Chapter 148: The Sword Master's Dilemma
Only those who are at the fusion stage and the tribulation stage can refine the secret realm. After being refined, the secret realm has special rules. For example, the random tests in the mysterious secret realm only left a remnant soul of Meng Chun. Her power is not enough to make everyone fall into illusion or dream. That is due to the rules of the secret realm.
For example, the three tests in the sword tomb are also the rules of the secret realm.
This type of secret realm is considered to be their personal property and has a certain degree of independence from the Jiuzhou world. When the Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal enlightened the Jiuzhou spiritual treasures, it did not enlighten the spiritual treasures in the secret realm after being refined. Therefore, the spiritual sword in the second test was still a normal spiritual sword and had not become a spirit.
According to legend, the spiritual swords in the second test are all the swords of the former Sword King. Some are his swords, and some are captured from his enemies. There are a huge number of them. The Sword King can use his magical powers to conceal the true appearance of these swords and fix them with rules so that one person can only draw one sword, and it depends on fate to pull it out.
Rules are rules. No matter how talented you are, as Bai Hongtu, you cannot pull out the best spiritual sword. You have no destiny and can only settle for the second best, missing the chance to enter the third test.
However, wherever there are rules, there must be exceptions. Jiang Li is now pulling it out like pulling a carrot, sword and mud included. No matter what the rules are or whether there is fate or not, he can pull it out.
After a bit of childish tantrum, Jiang Li put the spirit swords back.
The space where the second test was held was very large, and Jiang Li was only in a small area. The others were far away from here and did not see Jiang Li's magical operation.
Spiritual swords of the spiritual, magical, and Taoist levels are obtained from time to time by those who are destined to have them.
Those with a deep affinity will obtain a Taoist magic sword, those with a shallow affinity will obtain a spiritual weapon and sword, and those with no affinity will obtain a rusty sword that is only one step away from being scrap metal.
There were many other people who came in with Qin Luan and others. They all had smiles on their faces, which showed that they had gained a lot.
"Look, a spiritual sword of the Dao weapon level."
"This is also a spiritual sword of the Dao weapon level."
Qi Sha Daozi and Qin Luan came over noisily, competing with each other.
"Mr. Jiang, which of our spirit swords is of better quality?"
Qi Sha Daozi thought to himself that he had a connection with swords since he was a child. At the age of three, he slept with a sword in his arms, and would wet the bed if he didn't. At the age of five, when he was naughty, his father spanked him with the scabbard every time. At the age of seven, he broke his leg and used the sword as a crutch. Although he didn't find out that he had sword spiritual roots at the age of twelve, he fantasized about having sword spiritual roots every day. At the age of fifteen, his ancestor told him in a dream that he would be able to master the Qi Sha Stele in the future.
What does this prove? This proves that I, Qi Sha Dao Zi, was born with a talent for swordsmanship. What can you, Qin Luan, use to fight me?
"Qin Luan's spiritual sword is of better quality than yours."
"Huh?" Qi Sha Daozi was dumbfounded.
Jiang Li continued to explain: "What you two got are both top-grade Taoist weapons. It is said that the Sword Lord used a two-handed sword for a period of time during the Fusion Stage. These two swords should be the male and female snake swords worn by the Sword Lord. Yours is the female sword, and Qin Luan's is the male sword."
"Your female sword will be useless when it touches Qin Luan's male sword."
"Moreover, the Twin Snake Swords can only exert their greatest power when they are in the hands of the same person. If they are used separately, their power will be reduced by 60% to 70% or even more."
Qi Sha Daozi felt a strong sense of frustration.
Although he was very unwilling, he had no choice but to give the sword to Qin Luan.
Who called him a female sword?
However, Qin Luan refused and instead handed the sword to Qi Sha Daozi.
"Qin Luan, don't insult me!" Qi Sha Daozi glared at Qin Luan with gritted teeth and took the sword.
Qin Luan: “…”
The split between your spirit and your physical body is quite serious.
