The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Dividing the Spoils of War_1

The man who appeared had broad eyebrows and bright eyes, dressed in the attire of an inner disciple of the Heaven Sword Sect, and held a bulky broadsword in his hand.

A swordsman who has reached the 4th Layer of the Qi Gathering Realm and has comprehended sword intent. Shen Mo found him to be a tough opponent.

The inner disciples of the Five Great Sects were different from other rogue cultivators.

Don’t look at how the two Qi Gathering Realm cultivators from the Ghost Corpse School couldn’t hold up against the Ghost Bride for long.

That was because they were just new to Qi Gathering, and all their skills were focused on controlling the Ghoul. Furthermore, the Ghost Bride’s Skill was truly eerie. Under such circumstances, they were completely routed.

In a different environment, even most cultivators in the 3rd Layer of the Qi Gathering Realm might not be able to cleanly finish them off.

Of course, one can’t rule out the fact that their own strength was simply insufficient!

However, the disciple of the Heaven Sword Sect before him, though young, had already grasped his own sword intent; he was far from ordinary or mediocre.

Under normal circumstances, Shen Mo naturally would not have feared a fight with him.

However, he had been continuously activating the Sword Array and refining the Ghost Bride for the past few days. Both his spirit and Mana were no longer at their peak.

”Whether it is right or evil is not up to you to judge.”

Shen Mo responded lightly and immediately, silently recited an incantation.

Upon receiving the command, the Ghost Bride’s gaze fell directly on the disciple of the Heaven Sword Sect.

At the same time, the Soul Refining Flag erupted with a surge of blood-red light, as numerous figures of Soul Generals condensed and rushed forward with frightening momentum.

PFFT!

The Heaven Sword Sect disciple, Geng Zheng, felt his blood surge uncontrollably, rushing towards his seven orifices.

As blood trickled from his eyes, mouth, and nose, a clear sword hum resonated from within him, instantly suppressing the uncontrolled flow of blood.

Immediately after, he was submerged in an overwhelming number of ghostly figures!

At this moment, Shen Mo had already retrieved the Soul Refining Flag and was fleeing into the distance on his Dragon Sparrow Sword.

「Half a day later, in a deserted Ghost Village.」

Shen Mo met up with Chen Mengze.

”You seem to have suffered quite a few injuries. Are you alright?” Chen Mengze asked, looking at Shen Mo’s sword wounds with concern in her expression.

Shen Mo waved his hand. ”They are merely flesh wounds, I’m fine!”

That disciple from the Heaven Sword Sect really was strong.

Even after suffering the Ghost Bride’s Glare and being surrounded by hundreds of Soul Generals, he still managed to fight his way out relying on his heavy sword.

Of course, part of the reason was that I had withdrawn and wasn’t continuously creating more Soul Generals to deplete him.

Moreover, his sword-riding speed was extremely swift too! He stuck to me like a piece of sticky candy.

Given no choice, I had to turn back and engage in a bloody fight with him! The sword injuries on my body are from that time.

With the support of his Dragon Elephant Blood Fiend Body, Shen Mo’s injuries weren’t severe. In fact, it was Geng Zheng, the disciple from the Heaven Sword Sect, who took a severe beating from Shen Mo.

If Geng Zheng hadn’t thrown out a few Grade III talismans to save his life in the end, he might have already become another formidable Soul General on the Soul Refining Flag by now!

Thinking about this made Shen Mo so annoyed he could spit blood.

I merely used the Soul Refining Flag to refine the Ghost Bride and ended up attracting such a strong enemy out of the blue.

Even when I backed off, the enemy still pursued me relentlessly. This person was exasperatingly stubborn and difficult to handle!

What’s more, even if I had won, there wasn’t much to gain!

The sword intent he comprehended was ’Punish Demons’. Next time I encounter him, I’ll either have to kill him outright or explain the origin of the Soul Refining Flag to him.

Otherwise, he will consider me an enemy and cause all sorts of trouble.

