The seventh day since the Farr's ergence.
Jingzhou, Jing Mountain, Hidden Valley.
If it weren't for the guidance of the kind mother and her party, Duncan would never have known there was such a hidden valley near Jing Mountain. At a glance, the distant foliage was lush and green. After passing through a gorge, the front seed like another world. Various traps were set up on all sides, shrouded in a light mist that concealed everything within the valley.
"Young Master."
"Inside is the secluded residence of the Pavilion Master, Lu Xiu, of the Arcane Pavilion."
The kind mother gestured to the Water Maiden and Fire Maiden beside her. The two won imdiately flew into the air, passing directly through the mist in front to investigate the surroundings.
Through an omniscient perspective, Duncan had already noticed so unit marks nearby. He turned his head and nodded slightly to the voluptuous and beautiful kind mother beside him. As if strolling leisurely, the surrounding mist was directly isolated by his force, allowing him to enter this valley, as if a miniature paradise.
At first, it was extrely narrow, barely passable by a person, but after taking dozens of steps, it opened up suddenly.
——Mo Family's chanical Man (Neutral) (chanical Body) (Three-star Silver-gray).
Among the mist.
The Water Maiden seed to have heard so noise, instantly swiping out a web of swords. The next second, several bolts of arrows shot through the air, followed by a rigid humanoid figure that appeared. It wielded a bronze sword and thrust at the Fire Maiden. With a clang, sparks flew, and the Fire Maiden's swordsmanship was as swift as lightning. She directly pierced the heart of the figure with one sword.
One sword piercing the heart.
But the figure showed no hesitation. Its attack remained fierce. The Fire Maiden withdrew her sword and slashed down, cutting off a wooden carved head silhouette in an instant.
Duncan's figure also approached at this mont.
He raised his palm, using Dragon Capturing Skill to pull the head of the chanical man into his hand. He examined it up and down and found that its structure was not complex, but it was engraved with strange runes from the Pre-Qin Era.
"Unbelievable."
"To think they could create chanical life even in a high-magic plane, yet so many people in this world still starve."
Crack.
He casually crushed the head. The chanical man was made of bamboo and wood, and its internal design was quite ingenious. It operated on true qi and mana, seeming to absorb external energy, unlike the Western plane's use of Soul Crystal Stones. Its core was a ticulously carved array, with faint mana fluctuations attached.
The Mo Family indeed has so skills.
At this point, the Water Maiden and Fire Maiden had already killed several aggressive chanical n nearby. As the alarm inside was triggered, so commotion quickly arose within the valley. Not long after, several figures flew over.
"Why does the Mingjiao intrude on the Mo sect's forbidden grounds?" a powerful voice called out.
Duncan signaled to the Fire Maiden beside him, and the young woman imdiately leapt into the air. A fierce sword energy shot through the air.
Clang!
The newcor was a middle-aged man wielding a heavy greatsword. His movents seed sluggish but were actually surprisingly calculated, instantly blocking the Fire Maiden's attack. Then the greatsword swept across with imnse force, forcing the Fire Maiden to retreat several steps. When she attacked again, his sword montum was impenetrable, a continuous assault leaving the Fire Maiden unable to gain any advantage.
"Mozi Sword thod."
The kind mother stood beside Duncan, like a dedicated secretary, softly introducing, "Using defense instead of attack, attack instead of defense, a balance of attack and defense."
"This person has mastered the 'Non-offensive' sword montum."
"His sword energy is subdued, silent. The Fire Maiden will likely have a hard ti defeating him."
It resembles the 'Defense and Attack' stance in Western swordsmanship.
Warrior's defensive posture.
The man wielded the greatsword with finesse, moving his body in harmony with the sword. Although the Fire Maiden was considered a top expert in the martial world, she was suppressed facing him. Moreover, the Mingjiao's spiritual secret techniques were completely ineffective on them, as if they couldn't overco their willpower immunity in gaming terms.
Although the Mo Family's techniques don't cultivate spiritual power, they're not vulnerable to ordinary psychological interference either.
"Water Maiden."
Duncan's gaze swept past the several people ahead and looked into the depths of the valley.
As his voice rose, the Water Maiden also drew her sword and advanced. She wielded a soft sword, her sword montum flowing like water, heavy and swift, effectively countering the opponent's greatsword. Seeing the middle-aged man at a disadvantage, several people beside him exclaid, "Senior brother, let assist you."
These people engaged in a chaotic battle.
Duncan was unhurried. He leisurely chose a place, where the kind mother beside him swept the dust away with a carefree staff, and he slowly sat down to observe the Mo Family heirs' martial arts skills.
This branch of the Mo Family is both righteous and evil, with countless ties to the demonic sect.
A sound of sothing breaking through the air.
The several people engaged in combat seed to hear sothing. The leading man forced back the Water Maiden and Fire Maiden with his sword montum, then bowed to an elder in a plain gray robe behind him, saying, "Master."
The main character finally arrived.
The newcor appeared to be in his fifties or sixties, looking sowhat ethereal and scholarly, with sleeves fluttering. However, his hands were covered in calluses, stained with dirt, as if he'd just erged from Luban's workshop, more like a skilled level-eight machinist, a master among masters. His deanor lacked the pretentious aura common in the path of Dao.
Those who genuinely work often bear so aura of a worker.
"I was unaware of the Ming Leader's arrival. Please forgive this old one's failure to welco you from afar."
The newcor was indeed Lu Xiu, the Pavilion Master of the Arcane Pavilion, considered a legitimate branch of the Mo Family's heritage. After the decline of the Hundred Schools of Thought, most of the heritage has been assimilated; ordinary Mo Family techniques are in the court's Ministry of Works. This branch excels in strange skills and cunning, also mastering the Art of chanisms, with most of their martial techniques sourced from the Mo Family's Juzi Command.
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