Free Web NovelChapter 359: Chapter 131: Old Friends, New Encounters; Tomorrow, Whales Roam the Azure Sea
But I’ve never had the heart to overthrow the Nine Towns; I just hope my friends and family can live here.
Should I be fortunate enough to one day reach a better place and see more beautiful scenery, you... you are also my friends and family.
If anyone bullies you, I’ll stand up for you."
After speaking, he turned to the boy with the stiff expression and tear-stained face and said, "Men don’t cry easily—what are you crying for?"
"I... I..." Feng Chengce sighed heavily.
Li Xuan smiled, "So, do you want to become my disciple?"
He then whispered, "Don’t miss the opportunity."
"I... I don’t want to!" Feng Chengce stubbornly refused.
Li Xuan was taken aback.
From afar, a flying sword just happened to curve between the green mountains and waters, landing at this spot.
Feng Chengce ran directly behind that person.
It was a woman in a purple robe, cold but not with an aloof chill—a kind of cold that stirred an inner agitation, making people want to approach.
A spring breeze blew, parting the robe to reveal a snow-white calf.
This woman is no longer an unripe apple nor a young girl crazed for love—she has experienced many things, yet remains well, giving her an even greater allure.
"Master."
Feng Chengce bowed to the woman, as if finding his backbone, standing behind her.
Li Xuan looked at the woman.
"Senior Sister Feng."
At this moment, Senior Sister Feng’s eyes were clear, unlike her infatuated appearance three years ago.
The seven-year promise has yet to arrive but Feng Mengrou seems to have already made a decision.
Not only that, she seems to have doubts.
She looked at Li Xuan with a complex expression, then said, "Peak Master, I know nothing about today’s matter, I just heard sound here and came to see."
Li Xuan looked at her, "Let’s take a walk."
Feng Mengrou hesitated for a moment but still nodded.
...
Many years later, the two walked together again.
Feng Mengrou proactively broke the silence: "I assure you, those kids will not cause trouble again."
Li Xuan lamented, "He actually refused me, I’m experiencing this for the first time.
For the first time, being turned down—am I not allowed face?"
Feng Mengrou chuckled softly, then clasped her hands, proudly stretching her snowy neck.
Flowers like a sea on both sides, following spring breeze like water, pursuing waves.
And many years ago, the two once struggled together on Bronze Plain and ran towards the Valley of the Dead together.
But now, it’s dust settled.
Feng Mengrou suddenly stopped.
Li Xuan stopped as well and asked: "What’s wrong?"
Feng Mengrou pursed her lips, looked at him, and said: "Thank you."
The air was inexplicably quiet.
Li Xuan smiled: "Senior Sister Feng seems no longer willing to wait those seven years."
Feng Mengrou still stared at him, but it wasn’t his eyes she was watching, it was his face.
She watched intently, then said: "No, I want to wait. However, I wish to add a condition."
Li Xuan was somewhat surprised, asking: "What condition?"
Feng Mengrou replied: "I can find you anytime."
Li Xuan nodded lightly.
Feng Mengrou controlled her sword, splitting it into nine, then rose, "I will inform those kids, you need not worry anymore."
After saying so, she left gracefully, her figure growing smaller in the air until it gradually disappeared.
Li Xuan lay back in the sea of flowers, after a long time he murmured: "Really hungry."
...
...
A powerful physique, yet unable to utilize incense, the consequence being... if Li Xuan does not stand in a "place where he can be full", he will always be hungry.
This hunger will not threaten his life, yet it makes him uncomfortable.
He paid a visit to Sect Leader, consulted on some alchemy matters, and then began practical alchemy operations.
Jin Tianchan led him with sword control, picking herbs in the mountains, teaching him to identify Purifying Dew Grass, Purity Flower, among other herbs, and guided him in practicing the "Innocent Swordsmanship".
Li Xuan traveled along this path, silently breaking through to the Returning to Truth Realm.
He simply did not need to enter the Soldier Lord Realm to grasp the Stone of Thought, yet... his aura can barely activate an ordinary flying sword, making the sword’s power far less than even the weakest lower-tier Soldier Master.
Yet now, he truly is controlling the sword.
Using aura to control the sword.
"Remember, aura follows thought, the fingers are merely an aid."
"For instance, in our sect’s most basic technique ’Lingyi Swordsmanship’, bending the finger is the action of unsheathing.
But in fact, bending the finger cannot make the sword unsheathe; it only lets you feel... an upward thought.
When this thought arises, your aura will travel with it, thus leading the flying sword to unsheathe."
"So the core is not in the action, but in the thought."
"If you can truly achieve the unity of man and sword, then actions are unnecessary; with one thought, the sword unsheathes."
"However, controlling thoughts is incredibly difficult, ’Innocent Swordsmanship’ precisely teaches this...."
Jin Tianchan was about to continue teaching, but saw Li Xuan with hands behind his back, the flying sword launching by itself, threading flowers like a butterfly in mid-air, extremely gorgeous, extremely agile, as if that flying sword had completely gained life.
Jin Tianchan said: "It seems that on this journey, you haven’t wasted any time....."
"Then, since you’ve inherited the Overlord Sword cultivation technique from the Immortal, you should also know that the core of Sword Control Skill is named Sword Technique—it is a form of thought style."
"Thought style is a combination of thought and aura, driving the aura to flow through thought, thereby remotely controlling the flying sword, making it achieve various killing moves.
The thought style of ’Innocent Swordsmanship’ is circular, accelerating."
Li Xuan’s mind stirred, his flying sword swiftly and harmoniously sped up in the sky, resembling a silver snake continuously biting its tail.
Jin Tianchan:...
"Alright, you have completely mastered it."
At this point, his eyes were both gratified and filled with emotion.
