Heaven Slaying Blade

Chu Mo had considered before, telling his master about this matter, and the two of them working together. But in the end, he gave up on that idea.

Leaving aside whether the Demon Lord would believe his words, or whether he would explain things even if he did believe. But the quantity of medicinal herbs required was something that a person or two simply could not assemble! Was the Demon Lord, a peerless expert, supposed to go and loot and plunder here and there?

And further, how is he supposed to get those herbs? Go and dig up the mountains, one plant at a time? Being a peerless expert doesn't mean they are knowledgable about herbs!

Chu Mo now knew, the master is not from this world. Thus, it is not an overstatement to say that in Great Xia, if you want to find something, the Demon Lord is definitely not as knowledgeable as Chu Mo!

As a disciple, you should help share the master's burdens.

Thus, Chu Mo decided that for now, he won't mention the matter of the medicinal herbs to his master. After all, his master had also said that for the time being, he would not leave. However, when Chu Mo sees his master tomorrow, he should ask him- 'How are you right now?',

He remembers the time he hurried away, his condition seemed to be bad. But now that he sees him again, it's so much better than before, within this, there must be reasons that Chu Mo isn't aware of.

If it wasn't for the jade's precise analysis of the Demon Lord's current state, Chu Mo would even believe that the master's poison had been cured.

"This matter, there's a lot to say. Initially, I fled from Yanhuang City, trying to pass through the snowy wilderness, to apprentice myself to Longevity Heaven..." Chu Mo recalls those days, with a lingering bitter taste surfacing in his heart. A boy in his teens, wandering alone in this desolate snowy wilderness, only those who have experienced it can truly understand the feeling.

"Longevity Heaven? You actually wanted to enter such a place?" A tinge of contempt flashed across Miao Yi Niang's eyes, yet she also said, "But with your talent, entering Longevity Heaven... shouldn't be a problem."

"Hehe, I failed!" Chu Mo responded with a bitter smile. He recounts the events of encountering the Demon Lord, and his humiliation in Longevity Heaven, to Miao Yi Niang.

Miao Yi Niang listened stupefied, then looked at Chu Mo sympathetically, "Young Master, who knew that over the past six months, you experienced so much."

Then, she murmured, "The Demon Lord...I had never heard of this name before." Miao Yi Niang's beautiful eyes were sparkling, "He said he is not of this world, could he be from the Spirit Realm?"

"Spirit Realm? What kind of place is that?" Chu Mo heard of this place for the first time and his heart bubbled with a thought: Could Xiaoyu be there? So, he turned to Miao Yi Niang, somewhat anxiously, "Sister, please tell me more!"

"The Spirit Realm... I only heard of it. My sect is actually not that powerful. At least by my generation...it is not that powerful. Otherwise, back then, we would not have been hunted so mercilessly," Miao Yi Niang said softly with a slight laugh. Inside her smile, there was a touch of bitterness, "However, my sect, several hundred years ago, was actually the top sect in Vermilion Bird Continent."

"Who would've thought that Sister came from Vermilion Bird Continent?" Chu Mo's eyes widened in shock. To him, Azure Dragon Continent was already big enough, but he never expected Miao Yi Niang, whom he had known for four years, was actually from another continent.

"Yes, it was a heartbreaking past that I never wished to recall," Miao Yi Niang sighed with sadness in her eyes.

"If you don't want to recall, then don't mention it." Chu Mo, too, had things he didn't wish to recall. He knew that kind of pain.

"Well, it's actually nothing. So many years have passed," Miao Yi Niang continued, "My sect, Piaomiao Palace, was once a top sect that made a name for itself on Vermilion Bird Continent. It was as respected as Longevity Heaven in the Azure Dragon Continent."

"More than four hundred years ago, Piaomiao Palace reached its peak of prosperity. An elder member of the Palace broke through the Primordial Pass, shattered the void, and left. It is said that the elder reached the Spirit Realm," Miao Yi Niang said as she looked at Chu Mo, "It is a place filled with spirit energy, completely different from our world which only has primordial energy."

"Then... what are the levels of a martial arts practitioner in our world?" Chu Mo asked. The strongest person Chu Mo had ever seen was his grandfather, at the peak of the yellow rank's fourth layer, about to breakthrough to the fifth layer.

The strongest person he had ever heard of was the current marshal of the military of Great Xia, Fang Mingtong. However, just what realm Marshal Fang had achieved, Chu Mo had no idea.

Miao Yi Niang looked at Chu Mo, "Now that you've stepped on this path of cultivation, it's good to tell you."

Miao Yi Niang explained in a soft voice, "The realms of this world are divided into nine layers. The first and second are ordinary levels, the third and fourth are steps towards the Primordial Pass, the fifth can slaughter a thousand men, with the sixth one can dominate the world, the seventh then we understand how hard it is to climb the mountain, the eighth stage reaches Enlightening Heart Realm to see the mystery, the ninth is the long road of Heavenly Heart Realm, then we know there is vastness outside the world."

"The ninth layer...Understanding Heart Realm paves a long path... then we know that limitless prospects lie outside this world," Chu Mo muttered to himself, then said somewhat bitterly, "So... my current realm is actually this weak. It would take how many years to reach the ninth layer?"

Miao Yi Niang stared at Chu Mo, with a touch of speechlessness, saying, "By saying this, do you want to make your Sister feel incompetent?"

Chu Mo lifted his head to look at Miao Yi Niang.

