Borrowing a sword

Chapter 270 Is this person the Dao Ancestor?
Chu Huaixu: My head is so itchy, is it time for my brain to grow again?
This crude physical cultivator's character panel showed that his [Comprehension] had caught up with [Physical Strength] again, both reaching 7 points.

Chu Huaixu had not anticipated that this ball of blue energy could enhance one's comprehension.

He still doesn't understand what it is.

It was just a coincidence that my comprehension level rose to 7.

This made him feel, even more so than delighted, that it was more like a telecom fraud.

"What's going on? You want to give me a little something first, huh?"

At this moment, he and Han Shuangjiang sat together on the futon, their buttocks pressed close together, both of them closing their eyes to digest this power.

After a long while, the two opened their eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

"How do you feel?" he asked, turning his head.

Chu Huaixu has a character panel, so many things are digitized, but Han Shuangjiang is different.

"I felt my mind was clear and my thoughts were very clear. Some of the confusion I had about cultivation before was now resolved. It was like..." She couldn't find an accurate adjective.

"Sudden enlightenment?" Chu Huaixu asked.

“Yes, it felt a bit like an epiphany,” the big ice block replied.

Chu Huaixu's prediction is actually uncertain. If Han Shuangjiang's [comprehension] were quantified, it would be in several points.

However, Xiao Xu is definitely at [Comprehension 10].

He guessed that she was probably up around 8 or 9 o'clock.

Therefore, he was unsure whether the other person's improvement was as significant as his own.

After all, the further you go, the harder it is to improve these things.

However, it is clear that she still gained a lot.

This made Chu Huaixu sigh again, just like last time, "The Dao Ancestor is truly generous."

Thankfully, it wasn't Xiao Xu who came in.

He has a comprehension level of 10; all he can do here is breathe.
The stone gate ahead slowly opened, seemingly guiding them to continue inside.

After exchanging a glance, the two got up and walked inside.

This passage is different from the narrow passage ahead.

Both are very narrow, but neither has luminous pearls inlaid on the sides.

This made it pitch black inside.

Humans have a natural fear of such confined, dark places.

Most ordinary people would probably not dare to go inside.

This is precisely why escape rooms are so exciting and thrilling.

However, cultivators do possess a certain level of night vision.

Compared to ordinary people, their five senses will be slightly enhanced during the Qi Refining stage, and will be further strengthened even if they do not refine their bodies later.

But someone like Chu Huaixu can see in the dark as well as in the daytime.

But as he walked, his vision began to darken until he could see nothing at all, as if he had fallen into an eternal, endless darkness.

Even more strangely, Han Shuangjiang was clearly right behind him, yet he suddenly couldn't sense her presence anymore.

With his terrifying senses, it wouldn't be difficult for him to catch even her breathing.

At this moment, even divine sense could not detect her.

It's as if they separated at some point, without anyone noticing.

"Frost's Descent," he called out.

Naturally, there was no response.

"There's something fishy."

The Chu Huai Preface contains the phrases "Southern Flowing Scenery" and "Heart Sword." The former is used to ward off all evil, while the latter is used to cut through all falsehoods.

He tried to activate them, but none of them worked.

If this were outside the immediate public eye, Chu Huaixu would probably already be starting to feel somewhat worried.

But since it's the secret realm of the Dao Ancestor's inheritance, he's already gotten a bit used to it.

Before obtaining the Dao Seal [Nan Liujing], he unknowingly entered an illusion, where even the [Heart Sword] was ineffective and could not be broken.

So he simply chose to give up.

He groped his way forward in the darkness, seemingly without end.

On the other side, Han Shuangjiang was also unaware that something was wrong.

"Chu Huaixu," she called softly.

Her voice sank without a trace; she received no response.

She knew that he had the ability to cut through all illusions. When the two of them first entered the secret realm at the bottom of the cold pool, he, with his meager cultivation at the Qi Refining stage, waved his hand and directly broke the illusion inside, which greatly shocked her.

Therefore, the large ice block did nothing, afraid of causing trouble, and waited for its Daoist partner to break through all of this.

She waited for a long time.
—I didn't get to see it.

This made her realize that she had probably fallen into a similar situation to last time.

But Han Shuangjiang was not flustered.

She wasn't the type to rely on others for everything.

"It is obvious that every challenge from now on will have to be faced alone."

The girl began to stride forward, her expression calm.

About half an incense stick's time had passed.

Chu Huaixu looked ahead and saw the east turning white as the sun rose in the east.

In that instant, all the surrounding darkness vanished, and everything around them began to gradually become clear.

It was as if the night had passed and dawn had broken.

He looked around and saw that he was in a room.

Four young people were sleeping inside the room. As the morning bell rang, they quickly began their morning routine.

"These people seem unaware of my presence?" Chu Huaixu thought to himself. He found this feeling rather novel, as if he had become a wandering soul here.

