Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

Leng Wushuang clenched her hands, staring intently at Xia Jin, her voice filled with barely concealed excitement.

"Those four stone swords... could you please bring them out so I can take a look?"

Although she tried her best to keep her voice calm, Xia Jin could still hear a slight tremor in it.

The usually aloof and arrogant sect leader of the Glazed Sword Sect was now like a child who had seen his favorite toy, his eyes filled with longing.

However, faced with the other party's expectations, Xia Jin remained silent for a moment, then shook her head.

"Hmm?" Leng Wushuang's brows furrowed immediately, and the excitement on her face turned cold.

"What? You don't want to?"

"Sect Leader Leng, it's not that I'm unwilling," Xia Jin quickly explained, "but it was by chance that those four stone swords took a liking to me in the Sword Tower. They are currently hidden in my sea of ​​consciousness. You should also know that with my current level, how could I possibly control such peerless swords?"

Leng Wushuang stared intently into Xia Jin's eyes, as if trying to discern whether he was lying.

Xia Jin met her gaze directly, without the slightest hint of evasion in her eyes.

He was simply telling the truth.

The four stone swords were indeed absorbed into Donghuang Zhong's sea of ​​consciousness, but with his current cultivation level, it was impossible for him to control them.

Let alone manipulation, if it weren't for the Eastern Emperor Bell suppressing him, those four imitations of the Four Immortal Execution Swords would probably have already turned his mind upside down.

Leng Wushuang stared at Xia Jin for a good dozen breaths before finally looking away.

She could tell that Xia Jin's gaze wasn't evasive at all, so she wasn't lying to her.

"With your current cultivation level, you indeed cannot control a treasure of that level." Leng Wushuang nodded, the coldness in her tone softening slightly.

The other party's softened tone made Xia Jin secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"However," Leng Wushuang changed the subject, her gaze falling on Xia Jin again, "there's plenty of time. From today onwards, you will reside on the fifth floor of the Sword Pavilion. The cultivation speed there will be more than three times faster than your cultivation in other parts of the Glazed Sword Sect."

"Come out only after you have fully mastered those four stone swords."

Xia Jin narrowed her eyes slightly.

Is this to lock him up in the Sword Pavilion to cultivate?

It's called cultivation, but it's probably more like surveillance.

Leng Wushuang was afraid that he would run away with the four stone swords.

But when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

He is now, after all, a "disciple" of the Glazed Sword Sect. How could he refuse when the sect leader has spoken? Besides, he has to consider the Buddha's feelings, as his master is still alive. The other party would never harm him.

"Xia Jin obeys." Xia Jin bowed.

Leng Wushuang nodded in satisfaction and clapped her hands lightly.

A figure walked out from the side door of the main hall.

"Lingyun, take him to the fifth floor of the Sword Pavilion," Leng Wushuang instructed calmly.

"Yes, Sect Master."

The Glazed Sword Sect disciple named Lingyun responded and then turned to look at Xia Jin with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"Senior Brother Xia, please follow me."

Xia Jin glanced at the other person, but didn't say anything, and followed him out of the main hall.

The Sword Pavilion wasn't far from the sect leader's main hall; at their speed, they arrived in just a few dozen breaths.

"Is this the Sword Pavilion?" Xia Jin looked at the nine-story-high Sword Pavilion with curiosity and was also a little shocked.

The entire Sword Pavilion was surrounded by countless sword intents.

"Junior Brother Xia, please."

Lingyun raised her hand in a gesture of invitation, and then took the lead into the Sword Pavilion.

Xia Jin quickly followed.

The interior of the Sword Pavilion is much larger than it appears from the outside. The first floor is a spacious hall, with dozens of bookshelves arranged around the perimeter, each densely filled with various books and jade slips.

"The first to fourth floors contain the sword techniques and insights left by the predecessors of my Glazed Sword Sect. Ordinary disciples can borrow them from the first and second floors, inner disciples can go up to the third floor, and core disciples can go up to the fourth floor," Lingyun explained as she walked.

Xia Jin nodded, her gaze sweeping over the bookshelves.

However, he wasn't very interested in sword techniques. After all, he already possessed far too many top-tier cultivation methods, and he understood the principle of not being greedy for more. Perhaps he could find one or two sword techniques to pass the time when he had more free time in the future.

The two walked up the stairs.

