Chapter Fifty-Seven: Cold Moon Sword Immortal

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Outside the Lotus Pavilion, the situation became momentarily awkward.

Lin Jing didn’t even want to speak anymore.

The witness: Snow Moon City Lord Tang Qinghan.

The physical evidence: the Ice Soul Gu.

And now another “Genius” was testifying that he was a demonic Sect Cultivator.

He felt so weary.

From Divine Pine calling him a “demonic Cultivator” to teaching the Pine Leaf Squirrel “Demonic Techniques,” it seemed somewhat reasonable that he had ended up in this situation.

He himself had almost turned into a demonic Cultivator just now.

“Great Detective Gao, stop your deductions. I’ll explain everything to you all in a moment.”

“The top priority now is to catch the real Gu Cultivator behind the scenes—”

Before Lin Jing could finish his sentence, everyone suddenly looked at the sky again.

At some unknown point, a massive ancient bronze sword had obscured the moonlight, suspended right beneath the moon.

Standing upon the ancient bronze sword was a woman. She was dressed in simple, pure white robes, her hair cascading like a waterfall and pinned up with a simple jade hairpin.

Under the cold moon, the woman’s sleeves swayed gently in the wind like a Fairy untainted by the dust of the world. Her eyes were fixed on the endless companion Gu insects within Snow Moon City. Then, she parted her vermilion lips, her voice dissipating into the wind and snow.

After speaking, her fingertips lightly touched the white longsword hanging at her waist. The blade trembled slightly, emitting a faint green glow.

Zing!

In the next instant, the surrounding air seemed to freeze. Then, ten thousand sword lights burst from her blade, transforming into countless tiny ice swords and forming a brilliant sword formation that illuminated the sky.

“Go!”

With a single command, the sword lights across the sky pierced the night like a rain of stars, charging towards the companion spiders on the ground with thunderous momentum. Wherever the sword lights reached, nothing remained unbroken. Countless spider-shaped Gu insects wailed and struggled under the sword lights, but eventually, all turned into ice shards and dissipated in the wind and snow.

In an instant, the Cultivators clearing the swarms in Snow Moon City realized the Gu insects had all vanished, and they looked up at the sky in astonishment!!

Looking at the figure standing on the ancient bronze sword, Gao Sheng’s face also showed a hint of terror.

“It’s over.”

Following his words, the white-robed female sword immortal descended slowly. “Gao Sheng, you failed the Demon Subduing Division assessment and stole a Demon Subduing Guard token without permission. Do you plead guilty?”

“Someone has entrusted me to take you back into custody.”

“No!” Gao Sheng cried out. Beside him, the dragon-horned white horse, seeing that the truth was out, sighed and walked into the blizzard.

“Might Your Excellency be… Cold Moon Sword Immortal Feng Ning?” Meanwhile, the Snow Moon City Lord spoke up.

“Snow Moon City Lord, report the causes and consequences of this Snow City unrest to me later.” The white-robed female sword immortal spoke coldly. Tang Qinghan nodded repeatedly and said, “Thank you, Cold Moon Sword Immortal, for your assistance. Otherwise, Snow Moon City would surely have suffered heavy losses in this Gu disaster.”

“Sister Feng, don’t be in such a hurry to arrest me! Arrest him! The Ice Soul Gu was reborn and burrowed into his body!!!” Gao Sheng pointed at the innocent Lin Jing, who honestly raised his hands.

“I said it’s a misunderstanding.” Lin Jing’s gaze also fell on the white-robed female sword immortal, and he recognized her.

In the Ancient Kingdom’s heavenly pride ranking released by Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Cold Moon Sword Immortal was ranked third on the Earth Ranking among the Heaven, Earth, and Mortal Rankings. She had a Golden Core Perfection cultivation and was the Eldest Senior Sister of the Ancient Kingdom’s number one sword Sect, the Heaven Sword Gate.

At the same time, she had also joined the Ancient Kingdom’s Demon Subduing Division. Because she destroyed a demonic Cultivator stronghold single-handedly and killed a Nascent Soul Early Stage demonic Cultivator, staining the sky with blood, she was also known as the Blood Moon Sword Immortal.

She was a Prodigy at the very peak of the Immortal Cultivation World in every sense, a completely different concept from the minor geniuses in the Beast Taming Sect.