He looked around and quickly realized something was wrong.

The four young men inside the house began to dress, putting on Taoist robes.

Of the four, one was short and had a large, conspicuous mole on the corner of his mouth.

He was tall and thin, like a bamboo pole, with somewhat sparse hair and narrow, elongated eyes.

Another person was a fat man who looked quite cheerful and was clearly the kind of person with high energy. He had just woken up and his face was rosy and he was full of energy, looking like he had plenty of blood and energy, unlike his flabby appearance.

As for the last person, Chu Huaixu couldn't see his face clearly!
Or perhaps, they simply can't remember!
His appearance will be erased from your mind out of thin air.

This makes your impression of this person always vague.

This feeling is familiar.

Chu Huaixu immediately recalled that in the Dao Ancestor's Secret Realm, there was a man in a Daoist robe standing on a mountain peak, repeatedly swinging his sword at him!

Every sword strike was terrifying.

Wherever the sword energy passes, everything is annihilated, even the air itself is destroyed.

Chu Huaixu "died" under this sword time and time again.

And this man in the Taoist robe, just like now, had blurred features, leaving no impression on anyone's mind!
A hint of surprise began to appear on his face.

"He is the Dao Ancestor!"

So, where is this place? It's almost obvious.

Sure enough, after the four of them were dressed, they pushed open the door.

Chu Huaixu followed and went outside, only to see a building that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

This is the view of a gentleman from a thousand years ago!
Over the course of a thousand years, Junzi Temple has only undergone some basic repairs.

The only new additions were some formations.

"So, I've entered the memories of the Dao Ancestor?" he wondered to himself.

Clearly, at this time, he was just a junior Taoist priest at Junzi Temple.

Chu Huaixu followed behind the four young Taoist priests, watching them first wash up and then listening to their idle chatter.

Through these people's conversations, Chu Huaixu learned that among this group of disciples of the Gentleman's Temple, Daozu ranked ninth.

The three of them all called him Ninth Senior Brother, clearly indicating that he was the eldest in the room.

"Ninth Senior Brother, will the Abbot bestow Dao Swords upon us today?" the fat man asked excitedly.

"Yes," the Taoist priest, whose features were obscured, replied, his voice tinged with excitement.

They're all still young boys, and they'll soon have their own Dao swords, so naturally they're excited.

"Then wouldn't that mean we could all get up early and practice with the abbot in the morning?" said the tall and thin eleventh junior brother.

The Dao Ancestor, who was the ninth senior brother, replied with a smile, "That's natural."

In the past, they had always envied their senior brothers and elders who practiced swordsmanship with the abbot in the early morning.

From then on, Chu Huaixu continued to follow them.

But his gaze would occasionally drift to his ninth senior brother's belt.

Because the young Taoist priest had a pendant hanging from his belt.

Chu Huaixu looked extremely familiar with this pendant.

It was a completely black bead with a black tassel attached to its bottom.

Chu Huaixu had already tried it; everything here was actually an illusion, and he couldn't touch it.

Just like the pillar next to him, his hand could pass right through it if he reached out.

He's now treating it purely as if he's watching a "video".

The four of them soon arrived at the cafeteria for a meal.

By this time, a few people were already sitting scattered in the cafeteria.

The four of them would greet each other politely, whether they were fellow disciples or elders in the temple.

However, it is not difficult to see that this Ninth Senior Brother is the core figure in the four-person group.

The breakfast was rather bland.

In Chu Huaixu's memory, fat Taoist priests were relatively rare, both on Earth and in the Xuanhuang Realm.

On the contrary, many of the monks, who are supposed to be vegetarians and chanting Buddhist scriptures, are fat and have big ears.

But all four of them ate with great relish.

The four of them were all young and still growing, so no matter how much they ate, they were never full.

It was just plain porridge with some side dishes, but watching them eat made Chu Huaixu feel a little hungry himself.

This is some kind of ancient Chinese gentleman's view on food!

To this day, Chu Huaixu still doesn't know why he was brought here.

It seems there weren't any challenges.

Bored out of his mind, he sat down next to his ninth senior brother.

He was also quite abstract, because nothing here was a physical entity to him, so he certainly couldn't sit down on the bench with his buttocks touching it, as there was nothing supporting him from below.

But it doesn't matter, he's a body cultivator with powerful core control abilities, so he just sat there in mid-air.
Since he had nothing better to do, Chu Huaixu stared at the black bead on his ninth senior brother's body.

He even raised his finger, as if to poke it.

结果
"Ok?"

Damn it, I actually poked it!

His fingers did not penetrate!
Immediately afterwards, he saw the ninth senior brother turn his head slightly.

Even though he couldn't see his features clearly or remember his expression, Chu Huaixu felt that he was looking at him and even gave him a gentle smile.

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