He ignored Qi Sha Daozi and said to Jiang Li: "Mr. Jiang, before I met the Heroic Sword, I felt that there was a sword that was destined for me. It might be the best sword in the Sword Tomb, but I couldn't pull it out. So I had to look for another spiritual sword and found this Heroic Sword."
Such a familiar plot, Jiang Li became interested: "Where is the sword?"
Qin Luan led the way and took Jiang Li to a small mound that was covered with swords.
"It's this one." Qin Luan grasped the hilt of one of the swords and couldn't pull it out even with all his strength.
As soon as Jiang Lifu grasped the sword and was about to use force, he felt a divine thought coming from the sword.
"Daoyou, don't do it."
"Sword Master?"
A cloud of white mist emerged from the spirit sword and condensed into a human shape. He was wearing a white robe and white boots, was handsome, and had a tall and slender figure. There was a hint of arrogance unique to sword cultivators between his brows. Just a glance at him would give people a sense of oppression from a superior.
Bai Hongtu had it too, but after a battle with Jiang Li, he became obedient.
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It was the first time that Qin Luan and others had seen a true Tribulation Crossing Stage. Unlike Jiang Li who was in the Mahayana Stage and had returned to nature, the Sword Lord's arrogant and conceited attitude was more in line with the image of a strong man in Qin Luan and others' minds.
If Jiang Li also had this attitude, Qin Luan and the others might not dare to follow Jiang Li because the psychological pressure would be too great.
What Qin Luan didn't know was that all the powerful people in the Tribulation Period in Jiuzhou were in a similar attitude to the Sword Master, arrogant and stubborn, and they felt they were invincible.
After all, we are all in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, so who can be worse than who?
However, the appearance of Jiang Li changed the attitudes of the powerful people in the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Jiang Li used his strength to tell them that there is indeed a Mahayana Stage after the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Their cultivation is far from enough and they have no qualifications to be arrogant.
This has also led to the fact that those in Jiuzhou who are in the Tribulation Period are now practicing honestly, and no one dares to be arrogant anymore.
"That's me. I see that you have a profound level of cultivation. I think you are in the same Tribulation Crossing Stage as me. But even if that's the case, please don't get involved. This is my own business."
The Sword Master could not see through Jiang Li's cultivation, which meant that he was also in the Tribulation Crossing Stage. The Sword Master did not consider becoming an Immortal or the Mahayana Stage. The Immortal Ladder had disappeared, and no one could become an Immortal. As for the Mahayana Stage, in his opinion, that was even more impossible.
As a person in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, the more he practiced, the more elusive the Mahayana Stage seemed to him, and he felt that no one could reach the Mahayana Stage.
"What's going on?"
"Four thousand years ago, I entered the Tribulation Crossing Period. I felt the grace of heaven and earth and thanked all living beings for sharpening my swords. I then engraved the twelve sword techniques on a stone tablet as the first test. I gave the swords I had collected throughout my life to all living beings who were predestined to be with me as the second test. The third test is myself. If anyone can see me and pass my test, I will give them some pointers and even accept them as my disciples."
It is indeed a great opportunity for a sword cultivator to receive guidance from the Sword Lord.
“It’s really embarrassing.” The Sword Master sighed, “Who could have thought that when I was in seclusion on the third level, I encountered a heart demon tribulation, which shook my sword heart. I made a mistake and lost hastily, allowing the heart demon to take over my body. Instead, I, the original owner, was driven out and attached to the sword.”
"I am on the second floor, and the inner demon is on the third floor. I use some of the rules to keep him on the third floor. If he dares to leave the third floor, he will be attacked by the rules. Although it is not fatal, it is enough for me to defeat him and take back his body."
"This sword is the best sword mentioned in the second test. Only this sword can bear my soul. Whoever pulls it out will be teleported to the third level according to the rules. If I forcibly change the rules, the inner demon will escape from the third level."
"As a result, we were unable to do anything to each other, and the stalemate lasted for four thousand years."
(End of this chapter)