When she reached the fifth floor, Lingyun stopped, took out a jade tablet from her bosom, and gently pressed it onto the array pattern at the entrance to the fifth floor.

After a soft sound, the door to the fifth floor slowly opened.

Xia Jin walked in and stared wide-eyed at what she saw.

This fifth level is simply unbeatable!

Unlike the lower four floors, the fifth floor is more spacious, with dozens of fist-sized, top-grade spirit stones embedded in the walls, emitting a soft glow. These spirit stones are of extremely high quality; any one of them could probably fetch an astronomical price.

What shocked Xia Jin even more was that the walls around the fifth floor had been carved out into recesses, each containing a treasure.

Three rows of bookshelves, neatly arranged with over a hundred sword manuals. Although the quantity was less than expected, Xia Jin knew that these were far superior to the ordinary books below.

At the very center stood a massive stone platform, upon which floated a crystal the size of a fist. The crystal was completely transparent, within which countless tiny sword shadows seemed to move, emanating a chilling aura.

"What is that?" Xia Jin squinted and asked in confusion.

"That's the Sword Source Stone." Lingyun's voice carried a hint of awe. "It's a treasure brought back from beyond the realm by the founding ancestor of my Glazed Sword Sect. One of the treasures he brought back was the stone tower, and the other was this Sword Source Stone!! As long as you cultivate near this crystal, your speed of comprehending the sword path will be more than three times the normal speed. Even if you cultivate other great paths, you'll still be able to do it twice as fast as usual. Moreover, the closer you are to the crystal, the better the effect."

Xia Jin suddenly realized.

No wonder Leng Wushuang said that the cultivation speed here is more than three times that of other places; it turns out it's because of this Sword Source Stone.

"Only the sect leader and a few elders can usually enter the fifth level." Lingyun looked at Xia Jin with envy in her eyes. "Senior Brother Xia, you are the first person to enter the fifth level as a disciple."

Xia Jin's lips twitched slightly.

"Should I feel honored?"

Lingyun covered her mouth and chuckled softly, "That depends on what Senior Brother Xia thinks. However, since the Sect Master has let you stay here, it means she has high expectations for you."

"I hope so," Xia Jin shrugged.

"If there's nothing else, then I'll take my leave." Lingyun gave a few more instructions before turning and leaving.

The door to the fifth floor slowly closed, leaving Xia Jin alone in the entire space.

Xia Jin took a deep breath, her gaze sweeping over the treasures filling the room, a burning glint in her eyes.

However, he doesn't have time to worry about that right now.

He walked to the stone platform, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes.

"system."

He silently recited it in his mind.

"Retrieve task rewards."

[Congratulations, host, for claiming the mission reward: Heaven-Burning Nirvana Technique (Beginner Level), 200,000 years of cultivation.]

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Jin felt a surge of information flooding into her mind.

The Heaven-Burning Nirvana Technique!

The core of this practice lies in the word "Nirvana".

Unlike ordinary cultivation methods that progress gradually, it breaks through one's own limits through repeated rebirths. With each nirvana, one's cultivation level increases dramatically, and one's physical body undergoes a qualitative leap.

However, the process of Nirvana is not something that ordinary people can endure.

"nice one!!"

As Xia Jin absorbed the contents of the cultivation technique in her mind, a hint of excitement flashed in her eyes.

However, this is only the initial stage; we are still far from true Nirvana.

"System, spend 30,000 years of cultivation to deduce the 'Burning Heaven Nirvana Technique'." He glanced at the description of the technique and did not hesitate at all.

[Ding! Consuming 30,000 years of cultivation, initiating the deduction of the "Heaven-Burning Nirvana Technique"]

[Driving simulation in progress...]

Unbeknownst to him, a warm power began to slowly surge within Xia Jin's body. That power flowed along his meridians, making them stronger and wider wherever it passed, and his physical body was also strengthened without him even realizing it.

After several dozen breaths,

boom!!!

A terrifying aura erupted from Xia Jin's body.

A layer of white flames spontaneously ignited on his body.

Under the tempering of the flames, his bones became more resilient, like steel refined a hundred times; his meridians became wider, and spiritual energy flowed within them like a rushing river; and a faint golden light flowed within his flesh and blood.

Most astonishingly, at the location of his heart, a white flame condensed into a seed the size of a lotus seed, which floated there quietly.

The spark of rebirth!