"How is it that others who killed the Xiao family's direct descendants were not cursed?" Yang Feilong frowned and continued to ponder.
If the curse mark was not removed, his safety could not be guaranteed!
Moreover, even if he wanted to leave the Spirit Realm, he would have to use the exit controlled by his master. That exit was in Leizhou, and returning to Leizhou now would be like a lamb walking into a tiger's den.
Therefore, the best way was to remove the curse mark. Even if it couldn't be completely removed for now, he had to find a way to weaken its effect gradually. That way, it wouldn't be so easy for his opponent to set up a trap.
"Hmm? I wonder if soul annihilation would work?" Yang Feilong had tried many methods but had never used soul annihilation because he was worried his soul would be cursed.
But now, he thought, the curse mark was aimed at the soul, otherwise, why would physical means not work?
So, Yang Feilong began to use soul annihilation. This experiment found it to be ineffective!
As soon as he rubbed it with his soul power, he found that his soul power was contaminated with the curse, and it even felt like it was nourishing the curse mark.
"Soul power doesn't work either, does that mean there's nothing we can do?" Yang Feilong frowned.
Whoosh!
He moved away from the place, pondering for a solution.
The sky gradually darkened, and Yang Feilong still hadn't thought of a suitable method. Suddenly, Yang Feilong's expression paused slightly.
"Why don't I set up a method to isolate the aura of the curse mark?" Yang Feilong's eyes lit up as he thought of this. "I'll set up a miniature vacuum formation!"
"But I don't understand vacuum formations!" Yang Feilong frowned.
At this moment, he thought of the inheritance from Black Mountain, one of the Black and White Impermanence. His inheritance surely contained many formations. Previously, he had been contemplating whether or not to accept the inheritance from the Black and White Impermanence.
Because he wanted to have only one master.
But his master had told him before that if he met suitable people, he could take them as disciples, and she wouldn't mind.
If his master were alive, Yang Feilong would definitely be extremely resistant. However, the Black and White Impermanence had already passed away.
Taking them as masters, his resistance was not that great.
After thinking about it, Yang Feilong decided to accept the inheritance from the Black and White Impermanence. After all, accepting one inheritance was the same as accepting two!
And he had also gained a lot from the Black and White Impermanence!
Upon thinking this, Yang Feilong found a cave, paid respects to the inheritance imprints of the two as a disciple, and then accepted their inheritance. It had to be said that the intricacy of their inheritance was even more systematic than what his master had passed down to him.
Master Baiyidie's inheritance covered Qi refining, medicine, alchemy, formations, artifact forging, and so on.
This resulted in certain aspects not being overly proficient or not as proficient as specialized cultivation.
Black Mountain, among the Black and White Impermanence, was proficient in formations, while Baiyun was proficient in alchemy.
"Let's not worry about other things for now, let's master the vacuum formation first! This is, after all, a life-saving item!" Yang Feilong muttered to himself.
Next, Yang Feilong began to learn. For a novice, or someone with low attainment in formations, setting up a vacuum formation would take a long time. However, Yang Feilong mastered the vacuum formation in just two hours!
Then, Yang Feilong began to set up the formation!
He set up the formation around the curse mark in his mind!
This formation was very difficult to set up, but Yang Feilong's attainment in formations was very high. He spent about an hour to successfully set it up!
"Hmm?" Through the vacuum formation, Yang Feilong quickly sensed that the curse mark within the vacuum formation was not as strong as before.
The curse mark could absorb soul power to grow stronger!
But now, with the vacuum formation isolating its aura, the curse mark actually showed a tendency to weaken!
This made Yang Feilong overjoyed. "It really works!"
"The vacuum formation may not completely isolate the decay of time, but it can slow down the decay of time. Now, by isolating the curse mark, the curse mark is clearly weakening, and as time goes by, the magnitude of this curse mark will gradually decrease! Eventually, it will disappear!" Thinking this, Yang Feilong felt as if the mountain pressing down on him had significantly lessened!
Following this, Yang Feilong left the place.
Because he didn't know how many hours he had been delayed, and whether any disciples of the Xiao family had arrived nearby before.
Dozens of kilometers away from Yang Feilong, there was a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
"Hmm? Why did the curse mark suddenly disappear? Could this guy have escaped again using a random teleportation scroll?" The Nascent Soul stage cultivator's face was very ugly.
