562: The thirteenth true disciple of Emperor Sword Peak! The Sword Sect, teeming with strange and wondrous creatures!

"I choose the status of a Core Disciple!"

Su Lie looked at the content of the prompt and made his decision.

Buzz!

A confirmation prompt appeared in his line of sight.

[Do you wish to consume 1,000,000 years of Lifespan and 10 extreme Mist Points to purchase the status of a Core Disciple of the Ancient Sword Sect?]

"Yes!"

Su Lie replied without hesitation.

[Buzz!]

The next second, he suddenly felt a hollow and weak power growing within his spirit.

Immediately after.

He saw on his personal panel.

His Lifespan had once again become 2,600,402 years.

His points, meanwhile, had become 90 extreme points.

Just as he closed his personal panel.

A Gate of Time emitting a faint light appeared before his eyes.

A prompt was revealed on the gate.

[You have 10 seconds to enter the Gate of Yesteryear!]

[Please note: If you die within the historical time fragment, you will truly die!]

[Please note: You absolutely must not reveal your cheat/system, any information about the Mist World, or any items, otherwise you will certainly die.]

[Please note: You have used two sword pavilion tokens, and your time within the historical time fragment is only 24 days!]

[Please note: The time ratio between the historical time fragment and the Mist Main World is 1 year: 1 hour; meaning, 1 year spent in the historical fragment is equivalent to 1 hour passing in the Mist Main World.]

[Please note: All life you hunt must be sacrificed via their corpses to gain experience points, otherwise you will gain nothing.]

[Please note: Sacrifices can be performed using the button on the personal panel!]

Su Lie glanced at the prompt on the gate.

He took a step and walked inside.

Buzz!

The next second.

He discovered through his Time Talent that he was being pulled towards the location of a specific anchor point in the torrent of past time.

A special time rope bound him to the anchor point.

Before he could perceive it for long.

The dazzling lights before his eyes transformed into a bright, white room.

The room was antique and elegant.

The windows were completely covered by iron plates engraved with strange Runes.

There was only one bed in the room.

A bright jewel was set in the ceiling.

The light of the jewel illuminated the entire room as if it were daytime.

This room looked like a concave-shaped room.

Behind the door was a vestibule about 1.5 meters long.

Sharp golden threads jutted out from the walls on both sides of the vestibule.

These golden threads densely covered the corridor area.

Furthermore, in the area within one step of the corridor entering the room, three iron pillars stood upright.

The iron pillars were about 1.3 meters tall.

A luminous pearl was placed on top of each one.

Light shimmered within the pearls, and the sacred aura they emitted brought Su Lie a sense of peace.

"What is going on?"

Su Lie was somewhat bewildered by the scene before him.

It was at this moment.

A prompt appeared in his vision.

[Buzz!]

[Congratulations on entering the Ancient Sword Sect!]

[You have received a mission from the mist rule!]

[Mission Requirement 1: Explore the mystery of the Ancient Sword Sect's downfall!]

[Mission Requirement 2: Find the birthplace of the Ancient Sword Sect's Weird Monsters!]

[Mission: Due to some accident, the Ancient Sword Sect is filled with extraordinary Weird Monsters both inside and out. Although it is a glorious righteous path sect renowned throughout the world, the interior of the sect is like a sinister ghost domain with countless forbidden areas.

Please proceed with this investigation according to your capabilities!]

[Completing Mission 1 grants the reward: 1 Undying talent awakening scroll (Conceptual-grade).

Completing Mission 2 grants the reward: 1 Undying the rules refining blueprint (Conceptual-grade)!]

[Mission Failure: No penalty!]

"Why is the mist rule only giving me a mission now? Did the mist rule follow me here?"

Su Lie thought of a possibility.

"Is that possible?"

He couldn't help but ask himself.

He didn't know if his guess was true.

But the repeated warnings from the mist rule indicated that this world was not what he imagined.

Especially based on what he saw before him.

He turned his head and scanned the room.

Suddenly.

His gaze fixed on the wall to the left of the room.

A mechanical clock was hanging there, showing the current time.

The time on the dial was 4:30.

"A clock? Mechanical? It's normal for an immortal cultivation sect to have a mechanical clock!"

Su Lie muttered softly to himself.

He turned his head to look at the bed in the room.

Under the pillow, he saw an identity plate and a diary.

Su Lie picked up the plate and examined it carefully, seeing the words "Thirteenth Core Disciple of Emperor Sword Peak, Su Lie" written on it.

