Borrowing a sword

Chapter 61 Summon It

Xu Ziqing lowered her head and carefully examined the jade fragment in her hand.

It is very translucent, and looks like mutton fat jade.

The handsome young man didn't know what it was for. When he looked up, Chu Huaixu had already walked away.

After reading the second brocade pouch, he suddenly felt that his senior brother was a bit like that carefree storyteller, as if they were both playing him for fools.

But even after being toyed with, Xu Ziqing still gritted her teeth and chased after him.

All the way, he followed Chu Huaixu like a little tail.

He glanced at the tall figure in front of him from time to time, a sense of unease welling up inside him.

The more his senior brother left those sarcastic words on the note, the more the boy wanted to prove to him that he wasn't a good-for-nothing.

They soon reached the edge of the cold pool, and Chu Huaixu threw him a water-repelling pearl.

The jade pendant fragments and the water-repelling pearl were both obtained by him from Han Shuangjiang.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to bring Xu Ziqing into the secret realm.

At that moment, even the cold-faced girl was somewhat surprised: "Why is this fox so concerned about Junior Brother Xu?"

If it weren't for the ambiguous physical contact between the two, she might have taken the lead in shipping them.

At this moment, Chu Huaixu turned to look at the handsome young man and said, "This is a water-repelling pearl. Now come down with me."

While the cold air in the pool hasn't accumulated too much yet, Xu Ziqing can still go in a few more times.

When the cold intensifies, with his still-undeveloped physique, he'll probably be killed by it!
"Okay," the boy replied.

The two leaped down and were quickly drawn into a secret realm by the array at the bottom of the pool.

This mysterious experience gave Xu Ziqing a pleasant surprise.

After all, he was still a naive young man, and this was the first time he had experienced the wonders of the cultivation world.

As a result, some of the resentment in his heart dissipated, and he looked around as if he were on vacation.

"Stop looking around. Stay close to me. You must remember every path you take from now on. I won't lead you through it a second time," Chu Huaixu said.

"Ah? Yes," Xu Ziqing replied.

He had an exceptional memory; he could memorize the "Sword Refining Manual" after reading it only once, and remembering several paths was a piece of cake for him.

Along the way, he repeatedly wanted to ask questions, utterly puzzled as to what he was doing here.

But seeing that his senior brother kept striding forward and showed no intention of chatting, he could only remain silent.

The two soon arrived at the eleventh fork in the road, where Xu Ziqing saw Chu Huaixu stop.

The boy was unaware that he was in an illusion.

He saw his senior brother, dressed in a black robe, suddenly raise his large hand and then violently flick his sleeve.

The next moment, everything around them shattered as if a mirror had cracked, and the whole world broke apart!
Beams of intense light pierced through the cracks, making it almost impossible for Xu Ziqing to open her eyes!

In the beams of light, the handsome young man stared at the tall figure, as if enveloped in a halo of light. He was stunned and his mouth dropped open in astonishment.

The scene before him was utterly shocking!
Everything around him turned to dust, and the blinding white light made him instinctively close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, the two of them were already standing on an open space paved with bluestone slabs.

Everything that had happened before had vanished, leaving only the figure in the black robe standing directly in front of him.

The entire scene was deeply etched in the boy's mind, and he could never forget it!
Xu Ziqing was still standing there in a daze, but Chu Huaixu had already walked forward without saying a word.

The handsome young man could only jog to keep up.

Soon, the stone gate opened, and the two entered the third level.

The underground river was still flowing slowly. Chu Huaixu pointed forward and said, "Stand over there."

Xu Ziqing looked puzzled, but still obediently stood by the river.

"Jump down," Chu Huaixu said.

"Huh?" The boy was even more confused. "What 'huh'? Hurry up."

The senior brother, being inhuman again, pushed him down.

He was much stronger than Xu Ziqing.

"Plop——!"

After being caught off guard and falling into the water, the water-repelling bead in the handsome young man's arms began to take effect.

