This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 752 - 45: Departing with the Sword (Request for Subscription)

Therefore, time was pressing.

Xia Daoyun also realized the key point, "I will take you both back to Yumen Pass, which can save you a lot of time and prevent any accidents from happening to you."

If Lu Qingshan were here, he would first transform into Qing Ge, fearing he wouldn’t even be able to enter Heavenly Mountain.

So he could only complete the transformation outside the battlefield near Yumen Pass.

That would mean Lin Yao would have to make a trip to Yumen Pass with him.

"Yao’er, this will be tough for you," Shui Yue Pavilion Master said to Lin Yao, her tone laden with deeper meaning.

Lin Yao just obediently performed a curtsy.

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Yumen Pass.

A day had passed, they had left in a hurry, and now they had returned just as quickly.

After getting back to Yumen Pass, Lu Qingshan still had a very important matter to attend to.

Beacon Fire Hall.

This place was a key location in Yumen Pass, not only was it constantly updating the battle reports of Yumen Pass, but it also housed the Spirit Material Treasury, where human cultivators could exchange battle merits for spirit materials.

Lu Qingshan walked into a side hall.

The treasury was heavily guarded by restrictive spells, tight formations, and a keeper to watch over it.

"I’d like to exchange for spirit crystals, please," Lu Qingshan presented his identity token, stating his needs.

The keeper didn’t think much of it as he took Lu Qingshan’s token, but upon seeing the words ’Sword Sect’ on the token, his demeanor unconsciously became more serious—the disciples of the Sword Sect were always esteemed within Yumen Pass.

It turned out to be a disciple of the Sword Sect, though he seemed somewhat unfamiliar.

The identity information on the identity token was confidential; apart from the owner, others could not easily pry into it.

So the keeper could only speculate in his mind.

"How many spirit crystals do you need to exchange?" he asked while thinking.

"Eight hundred and fifty," replied Lu Qingshan.

He initially had eight thousand and fifty battle merits, and killing Qing Ge had awarded him another four hundred and sixty-four battle merits, totaling eight thousand five hundred and fourteen.

One spirit crystal required ten battle merits.

"Alright, eight hundred and fifty..." the keeper started to repeat before suddenly correcting himself, eyes widening, "Eight hundred... fifty spirit crystals?! This will require over eight thousand battle merits, are you sure you haven’t made a mistake?"

"No mistake, just retrieve the spirit crystals. There’s no need to worry about a deficit in battle merits," Lu Qingshan said helplessly.

Still somewhat incredulous, the keeper took Lu Qingshan’s identity token and walked into the treasury.

The whole process of exchanging battle merits for treasures was somewhat like ’swiping a card to shop’ in his former life; Lu Qingshan’s identity token was like a ’credit card.’ How many battle merits were actually within the token was not for the keeper to know; he was just responsible for fetching the items and ’swiping the card.’

After a while, the keeper returned with eight hundred and fifty spirit crystals.

Lu Qingshan weighed them in his hand to ensure the quantity was correct, then left under the keeper’s respectful gaze—any cultivator with such a substantial amount of battle merits was without exception a hero of the Human Race, worthy of his respect.

Lu Qingshan had a simple reason for exchanging for these spirit crystals.

Once inside the Abyss, everything would be up to him.

Experience Points were his most important support.

However, with time pressing, he could only first exchange for the spirit crystals; there wasn’t even time to absorb them and convert them into Experience Points before he had to hastily depart.

After leaving the Beacon Fire Hall, Xia Daoyun took Lu Qingshan and Lin Yao back to Liuxu Pavilion once more.

She had some things to explain to Lu Qingshan in private.

"You are aware yourself that, although theoretically your plan is feasible, in reality, you will face too many problems," Xia Daoyun said straightforwardly.

The truth was indeed so; his plan seemed traceable on the surface, but on closer scrutiny, it was full of loopholes.

The most significant reason was the lack of sufficient intelligence.

Not to mention the specifics of the Demon Race within the Abyss, he wasn’t familiar with various customs and habits of the War Demon Clan, and there was a high chance he’d reveal himself through some inadvertent words or actions once inside the Abyss.

He wasn’t even clear about Qing Ge’s actual identity.

Moreover, there was a very practical issue; he was a Sword Cultivator under the human cultivation system, while Qing Ge was a War Demon.

Even if he possessed the strength of a Low-Ranking Demon General, the techniques of the two systems were entirely different.

Could the Iron Sand Palm possibly pass for the One-Yang Finger?

In short, the risks were extremely high.

"Master," said Lu Qingshan calmly, "Even if there’s no certainty, for her sake, I must face the difficulty head-on. So in such a situation, overthinking is pointless."

"The boat will straighten itself out when it gets to the bridge; let’s just do it and see," he continued with firm determination in his tone.

"Here are the records about the War Demon Clan that we at Yumen Pass have collected over years of confrontation. They should be helpful to you," Xia Daoyun had anticipated Lu Qingshan’s reaction and silently pushed a stack of jade slips toward him.

Lu Qingshan was delighted inside and quickly took the jade slips, "Thank you, Master."

The information contained in these jade slips was mostly confidential, not meant for someone at the Void Refining cultivation level like Lu Qingshan, both in terms of sentiment and reason.

But Xia Daoyun wouldn’t allow herself to be bound by such rules and regulations.

Lu Qingshan extended his Divine Sense into the jade slips, swiftly scanning the information within to gain a general impression before putting them away.

Then, his expression turned very serious, "Master, there’s something else, something I’ve yet to mention to you."

Xia Daoyun was taken aback, "What is it? Speak freely."

A white ring appeared in Lu Qingshan’s hand.

This was one of the two rings that Gu Yiyi had kept from Qing Ge.