Shi Feiyang informed Shi Longgu, "Zen Master Yichen had already ascended to the Western Paradise. The one coming to find you is someone else, and he has already arrived!"

Shi Longgu was surprised inwardly but maintained an indifferent expression on her face, "Who is it, and what can they do to me?"

Shi Feiyang chuckled and continued, "Zen Master Yichen's mind and body were unstained. He ascended to Nirvana, but he had one lingering concern, his disciple. Bound by this attachment, he couldn't achieve perfection. He had intended to entrust his disciple to another friend from the Daoist realm, but in his later years, he encountered a Demon Sword."

That's a long story to tell. It primarily concerns the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword that Shi Feiyang had once obtained, which ended up in the hands of Zen Master Yichen, who studied Buddhist law from the old monk for a long time.

In the end, the old monk even gave him a Shariputra. Although he didn't explicitly ask him to guide his disciple, he had spoken to him about related matters.

At that time, the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, moved by a moment of kindness, had tacitly agreed to this task, and without a spoken agreement, the old monk peacefully entered Nirvana.

Later, the sword was captured by Shi Feiyang at Yellow Mountain and eventually had to be released to break the schemes during the treasure retrieval at Qiao Mountain Sacred Tomb, where it was taken by Chuanxin Monk to oppose Master Fen Tuo.

The Demon Spirit within the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword was extremely cunning, merging the Primordial Spirits of Han Ling Emperor and Xu Wan.

When Han Ling Emperor first ascended the throne, he also wanted to accomplish great things but later realized that the power was not in his hands. After several failed attempts to seize power, he gradually started selling official positions and relying heavily on eunuchs... Eventually, the imperial court was filled with corruption, and the common people suffered.

After many years in Beimang Mountain and merging with Netherworld Saint Xu Wan, he became even more devious and cunning. After learning Buddhist law, he could articulate big theories to grandiosely justify his cunning and deception.

One day, Po Tou Monk and Chuanxin Monk wielding two Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Swords went to West Kunlun's Great Hero Treasure Vault to seize the Conch Leaf Talisman and Shell Leaf Zen Scripture. Master Fen Tuo intervened personally, joined by Master You Tan, and with Tian Can and Di Que, two old monsters meddling in between, both sides fought into chaos.

Eventually, the items in the Great Hero Treasure Vault were taken by the Buddhist side, and the Demon Monks suffered considerable losses and damaged their Primordial Qi. They returned to West Kunlun to lick their wounds.

Chuanxin Monk, struck by Master You Tan's Separation and Reunion Divine Light in the illusion, saw many mind-altering things, allowing the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword to enter and continually lure him into demonization.

Chuanxin Monk, also a master of the Demon Path, knew clearly what the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword intended to do, but relying on his mana, he believed he understood the nature of the Demon Sword well enough to foresee every move and was convinced no trick could deceive him.

The Demon Sword exploited this arrogance, continually flattering him. Occasionally, it used feeble stratagems that he saw through, boosting his confidence and pride. It aimed to make him believe it was a "harmless demon," lulling him into complacency at the critical moment.

Finally, seizing the opportunity, the Demon Sword took control of Chuanxin Monk's Primordial Spirit, forcing him to Devour Demons, offering his Essence Blood Divine Energy for the sword's willful taking, merging man and sword, fusing man and demon.

Originally, Chuanxin Monk was the master, and the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword was the weapon. Now, the roles had reversed: the sword became the master, and Chuanxin Monk, his slave, a puppet at the sword's whim, had become its weapon!

Both Chuanxin Monk and Po Tou Monk were cultivating in the same cave complex, though not in the same cave room. Brothers in practice, it was common for either to enter secluded cultivation for months or even years at a time.

The last battle at the Great Hero Treasure Vault left Po Tou Monk severely injured. After returning, he secluded himself to heal, refining swords and treasures, preparing for future revenge, and had not stepped out for a long time, completely unaware of what had transpired with his junior brother.

The Demon Sword, having taken control of Chuanxin Monk and fused the sword body with his body, the Sword Demon with his Primordial Spirit, became one entity. With Chuanxin Monk's Essence Energy and Divine Blood, it evolved dramatically. It believed that even then, facing Shi Feiyang would not suffer disadvantage, thus it left West Kunlun and traveled about.

Along the way, although it desired to drain human blood, deep inside there were shadows of Shi Feiyang and teachings from the old monk, Zen Master Yichen. Hesitant to kill indiscriminately, it instead righted wrongs, wiping out bands of village-raiding bandits and handling four demonic monks capturing souls for Soul Refinement, draining them dry, leaving nothing but dry bones.

It felt extremely exhilarated, exclaiming how thrilling it was. Coming from Kunlun Mountain along the Hexi Corridor into Central Earth, it killed over a thousand wrongdoers, including notorious river pirates and rapists, as well as various demon monks, rapidly increasing its power and leaving behind legends of Demon-suppressing Monks.

