"Senior, those guys outside have discovered this Sword Shrine."
Inside the Sword Shrine, Ye Yunfei's main body suddenly spoke to the middle-aged man.
"Don't worry. With their level of strength, even if they discover it, they won't be able to get in. You just focus on cultivating.
Your progress has been significant over this period. The reason my senior brother's servant selected you was indeed well-founded; your talent in the sword path is remarkable.
Furthermore, you possess exceptional comprehension ability. I believe your future level in the sword path won't be inferior to mine at my peak."
The middle-aged man looked at Ye Yunfei and smiled as he spoke.
After teaching Ye Yunfei sword cultivation during this time, he had grown increasingly satisfied with him.
Originally, he had merely given pointers to Ye Yunfei as a favor since Ye Yunfei was a half-disciple of his senior brother. But now, he had grown genuinely serious.
Under the middle-aged man's meticulous guidance, Ye Yunfei's level in the sword path had also improved even faster.
"I used to explore and cultivate the Myriad Swords Return to One Great Art on my own. Although I achieved some success, Martial Uncle is right. I never managed to grasp the most orthodox inheritance of the Sword Realm. It's only what I'm coming into contact with now that belongs to the true, authentic legacy of the Sword Realm."
Ye Yunfei secretly rejoiced in his heart that he had encountered this Martial Uncle; otherwise, who knew how long he would have had to wait before making any further progress on the sword path.
Listening to the middle-aged man's words, Ye Yunfei paid no more heed to those Yin Corpse Hall experts outside and once again focused wholeheartedly on his cultivation.
"This place possessed dense sword path energy and sword path laws not long ago. The space here was once torn apart by some tyrannical sword energy, and it hasn't fully recovered even now."
A Yin Corpse Hall expert with exceptionally sharp perception abilities arrived before the concealed spatial location of the Sword Shrine, sensing the space ahead as he spoke.
At this moment, over a dozen other Yin Corpse Hall experts also arrived at this location, all releasing their Soul Power energy to probe the space ahead.
"This position definitely conceals a spatial void, possibly a Small World.
Since this Small World is so meticulously hidden, it indicates it's no ordinary one. It's highly likely that those fellows from the Guqing Gang are hiding within this Small World."
A Yin Corpse Hall expert suddenly sneered coldly.
"Let's just attack our way in. In all these years, there hasn't been a single world that was targeted by our Yin Corpse Hall that escaped the fate of destruction.
All the living beings within this Small World are destined to become our Yin Corpse Hall's Corpse Source."
Another Yin Corpse Hall expert spoke with a sinister tone.
With a boom, a black coffin shot out from the head of this Yin Corpse Hall expert, emanating thick Corpse Path energy. Law chains formed from black Corpse Path laws whirled and clattered as they extended from within the coffin like countless black long arrows, streaking towards the space ahead.
*Puff puff puff…*
Wherever those black law chains passed, the space ahead was repeatedly pierced through.
Another Yin Corpse Hall expert standing nearby took a step forward, thrusting out his palm which continuously expanded.
Ten black, long corpse claws sprouted from the palm, incredibly sharp. The space ahead was instantly sliced apart as if it were tofu.
Subsequently, the other Yin Corpse Hall experts also unleashed their moves one after another, launching ferocious attacks against the space ahead, aiming to shatter it and force the Small World hidden within to be exposed.
These Yin Corpse Hall experts all practiced extremely bizarre techniques and secret arts, and each of them was a True God level master. With them attacking together, the unleashed power was utterly terrifying. The space ahead instantly collapsed on a massive scale; endless fragments of space-time whirled and howled like raging hurricanes.
However, right at this moment, the Sword Shrine hidden within the space ahead emitted a *humming* sound, trembled lightly, and then released massive amounts of sword energy.
These sword energies slashed out from the void, continuously enlarging before clashing against the various attacks unleashed by the Yin Corpse Hall experts. In an instant, they effortlessly deflected all of the enemies' assaults.
Immediately after, vast amounts of sword path energy and sword path laws surged out from the Sword Shrine, beginning to repair the already damaged surrounding space. In just a moment, all the space destroyed by those Yin Corpse Hall experts was completely restored to its original state.
"How is this possible?"
The over ten Yin Corpse Hall experts who had launched the attacks suddenly saw a dazzling expanse of sword energy blossoming from the space ahead. The power of that sword energy was extremely formidable, blocking all of their attacks.
Moreover, the space they had damaged had already automatically repaired itself in a short time.
As for the Sword Shrine hidden deep within the space, those Yin Corpse Hall experts hadn't detected it at all.
This was because the Sword Shrine was constantly concealed by extremely advanced sword path energy and sword path laws; with their level of strength, these Yin Corpse Hall experts were simply incapable of sensing it.
"How is this possible?"
The dozen or so Yin Corpse Hall experts were all startled upon seeing this scene. They couldn't help but take several steps back, expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"What exactly is strange about the space ahead? Why is there sword energy with such terrifying power?
It can actually withstand our joint assault, and moreover, it seems there are extremely sophisticated Formations automatically repairing the space we damaged.
How could such a bizarre Small World exist within the Guqing Gang? Could this be a hidden asset left behind by the ancient ancestors of the Guqing Gang?"
