Xuanxia

Chapter 164: The Sword Is Not a Sword

"I don't believe what you said."

The Smoker stared at the skeleton in front of him and sneered, "Others may not know, but I know it too. You can drag me into this dream. At the very least, you are a Xuanxing. This realm cannot be achieved through practice. Would people like you and me be willing to die in the ground for a broken sword?"

It... no, now it should be said that it is him.

He was no longer the smoky will-o'-the-wisp look, but had a human form.

That look... was similar to the temperament he usually displayed, with dirty and greasy hair, overly long bangs that almost completely covered his eyebrows, a lewd grinning mouth, and a goatee on his chin that was gray and split and messy.

To be honest, he is somewhat similar to Qingsongzi. He is nothing like the burly and powerful figure in black armor that he occasionally shows up in public.

He was in the same place as Fu Qingzhou, also an endless space where the sea and the sky met, and in front of him was also a gorgeous skeleton sitting cross-legged.

"You are half human, half ghost, both alive and dead. You are somewhat similar to me. We can be said to share the same suffering."

The skeleton woman said softly, "I won't lie to you. If you don't believe me, you can search my remaining soul... You are so powerful, and you have the spirit of a ghost. It's perfect for you to control this sword. Why do you need me to lie to you?"

"Come on this."

The smoker sneered: "Anyway, I don't believe a word you say--"

But then, he changed the subject: "--But, that sword seems really good, and it has a familiar aura. If I can really control it, I don't have to follow Fu kid around all day."

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes, rubbed his goatee proudly, and muttered, "Okay, stop with these nonsense, send it back to me quickly, and don't force me to do it."

"it is good."

The skeleton woman said in a leisurely voice: "Good luck to you."

The scene changed, the sea and the sky disappeared in an instant, and everything returned to the damp and dark underground cave.

Fu Qingzhou and Qiu Chan were still lying on the ground unconscious, but the jade pendant that had fallen to the side trembled slightly and a thick black smoke rose up.

The black smoke floated upward and approached the ancient sword hanging by iron chains in the center of the stone chamber.

"Jie Jie Jie..."

The smoker laughed and said, "Although I still don't know why I am so familiar with you, but if you want to drink blood, I will let you drink to your heart's content. We will get along very happily in the future..."

As he spoke, black smoke rolled towards the ancient sword.

The next second, the ancient sword absorbed all the black smoke easily like a sponge absorbing water!
Boom boom boom...

After the smoker possessed the ancient sword, the sword body immediately began to vibrate, all the chains were instantly tightened, and the entire stone chamber began to vibrate together.

Soon, accompanied by loud noises, the rusty chains broke one after another!
Amid the roar, the ancient sword revealed its true form. It was a plain, dark long sword without a scabbard or blade, and had some blood spots on it.

"Ha...so comfortable! So comfortable!"

The smoker's loud laughter echoed in the stone chamber, and then a vague figure suddenly condensed around the ancient sword. This figure was clearly the smoker's appearance in the dream. He was no longer smoke or a phantom, but a real entity!

But this entity was a little weird. It looked like a person in a painting with light ink. Its outline, color and details were not clear and the edges were faint and blurred.

"Yeah!"

The smoker's face was full of smiles: "With this sword, I will be able to find back everything I lost hundreds of years ago! The state of no self is no longer out of reach!"

His figure landed steadily on the ground with a smug smile on his face.

After carefully examining the ancient sword in his hand, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't like to use swords."

The next moment, the ancient sword began to change in the hands of the smoker. The sword body suddenly became longer and thinner, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a halberd!
This halberd was also plain and dark in color. Smoking Ghost's eyes were filled with joy as he slammed the halberd on the ground: "Great, great, great!"

Then, he could no longer bear it, raised his halberd high, and laughed wildly: "I am reborn! From now on, everything in the world will once again submit to my halberd!"

At the same time, in Fu Qingzhou’s “dream”.

He looked at the reflection of the smoker in the sky with a strange expression, and then silently turned his head to the other side. In the sky on the other side, another picture was reflected.

Qiu Chan was also in the stone chamber. In the stone chamber where she was, Fu Qingzhou was still unconscious and the jade pendant was lying quietly beside him.

She held the ancient sword with a strange look on her face: "Try the sword? This sword feels soft and smooth, as if it were nothing..."

As she spoke, she swung her sword again, and the wind from the sword whistled up, and the entire stone chamber was suddenly filled with a strong wind.

“…but when it is swung, it has such power.”

Not only that, when she looked at the sword carefully, the sword actually made a slight sound and turned into a soft sword that she was good at using!
Qiu Chan's eyes were full of surprise, and she murmured, "Such a divine creature wants to recognize me as its master?"

On this side, Fu Qingzhou looked left and right, looking at two stone chambers that were exactly the same but had different stories.

Then he smiled helplessly: "If I had agreed to test the sword just now, would I have been thrown into that second dream realm where it is difficult to distinguish true from false?"

"meeting."

The skeleton woman said softly, "With your intelligence, you should be able to see that this sword recognizes its master, and does not care whether the wielder is powerful or not."

Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly: "In other words, killing demons is just an excuse... So what? What kind of person will it choose as its master?"

"Or, when you created this sword, what kind of person did you hope its master would be?"

The skeleton woman smiled softly: "Why not watch it to the end?"

Fu Qingzhou looked up at the sky.

In the image reflected in the sky, both Yan Gui and Qiu Chan were ready to leave the cave.

But when the smoker left, he did not forget to kick Fu Qingzhou hard a few times.

Although he knew it was a false dream, Fu Qingzhou still sneered: "Okay, okay, this old thing..."

Halfway through his words, he saw the smoker twisting his butt above "Fu Qingzhou"'s head, making a loud "puff" sound.

"..."

Fu Qingzhou was furious: "Damn it, you won't cry until you see the coffin! If I don't make a basin of shit and urine for you to spread evenly and marinate, I'm not named Fu!"

Skeleton: "..."

Soon, Yan Gui and Qiu Chan each took their "swords" and walked out of the stone chamber.

After leaving the stone chamber, the "sword" began to vibrate slightly, and a faint black light flashed, pointing in a certain direction, as if leading its "master" to the place where the enemy was to be killed.

This scene was extremely magical to Qiu Chan. She was curious and surprised, and followed the direction of the sword.

As for the smoker, it didn't think it was that magical. Instead, it laughed and said that the thing was spiritual.

Soon, they each followed their own directions and arrived at the place where the group of red devil monsters lived.

It was a huge deep pit in the cave. An underground river flowed through it, turning into an underground waterfall and rumbling down. In the vast pit, countless dormant red-skinned monsters huddled together like bats.

When Yan Gui and Qiu Chan appeared at the edge of the high stone cliff in the deep pit, these monsters seemed to have sensed something and raised their heads one after another. Countless pairs of big eyes flashed with faint green light in the dark cave.

In the dream of sea and sky.

Fu Qingzhou looked at this scene and suddenly frowned: "Wait...if this sword fails to recognize its master, what will they do?"

The skeleton did not answer.

In the sky picture, the war is about to break out!
(The next two chapters are a bit stream of consciousness, I will try to make it easy to understand...Please bear with me, dog head)

Thanks to book friend Celtic for the reward!
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