Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 1420: I Am Back

At this point, every disciple in the Peach Garden had the same realization.

This was the last bit of strength the Spring Master left before he died. His life in the Vast Brightness World had come to an end.

Sadness washed through their hearts and overwhelmed them but they did not have time to mull over this.

Because Lin Saint was attacking them!

With a step forward, his powerful aura felt as strong as a god. He glared coldly at the crowd and a suppressive force enveloped them.

Like Zhou Saint, Lin Saint did not care about his posture as a True Saint. Hence, he chose to directly attack. His target was Peachy!

After he forced his way through the Spring Master’s shield, Lin Saint witnessed Peachy use the Spring Master’s Great Dao to attack Zhou Saint.

Although it was highly unlikely that Peachy would make another attack under such circumstances, it never paid to be too cautious. He did not want to make the same mistake.

Furthermore, since he chose to attack, he could not spare anyone in the Peach Garden. Obviously, he would need to get rid of everyone and clear all weeds.

Elder apprentice brother’s body vanished in a flash and he appeared beside Peachy. He was technically a True Saint now but because he just broke through and he was tricked and devoured by Zhou Saint, his powers were limited.

He pressed his palm forward and with a ‘bang’, elder apprentice brother flew forward. The space in front of him tore apart like a knife danced as it sliced through the air. In the blink of an eye, blood dripped from his countless wounds. He became drenched in blood quickly.

Thousand Faces flew forward and hugged him. Her body could not take the force and she was blasted backwards. A flash of pain crossed through her usually calm and indifferent face. Right as her face contorted in pain, her appearance suddenly changed again. There was a similar beauty about her new face but her eyes grew colder.

Lin Saint did not hesitate after the first blow and he did not chase after elder apprentice brother and Thousand Faces. As he raised his arm again, he targeted Peachy.

Buzz –

A thick, brilliant gold light was suddenly the only light in the Peach Garden. There was a golden touch on every object.

Thousand Battles felt like he was on fire. At the same time, everyone smelled wine.

Elder apprentice brother held onto Thousand Faces as she frowned deeply. Her pupils shrunk and she exclaimed, “This is bad. Second apprentice brother is using that thing in the wine cellar!”

The wine in the Peach Garden was brewed using numerous peach blossoms. It could produce top-quality peach blossom wine which could be considered the best wine in the world. It was not only because the wine was extra fragrant, it was also beneficial for cultivators.

Peach blossom wine was well recognized as a valuable resource in the Saint circle. However, the wine cellar in the Peach Garden was considered a forbidden place in the Peach Garden despite not being officially marked out.

Only the Spring Master, elder apprentice brother, second apprentice brother, and the beloved Peachy were allowed to enter it. However, none of them entered it.

As such, only elder apprentice brother understood what happened to Thousand Battles.

The golden light was dazzling and bright but there was also a terrifying aura it carried that suppressed the air. However, Lin Saint felt something else. There was an ancient thing within the golden light that was sinister. There was a lustful desire for blood.

As he breathed in the fragrance of wine, Lin Saint came to a realization. A piercing chill brought about by the cold, dark wind that penetrated his body was about to freeze and devour his soul.

His pupils shrunk and light exploded in small sections. Lin Saint followed his intuition and did not contest Thousand Battles directly. His body flashed and he appeared beside Peachy in the next moment.

With Peachy’s current state, she was no threat to a Saint at all. However, Lin Saint felt an uncomfortable sense of threat from her that grew stronger with each second.

This was why he did not hesitate to attack now and kill her at the soonest possible time.

Thousand Battles was likely in trouble because he used a sealed object in the Peach Garden. It must be the rumored object that the Spring Master kept sealed in the wine cellar.

Lin Saint had some understanding about this. It was an extremely terrifying but mysterious thing. When the Spring Master got ahold of it back then, he could only choose to seal it and use the wine cellar in the Peach Garden to slowly extract its power.

Unless left with no other choice, Lin Saint would not want to be involved with it and leave a trace of himself on it. Who knew if he might land himself in deep danger because of it.

He quickly made his decision, and without further delay, he attacked Peachy.

Lei Xiaoyu grunted as she pressed her palms together and cried, “Substitution!”

Boom –

The blow from Lin Saint would have killed the weakened Peachy immediately, but she unexpectedly turned into a wooden block that was blown to bits in an instant.

Peachy appeared behind Iron Mountain and Earth Stride. Beside her, Lei Xiaoyu spurted out fresh blood and her body shook uncontrollably.

If a cultivator below the True Saint rank tried to save someone from one, they would have to pay a high price. She was lucky to have gotten away with just spitting out blood.

The golden light burst with brilliant hues again, just like the rays from the sun. It shrouded Thousand Battles entirely and hence, no one saw that his body was now being rapidly eroded by the golden lines.

This exchange granted him a lot of power but it came at the sacrifice of his consciousness. If not for his strong will, he would have lost control and become the puppet of the sealed item.

Thousand Battles roared and the blinding golden light burst out. The light stacked together like magma waves and swallowed Lin Saint.