He was one of the cultivators from the Xiao family mainly responsible for investigating Yang Feilong in Yunzhou. Half an hour ago, he had sensed the aura and rushed over at full speed, but halfway there, the curse aura disappeared!
This made him furious!
To be precise, he had specially rented a treasure at a high price, a treasure that could seal off a piece of heaven and earth!
...
Yang Feilong, of course, didn't know that he had narrowly escaped death!
At this moment, Yang Feilong felt unprecedentedly relaxed.
Even practicing swordsmanship was incredibly smooth and enjoyable.
"The second stance of Sword Sweeping the World has finally entered the mastery stage!" Yang Feilong's face was filled with joy.
The first stance of Sword Sweeping the World, 'Rainbow Piercing the Sun,' had already reached perfection. However, the second stance, 'Shaking the World,' had been stuck in the introductory phase for a long time. According to his master, it was difficult to succeed before reaching the Golden Core stage. He hadn't expected to master 'Shaking the World' at the Yin-Yang stage seventh level.
"Good! When everything goes smoothly, it's all smooth sailing!"
Yang Feilong faintly felt that his sword intent was about to break through as well.
His sword intent had reached the peak of the first stage some time ago. If it broke through again, it would be the second stage sword intent. Below the Golden Core stage, no cultivator had reached the second stage sword intent. At least, not openly. Otherwise, they would have entered the Dragon Phoenix Ranking and become known to the world. Even for Golden Core stage cultivators, comprehending second-stage sword intent or blade intent was very rare.
"No rush, take it slow!" Yang Feilong muttered to himself. "It's time to relax a bit!"
Because recently, he had been cultivating and fighting without any proper relaxation.
"In about a month, it will be the New Year. It seems I need to go back to the mortal world!"
When he entered, the Gregorian calendar was September 9th, and the lunar calendar was early August. There were nearly five months until the Spring Festival. Now, almost four months had passed. Four months was a long time, but not too short.
In four months, his cultivation had gone from not even reaching the Yin-Yang stage upon entering the Spirit Realm to now having his three cultivation paths merged and reaching the Yin-Yang stage seventh level. This rate of improvement could be described as astonishing.
If his master knew, she would probably be shocked.
Of course, there was still nearly a month until the New Year, so there was no need to rush. He could inquire about his mother's news while cultivating.
Whatever realm he reached would be by chance.
Sometimes, the more one went with the flow, the faster their cultivation would increase. This was because Yang Feilong was relaxing his mindset, but it didn't mean he stopped cultivating. As time went by, his cultivation reached the peak of the Yin-Yang seventh level after another half a month.
Although the Yin-Yang Divine Body was not yet complete, in an environment like the Spirit Realm, coupled with Yang Feilong's unbridled use of spirit stones during cultivation, his cultivation speed was incredibly fast.
This also made Yang Feilong understand that cultivating in the Spirit Realm was indeed much faster than in the mortal world.
It was normal for people in the Spirit Realm to be unwilling to go to the mortal world!
"Hurry up, brothers! Don't let those two women escape!"
"Those two women are too beautiful. If we catch them, the boss will reward us handsomely!"
"Exactly!"
Yang Feilong's expression suddenly changed as he overheard the conversation of several people flying by not far away.
"Two women? Both very beautiful!"
Yang Feilong inexplicably thought of Murong Qingxue and Murong Qiuyue, the aunt and niece. Both were exceptionally beautiful women.
Following this, Yang Feilong moved and followed them.
It wasn't that he liked to meddle in other people's business. It was an ingrained instinct. Although he was no longer a constable after entering the Spirit Realm, when he encountered such a situation, he still wanted to intervene for the sake of his conscience.
It was like when his own woman was in danger and he was not by her side, wouldn't he hope for a powerful passerby to lend a hand?
Therefore, Yang Feilong couldn't stand by and do nothing!
Although they wouldn't die, those people clearly looked like bandits and robbers. If the two women were captured, their fate would likely be worse than death!
...
"Qiuyue, I shouldn't have brought you out to wander the world!" Murong Qingxue said as she blocked the bandits who were trying to get close to her, while guiltily leading Murong Qiuyue to escape. She regretted it deeply. If she were alone, she wouldn't have been surrounded and could have escaped. But with Murong Qiuyue, her speed was greatly reduced, and it was difficult to break through because Murong Qiuyue's speed was very slow!
