Ding~ Your friend Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue is now online!

"I'm the main body of Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue." The figure placed its hands behind the back and stood in the vacuum.

Although it didn't do anything and just stood there, it made the onlookers feel as though all the surrounding space was continuously sinking.

The figure smiled at the red-haired Spiritual Emperor, saying gently, "Fellow Daoist, can we have a proper chat now?"

Chat your sister! The red-haired Spiritual Emperor felt that his consciousness was about to fade, just like someone that was dying! Who would start chatting on the verge of death?!

Song Shuhang finally heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Senior Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue, you arrived so quickly!"

Since he had yet to learn the secret sound transmission skill, Song Shuhang could only hope that the opposite party could read his lips while in space.

Luckily, it wasn't difficult for people such as cultivators, who had very good eyesight, to read lips.

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue faintly smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence. My clone just happened to be close by, looking for someone. After I locked your position through the coordinates, I told the clone to head in your direction at the fastest speed possible. Then, I summoned my main body here with its help."

The jade white lion stretched its claw toward Song Shuhang and said, "Hello, little friend Shuhang. I'm Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue's clone."

Song Shuhang said gratefully, "Senior, you came just at the right time. Otherwise, I would have been forced to return to Earth."

"Little friend, you're welcome." After saying this much, Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue turned his head toward the red-haired Spiritual Emperor, saying, "Now then, how should we process this fellow daoist?

"There is no need to process him. He is already dead." The jade white lion poked the body of the red-haired Spiritual Emperor and said, "He is thoroughly dead, both in body and soul."

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue shook his head and said, "Fourth Cultivator of True Virtue, you're mistaken. This fellow daoist isn't dead. He used a very interesting substitution technique."

Fourth Cultivator of True Virtue? Song Shuhang couldn't help but shoot a glance at the jade white lion. Did Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue just call the small lion Fourth Cultivator of True Virtue? And there is that grave of Venerable Sixth Cultivator of True Virtue as well... what is the relationship between them?

At this time, Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue took a few steps forward and arrived in front of a meteorite in the back. "Fellow Daoist, stop hiding and come out so that we can chat."

Deadly silence~

"Do you still refuse to give me face?" Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue held his chin and casually stretched out his finger. In the next moment, spiritual energy surged on his fingertip, aiming at the meteorite.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz~"

"Aaaah! Spare me! Senior, spare me!" A mass of fire drilled out of the meteorite.

The flames tumbled on the meteorite and changed into a fist-sized person made of fire. The appearance of this small person was the same as that red-haired Spiritual Emperor from before. The only difference was the size, which had been reduced by several times.

There was no need to mention that the red-haired Spiritual Emperor was scared out of his wits at this time... It's over! I'm really done for this time! Even my life-saving substitution technique was immediately seen through by this man! The difference in strength between the two of us is just too big!

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue smiled and said, "Hehe, the ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯. I didn't expect that I would be able to see this mysterious substitution technique once more 500 years later. If I hadn't experienced this technique already, perhaps you might have been able to run away from me, Fellow Daoist."

The jade white lion nodded its head and said, "So it was that technique. No wonder I didn't realize anything."

"Fourth Cultivator of True Virtue, your cultivation is temporarily restricted to the Fourth Stage Realm. So it's only normal that you didn't realize it," Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue said in a gentle tone. His expression looked particularly kind as he spoke. "Anyway, Fellow Daoist, do you want to live?"

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor forced a smile and nodded... of course he wanted to live. He had managed to condense a Golden Core with much difficulty, finally reaching his current realm after thousands of years of practice. Who would want to die after reaching this point?

"In that case, let's make a transaction," Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue said with a smile. "I want your ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯. Additionally, what do you excel at aside from that technique?"

At this time, the red-haired Spiritual Emperor felt like a little lamb brought to the butcher... as expected, the opposite party wanted his ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯.

Therefore, he forced a smile and said, "Senior, aside from that, I'm good at fire-type sealing techniques."

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue had yet to reply when the jade white lion said, "Sealing techniques? Those aren't really useful. Don't you have something else a bit more special? Don't even try to hoodwink me with low-quality stuff."

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "I have a blade technique that can be combined with a supplementary formation. Its power is pretty good. Aside from that, my flying blade riding technique is also quite special."

The flaming red-haired Spiritual Emperor didn't use his mouth to communicate with the opposite party. He directly spread his mental energy, reaching the same effect as a widespread secret sound transmission.

The interest of the jade white lion was piqued as it asked, "You have a special flying blade riding technique? In which way is it special?"

After hearing this much, Song Shuhang immediately thought about the posture of the red-haired Spiritual Emperor while was 'riding' his hacking blade. At that time, he grabbed the blade with both hands and allowed it to pull him along.

It was quite obvious that the posture was rather strange.

Others would step on their flying swords while riding them, looking very cool.

But when it was the red-haired Spiritual Emperor riding his blade... he looked like a pitiful person chained to a car, being dragged alongside it. The only difference was that he was flying.

At this time, Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue casually threw out a low-level magical blade and said to the red-haired Spiritual Emperor, "Fellow Daoist, can you fly a bit and show me?"

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor felt that he was being humiliated. He wasn't part of a variety show or anything of the sort! He also had some dignity to protect!

However, even though dignity was important, life was even more important.

Thereupon, the red-haired Spiritual Emperor grabbed the magical blade and obediently displayed his special flying blade riding technique for a while.

