Chapter 73: Du Xian Sect 31 Part 1

【Emotion Vein Restriction unsealing progress: 90%.】

Xun Ji ignored the System’s notification and simply said to it, “Activate Pain Sensitivity.”

【Host, once Pain Sensitivity is activated, even the slightest pain will be amplified hundreds of times, potentially causing you to lose the ability to move. Does the Host confirm activation of this skill?】

“Confirmed.” Xun Ji asked, “I still have one chance to open the System Mall, right?”

【Yes, Host. The System Mall can be opened at any time. The Host may do as you wish.】

It was now or never. Xun Ji took a deep breath. “Linglan Fairy, Lu Yun Ting’s Emotion Vein cannot be removed.”

Linglan let out a cold laugh, and thousands of female cultivators on the plaza before the hall simultaneously summoned their magic artifacts.

“Jiyang Zhenren, do you think you’re still a Soul Transformation Stage ancestor? How can the three of you possibly stop us!”

“Who said I’m not at the Soul Transformation Stage?” Xun Ji took out a Top-grade Spirit Pill.

“Shizun, what are you doing?!” Lu Yun Ting’s expression changed. “You can’t repair your spirit acupoints. That spiritual power will… Mmph!”

An Immobilization Talisman was slapped onto his body.

“My disobedient disciple lacks manners. Please don’t take offense, Linglan Fairy.” Xun Ji swallowed the pill, and one of the three spirit acupoints pierced by Lu Yun Ting’s sword quickly healed.

Golden light flickered around him, his snow-white robes billowed without wind, forming a vortex of spiritual power!

Linglan frowned slightly. “What exactly are you trying to do?”

“Linglan Fairy, you and your sect are sacrificing yourselves simply to free the Biluo Sect from its fate.” Xun Ji’s voice remained gentle, like a consolation or soothing words. “What if I said I could help you achieve that wish and completely eradicate the Malicious Curse Mark from the ‘cocoons’?”

His words stunned everyone!

“What method do you have?” Linglan’s gaze swept over his Chijun Sword, a glint flashing in her eyes. “Your sword…”

The Chijun Sword sliced through the surrounding black flames, carving a fresh red gash across what seemed like a ferocious beast’s body. Bright crimson flames poured from the wound, burning away all filth.

“I was originally a person of mediocre talent. It was only because the founding Sect Leader of Du Xian Sect bestowed a drop of Dragon Blood upon me during his ascension that everything changed. The Dragon Blood burned away my Mixed Spiritual Root, leaving only the strongest Fire Spirit Root, allowing my cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds.” Xun Ji continued, “However, the power of the Dragon Blood is too domineering, placing an immense burden on the body that I couldn’t bear. Unwilling to abandon this power, I… refined the Dragon Blood’s power into my lifebound sword.”

Xun Ji raised the Chijun Sword. “The Malicious Curse Mark within you cannot be removed by ordinary means, but since the Dragon Blood shares the same origin as it, and flames inherently restrain evil, perhaps the power of the Chijun Sword can give it a try.”

“Is this true?!” A hint of hesitation finally appeared on Linglan’s face. “If this is another lie from Du Xian Sect, I’ll kill you right now!”

“You’ll know once you try.” Xun Ji met her gaze frankly. His longsword blazed with fire, his heart moving with the sword as a thick tongue of flame shot straight toward Linglan’s face!

“Linglan Elder!” Worried cries erupted around her instantly. Several spells flew in to block the strike for her, but Linglan unleashed her spiritual power, deflecting those spells. She stared unblinkingly and took the crimson flames head-on!

The flames enveloped her body in an instant, licking at her skin inch by inch, even burning into her spiritual veins! Linglan suppressed her urge to counterattack, allowing the flames to roam freely within her until—

“Ah!!!” A agonized wail echoed through the sky as Linglan collapsed to the ground, drained of strength.

“Du Xian Sect is deceiving us again!” The other three elders rushed forward to support her, fury blazing as they gathered spiritual power in their palms, ready to strike.

“Wait…” Linglan’s weak voice rang out as she raised a hand to stop the three elders.

“Linglan, we can’t trust any of them. I’ll just—” One elder began, but she suddenly froze. In disbelief, she stared at the hand Linglan had used to stop her. What had been a rotten, blackened skeletal hand was now, under the nourishment of her internal spiritual power, visibly halting its decay and sprouting new flesh and blood!

“This… this…” The three elders exchanged stunned glances, too shocked to speak.

“He’s telling the truth.” A trace of excitement appeared on Linglan’s face. “The Malicious Curse Mark in my body… it’s gone.”

“That’s great.” Xun Ji let out a breath of relief. Fortunately, the method worked.

He glanced at the thousands of female cultivators enveloped in black flames on the plaza and sighed inwardly. The real test was yet to come.

The light around Xun Ji grew brighter and brighter. The power of offerings from Treasure Pearl County surged endlessly into his body. Every meridian screamed in agony; his Nascent Soul Stage body could no longer withstand such vast spiritual power.

He was about to break through.

“No time to waste. I’ll handle the rest all at once.” Xun Ji said to Linglan.

“All at once?” A trace of doubt crossed Linglan’s face. “Jiyang Zhenren, you’re only at the Nascent Soul Stage. Can your spiritual power support such massive consumption?”

Xun Ji merely smiled faintly. His longsword spun through the air like a crimson meteor weaving through the overwhelming black flames. Wherever the Chijun Sword passed, the black flames turned crimson. The fierce firelight illuminated the shocked yet hopeful faces of the Biluo Sect’s female cultivators.

It was just short of one final surge of power.

Xun Ji took out two Top-grade Spirit Pills and swallowed them.

“St-stop…” A pained, hoarse voice came from behind him. Xun Ji turned to see Lu Yun Ting’s spiritual power erupting wildly as he forcibly broke free from the Immobilization Talisman!

Lu Yun Ting staggered forward, reaching out to stop Xun Ji, but it was too late.

The medicinal power of the spirit pills was immense. Xun Ji’s spirit acupoints fully recovered, and the offering power from the Merit Dao poured into his spiritual veins like a tsunami!

When water overflows, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. Xun Ji’s internal spiritual veins ruptured completely. Vast spiritual energy rapidly reforged new ones within him—this was the power of the Soul Transformation Stage!