Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Outside the courtyard, in the dark nothingness, Qin Yu rubbed his chin. He thought that if he didn't really force these people to this step, he wouldn't have known they had so many hidden cards.

Whether it was Soul Hook's blood pupil, Soaring Sky's sword, Ruan Jing's yellow paper, or Zhou Lei's black thunder, each one gave off an extremely dangerous feeling. Or to be more exact, it felt as if any one of them had the ability to fatally strike him!

This caused Qin Yu to subconsciously think of Flare Wind who died beneath his hands. Did Flare Wind, who came from a similar background to these powerful cultivators, also have a hidden card in hand?

He most likely did!

It was just that Qin Yu's actions had been too fast and decisive. Without even giving him a chance to react, he had thoroughly cut off Flare Wind's life.

This was all thanks to Old Turtle. When it came to the aspect of the soul, he was indeed an expert.

Dread…he did feel a little bit. If he had really allowed Flare Wind to use whatever trump card he had, it was unknown who would have lived and who would have died.

But dread was just dread. Flare Wind had died and Qin Yu was still alive. This was an indisputable fact.

One of the remaining two cultivators who had yet to bring out their trump card drew a long spear, and the other took out a folded paper bird.

The spear was crimson in color. The moment it appeared it released a wild and overbearing aura.

But what attracted Qin Yu's attention the most was actually that paper bird.

Its craftsmanship was delicate and its wings gently trembled. It looked as if it would flap its wings and fly into the heavens at any moment.

Compared to the other treasures that were contaminated with Saintly aura, this paper bird seemed ordinary. No strong aura emanated from it.

But the moment it appeared, the incomparably tyrannical treasures that erupted with their auras before all restrained themselves a little.

This was proof!

As for Qin Yu, through the low shouts of everyone, he learned the name of this Half-Saint - Folded Kite.

From this name, she should be a woman. It had the scent of a young and scholarly woman. But even if she was a young scholarly woman, she was definitely the fiercest kind.

Everyone was a Half-Saint, but even amongst Half-Saints, there were still those that were weak and those that were strong.

The one who took out the paper bird was a woman. Her appearance was average, and as she faced everyone now, she had a proud and arrogant look.

The only one she displayed some respect towards was Zhou Lei.

The Thunder Dominion Master was recognized by all as being one of the strongest beneath a Ruler. And as one of Folded Kite's disciples, she knew this to be true.

The so-called strongest beneath a Ruler referred to those that had crossed the Dao Sea and reached the other shore, becoming an enlightened Saint.

In other words, to those who knew, the Thunder Dominion Lord who remained low-key and rarely contacted outsiders was someone who had the strength to fight against a Saint.

This was certainly worthy of respect. Even if Zhou Lei was lacking, his background was enough.

As expected, those that could survive to the end all had their reasons.

The six people all had Saint level backgrounds.

Qin Yu mulled over things. Strictly speaking, he was the weakest chicken amongst this group.

Of course, the iron lump was an exception!

This thing could frighten people who all had trump cards given to them by Saints. Its power was even more self-evident.

Cough cough, this expression was correct; the scope counted everyone.

This included Yun Shi, who included to kill herself after he hid in the dark nothingness and removed himself from the game.

Qin Yu's eyes fell on her dark red withered corpse and revealed a look of admiration. He thought that women really were sufficiently ruthless to themselves. She was even willing to use such a pitiful way to die on herself.

This wasn't artistic or beautiful at all!

But the effects were extremely good. The six people who were still in the courtyard preparing their trump cards to rush out of there hadn't realized her exquisite performance.

In fact, Qin Yu hadn't realized anything from the start either. Even when her hands wrapped around his neck and she almost choked him to death, he still didn't.

Until he awakened the iron lump.

Then, in addition to Old Turtle's help, in the time that followed afterwards, Qin Yu was able to clarify what happened.

This left him terrified!

It was true terror. It wasn't disgraceful to say it either. If anyone else was in Qin Yu's position, they would also be afraid.

The good news was that the deterring force of the iron lump wasn't bad. Of course, Qin Yu's bombastic acting skills also played a core role.

At the very least, Yun Shi didn't know that Qin Yu knew some things that she thought he didn't know.

Cough cough…it sounded long-winded, but that was the situation.

So when the dark nothingness approached and he determined its attributes and decided it was safe to hide in, Qin Yu immediately changed his plan.

He leapt out from the chess game and borrowed Old Turtle's method to hide his aura. In the darkness, this ability's power was far greater than Qin Yu imagined.

When Soul Hook tried to determine whether he was alive or dead, Qin Yu wasn't worried at all. Even Yun Shi hadn't discovered he was hiding in the darkness, so what could the Sly Fate Clan do?

Regardless of how renowned they were or how strange and fantastical their abilities were, even ten Soul Hooks couldn't compare with one Yun Shi.

Qin Yu batted his eyes and revealed a look of acclaim.

Standing up high and looking from far away in the nothingness that enveloped the entire courtyard, Qin Yu could see everything happening inside the courtyard.

