Chapter 141 Passing the Test of Inheritance: What a great sword-training partner! ...

Mingzhu didn't know why Song Yin suddenly seemed so energetic, constantly busy.

Song Yin repeatedly tried to refine the sixth-grade pill, but failed each time.

She didn't get discouraged after failing. Instead, she went back to the wooden frame and squatted down, occasionally making sounds like "hmm, I see." To make it easier to see, she also stacked all the wooden frames in order.

Mingzhu went from initially appreciating Song Yin's alchemy to idly squatting in the corner drawing circles.

Song Yin read the mental cultivation method countless times until she knew it by heart, but there were still some steps she didn't understand. Here, she encountered difficulties without a master to answer her questions; she had to figure them out on her own.

Time ticked by, and Elder Pei and the others waited outside. They saw people constantly emerging from the door; some were injured, others looked vacant and deeply traumatized.

Some people, after emerging from inside, ran wildly along the lakeside, shouting, "I'm finally out! I'm finally free! To hell with drawing talismans! Let whoever wants to draw an eighth-tier talisman draw one! Hahaha!"

The three people hiding in the tree branches: ...

"Another one driven mad. It's obvious he failed the inheritance test. No need to rob him, he'll pass."

Elder Pei was anxious, sitting on a rock and shaking his leg repeatedly, "They haven't come out yet, they should be alright, right?"

Of the ten people who entered the secret realm, only three returned. Just thinking about it makes me ashamed to face the elders and folks of the Immortal Cloud Sect.

Elder Cang continued his diligent treasure hunt in other parts of the secret realm, while only Han Wuyue stayed by Elder Pei's side. Ultimately, the task of looking after Han Wuyue fell back on Elder Pei's shoulders.

Han Wuyue: "With Song Yin here, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Elder Pei: "You seem to trust Song Yin a lot?"

Han Wuyue: "She's different."

As for what's different, she couldn't quite put her finger on it, but having Song Yin around certainly made her feel at ease in certain situations.

For example, Song Yin's reminders and suggestions during the search for the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, and how the discovery of primordial energy at the Xuan Tian Assembly saved everyone from being ambushed. Without Song Yin, things would have spiraled out of control. Seemingly simple actions, yet they could turn the tide of the entire situation.

After careful consideration, Elder Pei realized that Song Yin was indeed different from others; she was incredibly shameless, and there was nothing she could do about it.

The reassuring and shameless Song Yin has now begun a new round of alchemy.

Silently recite the mantra and incantation, refine the elixir according to the new steps, and concentrate on making sure you don't make any mistakes.

The luminous pearl, which had finished drawing circles and other patterns in the corner of the wall, sniffed and smelled a unique fragrance of elixirs.

She floated to Song Yin's side, "Sixth-sixth-grade pill?! You've successfully refined it?!"

Song Yin closed the medicine bottle and smiled, "Thank you, I also think I'm pretty awesome."

A question mark appeared above Mingzhu's head: ?

Song Yin rubbed her hands together eagerly: "Now that the sixth-grade pill has been successfully refined, the next step is the seventh-grade pill. I'll try my best to refine the eighth-grade pill as well."

Mingzhu: Listen to this! Is this even human language? You're in the Nascent Soul stage, not the Tribulation Transcending stage!

Song Yin found the right method and made steady progress, while the others were also trying to find ways to pass the test.

Shi Heming was teleported to a new location, where golden characters appeared. After a few seconds of thought, he chose to accept the inheritance test.

His test was just as outrageous as Song Yin's test; as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he needed to draw an eighth-order talisman.

Many talisman cultivators underwent the test with him, and under the pressure of death if they failed the test, most of them felt regret to some extent.

Among the talisman cultivators undergoing the test of inheritance, the most powerful one is undoubtedly the Nascent Soul stage talisman cultivator from the Heavenly Stems Sect. It is generally agreed that this Heavenly Stems Sect cultivator has the highest probability of obtaining the inheritance.

Many cultivators, while drawing talismans, began to experience mental breakdowns in the later stages.

On one side was the threat of death, and on the other was an eighth-order talisman that they could not draw no matter what. Under the double pressure and the closed environment, they went from being highly focused on finding a way out, to feeling anxious and fearful after countless failures, and then falling into numbness and despair. In the end, their psychological defenses completely collapsed. Some seemed calm but were actually waiting to die, while others went crazy on the spot.

Some individuals directly declared their intention to give up the test, then vanished without a trace the next second. No one knew whether they were dead or alive, further increasing the pressure on the cultivators who were still persevering.

