A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 576 The Sword of Wisdom

In the dark and boundless universe, symmetrical patterns suddenly appeared.

The spaceship arrived via a small wormhole and continued its journey forward.

The small wormholes carried on these spaceships have limited teleportation distances, and after each use, they require a cooling-off period before they can be reused.

Merlin glanced at the display screen, slightly adjusted the spaceship's course, and then continued communicating with the voice in her mind.

The voice was not that of Guan Luoyang, but that of the person Guan Luoyang had introduced, who called himself Ning Caichen.

"To prevent the God of Wealth and his ilk from noticing anything amiss, Senior Luoyang is currently engaged in a full-scale battle with them. I'm using Senior Luoyang's connections to speak with you."

Ning Caichen said, "I am not very talented, but I happen to be quite good at handling the kind of problems you are currently facing."

Merlin said, "Experts? That's great, I'll go get them."

"Wait a minute."

Ning Caichen said, "Given the current situation, even seniors in Luoyang cannot directly use their magic to interfere. How could I possibly treat them on the spot?"

"To solve their amnesia problem, the most important thing is to look at yourself and see if the love and friendship between you are sufficient."

Merlin's eyes darted around, and she understood: "Love and friendship are also part of spiritual strength. Are you going to teach me a special method to mobilize these emotions to heal them?"

Indeed.

Ning Caichen's voice carried a hint of amusement, "I will teach you a method of sword forging to help you forge a sword of wisdom."

The immortal sword cultivation system that Ning Caichen mainly cultivated can be said to have originated from Lü Dongbin.

Although Lü Dongbin was a Taoist immortal and the sword immortal Lü Zu, his lineage also contained a great deal of Confucian and Buddhist knowledge.

In many worlds, among Lü Dongbin's successors there is a prodigy who inherits the innate pure yang method, advocates the unity of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, establishes his own sect, and creates the great sect Quanzhen, which is on par with the Celestial Master lineage.

The "Wisdom Sword in the Hut" technique that Ning Caichen mentioned at this moment is the profound and immortal art created by the founder of the Quanzhen School.

However, the founder of the Quanzhen School practiced this method in order to emulate the Zen school, using the sword of wisdom in his heart to cut off the three thousand afflictions, untangle the entanglements of emotions, and attain the supreme state of emptiness, clarity, and spiritual enlightenment.

When Ning Caichen was practicing this method, he was so entangled in too many emotional threads that when he slashed with the Wisdom Sword, the blade was chipped.

So he took a different approach, made some improvements, and deduced a method of integrating emotions into the sword to enhance its sharpness.

"The Wisdom Sword in the Hut is to cut off one's own troubles and eliminate one's own emotional entanglements. The body is like a hut, and the mind is the sword. Therefore, the sword must not leave the body, nor can it leave the body."

"But how can the path of the sword immortal be without the orthodox essence of immortality and the spirit of carefree wandering?"

Ning Caichen explained in detail, "Therefore, my current method of the Wisdom Sword, after cultivating the Wisdom Sword in my heart, must follow my thoughts and feelings to fly out of my dwelling."

"Humans have their own way of life, cars have their own lanes, and the sun, moon, and stars have their own fixed orbits. Following the orbits is the fastest and most accurate way to travel, and the trajectory that this sword of wisdom follows is precisely the trace of emotions."

"You were originally a powerful figure who broke through one of the four gates of the Divine Gate, the 'God' level, and cultivated to the Seven Stars. The changes in the history of the universe have not been able to truly erase your spirit and loyalty."

"Once you master the Wisdom Sword, you can follow your own path of affection and fly away with your sword, precisely cutting through the fog in their hearts and restoring their memories before they were altered."

Cynthia and Panda's amnesia is not physical or spiritual, but rather all traces of their past in the entire history of the universe have been altered and replaced.

It is safe to say that even if you study their current physical bodies and souls to the extreme, it would be impossible to find their past memories.

Therefore, the solution to their amnesia is not to address the issue directly within the two individuals themselves.

Only by starting with Merlin, who retains traces of real history, and using him as a guide to locate that real history, can we break down the barriers between the two histories and allow the causes and memories of real history to appear in the present time and space.

But another problem has arisen.

To withstand the flow of time, one needs at least seven-star strength. Merlin can only exert six-star combat power at present, so it is impossible for her to break through the historical barriers with her strength alone.

That's why Guan Luoyang chose Ning Caichen.

