The Unparalleled Sword Emperor

Chapter 2843 - 2818: There’s Not a Single Good One in the Sky-swallowing Clan!

"Although I’ve accepted the Jade Slip, it’s still not enough!"Lin Bai looked at the Mountain God and said firmly.

The Mountain God was stunned, staring at Lin Bai in disbelief and chuckling bitterly, "Master, what else do you want?"

Lin Bai chuckled, "Something that can make the Devouring Sword Spirit reveal itself voluntarily!"

"It seems there’s no such thing here." The Mountain God shook his head and said.

Lin Bai smiled speechlessly, "If you’re not willing to give it to me voluntarily, then I’ll have to release the Devouring Sword Spirit and let it take it by itself!"

"You’ve seen its power; destroying this place is merely a matter of moments."

Lin Bai said with a smile.

The Mountain God was taken aback and hesitated a little.

Lin Bai said, "The item that the Devouring Sword Spirit wants is inside that coffin. Will you take it out and give it to me, or should I break open the coffin and take it myself?"

"Master... You, as a member of the Sky-swallowing Clan, hold such a lofty status and immense strength, why do something as disgraceful as breaking open the coffin? Wouldn’t that demean your status?"

The Mountain God looked at Lin Bai, asking firmly.

Lin Bai expressionlessly replied, "Will you take it or not?"

Lin Bai didn’t want to waste words with the Mountain God, asking directly and bluntly.

From the moment Lin Bai set foot on the Sword God Path, step by step approaching the coffin, the Devouring Sword Spirit became increasingly happy, until moments ago when it revealed itself voluntarily, absorbing the spirituality from the divine weapons on the coffin.

But Lin Bai knew that the Devouring Sword Spirit didn’t value those divine weapons.

Those divine weapons merely blocked the Devouring Sword Spirit’s path; what it wanted was inside the coffin.

The Mountain God hesitated again.

Lin Bai said, "Since you are so indecisive, let me make the decision for you!"

"I’ll take it myself!"

As he spoke, Lin Bai walked towards the coffin.

"Wait, wait, wait..." The Mountain God shouted urgently.

Lin Bai stopped and looked at the Mountain God.

The Mountain God, resigned, said, "Alright! I’ll give it to you!"

As he spoke, the Mountain God looked at the coffin, cupped his fists in a salute, recited something under his breath, then waved his hand, causing the sharp swords on the coffin to fly out and form a sword array, floating in mid-air.

Within the sword array, there was a coffin.

Lin Bai looked inside the coffin, and the Devouring Sword Spirit trembled slightly, with a bit of excitement.

The Mountain God approached, waved his hand, and opened the coffin.

At that moment, as soon as the Mountain God opened a crack in the coffin, a destructive force burst out, sweeping through the heavens and the earth.

In the midst of this force, Lin Bai was almost instantly annihilated.

The Mountain God hurriedly operated his power to protect Lin Bai!

Simultaneously, the Mountain God quickly retrieved something from the coffin and immediately closed it.

As the coffin closed, the destructive force vanished from the world, and the divine weapons that floated in the air reverted to form the coffin, guarding it once more.

As the force disappeared, Lin Bai’s pale face regained some color, and he looked at the old man, seeing him holding a fruit the size of a baby’s fist.

This fruit was entirely dark red and shriveled, clearly decayed for quite some time.

"What is this?" When Lin Bai saw the fruit, the Devouring Sword Spirit within him trembled slightly with increased excitement.

The Mountain God looked at the dark red fruit in his hand and said calmly, "This is... Daoguo!"

Lin Bai was startled, "Daoguo?"

The Mountain God nodded, "Yes, Daoguo!"

"When a warrior transcends the Wending Realm, their physical body undergoes another change!"

"After breaking through the Divine Elixir Realm, a warrior sheds their mortal body and becomes a spiritual body, and the True Qi in the Dantian transforms into spiritual energy!"

"Breaking through the Wending Realm is similar!"

"Breaking through the Wending Realm, one enters the Taoist Realm!"

"The Divine Elixir in the Dantian condenses into Daoguo!"

The Mountain God said calmly.

Lin Bai looked at the Mountain God with some confusion.