After looking at his posture while riding the flying blade, Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue nodded and said, "It's surely a very interesting riding technique. It's very suitable for beginners since they don't have to worry about standing on the sword and not falling. Its speed is also quite fast. It would be a pretty good riding technique for all those participating in the flying sword competition."

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor forced a smile and said, "Thank you for the praise, Senior."

"It's settled then. I'll take the ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯ and this special flying blade riding technique. Right, does this technique have a name?" Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue asked.

"It's called ❮Blade Dragging Technique❯," the red-haired Spiritual Emperor replied honestly.

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue nodded and said, "The name isn't that cool, but it's very fitting nonetheless. In that case, I'll accept these two cultivation techniques and spare your life. Fellow Daoist, I have to admit that you are a rather straightforward person."

Straightforward your sister! If not for the fact that your strength is way higher than mine, I would have chopped you into pieces in a fraction of a second! the red-haired Spiritual Emperor thought to himself.

The corner of the jade white lion's mouth rose as it said, "Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue, he just cursed you in his heart."

F*ck, I forgot that the jade white lion was specialized in mind techniques! the red-haired Spiritual Emperor roared inwardly.

"It's alright. It's normal for his heart to be full of hate and anger. Fellow Daoist, if you hate me, you should practice hard. Someday in the future, once you have reached a high realm, you can look for me to take revenge. My dao name is Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue, and I'm ready to welcome you at any time!" Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue said with a smile. His smile was like that of a benevolent god.

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor felt as though he had just eaten dog excrements. Afterward, he quickly handed over his ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯ and ❮Blade Dragging Technique❯ to the opposite party.

He didn't dare to pull any tricks with these two cultivation techniques. The strength of the man in front of him was much higher than his. If he were to tamper with the two techniques, the opposite party would surely notice.

"The transaction has been completed." Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue received the two cultivation techniques and gently patted the red-haired Spiritual Emperor, saying, "I congratulate Fellow Daoist for surviving. Anyway, it's time to part ways."

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor was speechless.

"Right, I'll stay on the moon for the next several hundred years in order to break through to the Eighth Stage Realm. Once you're done with your practice and you have free time, you can look for me to take revenge," Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue said with a smile.

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor was speechless.

If he is going to break through the Eighth Stage Realm, isn't he already a frigging Seventh Stage Venerable?!

The red-haired Spiritual Emperor felt that he had been quite lucky in the end. After all, he had managed to survive against a Seventh Stage Venerable. But why had his eyes started to tear up? He was clearly a small clone of fire right now, and he shouldn't be capable of crying before returning to his previous form~

Anyway, he would firmly remember the name 'Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue' for the rest of his life. The next time, he would absolutely make sure to give Senior Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue face!

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In the meantime.

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue took out an immortal boat.

Song Shuhang, Yu Jiaojiao, Li Yinzhu, and Chu Chu entered the immortal boat. On the other hand, the jade white lion didn't go with them. It turned its body around and disappeared in the vast starry sky. It seemed that it wanted to keep looking for the person it had been searching for earlier.

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue said, "Little friend Shuhang, we'll head toward my immortal cave on the moon and rest a bit."

"I'll leave all the arrangements to you, Senior," Song Shuhang said.

Soon after he said these words, he felt that his body was exhausted. After reaching space, he first met the attack of those disciples of the Limitless Demon Sect. Next, he suffered the effects of the Mount Tai Seal. At last, he met the red-haired Spiritual Emperor...

Song Shuhang's trip to space had been full of twists and turns.

But even today, he somewhat managed to survive.

"Little friend Shuhang, these are your spoils of war." Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue turned his body around and gave a cultivation technique to Song Shuhang.

It was the ❮Blade Dragging Technique❯.

It was that peculiar flying blade riding technique that the red-haired Spiritual Emperor used.

"..." Song Shuhang.

"You don't like it?" Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue said with a smile. "Although the posture isn't too cool, the riding speed is quite fast, and the consumption of energy is also low. According to my calculations, if little friend were to learn and use this technique at full strength after reaching the Fourth Stage Realm, it wouldn't be too difficult to run away from a cultivator of the Fifth Stage."

"Is it so strong?" Song Shuhang said subconsciously.

"That's why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Now then, do you still want the ❮Blade Dragging Technique❯?

"Yes, I want it!" Song Shuhang immediately took in his hands the flying blade riding secret technique. So what if the posture was ugly? The most important thing was to stay alive!

In the worst case, he could learn a cool flying saber riding technique and use it to fly in ordinary times, and use the ❮Blade Dragging Technique❯ whenever he was in danger and had to run for his life!

Song Shuhang had yet to notice that he wasn't talking about learning cool flying 'sword' riding techniques anymore. Perhaps our Fellow Daoist Path-seeking Scholar had subconsciously lost all hope he had in regards to swords?

"As for that ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯, it's a secret technique of the Fifth Stage rank. It's a technique that can allow the user to escape death in critical times; its effects are pretty good. Little friend Shuhang, look for me once you reach the Fifth Stage Realm; I'll teach you the ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯ at the time." Then, Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue also added, "But according to the rules of the Nine Provinces Number One Group, one needs to pay a certain fee to gain the reward. Therefore, I'll make you pay a fee for the ❮Flame Substituting Technique❯ at the time."

"Thank you, Senior," Song Shuhang said. However, it was still too early to think about the Fifth Stage Realm. "Senior, how much of a fee will I need to pay at the time to learn the technique?"