature hadn’t changed.

However, fighting one against three was undoubtedly somewhat strenuous.

After repelling the enemy with one sword, he took out an elixir from his Storage Token and consumed it to restore his depleted Spiritual Power.

A female evil cultivator wielding a long spear had vanished earlier.

But Chu Huaixu’s Divine Sense continuously tracked her, knowing she had circled behind him.

He allowed her to sneak attack from behind, then dodged with all his might, swinging his sword backward.

He knew very well that he absolutely didn’t have time to dodge.

But he also knew that this sword could take her life!

Chu Huaixu felt excruciating pain instantly, his skin ripped, and a large chunk of flesh was gouged from his side.

Yet, the Spirit Sword in his hand unleashed Sword Qi, delivering a throat-cutting strike.

The remaining two evil cultivators exchanged glances, feeling unlucky.

After searching the small town all day, they hadn’t found anyone with a Spiritual Embryo, but instead encountered a Daoist Sect disciple and lost a comrade!

Although Chu Huaixu wasn’t at the end of his strength, he really wasn’t confident in killing all three evil cultivators.

He immediately channeled Spiritual Power, flicking his finger into the air.

The Spiritual Power exploded in the sky, like a signal flare, as if notifying nearby sect members.

In fact, he knew very well there was no one nearby, it was just a bluff.

He relied on these dark crawlers’ fear of the Daoist Sect!

Sure enough, the hook-nosed and the sword cultivator panicked.

They had the intention to retreat.

“Today is your lucky day!” The hook-nosed said fiercely.

To make everything more convincing, Chu Huaixu pressed forward, as if unwilling to let the two go.

“Still trying to run!” He used his body technique to give chase.

The two evil cultivators saw how fearlessly confident he was and panicked even more.

The hook-nosed’s peripheral vision immediately caught sight of a boy huddling in the corner.

Dealing with righteous cultivators can be difficult sometimes, yet easy at other times.

Grabbing a mortal as a hostage, these fools always cared about harming them; isn’t that foolish?

The hook-nosed immediately made his way toward the boy.

“Not good!” Chu Huaixu noticed this immediately.

He tossed his long sword at the hook-nosed’s back.

The opponent turned to block the sword.

The nearby sword cultivator took the opportunity to slash Sword Qi at Chu Huaixu.

In a flurry, with low cultivation and mediocre combat experience, Chu Huaixu hastily responded and slapped forward.

But his left palm couldn’t block it, getting sliced open from the palm, leaving only the thumb, as the other four fingers were severed!

“No time! Go!”

The two evil cultivators, fearing for their lives, didn’t dare to linger and immediately fled.

Chu Huaixu looked down at his left hand, tears streaming from the pain.

“It hurts, it hurts so much!”

His body now bore seven or eight wounds, and the entire robe was covered in blood.

He struggled to the boy’s side, gazing down at the youth holding two corpses.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m from the Daoist Sect. Are you alright?” The intense pain made his voice tremble.

Chu Huaixu glanced at the two corpses he was clutching, guessing they were his parents.

Alas, so young, and already an orphan.

“Why!” The boy looked up at him, suddenly speaking with anger, his voice heart-wrenching.

Hearing this, Chu Huaixu assumed he was questioning why they encountered evil cultivators, why his parents died.

He only felt pity for the child, beginning to find words.

He was quite poor at comforting others.

Yet, the boy’s subsequent words made him pause.

“Why did you come only now!”

“Why couldn’t your Daoist Sect protect us, protect the town!”

“You’re so strong, you should’ve killed them all ages ago!”

“If you had come sooner, my mom and dad… they wouldn’t have died, they didn’t need to die!”

“It’s all because of you! It’s all your fault!”

“You killed them!” The boy raised his eyes, his eyes bloodshot.

They were filled with hostility, hatred, anger, blame, malice…

Chu Huaixu only felt his head swelling, his temples pounding unbearably.

He glanced down at his severed left hand.

“It hurts, it hurts so much!”

The severe pain made his head buzz.

The boy’s curse, however, never ceased.

The hatred in his eyes was so thick and intense.

“It hurts, it hurts so much!”

Chu Huaixu only felt his severed hand hurt more.

Ten fingers linked to the heart, damn it, why does it hurt so much!

“I want you dead! I want you dead!” The boy continued to shout.

“You killed them, it’s all because of your Daoist Sect!”

“I’ll kill you sooner or later, sooner or later I’ll kill you!”

The hatred in his heart was overflowing.

Chu Huaixu stayed silent for a while, lowering his eyes to look at him.

Then, he looked at his left hand, and his blood-soaked appearance.

It hurts, it hurts so much!

The next moment, without lifting his head, he swung a sword at the boy’s neck.

“Noisy.”

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