I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 288 Sword Slave (Bonus chapter for 1000 June votes)

As the girl grinned menacingly while holding the sword, the Yaoling Sword suddenly trembled violently, and a blinding red light burst forth from its blade.

The originally docile sword energy suddenly turned against her, and she was horrified to find that the hilt of the sword was stuck to her palm as if it had taken root, and she could not break free no matter how she shook it.

"Jiang Yi! What have you done?!"

The girl screamed, and countless crimson runes appeared on the spine of the sword, climbing up her arm like living things.

Wherever these runes passed, the demonic energy beneath the skin surged like boiling water, yet it could never break free from the runes' confinement.

Finally, all the runes converged at the center of the forehead, forming a cinnabar dot.

The girl's eyes suddenly widened, and before she could utter a venomous curse, her entire consciousness was as if it had been violently pulled into the sword by an invisible hand.

Jiang Yi staggered half a step, the demonic energy in her eyes receded like a tide, and her eyelashes trembled slightly as she regained her clarity.

She looked down at the Yaoling Sword vibrating in her hand, a lazy smile playing on her lips.

"Save your energy. Even if I can't kill you, from now on you'll only be a sword slave."

Jiang Yi lightly flicked the sword's blade with her fingertips, and the Yaoling Sword gradually returned to calm.

Not far away, Xuan Hui was still standing there, unaware of how Jiang Yi had turned the tide.

Jiang Yi returned the Yaoling Sword to the Sword Tomb Mountain in Youxian Ferry and respectfully and sincerely thanked Xuan Hui.

"Thank you for your help, Demon Lord."

Xuan Hui snorted and waved his hand, "Don't give me that."

Jiang Yi knew that Xuan Hui was definitely eager to know the inside story, so she didn't keep him in suspense.

"I had long anticipated that the demon might bind her demonic essence to my fire elemental root, so I took precautions in advance..."

Using the Ice Heart Pill to suppress the erosion of demonic thoughts was only the first step, and also a show for the demon. Otherwise, if she had no resistance or preparation, the demon would not have fallen for it so easily.

Her real trump card was the 'Sword Slave Soul Contract' that she had inscribed on the Yaoling Sword beforehand. During the day, while she was meditating, she explained the cause and effect to the Yaoling Sword in the Youxian Ferry and tried her best to communicate with it.

This soul contract was provided to her by the Heart-Piercing Mirror, and it was more vicious and powerful than the one she had originally prepared.

Throughout history, there has always been a method of nourishing swords among unorthodox sword cultivators: using the essence, blood, spiritual roots, and souls of living people to nourish the sword.

In other words, it means contracting a low-level cultivator to become a servant of a sword.

Sword slaves cultivate alongside sword cultivators, but eight to nine tenths of the power they cultivate is absorbed by the sword cultivator's sword.

Once the sword has grown to a certain level, it can even completely devour the consciousness of the sword slave, turning it into a 'living scabbard'.

Jiang Yi currently has no good way to directly erase the demon's demonic consciousness without harming her fire spirit root; she can only rely on this sword slave soul contract.

There are several drawbacks to this, which Jiang Yi did not tell Xuan Hui.

Firstly, because the demon's original demonic seed is still present, the Yaoling Sword will most likely transform into a demonic sword after absorbing the power of the demon's original demonic seed.

Secondly, since the demon had no physical body and was fused with her fire spirit root, Jiang Yi herself actually bore a part of this sword slave soul contract.

The demon was unable to resist the imprint of the Sword Slave Soul Contract because Jiang Yi's main consciousness at the time accepted the Sword Slave Soul Contract.

Simply put, Jiang Yi now has a dual personality, a body with two souls.

The main soul is the master, and the demon's soul is the servant. As long as Jiang Yi's main soul is extinguished, he can continue to enslave the demon through the Yaoling Sword.

Jiang Yi had also considered this. Apart from the occasional disturbance caused by the demon's power raging, there was nothing wrong with it.

If she ever encounters a situation requiring a bloody battle in the future, she will release the demon's soul and let the demon use her own body to wield the Yaoling Sword and kill to her heart's content.

