A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 261 One Family's Joy, Another's Sorrow
Back at Luoyun Sect, news of the Sword Testing Tournament was already spreading everywhere.

Han Li then summoned Meng Di.

After taking the Youth-Preserving Pill, the boy grew taller over the years, but his appearance remained unchanged from a few years ago; he still had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and his childishness was still evident.

What a handsome young man!

"How is your cultivation of the Great Evolution Technique going?"

"Reporting to Master, I have already begun cultivating the second level."

"Do you want to try out that sword-testing tournament?"

Meng Di straightened his chest and nodded firmly:

"of course."

He was determined to seize the Spirit Stabilizing Pill and give it to his master.

"If you have confidence, it would be good to go and gain some experience. It would also let your family and the cultivators of the Ancient Sword Sect know what a true genius is."

Upon hearing this, the fighting spirit in the young man's eyes grew even stronger:
"Yes, Master."

"This thing will protect you."

As Han Li spoke, he tossed out a spirit beast pouch.

Meng Di took it and looked at it; his expression turned to one of utter shock:

"This this…"

"Alright, go ahead and give it your all. Even if your opponent is a Core Formation cultivator, don't panic. You are not without the ability to fight back."

"Disciple understands."

...

Several months later, the Luoyun Sect sent twenty-four disciples to participate in the competition.

The original storyline involved Mu Peiling, Sun Huo, Du Dong, and the original protagonist as they advanced to the final round of the Three Sects Sword Trial Tournament. This time, the original protagonist has been replaced by Meng Di.

Inside the arena of the Hundred Crafts Courtyard, Meng Di made his entrance. What seemed like an ordinary step took him a distance of several feet.

His opponent was a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator from the Ancient Sword Sect.

As soon as this person appeared, he looked Meng Di up and down, and then began to mock her:

"So you're that ungrateful Meng Di? Tsk tsk, a dignified Nine Spirits Sword Physique, and you're only using a mid-grade flying sword? Hilarious. Back then, our sect's Core Formation stage elder wanted to take you as a disciple, teach you top-tier swordsmanship, and bestow upon you a top-grade flying sword, but you didn't even look at any of it. But now it seems you're not doing so well in the Falling Cloud Sect either, not even having a decent flying sword, what a waste of the Nine Spirits Sword Physique."

It turns out that the sword Meng Di was using at the moment was not a top-tier magic weapon, but merely a mid-grade flying sword.

"Enough talk, draw your sword."

With the flying sword in hand, he was ready to unleash his power.

"Then come on."

The young man was eager to try his luck and was determined to climb to the top by stepping on Meng Di.

The contest begins.

The next moment, a flash of light appeared on Meng Di's body, revealing a suit of armor resembling the Golden Cloud Armor. After skillfully donning the armor in an instant, his wings immediately began to vibrate at a high frequency, and then his figure transformed into a blur.

Its speed far surpasses the flying techniques of cultivators of the same level.

The key point is that, because Meng Di has cultivated the Great Evolution Technique, his five senses are more acute and his reaction speed is faster, making him fully capable of controlling this speed.
On the contrary, the young man from the Ancient Sword Sect on the other side was approached before he could react. His protective light barrier was shattered by the mid-level flying sword, and the tip of the sword was pressed directly against his throat.

In the audience seats outside the arena, many cultivators, upon seeing this, immediately let out a series of exclamations of amazement:

"You took him down in one move?"

"what happened?"

"That speed...it's so fast!"

"It seems like he's only using a mid-tier magic weapon flying sword, right?"

Someone spoke up in surprise.

"It is indeed a mid-level magic weapon."

"But if it's just a mid-level flying sword, how did he manage to break through his opponent's protective barrier with that ordinary flying sword? That was a high-level beginner protective barrier, comparable to the defensive power of a high-level magic weapon."

Some people marveled at this.

"It's sword energy. This junior brother from Luoyun Sect has extremely refined and sharp sword energy. He attaches sword energy to the blade of his sword, which greatly increases its sharpness."

One of the audience members, who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, said with a solemn expression.

"They're both in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, yet the difference is so huge?"

Everyone thought there would be a fierce battle.

As a result, one side was instantly defeated by the other.

"The outcome is decided; Meng Di of Luoyun Sect wins."

The Core Formation stage judge from Baiqiao Academy gave the young man a deep look.

He saw more.

He secretly praised in his heart: The Nine Spirits Sword Body truly lives up to its name.

The Nine Spirits Sword Body greatly enhances the power of sword energy that leaves the body.

