This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 384 - 14: The Realm of the Netherworld (4000 words)

Chapter 384: Chapter 14: The Realm of the Netherworld (4000 words)

This trip away from the sect, Lu Qingshan’s main goal was to head to the Netherworld, and the idea of improving his Sword Intent was more like an afterthought.

Among all the players in his previous life, there was a consensus.

Whenever there was an event with signs of the Netherworld’s influence, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that Underworld Cultivators were involved.

Moreover, any event involving the Netherworld wasn’t going to be a minor task—it was often rich in rewards and of significant importance.

And in the game, such tasks would often cause players to flock to them eagerly.

The mere mention of the Netherworld was like a brand embedded in the players’ genetics, igniting their instincts with excitement at the sound of it.

As Lu Qingshan had anticipated, this plea for aid would likely be no different.

So when Ji Chuan mentioned that this event might involve the Netherworld, he didn’t hesitate to volunteer and get involved.

In gaming terms, it meant that the top of the Yellow List, Senior Brother Ji Chuan, was leading a major task. The question is, would you join or not?

Both the heavy weight of being the top of the Yellow List and the allure of the term “Netherworld” were reasons enough for Lu Qingshan to make this journey.

The so-called Yellow List, also known as the ranking for cultivators in the Fourth Realm.

The Heavenly Secret Pavillion monitored the world, gathering extremely accurate and comprehensive information and intelligence.

The Yellow List was the cultivator ranking compiled by the Heavenly Secret Pavillion.

It selected the strongest one hundred Nascent Soul Cultivators from all Fourth Realm human cultivators, ranking them and making it public.

As for the basis of the rankings, it was the known combat achievements and accomplishments of the cultivator.

This meant that the list wasn’t guaranteed to be one hundred percent accurate.

Because even if there was a Nascent Soul Cultivator whose combat power was unparalleled and who could defeat Void Refining Cultivators, if they always practiced in seclusion and weren’t known to others, their name wouldn’t appear on the Yellow List.

Generally speaking, though, it still held a great deal of reference significance.

In fact, there were ultimately four such cultivator rankings: Heavenly, Earthly, Mysterious, and Yellow.

The Yellow List recorded the ranking of Fourth Realm cultivators, the Mysterious List recorded Fifth Realm cultivators, and so on up to the Heavenly List, which recorded Cultivators up to the Seventh Realm.

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And among these four lists, the Sword Sect exclusively held two top spots.

The Taibai Sword Master at the top of the Heavenly Listing, and Ji Chuan at the top of the Yellow List.

The reason Ji Chuan ranked first on the Yellow List was also very clear.

Name: Ji Chuan

Ranking: First Place

Cultivation: Nascent Soul Perfection, mastering Unity Realm Samsara Sword Intent (Primordial Intent), Perfection Realm Five Elements Sword Intent (five types, all upper-level Intents), apprentice to the Taibai Sword Master at the top of the Heavenly Listing, exquisite swordsmanship, and suspected to have internal and external cultivation methods, with his life-bound sword being the high-grade heavenly artifact Green Waist.

Combat achievements: In Ya State’s Sinister Ridge, exterminated the Vulture Evil Sect, which had two Void Refining Cultivators; slew the Fifth Grade mid-phase Demon King, the Jiuyou Ape, with a single slash.

Nickname: Vast Righteousness Sword

Identity: Current Great Senior Brother of the Eastern Domain Sword Sect

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However, from another perspective, the existence of these four rankings seemed to provide the Netherworld with lots of useful information, allowing them to precisely target and assassinate human race’s talented cultivators based on the listings.

This appeared to be an extremely foolish act.

Speaking of which, the origin of these four lists must be mentioned.

They actually originated from the Netherworld.

Back then, they were known as the Netherworld Bounty Lists.

One of the Netherworld’s large tasks while lurking within the Human Race was to devise ways to eliminate human genius cultivators and nip the possibility of them becoming powerful cultivators in the bud.

Therefore, based on the reputation and performance of human cultivators, the Netherworld internally created this bounty list, covering human cultivators from the Fourth to the Seventh Realm.

The reason for setting the cultivation range there was quite simple.

There were too many cultivators below the Fourth Realm, and it was hard to predict their potential. There was no need to specifically target them, and it wasn’t feasible to do so.

As for cultivators above the Seventh Realm, their methods were profound, and trying to kill them would require the power of the Netherworld as a whole, not just an individual or a sub-palace, so they were also not on the bounty list.

In addition, the bounty list not only included the public strength and detailed combat history of these human cultivators but also came with enormous bounties.

This list was distributed throughout the various sub-palaces of the Netherworld, in the hands of all the Underworld Cultivators.

Any Underworld Cultivator who killed a cultivator listed on the bounty list could claim the corresponding reward.

Clearly, those who could make it onto this list were all individuals with astounding capabilities and superior strength amongst their peers.

Following this list, the Underworld Cultivators were highly active for a time, and people were filled with dread, many fearing they were on the list.

Faced with this situation, the Great Xia Imperial Clan, after some consideration, made a decision: they simply turned the strategy on its head and, under the name of the Heavenly Secret Pavillion, repurposed and published the bounty list for everyone to see.

It was a masterstroke that changed the panic of human cultivators being recorded on the Netherworld bounty list into immense fame.

Human Cultivators no longer feared being on the list but took pride in it.

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Before leaving the sect, Lu Qingshan finally visited Heng Peak.

Heng Peak is its official name, but its common name among the disciples of the Sword Sect, which better reflects its function, is Treasure Peak.

This peak was the resource repository and scripture archive of the Sword Sect.

Lu Qingshan had two objectives for this visit: Cultivation Techniques and Spirit Materials.

Although he was currently only in the Golden Core Late Stage and seemed far from the Nascent Soul Stage, as long as there were Experience Points, those seemingly distant gaps didn’t seem so significant.

When one is away, it’s inevitable to encounter unforeseen events; to be on the safe side, Lu Qingshan decided to apply for the Nascent Soul Technique in advance.

On Heng Peak, there are two halls: Gewu, which deals with investigating the principles of natural phenomena, and Zhizhi, which focuses on achieving knowledge through exhaustive learning.

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