Borrowing a sword

Chapter 225 The Sword Mark of the Dao Ancestor

Chu Huaixu had no idea what Han Shuangjiang had added to her "bathwater".

In short, his meridians have been widened considerably, which will increase the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy and regenerating mana.

Besides, for some reason, the total amount of spiritual energy did not increase, but it seemed to become more condensed, as if there was a slight indirect improvement in quality.

It is precisely because of this that [Gathering Spirits] has been indirectly improved.

At this moment, the absorption limit has undoubtedly been reached.

The reason why Han Shuangjiang had so much medicinal liquid left after taking a bath must be because she couldn't absorb it all.

"I probably can't take it with me," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

Knowing his wife as a thrifty woman, he figured she would probably choose to pack up her belongings.

There must be many restrictions and methods within this space, otherwise the body wouldn't have been controlled in the first place.

Chu Huaixu has now activated his body-refining divine power and immediately entered the [Sacred Body State].

The next moment, he began to frantically absorb the power in the medicine.

He even drew out a vortex of the medicinal liquid inside the entire wooden barrel.
"As expected, the physical body has reached its limit, but the sacred body is far from being reached!"

His meridians began to ache more and more.

Strangely, this time even my muscles and bones ached a bit, as if the medicine was penetrating through my muscles and bones and then widening my meridians.

From a certain perspective, isn't this a brand new kind of "dysmenorrhea"?
Chu Huaixu remained expressionless as he took a bath.

He knew very well that the further he improved his special attribute points, the more difficult it would become.

His [Spirit Gathering] skill has already reached 4 points, and it won't be easy to increase it further.

With his current overall cultivation level, the Holy Body state cannot be maintained for too long.

Fortunately, Chu Huaixu's current absorption efficiency is incredibly high, giving the impression that he'll absorb as much as he can, as long as he doesn't die.

This caused the color of the medicine in the bucket to become lighter and lighter.

When the pain in the meridians completely disappears, it means that the meridians are saturated again.

The color of the medicine had faded to an extreme, indicating that almost all of its potency had been extracted.

"[Ding! Congratulations, your 'Spirit Gathering' attribute has increased by 1!]"

Almost at the same time, he heard a system notification.

Chu Huaixu frowned, got up from the wooden tub, and used the array inside his black and gold robe to directly remove the water from his clothes.

He glanced down at the wooden barrel, and the golden mark between his brows and the golden flames in his eyes vanished, returning to their original state.

Is this just right?

"Just as the medicine was finished, the Spirit Gathering increased by 1?"

He looked back and, through the not-so-long passage, saw once again the spacious flat ground outside.

His gaze focused on the enormous character "Dao" on the ground!
"Is it really just a coincidence?" Chu Huaixu wondered.

Inside the stone house, after Chu Huaixu emerged from the wooden tub, a new stone door opened.

He wasn't actually sure which level of the secret realm the giant ice block was trapped in.

All he wants now is to see her as soon as possible.

What came into view was yet another narrow passage.

When Chu Huaixu reached the end, he saw another white light membrane.

He was already a skilled worker, and this time he didn't even try to test the waters before diving right in.

As expected, after absorbing a wisp of Daoist power, he successfully entered the third level.

The secret realm seemed to have mistaken him for the Dao Ancestor himself.

Although this is a single-player instance, it's not like the instance creator can't be allowed to enter or leave, right?
To his surprise, he soon spotted a familiar figure.

Han Shuangjiang was sitting cross-legged, looking straight ahead.

This made Chu Huaixu immediately realize that something was wrong.

"She didn't seem to notice me coming in?" he wondered.

He did not conceal his presence, nor did he use any stealth methods.

Given the Ice Block's cultivation level, it should have been able to detect it immediately.

After a moment's thought, he slowed his pace as he walked forward and tried his best not to make a sound.

Chu Huaixu looked around and saw another stone wall in front of him.

On the stone wall, there is still a huge character for "Tao" carved!

The only difference is that the character "道" (Dao) seems to have been split open by something!
There is a long, narrow crack in the stone wall that runs straight through the entire character!
Upon seeing the crack, Chu Huaixu was once again "forcefully controlled".

"No! Not again?" He was somewhat speechless.

He began to be controlled by a mysterious force, walking towards the very center, which was directly opposite the character "Dao" on the stone wall.

However, it's important to know that the [Dao Ancestor's Legacy Secret Realm] is a single-player instance.

Therefore, only one spot for enlightenment is reserved here!
That was the very center seat where Han Shuangjiang was sitting, with a futon placed beneath it.

Chu Huaixu watched helplessly as he was led to her, where he sat down with a thud!

He simply sat directly on his Daoist partner's lap.

To be precise, he plopped down on her long, slender legs that were crossed.

This comical scene left Chu Huaixu speechless.

How come the man is sitting in the woman's lap?

Strangely, this sudden commotion did not wake Han Shuangjiang.

She remained completely focused, seemingly unaffected by anything outside her.

