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At this moment, the incarnations of the ancestor masters from Luoja Mountain, feeling displeased, decided to take action.

The matters of the Sword Temple had only spread among insiders; moreover, the expanse of the Land of the Four Pillars was boundless, and the location of the Sword Temple was not in the same place as that of the Luoja Mountain ancestor masters.

These ancestor master incarnations did not conceal themselves and flew out directly.

It wasn't that they felt one alone couldn't subdue An Yunxin, but rather, each of them had their own designs on the Calamity Witnessing Sword Qi, believing that with the foundation of their Three Certifications, they could comprehend this sword Qi.

After all, born in the Jiawu Realm, they were naturally familiar with Sword Cultivators, and most of them had even reached the realm of Integration of Man and Sword in their Sword Dao. Even the mighty ancestor masters of the Sword Temple and Mount of Swords couldn't lend their Sword Qi to others while preserving such powerful might.

Three Certifications Ascenders indeed looked down on Cultivators still in the Jiawu Realm. However, if something crafted by a Cultivator brought them substantial gains, they would not hesitate to seize it.

Luoja Mountain protected the people all year round, and whenever a disaster struck, it would surely rush to different places. Although relief efforts led solely by them could not save many, the actions of the Luoja Mountain disciples deterred officials from taking too much when reaching out for help.

In this extraordinary world where the practice of powerful clans' offspring was ubiquitous, ordinary people had no means to contend with these privileged cultivator youths, and events such as seizing people's grains and drying flesh for food did happen from time to time.

Three hundred years ago, these ancestor masters were also like the young disciples of the current Luoja Mountain, once possessing a spirit of chivalry. However, after ascension, these ancestor masters changed.

Nevertheless, as soon as these ancestor master incarnations left Luoja Mountain, they discovered the scenery around them had suddenly transformed. Endless seas of blood, reminiscent of boundless oceans, engulfed them.

This was naturally Tan Shuchang's doing.

Having observed for so long, he had already determined that the incarnations of Luoja Mountain's ancestor masters were not as strong as those of the Sword Temple's. Although inferior in strength, the foundations of these incarnations seemed even better than those of the Sword Temple's ancestor masters.

Although Tan Shuchang did not understand why this was the case, it didn't matter; he just needed to guide them into revealing their true forms.

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"Demon Lord?"

At this moment, the Cultivators of Luoja Mountain had also noticed Tan Shuchang revealing himself and were astounded.

They initially thought that even if their ancestor master incarnations couldn't suppress the Demon Lord, they could at least intimidate him enough to cause restraint. To their surprise, with a casual sweep of his sleeves, the Demon Lord had gathered all their ancestor master incarnations into his sleeves.

"Many thanks to the Demon Lord for eliminating a scourge for Luoja Mountain!"

An Yunxin raised her voice, speaking not as an individual, but in the name of Luoja Mountain.

"Luoja Mountain has nothing to repay with, but fortunately, we have preserved a few bodies of the Nine Orifices Martial Demons from years past. We invite the Demon Lord to accept them!

Hearing that the Demon Lord enjoys reading, Luoja Mountain has a long inheritance and thus possesses some ancient texts and treasures, and we hope the Demon Lord would take a moment to peruse them!" An Yunxin continued, and as her words fell, there was not a single voice of opposition throughout Luoja Mountain.

Tan Shuchang had already planned to leave, but upon hearing her words, he was genuinely intrigued, so he responded without reserve, cupping his fists: "Then Tan Someone thanks all the fellow Daoists."

This was the reward he deserved!

Meanwhile, the members of Luoja Mountain, who had come to their senses, hurriedly and fearfully performed their rituals of respect: "We've seen the Demon Lord!"

This was both out of fear of demonic seeds entering their bodies and dismay that Tan Shuchang might casually decide to annihilate Luoja Mountain.

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Tan Shuchang climbed up Luoja Mountain, and naturally, the Mountain Lord of Luoja Mountain dared not to speak his anger, while An Yunxin had no such concerns, efficiently selling off Luoja Mountain completely.

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She had previously said there were several instances, but in reality, there were more than a dozen, some of which were in the hands of some of her elders.

Then, under the pretext of expressing gratitude to Tan Shuchang, An Yunxin managed to acquire all of them.

This, to Tan Shuchang's surprise.

Because these dozen or so parts necessary for assembling the body of the Nine Apertures Martial Demon were quite large. And after this assembly, the Nine Apertures Martial Demon he had was nearly complete, only a dozen or so small parts remained. And to his further surprise, Luoja Mountain actually knew where these last components of the Nine Apertures Martial Demon's body were located.

Tan Shuchang did not rush to summon the Nine Apertures Martial Demon; instead, he became interested in browsing through the ancient book collection of Luoja Mountain.

Then, an ancient book appeared within his field of vision.

The book was titled "Wondrous Adventures in Youth—Spectres, Tricks, and Speculations," with the author noted as An Qilin.

"This was left by my great grandfather, recording an unusual encounter he had during his youth," An Yunxin, who was afraid of being beaten by her father, had been following closely beside Tan Shuchang. Seeing his interest, she hurried to explain.

"Is this elder An still alive?" Tan Shuchang inquired, noting how An Yunxin referred to the person as her great grandfather and considering that marriages in the Jiawu Realm tended to happen quite early, it was conceivable that the person might still be alive.

"He has passed, unfortunately."

Tan Shuchang felt a tinge of regret; although he hadn't opened the book, he could already see its contents.

They were indeed the spectre techniques from that eerie instance world!

And according to the records in the book, those spectre techniques were actually devised by An Yunxin's great grandfather.

Tan Shuchang continued to browse, but regrettably, aside from that, there was no more. However, An Yunxin's great grandfather had left behind only this one book. Nevertheless, Tan Shuchang's findings were still significant, after all, this was Luoja Mountain, a land full of myths from three hundred years ago.

It was a technique called "Comprehending the Other-Transforming Freedom Sutra, the Fifth Method."

This technique allowed one to seize the physical power of those with strong bodies in order to enhance one's own physique. Moreover, any and all side effects and necessary sacrifices that should be borne were transferred to the one from whom the strength was taken.

Indeed a transformation of self into freedom!

Tan Shuchang had not expected to find something that neither the Sword Temple nor the Sword Cultivators' Mountain possessed at Luoja Mountain, evidence of a legacy far ancient!

"Demon Lord, if you find this method interesting, Heavenly Sword Mansion has two more scrolls. Although to my knowledge, the original scrolls were taken by the Ancestor Master of the Heavenly Sword Mansion upon Ascension, but with a thorough search, one should be able to find copies of them," An Yunxin immediately said.

At her words, Tan Shuchang was somewhat surprised; this Miss An actually knew so much about those Ancestor Masters.

So, he casually asked her about it.

Then, he learned from An Yunxin that this was all spoken by the Ancestor Masters of Luoja Mountain, as they had also perused Luoja Mountain's ancient book collection before, seemingly in search of traces of something in the old texts.