Even a genius like Shi Heming had sweat on his palms as he held the pen, and there was a pile of discarded talisman paper at his feet.

"To hell with it, I'm not taking the exam either. Unless you're a Mahayana stage talisman cultivator, who here can draw an eighth-order talisman?" The third-place winner of the talisman cultivator group at the Xuan Tian Conference threw his pen on the ground in front of everyone and kicked over the table in front of him.

Among the few remaining people, the Heavenly Stem Sect cultivator at the Integration Stage also put down his pen, and his slightly arrogant voice rang out: "Setting goals that are impossible to achieve is a waste of time. I am withdrawing."

He offered a gentle reminder to those still persisting: "Instead of stubbornly struggling with the eighth-tier talisman, why not try to leave? Perhaps there is no inheritance behind the test at all. There are many treasures and inheritances in the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, not just this one."

"Giving up is equivalent to failing; the requirement is that those who participate in the test must pass in order to live."

The Heavenly Stem Sect's Integration Stage Fu Xiu said, "Tch, ask the people who come after you, and look at those who died after refusing the test. Can't you see the crux of the problem?"

The strongest talisman cultivator present withdrew from the test and disappeared from everyone's sight, causing the hearts of many others to waver.

"What should we do? Should we give up?"

"The senior of the Heavenly Stems Sect is right. Staying here is a waste of time. No one is sure if there will be a successor after the test. It's better to leave as soon as possible and find a new successor."

"I thought we were coming here to fight and whoever won would inherit the legacy, but instead we're being tested here to draw eighth-order talismans."

"Hey, Fellow Daoist Shi, are you leaving together?" someone asked Shi Heming.

Shi Heming: "Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist. I plan to try again."

"Then good luck to you, I'm giving up the test." This person had already activated various defensive magical artifacts and affixed many talismans, so that he could deal with any danger if he left the stone chamber.

"I'm giving up too."

"Me too, I can't take it anymore, I'm quitting too."

These people joined because of the trend, and when they failed the test, they followed suit and left.

Soon, only Shi Heming and another taciturn talisman cultivator remained on the talisman cultivator side. The other was the second-place winner in the talisman cultivator group of the Xuan Tian Conference.

Out of the corner of his eye, Shi Heming noticed that the second female cultivator was bending over, her head lower and lower, as if she were about to stick a talisman on her forehead.

Snap!

The second female cultivator snapped the pen in her hand with force, saying, "I give up the test."

After the second female cultivator disappeared from the stone chamber, the surroundings became eerily quiet, and Shi Heming could almost hear the sound of his own blood flowing.

The pen in the hand of the talisman cultivator participating in the inheritance test appeared automatically at the moment of participating in the inheritance test.

Shi Heming looked at the pen that had been broken in two, but noticed that there seemed to be something at the point where the pen was broken.

He immediately took the broken brush into his hand and carefully examined it. He found that there was a rolled-up piece of paper hidden in the brush handle. He tried to probe the brush handle with his divine sense, but it was blocked, and he could not find anything in the brush handle.

The object was clearly inside the pen, no wonder no one knew. If the second-place female cultivator hadn't broken the pen, he probably wouldn't have noticed either.

Shi Heming carefully took out the rolled-up paper strip. There was no content on it. He flipped it over and examined it, then infused it with spiritual energy.

The paper strip glowed from Shi Heming's hand, then turned into wisps of smoke and floated upwards, transforming into neat lines of text in the air.

After reading the text, Shi Heming hurriedly got up and picked up the pens that others had used. He broke them in half with a little force, and each pen contained a slip of paper. He infused each slip with spiritual energy, and the slips all turned into words. However, the content of the words that turned into the slips was the same for each one...

There's been new progress on Shi Heming's side, and the same is true on Xia Xining's side.

When faced with difficulties, Xia Xining said: "Nothing is difficult in this world, as long as you are willing to give up."

Xia Xining's Inner Demon: Inner Demon Warning!

In the end, only Xia Xining remained.

As the last person left, he kindly asked Xia Xining, "Fellow Daoist Xia, aren't you leaving? Based on everyone's reasonable deduction, failing the test won't be life-threatening."

Xia Xining was actually inwardly choked with tears, but on the surface she had to maintain an image of being diligent, eager to learn, and persistent, while persuading the other party to stay, "Thank you, fellow Daoist, let's persevere a little longer."

No, I want to leave now! I don't want to stay in the stone chamber alone with the dead! Fellow Daoist, please don't go!

