During the final moment, Birth of the Flying Dragon successfully broke Buddha's Heart Sword. With that one attack, Happy managed to understand the sword will behind Flying Dragon Sword Technique.
[Understood the sword will of Flying Dragon Sword Technique. Before you execute Birth of the Flying Dragon, you can be flexible in your attacks while you acc.u.mulate strength to attack, and when you execute Birth of the Flying Dragon, your attacks will roar proudly under the heavens. Your attack will kill in one blow!
[Understood the sword will. Gained five Comprehension!
[Flying Dragon Sword Technique increased by 3.02 levels, and you reached Level 90! Entered the tenth realm!]
Once the system provided Happy with the notifications, he finally came to a realization as to what had transpired. He then walked forward in front of Leader Hui Xin, who had a kind look on her face.
"Mistress, thank you for helping me succeed. I will remember all of the guidance you provided me day and night."
"Amitabha," Hui Xin said. "The elites from the six sects have not gathered together yet. Young Swordsman Happy, you have a little more time to prepare and train. Would you like me to continue serving you, or do you have anything else in mind?"
Happy naturally knew that when Hui Xin said that she could continue to serve him, it meant that she would help him train his other martial arts.
However, he had already stayed a total of twenty days in the temple practicing the Life and Death Realm high-tier Flying Dragon Sword Technique. Aside from taking care of his daily needs, he spent all his time practicing that martial art.
To do so, he used his fourth-echelon Nation Protecting Divine Sword, fourth-echelon Golden Gauntlet, and fourth-echelon Golden Boots. He also spent more than one thousand Dew Pills.
Now that he had mastered his sword technique and could not gain anymore experience from Hui Xin, there was no way he would continue practicing martial arts that would not help him in his quest.
His tone changed, and he said resolutely, "I would like to visit Eternal Peace Temple one more time tonight before the elites from the six sects arrive!"
Chapter 439 - The Lively Eternal Peace Temple. So Many Familiar People…
"Chirp chirp…"
After Happy bade farewell to Leader Hui Xin and walked out of Intelligent Heart Temple, he suddenly felt that the world had become very different. His footsteps were light, and the air was fresh. The birds sang while the flowers gave off a sweet fragrance. Wherever he went, he felt that the world around him was incredibly transparent to him.
Emei Sect's Nine Yang Skill was indeed extraordinary.
As he moved, his qi increased and decreased to fill up his body.
When he tapped against the ground, he shot more than thirty feet away.
"Look at him, how did he leave Intelligent Heart Temple?"
A young couple outside Intelligent Heart Temple was shocked out of their daze by Happy. They were just in time to see Happy land on the ground after he jumped down from the tree. Then, before the two of them could activate their wild and evil imagination, Happy—dressed in normal clothes—summoned his Hoof Shadow without hesitation.
The black and handsome steed instantly attracted the couple's gazes. They did not dare run their mouths and only watched the person jump on the horse without a word. Then, with a loud and clear neigh, the person and the horse swiftly left the forest happily.
"Hoof Shadow…"
"That's a Hoof Shadow? Darling, when will you get one?"
"... I will. Hey, uh, the weather's nice today, huh?"
When he heard his lover's excited and longing words, the man felt incredibly awkward, and he quickly changed the topic.
The atmosphere in Eternal Peace Temple was incredibly intense.
Since the elites from the six clans had been imprisoned, aside from Emei Sect, the people from the other five great system-allocated sects gave quests to various martial artists to save the elites of the six great system-allocated sects. This resulted in countless heroes gathering, and there were plenty of people who attacked the tower every day.
If it were not for the fact that A'san, A'er, A'da, and Ku Toutuo, who were all Inaction Realm fighters, were the guards, the players who came from all over the game would have thought of every method conceivable to rip Eternal Peace Temple apart.
When Happy arrived there, he saw that Eternal Peace Temple was filled with people moving back and forth. It was as lively as a market, and the corpses of Yuan Dynasty soldiers could be seen everywhere on the ground. The once proper temple had been decorated with so many corpses that it looked like a battlefield.