Then, he soon saw the suspended stone walls on both sides begin to descend, cutting off the river.

Immediately afterwards, water jets began to gather at the bottom of the pool and slashed rapidly towards him!
Xu Ziqing had practiced martial arts since childhood, so his reactions were quick. He had practical combat experience and had dodged swords, spears, and clubs before.

He tried his best to maneuver in the pool to avoid the water jets.

However, there were simply too many of them, and he was soon covered in wounds, unable to help but scream in pain.

"what--!"

Standing by the pool, Chu Huaixu couldn't help but frown and said in an unhappy tone, "What are you yelling about!"

Those who haven't even scratched the surface of the "Sword Refining Technique" are utterly hopeless! With such a low pain threshold, they can't even handle the most basic pain tolerance! Useless!
Xu Ziqing, splashing around in the pool, looked at Chu Huaixu with a surprised expression. Her hair was completely wet, and her face was also covered in water droplets.

"Don't hide," Chu Huaixu said in a deep, serious voice, looking down at him.

The handsome young man gritted his teeth and glanced at the bottom of the water, only to find that the water jets being produced were still increasing.

Blood was already seeping from his body; the blood dissolved in water, turning into blood streaks that spread outwards.

The torment I am experiencing now is different from that I experienced when I was practicing the "Sword Refining Technique".

Xu Ziqing and Chu Huaixu exchanged a glance, and Xu Ziqing felt that her senior brother's gaze was cold.

The four holes seemed to have "smelled the blood," and body-tempering liquid began to gush out.

Xu Ziqing, who had little knowledge of cultivation, was shocked: "Poisonous too!?"

He tried to climb out of the pool, but a strong, powerful hand pressed him down!
Today, Chu Huaixu brought this protagonist of the world here because he had some guesses in his heart that he wanted to verify.

After being pushed into the water, Xu Ziqing poked his head above the surface. In a daze, the handsome young man began to faintly smell a medicinal fragrance.

He felt itchy all over, and his wounds healed quickly!
"This is..." Xu Ziqing was shocked.

Chu Huaixu looked down at him and spoke again: "What are you thrashing around for? This is a top-grade body-tempering elixir. Absorb it properly. Ordinary people in the Qi Refining stage can't afford such a large amount."

Even if Xu Ziqing was stupid, he should have realized by now: Senior brother is helping me with my cultivation?

Although he didn't understand the intricacies, he began to obediently follow instructions.

The water jets struck him again and again. He gritted his teeth and endured it, but when he could no longer bear it, he would instinctively let out a muffled groan.

Chu Huaixu stared at Xu Ziqing in the water, silently waiting to see if his guesses would be confirmed.

"Sure enough, he absorbed the body-tempering liquid very efficiently."

"What the hell is this innate, miraculous body that can be injected with medicine?" He was so envious he felt like throwing up.

I had thought about how to make up for Xu Ziqing's slow cultivation speed.

His first thought was to rely on elixirs!
He estimated that this kid's overall absorption efficiency was at least 50% faster than his!

Chu Huaixu even suspected that the medicine might be completely absorbed by him in less than half an hour!

He pondered, "Perhaps even Senior Lei Wenyan didn't expect that someone could absorb so much."

"Besides that, the water jet and the body-tempering liquid together contributed a few thousand experience points to me, which was the maximum effect of the medicine."

"But this kid's potential is probably even higher!"

"What kind of ridiculous physique is this? Should we sell him to those pill-obsessed lunatics as a guinea pig? He's practically a holy body for human experimentation!" Chu Huaixu was insanely envious.

Why! Why do they all have so many strange and wonderful talents, while I'm just an ordinary cheater?
So, with a disgruntled expression, he squatted down, looked at the handsome young man in the pool who was gritting his teeth and trying his best not to make a sound, and uttered a series of remarks that sounded like those of a scumbag:
"This is so boring, you're like a dead fish. Can't you make a sound?"

(End of this chapter)