Don't go!!

No--! ! !

"I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Xia, I don't want to waste any more time here."

Haha, everyone's gone...everyone's gone...

Damn you, inner demon! I hate you! I'll destroy you one day!!! TvT

In the end, Xia Xining was left alone in the stone chamber, scratching her head in frustration.

Unable to leave anytime soon, and not wanting to continue refining weapons, she began to pretend to search the stone chamber, ostensibly to look for clues.

Xia Xining coaxed her inner demons, giving them psychological suggestions: "I'm not being lazy or slacking off. I'm looking for clues. I never give up. I love perseverance. I love seeing things through to the end."

Waaah, I feel so guilty, I can only keep this from you for now.

Xia Xining rummaged through the stone chamber, wishing she could peel off the plaster from the walls and dig holes in the ground.

As she searched, she actually discovered something different, "Hmm..."

Let's go back to Song Yin.

It is said that failure is the mother of success. After many failures, Song Yin finally welcomed the child of her mother and succeeded.

There was a slight mishap during the delivery process.

Mingzhu asked Song Yin cautiously, "Are you alright?"

Song Yin stared at the eighth-grade pill in her hand, almost bursting into tears of joy. "I'm fine! I couldn't be better!"

Mingzhu said slowly, "How about... you wipe your face and change your clothes first? It's just us here, and we're all female cultivators. If you mind, I'll turn around and not look at you."

Song Yin's clothes were tattered. When she was refining an eighth-grade pill, the furnace exploded. The "old mother's" child was "successfully" miscarried, and she herself became covered in dust and dirt.

Song Yin cast a cleansing spell on herself, first making herself clean, and then simply combing her hair. "The clothes are only torn in the sleeves and hem, it's nothing, I don't need to change them yet."

Mingzhu: "You've completed the test, but nothing has changed here, and no inheritance has appeared. Could you have been deceived?"

"No, no, no, the inheritance appeared a long time ago." Song Yin tapped her head with her fingers. "It's all here."

Not only have I memorized everything, but I have also mastered it.

No one knew that the inherited cultivation method was under the wooden frame. When she learned the method and refined an eighth-grade pill, she also gained new insights into the method.

Furthermore, there are surprise rewards for learning the mental techniques and completing the tests.

As soon as Song Yin finished speaking, a ball of light shot out from the large alchemy furnace and then entered Song Yin's forehead.

She could see the luminous pearl, but precisely because she could see it, she was terrified. "Song Yin, be careful!"

Song Yin intercepted the ball of light; the scene resembled possession. She remained calm, protected by the golden light of her accumulated merit, ensuring no one could possess her.

The next second, Song Yin felt her mind clear, and a new piece of knowledge appeared.

Song Yin paused for a few seconds, then uttered the key information before suddenly realizing what was happening. She said to Mingzhu, "Don't worry, it's not possession, it's inheritance."

The mental techniques are the core of the inheritance, while the additional knowledge in the mind constitutes the remaining part of the inheritance.

Mingzhu was relieved to hear this.

Song Yin circled around the large alchemy furnace, which was entirely black with inscriptions on it, giving it an ancient and mysterious appearance.

With the extra knowledge in her mind, Song Yin knew that this was a rare treasure. She slapped the large alchemy furnace with a palm imbued with spiritual energy, and the black outer layer actually peeled off, revealing the gold underneath.

As the outer layer peeled off, the text disappeared, and the entire alchemy furnace turned golden, with several new characters and patterns appearing on it.

The Nine Heavens Secret Treasure Furnace.

The rank of the magical artifact is ninth.

The reward for passing the inheritance test was thanks to Song Yin extracting the key points from the extra knowledge and realizing that the large alchemy furnace could also be taken away.

Luckily I didn't rush to leave, or I would have missed this amazing find.

Song Yin immediately signed a contract for the alchemy furnace.

Mingzhu waited nearby. She could also tell that the alchemy furnace was no ordinary item; it must be of a very high grade. She sighed inwardly once more, "As expected of Song Yin."

Envious? Of course she was. But during the time she spent with Song Yin in her divine soul form, she also understood why Song Yin had achieved what she had today.

Inside the stone chamber, she had no idea how much time had passed; she only felt that an incredibly long time had gone by. Song Yin, on the other hand, continuously refined pills, repeating the process again and again, eating a fasting pill when she was hungry. Sometimes, even she felt tired just watching, but Song Yin never stopped.