Furthermore, Meng Di not only majored in the Azure Origin Sword Art and the Great Evolution Technique, but also supplemented his training with the body-refining technique passed down by the Barbarian Beard. Although his cultivation progress was still quite rudimentary, the increase in physical strength was substantial. For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, gaining an additional several thousand jin of strength was no small feat.

The combination of sword energy, speed, and power creates an attack that surpasses even the attacks of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Meng Di's second opponent was another cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

And coincidentally, this person was also a sword cultivator from the Ancient Sword Sect.

Upon seeing Meng Di, the man immediately took out a top-tier, rare flying sword and then used magic to construct nine spiritual flying swords with nine sword energies. The nine swords circled behind him like a ring of sword wheels.

"Meng Di, Junior Brother Jiang was just careless and underestimated his opponent. Let me, Qi, show you the sharpness of our sect's swordsmanship. Also, bring out your real flying sword, a magical artifact you usually use. Don't humiliate me with a mid-grade flying sword."

This person has a good eye.

"Alright, I'll grant your wish."

Meng Di nodded.

The next moment, eighteen sets of flying swords appeared around him.

These flying swords circled around him, rotating continuously.

The blade of the sword exudes a chilling aura.

"this…"

"hiss…"

A collective gasp filled the room.

Regardless of whether Meng Di can fully unleash the power of this set of flying swords, the eighteen complete sets of flying swords alone are enough to make it hard to look away.

"A complete set of top-tier magical artifacts?"

"No, not only that, each of those flying swords contains top-tier spiritual power, and not just any ordinary top-tier magic weapon."

"That's not right. Normally, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator's divine sense would be good enough to control three different magical artifacts at the same time. How did Meng Di manage to control eighteen flying swords simultaneously?"

"... "

Compared to the other two, the young man from the Ancient Sword Sect felt that he had been underestimated.

They immediately launched an offensive.

Seeing this, Meng Di only drew one sword, while the other seventeen swords remained around his body to protect him.

"Only one sword strike?"

"Meng Di is overconfident."

"It seems that the fellow Daoists of the Ancient Sword Sect still have a chance."

The spectators chimed in with their own comments.

The cultivators of the Ancient Sword Sect were secretly delighted upon seeing this.

"Well done, Meng Di, how dare you look down on me like this? Very well..." "This flying sword of mine is a precious flying sword bestowed by the elders of the clan. Ordinary top-tier flying swords dare not confront it head-on."

"Dare to engage me with only one sword, and I'll destroy your magic weapon."

Immediately following, the sound of metal clashing rang out.

After three or five consecutive clashes of the blades, a flying sword did indeed develop a nick, clearly indicating that its spiritual essence had been damaged.

However, to everyone's great surprise, it was not one of Meng Di's eighteen flying swords that was damaged, but rather the precious flying sword of the Ancient Sword Sect disciple.

"how is this possible?"

The young man was shocked and couldn't believe it.

Why is Meng Di's flying sword so sharp?

Everyone was confused.

Keep in mind that it was just one of many flying swords.

In theory, none of the individual flying swords in this set should be very powerful.

"Wait, could it be that the quality of each of Meng Di's eighteen flying swords is far superior to that fellow Daoist from the Ancient Sword Sect's flying swords?"

However, most people firmly refused to believe this most accurate guess: "Impossible. At the Foundation Establishment stage, the spirit stones obtained from the sect are barely enough to maintain daily cultivation needs. Where would they find the extra money to acquire so many powerful flying swords?"

Only Meng Di herself knew exactly what kind of powerful backer she had latched onto.

These flying swords are all top-grade flying swords without exception.

It is made from precious materials from the same level-five demon beast, and is crafted from materials that have been refined by the level-five demon beast through countless trials.

And that's not all.

Because each of these eighteen top-grade flying swords was infused with magical metals, making them difficult to destroy by ordinary magical weapon-level power.

His ability to wield the swords so skillfully stemmed from two reasons. First, he had cultivated the Great Evolution Technique, which allowed him to control the flying swords like puppets. Second, this set of flying swords had been modified by a mysterious array master from the Falling Cloud Sect, consisting of one main sword and seventeen secondary swords. As long as he had the main sword in hand, he could control the other seventeen swords with twice the efficiency.

Multiple factors enabled him to urge things on with ease.

"Meng Di, don't underestimate me."

The young man from the Ancient Sword Sect then prepared to use other weapons.

The response to this person was a sharp, clanging sound of a sword.

Meng Di summoned the second flying sword.

The precious flying sword that the two swords used to kill the ancient sword sect cultivators was cut down in just a few exchanges.

