Borrowing a sword

Chapter 341 Advancement! Superior-grade Spirit Embryo!
The grand competition between the Eastern and Western Continents of the Third Realm thus came to an end with the death of a member of the imperial family.

This is the most thrilling title fight in centuries.

It was also the bloodiest battle for supremacy in the last few centuries!

Perhaps, even many years later, there will be people who are unaware of the truth and feel sorry for Qin Xuanxiao's death.

Because of the terrifying strength he displayed in this competition, the loss of such a prodigy in the Xuanhuang realm due to internal strife is a loss for the entire Xuanhuang world.

Chu Huaixu was completely indifferent to any potential public opinion storm that might follow.

He never cared about people gossiping about him behind his back.

Because it might not even be as offensive as the way he insults people behind their backs.

As for why he didn't make the matter of the ancestral emperor's possession public, he had his own considerations.

The four major sects also have their own concerns.

This would make it easier to control the Yue Kingdom's royal family.

It's already quite good that the incident ended like this.

Chu Huaixu is currently only at the third realm of cultivation, so he still leaves himself some leeway when he does things.

Moreover, strictly speaking, this matter is not that related to the other three major sects.

It was precisely because Chu Huaixu was mindful of his actions that they readily offered their help.

They were also happy to see the Moon Kingdom's royal family's teeth broken, but they could only swallow it down.

At this time, although the East-West Continent Grand Competition had ended, the four major sects would not leave immediately, but would stay in the capital for three days.

The reason is simple: they still need to claim the prize.

Participants who achieve good rankings can receive rewards.

As the leader of Xuanhuang, Chu Huaixu is even allowed to freely choose any item from the Moon Kingdom's treasury.

It should be understood that the Moon Kingdom controls the entire Western Continent, and in a sense, its national treasury is definitely far stronger than any of the four major sects.

But he was too lazy to choose.

Because he already knew what he wanted.

The most precious treasure among rare and precious natural materials – the Holy Water!
That day, during the battle between the Ancestral Emperor and the Evil Sword, the opponent offered up a drop of sacred water, which Chu Huaixu immediately coveted.

"This treasure is destined for me!"

He was worried about how to solve the problem of the elixir.

Now that's great! I didn't know how to do this question before, but you've given me the standard answer!

Thank you, Master Zudi.

Once these three days are over, the four major sects will set off together to return to the Eastern Continent.

In this way, they can look out for each other on the road.

Of course, from a broader perspective, if any powerful cultivator from the Moon Kingdom dared to attack Chu Huaixu at this moment, they would definitely be classified as an evil cultivator.

At this stage, he is the only candidate to enter the second level of the Origin Spirit Realm.

The heavy burden has fallen on his shoulders again.

After the Taoist group returned to their lodgings, Mo Qingmei glanced at Chu Huaixu, hesitating to speak.

In the end, it was Chu Huaixu who spoke first.

The second-ranked player on the "Must-Eat for Companionship" list didn't offer any words of comfort, but simply said, "Steward Mo, everyone has seen how busy you've been these past few days. Now that things are settled, you should go back and get some rest."

She did look rather haggard.

Mo Qingmei opened her mouth, but in the end she just smiled with satisfaction and said, "Okay."

Just as she was about to turn around, she looked up at the sky.

The snow that had been falling all day suddenly stopped at this moment.

After returning to their residence, Chu Huaixu and his family of three went to their respective rooms.

After witnessing the Sword Master's "Return of Ten Thousand Swords to the Source," Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing both gained some insights and now needed to go back and meditate to digest them.

Moreover, for Da Bingkuai, the competition has come to an end, and there is no need to suppress his realm anymore. He can break through to the fourth realm after returning to the sect.

As for Chu Huaixu, he naturally needed to go back to his room to sort out the results of this competition.

"It's time to make full preparations for entering the next Primal Spirit Realm."

After sitting down on the futon, he opened his character panel.

"In the final battle for the championship, the system only rewarded the experience points for defeating Qin Xuanxiao."

"The system did not give any extra experience points for killing Prince Rui's son and severing the four strands of divine consciousness."