With the contract completed, Song Yin stored the alchemy furnace into her spatial storage.

After she left, she planned to reorganize and renovate Langhuan Cave, and then put all the valuables into Langhuan Cave for safekeeping.

Song Yin: "Your body is no longer considered a living being. I plan to put it into my storage bag. Can you accept that?"

Mingzhu: "I accept, but can I make a small request? Please don't pile my body and belongings together. Can you give me some space?"

“No problem, I brought a lot of storage bags with me this time.” Song Yin put Mingzhu’s body into the storage bag.

Because she used magic to preserve Mingzhu's body from the beginning, it hasn't stiffened or decayed and is still the same as when she was alive.

The bloodstains on her face were removed using a cleansing spell, leaving her looking beautiful again.

Mingzhu's spirit floated beside Song Yin, "Do you know how to get out of here?"

Song Yin, who had completed the test, was not teleported away, and no exit appeared in the stone chamber.

Song Yin: "I know, but I still want to take one more risk. I'm sorry to trouble you to continue following me. If there is any danger, remember to stay hidden."

"Danger?" Mingzhu was puzzled. How could there be danger if the test was passed?

...

Shen Yuzhu is a sword cultivator, and the people around him who are undergoing the inheritance assessment together are also sword cultivators.

The space around the sword cultivators seemed to extend infinitely, so no matter how many people were fighting, there was no need to worry about the space being too small to allow them to maneuver.

Among the sword cultivators who receive the inheritance, whoever can defeat the black-clad swordsman will pass the test.

The sword cultivators were more courageous in the face of setbacks, and none of them wanted to admit defeat. However, even if they joined forces, they could not defeat the black-clad swordsman, because the black-clad swordsman was a sword cultivator in the Mahayana stage.

After learning that the other party was a Mahayana stage sword cultivator, Shen Yuzhu, like the others, remained silent.

The black-clad maintenance worker sitting on the ground twitched his ears and tilted his head slightly. "Hmm? Someone else is here."

Song Yin and Mingzhu appear.

Song Yin: "Wow, it really works? There are so many people here."

She passed the previous inheritance test smoothly, but the inheritance was for alchemists. Mingzhu and Cao Yannian, who came in later, were alchemists, while others who were not alchemists were teleported to other places.

Song Yin guessed that there was more than one inheritance behind the door. As a sword cultivator herself, she naturally wanted to try her hand at the sword cultivation inheritance again.

After Song Yin opened the exit of the stone chamber, she did not choose to leave, but instead returned to the place with the teleportation array and teleported again.

There were dozens of sword cultivators at a glance, with the lowest cultivation level being the Nascent Soul stage and the highest being unidentifiable.

Mingzhu was amazed: "I'm not a sword cultivator, yet I was successfully teleported here."

Song Yin: "I guess you're in a soul state right now, so the teleportation array can't recognize you and teleported you to me."

"Junior sister?" Shen Yuzhu couldn't believe her eyes.

Song Yin waved: "Senior brother, I knew you'd be here."

Shen Yuzhu hurriedly said, "Don't refuse when you see the gold text, agree to the test."

"Agreed, agreed." Song Yin's words and Shen Yuzhu's words rang out at the same time.

Mingzhu asked curiously, "What kind of test will it be?"

Song Yin: "Fight the one with the black swordsman and win to pass the test."

"If you defeat me, you can take the inheritance." The swordsman in black didn't even draw his sword.

The patterns on the golden scabbard are identical to those on the Nine Heavens Secret Treasure Furnace. Could they be from the same series of magical artifacts? Song Yin's gaze was fixed on the black-clad swordsman's sword.

Song Yin asked in a low voice, "There's only one swordsman in black, why didn't you senior brothers make a move?"

Shen Yuzhu: "We fought, but I didn't win."

Song Yin: "No joint effort?"

Shen Yuzhu: "None of them won."

Song Yin: "Is the black-clad swordsman that strong? What is his cultivation level?" The test for inheriting the Dao of Alchemy is to refine an eighth-grade pill. Could this black-clad swordsman be at the Tribulation Transcending stage? Or perhaps the Great Ascension stage?

Shen Yuzhu: "The Mahayana stage." After a long silence, he added, "Perfection."

Song Yin: "..."

Mingzhu, who overheard the conversation, also fell silent: "..."

Having reached the completion of the Mahayana stage, and possessing a spirit sword that might be of the ninth rank, Song Yin suddenly realized that being too reckless wasn't a good thing. She should internalize the principle of thinking thrice before acting; all her previous caution had been wasted.

sad!

