Chapter 307: 193, Nine Luminaries Fairy bestowed the divine spirit, the mysterious snake transformed into a dragon.
Throughout the generations, the Sect Masters of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace have all built Flying Immortal Purple Mansions.
Although Xu Xing could not see any significant advantages of the Flying Immortal Purple Mansion compared to the other two types of Purple Mansions, he believed there must be hidden secrets within it.
The Sect's True Lineage disciples could choose to cultivate one of the three great Purple Mansions without any restrictions.
Previously, Xu Xing had planned to build a Feathered Purple Mansion upon reaching the Purple Mansion Realm.
This was because this particular Purple Mansion offered greater advantages in combat than the Flying Immortal Purple Mansion.
However, after receiving Sect Master Ren Yuanrui's secret decree, he discarded his previous thoughts and chose to cultivate the Flying Immortal Purple Mansion instead.
Firstly, he coveted the Sect Master's Inheritance.
In the past, the Flying Feather Immortal Palace was under the Sect Master's control. The Sect Master held immense power, and the inheritance of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace was vested entirely in him.
I refuse to believe the Flying Immortal Purple Mansion holds no secrets.
The True Lineage disciples and Chiefs of the Master and Disciple Lineage also harbored their own speculations. Consequently, many True Lineage disciples and Chiefs, like Xu Xing, chose to cultivate the Flying Immortal Purple Mansion as their own.
Secondly, in terms of offensive capabilities, he possessed an Outer Dao Golden Body, the Dessication Twin Swords as his Life-bound Magical Treasure, and Talisman Treasures gifted to him by the Giant Sword Daoist Monarch.
It could be said that he was not lacking in offensive methods.
At least in the Returning Core and Dao Pill Realms, he was not.
As a result, the Feathered Purple Mansion had become somewhat superfluous for him.
Conversely, cultivating the nimble Flying Immortal Purple Mansion would be far more beneficial to him than the attack-oriented Feathered Purple Mansion.
With the assistance of the Dark Serpent, the Purple Mansion's spirit, my Purple Mansion will soon be complete. There's no need to rush out during this period.
Xu Xing continued to direct the Dark Serpent to transport Magic Power within his body to construct the Flying Immortal Purple Mansion. Meanwhile, he used his Divine Sense to inscribe numerous Magical Prohibitions upon the Purple Mansion.
At this time, while his Purple Mansion was formed, its finer details were still somewhat coarse and required patient polishing.
「Time flies.」
More than two years passed in the blink of an eye.
The tightly closed door of the Surging Jade Mansion's Cave Mansion suddenly swung open.
Xu Xing walked out of the Cave Mansion, cradling his twin swords. He recited a spiritual incantation, and the two green swords in his arms suddenly chimed, transforming into two beams of sword light that vanished from his embrace and began to circle constantly in the air.
"Giant Sword Formation - Merge!"
He shouted softly.
The two sharp swords instantly collided and merged, transforming into a giant, yellowish ancient sword about ten feet in length. The spiritual light emanating from its edge was more than twice as intense as before, radiating a terrifying aura.
"Giant Sword Formation - Split!"
Xu Xing changed the incantation.
As his words fell, the giant, yellowish ancient sword did not divide back into the two smaller swords from before. Instead, in the blink of an eye, it differentiated into a multitude of sword shadows.
Upon closer inspection, each sword shadow was indistinguishable from the giant, yellowish ancient sword.
"Slash!"
He commanded the Dessication Twin Swords to strike an unoccupied low peak beside the Cave Mansion.
In an instant, the low peak was cleaved in half.
Boulders tumbled from the sky.
This strike is at least equivalent to the full-powered attack of an ordinary Yellow Court Realm Cultivator.
The inheritance of an Upper Sect is truly incomparable to that of a small faction.
Xu Xing recalled the Dessication Twin Swords, returning them to his Purple Mansion for nourishment to recover the spiritual light they had just expended.
The inheritance of the Giant Sword Lineage, if found in a small faction, would, at the very least, be considered a sect-guarding legacy.
The reason the Dessication Twin Swords, his Life-bound Magical Treasure, hadn't demonstrated much of their power in Xu Xing's hands was entirely due to his abundance of other methods and his habit of overpowering opponents. Consequently, the Dessication Twin Swords seemed rather superfluous.
However, for Xu Xing, this was actually a good thing.
A Life-bound Magical Treasure is generally connected to a Cultivator's life. Overuse can damage the artifact's spiritual light, and in more severe cases, even injure the Cultivator.
Thus, using external methods to engage enemies was generally preferable to relying on one's Life-bound Magical Treasure.
People from the Immeasurable Sect have arrived.
Standing at the entrance of his Cave Mansion, Xu Xing gazed down at the various escaping lights continuously flying in from all directions at the foot of the mountain, his eyes flickering for a moment.
His display of his Life-bound Magical Treasure's offensive capabilities within the Golden Rainbow Valley this time was not solely to test its power after being nourished by his Purple Mansion; he had another purpose.
Otherwise, he could have simply found any remote mountain forest to test it.
"Junior Brother Chang has made great progress in his Cultivation, truly a cause for joy and celebration..."
Half a day later, Yan Xiling, arriving hurriedly, halted her escaping light. She put away the pink gauze she used for travel, and her feet landed on the precipice near the entrance to Xu Xing's Cave Mansion. She then went forward to greet him.
Although, due to Xu Xing, many Cultivators from the Golden Rainbow Valley had rushed to the Surging Jade Mansion, only a few were qualified to speak with him.
Returning Core and Dao Pill Cultivators were not a common sight.
The Golden Rainbow Faction was not the Immeasurable Sect; it was merely one lineage. In total, it had only seven Returning Core Realm Cultivators and two Dao Pill Realm Cultivators. Aside from those in seclusion, the remainder were either traveling or stationed in various posts.
Only she, as the Manager, had the leisure to come.
In other words, her ability to become the Manager was partly due to her Dao Pill Cultivation and her general availability over the past few hundred years, as she rarely entered long seclusions.
"I just wonder, Junior Brother Chang... why did you destroy the mountain rocks? You should know, it's no easy task for the Managers and Disciples to clean up..."
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Xu Xing, Yan Xiling shifted the topic to his act of cleaving the mountain peak after emerging from seclusion.
Of course, her words were not intended as a reprimand. There was no need to admonish a promising Returning Core Lord over an ordinary mountain peak.
As for Xu Xing cutting down the mountain peak, ordinary disciples might not guess the hidden meaning behind his actions. However, Yan Xiling, who had been a Manager for three to four hundred years, certainly could.
"Just now, I, Chang, finally emerged successfully after many years of seclusion. Overjoyed, I decided to test the edge of my Life-bound Magical Treasure..."
"A Treasure Sword shouldn't be kept sheathed for too long, gathering dust."