However, he quickly smiled and felt relieved: "But it makes sense. After all, he is the protagonist of the world, so he can't possibly be judged as a red-named monster."

Chu Huaixu glanced at his remaining free experience points; there were still about 300 million points left.

"Upgrading the Sword Heart is too expensive."

Even now, when he thinks about it, he still feels heartbroken.

But there was no other way; this was the most suitable killing move he could think of.

Moreover, although the system did not explicitly state it, Chu Huaixu had his own personal speculations.

"I always feel that the higher my sword heart level is, the greater the probability that I will comprehend [Ten Thousand Swords Return to One (Advanced Version)] in the future."

He believed that his sword spirit was simply born for this technique!
Today, although he witnessed the Sword Master's version of Ten Thousand Swords Return to One at the martial arts arena, he still maintained his original composure.

"Same as always, I'll fire once I accumulate 1000 million experience points."

Everyone has a gambler's mentality to some extent, but fortunately, it's not severe.

Chu Huaixu opened his backpack, intending to open the Heavenly Treasure Chest first.

He started frantically rubbing his hands together, as if possessed by Li Chunsong.

"By the way, did that gambler set up any betting games before we came down the mountain this time?" He was still a little curious.

"If they've gambled, who knows what they've gambled on me for?" He smiled knowingly.

As a key figure in each betting game, he actually found it quite interesting.

He personally likes the atmosphere of the Taoist sect, where no one acts like a master.

If everyone looked unfathomable, their moods unpredictable, and they couldn't utter a single word for ages, and when they did speak, they were riddles, Chu Huaixu would probably be driven crazy with annoyance.

"I've won the Xuanhuang championship again this time. My masters will be very happy when they find out, right?" He smiled.

When he came back today, Chu Yinyin gave him a thumbs up.

After rubbing his hands together, Chu Huaixu began to open the Heavenly Treasure Chest.

For him, Earth-level treasure chests were already full of good things, so Heaven-level treasure chests must contain the most precious treasures!
Just like before, his body-refining supernatural power was developed from within.

Body tempering is a slow and gradual process, making it difficult to develop supernatural abilities.

If he's allowed to level up gradually on his own, he'll probably only develop supernatural powers after level 50.

What's more, this is such a heaven-defying level of [physical ascension to sainthood]!
Furthermore, once the treasure chest reaches the Earth level or above, the prizes in the prize pool will change as your overall strength improves.

For example, some items were not available in the prize pool when he opened the treasure chest at the second level of cultivation.

Now that you've reached the third realm, new prizes may appear.

Therefore, the dead fox is still quite agitated.

"We've worked so hard in this competition, all for this moment!"

"Heavenly Treasure Chest, open it for me!"

In an instant, a special effect scene appeared before his eyes, visible only to him.

A blinding flash of golden light stung him so much that he couldn't open his eyes.

Once his vision returned, a virtual, special item was floating in mid-air, waiting for him to put it into his backpack.

Chu Huaixu's eyes widened slightly as he looked at this special item.

"What's the matter?"

"There's something like this in a Heavenly-level treasure chest?" Chu Huaixu exclaimed in surprise.

This special item is called—【Absolute Defense】!
Its description is also very simple, consisting of only a few words: it can last for three seconds.

That's all.

The less detailed the explanation, the more impressive Chu Huaixu felt this thing was.

Because this means that all the key information is in the name.

Absolute defense, it really is absolute!
The information provided will not include exceptions for XXX, nor will it provide a detailed description of applicable scenarios.

"Therefore, it is estimated that even divine sense techniques, or even this kind of possession formation, can be completely blocked."

"It should be able to withstand all the power of the Xuanhuang Realm!"

"No supernatural power or method can break through it!"

Chu Huaixu was overjoyed.

Although the item he drew didn't directly improve his overall strength like the Body Refining Divine Power, he was still very satisfied with his luck today.

After visiting the Imperial Pool, he essentially experienced death firsthand.

This feeling is very unpleasant, completely different from when I was a player.

Although Chu Huaixu is currently invincible among those of the same realm and can even kill those of higher realms with ease, when facing a true cultivation giant, he actually has very few means of survival.

