Ye Qiu devoted himself entirely to the pursuit of enlightenment.
This square stone, though seemingly ordinary, felt unusual to Ye Qiu the moment he sat on it.
He closed his eyes, and the sound of sword whistles filled his ears.
Strangely, he could only hear the sword whistles, without perceiving any trace of sword intent.
Not far away, Qiu Shan Nan Ge saw Ye Qiu sitting on the enlightenment platform, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment.
“Unexpectedly, he truly stepped onto the seventh step.”
Qiu Shan Nan Ge was surprised, for even the founding ancestor of the Shui Yue Sect had not accomplished what Ye Qiu achieved today.
“I knew he could do it.”
Qian Shan Xue chimed in, “Master, what do you think Ye Qiu will comprehend on the enlightenment platform?”
Qiu Shan Nan Ge shook her head, “I don’t know, after all, Ye Qiu is the first in centuries to step onto the seventh step.”
Qian Shan Xue said, “I hope Ye Qiu gains something from it!”
At that moment.
Ye Qiu opened his eyes and asked, “Xiao Xue, did you hear the sound of sword whistles?”
Qian Shan Xue shook her head, “No, I didn’t.”
Qiu Shan Nan Ge also shook her head, saying, “I only heard the sound of the wind.”
Strange, why could I hear the sword whistles, but they couldn’t?
Could it be related to the enlightenment platform?
Ye Qiu calmed his mind, listening intently, and eventually discovered that the sword whistles were coming from a nearby cliff.
He couldn’t help but look up at the cliff.
The bare cliff was covered with various sword techniques, but nothing else.
“Strange, I can clearly sense the sword whistles coming from the cliff, yet why can’t I detect any sword intent?”
Ye Qiu was puzzled.
His eyes scanned the cliff back and forth, but after a long time, he found nothing.
“Could it be that this is merely the place where Tsukahara Sword Saint achieved enlightenment, without anything extraordinary?”
The moment this thought crossed Ye Qiu’s mind, he dismissed it.
“No, this place is definitely not ordinary.”
“Otherwise, such powerful sword intent wouldn’t remain above the seventh step.”
“These seven steps seem like a test deliberately left by Tsukahara Sword Saint for those who come after.”
“But what was Tsukahara Sword Saint’s purpose in doing this?”
Ye Qiu closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and calmed his mind.
Gradually, his heart became still as water.
“Zheng!”
Suddenly, a sharp sword whistle rang in his ears.
Ye Qiu abruptly opened his eyes, looked around, but still saw no trace of sword intent.
“Xiao Xue, did you just hear a sharp sword whistle?” Ye Qiu asked again.
Qian Shan Xue and Qiu Shan Nan Ge both shook their heads.
“It seems it really has to do with this stone I’m sitting on,” Ye Qiu pondered for a moment, then said, “Xiao Xue, Nan Ge, you two go back first!”
“I’ll stay here for a while.”
“Once I’m done, I’ll return.”
After Qian Shan Xue and Qiu Shan Nan Ge left, Ye Qiu immediately activated his Heavenly Eye, staring at the square stone beneath him.
He wanted to see if there was something inside the stone.
However, the result disappointed him.
It was just an ordinary stone, with nothing inside.
“Why do I hear sword whistles in my ears when I sit here? Where are these sword whistles coming from?”
Ye Qiu frowned.
After more than an hour, he still found nothing.
“Forget it, since I can’t find anything, I’ll study the sword techniques on the cliff!”
Sitting on the enlightenment platform, Ye Qiu had a clear view of the entire cliff’s sword techniques.
There were thousands of sword techniques, chaotic and disorderly, some slashing, some cutting, as if someone had casually left them on the cliff.
Moreover, some techniques had become blurred due to the cliff being weathered by time.
“I forgot to ask Xiao Xue earlier, who left the sword techniques on the cliff?”
Just as this question arose in Ye Qiu’s mind, he suddenly realised something.
“This is the place where Tsukahara Sword Saint achieved enlightenment, could it be that the sword techniques on the cliff were left by him?”
Ye Qiu stared at the sword techniques.
Slowly, his expression grew serious.
He noticed that, although the sword techniques appeared chaotic, each one was extraordinarily remarkable.
Some were exceptionally intricate.
Thus, Ye Qiu kept studying the sword techniques, from morning to night, ten hours passed, when suddenly—
An unexpected change occurred.
Ye Qiu noticed that the sword techniques on the cliff, in his vision, seemed to come alive.
In an instant, sword energy surged.
Swoosh!
Hundreds of terrifying sword intents rushed out from the cliff, slashing directly at Ye Qiu.
Startled, Ye Qiu leapt off the enlightenment platform, looked up, and found the hundreds of sword intents had vanished, leaving the cliff calm.
What was that?
Where did all those sword intents go?
Ye Qiu leapt back onto the enlightenment platform, and instantly, he saw the sword intents again.
One by one, sword intents appeared on the cliff, their whistles ringing in his ears like dragon roars.
Ye Qiu suddenly understood.
“I get it.”
“Only by ascending the enlightenment platform can one see the sword intents on the cliff.”
“Otherwise, all you see are ordinary sword techniques.”
Then, hundreds of sword intents burst from the cliff, slashing towards Ye Qiu as before.
This time, Ye Qiu didn’t leave the platform, sitting still, waiting until the sword intents were five metres away, then used the Six Meridians Divine Sword to counter them.
But unexpectedly, another change occurred.
The hundreds of sword intents vanished three metres from Ye Qiu, as if they had never appeared.
What’s going on?
Ye Qiu was baffled.
“Zheng, zheng, zheng!”
Then, hundreds more sword intents rushed from the cliff, slashing at Ye Qiu.
The situation was the same as before.
The sword intents mysteriously vanished three metres from Ye Qiu.
This happened repeatedly.
Seeing that the sword intents meant no harm, Ye Qiu dropped his guard, closely observing them, his eyes unblinking.
After half an hour.
Ye Qiu’s right index and middle fingers formed a sword gesture, beginning to mimic the sword intents.
Thus, after a day and night, Ye Qiu had imitated all three thousand six hundred sword intents on the cliff.
“Buzz!”
Suddenly, the cliff trembled, and all three thousand six hundred sword intents appeared together.
Ultimately, these sword intents merged into a single, over thirty-metre-long giant sword intent, brimming with murderous aura.
Ye Qiu felt a chill run through him.
He had a feeling that if this sword intent struck him, he wouldn’t even have a chance to escape, only facing certain death.
This colossal sword intent, filled with unparalleled sharpness, stood in the air for a while before vanishing.
