“Lin Yue, from today onwards, you will stay in the Sword Pavilion and cultivate in seclusion, striving to be able to cultivate Sword 2 to the realm of Yin Yang Chaos by the ninth day of the ninth month of September. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can always ask the nine sword bearers, or you can also ask this seat.”The Buried Moon Sword Saint said.
Zhang Ruochen immediately stood up and bowed, “Sword Saint, I can promise to represent the Two Element Sect and participate in the Sword Discussion Conference, but I also have a request.”
“You speak.”The Buried Moon Sword Saint said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Disciple does not want to cultivate in the Sword Pavilion.”
Hearing this, Gai Tianjiao revealed an extremely puzzled expression, and instantly, her stood up and was about to open her mouth to ask.
For the first time, Lin Yue’s refusal to become a disciple of the Buried Moon Sword Saint, although it was surprising, it was still within the realm of understandability.
However, he actually refused for a second time, and he was still unwilling to cultivate in the Sword Pavilion. Could it be that he didn’t know that many sword cultivators struggled to enter the Sword Pavilion to cultivate once, but couldn’t get that chance?
The Buried Moon Sword Saint immediately reached out his hand and signalled for Gai Tianjiao to sit down first before he looked over towards Zhang Ruochen again, a puzzled look also appearing in his eyes as he said, ”Why? You have to know that in the Sword Pavilion there are all sorts of sword manuals, as well as a large amount of resources, and there are even nine Sword Bearers who are ready to instruct you.”
“Another point, perhaps you are unaware that cultivating in the ground floor of the Sword Pavilion takes twice as long as outside. Cultivating on the second level of the Sword Pavilion takes three times as long as outside. With your current Sword Dao realm, you can already go to the first floor of the Sword Pavilion to cultivate.”
“If you cultivate in the Sword Pavilion, you still have a slight chance of cultivating the Second Sword to the Yin Yang Chaos realm on the ninth day of the ninth month. If you don’t cultivate in the Sword Pavilion, you will definitely not have any chance of reaching that realm.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, which were firm, uttered a sentence that made the Buried Moon Sword Saint cry and laugh, saying, “Disciple’s heart is not here.”
“Do you think that by allowing you to stay in the Sword Pavilion to cultivate, you are trapping you here?”The Buried Moon Sword Saint burst out laughing.
Zhang Ruochen said, “A sword cultivator’s heart, if it is bound, even if the resources in the outside world are no matter how abundant, the speed of cultivation will be quite slow. Sword Saint, isn’t the most important thing for a sword cultivator his or her heart?”
Although the Buried Moon Sword Saint felt that Zhang Ruochen’s reasoning, was a bit far-fetched, it left him speechless.
Because, what Zhang Ruochen said was indeed not wrong. For sword cultivators, the most important thing was their own state of mind. Outside resources were a complete aid.
The higher one’s cultivation level, the more one would be able to understand this.
It was only when such words came out of a young man’s mouth that one would feel unconvinced.
A mere young sword cultivator could reach such a realm?
Seeing that he actually had such a realisation, the Buried Moon Sword Saint was not in a position to continue forcing him to stay in the Sword Pavilion, and after contemplating for a moment, he struck a palm-sized token out, ”Since this is the case, you will first receive this Sword Order. With the sword token in hand, you can freely enter and exit the Ancient God Mountain, and train in the Sword Pavilion at any time.”
Zhang Ruochen received the token and held it in his hand, only to see that the surface of the token had a raised “sword” character.
Inside the token, there was a powerful holy force, as if it was fitted with a river.
“Holding the Sword Order, you can freely enter and exit the Ancient God Mountain”, just this alone could show how extraordinary the significance of the Sword Order was.
Zhang Ruochen put the Sword Order away, bowed, and said, “Many thanks to the Sword Saint for making this possible.”
The Buried Moon Sword Saint smiled and said, “You have conditions, and naturally, so does the old man. From today onwards, every month, you must cultivate in the Sword Pavilion for at least nine days. Such a request is not excessive, is it?”
“Naturally, it is not excessive.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Lin Yue, on the ground floor of the Sword Pavilion, there are many sages who have cultivated into Sword II and left behind their insight notes, you can borrow a few to take a look at, it should be of some help to you.”
After the Burial Moon Sword Saint finished his explanation, he sent Zhang Ruochen and Gai Tianjiao away.
Walking out of Room 18 of Qing Zi, Gai Tianjiao led Zhang Ruochen forward to fetch the Sword Second’s insight notes, and she looked over to Zhang Ruochen several times, revealing a look of wanting to speak.
“What? Something to say?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Gai Tianjiao laughed, “The chance to become the Sword Saint’s heir was just given up by you like this, don’t you regret it?”
“When I become a Sword Saint, naturally, I won’t regret it either.”Zhang Ruochen carried his hands behind his back as he brushed past Gai Tianjiao and marched towards the bookshelves ahead.
Gai Tianjiao stared at Zhang Ruochen with considerable surprise, this man seemed to be as gentle as jade, but in his heart, he was unexpectedly so sharp.
On the ground floor of the Sword Pavilion, there were many sword cultivators who had left behind their sword dao insights, written down on top of the scrolls, which were thick notes.
Each and every one of these notes was quite precious and could be considered priceless.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the bottom of the bookshelf and looked over, only to see that the bookshelf was full of books, and the word “Jian Er” was printed on all of them. However, the name of each book was different.
“The Famous Mundane Saint.”
“Yao Long Half Saint.”
“Burial Moon Sword Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen took down the booklet compiled by the Burial Moon Sword Saint, held it in his hands, and began to flip through it.
According to the Burial Moon Sword Saint’s interpretation, the second sword was “Yin and Yang”.