So what he saw was a furnace.

That's right. This courtyard, which was once covered in treasures and was now lit up with crimson markings, was a giant furnace that was burning and refining everything inside.

But even now, Qin Yu still couldn't figure something out. Just what was Yun Shi planning?

The good news was that even though he couldn't figure it out, he could personally observe as Yun Shi gave the final answer.

From the look of things, this answer should be near at hand!

…

I never thought of harming anyone. I just wanted to live my years in peace and quiet. But oftentimes, there was a huge disparity between one's dreams and harsh reality.

All things were born with a spirit…so how could they be willing to resign their entire lives to being bridal clothes given away to others, eventually being destroyed in both body and spirit?

So I struggled to live. Even if my hands were stained in blood, I felt no guilt or regret.

If there is someone to blame, go blame those that had upper existences who had formed their own Great Dao but still remained insatiably greedy.

But Saints are still Saints. Although I didn't hesitate to fall in exchange for a greater strength, there was no absolute certainty in my success.

Luckily, because of a turning point many years ago, I left a back road for myself - death, is not necessarily a new beginning.

…

Zhou Lei adhered to the low-key style of Thunder Dominion's cultivators. As a result, it was logical for the Half-Saint Folded Kite's disciple, who had some arrogance to her, to become the leader of the six.

"We only have one chance. We must ensure that nothing goes wrong." Rice Paper calmly said. But, her expression was earnest.

That's right, this was her name. It was said that Half-Saint Folded Kite personally gave her this name, as Rice Paper was one of her favorite types of paper to fold with.

"If we kill the hidden spirit body in this realm within a realm, we will naturally be able to retreat." Whether it was this burning courtyard or the dark nothingness outside, the reason it was all here was because it was controlled by the spirit body!

Once they killed the controller, everything would collapse in on itself!

If they were going to use these trump cards given to them by six Half-Saints, they naturally wouldn't do something as stupid as putting the cart before the horse.

Killing the spirit body was their goal!

As Qin Yu listened to the six people conversing, he finally understood what was happening. Because of a conflux of coincidences, a spirit body was born deep within the Endless Sea in the Land of Disorder. The reason it was called such was because it was born with a spirit, and was a different race bred from the heavens and earth.

For some unknown reason, the spirit body's existence in the Land of Disorder was exposed, and then closely watched by some Saints.

Although they weren't sure what these Saints wanted to catch the spirit body for, it certainly had to be extremely important to them.

As something that even Saints coveted, just this alone proved how valuable this spirit body was!

When the Endless Sea opened this time, the reason so many tyrannical cultivators entered was because this spirit body had neared maturity. In other words, after so many years of raising it, it finally reached the point where it could be plucked.

The Saints didn't personally make a move. According to Qin Yu's extrapolation, a battle between Saints was a significant matter and it would easily cause things to spiral out of control.

The second reason should be related to the spirit body hiding in the Endless Sea. If so many Saints arrived to fight, the entire Profound Vision World might be torn to pieces.

But these things weren't the key point!

Qin Yu rubbed his forehead, a helpless look on his face…he seemed to have mistaken things. Since the spirit body in this realm within a realm was something that Saints were eyeing, how could it be easily taken away?

It was no wonder that the little blue lamp had hidden so tightly, not revealing any of its aura. Those at the boundary of Saint could sense everything around them. As long as the little blue lamp did anything, it would be discovered.

Recently, he had been using this spirit body to bait Old Turtle into doing many things. Would it be bad if he broke his promise?

But there was nothing he could do about it. No matter how confident Qin Yu was, he didn't believe he could challenge a Saint. If he were to completely grasp the concept of the unity of light and darkness, then he might have the slimmest chance of success.

But that needed time, and this was an extremely, extremely long period of time. Thinking about it now was useless.

He had spent so much time and effort, beating people up and getting himself involved in this matter, but in the end he discovered that this was just a chess game being played by Saints.

Did he dare to make a move? Of course he didn't!

Qin Yu rubbed his face in the dark nothingness. "You already know the situation, so don't hate me. I'll try to figure out a way to make it up to you in the future."

Old Turtle was silent.

Qin Yu advised, "Don't be so emotional. This is like a natural disaster. There really is no way we can touch a Saint's things. Even if we each have nine heads it's still not enough."

"Master, you are right. I also understand." Old Turtle's voice was calm, but he could sense that something was off.

"What do you want to say?"

Old Turtle said, "I'm saying that master will definitely save me. If I cannot obtain the spirit body this time, I will be done for!"

It was that calm tone again.

Qin Yu wanted to scold him and tell him to stop pretending. He understood Old Turtle's condition and knew that he would be fine for the time being. But after frowning, he couldn't say these words. He was silent for a moment before saying, "Are you speaking the truth?"

"Yes, it's all the absolute truth."

This time, Qin Yu finally caught onto that strange flavor in Old Turtle's tone.

It was fear!

It was fear that surpassed the limit, and then became an abnormal tranquility.