"I recognize you. You're the number one sword cultivator in the Xuan Tian Tournament, and also the number one alchemy cultivator!" Among the dozens of people, someone spoke to Song Yin.

"What's the use of being number one in the sword cultivator group? No matter how powerful she is, she's still just the number one Nascent Soul cultivator. Junior Sister An Xin, do you really think she's more powerful than Senior Dou, who's at the Integration stage?"

Shen Yuzhu stepped forward and said, "Kangping, my junior sister has no connection with you. What do you mean by saying these things?"

Regardless of whether his junior sister had such thoughts, Kang Ping deliberately said the last sentence so that Senior Dou, who was in the Integration Stage, would hear it.

Kang Ping said innocently, "I didn't mean anything by it. I was just reminding my junior sister. She's only the first in the sword cultivator group of the Xuan Tian Tournament, not the best in the world."

An Xin felt embarrassed: "Senior Brother Kang, no one will think you're mute if you don't speak." She then apologized to Song Yin and Shen Yuzhu: "I'm sorry."

Song Yin stepped forward herself: "Kang Ping, right? I can tell your cultivation level is also at the Nascent Soul stage."

Kang Ping raised his chin slightly: "Hmm, two minor realms higher than you, late Nascent Soul stage."

Song Yin: "It seems your name hasn't been among the top few in the sword cultivator group of the recent Xuantian Tournament. Did you not become the number one sword cultivator in the Xuantian Tournament because you didn't want to? Do you look down on the number one sword cultivator in the Xuantian Tournament because you don't like it?"

"puff."

"Pfft."

Some people in the crowd couldn't help but laugh. Even Senior Dou, whom Kang Ping had mentioned, had a smile on his face.

"You—!" Kang Ping's eyes widened in anger, his deepest thoughts exposed. It wasn't that he didn't like it; he clearly didn't deserve to participate.

Song Yin: "I broke through to the Golden Core stage at eighteen and to the Nascent Soul stage at one hundred and forty, and I cultivate both alchemy and swordsmanship. I know you look down on me for being number one. Since you look down on me, you must be more powerful than me, right?"

Song Yin saw through Kang Ping's personality at a glance. She said these things to deliberately provoke him, while also labeling him as a lunatic.

Kang Ping's face turned completely red.

Mingzhu was stunned, "You broke through to the Golden Core stage at the age of eighteen?!"

The others also all looked over.

Song Yin nodded slightly, although breaking through to the Golden Core stage was unexpected.

The senior Dou who was adjusting his breathing spoke up, "The younger generation is truly formidable. Everyone knows that Yuan Lijun of the Immortal Firmament Sect advanced to the Nascent Soul stage at over a hundred years old, but no one knows that you broke through to the Golden Core stage at eighteen."

Shen Yuzhu introduced: "This is Senior Dou, from Yuan Cangzong."

Song Yin: "Greetings, Senior Dou."

Senior Dou smiled and nodded, "You don't need to take what that Wan Jian Sect disciple said to heart. I also admire juniors who can surpass me."

The atmosphere instantly became harmonious, and Kang Ping became the clown.

Kang Ping felt that everyone was probably laughing at him behind his back, so he angrily said to An Xin, "It's all your fault!" If An Xin hadn't mentioned Song Yin, would he have said that?

Ignoring the clown Kang Ping, Song Yin asked Shen Yuzhu, "Senior brother, have you thought about how to pass the test?"

Shen Yuzhu said awkwardly, "Everyone is thinking of waiting until the test is over."

Song Yin: "Since you're giving up the challenge, why not withdraw from the test earlier?"

Shen Yuzhu: "Sword cultivators don't give up, so no one wants to leave early."

Ah, so proud of themselves, even that Senior Dou is the same. They'd rather wait for the test to end than give up voluntarily, to avoid being gossiped about.

"I'll go test the waters." Song Yin drew her Qingyang sword and walked towards the black-clad swordsman, who was sitting nearby.

Seeing Song Yin draw her sword, many people stood up, making room for a larger battle, wanting to see the true level of this number one sword cultivator in the Xuan Tian Tournament.

Song Yin disappeared in the blink of an eye and quickly reappeared in front of the black-clad swordsman. Her sword tip was blocked by the black-clad swordsman's golden scabbard. The black-clad swordsman did not even get up, nor did he draw his sword.

Is this the strength of a sword cultivator at the Great Ascension stage?