After sitting down, Chu Huaixu didn't even have time to savor the feeling of "entering the arms of a beauty" or "sitting on the lap of a beauty" before he felt dizzy and disoriented, his consciousness becoming increasingly muddled.

His consciousness gradually entered an incomparably mysterious realm.

An aura enveloped him, rendering him completely unable to perceive the outside world. But for some reason, in that instant, he suddenly understood what the crack in the stone wall was.

—That was a sword mark!
He didn't know why he suddenly understood, but he just had that feeling!
Immediately afterwards, Chu Huaixu felt himself falling from a great height.

He appeared in the clouds, and then began to fall from the sky.

As a cultivator in the second realm, he is not yet able to fly.

At such a height, even if he were a physical cultivator, he would probably be smashed to pieces.

But perhaps it was because he was unafraid of the sword intent that he dared to turn around in mid-air.

He was originally facing upwards, but now he is facing downwards, so he can see the scene below.

"Hey! These mountains look familiar, aren't they the Mountains Beyond Mountains?"

Having been at the Daoist sect for so long, Chu Huaixu could naturally tell at a glance that this was the "Mountain Beyond the Mountain" area where the Daoist sect was located, and that it was connected to the Wumeng Mountain.

However, it felt both familiar and somewhat strange.

He continued to fall from the sky, and just before reaching the ground, he was suddenly lifted up by a force and finally landed safely.

He had barely steadied himself when a sound reached his ears.

The voice is gentle and pleasant to listen to, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze, and you will instinctively feel that the other person must be a very gentle person.

"Child, look up." It was a male voice.

Upon hearing this, Chu Huaixu raised his head.

For some reason, he could clearly see the summit of Daowen Peak, as if everything there was right in front of him.

He could see everything on the mountain clearly, but he couldn't make out the face of the person on the mountain.

This person was dressed in a Taoist robe, with a black sword sheath that Chu Huaixu was extremely familiar with on his back.

A bead was hanging from the scabbard, with a tassel attached to its bottom, which was swaying in the wind.

But Chu Huaixu couldn't make out his face at all.

Or rather, it's not that you can't see clearly, but that you can't remember!
You clearly saw him, but then it all vanished from your mind! As if erased by some force.

The other person was looking down at him from such a high place, but Chu Huaixu did not feel that he was looking down on him at all.

It's strange, but he gives off a very gentle vibe.

A gentleman is gentle and refined, like jade.

At this moment, even if Chu Huaixu were stupid, he should be able to guess who he is.

He was a junior Taoist priest at Junzi Temple. After leaving the mountain, he gradually became the head of the Taoist sect and was later revered by the world as the Taoist Ancestor.

Interestingly, when he enters this place, his "projection" is exactly the same as his external self.

In other words, Chu Huaixu was wearing a black and gold robe, and he carried a sword sheath on his back that was exactly the same as the other party's!

He tried to speak, but found that he couldn't make a sound.

He can move and do anything, but he just can't speak.

"It seems the large ice block is also trapped here?"

"I wonder how long she's been trapped here?" Chu Huaixu immediately thought of his Daoist partner.

For the first two levels, Han Shuangjiang was essentially fighting alone, while he followed behind her and tried to get a share of the spoils.

But now he will undoubtedly have to overcome this hurdle on his own.

It's just unknown what the Dao Ancestor will test in this stage.
But soon he heard that gentle voice again.

"Child, savor this sword strike."

Chu Huaixu looked up at the person standing atop the Asking Peak, and the thought in his mind was:
"No!"

This feels so familiar!
He felt as if he had returned to the days when he would be enveloped by his master's sword domain every night after falling asleep, and then be killed by her all night long.

However, the target of the "violence" changed.

Shen Man, who had reached the Great Perfection of the Seventh Realm, transformed into a Dao Ancestor whose exact realm was unknown!
A wisp of sword energy gathered at the fingertip of the man in the Taoist robe.

He casually swung his sword downwards.

The next moment, a sword aura was generated.

Wherever it goes, everything vanishes and is annihilated!

Not to mention the surrounding mountains, forests, and vegetation.

But for some reason, this sword came very, very slowly.

As he drew nearer, Chu Huaixu even felt his breath catch in his throat, as if the air around him had been extinguished!

It can reduce everything to nothingness.

Chu Huaixu suddenly felt that it was getting dark.

This feeling is very strange.

It was as if the sunlight itself had been extinguished by this sword!
This young man in the black robe was already a "skilled worker".

Isn't it just the same old story of dying and coming back to life, then dying again and coming back to life?

Chu Huaixu began to suspect that the reason his master trained him in this way was because she had also experienced these things when she received the Dao Ancestor's inheritance.

And then, this stutterer learned it!
At this moment, Chu Huaixu was even a little impatient to taste the flavor of this sword.

So when he saw the sword energy moving slowly, he took a step forward and rushed forward.

Chu Huaixu was thus completely obliterated by it in such a hasty manner.

At the moment he died by the sword, he personally experienced the power of that sword.

Another thought popped into his mind.

"I am merely a cultivator at the second realm. Do you think I am worthy to strike me with a sword like this?"

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(End of this chapter)