Chapter 7: The Soul-Searching Technique Begins to Break the Deadlock

One strike!

It took only a single strike!

Luo Li had instantly slain five cultivators of the Origin Sea Realm.

"I... I am truly this strong!"

Luo Li gripped the Supreme Golden Dragon Sword, her delicate body trembling slightly, her beautiful face flushed a deep red. Ever since joining the Divine Dragon Sect, she had followed her master through a life of displacement and hardship. Her cultivation had been pathetically low, and she had never experienced the exhilaration of victory in battle.

But now, having met the Great Ancestor, she had been transformed in an instant into a powerful cultivator at the tenth level of the Origin Sea Realm. To have cut down five experts of the same realm with a single blow felt like a dream, utterly surreal.

"Spare us!"

The two remaining youths of the Profound Pellet Realm, seeing their five senior brothers slaughtered, turned pale with terror and scrambled to their knees, begging for mercy.

Perhaps caught up in the bloodlust, Luo Li strode toward them with her sword drawn.

"Luo Li, wait," Ye Yun said softly from behind.

Luo Li froze, immediately coming to her senses, her face reddening with embarrassment. Her desire to kill had been so intense that she could no longer restrain it. Had the Great Ancestor not reminded her, she would have killed these two Profound Pellet Realm fellows as well.

For a long time, Luo Li had been nothing more than a weakling at the Qi Gathering Realm. Suddenly becoming a powerful Origin Sea expert had created a psychological gap she had yet to fully reconcile. However, having wandered the world with her master for years, she possessed a relatively mature temperament and quickly regained her composure.

"Speak!" Luo Li pointed her sword at the two youths and demanded coldly, "Where did you take my junior brother?"

"I don't know! It was all handled by our senior brothers!" one of the youths said in distress.

"It seems you won't shed tears until you see your own coffins!" Infuriated, Luo Li flicked her blade, instantly slicing off one of the youth's ears.

These people had pursued them for the entire journey. On several occasions, Luo Li had nearly fallen into their clutches; had it not been for her quick wits and the movement techniques of the Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon, she would have been captured long ago. Because of this, she would show them no mercy.

Ye Yun nodded, a look of appreciation in his eyes. The young girl was seasoned in her ways, decisive in her killing, and possessed the aura of a true sect leader.

"Heroine, we truly don't know!" the other youth wailed, tears streaming down his face.

"Great Ancestor, perhaps they really don't know," Luo Li said, turning back to Ye Yun with an apologetic smile. "If I had known, I should have spared one of the others."

Ye Yun shook his head, saying nonchalantly, "Since these two have no value, kill them."

Luo Li felt a surge of joy. With a flick of her sword and two flashes of cold light, the heads of the two men fell to the ground.

"Heh." After killing them, Luo Li actually laughed aloud. Once upon a time, a Profound Pellet Realm cultivator had seemed like a formidable titan in her eyes. But now, killing such people was as easy as chopping vegetables. It was effortless—almost absurdly so. And all of this was a gift from the Great Ancestor. Feeling proud and triumphant, her state of mind began to shift.

Ye Yun walked forward with his hands behind his back, coming to the bodies of the five men. He gently extended a finger, and a brilliant ray of light shot from his fingertip, entering the mind of one of the men.

"Great Ancestor, what is this..." Luo Li watched, holding her breath, her eyes filled with curiosity.

A pale red soul slowly rose from the man's crown. The soul looked dazed, drifting aimlessly. Ye Yun’s eyes narrowed slightly, and light pulsed from his fingertips into the soul. He was performing a supreme soul-extraction technique. This forbidden art could isolate the soul of one who had just died, preventing it from entering the cycle of reincarnation, and allowed for the exploration of the person's entire lifetime of memories.

After a dozen seconds, Ye Yun let out a soft breath, his expression calm.

"Great Ancestor, did you find something?" Luo Li asked softly. She was not stupid; she knew the Great Ancestor’s mysterious methods were surely searching for something.

"Do you know of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion?" Ye Yun asked, looking up at her.

"Yes, Great Ancestor. The Myriad Treasures Pavilion is the largest auction house in the Ancient Moon Dynasty," Luo Li explained.

"These people are from the Green Sword Sect. They accepted a mission from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion. If we want to find your junior brother, we must pay a visit to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion," Ye Yun said quietly.

He raised an eyebrow, lost in thought. It seemed the forces behind this were not simple. They did not act directly, choosing instead to issue tasks through the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, hiding themselves deep in the shadows.

Truth be told, the Divine Dragon Sect was currently withered, with few people left; the opposition had no need to go to such lengths. Yet, they were as cunning as foxes, lurking behind the scenes to manipulate everything. This piqued Ye Yun's curiosity. He wanted to see exactly who was orchestrating this scheme against the Divine Dragon Sect.

A fire was lit, and the seven men from the Green Sword Sect were burned to ashes by Ye Yun. He then rearranged the formations around the back mountain and led Luo Li away from the ruins of the Divine Dragon Sect.

Ye Yun was unfamiliar with the Ancient Moon Dynasty, as it was a new power that had risen ten thousand years ago. Luo Li led the way, and Ye Yun displayed terrifying flight speed, crossing ten thousand miles in the span of just two or three breaths, arriving directly at the capital of the Ancient Moon Dynasty.

"What terrifying speed! Is this the power of the True God Realm?" Once her feet touched the ground, Luo Li felt her heart tremble at the memory of that flight. That ten-thousand-mile journey would have taken her at least half a month on her own. For the Great Ancestor, it took only a few breaths.

The imperial capital of the Ancient Moon Dynasty was called Great Moon City. The two followed the bustling crowd through the city gates. As a nation of cultivation, cultivators were visible everywhere. After walking for a while, they arrived before the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

"Two guests, are you here to auction or to purchase..." a young attendant hurried over with a bright smile. He was perceptive and could tell at a glance that both Ye Yun and Luo Li carried an ethereal air and an aura of nobility; they were clearly not ordinary people.

Ye Yun ignored the attendant and walked straight inside with Luo Li.

"I want to see your manager," Ye Yun said coldly.

"Very well!" Seeing that Ye Yun was not to be trifled with, the attendant was quite alarmed. The man before him appeared to have no cultivation, yet every gesture radiated a powerful aura that made one's heart tremble. The beautiful woman beside him, though young, was already a pinnacle expert at the tenth level of the Origin Sea Realm. He dared not delay, rushing to the second floor to report to the old manager.