The Mountain God, with a reminiscent look in his eyes, said, "In the time I’ve lived, there was a rumor that when the Divine Elixir condenses into Daoguo, after it matures, the unity of man, soul, and dao allows one to become a god on the spot, achieving eternal life!"

"But this is ultimately a rumor; no one knows its truth, even Master Dugu Ye of that year left the Barbaric Ancient Continent to seek this illusory path to godhood!"

Lin Bai’s eyes flashed with surprise, "The unity of man, soul, and dao can deify!"

The Mountain God said, "In that rumor, man refers to the physical body, soul to the Martial Soul, and dao to Daoguo. To deify, none of these three can be absent!"

"And the Daoguo I hold was once Master Dugu Qing’s Daoguo, transformed from his Divine Elixir!"

"Even though Master Dugu Qing has been dead for many years and the Daoguo has withered, it still is a Daoguo, containing endless opportunities, even increasing a warrior’s chance of entering the dao!"

"The main difference between Daoguo and Divine Elixir is... once a warrior dies, the Divine Elixir shatters; but Daoguo doesn’t, even if the warrior dies, Daoguo at most withers!"

"There were once Demon Path Warriors who specifically plundered Daoguo, implanting it into their Dantian to replace the Divine Elixir, becoming pseudo-Taoist Realm strong ones!"

"For warriors on the Barbaric Ancient Continent, Daoguo is one of the most valuable treasures!"

"Even a withered Daoguo allows a warrior to sense the elusive mysteries of the great Dao!"

The Mountain God looked at the Daoguo in his hand and said calmly, "I originally planned to give this to the most outstanding warrior of the Sword God Family, but after waiting for many years, no one qualified to receive the Daoguo!"

"Not even Dugu Bai or Dugu Yunhe was qualified!"

Looking at the Daoguo in his hand, the Mountain God shook his head slightly and tossed it towards Lin Bai.

As Lin Bai held the Daoguo, the moment his fingers touched it, the Devouring Sword Spirit within him vibrated excitedly, "Calm down, I’ll study it first before giving it to you!"

As soon as Lin Bai finished speaking, the Devouring Sword Spirit calmed down.

After studying the Daoguo for a while, the Mountain God said, "Master, you’ve already gotten what you wanted. I gave you the Jade Slip, and the Daoguo as well!"

"Now, the time has come; it’s time for me to sleep again!"

With that, it was clear the Mountain God was issuing a polite expulsion order.

Lin Bai stored the Daoguo in the Storage Bag, deciding to study it slowly after leaving. At this moment, Lin Bai smiled at the Mountain God and said, "No rush, I still want something else!"

The Mountain God’s body trembled, and he looked at Lin Bai in shock, laughing bitterly, "Master, what else do you want?"

Lin Bai looked at the 999 divine weapons atop the coffin. Although a good amount of their spirituality had been drained by the Devouring Sword Spirit earlier, they remained Divine Spirit Instruments!

Lin Bai said, "I don’t need many of the divine weapons on the coffin, just half!"

The Mountain God looked at Lin Bai in astonishment; throughout his long years, he’d never seen someone as shameless as Lin Bai.

Clearly coveting those divine weapons, but acting righteously saying, "I don’t want much, just half," as if only asking for half was such a great sacrifice!

The Mountain God cursed inwardly at the shamelessness, then said, "I’m afraid that’s not possible, Master!"

Lin Bai frowned and asked, "Why not?"

The Mountain God explained, "The divine weapons on this coffin were personally refined by Master Dugu Qing, each of the 999 divine weapons linked with a formation, forming a Magic Circle!"

"Even I cannot remove half the divine weapons for you!"

Lin Bai asked, "Then how many can you remove..."

The Mountain God’s eyes narrowed, calculating carefully, he said, "Removing nine divine weapons from this formation shouldn’t have a great impact..."

However, as the Mountain God spoke halfway, he abruptly fell silent, eyes widening at Lin Bai, feeling a bad premonition, sensing that he had been tricked.

The Mountain God immediately realized: when he opened the coffin earlier, Lin Bai couldn’t have missed that it was a formation, and when he asked for half of the divine weapons, clearly it was to test him!

Damn it, I’ve been played by this little fox!

The Sky-swallowing Clan indeed lacks a good soul!

Lin Bai smiled smugly, "Alright, I’ll take nine divine weapons!"