CHAPTER 537: CHAPTER 499: ANOTHER INHERITANCE

"Sect Master Zhou?"

Shang Yu looked towards the woman with a full figure on that side, really unable to connect this woman with Zhou Shoufan.

And ’Tong Yao’ over there also frowned at Tian Lin, who was dressed as a posthouse governor and had the appearance of an evil spirit.

"Are you Tian Lin?"

Zhou Shoufan thought about those skilled in disguise, and among those surnamed Tian from the Yulong Continent, it seemed there was only Tian Lin.

She rose from the pond, and her graceful figure was dazzling. It forced Tian Lin to turn his head aside and say, "Sect Master Zhou, although this body is not your original one, it’s not right to mistreat it like this. You should put on some clothes and leave some dignity for the Tong family’s ancestor."

Zhou Shoufan had no exhibitionist tendencies, and with a wave of her hand, a long dress wrapped around her body.

This made Tian Lin frown slightly—wondering if it was an illusion, he felt Zhou Shoufan had a tendency to feminization.

This was not only because Zhou Shoufan was wearing a long dress, but also because she was wearing earrings—which indicated Zhou Shoufan did not reject becoming a woman and even cared very much about her looks.

"Really, you’ve searched everywhere only to find it effortlessly."

Zhou Shoufan didn’t question how Tian Lin recognized him.

After all, everyone knew about the incident of Tong Yao’s death and a Zhou occupying the body. As long as Tian Lin recognized Tong Yao, he could recognize him, and he hadn’t disguised himself like Shang Yu.

"Tian Lin, where is my eye?"

She had one eye hiding the cultivation from her past life; originally, with both eyes together, she could instantly reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

But that eye was swallowed by Tian Lin, so after she was resurrected, she only had Golden Core cultivation.

Originally, she didn’t need to seize Tong Yao’s body, but because of Tian Lin, she had to do so to finally achieve Nascent Soul cultivation—

The result was that now she, a perfectly good man, had become a woman—although now she was accustomed to it and even felt being a woman wasn’t bad.

"That eyeball is long gone—besides, Sect Master Zhou, you’ve now become ’Tong Yao’ and achieved Nascent Soul cultivation. You probably don’t need that eyeball anymore, right?"

"That’s not a reason to give it to you for free."

Their conversation did not avoid Shang Yu, so Shang Yu quickly gathered the gist of events from their brief exchange.

He couldn’t help but laugh heartily, looking at Tian Lin and said, "Tian Lin, oh Tian Lin, you indeed are still as annoying as ever. How is it that wherever you go, you always meet people who hold grudges against you?"

Tian Lin did not let Shang Yu’s smugness get to him, and suddenly said to Zhou Shoufan:

"Sect Master Zhou, you surely remember this Shang Yu, right? The divine skill he cultivates is called the Five Killings Skill, also known as the Five Elements Technique, which involves murdering the master, killing the family, slaying the king, and finally destroying the earth and the heavens."

Tian Lin continued, "Do you guess why this Zhou Shoufan wants to kill me? Just because he knows me, and killing me can increase his advancement in cultivation, so he wants to sacrifice me to his sword—by the way, Sect Master Zhou, you are the ancestor of the Heart Inquiry Sect. And the Heart Inquiry Sect is a fellow sect of my Inviting Clan Sect, so it reckons that you are also his elder."

Tian Lin’s words were not nonsense because cultivating the Five Killings Skill means deeming oneself a lone star—an entire lifetime of loneliness. Supposedly, you kill those you know, and those you don’t know as well.

Zhou Shoufan definitely had quite a bit of entanglement with him, Shang Yu.

"Sect Master Zhou, Tian Lin has deceived you so many times, surely you won’t believe these obvious lies either, right?

Besides, you and I have no enmity, why would I make a move against you?"

Before Zhou Shoufan could speak, Tian Lin laughed: "Going by Brother Shang’s words, those whom your master dedicatedly planned to protect you, including your father, your sister who shielded you, and the mentor who passed down cultivation techniques, were all your enemies then? Otherwise, why kill them?"

Mentioning those deceased souls finally changed Shang Yu’s color, exposing a painful expression on his face.