The defensive power of 【Tao Sheng Yi】 is indeed extremely strong.

However, due to the limitations of the master's cultivation, the development of such a heaven-defying magic weapon is extremely low.

"This is my biggest trump card right now!" "In fact, the opportunity to use it is sometimes not just limited to my personal safety."

"If it's an absolute defense, then it should be above any power, even some natural disasters, perhaps?" Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

He immediately put it into his backpack.

For a moment, he even felt more confident!

He had originally planned to add that 1 point of spiritual fetus attribute after returning to the Daoist sect.

Now, Master Chu feels that he was truly petty!
After thinking for a moment, Chu Huaixu directly added that 1 point of spiritual fetus attribute!

He closed his eyes and began to feel it carefully.

Although it's only 1 point of attribute, it can officially transform a mid-grade spiritual embryo into a high-grade spiritual embryo!

Woohoo! I've finally earned the right to be possessed!

If the Ancestral Emperor hadn't prepared a human feast for himself, allowing him to improve the quality of his spiritual embryo with the chicken stalks he had reserved early on, he would probably have been completely dumbfounded at the beginning of the possession.

What use could a mid-grade spiritual embryo, such utter rubbish, possibly have?

After the spiritual embryo's attributes began to improve, Chu Huaixu clearly felt that the first to become excited was the [Heart Sword].

After all, his spiritual embryo is called the "Heart Sword," and this thing itself was born from the spiritual embryo.

When he was still a pseudo-spiritual embryo, this small black sword looked as if it already had one foot in the coffin, clinging to life.

As the spiritual embryo continued to upgrade, it gradually evolved from a dying body into a sickly state.

After being upgraded to a superior spiritual embryo, Chu Huaixu discovered that its sickly appearance had completely disappeared!

This means that its condition and power have been greatly improved!
Even more terrifying was that the wisp of primordial power that surrounded it seemed to be drawn to the Heart Sword.

A faint connection began to form between the two!

Chu Huaixu remembered clearly that Jiang Zhi and others had told him that before advancing to the fifth realm, the power of origin was basically useless to him.

This power of the Heavenly Dao is too high in rank for him to use for the time being.

But at this moment, this power felt as if it had merged with the [Heart Sword].

Chu Huaixu was quite familiar with this feeling of mutual attraction.

It was the same when he first awakened his body-refining supernatural power.

The next moment, he had a sudden inspiration and entered a familiar and mysterious state.

The capital of the Moon Kingdom was incredibly prosperous.

A sword cultivator disciple from the Eastern Continent, who had achieved excellent results in the competition, was enjoying a good drink with a few friends at a restaurant.

The drinking party had just ended.

He was carrying a long sword and staggering as he made his way to his residence.

Today, the restaurant is filled with a large number of sword cultivators.

They witnessed Chu Huaixu's death struggle wielding the Zhenguo Sword, and they witnessed the Sword Master's return of ten thousand swords to their origin!
Today's grand occasion calls for a toast!

Those who practice swordsmanship become incredibly unrestrained when they drink.

The young swordsman was already quite drunk, and was now staring at the spirit sword in his hand with blurry eyes.

"Huh?" He wondered if he was seeing things.

Why is my natal sword showing double images?

He stared at it for a while before realizing that it was his own sword that was trembling!
This familiar scene is strikingly similar to when the Sword Master unleashed the [Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin] technique today.

However, at that time, the longsword only trembled a few times before quickly transforming into a stream of light and flying towards the direction of the Sword Master.

But now it's different; the sword keeps trembling.

"W-What's going on?" The sword cultivator hiccuped, instantly sobering up a bit.

After about three breaths, his natal sword suddenly shot into the sky!

The young swordsman was instantly dumbfounded.

Immediately afterwards, he, who had already been drinking, fell into an endless state of excitement.

"Ten thousand swords return to the clan!"

"It must be that the Sword Master has used the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin technique again!"

He looked up at the sky and sure enough, streaks of light began to flash across the sky.

This is undoubtedly a signal.

—Something big is about to happen again!
How could we sword cultivators possibly miss such a magnificent and romantic event?
He took off running wildly in the direction his natal sword had flown.

