After an unknown period of time, Ye Guan felt his entire body warm and comfortable. Something seemed to be flowing within him.
Ye Guan slowly opened his eyes. The moment he did, he saw a face of peerless beauty!
Silver hair!
It was Ji Xuan!
Ye Guan was slightly stunned. “Miss Ji Xuan?”
Ji Xuan smiled. “Awake?”
Ye Guan was somewhat puzzled. “Where am I?”
Ji Xuan smiled. “Still in the Xuan Realm. I saw you faint, so I brought you to this grove! Rest assured, it is safe here!”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. “Thank you for saving me!”
Ji Xuan smiled faintly. “It was nothing!”
Ye Guan was curious. “Miss Ji Xuan, how come you are here?”
Ji Xuan took out a pill and placed it at Ye Guan’s lips. She smiled. “Take this pill first!”
Ye Guan opened his mouth. Ji Xuan fed him the pill. Whether intentional or not, her hand brushed his lips. Ye Guan remained calm and composed, as if it were normal, but Ji Xuan’s face suddenly flushed red.
After swallowing the pill, Ye Guan immediately felt a cool sensation throughout his body. It was very comfortable. At the same time, he sensed his injuries healing rapidly!
Ye Guan took a deep breath, feeling a lingering fear!
In the future, this style of trading injuries for victory needed to be used more cautiously!
Of course, he had had no choice!
Facing a genius from the Guanxuan Universe, all he could do was feign weakness, make the opponent underestimate him, then deliver a fatal strike!
He had only one chance!
However, in the end, it had been worth it!
This exchange had also revealed his own shortcomings. That shortcoming was that his speed was still not fast enough!
If Yun Chen had not underestimated him from the start, the outcome would truly have been uncertain!
Because Yun Chen must have had trump cards and killing moves!
His strength was still insufficient!
Ye Guan took a deep breath. He had to work harder!
At this moment, Ji Xuan suddenly smiled. “I came here to train as well! I did not expect to encounter you. It really is quite a coincidence!”
Ye Guan gathered his thoughts, then smiled. “Miss Ji Xuan, thank you!”
Ji Xuan shook her head with a smile. “It was nothing! No need to thank me!”
Ye Guan smiled faintly and said no more. This favour had to be remembered in his heart.
Ji Xuan suddenly said, “You just defeated that genius from the Guanxuan Universe?”
Ye Guan nodded. “By luck!”
Ji Xuan smiled. “You are about to become famous!”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. If he could choose, he would rather not have this fame!
He only wanted to develop quietly!
Develop quietly and steadily, best to reach invincibility directly!
Making a fortune in silence was the true path!
Ji Xuan smiled. “Now in the Central Divine Continent, your fame is about equal to that super genius from the Undying Emperor Clan, Dongli Mo. You know Dongli Mo, right?”
Ye Guan said softly, “I have heard of him!”
Ji Xuan nodded. “He has always cultivated at the main academy of the Guanxuan Academy. He is known as the most monstrous genius in the history of the Undying Emperor Clan. He is one of the favourites to win this Great Dao Fortune contest.”
Ye Guan suddenly looked at Ji Xuan. “Miss Ji Xuan, will you compete for this Great Dao Fortune?”
Ji Xuan smiled. “Yes!”
Ye Guan smiled. “I will too!”
Ji Xuan blinked. “If in the end only the two of us remain, you must go easy on me.”
As she spoke, for some reason, her face flushed red again.
Ye Guan smiled. “Miss Ji Xuan is joking! Your strength is so great. If it truly comes down to just us two, you must show mercy!”
Ji Xuan smiled faintly. “Let us not talk about this for now! Focus on healing first!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Alright!”
Ji Xuan turned and flashed onto a nearby treetop. She lay on a branch, then took out an ancient pale yellow book from her bosom.
On the ground, Ye Guan glanced at Ji Xuan. Inadvertently, his gaze fell on the pale yellow book. On it were written the words: Thirty-Six Yin-Yang Techniques!
Thirty-Six Yin-Yang Techniques?
Ye Guan frowned slightly. What book is Miss Ji Xuan reading? The title sounds strange!
Without thinking further, Ye Guan slowly closed his eyes, then began absorbing profound energy to accelerate the healing of his injuries!
On the treetop, Ji Xuan read on. From time to time, her face would flush. Who knew what she had read.
About half an hour later, Ye Guan slowly sat up. By now, he felt almost fully recovered!
Ye Guan stood, then looked at Ji Xuan. She quickly put away the book and smiled. “Young Master Ye, your injuries are healed?”
Ye Guan nodded and smiled. “Yes!”
As he spoke, he hesitated, then took out a storage ring and handed it to Ji Xuan. “Miss Ji Xuan, this is for you!”
Ji Xuan was curious. She accepted the ring. Inside were the corpses of two true dragons!
Seeing this, Ji Xuan was stunned. “Young Master Ye, this is?”
Ye Guan smiled. “True dragon meat. Eat more when you have time. It can strengthen your body and cultivation!”
Ji Xuan thought for a moment, then did not refuse. She smiled. “Thank you!”
With that, she put away the ring, then said, “Young Master Ye, are you interested in a secret realm?”
Ye Guan was surprised. “A secret realm?”
Ji Xuan nodded. “It is at the bottom of a river in the south of this Xuan Realm. At the river bottom, a stone stele has appeared. On that stele is an inscription left by a sword cultivator!”
Ye Guan was puzzled. “Left by a sword cultivator?”
Ji Xuan nodded slightly. “It is said some sword cultivators have come specifically to study that stele. Since you are a sword cultivator, I think you should go see it. It might help you!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan immediately grew interested. “Miss Ji Xuan, what words are inscribed on the stele?”
Ji Xuan smiled. “Come, you will know when you see it!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Alright!”
