The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1406 Growth-type Sword Spirit Body?

When Shu Zifeng reappeared in front of Lin Chen, she was no longer disheveled. Dressed in a green robe, she looked both charming and heroic.

She is not old, but she has a calmness beyond her years.

She knelt down directly in front of Lin Chen: "My benefactor, thank you for saving me. If it weren't for you, I would be dead now."

Lin Chen replied, "Get up and tell me everything."

Shu Zifeng got up quickly and neatly, and carefully recounted the calamity that befell the Shu family.

She didn't hide the existence of that special map. It was said that the location marked on the map concealed a great opportunity that could transform a person and allow them to ascend to heaven in broad daylight. The Shu family master obtained the map by chance, but the news leaked, leading to their death.

Several sects joined forces to seize the property, wiping out the entire Shu family. Only Shu Zifeng's grandfather managed to escape with Shu Zifeng, but they were relentlessly pursued until they finally encountered Lin Chen. Otherwise, the matter would have ended with Shu Zifeng's death.

“My benefactor, I can redraw that picture and give it to you. I only ask for one thing: I hope you can teach me powerful skills so that I can avenge my family.”

Lin Chen asked, "I asked you before, why didn't you agree to kill those enemies of yours directly?"

Shu Zifeng pursed his lips, his expression somewhat hesitant.

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Just speak your mind."

Shu Zifeng said, "First, I really wanted to avenge my family myself. Second, if you, my benefactor, had helped me take revenge back then, I felt that you would never speak to me again after killing them for me..."

Lin Chen secretly admired the girl's intelligence, noting that she had completely grasped his mindset at the time.

If Shu Zifeng had spoken up back then, he would have indeed helped her kill everyone. However, he would have then found her a peaceful place to live and then quietly left.

Lin Chen nodded: "So?"

Shu Zifeng bit her lip and stared into Lin Chen's eyes: "I want to become stronger. I hope there is a reason for me to stay by my benefactor's side and learn more powerful skills from him, not only to avenge my family, but also so that I will never encounter such a thing again."

Lin Chen remained silent on her statement, only asking, "I heard them say you have a sword spirit body?"

Shu Zifeng nodded: "Yes, but my sword spirit body is a bit strange. When I was a child, I had my spiritual root tested, and it didn't show that I had a sword spirit body. But when I was a teenager, I found that I seemed to have a unique understanding of swords. By chance, I tested it again and found that I had actually become a sword spirit body..."

Lin Chen was quite curious; wasn't it said that talent was innate?
Can a sword spirit body be formed later in life?
This is too strange.

Shu Zifeng continued, "It was already too late when they found out. My family considered sending me to a major sect to become an apprentice, hoping I could join one. However, because my spiritual root was too strange, they decided to observe me for another two years, and that's how it's been delayed until now..."

Lin Chen asked, "What were the results of your observations?" Shu Zifeng replied, "We've been testing it every so often over the past two years, and the final conclusion is that my Sword Spirit Body was formed gradually after birth. Moreover, as time goes on, the talent of the Sword Spirit Body becomes more and more obvious, and the test results are getting better and better..."

A growth-type spiritual root?
Lin Chen was also shocked. Was there really such a strange thing?

Lin Chen didn't use a magic weapon to test spiritual roots, but he had his own method: "What's your current strength?"

"Early stage of Nascent Soul transformation".

Lin Che asked again, "How old are you?"

"Sixteen years old, just turned sixteen."

After answering, Shu Zifeng thought for a moment and added, "My strength didn't progress very quickly before, I wasn't considered a genius, but in recent years, my strength has improved by leaps and bounds, which I guess is also related to my Sword Spirit Body."

Sixteen years old, early stage of Nascent Soul?

Not progressing fast enough?
Lin Chen was speechless for a moment. What were sixteen-year-olds doing in the human world? What were they doing in the desolate world? What level could they reach?
"Then I'll teach you a trick and see if you can grasp it. Remember, I'll only teach you once, and you're not allowed to ask any more questions after I've taught you."

Shu Zifeng's eyes lit up, and he instantly tensed up.

She vaguely understood that the time had come to decide her own fate.

If one can comprehend the sword techniques taught by Lin Chen, that might be one kind of destiny; if one cannot, that might be another kind of destiny.

"Okay, benefactor, I will do my best."

"You come with me."

Lin Chen led Shu Zifeng to a clearing in the mountains and began teaching her the first move of the Heavenly Sword, Breaking the Wind.

Yes, Lin Chen didn't use any low-level sword techniques to test her. Wasn't she supposed to be a sword spirit body?
If she can comprehend the first move of the Heavenly Sword, it means she is indeed very powerful; if she cannot, it means her sword spirit body is not that great.

I wasn't a sword spirit, but I forged my sword bones later in life, and I still managed to master the first move, Wind Breaker, in a short time.

Shouldn't a naturally born sword spirit be more talented and have more advantages than this fake one?

It's impossible for a genuine copy to be inferior to a pirated copy, right?

(End of this chapter)