Lin Jing hadn’t expected such a Prodigy to come to the barren Great Wilderness Region. He glanced at Gao Sheng. He had thought that Demon Subduing Guards of the Demon Subduing Division were generally at the Foundation Establishment Stage at least; how did a Qi Training Ninth Layer get mixed in? It turned out he stole the identity and was now about to be taken away!

However, if he didn’t explain himself well, he might be taken away too.

“I’ll give you a chance.” Cold Moon Sword Immortal looked at Lin Jing, a faint light shimmering in her eyes.

“Thank you, Fairy.” Lin Jing met her gaze and smiled slightly.

“It’s not that I believe you, it’s just that I don’t believe him.” Cold Moon Sword Immortal’s words were pointed, making Gao Sheng’s face fall.

Am I really that unreliable?

“Fairy is wise. Let me introduce myself first. I am Lin Jing, a Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. I came to Snow Moon City after accepting a Sect mission to investigate the disappearance of beasts.”

“Upon arriving at Snow Moon City, after a detailed investigation, I discovered ‘Insect Feather Grass’ growing beneath the snow. I’m sure you’re all familiar with Insect Feather Grass; this poisonous plant loves to grow in places where venomous insects gather.”

“Furthermore, my Senior Brother Ouyang Hao performed this mission before me and suffered a mysterious poison injury in this city that was difficult to treat. Thus, I deduced that all of this was caused by a special Gu insect. Only a Gu poison mixed from various ultimate toxins could leave people so helpless.”

“To find this Gu insect, I used Illusion Dao Spells and used myself as bait to determine its true identity. It is indeed one of the Ten Unique Gu refined by the Gu God Sect, the Ice Soul Gu.”

“When I discovered it, the Ice Soul Gu had not yet been born and only had feeding instincts, without having formed Gu poison. Thus, I deduced there must be a demonic Cultivator who had refined a sub-Gu in advance, cultivated a Physique suitable for parasitism, and was hiding in Snow Moon City waiting for the unique Gu to be reborn, so they could absorb it and complete their Demonic Technique.”

“Based on my Senior Brother’s special Physique, the Primal Yang Body, it’s self-evident who this person is. It should be Pavilion Master Hua of the Lotus Pavilion. He was worried that my Senior Brother’s Primal Yang Body would become the preferred vessel for the reborn Gu insect, so he struck first, harming my Senior Brother with a sub-Gu. However, what he didn’t expect was that I, who took over the mission, have a Physique even more special than my Senior Brother’s, far more suitable for Gu parasitism than his Fire Spirit Body.”

“Thus, the scene Brother Gao witnessed occurred. The Gu insect chose me as its host. I am truly innocent.” After Lin Jing finished, Gao Sheng was incredibly shocked.

“So this is the truth behind the disappearance of beasts in Snow Moon City and the ice poisoning of the Beast Taming Sect Disciple?” Gao Sheng’s face was strange; this was worlds away from the possibilities he had deduced.

“Hua Qiandao?” The Snow Moon City Lord’s expression changed. “It’s actually him? Wait, a Physique suitable for the Ice Soul Gu is fire-attributed? I felt like my Ice Spirit Body was more suitable.”

“The Ice Soul Gu. It’s said that when the Gu God Sect refined it, because its cold nature was too intense, it almost froze itself to death multiple times. Later, during the refining process, a secret method was used to give it another instinct: to prefer extremely Yang and hot environments during its growth to suppress its own cold nature,” Cold Moon Sword Immortal said.

After hearing Lin Jing’s explanation, she believed it a bit more.

At this moment, her icy demeanor vanished completely, and she observed Lin Jing with interest.

“Even so, for a Qi Training Fourth Layer like you to accomplish all this and even snatch the Opportunity of a demonic Cultivator who had planned for years is completely illogical. I’m very curious now about what exactly allowed you to attract a unique Gu, and even more so, why you aren’t affected in the slightest after the unique Gu took you as its vessel.”

Lin Jing said, “Fairy, don’t just get curious about people casually. As the future Saint of the Beast Taming Sect, I must have some special tricks while traveling.”

“Yes, Sister Feng Ning, this person is definitely no ordinary Beast Taming Sect Disciple. Qi Training cultivation, a Foundation Establishment mount, a Golden Core Magic Treasure… I’d even believe it if you said he had a Nascent Soul Dao Protector following him in secret! This is clearly the configuration I should have had!” Gao Sheng deduced once more.