The Wisdom Sword technique used by Ning Caichen is forged from wisdom and guided by loyalty and righteousness.

The more emotions one has, the more exquisite one's swordsmanship becomes; the deeper one's feelings, the stronger one's edge.

To refine something that is already ethereal and make it pure to the extreme, so that it causes the least ripples when passing through the obstacles of history, can be described as an extremely clever sword technique.

Moreover, this sword technique does not consider combat strength, but only the level of cultivation.

If Merlin were to bombard the River of Time like this, with his current six-star combat power, he might not even be able to touch the edge of the River of Time.

However, once he masters this Wisdom Sword technique, the Wisdom Sword will be based on the Seven Stars Wisdom of his undying divine will, and the Wisdom Sword will follow all the emotions and sentiments in his heart, which will have nothing to do with his current combat power.

This creates the possibility of breaking down the two historical barriers.

"I see."

Following Ning Caichen's instructions, Mai Lin began to practice this Wisdom Sword Technique.

After Ning Caichen finished explaining the general principles of swordsmanship, he was about to elaborate on the key points of the sword techniques.

But then he saw Merlin lying on his back, his limbs relaxed, as if asleep. His mind was hazy, as if memories of his past with his companions were floating up, and as if he were vaguely dreaming of a glint of light from a sword tip.

"So fast?"

Ning Caichen was also a little surprised. The sword techniques that were supposed to be explained in detail now seemed a bit redundant.

He suddenly remembered that this Merlin seemed to be a person who broke through to the seven-star level in his teens. Although his combat power was now incomplete, his realm and nature were still there. It was unexpected, but also reasonable, that he was able to comprehend the Wisdom Sword Technique so quickly.

The Wisdom Sword in Mailin's Dream gradually took shape. Ning Caichen watched quietly. Seeing that the Wisdom Sword was only a little bit of light at the tip and had not yet completely stabilized, Ning Caichen smiled and recited a poem.

"Having attained enlightenment for eight hundred years, I have never taken a person's head with a flying sword."

"Before the Jade Emperor has issued any heavenly decree, the black gold will be used to circulate among the people."

Each word, each sound, is soothing and graceful, yet imbued with a profound sense of history, like endless wind and frost rushing towards you.

But after the frost and snow, suddenly a brilliant sunset appears, the vast sea is like jade, and in the distance, the mortal world is filled with the smoke of cooking fires.

In this seemingly illusory realm, amidst the endless verses, Merlin seemed to have a thousand days and nights of leisure.

The last glimmer of light on the sword tip was meticulously and painstakingly crafted over this long period of time.

This glimmer of light is a guiding light, a key point that moves along the path of emotions without appearing chaotic or out of control.

Merlin slowly woke up, staring at the furnishings inside the spaceship, but her gaze was unfocused. After a while, she patted her face.

"It seems like a long time has passed?"

He asked in his mind, "Didn't you say we shouldn't interfere too much with magic?"

Ning Caichen laughed and said, "I didn't use any magic power. I just recited a poem to help you relax."

"Time in a dream is something you control. As long as you relax, only you can tell how much time has passed in the dream."

Merlin laughed and said, "Was I supposed to be nervous?"

He turned to look at the cabin where Cynthia and Panda were, closed his eyes briefly, and said, "Well, maybe a little, but I'm fully prepared now."

"Shouldn't we go see them first and then decide?"

Ning Caichen said leisurely, "Having an amnesiac wife is also a very interesting experience. She was before I lost my memory, she was after I lost my memory, and she is still the same after I regained my memory. They are all the same, yet all different. It makes one fall even more deeply in love with her."

Merlin choked on his words: "You're so knowledgeable."

"My wives sometimes enjoy playing like this. Perhaps you are still too young, which is why you feel somewhat lost and instinctively avoid relatives and friends who have lost their memories."

Ning Caichen said unhurriedly, "As long as you use the Sword of Wisdom to disturb history, you may be detected by the Book of Time. And as long as this spaceship enters the Sagittarius region, it may be detected by the main brain of the Galactic Eye."

"If two anomalies occur in succession, it will inevitably lead to unforeseen circumstances. It is better to combine the two anomalies together. Even if they notice them, they will have fewer opportunities to respond, and we will have a greater chance of success later."

Merlin looked thoughtful for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

However, he didn't rush to leave the captain's cabin, because the ship's wormhole had cooled down and was ready for the next space jump.