A fine, precious flying sword was reduced to scrap metal and fell to the ground in an instant, causing the young man from the Ancient Sword Sect to look grim and feel heartbroken.

"Meng Di, you..."

"I originally only intended to use one sword strike, Fellow Daoist Qi, but you made me take it a little more seriously."

Upon hearing this, the young man surnamed Qi's face flushed red.

In the first round, they lost because of speed.

In the second round, they were defeated by the magic weapon.

In the third round, someone suggested using spirit beasts.

A level 4 peak spirit beast was released from the spirit beast pouch.

"How shameless! This person is only in his twenties, how could he possibly raise a level 4 spirit beast?"

"It must be an elder in the clan."

However, this person showed no shame whatsoever, only smugness.

Seeing this, Meng Di didn't hesitate. He put away his flying sword and summoned more than twenty puppets.

When they saw more than twenty level-four puppet tigers, and Meng Di stood on the head of one of them, commanding the tiger pack, the other side was dumbfounded.

"A puppet? Aren't you a sword cultivator?"

The mighty Nine Spirits Sword Body actually uses some unorthodox puppets?
It's a disgrace to people with special physical conditions.

Upon seeing this, the entire audience fell silent for a moment.

"Hmph, who says sword cultivators can't also cultivate puppetry? My master said that a single sword path isn't easy to follow, and that I should become a well-rounded cultivator!"

Although he didn't understand the specific meaning of the hexagon, he knew that what his master said made sense.

For example, right now, if he were to rely solely on swordsmanship to fight a peak level four spirit beast, the price he would have to pay would be considerable. Even if he won in the end, it would consume a large amount of spiritual energy, which would be detrimental to the subsequent battles. However, if he were to fight using a puppet, the situation would be vastly different.

He only used mid-grade spirit stones.

The spiritual energy was hardly depleted.

If he continues to fight, his condition will remain very, very good.

Magic power, divine sense, puppets, swordsmanship, magical artifacts, physical strength…

I still have a lot to learn.

Many of these skills cannot be learned in the Ancient Sword Sect.

...

In the end, Meng Di won first place in the sword-testing tournament with an overwhelming victory and also received the jade box containing the Spirit-Stabilizing Pill.

Furthermore, the third, eighth, and tenth ranked individuals are all from the Luoyun Sect.

However, while one team rejoiced, another grieved. Despite such excellent results, a heartbroken figure lingered in a corner of the team. It was a spirited young woman in green, biting her lip in deep resentment at failing to secure first place.

"In the end, I only got eighth place..."

It’s over.

My life is over.

"In order to marry the unruly daughter of the Yan family, the young clan leader will definitely agree to the Yan family's demands. At that time, the clan head will definitely use the trick of exchanging wives to marry me off."

"But I've already given it my all..."

"Not only did my parents give me all the cultivation resources they had accumulated over the years, but my uncle and aunt, as well as my two older brothers, each gave me two or three hundred spirit stones. Everyone has helped me to this extent..."

Unfortunately, she still couldn't get what she wanted.

"I failed to get first place and didn't get the Spirit Stabilizing Pill. What should I do now?"

In a daze, the woman was transported to the Three Forbidden Zones.

Deep within the forbidden area.

Inside a stone hall.

"Huh? Why is that little kid from your Falling Cloud Sect so distracted? Is it really necessary to be so dejected just because he didn't win first place in the Sword Trial Tournament?"

The one who spoke was a seven or eight-year-old child with rosy lips and white teeth.

Opposite the child was a sprightly old man with flowing silver hair.

The old man frowned slightly upon hearing the boy's words.

After a moment of contemplation, his brows relaxed again.
"Since Brother Lan has said so, then this girl's success certainly isn't due to her ranking in the Sword Trial Tournament. To be honest, this girl is indeed a bit strange. Despite not being a direct descendant of any of the major clans, she's already reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage thanks to her dual spiritual roots..."

This is not something a small family can afford to raise.

At the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, not yet thirty years old, he has a considerable chance of forming his core.

This kind of talent for cultivation is universally regarded as a seed for forming the Golden Core.

But he could see the frustration on Mu Peiling's face at a glance.

As the Grand Elder of the Luoyun Sect, it's one thing if he didn't see this, but if he did see it and didn't care, wouldn't he be subject to backstabbing from the person in front of him?
"But no rush, we can check later. We're here to catch a big fish today..."

"That's true. So, Brother Cheng, will you be the one to expose the traitor later, or will I, Lan, do it?"

The child put down the chess piece and asked.

"How about we each handle our own affairs?"

(End of this chapter)