When Happy jumped down from his horse, he quietly and calmly mixed into the crowd around Eternal Peace Temple.
The moment he arrived at the entrance, he suddenly stopped moving. He looked up and stared at a thin man wearing a Bamboo Hat at the entrance.
A light crease appeared between his eyebrows.
Happy retreated via the way he came to stand outside the door. He tapped against the ground and gently landed on the wall of the temple before he shot inside.
There were quite a number of youngsters who loved using lightness skills in the game, and when they entered many places, they never used the entrance. They loved entering places by jumping over walls, so Happy's action did not attract people's attention.
However, the thin man leaning against the entrance raised his head by accident and looked into the temple to stare at Happy's back. An indistinct look of puzzlement and surprise could be seen through the thin veil that fell over his face.
'Did a fellow thief decide to come here in such a flashy manner?'
That person was a thief who had mixed into the crowd. When he saw that Eternal Peace Temple was a popular place, he ingeniously made use of the entrance, where a large number of people passed by, and kept an eye out for rich people so he could steal from them.
He had noticed that Happy rode in on a Hoof Shadow, so he wanted to steal from him, but he did not expect that Happy would be so alert and intentionally avoid using the entrance.
Usually, when thieves were noticed by powerful players, they might be suppressed on the spot when they took action and be killed right away while their equipment was taken.
Only fellow thieves would choose to avoid each other to prevent misunderstandings because they did not know each other.
The thin man did not keep his eye on the person in an act of caution, but he did not know that Happy had chosen to avoid the entrance because he did not want the thief to learn of his identity.
When he entered Eternal Peace Temple, Happy found his surprise increase even further the deeper he went inside.
A lot more Life and Death Realm players had appeared over the twenty days.
Besides, the player parties who came to challenge Eternal Peace Temple were a little too bold. Forget about the ones who challenged the periphery of the temple, they did not even spare the heavy-armored Yuan Dynasty soldiers around the tall tower.
Right then, the only thing that the players did not dare to do was attack the tall tower because there were four Inaction Realm fighters guarding it!
'They're there as well?'
Happy saw a few familiar faces behind the wall of the tall tower.
There was Towering Palace's Merciless Saber Shangguan Lian and Musical Note as well as Class One Hall's Evil Wolf and Monk with Thick Eyebrows. They occupied one side of the tall tower. After acc.u.mulating strength for some time, they mostly had third-echelon weapons and armor in their hands. When they stood in front of the crowd, they were very eye-catching presences.
Aside from them, Happy noticed Chivalry Sect's Lin Xiao. His big and stalwart body made him look like a God of War when he stood in the front. His huge black broadsword moved through the crowd like a ship sailing through the waves. He attracted the attacks from most of the heavy-armored Yuan Dynasty soldiers, but he did not really get injured. His strength was clearly at the top among the five.
Happy
originally wanted to go into the tall tower and lure out all three of Zhao Min's servants so that he could create some chaos among the people underneath as well as make things a little "livelier", but when he saw Lin Xiao around, he immediately got rid of that plan.
Lin Xiao's personality was very much like that of swordsmen in the past, and it was Happy's cup of tea. Since Chivalry Sect had also taken a fancy to the resources in the temple, he could only wait for the moment when the heavy-armored Yuan Dynasty soldiers were completely killed before he notified Lin Xiao to leave temporarily.
The defense of heavy-armored Yuan Dynasty soldiers was incredibly high, and even if someone as strong as Lin Xiao attacked them, they needed a long time to kill them.
Happy had nothing to do during that time, so his eyes wandered around sizing up the other players. Soon though, his gaze suddenly became much more solemn than before.
There was Solitary Perpetual Joy, the master of Perpetual Joy Sect, All-powerful Medicinal Stone, who was there for some reason… and Blood Robes!