One yin and one yang was the entire heaven and earth.
The Buried Moon Sword Saint divided Sword Two into five realms, which were called:
Alternating Yin and Yang.
Yin and Yang Chaos.
Yin and Yang.
Yin and Yang.
Yin and Yang Infinity.
Only when one reached Yin-Yang Infinity could one be considered a great accomplishment of Sword II.
The notes written down by the Burial Moon Sword Saint were quite obscure, and Zhang Ruochen read them for two whole hours before he could go through Sword II. Moreover, Zhang Ruochen only understood two-tenths of the contents on top of the booklet.
Obviously, Sword Two was several times more profound than Sword One, and even with the Sword Saint’s penned insights, it was not something that ordinary people could understand.
Zhang Ruochen closed the booklet and clipped it to his wrist, and began to look for the insight notes left behind by other sword cultivators again.
“Sword Emperor, Snow Red Dust.”
Zhang Ruochen began flipping through the insight notes written by the Sword Emperor.
The Sword Emperor’s understanding of Sword Two was quite similar to the insights of the Buried Moon Sword Saint. Only, in his opinion, Sword Two represented “male and female”.
Yin and Yang represented the two attributes of the heavens and earth, which was too impractical for human beings to cultivate, and would definitely be quite difficult.
Male and female, however, were the two embodiments of yin and yang, as well as the two embodiments of human beings. The unity of male and female was able to give birth to new life, making the sword technique full of vitality, and was another additional variable compared to yin and yang.
Sword Emperor also divided Sword II, into five realms.
According to Jian Di’s method of cultivation, it is indeed faster, however, for each level of realm, it is necessary to have intercourse with a woman in yin and yang.
That woman was called the “Sword Servant”.
If one wanted to cultivate Sword 2 to greatness, one would need at least five Sword Servants.
Moreover, the five women who became Sword Servants would also be able to receive great benefits and would become the absolute strongest among sword cultivators.
Looking at the Sword Emperor’s notes, Zhang Ruochen shook his head and smiled, “The Sword Emperor deserves to be a man of a thousand years, and his cultivation of the Sword Dao is also so otherworldly.”
With regards to the Sword Emperor, Zhang Ruochen still knew quite a bit about him, although he was extremely flirtatious and had left behind extremely many fragrant legends in the Kunlun Realm. However, he had never forced himself on any of the women, and it was either two lovers or those women who took the initiative to throw themselves at him.
Zhang Ruochen could not accept the Sword Emperor’s cultivation method.
The Sword Emperor could do “pass through all the flowers without touching a single leaf”, but Zhang Ruochen couldn’t do that. If he really had a relationship with a certain woman, then I’m afraid that he would have one more tie in his life.
However, there was still a lot to learn from the Sword Emperor’s insightful notes, and Zhang Ruochen put them away.
“Compiled by the Thousand Bones Empress.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes lit up as he took down a piece of green turtle shell at the very top of the bookshelf, which had a tiny ancient text on it. Each ancient text, it was as if it had a sword-like penetrating power that could be directly imprinted into one’s mind.
It was unknown whether or not these words were personally engraved on top of the turtle shell by the Thousand Bone Empress?
The Thousand Bone Empress’s exposition of Sword Two was even more obscure and difficult to understand, and Zhang Ruochen only understood a tenth of it even after reading it for three whole hours.
The Thousand Bones Female Emperor’s understanding of Sword Two had become another set of system that differed in many ways from the notes of the Buried Moon Sword Saint and the Sword Emperor.
She believed that the second sword represented “day and night”.
During the daytime, one would look at the blue sky and white clouds and cultivate the Day Sword.
During the night, one would look at the moon and stars and cultivate the Night Sword.
Cultivate until the day and night blend together, the sword two will also be accomplished, just a sword move, immediately can make the day and night upside down, heaven and earth change colours.
The Thousand Bones Empress’s understanding of Sword II was quite mysterious and had quite a few redeeming qualities, so Zhang Ruochen put it away and prepared to take it back to slowly comprehend it.
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen flipped through some more books and books, and found that the system of the Buried Moon Sword Saint was the most widely circulated, and was neither as sword-driven as the Sword Emperor’s system nor as obscure and esoteric as the Thousand Bones Female Emperor’s system, but instead, it was recognised by the world’s sword cultivators.
After selecting the three insight notes, only then did Zhang Ruochen leave the Sword Pavilion and reappeared at the square below the White Stone Sacred Cliff.
It was night time, with a bright moon hanging in the sky, and it was as if there was an invisible force in the underworld that pushed the clouds out, revealing a dark cyan sky.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the altar in the centre of the square, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.
That altar, which stood thirty feet tall, was piled up with jade stones, each of which was engraved with arcane patterns and seals, emitting a faint glow under the light of the moon.
Zhang Ruochen walked towards the altar and placed a hand, on top of one of the jade stones, releasing his spiritual power and began to probe.
In the Wood Essence Market Realm, Zhang Ruochen had seen a Heaven and Earth Altar.
Therefore, he still had some understanding of the Heaven and Earth Altar.
As his spiritual energy flowed over the altar, Zhang Ruochen checked all the inscriptions on each jade stone and said in his heart, “This altar is not similar to the Heaven and Earth Sacrificial Altar in any way, could I have guessed wrong? No.”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen detected something quite incredible.
His spiritual energy, flowing on the surface of the altar, did not have any abnormalities.
However, when his spiritual energy, surged towards the bottom of the altar, it immediately lost its connection and disappeared without a trace like a stone sinking into the sea.
“Could it be that beneath the jade altar, there is another world?”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was so shaken that he immediately used his spiritual power to continue probing, and soon found an entrance in the north-east corner of the Jade Altar.
