"Master, save me!"
Meng Fan shouted desperately to Elder Lin, disregarding his image.
In a life-and-death situation, there was no need to maintain appearances.
The moment he called out, he felt the space around him twist, giving him an eerie sensation.
In the next second, his figure appeared behind Elder Lin's phantom.
Meng Fan was astonished. What kind of unimaginable technique was this?
With his cultivation level and experience, he couldn't comprehend such a method.
Was it the legendary spatial movement?
Meng Fan stayed obediently behind Elder Lin's phantom, not saying a word or making any unnecessary movements, adhering to his policy of not causing trouble.
Opposite him, Li Sansi's face showed a hint of seriousness.
"A single primordial spirit of the sword can actually manifest a sword domain. Who exactly are you?"
Li Sansi's tone had a faint trace of tension.
Or rather, fear.
It wasn't unusual for a master to manifest a sword domain; every top-tier sword sect had such individuals, and not just one.
But someone who could manifest a sword domain with just a primordial spirit of the sword was extremely rare.
He had just heard Meng Fan introduce himself as a member of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect!
The Shu Mountain Sword Sect was one of the top sword cultivation sects in the world. Even in the Central Region of Shenzhou, there were few sects stronger than Shu Mountain.
A person with such astonishing techniques, even within the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, would likely be among the top five!
Today, he had really kicked an iron plate!
In reality, someone of this level wasn't someone a mere elder of the Ghost Shadow Sect could provoke.
But he had already provoked him…
Li Sansi gritted his teeth and continued to control the ghost shadow, lunging at Elder Lin!
At this point, backing down was meaningless. Backing down would still mean death, so he could only fight to the end.
"Annihilate!" Elder Lin uttered one words.
The ghost shadow controlled by Li Sansi instantly dissipated into smoke, completely extinguished.
The sword domain was Elder Lin's "private domain."
In this domain, he was the ruler, he was the king.
Life and death were at his command, and he was omnipotent!
Elder Lin looked at Li Sansi, his brows slightly furrowed.
In fact, he could have annihilated Li Sansi at the same time, reducing him to ashes.
But at the last moment, he showed mercy.
After all, this body was his junior brother's body, and he wanted to leave an intact corpse for his junior brother!
The bond of growing up together couldn't be erased from his heart.
"Sigh~~~" Elder Lin sighed softly, then said to Meng Fan behind him:
"Disciple, remember to bury your martial uncle. He was an abandoned disciple of Shu Mountain and can't return there after death. Find a good burial spot nearby for him."
After speaking, Elder Lin's phantom condensed into a sword shadow.
The sword shadow slashed directly towards Li Sansi's forehead, entering his body through his brow.
In just an instant, Li Sansi closed his eyes, his body stiffly falling to the ground.
At the same time, the inexplicable sense of restraint on Meng Fan's body disappeared.
He waited quietly for a while, seeing no movement from Li Sansi's body, and Elder Lin's phantom did not reappear.
After hesitating for a moment, he slowly approached Li Sansi's body.
"Master?"
"Master?"
"Master?"
He called out three times in succession, but there was no response.
Meng Fan vaguely understood that Elder Lin's primordial spirit of the sword had likely dealt with the soul that had possessed Li Sansi.
But in doing so, the power of Elder Lin's primordial spirit mark was also exhausted.
Meng Fan shook his head, a look of helplessness and lingering fear on his face.
He had just come out to visit a relative and retrieve a sword, and he ended up encountering a relative being possessed. This world was truly absurd!
The world of cultivation, though it sounded magnificent and carefree, pursuing immortality and wandering the world, was also filled with unimaginable strangeness and terror.
"Time travel isn't a game; you only have one life. It seems I still haven't been cautious enough!" Meng Fan sighed helplessly.
Undeniably, when Meng Fan first traveled to this world, he had a bit of a carefree, game-like attitude.
But as time passed, that attitude gradually faded.
It was replaced by reality!
On Earth, reality was making money.
In this world, reality was becoming stronger.
Meng Fan reached out and poked Li Sansi's face, only relaxing after confirming he was truly dead.
Following his master's instructions, he found a good burial spot and buried Li Sansi's body, letting him rest in peace.
Although he wasn't a fortune teller and didn't understand feng shui, he could sense places where the spiritual qi was more abundant.
In his view, a place with slightly more abundant spiritual qi should count as a good burial spot, right?
It's worth mentioning that Meng Fan didn't find any storage rings or bracelets on Li Sansi.
But fortunately, the other party left behind a lot of law swords and dao swords, and Meng Fan had made a significant gain!
At first, Meng Fan was troubled by the numerous law swords and dao swords because he couldn't manage them.
If it were just one law sword, he could try to store it in his storage ring.
But with so many law swords and dao swords, he didn't even dare to touch them!
In the end, it was Hong Qi who stepped in and requested the Azure Fish Sword's help.
With the Azure Fish Sword's assistance, all the sword weapons were stored in the sword pellet.
Meng Fan counted a total of six dao swords and thirty-seven law swords.
As he left Longquan Village, Meng Fan held the Red Flag Sword and said to Hong Qi, "Hong Qi, I really owe you this time. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to handle these sword weapons!"
When he was at his wit's end, he had even considered burying the sword weapons and returning to ask Elder Lin for help.
"Master, the Azure Fish Sword doesn't have any objections to you. It has always followed you and has actually acknowledged you." Hong Qi transmitted her voice to Meng Fan.
"It's just that it seems a bit proud and thinks your cultivation level is low, so it doesn't want to recognize you as its master yet.
When your cultivation level is higher, it will acknowledge you as its master!
I was able to request its help because of your face. It was just giving itself an excuse."
Meng Fan smiled and said nothing.
Regardless of the Azure Fish Sword's thoughts, it had already helped him several times, so Meng Fan didn't have any dissatisfaction with its pride.
After leaving Longquan Village, Meng Fan planned to return to the Shu Mountain Sword Sect and continue his cultivation.
Although his strength was already considered not weak among the younger generation of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, he was still not satisfied!
As a cheat, how could his vision and goals be compared to his peers?
It would be too degrading!
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Then, on the night Meng Fan left Longquan Village, at the location of Li Sansi's grave.
When the first ray of moonlight shone down, a wisp of black smoke floated out from the grave, slowly condensing into a dim phantom.
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