Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 349: Chapter 260: Fortunately, the Ancestor Came in Time

Zhao Sheng tensed his muscles, forcibly closed the wound to stop the flow of fresh blood, and then cupped his hands in a salute, though his tone was very indifferent, “The junior, Yang Qing, has seen the two seniors from the Sky-splitting Sword Dao. May I ask in what way has this junior offended the senior? Why did you attempt to kill me upon first sight?”

Even though he knew that he was no match for either person before him, he could not let his momentum falter.

The fat old man was startled upon hearing this, “Offended?

“Ah, not at all! It’s just your bad luck that you happened to stumble upon the Ten Thousand Sword Formation as soon as you came out.”

Watching the other person’s face that read “you’re really unlucky,” Zhao Sheng’s heart fire surged, and he said sarcastically, “Should I apologize to the senior, then?”

“No need for apologies. Just be more careful in the future,” the fat old man said with great magnanimity.

“So it’s my fault!” Zhao Sheng was instantly speechless.

He could tell that this fat old man was a fool, unable to discern even praise from criticism.

Zhao Sheng disregarded this man, turned to the young man in white, bowed, and asked, “Senior, since this was all a misunderstanding, may I ask if I can take my leave first?”@@novelbin@@

If the fat old head was a Golden Core Realm Inner Sword Cultivator, then the young man in white he called Ancestor must have a cultivation so high it soared to the heavens, at the very least a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator.

Facing such an ancestral figure, Zhao Sheng must handle the situation carefully.

The young man in white flicked his sleeve, and suddenly, within a hundred feet around them, the cold tide and snowstorm ceased abruptly; all was silent.

“Speak!”

The young man in white spoke with a gentle voice, but regrettably was sparing with his words; he just said two words and then closed his mouth.

Zhao Sheng was taken aback.

At this moment, the fat old man cheerfully explained, “The Ancestor’s meaning is for you to explain what’s going on inside. We went in once before, but the Ancestor is so strong, and the space rifts too severe. We were forced back out as soon as we entered.”

Although the man’s explanations were confusing, they sufficed to clarify things for Zhao Sheng.

It amounted to the young man in white possessing such formidable strength that he affected the spatial stability.

Once they entered, the surrounding space became extremely chaotic, causing countless space rifts to appear and eventually forcing them to retreat from the relic.

Reminder by the fat old man made Zhao Sheng suddenly recall the identity of these two esteemed individuals.

It was said that these two were also renowned figures in the Central Continent Cultivation World.

If nothing was amiss, the young man in white should be a Nascent Soul Sword Ancestor from the Sky-splitting Sword Dao, famously known as “Holy and Evil Sword” Shen Mo.

This fat old man, though seemingly naive and innocent, was not truly a fool. Born with a childlike innocence, he was influenced by the sword formula he cultivated.

This man, greatly named Shen Tianzhen, spent his years following his Ancestor Shen Mo. Being Shen Mo’s only kin and a Sword True Man at the Late Stage Golden Core, he was also known as the “Weird Sword Child”.

Shen Mo was a man of few words, with an unpredictable character flirting between righteousness and wickedness. Having killed countless enemies in his life, he always acted on his whims and did as he pleased.

In the Central Continent Cultivation World, this master and disciple duo were notorious for being troublemakers, always bringing trouble wherever they went.

In a nutshell, this master and disciple pair were not to be trifed with – one would be wise to avoid them wherever possible.

Zhao Sheng felt his scalp tingle and secretly cursed his misfortune for encountering this difficult pair.

“It seems I won’t be able to extricate myself for a while.”

Thinking this, he started to explain the events within the relic.

Zhao Sheng first described the environment inside the relic, and then he focused on the mysterious palace that sealed the Chi Demon Banner and the Great Chi Jian, as well as what happened inside.

Zhao Sheng did not conceal most of the information, only omitting the secrets of the Taiqing Nine Yang Sealing God Tablet and the True Dragon Primordial Spirit.

As he spoke, the fat old man listened with shouts of astonishment, his expression alternating between tension and excitement, as if he had completely immersed himself into the story.

When Zhao Sheng mentioned the discovery of the Chi Demon Banner, the True Dragon Skeleton, and the Great Chi Jian Golden Body, even the expressionless Shen Mo appeared moved.

However, he had an immense level of self-control. Until Zhao Sheng finished telling everything, he did not interrupt once.

After finishing, Zhao Sheng looked directly at the master and disciple with an open and fearless gaze.

As far as he knew, the Holy and Evil Sword, though bloodstained, was not one to kill indiscriminately.

Thus, he was not too worried for his own life.

“Tianzhen, hmm!”

“Ancestor, are you saying that I should go in with this young fellow and retrieve everything inside?”

“Hmm!”

“Hmm?”

Shen Mo hummed twice in succession, where the first hum signified agreement.

But at the second hum, he suddenly looked up into the sky, his face unexpectedly showing a trace of solemnity.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Sheng’s heart skipped a beat, and he too looked towards the sky, only to see the world engulfed in snow and surging cold tides, a bleak expanse of white, without any signs of abnormality.

However, the fact that Zhao Sheng could detect no abnormality didn’t mean that Shen Mo couldn’t.

One must know that the divine thought of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator can extend for miles around, and even though the harsh environmental conditions greatly hindered divine thought here, he would still have several miles of effective range.

For a Nascent Soul old monster to show such concern, the intruder surely had a significant background.

Two breaths later,

Weird Sword Child Shen Tianzhen suddenly changed his expression and exclaimed, “Wow, it’s a Double-headed Dragon Vulture!

It’s not good, Ancestor. It must be the Vulture Old Monster from the Beast Taming Sect that’s pursuing us.”

In the midst of talking, the chaotic and swirling snow in the sky suddenly became even more turbulent.

Boom boom!

Accompanied by the roaring sound of a storm fast approaching from the Upper Sky, Zhao Sheng’s pupils constricted as he suddenly saw a large bird with a body as vast as an ancient Dragon Elephant, talons like a dragon, scales like an eagle, a pair of blood-red wings resembling a bat’s, and two heads resembling both dragon and vulture emerging from its neck.