Along the way, he also encountered a large number of sword cultivators who acted in the same manner as him.

This makes the capital of the Moon Kingdom today look like a bunch of sword cultivators doing parkour.

Each of them used their own movement techniques and relied on their own abilities to head towards the direction where the spirit swords were converging at their fastest speed.

"That's a monastery over there!"

"That's right, it's in the direction of the monastery!"

"The Sword Master actually used the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin technique twice in one day!"

"This trip to the capital was worthwhile."

"When we get back, I can brag to my fellow disciples to my heart's content, hahaha!"

If this were on Earth, these sword cultivators, if they had online names, would probably add a parenthesis after their names and write: (Seen the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin version).

As for the sword cultivators of Xingyue Kingdom, their feelings were rather complicated after their natal swords suddenly rose into the air.

Well, the "Return of Ten Thousand Swords" is indeed like a pilgrimage for all sword cultivators in the world.

But surely it's not like the Sword Master suddenly felt the urge to use his skills again today, so he's going to unleash them in a grand display in the Moon Kingdom once more?

That's probably another fight!

But if it's a fight, the opponent is most likely a great cultivator from my Moon Kingdom!

This is why the sword cultivators of the Moon Kingdom have mixed feelings.

Sigh, even though I went on a pilgrimage, I feel like my mindset wasn't quite pure!
In fact, the people in the capital who were alarmed were definitely not just sword cultivators.

A large number of practitioners began to converge on the direction of the monastery.

Even the major repairmen were no exception.

Inside the Imperial Preceptor's residence, the female Imperial Preceptor Lin Qingci was taking a bath in a wooden tub.

The hot water in the wooden tub just covered her pert breasts.

This exposed her shoulders and collarbone to the water's surface.

A few water droplets clung to this patch of fair skin.

The rising heat also moisturized this skin.

From a distance, it truly has a jade-like luster, a sight to behold.

At this point, she had only just begun her bath.

Her plump, rounded buttocks had only been sitting for a moment.

Her beautiful eyes had just closed.

But the loud commotion outside immediately caught her attention.

"Huh--?"

"This is... Ten Thousand Swords Return to One?"

Unlike these ordinary sword cultivators, she had a question in her mind.

Because the current situation seems somewhat different from when the Sword Master unleashed his power.

But in any case, something big is happening in the capital.

As the Imperial Preceptor and a cultivation master at the eighth realm, she had to rush over to see what was happening immediately.

Such supreme power, if something goes wrong, it will be ordinary people who suffer.

Lin Qingci immediately got up from the wooden tub, and with a thought, all the water droplets on her body disappeared completely.

Because it was a petal bath, some of the petals that were stuck to my body when I got up were washed away.

After she put on the robe, still barefoot, she instantly transformed into a streak of light and disappeared.

Coincidentally, she was definitely not the only Grand Master from the Moon Kingdom heading in that direction at this time.

The protectors and the blade-wielders also flew towards the sky above the monastery at top speed.

However, their expressions were even more unpleasant.

As everyone knows, the only one in the world who can bring all swords together is the Sword Master of the Sword Sect.

But what do you mean by using it twice a day in my Moon Kingdom's capital?!
This is outrageous! It's truly outrageous!
Such a grand display—is it because they believe they are virtually invincible after entering the ninth realm, and are therefore trying to show off their power?

He was dressed in a scholar's robe, but I never expected him to have such a personality!

When they all flew over the monastery, they were all stunned.

Because the middle-aged scholar was also standing in the air, looking down with great interest at the spiritual swords gathering here.

As for the monks living in the monastery, they had long since come out of their rooms and looked up at the spirit sword in the sky.

Because these spirit swords did not fly very high, the Sword Master and Jiang Zhi and the others did not gather high in the clouds, but stood not far from the spirit swords.

This allowed the cultivators with astonishing eyesight to clearly see the people in the sky.

The number of monks gathering inside and outside the monastery is increasing, becoming densely packed!
"It doesn't seem to be the Sword Master!" This astonishing conclusion instantly popped into many people's minds.

who!
Who could it be?!
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