Murong Qiuyue's cultivation had improved significantly compared to a few months ago. She had already reached the peak of the third level of the Foundation Establishment stage. The threshold from the first to the third level wasn't too large. Of course, it was also because she had been wandering around, broadening her horizons, seeing more, and sometimes sparring with others and killing demons, her cultivation had improved rapidly.
However, most of the time, she didn't encounter such dangers. At most, she encountered some suitors. But those suitors wouldn't do things like abducting women by force, at least not openly. However, some people were different, like someone they had encountered not long ago. They had thought they met a refined young master, but they didn't expect that the person was actually working for a bandit leader.
Although they didn't pay attention to that person, their tracks were targeted by him, and thus they ended up in this situation, being blocked on their way to another city!
Fortunately, the bandit leader didn't make a move himself. Otherwise, they would have been captured long ago. The bandit leader was a Golden Core stage cultivator.
"Aunt, don't worry about me anymore. You escape yourself. I'll kill myself! Without my burden, you can escape!" Murong Qiuyue said with a look of determination.
It wasn't her aunt's request that she go out to wander the world, but her own plea.
Now that they had encountered disaster, she naturally didn't want to implicate her aunt!
"No, I'll desperately hold these guys back. You run as far as you can. Don't come out again until you reach the ninth level of Foundation Establishment!" Murong Qingxue shook her head, her expression extremely firm.
She was an elder, she had seen many things. Her niece was still young, only twenty-one years old, with a bright future. How could she watch her die in vain? That would become her eternal regret. Rather than that, she would fight to protect her with her life!
"You can't escape!" A handsome young man came into view. He held a folding fan and looked at Murong Qingxue and Murong Qiuyue.
"Wang Hanmang, you are worse than a pig or a dog!" Murong Qingxue, seeing this person, cursed him angrily.
"Curse all you want. I hope you won't curse when you see our boss. I'm tender and cherish jade, but my boss isn't!" The folding fan-wielding Wang Hanmang said with a sinister smile. His voice was incredibly thin and shrill.
He most enjoyed seeing beautiful women writhe and moan under his boss.
Murong Qingxue was furious but helpless, as there were too many cultivators surrounding them.
She had learned before that these people were from a bandit stronghold called the Iron Hand Gang!
Of course, they wouldn't call themselves that. They called themselves Iron Hand Mountain Stronghold.
Seeing the increasing number of people surrounding them, Murong Qingxue despaired. If these people were here to kill them, they wouldn't have lasted this long. But once captured, the consequences were unthinkable, extremely tragic!
"Aunt, you escape!" Murong Qiuyue said, taking out a dagger, her face filled with pain. "Don't worry about me. If you see Feilong, tell him I loved him to death! No, don't tell him. Just say I've forgotten him, otherwise, he'll be sad!"
After saying this, she moved the dagger towards her own throat!
Utterly resolute!
"Qiuyue! I'll accompany you!" If it were before, Murong Qingxue would have stopped her. But now, her true qi was exhausted. She gave a wry smile and decided to commit suicide as well!
Seeing this, Wang Hanmang's expression changed. He wanted to stop them but couldn't. He truly hadn't expected these two women to be so resolute!
But just then, two beams of light flew by.
Bang bang!
The daggers and swords in the hands of the two women were knocked to the ground.
Seeing their daggers and swords fall, the two women didn't think twice and prepared to commit suicide again, shattering their meridians and destroying their souls!
If they wanted to commit suicide, unless their cultivation was much higher than theirs, ordinary Golden Core cultivators couldn't stop them!
Just then, an angry voice rang out: "Two fools, why die? I'm here!"
Hearing this voice, the two women, who were about to commit suicide, paused.
"Is that Feilong's voice? Am I hearing things?" Murong Qiuyue's face, which was filled with despair, now showed a hint of surprise and joy, looking quite peculiar.
"You're not hearing things. It's that scumbag's voice. Even if he turns to ashes, I'll recognize it!" Murong Qingxue gritted her teeth.
Her face showed an expression of hatred!
"Please, have I offended you?" Yang Feilong's helpless voice rang out, and at the same time, his figure landed beside the two women.
As for the others, they didn't even see how Yang Feilong appeared!
"Feilong!" Seeing Yang Feilong appear before her with her own eyes, Murong Qiuyue excitedly threw herself into Yang Feilong's arms, weeping with joy!