Pointing at Tian Lin, he said, "Surname Tian, with good intentions I sought you to discuss the matter of ascending through the secret realm, yet you provoked me repeatedly. Do you truly think without you, I can’t plan out the Wenda Sect’s secret realm?"

It was only now that Tian Lin understood Shang Yu’s true purpose.

So there’s a secret about ascending in the secret realm?

The information might be reliable, or else the Wenda Sect wouldn’t be in such a hurry to move into the secret realm.

But even if the information is true, Tian Lin didn’t plan to cooperate with Shang Yu.

Tian Lin couldn’t trust Shang Yu, afraid that cooperating with him might lead to being stabbed in the back.

"Sect Master Zhou, don’t believe Tian Lin’s twisted words. You said yourself you are my elder, how could I possibly harbor ill intentions against you?"

While Shang Yu had begun contemplating the value of killing Zhou Shoufan, he still defended himself verbally.

He’d better not explain further; the word ’elder’ alone made Zhou Shoufan, who had heard rumors about the Five Killings Skill, change her expression slightly.

"Young friend Shang, you jest, I have no trust in that wretch Tian Lin, how could I be swayed by him?"

Before the words had finished, the two simultaneously launched into action.

Although Zhou Shoufan had deeper ties with Tian Lin, with Shang Yu there was no enmity.

But just like Monk Kong Wu said, those who wield an Immortal Sword are a menace, everyone longs to exterminate.

Zhou Shoufan wasn’t interested in maintaining justice, but she valued her own safety greatly.

Could Shang Yu, who cultivated the Five Killings Skill, ever possibly spare him?

So, compared to Tian Lin, while Tian Lin was certainly detestable, Shang Yu was even more frightening.

"Five Elements Technique, Kill the Master!"

A voice recited, Shang Yu abandoned the sword pursuing Tian Lin and finally used the sword in hand.

However, he wondered if killing Zhou Shoufan required drawing the sword, so he still only dealt with Zhou Shoufan using the scabbard of the Immortal Sword.

As he threw the scabbard, an inescapable sword light slashed towards Zhou Shoufan.

Tian Lin watched in terror, as Zhou Shoufan was split in half across the chest by the sword light, utterly defenseless.

"Not right!"

Observing from the sidelines, Tian Lin quickly realized that Zhou Shoufan wasn’t incapable of resisting because the entire time Zhou Shoufan appeared exceptionally calm.

"Let you try, all my achievements throughout these years."

Zhou Shoufan said, "Disciple Zhou Shoufan of the Demon Slayer Bureau in the Daqi Dynasty, today eliminates evil for the righteous path. Shang Yu, do you not surrender?"

Zhou Shoufan raised his hand, as a rope flew from her sleeve, and instantaneously locked onto Shang Yu.

Shang Yu’s face changed drastically, he found the incoming rope couldn’t be cut by a sword or eluded, it seemed it wouldn’t stop until it entangled him.

"Demon Slayer Bureau?"

Shang Yu wasn’t unfamiliar with this term; it was a special department of the Daqi Dynasty to deal with demons. Back in the world created by the Immortal Sword, he once lived under the identity of the Demon Slayer Bureau in the capital city.

The Demon Slayer Bureau was formidable, but how did Zhou Shoufan become a disciple of the Demon Slayer Bureau? Wasn’t the Daqi Dynasty already gone?

"So Sect Master Zhou on that day in the Immortal Sinking Pond wasn’t just there for the Immortal Sword."

Tian Lin was quite familiar with the Immortal Binding Lock, after all, he had once collected it.

Seeing this rope, he finally understood the whole story.

Zhou Shoufan at that time in the Immortal Sinking Pond, probably wanted more than just the Immortal Sword, but also another legacy.

Everyone knows that Immortal Sinking Pond is a burial ground of a deceased immortal, and that it imprisons an Immortal Sword.

While everyone wanted the Immortal Sword, they never thought that Immortal Sinking Pond may also hold the legacy of the one who killed the Sword Immortal and imprisoned the sword.

Shang Yu obtained the Immortal Sword, but Zhou Shoufan obtained the legacy.