The sword intent one comprehends is significantly related to the experiences, personality, and lifelong aspirations of a sword cultivator.

Therefore, one can glean a person’s nature from their sword intent.

Punishing the wicked and promoting the good was that person’s steadfast principle.

Dealing with such a person is both simple and troublesome: as long as you are not a malicious person, even if you offend him, you need not worry about him causing you trouble.

But once he identifies you as an evil cultivator, he will fight you to the death, even if it means spattering you with his blood before he dies.

Luckily, the other party still doesn’t know my identity. I’ll let him be for now.

After swallowing a few Elixirs, his condition was restored.

Shen Mo, unable to wait, began to divide the spoils with Chen Mengze.

The cultivators who had died at the hands of the Ghost Bride had formed a wedding procession, leaving behind a large quantity of items.

Numerous Universe Bags were opened one by one with Realm Breaking Talismans.

Flying Swords, talismans, Elixirs, Nether Mines, Demon Cores, soul cores, various materials... After all these were taken out, they piled up into a small mountain.

The two picked and chose, selecting the items they needed.

What was left, items they didn’t fancy, were also completely divided between them. Once they left the Ghost Nation Ruins, they would find a Market to sell them for Spirit Stones.

On Shen Mo’s side, he took all the soul cores, Demon Cores, raw materials for Alchemy and talisman-making, a low-grade profound level inner armor, and a black coffin left by a Ghost Corpse School disciple, including the Ghoul inside.

The inner armor he obtained was named ”Red Carp”.

Its entire body was a crystalline, vivid red, with fine armor pieces resembling fish scales. When worn, it felt exceptionally snug and light, without any discomfort.

After his Bloody Fiend Body advanced, his dependence on inner armor was not as urgent as before.

However, having an extra layer of protection is always good.

The ”Heart Protector” inner armor that Shen Mo had bought for thirty Spirit Stones was patched up and worn, long unusable.

Now that he had the Red Carp inner armor, it replaced the damaged ”Heart Protector”.

Later, when he had free time, he would see if he could upgrade the quality of this vivid red inner armor.

The soul cores, Demon Cores, Ghouls, and other items were all refined by Shen Mo using the Bloody Fiend Pearl, transforming them into enhanced vitality for himself.

On Chen Mengze’s side, she picked good quality talismans and Elixirs, a nail-shaped magic artifact, and a brocade handkerchief.

The nail-shaped magic artifact was about the same size as Shen Mo’s Big Dipper Sword embryo, just about a finger’s length.

Its power certainly couldn’t compare to the slash or pierce of a Flying Sword.

Its advantage lay in being insidious and ruthless; when thrown, it was silent and lightless, very suitable for sneak attacks.

With Chen Mengze’s cultivation, if she struck with this nail, even a late-stage Qi Gathering Realm cultivator, if careless, would end up with an additional bloody hole in their body.

The brocade handkerchief was a defensive magic artifact. When activated, it could transform into a veil of light gauze, enveloping the surroundings.

It could block a measure of sword Qi, Fist Energy, fierce fire, poisonous water, and other magic.

Of course, this brocade handkerchief was only a low-grade profound level magic artifact. One couldn’t expect it to be too powerful; if it could buy a breath or two during a fight, that would be excellent.

Once Chen Mengze finished refining the two newly acquired magic artifacts, Shen Mo had her stand guard.

He wanted to refine the pitch-black finger bone into a sword embryo.

Begin! Nether Fire.

As Shen Mo willed it, a pale, cold flame appeared in his palm.

Subsequently, the finger bone from the ghost house and one of the Big Dipper Sword embryos floated before him.

While using the Nether Fire to burn the finger bone, Shen Mo began to recall the refining and transformation methods recorded in the jade slip of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation.

With his Grade II Forge skills as a foundation, the subsequent steps were not difficult for Shen Mo.

However, he underestimated the extreme of dark contained within the finger bone.

Just refining it with the Nether Fire took a whole day and night.