Her main soul would stay in the Lazy Immortal Shrine, which was formed from Lazy Root. She would use the Yaoling Sword as a 'leash' to keep the demon in check and prevent her from losing control and damaging her physical body.

This laziness is bound to increase rapidly!

Once the Yaoling Sword has completely absorbed the power from the demon's original demonic seed, the demon's influence on her will naturally disappear.

Time will solve all problems.

After hearing Jiang Yi's explanation, Xuan Hui opened his mouth and then closed it again, momentarily speechless. After a long pause, he finally managed to utter, "You're a madman!"

Xuan Hui thought to himself that if he were in Jiang Yi's situation, he would rather give up the fire spirit root than let a demon remain in his body, because sooner or later something bad would happen.

But Xuan Hui didn't know that Jiang Yi's confidence stemmed from laziness.

In any situation, as long as her soul hides in Lazy Root, the demon is helpless.

After reprimanding Jiang Yi, Xuan Hui noticed that her face was pale and she was listless. He moved his lips but softened his tone.

"Alright, now that the problem is solved, come back with me and go into seclusion to solidify your spiritual root. Also, work hard at your cultivation and don't just slack off."

Jiang Yi accepted the offer, saying, "Yes, I will obey the Demon Lord's command."

With a flick of his sleeve, Xuan Hui propelled Jiang Yi onto the clouds, carrying him swiftly toward the entrance to the Tengshe Forest Secret Realm.

Before long, Xuan Hui brought Jiang Yi back to Liuyue Peak and threw her into Yunlu.

They had already left, but Xuanhui turned back.

"I am still not entirely at ease, so I will seal off your Cloud Abode for now. If there are no unusual developments in seven days, I will release you."

After saying that, without waiting for Jiang Yi's agreement, Xuan Hui stepped into the sky, churning up clouds and mist, submerging the entire Cloud Pavilion in a vast sea of ​​clouds.

Jiang Yi shrugged indifferently. The flower maids Hongli and Zhenshan Duanjin, whom she had left in the courtyard, only turned their heads to look at them before going about their own business.

Jiang Yi was worried about something going wrong while he was out repairing his spiritual roots, so he left Hua Gu and the others at Yunlu without taking them with him. He only took the Yaoling Sword and the Zhuxin Mirror.

Hongli laid out various medicinal herbs on the ground, while Huagu held a booklet and a pen. Hongli made a soft sound, and Huagu would jot down a few notes.

It seems that Hongli is registering its inventory and preparing to calculate the costs and profits.

Zhenshan was practicing his boxing, his movements powerful and vigorous.

Duan Jin was still examining those stone slabs, trying to figure out what was on the worn parts of the slabs.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Yi suddenly thought of the Heart-Piercing Mirror.

She took out the Heart-Piercing Mirror and walked towards the Broken Gold.

"Lord."

Duan Jin greeted him politely, and Jiang Yi nodded without saying anything. He picked up the Heart-Piercing Mirror and looked it up at the three stone slabs leaning against the wall.

"Zhu Xin, can you restore the missing text on the stone tablet?"

The Heart-Piercing Mirror flew from Jiang Yi's hand, its surface emitting a faint golden light that shone on the stone slab.

A moment later, the Heart-Piercing Mirror flew back into Jiang Yi's hand, and fine characters began to appear on the mirror's surface.

Duan Jin curiously leaned closer, and was greatly shocked after seeing it clearly.

"My lord, this is..."

Jiang Yi smiled, "It contains all the content on the stone slab, and it fills in the missing parts as well."

Duan Jin couldn't believe it, but quickly and silently wrote down the contents, afraid of missing anything.

Once the entire content has been displayed, a line of large text appears on the mirror.

This conclusion is drawn from the context and from past knowledge and observations; we are not responsible for any errors.

[If you cannot even understand such a simple matter, you are as stubborn as a rock and as worthless as rotten wood. I suggest you be reworked.]

Duan Jin was startled. "It...is it insulting me?"

Jiang Yi put away the Heart-Piercing Mirror. "Don't mind it, that's just its temperament."

Patting Duan Jin on the shoulder, Jiang Yi took the Heart-Piercing Mirror back to her room. Besides stabilizing her spiritual root, she also wanted to take a good look at this demon's past memories.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　See you tomorrow!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)