A black long sword with blood lines covering the entire blade, a man with an extremely frightened expression, an old and weird laugh...
It has been more than half a year since Wei Changtian last saw this scene. Except that the death row prisoner has changed, everything else is so similar.
"Jiejiejiejie!"
"Boy, long time no see..."
The sound of the black sword made the shackled man's eyes widen. He crawled to the corner of the room on his hands and knees, his eyes full of fear.
But Wei Changtian turned a blind eye to this, just stared at Xuantian Sword and said slowly:
"Senior, can you still mobilize Kuilong's people?"
"I want to make another deal with you."
...
...
The last time Wei Changtian summoned the remnants of the Xuantian Sword was in the Tianluo Sect.
At that time, he had just returned from Jizhou after meeting Wei Yanyu, and unexpectedly got a token engraved with "Kui Long" from Lao Zhangtou.
This incident made Wei Changtian eager to know the truth about Kui Long, so he made a deal with Canhun.
Five death row prisoners, with a total life span of three hundred years, were exchanged for some information about Kui Long.
From Remnant's mouth, Wei Changtian learned that Kuilong was actually a mysterious organization that was established thousands of years ago and is still operating today.
The original intention of Kuilong's establishment was to pursue the first-level realm that no one had ever reached, and many attempts were made to this end.
They will collect all kinds of cultivation wizards from all over the world, and then train them to follow various cultivation paths since childhood, trying to find a way to break through the shackles of the first rank.
But it is a pity that until two thousand years ago, this great undertaking never made any substantial progress.
However, because of this, Kuilong had second-grade masters far exceeding any other force. It could be considered as an unintentional intervention, and it inexplicably became the number one sect in the world, and it was unparalleled in the limelight for a while.
And maybe it's because of too many failures in the pursuit of "one step forward", or maybe it's because of the expansion of this secular power.
So 1,500 years ago, there was a split within Kuilong for the first time.
To put it simply, there is a group of people who are no longer willing to explore the unattainable first-level realm.
They no longer want to be "guinea pigs" and fall into the realm in vain, or even lose their lives. Instead, they feel that there is nothing wrong with being "the best in the world".
On the contrary, another group of people still have to firmly pursue the original goal.
As time went by, the contradiction between the two sides intensified, and finally reached an irreconcilable level.
As a result, a war that was almost unknown to the outside world started quietly.
This is a protracted battle that spans decades.
The final result was naturally that the "abandonment faction", which had more external forces, won.
Kuilong was divided, and the "adherent faction" was driven from the ground into the ground, completely disappearing from everyone's sight.
Until a thousand years ago, the appearance of two characters completely turned the situation upside down again.
Both of them belong to the "stick-hard faction".
One of them is a first-class person, and the other is a true immortal.
The emergence of first-level realms and even true immortals undoubtedly proves the success of the "adherent faction", although no one knows how they did it.
But anyway, these people are quite vindictive.
They began to completely eliminate Kuilong's "abandonment faction" through assassination methods, and within a few years, they killed hundreds of third-level masters.
The "abandonment faction" who were unable to resist the true immortal had to bow their heads and admit defeat, returning to the original "underground organization" state, which continues in this form to this day.
They still have huge power, and they still have countless masters under their command.
However, the fear of the "immortal sword" that could be chopped off at any time still lingered.
They no longer dare to act in a high-profile manner, and generally do not interfere in the affairs of other countries. They just continue to search for various cultivation geniuses in the world, trying again to find a way to break through the first level and become an immortal.
In fact, at this time, the goals of the "abandonment faction" and the "adherence faction" have become consistent again, and the latter has even achieved this goal.
However, the "adherent faction" who had avenged their great revenge just disappeared, leaving only an unsolved mystery about "becoming an immortal" to a few insiders.
No one knows how to break through the first level and become an immortal.
What everyone knows is that it can indeed be done.
In this way, in the following hundreds of years, the "abandoners" began to continue to try various methods on their own, while trying to find clues about the "persistence" and then unlock the secret.
The five masters who died in Yanyun Mountain that night were selected by Kui Long under such circumstances, so that they could become the second grade.
They cannot participate in any secular power struggle, and need to work for Kui Long while they are alive, search for all clues about the "adherence faction", and then serve as "experimental subjects" to try to break through to the first-level realm before the deadline.
And if they unfortunately died due to other circumstances before that, Kui Long would not avenge them.
Because today's "abandonment faction" is just like the previous "adherence faction". Apart from becoming an immortal, they are no longer interested in anything else...
The above is everything that Remnant Soul told Wei Changtian about Kui Long, and it is also the reason why Wei Changtian no longer worried about the revenge from Kui Long after that.
As for the origin of the remnant soul, the original work only mentions that it has been in the Xuantian Sword for thousands of years.
Based on this calculation, they should be the first group of people to establish Kuilong.
Since it has been staying in Xuantian Sword, why can it know what happened next?
How can it mobilize the masters among Kuilong?
Wei Changtian had asked questions like this before, but Remnant Soul did not answer them.
And now the reason why he awakened the remnant soul again was not to ask these questions.
A true immortal is too far away from me.
It's only true that you need to borrow a few experts to use it.
...
"Senior, I want to borrow five second-grade masters to help me do something."
Under the astonished eyes of the death row prisoner in the corner, Wei Changtian said calmly: "How many years of life, you give me a price."
"Five..."
Remnant Soul paused for a moment, then smiled and said: "Boy, I can find someone for you, but I have to make it clear to you first."
"You can do things, but if you want to kill people, they won't help you kill emperors, generals and the like."
Is this what is meant by not getting involved in secular power struggles?
"Senior, don't worry, it's not murder."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "I'm going to save people."
"That's okay."
Remnant Soul was quite happy. After hearing this, he immediately gave the condition: "One thousand years of life, pay the money first and then do the work."
"A thousand years?"
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes.
One thousand years, even if a death row prisoner can live for thirty years, it will still require more than thirty people.
It's not that there aren't so many death row prisoners in Shuzhou, he just thinks that this remnant soul is a bit too big-mouthed.
Although I don’t know how much life Xiao Feng paid for the battle at Yanyun Mountain, but in the original work, it only took twenty years of life to replace three second-grade masters.
How come it's been a thousand years now?
"Okay, one thousand years is one thousand years."
Although he was a little unhappy, Wei Changtian didn't bother to bargain and turned around to let Chen Bo make arrangements.
But just before he pushed the door open and went out, he still couldn't help but ask.
"Senior, you helped Xiao Feng find five second-grade ones last time. I wonder how much longevity you asked him for?"
"Thirty years."
Remnant Soul gave the answer simply, and then sneered as if he had guessed what Wei Changtian was thinking: "Why, do you think I favor one over the other?"
"Then it's better to be like this. If you are willing to sacrifice your own life like Xiao Feng, I only want you for thirty years. How about that?"
"Pull him down."
Wei Changtian curled his lips and rejected the suggestion without hesitation.
However, Remnant Soul suddenly became interested.
"Jie Jie Jie, boy, I am suddenly curious about something."
"If I insist on asking for your longevity this time, would you be willing to give it to me?"
"..."
The figure paused slightly, but Wei Changtian didn't hesitate much.
"Ken."
"Jie, Jie, Jie! But do you really mean it? You were not like this the last time I saw you."