Chapter 1560: Cold Smiles Once Again
Chapter 1560: Chapter 1560: Cold Smiles Once Again
"Elder Ao, the Holy Soul Illusion Realm is about to open. As far as I know, the Heaven and Earth Power of the North Abyss Misty Plain has also started to weaken. If we wait until they return from the Holy Soul Illusion Realm training, I’m afraid they’ll immediately head to the North Abyss Misty Plain. We need to act now before it’s too late," said a worried elder.
"Why don’t we make another trip to Holy Sword Peak? Even if the Holy Master is displeased, he can’t possibly kill all of us old fellows," another elder said, brimming with killing intent.
"No need, I have my own arrangements for this matter. You don’t need to worry," Ao Fangchen shook his head and said.
With Jian Wuchen and Ye Lanfeng there, even if they all attack Holy Sword Peak, they would never be able to harm Mu Hanyan. Despite their numbers and strength, they are far from Jian Wuchen and Ye Lanfeng’s level. Even if they can’t win, could they not at least protect Mu Hanyan and allow her to escape?
To deal with Mu Hanyan, another method must be thought of.
Holy Soul Illusion Realm, Holy Soul Illusion Realm! Ao Fangchen’s lips curled into a barely noticeable cold smile.
Within the crowd, another elder smiled the same cold smile.
The next day, at dawn, Mu Hanyan and the others entered the Holy Soul Illusion Realm.
Before them stretched an ancient battleground, desolate despite enduring countless millennia, scattered with fragments of swords and knives that still emitted a chilling glow.
Judging by the materials and craftsmanship, these swords and knives were all forged meticulously, not far below the level of divine artifacts, yet now reduced to fragments eternally asleep in this forgotten barrier.
This hints at how brutal that great battle must have been.
Walking on the scarred earth, Mu Hanyan could still feel the killing intent and resentment left behind by those ancient warriors. Knowing they died at least hundreds of thousands of years ago, with even their divine remnant souls gone, yet the killing intent and resentment still linger, imagining how fearsome this land was right after the battle.
Besides the killing intent, Mu Hanyan also sensed an extremely gentle and holy, yet imposing aura pervading the entire illusion realm, softening all the hostility under its influence.
With a little thought, Mu Hanyan understood that this aura must have been left by the mysterious powerful female. It is precisely because of her presence that those killing intents are suppressed, allowing successors to enter the Holy Soul Illusion Realm to comprehend the sword souls of the strong. Otherwise, influenced by them, successors simply couldn’t calm down to comprehend the sword souls.
Though she suspected she was this woman’s reincarnation, Mu Hanyan struggled to equate herself with her, for she was her, and Mu Hanyan was herself, entirely different in soul and body.
"Where are we going?" Yue Fanchen asked from beside her.
This ancient battleground was vast, with those sword souls hidden in different places, where each cultivator can only comprehend one. After entering the Holy Soul Illusion Realm, everyone scattered, except Yue Fanchen whom Mu Hanyan kept by her side.
"To heal your injuries," Mu Hanyan replied.
"Heal?" Yue Fanchen looked at Mu Hanyan with doubt.
To restore his cultivation foundation, the Shangyue Royal Family exhausted every means. Yan Zishu personally treated him because of his friendship with Mu Hanyan, and invited disciples from other Divine Doctor families to Shangyue City, but ultimately they were powerless.
Everyone concluded that his cultivation could reach at most the Great Sword Master Realm, never the Sword Saint, so he had accepted his fate. Hearing Mu Hanyan suddenly mention healing, he was excited, surprised, and inevitably doubtful.
"I’ve heard there is a sword soul in the Holy Soul Illusion Realm, which, combined with Yanran’s Heavenly Rain Divine Healing Technique, can restore your cultivation foundation," Mu Hanyan said simply. Her Golden Divine Blood was too astonishing, so she hadn’t proclaimed it widely.
"Really?" Yue Fanchen instinctively grabbed Mu Hanyan’s arm.
Though resigned, with his aptitude, he was unwilling to remain forever at the Great Sword Master Realm. Currently, his mood was like someone grabbing a life-saving straw.
"Of course." Mu Hanyan nodded.
"I have hope, I have hope!" Yue Fanchen trembled with excitement at Mu Hanyan’s firm response, his hands shaking, even with tears glimmering in his eyes.
"By the way, do you know where that sword soul is?" After his excitement, Yue Fanchen suddenly calmed down and asked Mu Hanyan.
Not every ancient warrior left a sword soul; many left only heavy resentment and hostility, but there were still quite a few sword souls, reportedly numbering in hundreds, each hidden within natural barriers. Finding even one requires great fortune, and locating the specific one Mu Hanyan mentioned is naturally even tougher.
"I don’t know," Mu Hanyan replied.
"Don’t you have anything else to say? Are you teasing me?" Yue Fanchen deflated like a burst rubber ball, losing spirit.
Mu Hanyan was indeed teasing Yue Fanchen. Watching his highs of excitement and lows of dejection amused her quietly.
"I may not know, but don’t forget I have this." Mu Hanyan said, taking out the Heavenly Secret Mirror.
Since acquiring this Heavenly Secret Mirror, her Glazed Glass Holy Robe began to repair itself, along with her ancient, broken bracelet, which she now knows is the Netherworld God Blood Shield.
Mu Hanyan guessed that the Glazed Glass Holy Robe, Netherworld God Blood Shield, the Star Moon Battle Crown above her head, and this Heavenly Secret Mirror are a set, with the core being the Heavenly Secret Mirror. Upon carefully pondering, she found it exceptionally sensitive to Heaven and Earth Rules, divine artifact spiritual power, and sealing barriers. Due to this, the broken bracelet and Ruyi Treasure restored themselves and revealed their true forms under its influence.
Though the Heavenly Secret Mirror’s power hasn’t fully recovered, unable to observe scenes thousands of miles away or let divine senses traverse time and space, its special sensing ability makes it far superior to Qu Shanling’s Divine Leading Technique for finding relics or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. She relied on its help last time to locate the Beast Soul Pool.
For other cultivators, finding one strong sword soul is extremely challenging. However, with the Heavenly Secret Mirror in hand, Mu Hanyan was not worried at all.