His fastest sword strike was easily blocked by him. Even though he had reached the state of oneness with the sword, he still couldn't see the opponent's movements clearly. The unity of man and sword seemed to have become a mere decoration.

"Such fast swordsmanship."

"Isn't the point that the black-clad swordsman picked up his sword sheath? When I fought the black-clad swordsman, he didn't even bother to pick up his sword sheath. It's upsetting."

Appreciation appeared in Senior Dou's eyes. Man and sword as one, not bad.

Song Yin only tested the waters with her sword and then did not make another move. Instead, she sat down cross-legged like the black-clad swordsman, and sat opposite him.

Song Yin: "If I were to fight you, would you kill any sword cultivators participating in the trial?"

The swordsman in black: "Yes."

But the dozens of sword cultivators around them were all alive and well. Song Yin didn't point it out, but thought that the inheritance test could take lives at will, and the example of Mingzhu was right in front of her, so the person who left the inheritance didn't care about the lives of the test takers.

Then why are all those who fought the black-clad swordsman still alive? Just now, his sword strike couldn't even hurt the opponent, and the opponent could have easily killed him, but he didn't.

So the reason why dozens of people survived was not because the rules forbade it, but because the black-clad swordsman in front of them had no intention of killing.

Based on the recently passed test of alchemy inheritance, the current problem is not without a solution; the clue must be hidden in this space.

However, the place where the swordsmanship inheritance test was located was completely empty; the space stretched as far as the eye could see, leaving virtually no room to hide clues...

never mind.

Even if she couldn't find the clues, it didn't matter, because she discovered something beyond the inheritance—the black-clad swordsman.

What a perfect swordsmanship partner! A swordsman who has reached the Great Ascension stage and has no murderous intent.

It's something you can only encounter by chance, not something you can seek out!

After thinking it through, Song Yin stood up, bowed and greeted the black-clad swordsman, saying, "I apologize for my rudeness."

As soon as she finished speaking, Song Yin's sword met the black-clad swordsman's once again.

Kang Ping scoffed, "Useless. They'll behave after a few more beatings."

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Song Yin's every move failed to get the person in front of him to get up; he still used his sword sheath to block all of Song Yin's attacks.

Two incense sticks' worth of time passed, three incense sticks' worth of time passed... and many more incense sticks' worth of time passed.

Kang Ping shouted, "If you can't beat them, just give up. Nobody here looks down on you. Don't embarrass yourself."

Mingzhu roughly understood Song Yin's plan; she was going to start challenging the black-clad swordsmen relentlessly, just like she was refining elixirs.

The others didn't understand why Song Yin kept attacking the black-clad swordsman, including Senior Dou, who was also unclear about Song Yin's thoughts and actions.

Suddenly someone said, "I understand! As a sword cultivator, Song Yin is embodying the spirit of never giving up!"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood and felt a deep sense of respect.

Only Shen Yuzhu looked strange; his junior sister...

Having been her sparring partner since childhood, Shen Yuzhu is very familiar with her fighting style.

Song Yin is using a sword cultivator at the peak of the Mahayana stage as a sparring partner!

My dear junior sister! Do you know what you're doing?!

The black-clad swordsman always stopped short of attacking, and he never got tired of Song Yin's repeated attacks.

As the fight went on, Song Yin realized that her opponent was feeding her moves!

Fu Linxin realized that she finally knew where the clue to the sword inheritance was—it was on the black-clad swordsman!

Unlike the Daoist alchemy tradition, which gives you the mental techniques that you need to learn, comprehend, and practice on your own, the Daoist swordsmanship tradition directly gives you a teacher!

Suppressing her excitement, Song Yin calmly said, "Senior brother, come and fight with me."

Kang Ping: "Stop dreaming. We can't beat two Nascent Soul stage cultivators."

Shen Yuzhu immediately understood that she wanted the black-clad swordsman to be her sparring partner as well.

To be honest, I'm quite tempted. "Junior sister, I'm here."

A Mahayana-stage sword cultivator as a sparring partner, tsk tsk tsk. With a change of mindset, his state of mind instantly changed.

Is the challenge of passing on the torch a difficult problem? No, no, no, it's clearly a well-intentioned effort to test the inheritance of tradition, sending people here specifically to provide guidance!

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Author's Note: Shen Yuzhu: The test of inheritance is truly... I'm devastated.

The swordsman in black: This young swordsman has discovered the key to the test!

Next chapter: Please see everyone beating their chests and stamping their feet in regret, including that Senior Dou [doge emoji]

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[Empty bowl]