After the next cooling-off period began and the course was calibrated, Merlin left the captain's cabin.

There are plenty of seats inside the cabin.

Panda sat in the last row on the right side of the aisle, obediently wearing a protective shield. Her face beneath the transparent shield was clearly in a daze.

However, as soon as he saw Merlin appear, he sat up straight.

Xinxiya sat in the second-to-last row on the left side of the aisle, by the window. After putting on the loose protective shield, she was able to freely turn her face to look at the scenery outside the spaceship.

"During the wormhole's cooldown period, navigation is relatively smooth, and you don't have to stay inside the protective shield all the time."

Merlin offered a suggestion, standing in the aisle with his hands resting on a chair, and said with a smile, "The journey is long and can be boring. Why don't I tell you a story?"

He glanced at Panda, who seemed very nervous because of his presence, thought for a moment, and then left the cabin and returned to the captain's quarters.

Panda breathed a sigh of relief, and not long after, he heard the broadcast.

It seemed that the sound was deliberately adjusted when using the spaceship's broadcast system, and Merlin's voice sounded much more mature than when he spoke normally.

"Alright, story time begins."

"This is the story of an adventure team. First, let's start with the legend of the Rainbow Sea..."

Panda wasn't initially very interested, but as he listened, he discovered that one of the adventurers was a member named Panda, who was in charge of spaceship maintenance and was very technically proficient.

Hmm, why does this feel strangely familiar?

From the moment he started paying attention to the characters in the story, he listened carefully to more and more of the plot.

"It turns out to be a completely fictional story..."

As Panda listened, he thought to himself, 'The hundreds of billions of registered adventure groups can all buy spaceships and explore the universe; this has absolutely nothing to do with the real world.'

But I feel a little envious of the characters in this fantasy world.

Panda gradually became engrossed in listening.

Ning Caichen listened for a long time and then asked, "Are you just going to keep telling them stories from the past? If so, I'm afraid it won't be enough to reconnect with them before we enter Sagittarius."

"What level of friendship constitutes being friends?"

Merlin asked a question in return, continuing to tell the story while mentally repeating, "Although I was indeed a little too nervous before, I really did treat them, who had lost their memories, as friends as soon as we met."

"Just like you said before, as long as I am not completely altered by history, then because of the causal relationship between me and them, they will not be completely altered either."

"Some things will never change, so there's no need to deliberately pursue the weight and duration of friendship."

The door to the captain's cabin opened, and Cynthia brought in a glass of ice water, placing it beside Merlin.

"Thanks!"

"Your story is very interesting, much more interesting than reality."

Cynthia asked, "So, you stole this spaceship and kidnapped us, are you planning to create an adventure team like the ones in your stories?"

Merlin took a sip of water and said seriously, "I want to turn the entire universe back to how it is in my story, because that's what the universe looked like before it was reduced to a tool."

"And you are the key."

Cynthia nodded and went back into the cabin.

Panda quietly struck up a conversation with her: "You don't actually believe him, do you?"

Because the loudspeaker was still on, Panda heard their conversation in the captain's cabin clearly.

"It doesn't matter. I've been a homeless person since I was a child, always going against life. Now that I'm going against the Milky Way Eye, it doesn't seem to make much difference."

Cynthia leaned back, took off her hat to let her hair breathe, and said, "Anyway, they're all very difficult things, at least the latter is more exciting."

Panda continued, "But he said you're key, aren't you going to ask why?"

"What's the rush? This story sounds like it has a long way to go. Perhaps the answer lies in the second half of the story."

Xinxi put her hands behind her head and said, "There's plenty of food in the storage room, so there's no need to worry about food. The spaceship can also be used as a house, and there's a lot of scenery outside the window. Nothing else matters."

The main part of the story on the spaceship was quickly told.

But when Panda started asking for details, the story seemed to expand endlessly.

So the story didn't end until they got close to Sagittarius.

However, both Panda and Cynthia already knew what Merlin would do when they approached Sagittarius.

"The real history... I still don't believe it, but I want to see it."

"Another memory? I'm a little curious!"

Regardless of their thoughts, they were all curious about the full picture of that so-called true history, and what that interstellar society was really like.

So they gazed at Merlin, watching him point his fingers like a sword, pursuing unseen emotions.

As the sword of wisdom was unleashed, the spaceship crossed the boundary of Sagittarius.

At the center of the Milky Way, a moment of surprise and doubt suddenly arose.

(End of this chapter)