Miao Yi Niang continued, "You know, Sister is already twenty-three this year, a whole ten years older than you! But I'm only at the yellow rank's third layer. Even so, back in my sect, I was considered a rare genius. And you... at the mere age of thirteen, your realm has already surpassed your Sister. And you're complaining that your cultivation is too slow? Half a year ago, weren't you only at the yellow rank's second layer? Do you know how hard it is to break through to the Primordial Pass?"

Chu Mo pulled a face, speechless for once.

Miao Yi Niang continued speaking, "The first three stages are known as the Body Strengthening Period, corresponding to the Power of Bull, the Power of Tiger and Leopard, and the Dragon Elephant Power. Meaning, reaching the third layer of the yellow rank, one's power would already be very strong! Upon breaking through to the Primordial Pass, you reach the peak of the Body-Strengthening Period. The fourth to sixth stages are known as the Bone Refining Period, with the corresponding realms of Iron Bone, Iron Blood, and Stone-Gold. Reaching the Stone-Gold stage, you will be considered among the world's strongest martial artists. The Marshal of the Great Xia's army, at most, is only at the sixth layer of the yellow rank!"

Chu Mo said, "A sixth-rank can dominate the world..."

Yi Niang nodded, "Exactly. At this level, one can truly dominate the world. That old ghost in the Prince's Mansion must be a martial artist at the peak of the sixth rank!"

Hiss!

Chu Mo couldn't help but take a sharp breath, also breaking out in a cold sweat for his actions today. He bitterly laughed at himself, "Looks like I really am fearless because of ignorance."

"What did you expect? Why do you think I was so worried about you?" Yi Niang gave Chu Mo a look, and then continued, "The seventh, eighth, and ninth ranks correspond to the Understanding Heart Realm, Enlightening Heart Realm, and Heavenly Heart Realm respectively. Once one reaches the Heavenly Heart Realm, they become a master of the ninth yellow rank — a grandmaster! There are only a few masters of this level in the whole world!"

Chu Mo let out a long sigh, "Only today did I realize just how ignorant I was."

"Don't be disheartened. You have a teacher who comes from the Spirit Realm; your cultivation techniques are certainly many times superior to those in this world! So, your progress will certainly be unimaginably fast." Yi Niang said somewhat enviously.

Chu Mo thought back to what his teacher had said when passing him the Heaven's Will, My Will -

"This Heaven's Will, My Will, can be considered the most powerful mental technique in this world!"

"Without equal!"

"Although it's only two and a half volumes, if you can truly understand these two and a half volumes, you will be untouchable in this world!"

"The strongest mental techniques on the Four Symbols Continent do not even come close to this, with progress being less than one tenth of its!"

Chu Mo finally understood why his teacher had said such things. It turns out, Heaven's Will, My Will doesn't belong to this world at all!

"No wonder my cultivation...progresses so quickly." Chu Mo thought to himself, then looked at Yi Niang and asked, "What happened to your sect?"

"The Piaomiao Palace once flourished in its heyday. Unfortunately...after the ancestor ascended, there was no heavyweight left in the Piaomiao Palace. It was fine for a century or two, as the influence of the ancestor remained. But after hundreds of years, the older generation lost hope of making a breakthrough and successively passed away. There was no one left to carry on their legacy, leading to a gradual decline."

An expression of bitterness appeared on Yi Niang's face, "Regrettably, within the Piaomiao Palace there were many top-grade techniques that were coveted by many..."

Chu Mo looked at Yi Niang, not knowing how to comfort her, he could only listen silently.

"The Piaomiao Palace was attacked jointly by dozens of sects. Our elders all went out to meet the enemy, none fled. That day...the cries of battle shook the heavens!"

"Our Master gathered us, the more remarkable disciples of the sect, as we could not hold the defenses any longer... They could die in battle, but the bloodline of Piaomiao Palace could not be extinguished! So, the seniors like old grandmasters and great grandmasters took off their storage rings and gave them to us, twelve disciples, one each. They divided all of the Piaomiao Palace's techniques into twelve parts..."

"I was taken by several grandmasters into a teleportation array and sent directly to the Azure Dragon Continent. The rest of my sisters were also teleported somewhere else."

"At the time, the master told us twelve sisters not to think about revenge unless we one day reached the Innate Realm. But the Master knew that the possibility was almost non-existent. She urged us not to let the teachings of the Piaomiao Palace die out, and if we managed to do so, we would be the true heroes of our palace."

Yi Niang finally burst into tears, saying softly, "I've been incapable. All these years, I haven't dared to reveal the slightest hint, let alone pass on our techniques... Because people from the Vermilion Bird Continent have been trying to find me and my sisters. Since they can't find us there, they will definitely look for us on other continents. I was too weak and didn't dare..."

Chu Mo looked at Yi Niang, her face stained with tears, and said softly, "Don't worry, sister. We will surely get better and better! Not just me, but all three of us!"

"Yes, I was overjoyed when you returned!" Yi Niang raised her head to look at Chu Mo. "Especially when I failed to understand you, you have no idea how happy I was! Happier than even making a breakthrough myself!"

"By the way, who were those people pursuing you back then? Were they from the Vermilion Bird Continent?" Chu Mo asked.

"No. When I was teleported to the Azure Dragon Continent, I was utterly confused and didn't know where to go. As a result, I was targeted by a few disciples who came to practice outside their sect. Their strength was slightly inferior to mine, but not by much. I wasn't a match against all of them. After killing two of them, I began to flee. I kept running until I met you and Fufu." Yi Niang said, "So, I must repay the kindness you have shown me in this lifetime!"

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After having lunch today, I walked five kilometers with two of my buddies. Life is about movement. I sweated a lot and my legs were weak, but afterward, I felt refreshed and energetic!

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