With that, the two rose and sped towards the horizon.
Moments later, Ye Guan and Ji Xuan arrived at a lakeside. By the lake were some people. Among them, Ye Guan saw several sword cultivators!
Sword cultivators!
Since coming to the Central Divine Continent, this was the first time he had seen other sword cultivators!
Truthfully, he very much wanted to spar with sword cultivators to see what they were like!
However, he naturally would not rashly challenge them. That would be impolite! Moreover, it might be seen as provocation, leading to enmity.
Ji Xuan smiled. “Come, let us take a look!”
Ye Guan nodded. The two approached the lake. Not far from the lakeside stood a stone stele. On it was inscribed: The heavens and earth are boundless vast. Hold the sword and roam freely. With a three-foot green blade, whom can I not slay?
Upon seeing these words, Ye Guan froze.
Overbearing!
This was his first impression.
Ye Guan’s right hand slowly clenched. Sword cultivation cultivates the heart, and also cultivates momentum!
With a three-foot green blade in hand, whom can I not slay?
Could he achieve that?
Clearly, not at all!
Ye Guan suddenly closed his eyes slowly. In his mind, the words on the stele echoed repeatedly.
Moments later, Ye Guan walked to the stele. He gently stroked it and said softly, “With sword in hand, whom can I not slay? What overbearing aura!”
He paused, then added, “Tower Lord, besides the dominance, why do I sense a trace of desolation and loneliness in these words?”
Little Tower asked, “Why?”
Ye Guan said softly, “If one had not reached invincibility, how could they utter such bold words? And when there is no one left to slay, besides invincibility, there should be loneliness and solitude. This senior must have been very lonely and solitary, right?”
Just as Little Tower was about to speak, the stele before Ye Guan suddenly trembled slightly!
Seeing this, everyone in the field changed expression drastically!
Ye Guan’s face also shifted slightly. He quickly released the stele.
At this moment, the words on the stele suddenly transformed into a sword and slashed towards him!
Ye Guan’s pupils contracted sharply!
In this instant, he felt everything around him freeze!
He could clearly hear his own heartbeat. The sword was very slow, extremely slow. Yet Ye Guan felt this sword could cleave the entire heavens and earth!
Invincible momentum!
He had only seen such momentum in one person!
It was when he first met Plain Skirt Sister. That sword had been equally terrifying. However, at that time he was not yet a sword cultivator and was very weak. So besides fear, it was just fear.
But now it was different. He was already a sword cultivator and had cultivated his own sword momentum. Yet at this moment, he realised how laughable his momentum was!
So a sword’s momentum could be this terrifying!
Was it merely momentum?
No!
Besides momentum, there was spirit!
A spirit!
What spirit?
The spirit of vitality and will!
A sword cultivator should have their own vitality, energy, and spirit.
Simply put, one must have goals and beliefs!
What is the goal of sword cultivation?
What is the belief in sword cultivation?
Did he have them?
No!
When he began sword cultivation, it was only to kill. He treated the sword as a tool!
His vision was too narrow!
Recalling his battle with An Mu in the Upper Realm, facing injustice, Little Jia’s body destroyed, her soul in slumber.
Recalling how the Ye Clan had nearly been exterminated by the True Dragon Clan. If not for Tower Lord’s help, he and the Ye Clan would have been erased from the world.
Recalling begging various powers for a place to settle, yet finding none.
Recalling his recent battle with Yun Chen, nearly perishing!
Without invincible strength, he and his loved ones could become souls under another’s blade!
Rely on Tower Lord?
No!
Tower Lord was unreliable!
Rely on himself!
Since he had chosen sword cultivation, he would cultivate invincibility. If not invincible, what meaning was there in cultivating the sword?
With this thought, Ye Guan’s pupils suddenly contracted. He stared fixedly at the incoming sword. His gaze was resolute. “I want invincibility! My goal is invincibility. My belief is to be invincible throughout the world!”
The instant Ye Guan’s words fell, the sword plunged directly into his brow!
Silently, without any disturbance!
However, the next moment—
Boom!
A terrifying aura suddenly surged from his body. Everyone around was shaken back repeatedly!
At the same time, the Path Sword within him trembled slightly. In this moment, it actually resonated with Ye Guan!
Everyone stared at Ye Guan in shock!
“Sword Dao perfected! Half-step Sword Emperor!”
Inside Little Tower, Little Tower said softly, “I knew he was monstrous, but I did not expect him to find his own sword path so quickly. You know, back then, both Master and Little Master only determined their sword path goals and beliefs in their later stages! And I never expected him to make such a grand vow… Invincibility! Invincible Sword Dao! He is walking the path of invincible swordsmanship. My heavens!”
Little Tower’s voice trembled.
Invincible Sword Dao!
In this world, only two had walked the invincible sword path!
The first was Plain Skirt Destiny!
The second was the Free and Easy Sword Cultivator!
These two’s sword paths had been invincible from beginning to end.
Invincible for a lifetime, lonely for a lifetime!
While Yang Ye’s sword path was the affectionate sword path. Though ultimately invincible, the process was not!
Including the Human Sword Master’s human sword path. Though ultimately invincible, the process was not invincible!
The truly invincible from start to finish were only Plain Skirt Destiny and the Free and Easy Sword Cultivator!
And now, after witnessing the invincible momentum of the Free and Easy Sword Cultivator, this fellow had unhesitatingly chosen the invincible sword path!
This was extremely terrifying. The consequences were also extremely severe!
Because walking the invincible sword path, once you meet a monstrous contemporary and lose even once, your sword path belief will collapse instantly!
Invincible Sword Dao!
The foremost of the three thousand sword paths!
You cannot lose. You must: be invincible in the same tier, invincible across tiers, always invincible!
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