"Huh? The same name as me? That means I came over with my real body, instead of transmigrating and taking over the body of a certain disciple?"

Su Lie felt confused again upon seeing this: "Since the mist rule can modify the memories of the beings here and make them recognize me as a Core Disciple, why doesn't it just take direct control of this place?"

"Could it be that it is currently eroding the rules here and hasn't fully gained control yet?"

"Therefore, if I expose items from the Mist World, I will certainly be erased by the rules of this world!"

"This also explains why items, tools, and weapons from the Mist World cannot appear here—because these resources carry the aura of the mist rule!"

After figuring out some things.

Su Lie felt much more relaxed.

He then looked at the diary.

"The first day of the third month. Today is the most glorious day of my life, Su Lie. I was honored to be selected as a personal disciple by the Peak Master of Emperor Sword Peak, the zixiao sword Master Yu Jianying, who is known as the Sword Saint of the Sect, ranking as the thirteenth Core Disciple of Emperor Sword Peak!"

"That evening, my three Junior Brothers, Liu Xiaoxiao, Tian Ning, and Huang Hui from Inner Sect Dormitory No. 8, held a celebration for me moving out of the Inner Sect!"

"I got drunk tonight!..."

"The second day of the third month. Today, Master Yu Jianying personally brought me into Emperor Sword Peak and led me into the Sword Pavilion to receive instruction. Because of the greed in my heart, I couldn't make a choice, so Master specially allowed me to return and meditate for three days! She also specifically entrusted me with the rules for survival on Emperor Sword Peak!"

"First, at night on Emperor Sword Peak, the room door must be sealed shut, the mechanisms in the room must be activated, and the door must not be opened no matter who calls from outside."

"Second, if the door is breached, hide under the bed."

"Third, open the door every morning and meditate at the Holy Sword site for 1 hour!"

"When I returned, I unintentionally overheard the servants discussing privately that the thirteenth sacrifice had arrived at Emperor Sword Peak!"

"Could they be talking about me?"

"Tonight, I ate the long-desired delicacies at the Emperor Sword Peak mess hall, but they weren't as delicious as I imagined!"

"The door is knocking again!"

"I didn't hear it!"

"Time to sleep!"

...The diary stopped here.

"It seems today is my second day at Emperor Sword Peak!"

Based on the diary entry and everything he saw, Su Lie deduced that today must be the early morning of the third day of the third month.

"The information is too scarce; I need to go and gather more carefully!"

He muttered softly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At this moment, a burst of violent knocking came from outside the door.

A person outside shouted: "Junior Brother Su! I am your Sixth Senior Brother Tie Hu! Master was worried you wouldn't find the Holy Sword, so she specifically sent me to lead you there!"

Su Lie's heart stirred upon hearing this, and he was about to open the door.

When he walked to the vestibule.

Su Lie's footsteps suddenly halted.

Because he noticed that the mechanism on the wall hadn't retracted: "Does it require manual activation?"

He looked around but did not find any mechanism.

The knocking and shouting outside the door became increasingly urgent.

Su Lie could even see the door bending inward.

But he still couldn't see the scene outside through the crack in the door.

Su Lie called up his personal panel. Looking at the Skills and Talents listed there, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "My abilities are still usable!"

Saying this.

He used his Identification Talent to look at the mechanism by the door.

[Heavenly Gang Flame Silk Array: Quality unknown; a Rune sword array embedded in the wall. Every night, it emits threads that can cut iron like mud, restraining and damaging evil and Weird Monsters.]

It automatically retracts during the day.

Note: You can judge whether it is daytime by the opening and closing of the Heavenly Gang Flame Silk Array.

Note: The only weakness of the Heavenly Gang Flame Silk Array is that you must return to the room before dark, otherwise you will have nowhere to go tonight.]

"Hmm? So, it's not daylight yet?"

Su Lie's eyelid twitched, and he stepped back two paces: "The one outside isn't Sixth Senior Brother Tie Hu! What is it then? A Weird Monster?"

He turned around and looked at the three iron pillars inside the vestibule.

[Profound Fire True Spirit Pillar: Quality unknown; a defensive stake-type automatic defense weapon that automatically attacks all unauthorized evil and Weird Monsters entering the room, setting the target ablaze and causing the target to continuously suffer 1,000 points of fire damage per second.]

"An automatic attack type weapon!"

Su Lie immediately became interested: "How is this thing made?"