The Yin Corpse Hall experts were all somewhat flustered and exasperated; many among them roared angrily.
"It's said that the Guqing Gang once enjoyed a period of glory in ancient times. For a power like that, it's not strange for them to have some assets handed down.
Once we breach our way in, we'll slaughter all living beings within this Small World. We might even get some unexpected gains.
If the Guqing Gang still has any legacy assets, they should be hidden here."
One Yin Corpse Hall expert remarked.
Subsequently, these dozen-plus Yin Corpse Hall experts exhausted all their means, continuing to assault the space ahead.
But every single time, massive amounts of sword energy would suddenly erupt from within that space, blocking all their attacks.
"No wonder Martial Uncle said they couldn't get in. It really is true.
This Sword Shrine was personally laid down by Martial Uncle when he was at his absolute peak. Its defensive capabilities are truly astonishing. These Yin Corpse Hall fiends in front of us simply don't have the strength to break in."
Ye Yunfei's Clone had been monitoring every move of those Yin Corpse Hall experts. Seeing this, he was completely at ease but also inwardly astonished.
However, soon Ye Yunfei noticed six or seven more True God level masters arriving, rushing into the Guqing World Cluster from the outside with astonishing speed before gathering alongside the Yin Corpse Hall experts.
"The Yin Corpse Hall and the Guardian Faction really have colluded together."
Ye Yunfei observed these newly arrived True God masters. Judging from their auras, he quickly concluded they should all be experts from the Guardian Faction.
"The space here may have been sealed with extremely high-level Formations. Let's use treasures to destroy this space."
A grey-robed elder from the Guardian Faction stepped forward. A massive golden bell surged from within his body.
This golden bell flew out before him. Then, with a resonant *clang!*, it tolled directly, unleashing rolling sound waves that spread forward. Wherever the sound waves reached, space and time instantly turned to dust.
"What grade of treasure is that?"
Ye Yunfei's Clone looked at the golden bell, slightly surprised.
"It's a True God-level Dao Soldier. However, this Dao Soldier contains a certain type of special law specifically designed to destroy space and time. It should be a treasure specialized for sealing or obliterating space," Hun Lao explained to Ye Yunfei.
"Merely a somewhat strange piece of space won't stop our Yin Corpse Hall's advance."
At that moment, an exceptionally tall and large black figure stepped into the Guqing World Cluster, his voice rumbling slowly.
Then he flicked his hand, and a piece of filthy, discolored rag flew out from his palm. Boundless Corpse Path energy and Corpse Path laws continuously poured forth from this tattered cloth, howling ceaselessly toward the front.
Dense shadowy apparitions of corpses immediately manifested from the tattered cloth.
"This should be a relatively advanced magical treasure of the Yin Corpse Hall. Its power is strong—at the very least, it's a True God-level Dao Soldier, or perhaps a treasure of an even higher grade," Hun Lao couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing the tattered cloth.
Following that, the other experts from the Yin Corpse Hall and the Guardian Faction all consecutively brought forth their magical treasures, launching yet another ferocious attack against the location where the Sword Shrine was concealed.
*Boom! Boom! Boom!…*
Even more terrifying sword energy erupted from within the Sword Shrine. Streak after streak of dazzling, radiant sword light ceaselessly slashed outward in all directions.
*Clang! Clang! Clang!…*
The golden bell flew forward while continuously tolling, generating rolling sound waves that constantly caused the surrounding space to collapse and shatter.
The tattered cloth moved like a filthy cloud, rumbling thunderously as it blanketed forward. Both the golden bell and the tattered cloth were unbelievably powerful magical treasures. These two treasures began to cause the vast expanse of void in the area to seethe and boil.
All the energy and laws existing within this spatial region, along with everything else, were affected. It was as if a pot of boiling water had violently erupted!
The might unleashed from so many True God level masters attacking together was truly horrifying!
However, what reassured Ye Yunfei was that the sword beams charging out from the Sword Shrine actually managed to block every single one of those attacks.
The golden bell and the tattered cloth, constantly bombarded by dense swarms of dazzling sword beams, soon stopped dead, unable to advance any further. The other treasures offered by the Yin Corpse Hall and Guardian Faction experts were continuously beaten back, forced to fly into retreat.
"Your Martial Uncle's methods are truly extraordinary. This Sword Shrine was laid down by him when he was at his absolute peak. The True Gods before us simply lack the capability to breach it," Hun Lao exclaimed with pleasant surprise upon seeing this.
"Martial Uncle's sword path cultivation has already reached a truly frightening level. How could these mere True Gods in front compare?"
During this period inside the Sword Shrine, following the middle-aged man in sword path cultivation, the more Ye Yunfei trained, the greater his admiration for the man's sword path level became.
In the eyes of this middle-aged man, the sword path cultivation Ye Yunfei had toiled over previously counted for nothing. And the sword path legacy this middle-aged man had personally imparted to Ye Yunfei made Ye Yunfei repeatedly gasp in awe, feeling as if a whole new vista had opened before him.
One could say that the sword path legacy personally passed down by this middle-aged man had opened a gateway into the world of the sword path right before Ye Yunfei's eyes, granting him a feeling of sudden enlightenment and clarity.