The three familiar faces from the crowd shocked Happy to a great degree, but what concerned him the most was Blood Robes and All-powerful Medicinal Stone, who wore his human skin mask. Blood Robes was actually quite courageous to have come running to Eternal Peace Temple, and All-powerful Medicinal Stone was someone who had always appeared where Class One Hall was. He was the epitome of someone who would not go somewhere if he had no grudge against them.
Could it be that Class One Hall had some kind of major operation in Eternal Peace Temple?
Evil Wolf and Monk with Thick Eyebrows could be considered as top-tier elites in Class One Hall, but if even their vice hall master Blood Robes was around, then the lineup was a little too powerful.
What was even stranger was that Blood Robes had clearly disguised himself. He hid among a group of normal players who had no sect emblem, but he was not too far away from Solitary Perpetual Joy's team. Those people would occasionally cast their gazes on the wall.
Medicinal Stone sleazily hid himself in a three-man party further away while he kept his eyes on Blood Robes and the others' actions in an absent-minded fashion.
Happy said nothing, but when he saw that, no matter how slow-witted he could be, he too noticed the strange atmosphere. He suppressed his urge to kill Blood Robes, pushed his Bamboo Hat down, and moved past Medicinal Stone as if he had nothing on his mind. While doing so, he issued a trading request without batting an eyelid. Then, he went to a rather secluded area outside the temple without stopping anywhere.
He felt that there should be a scheme he was not aware of in the area.
Medicinal Stone shuddered slightly and looked at Happy's back with his eyes alight.
In truth, while he was in Beijing, he had already noticed that there was something strange with Blood Robes' actions. When the man and his party slaughtered his way into Eternal Peace Temple, it just made Medicinal Stone even more uneasy than before.
He chased after them to Eternal Peace Temple based on the coordinates of a person beside Blood Robes, but he did not know who Blood Robes' target was.
Happy's sudden appearance left Medicinal Stone pleasantly surprised.
He had just taken a few steps after Happy when he noticed Happy's body tremble. Happy suddenly stopped moving and shot behind a stone tower at an astonishing speed. His movements were extremely agile.
Medicinal Stone's eyes were fixed on Happy, so he looked in the direction in which Happy had glanced, and he saw two men with extraordinary presences dashing toward the tall tower one after another. One of them had a long jade green flute by his waist.
'Demon Flute, Child's Heart.'
Medicinal Stone's gaze stopped on them for a while before he s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath. Then, he swiftly came to realize the identity of the person next to him.
'Zhou Yu, second on the Dragon Rank!"
Chapter 440 - A Group of Mighty Warriors Gathered!
The mind of All-powerful Medicinal Stone was in chaos.
At first, he had thought that Blood Robes had intentionally gotten himself the Killer Star effect to avoid the diviners until he reached Eternal Peace Temple because he was plotting something. After all, there was also the master of Perpetual Joy Sect, Evil Wolf, and Monk with Thick Eyebrows with him. With such a lineup, he had to be up to something.
But what he did not expect was that aside from the people from Class One Hall, there were also people from Towering Palace in the area. Merciless Saber Shangguan Lian and Musical Note had come, and they were both famous players.
Besides, Lin Xiao and a group of powerful players from Chivalry Sect had also arrived.
There were also other great players who came after they received the quest from the six great system-allocated sects.
Right then, even Happy and Zhou Yu had appeared.
The situation had become much more complicated, and All-powerful Medicinal Stone felt that he had fallen into a mess. He did not know just what was going on in Eternal Peace Temple. Once he walked past Zhou Yu and Child's Heart, he took a turn to arrive behind a stone tower with a stagger.
"Why are you here?"
"Why are you here?"
The two men said at the same time while looking at each other at a loss.
"Hear me out. I came on a whim. Tell me what you know," Happy said again.
All-powerful Medicinal Stone came to a swift realization after hearing that. Happy had disappeared for a period of time, so he should not be within Blood Robes' sight.
He immediately relaxed and told Happy of Blood Robes' abnormal actions.