It returned to the temple where Zen Master Yichen had once practiced. Recalling the old monk's incessant nagging about forsaking evil for good, incessantly knocking on the wooden fish, chanting Buddhist Scriptures - as annoying as it was at the time, now, seeing these things stirred a sense of nostalgia. Thinking that the old monk might now appear in the Lotus at the Eight Treasures Merit Pool in Nirvana, possibly even watching over him with his divine skills, he felt oddly joyous...

Then it remembered the matter of the disciple mentioned by Zen Master Yichen.

At that time, the old monk had intended to entrust his disciple, clearly explaining the causes and effects of the three lifetimes of his disciple Li Qi.

The Demon Sword aimed to fulfill this desire, using the Heavenly Demon Great Technique for remote sensing, and discovered that Li Qi had been reincarnated as Yan Hu and was now atop Yellow Mountain. It hurried to the location.

Shi Feiyang did not shy away and immediately shared the cause and effect of this matter with Shi Longgu. While unknowing of the specific details, he clearly understood the general context.

Given the experts from the major factions nearby had good hearing and were not far away, they also overheard the discussion.

Master Huiming, the presiding monk of the Shaolin Temple's Dharma Institute, clasped his hands in prayer and asked, "Amitabha Buddha! Daoist friend Long, you said that the Demon Sword has now taken over the body of the Demon Monk and mentioned that he is now on this peak of Yellow Mountain. But only our group of Shaolin monks is here at the summit of Tian Dou Peak. Could it be that he has possessed the body of one of our Shaolin disciples and is hidden among us?"

Shi Feiyang replied, "He is indeed among you, but he has not taken over any of your disciples' bodies. How many monks has your Shaolin Temple brought here this time?"

Master Huiming answered, "I have brought a total of eighteen disciples of the Cheng generation. They are the most outstanding disciples of the next generation in our Shaolin Temple. Including myself, that makes nineteen in total."

Shi Feiyang said, "Then you better count and see how many there are now."

Master Huiming turned around to count his disciples alongside them three times and then reported back to Shi Feiyang, "There are exactly nineteen, not one more, not one less."

At this moment, the surrounding people saw a spine-chilling scene: there were clearly twenty monks from the Shaolin Temple.

While the people from Shaolin Temple were counting their monks, others were counting too, clearly seeing twenty bald heads. However, the count from the monastery's own people was consistently nineteen without the low-level mistake of forgetting to count oneself.

The figures from the Emei Sect's Leng Yun, Kunlun Sect's Yu Xiao, and others began to closely examine the scene, with Yu Xiao even producing a talisman to cast a spell to prevent the interference of Demon Path Techniques.

Upon recounting, there were still twenty, but those from Shaolin Temple, no matter how they counted, kept getting nineteen.

Master Huiming, puzzled, asked the onlookers, "Are you really counting nineteen?"

After reconfirming multiple times, he had the Cheng generation disciples line up and began to call out names. With each name called, he had that person move to the other side.

After calling all the names in this manner, exactly everyone had moved across, and Master Huiming said, "Isn't that just the eighteen Arhats? The eighteen best of the Cheng generation who, two years ago, came to study at the Dharma Institute, were personally taught by me and are absolutely unmistakable. How could an outsider mix in without my noticing?"

Now, to the others, the situation seemed even more bizarre and eerie for despite clearly calling out nineteen names and nineteen monks responding, he insisted he had only called eighteen. The young monks summoned seemed naturally to agree it was eighteen without sensing anything off.

Shi Longgu knew that the Chuanxin Monk was among these young monks; she tried hard to pinpoint who it was, but no matter how she observed their expressions and movements or directly assessed their divine energy, there were no discrepancies.

She asked Shi Feiyang, "What exactly does this Chuanxin Monk intend to do?"

Shi Feiyang shook his head lightly, "I do not know. He might find it amusing."

He was quite familiar with the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword and knew it was somewhat mischievous, such as when he had found it on Yellow Mountain. It had even sobbed, claiming it had dared not kill anyone on its own.

Shi Longgu, unable to discern who the Chuanxin Monk was, felt somewhat uneasy. She had heard about the ferocity of the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword and whispered to Shi Feiyang, "Perhaps it's better if I leave. You've finished your business here, and I need to return to Mingyu Immortal Market."

Shi Feiyang asked with a smile, "Are you taking your Tiger with you?"

Shi Longgu glanced at Yan Hu and then at the monks from Shaolin Temple not far away. Though she was reluctant to part, she knew they were specifically here for Yan Hu, so she said, "I will leave first, without taking him. When the Chuanxin Monk shows up, please explain it to him properly."

Shi Feiyang wanted to laugh seeing her like this, never having expected her, who usually acted so rebelliously and lawlessly as if she cared for no one, to also have moments of such fear.

Shi Longgu, realizing his thoughts, blushed and said, "I've heard of the great name of that Chuanxin Monk, who supposedly has a thousand years of cultivation. My mother is no longer alive. If she were, in terms of seniority, she might even have to call him 'grandfather.' And now possessed by the world's most ferocious Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword, if I don't run now, am I waiting for him to come after me? You haven't been targeted; if you were, you'd run too!"

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