Shadowless Sect’s Roots
“You done contemplating?” questioned Gui Yuzi, deliberately flashing his soul item to threaten them.
“Okay, but only one person and they must have the same cultivation as Mu Yu to be fair,” answered He Liankong, watching Gui Yeming figure his way out of the rubble.
“Deal. I will send a Body Synthesis Realm cultivator in with him.”
“Body Synthesis Realm? Mu Yu is a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator!”
“Yes. However, he defeated a Body Synthesis Realm fiend. You can’t consider him a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator if he’s capable of that much, can you?” rhetorically asked Gui Yuzi, grinning loathsomely.
“That’s because he had my soul item. He can’t match a Body Synthesis Realm cultivator without it!”
“You still don’t know him, do you? Are you saying you don’t have faith in Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple?”
“Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple? Who?” He Liankong turned to Mu Yu. “You’re Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple?”
Mu Yu shrugged with his hands supinated.
“Aren’t you a disciple of Pill Cauldron Sect?”
“I am Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple and a member of Pill Cauldron Sect as my other shifu is an alchemist of Pill Cauldron Sect. I will tell you the story later.”
“Sword Shadow Dust Gale is from our generation. He should be dead!”
“I inherited Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s discipline,” fibbed Mu Yu, wanting to hide Feng Haochen’s immortality secret.
“No wonder why you’re so proficient in combat as an alchemist. All right, you have a deal, Gui Yuzi.”
“Elder, I may be Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple, but I am still a mere Spirit Sever-”
He Liankong enviously cut Mu Yu off. “Everybody wanted to be Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple. Unfortunately, he never accepted disciples. Since you obtained his inheritance, I’m confident you can handle a Body Synthesis Realm cultivator. Back in my day, he taught a young man swordplay, and then the young swordsman slaughtered a Body Synthesis Realm opponent as a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator. You’ve basically done the same thing and shown why he is revered once again.”
There was no backing out anymore. Otherwise, Mu Yu would be sullying Feng Haochen’s prestigious name.
Gui Yuzi, quickly looking at Mu Yu through his peripherals, voiced, “We shall meet in three days’ time at the imperial city, then. Goodbye.”
“Elder, you sure think highly of me,” Mu Yu sarcastically conveyed, hapless.
“Sword Shadow Dust Gale was an incredible man before he passed away. I can’t name one cultivator who’d pick a fight with him. You sure are a lucky kid, hahaha.”
“Ahaha… Elder, the young swordsman you mentioned might have only just been lucky. A Spirit Severing Realm cultivator defeating a Body Synthesis Realm cultivator is borderline impossible…”
“He had a dash of luck, sure. Even so, luck is a part of skill. Have some confidence in yourself because I’m confident in you. That young swordsman, Bai Liangsheng, grew more and more famous, eventually forming his own sect. If my memory hasn’t gone awry, his sect was called, uh… Shadowless Sect, a group that specifically opposed Shadow Syndicate…”
“Elder, could you tell me more about Shadowless Sect?” Mu Yu immediately asked.
“They’re just a minor sect among the others. Someone once hired Shadow Syndicate for an exorbitant price, tasking them with assassinating Sword Shadow Dust Gale. Shadow Syndicate dispatched over a hundred of their elites and set up an ambush. After the attack, Sword Shadow Dust Gale succumbed to his injuries and passed away.
“After the death of Sword Shadow Dust Gale, mm… Bai Liangsheng supposedly formed Shadowless Clan to avenge Sword Shadow Dust Gale. There was no way a tiny sect was a match for Shadow Syndicate. Soon enough, Shadowless Clan disappeared from the world of cultivation. If I’m to venture a guess, I guess Shadow Syndicate exterminated them. It’s hard to remember all the details since it’s been ages…”
Mu Yu inwardly analysed, Oh, so Shifu used the assassination as a means to feign death, while Shadowless Clan’s animosity toward Shadow Syndicate is because he thought they killed Shifu. I suppose Shifu only came out of his seclusion due to the war with the elemental demons. I suppose Shadowless Sect tried to protect me because of my association with Shifu. I wonder if Bai Liangsheng’s descendants are still opposing Shadow Syndicate for the same reason as their predecessor.
“There’s no need to fear their Body Synthesis Realm cultivator venturing into the city with him. If he gets on your nerves, body him. You should be able to do that much as Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple.”
Mu Yu rubbed his temples.
Mu Yu stayed near the imperial city for the next three days whilst trying to deduce the formation’s domain, hoping it’d increase his chances of passing Reverend Xuan Jizi’s test. That meant he had to leave the fights for territory to other souls.
Ghost Gate’s group arrived at the entrance to the imperial city, which was on the east of the island, before Mu Yu on the fourth day. Gui Yeming still looked as if someone urinated in his tea. Bo Hong was rather grumpy. After all, he reluctantly agreed to the plan only because Gui Yuzi persuaded him.
“Who are you sending?” inquired He Liankong.
“Gui Ximing,” called Gui Yuzi.
He Liankong couldn’t put his finger on what it was specifically. Nonetheless, he could detect something about Gui Ximing was different to Mu Yu. Upon taking his soul item off Mu Yu, he quietly emphasised again, “Be careful.”
Mu Yu nodded, also noticing the unidentifiable peculiarity on Gui Ximing.
He Liankong’s soul item shone a transient white light that turned green and beamed onto the vermillion city doors. A two-metre-tall rainbow mirror materialised in front of the door, reflecting the images of everyone standing before it – minus the souls.
“This mirror is the entrance Reverend Xuan Jizi set up. Only the living may come close. Now, walk on through.”
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