This was a part of his plan from the start. The Spring Master had informed him a long time ago about how terrifying the sealed item in the wine cellar was. So, when Thousand Battles used it, he knew that he was going down a path of no return.

As such, he wanted to drag Lin Saint down with him. If this was successful, Lin Saint would not be able to escape easily and he would no longer harm the Peach Garden.

This was probably the last thing he could do for the Peach Garden, elder apprentice brother, and the rest of his juniors.

However, the intuition of a Saint was strong and Lin Saint felt the danger way before him. He would never associate himself with that strange aura from the sealed object.

Golden light flowed like a river but before it could completely encircle Lin Saint, Lin Saint stepped forward and disappeared. A True Saint had good spatial awareness; if he wanted to escape, he could do it easily.

In the next second, Lin Saint pressed his palm forward again. Lei Xiaoyu did not have any more strength left to do another substitution. Iron Mountain and Earth Stride both stood in front of Peachy and roared.

Iron Mountain’s bones rang and his body burst with power. His skin turned golden and grew thicker.

At the same time, Earth Stride pressed both his palms on Iron Mountain’s back. Layers upon layers of golden sand stacked onto his back.

Lin Saint frowned and a dark look crossed his eyes. He never expected so much resistance and courage from the Peach Garden disciples as they fought against a True Saint. Furthermore, he was being pushed back!

Continuous strikes from him had been useless and he had not even managed to touch a strand of Peachy’s hair. This was totally shameful but it did not bother Lin Saint.

He was bursting with rage, and this anger stemmed from his uneasiness after continuous failures. He also had a bad feeling that something terrible would happen.

What was it?

The Peach Garden disciples did not pose a threat to him. Although they were putting up a resistance to him now, it was only a matter of time before he killed them.

Could there be another hidden card that the Spring Master left behind in Peach Blossom Spring? No, if that was the case, it would have been used already to help elder apprentice brother break through to become a True Saint. There was no reason to hold it back.

Or…was Mister Ninth about to return?

Lin Saint’s heart beat faster at this thought and he breathed in deeply to calm himself down. The disciples had not threatened him with Qin Yu’s return. After all, that person was inspecting aura changes in the environment…also so what if he returned? The Peach Garden was going to be theirs!

Don’t think about it anymore, finish this quickly!

Lin Saint’s eyes grew cold and he became more vicious with his strikes. Within a few moments, the layers of golden light on Iron Mountain’s body started to crack from Lin Saint’s blows.

Iron Mountain spat out blood and Earth Stride was forced backward. Iron Mountain lasted only slightly longer than Earth Stride in resisting Lin Saint but he also suffered greatly.

His blood and flesh broke apart in large pieces and deep wounds revealed his bones. They were broken and smashed into multiple pieces.

With one blow, Lin Saint almost killed Iron Mountain and Earth Stride. If they remained Lin Saint’s targets, they would be killed in the next blow.

Lei Xiaoyu wiped the blood off her mouth in determination but she struggled to stand up. Just then, Peachy stretched an arm out and held her back. Her expression was tranquil, without any hint of fear. She calmly said, “Don’t bother about me anymore.”

She was no longer coughing and there was a light flush to her typically pale face. However, this only gave Lei Xiaoyu a bad feeling. Lei Xiaoyu’s eyes grew red and she bit her lips, “Senior Sister, Peachy…”

Peachy smiled slightly, “Take any opportunity to run. If you have a chance, tell Qin Yu who our enemy was.”

Lin Saint’s sense of uneasiness grew stronger and he grew even angrier when he heard what Peachy said. He scoffed, “So what if Qin Yu returns? Mister Ninth of the Peach Garden is nothing in my eyes!

“He is not here now and even if he returns, he will only be burnt to death with the Peach Garden!”

There was no point in wasting words with them. If they were meant to die, he would send them on their journey as quickly as possible.

He raised an arm and an illusion seeped out from his palm. The silhouette roughly resembled that of a sword.

It was blurry but it constantly gave off a cold and destructive aura.

If he was going to pull out the weeds of the Peach Garden, his first and most important task was to kill Peachy. Lin Saint did not want to leave behind any traces of himself and hence, he needed to kill her in a single shot.

Once the death sword slashed down their souls would be directly destroyed.

And once they were devoured by the sword silhouette, there would be nothing left behind.

Even if a Ruler stepped in in the future and tried to turn back time, there would be no way to revive the Peach Garden disciples.

Whoosh!

The sword silhouette sliced at Peachy and Lei Xiaoyu. There was a strong sense of uneasiness but Lin Saint felt that this was his most effective method.

However, right before the sword met its target, Lin Saint’s eyes narrowed sharply. His soul screamed and a thick deathly aura instantly covered his heart!

If he continued his attack, he could kill the girls but he would probably die in the process!

Naturally, True Saints were cautious about their lives. Lin Saint backed away and smacked his hand down. The space shocked violently like a strong wave crashing down in the ocean.

However, before the wave had time to erupt, it was pierced through. Like a fragile bubble that popped, that was the end of it.

“I am back…tell me how you are going to destroy the Peach Garden!”