These days, White Cloud Great Master had gotten a lot of resources from Ling Xiao to cultivate, coupled with spirit pills and entry-gold-grade martial arts Ling Xiao had gotten from the dead disciples of the Sword King Sect, White Cloud Great Master’s cultivation, which had been stagnated for many years, actually made a breakthrough!
Perhaps, it was because of the accumulation over many years, after he made a breakthrough, it didn’t stop at one level, his cultivation directly reached Initial Rank Three Transcendent Realm from Peak Rank One Transcendent Realm. Only at this point, it finally stopped.
At this moment, he could return to the Moonlight Sect.
But he didn’t.
Because he knew it very well that his current achievement was given to him by Ling Xiao, and he wanted to protect the Divine Sword Sect for Ling Xiao.
Naturally, there was another reason.
Ling Xiao was truly amazing. He had actually given entry-gold-grade martial arts and rare-gold-grade martial arts to the Divine Sword Sect for free.
In addition, there was a lot of gold and silver to buy cultivation materials.
It didn’t truly make any difference whether he returned to the Moonlight Sect or not. As long as he had that status, he was content.
The disciples of the Divine Sword Sect had also gotten a lot of benefits during this period.
Ling Xiaotian, Ling Wuhen, and Ling Yihang had successfully broken through to Rank One Transcendent Realm, becoming Transcendent Realm martial artists greatly admired by the Secular World.
And Ling Shuang, Ling Zhan, Ling Chen, Ling Yin, and others had also reached Peak Rank Nine Martial Vein Realm in succession.
Ling Xiao’s younger brother, Ling Luo, was already a Rank Eight Martial Vein martial artist. He was no longer the previous nobody who could be bullied by anyone.
In the Divine Sword Sect, the disciples’ strength had improved by varying degrees.
Now, other than the twelve sects, the Divine Sword Sect might be the number one sect in the Secular World.
All of this was due to Ling Xiao’s contribution.
Ling Xiao’s golden statue was directly placed on the sect square. It was no less than ten meters high, and it was spectacular.
All the disciples who joined the Divine Sword Sect would be instilled with the legendary stories about Ling Xiao.
Naturally, only White Cloud Great Master and others had to worry about these matters. Ling Xiao didn’t need to worry too much about them. The most important thing for him now was to continuously improve his cultivation and status.
Like this, the Divine Sword Sect would continue to grow stronger.
White Cloud Great Master successfully regained the status of Moonlight Sect’s inner disciple.
Venerable Yuan was also successfully released from the Moonlight Pagoda.
When the master and disciple met, it was naturally a happy reunion.
Venerable Yuan had never expected that his disciple would actually rescue him with such means. He was overwhelmed with emotion.
Moreover, not only he didn’t blame Ling Xiao for worshiping Her Highness the Moon Maiden as a Master, but he was also very supportive.
After all, he was neither a member of the Moonlight Sect, nor he was an enemy of the Moonlight Sect. Therefore, there was no conflict of interest with the Moon Maiden.
Naturally, the most important thing was, he just hoped that his disciple could become stronger and more promising. Therefore, the more he could learn, the better. But not many people had such perspectives.
After meeting Venerable Yuan, Ling Xiao planned to use the reward to devote himself to cultivation. After all, his current cultivation base was just Initial Rank Three Transcendent Realm. If he participated in the Moon Advent Festival-Pagoda Climbing Ceremony with this cultivation base, then he might not have good results.
Strength always comes first.
Whether it was to complete the sect missions or participate in the trials, it was the same.
However, when he was about to leave, Venerable Yuan stood him——
“Wait a minute, this Master has something to tell you!”
………
When Ling Xiao and Venerable Yuan were talking, something strange was happening in the Green Valley.
In the past few days after Ling Xiao returned to the sect, the Green Valley had practically turned into the settlement for the disciples of the twelve sects. These people had come here to search for the treasures left behind by the Plague Demon King.
However, even after so many days, they had gained nothing.
But today, something terrifying happened.
Hundreds of disciples from the twelve sects and other small sects actually disappeared mysteriously. They disappeared in the forest deep in the Green Valley.
This forest was called ‘Thousand Ghosts Forest’ by the previous inhabitants of the Green Valley.
It was connected to the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range. Precisely speaking, it was a part of Crouching Dragon Mountain Range.
The reason why it was given this name was, the people of the Green Valley had once strayed into this place. As a result, only one person came back alive among hundreds of people. And allegedly, he saw countless ghosts there.
Since then, it had this name, and it had been designated as a forbidden zone by the Green Valley, and martial artists, hunters, and people of the Green Valley were not allowed to enter it.
However, would the disciples of the twelve sects listen to their words?
As a result, this happened.
The sects immediately announced that their disciples were not allowed to enter the Thousand Ghosts Forest, but it was already a little late.
In the depth of the Thousand Ghosts Forest, strange cries continuously resounded as if evil spirits were seeking living beings’ lives.
If someone came to this place at this moment, then they would discover that the corpses of those disciples were actually arranged in the shape of spire. Then, there was a strange pattern appearing indistinctly on the ground.
When this pattern lit up, the true essence and blood of these disciples would flow in the same direction.
And at that place, there was a huge pitch-black strange tiger with three heads.
It was over five or six meters tall, and seven or eight meters long, moreover, it continuously emitted an extremely dangerous aura.
This aura was even more frightening than the aura of the Moonlight Sect’s Sect Master.
One should know that, among those hundreds of disciples, the one with the worst cultivation was also Rank One Transcendent Realm. But at this moment, they had just turned into the nourishment of this three-headed tiger monster.
“Heh heh, that idiot Plague, his cultivation had just recovered a little, yet he actually dared to make such a big movement. It’s a cheap advantage for this king.”
That three-headed tiger monster actually spoke in a human language.
If Plague Demon King was not dead, he would have noticed that although this fellow’s appearance had changed, his aura definitely belonged to one of the Nine Great Demon Kings, Evil Beast Demon King.
“But rest assured, after this king’s strength is recovered, this king will definitely kill that Ling Xiao and avenge you.”
The Evil Beast Demon King licked its lips, and there was a hideous grin on the three tiger-heads.
Although he didn’t care that the Plague Demon King was killed, the Plague Demon King, after all, was his former companion. Now that he was killed by an outer disciple of the Moonlight Sect, even if it was purely for face, he would not spare Ling Xiao.
According to the legend of the Green Valley, Thousand Ghosts Forest had begun to be haunted a thousand years ago.
If the legend was true, then this Evil Beast Demon King might have already lived in the Thousand Ghosts Forest for over a thousand years.
The lifespan of these monsters that originated from the unknown place was much longer than that of human beings. Not to mention living for a thousand years, it wouldn’t be a surprise even if they lived for ten thousand or hundred thousand years.
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Naturally, Ling Xiao, who was in the Moonlight Sect, didn’t know anything about the Evil Beast Demon King. At this moment, he was considering the suggestion of his Master Venerable Yuan.
“Go to the Thousand Ghosts Forest. Moon Advent Forest is already close. If you simply stay in the sect to cultivate, your progress will be limited. So, I suggested you leave the Moonlight Sect, go to the Thousand Ghosts Forest and seek better opportunities.”
This was Venerable Yuan’s suggestion to Ling Xiao.