If he could manufacture it.

It could provide a powerful defensive weapon for his own territory and his noble territory.

Although the effect was limited.

The automatic attack function alone would surely fetch a good price.

He then looked at the bed, the clock, and the Rune iron plate sealing the window.

The clock and the bed were ordinary items, having no value.

The Rune iron plate was a shield-type defensive attachment structure designed to prevent ghosts and Weird Monsters from breaking through the window and entering the room at night.

When it reached 6 o'clock.

A loud crowing sound came from outside the room.

Click!

A crisp sound came from the room where Su Lie was.

The Rune iron plate sealing the window automatically retracted, revealing a wooden window inscribed with Runes.

Nine pieces of patterned glass were embedded in the wooden window.

Through the light outside, he could see.

That every piece of glass was carved with a fist-sized Rune.

Also at this moment.

The Heavenly Gang Flame Silk Array in the vestibule automatically retracted.

The curtain used to obscure the view on the door automatically rolled up.

Seeing this, Su Lie's heart stirred. He strode to the door and opened it from the inside.

A fresh, slightly cool air rushed into the room.

He noticed that the stone bricks in the corridor outside the room were all shattered into dust.

Moreover, the wall outside the room was covered densely with black handprints.

The other side of the corridor outside the door was a scene of lush greenery.

It looked like Su Lie's dormitory was located halfway up the mountain.

To his left was a small path leading down the mountain.

To his right, separated by a junction from his house, another house was also constructed.

The exterior wall of this house was in a similar condition to the exterior wall of Su Lie's house.

Just then.

A yawn came from the adjacent house.

Creak!

A sound rang out, and a woman wearing leather armor with a sword strapped to her waist walked out.

Su Lie couldn't help but hold his breath: "What a strong body odor!"

The woman turned her head, first startled, then she smiled slightly: "You must be the new Junior Brother! I am the twelfth disciple Master took in, named Hu Xiaoyun! I've been on the mountain for a month now!"

"A month?"

Su Lie looked at Hu Xiaoyun and asked: "Senior Sister! Where do the other Senior Brothers live?"

This Hu Xiaoyun was quite beautiful, but she was stout and round, and also bald.

Her skin was slightly dark, and she carried a fierce demeanor.

Coupled with the extremely strong body odor.

This truly made it difficult for Su Lie to describe his feelings at the moment.

Hu Xiaoyun sighed after hearing this: "Alas! Junior Brother, you don't know, the situation on these peaks is ten thousand times more dangerous than the Inner Sect!"

As she spoke, she walked to the alley entrance: "Originally, the Senior Brothers all lived in the rows of rooms behind us, but because the Weird Monsters on the mountain were too powerful, the Senior Brothers continuously perished at the hands of the Weird Monsters!"

"Otherwise, Master wouldn't have taken in you and me!"

"This time, you and I must work hard to earn sect contributions to exchange for powerful defensive facilities, to guard against sneak attacks by the Weird Monsters at night!"

"I heard that if the two of us die, Master might have to seal off the mountain!"

Having said this.

She stopped and strode toward Su Lie.

Clatter! Clatter!

Su Lie heard a sequence of footsteps.

He saw several people marked with the character 'servant' on their chests walking out from behind Hu Xiaoyun.

Upon seeing Su Lie and Hu Xiaoyun, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"servant Zhao Ergou!"

"servant Yan Sanduo!"

"Greetings to the two Core Disciples!"

"We were ordered to come and clean the Core Disciples' rooms. Please forgive us if we have disturbed you!"

The two spoke with unusual respect.

Hu Xiaoyun smiled and replied: "Then thank you for your hard work!"

Saying this.

She said to Su Lie: "Junior Brother! Come on! I'll take you to the Holy Sword site to wash away the contamination from the night!"

"Don't they need to go?"

Su Lie turned his head and glanced at the two servants.

Hu Xiaoyun chuckled and shook her head: "Oh, you! How could servants be qualified to bathe in the glow of the Holy Sword? They are only fit to consume the lowest grade Purification Pill!"

Su Lie's eyelid twitched when he heard this: "Purification Pill?"

Seeing that Su Lie didn't understand, Hu Xiaoyun immediately explained: "This is a unique resource of our Core Disciple Peak. It can purify contamination and maintain one's cleanliness!"

Just as he followed Hu Xiaoyun down the mountain.

Su Lie's expression suddenly became profound.

He could actually hear the thoughts of the two servants...