A rather bad feeling rose in Happy's heart, but he immediately suppressed it, because the possibility of it happening was rather low. If Class One Hall wanted to attack Chivalry Sect again, having five of their elites—Zhou Yu, Blood Robes, Child's Heart, Evil Wolf, Monk with Thick Eyebrows—surround and attack Chivalry Sect's Lin Xiao was a little too much, and they even brought over Perpetual Joy Sect's Solitary Perpetual Joy.
One single mistake would incite Chivalry Sect's public indignation and counterattack. Then, it would result in a full-scale battle between Chivalry Sect and Class One Hall.
Dream Clouds would definitely not like the losses when sending so many of their great players to kill Lin Xiao once.
Since their target was not Lin Xiao, just who was Class One Hall looking into?
Happy sank into deep thought.
Towering Palace? That was even more impossible!
Dream Clouds might have the ambition to become the master of the game, but she was not stupid enough to turn against Towering Palace right then. She would not attack the people from Towering Palace.
Happy thought about it, but he could not grasp Class One Hall's evil intentions and plans.
Since he could not understand their plans even after thinking about them deeply, Happy was forced to send a messenger pigeon to Red Dust.
[Haha, Brother Happy, I thought you were going to go into isolated training for a year, so how did you manage to find the time to write to me? Oh, by the way, where did you go for isolated training? Thunderous Battle is too secretive, and he said nothing!
[Me? I'm on my way to Eternal Peace County. You know about Eternal Peace Temple, right? You were there for some time. I received a quest, and I'm going there with Shaolin Temple's team in preparation to save the elites from the six great sects.]
When Happy received Red Dust's reply, he felt a chill go down his spine.
'He's on the way to Eternal Peace Temple?!'
If that was the case, then Lin Xiao was not the only great player from Chivalry Sect in Eternal Peace Temple?
A strong feeling that something was going to go wrong rose in Happy's heart.
One Lin Xiao would naturally not be worth Class One Hall attacking with so much manpower, but if there were two vice sect masters, then the situation would be different.
Happy's heart sank.
[Listen to me. I'm currently in Eternal Peace Temple as well, but
the atmosphere here is a little strange.] He then told Red Dust the situation as he knew it.
The messenger pigeon returned very quickly.
Happy only cast a glance at the letter before he saw another name mentioned by Red Dust. His expression changed instantly, and he s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath.
Medicinal Stone could not suppress his curiosity. He moved over to take a look, and surprise and fear appeared in his eyes.
[This is bad! Brother Happy, our sect master is in Eternal Peace Temple! She went to the temple with Big Brother Lin Xiao, and she just logged off to eat. She'll come back very soon… Damn it, we have to immediately notify Big Brother Lin Xiao to be careful! Thanks, Brother Happy.]
'Wind Void is here as well?'
Happy tore apart the letter Red Dust sent to him as a reply with a very unpleasant expression.
He had been prepared to say something to All-powerful Medicinal Stone when he suddenly heard a loud and angry roar from the direction of the tall tower.
"Shameless sc.u.m!"
"Lin Xiao!" Happy was stunned, and All-powerful Medicinal Stone also s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath.
"This is bad! The people from Class One Hall might have already taken action!"
It was just as he said. Lin Xiao's loud and angry shout that came after was hurried and hoarse. "Hear me, Chivalry Sect members! Break through the encirclement at full strength! We have to fight so as many of our people break through as possible!"
"Oh no!"
Happy was worried about Lin Xiao's safety. He tapped against the ground and shot out more than thirty feet forward like a phantom.
Lin Xiao's shouts came continuously from the direction of the tall tower, and they were filled with grief and anger.
"Blood Robes! Dream Clouds! If I don't die today, I will definitely repay you for your 'great gift' one of these days!"
Eternal Peace Temple burst into action.
As Class One Hall and Chivalry Sect fought fiercely, the martial artists in Eternal Peace Temple focused their gazes on the area under the tall tower, and that included the people from Towering Palace. They gathered together warily and retreated until they were at a relatively safe distance to observe the development.
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