Chapter 155: Myriad Tribulations Sword Intent

"You burned it to ash?"

Immediately, Fu Xue discovered the divine bone was missing.

"Yes, teacher, it's all burned to ash, it's all here, teacher, let me give you some."

Lu Xun took out the divine bone ash, preparing to give Fu Xue a portion.

This time, successfully burning the divine bone to ash was all thanks to Fu Xue.

Otherwise, if it were Fei Tai'a doing it, he probably couldn't manage it.

And if one were to hire an expert like Fu Xue to act, the price wouldn't be cheap, and there's no guarantee they could be hired.

"No need, I gained quite a bit from our clash; you keep the bone ash."

Fu Xue didn't want it.

After saying that, she turned and left the cultivation room.

She was preparing to leave.

"Teacher, I'll see you off."

Lu Xun saw her to the outside of the dormitory.

"Divine bone ash is quite rare; don't let people know you have a large amount of it, to avoid anyone being tempted by wealth."

After giving Lu Xun a word of advice, Fu Xue departed, tearing through the air.

After returning to the dormitory, Lu Xun took out the divine bone ash, thought about it, and divided it into portions.

The matter of the divine bone was thus settled.

"Really tired."

After everything was settled, Lu Xun decided to get a good night's sleep before saying anything else.

These past few days, Lu Xun burned the divine bone day and night, hardly sleeping at all.

"Smells nice."

The dormitory still retained Fu Xue's fragrance.

Although she is an ice-cold beauty, her body is extremely fragrant.

Lu Xun couldn't help but think of the scene when she had just awakened.

It turned out that beneath Fu Xue's icy exterior lay a remarkably fiery figure.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lu Xun gathered his thoughts and slept soundly.

"Come on, Xiao Bai, let's go out for a stroll."

The next day, after Lu Xun got up, he took Xiao Bai out.

"Fellow student Lu, are you really not considering it?"

"No, thanks, I have my own use for the Heavenly Dao Talisman."

Just after leaving the campus, Lu Xun again encountered people coming to buy Heavenly Dao Talismans from him.

These past few days, whenever Lu Xun left the school, someone would come looking for him.

These people's offers are not low; the price is basically several tens of cubic units of Dark Energy.

The highest offer even reached over a hundred cubic units of Dark Energy.

Lu Xun refused them all.

The Heavenly Dao Talisman can save one's life at critical moments; no matter how much Dark Energy one has, what's the point of money if you're dead?

Not long after, Lu Xun appeared on Liuyun Dao.

"Six-grade flying swords... we can certainly forge them, but we can't guarantee the quality; earth-rank is fine, heaven-rank depends on the situation."

Heavenly Craft Pavilion,

Liu Yan's voice, soft and fragrant like glutinous rice, sounded.

"Heaven-rank is fine too; I only have one request."

Lu Xun said.

Liu Yan's eyes flickered slightly, her red lips lightly pursed, revealing a just-right anticipation: "Please speak."

Lu Xun took out a small bottle: "When forging the flying sword, add these ashes into it."

"Ashes? Forging a heaven-rank flying sword requires exquisite control of the materials; if you add all sorts of miscellaneous things during forging, the chance of failure is high."

Liu Yan's gentle tone carried a hint of warning.

"The amount of ash I want to add is not much, just a tiny bit; if it fails, I'll bear the consequences myself."

Lu Xun insisted.

What he wants to add is naturally the divine bone ash.

Divine bone ash is mainly used to forge holy weapons, but Lu Xun currently lacks the wealth and ability to forge holy weapons.

So, he wants to first forge a set of six-grade flying swords for himself.

Six-grade is appropriate, because Lu Xun can barely afford it.

Any higher, and he couldn't afford it.

The amount of divine bone ash Lu Xun wants to add is not much, just the size of a peanut, just right to test the effect of the divine bone ash.

It seems a bit wasteful, but Lan Xing is about to enter the Starry Sky Ancient Road; at such a time, turning resources into concrete strength and trump cards is the best choice.

"Alright, as for the price, I have a proposal; I don't know if Lord Lu is interested."

Liu Yan's eyes glimmered, and she smiled brightly.

"Madam, please speak."

Lu Xun assumed a listening posture.

Liu Yan's brows furrowed slightly, a flash of annoyance in her eyes, her voice soft and coquettish: "Can't you call me elder sister?"

Lu Xun corrected himself: "Elder sister, please speak."

Liu Yan finally smiled, the corners of her eyes curving in a pleased arc, her voice growing sweeter: "I heard you have a damaged Sacred Weapon in your hand; lend that Sacred Weapon to us for a few days of research, and this set of sixth-grade flying swords—I'll only charge you a portion of Dark Energy as a labor fee, how about that?"

Damaged Sacred Weapon?

Her information is quite well-informed.

What exactly Lu Xun's ultimate grand prize is, the academy hasn't announced, and the vast majority of people don't know.

Liu Yan actually knows.

Not only does she know, she probably also knows Lu Xun's identity.

In that case, the Heavenly Craft Pavilion probably can't forge weapons of too high a grade.

They don't even dare guarantee that sixth-grade weapons are of Heaven-rank quality; the upper limit is probably just sixth to seventh grade.

"How many days?"

Lu Xun asked.

"About a week later, when the sixth-grade flying swords are delivered, we'll return them to you together; in any case, we'll definitely return them to you before Lan Xing enters the Dark Universe."

Liu Yan promised.

"Alright."

Lu Xun agreed.

The cost of forging sixth-grade flying swords is not low; lending out the Sacred Weapon can save a huge amount of Dark Energy, naturally making it extremely worthwhile.

After the contract was signed, Lu Xun took out that damaged Sacred Weapon and handed it to Liu Yan.

"Sacred Weapon."

Liu Yan received it with both hands, her gaze upon the Sacred Weapon becoming extremely fervent.

Due to her overexcitement, the hands holding the Sacred Weapon trembled slightly.

Lu Xun could understand her feelings.

It's like if a tenth-grade Saint-rank pill were placed before Lu Xun, seeing it would also make him involuntarily excited.

To artifact smiths, the Sacred Weapon is their lifelong pursuit.

But even the artifact smiths of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion find it extremely difficult to come into contact with a Sacred Weapon.

"Sorry, it's my first time touching a Sacred Weapon; Liu Yan has lost her composure a bit."

Liu Yan held the Sacred Weapon in her hands, examining it repeatedly for several minutes before finally reacting.

"It's fine."

"Liu Yan will now go arrange the forging; once it's done, I'll notify you."

"Alright."

This matter is thus settled.

After settling the flying sword's speed, Lu Xun went to buy some alchemy materials again.

"Still missing one; looking at it, before Lan Xing sets foot on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, it will be hard to gather all."

Lu Xun frowned.

He has always wanted to refine the Reversal Creation Pill in order to heal Murong Zhan's injuries.

However, the materials for the Reversal Creation Pill are hard to obtain.

Lu Xun has been buying for so long, yet he's still missing one type.

That kind probably only becomes available on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

After Lan Xing has spent some time on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, it might become possible to buy it on Lan Xing.

At that time, many cultivators who have gained something on the Starry Sky Ancient Road will sell off what they don't need.

"Murong Wan has returned?"

After returning to the school, Lu Xun unexpectedly learned that Murong Wan had returned.

"Miss Murong."

Lu Xun eagerly went to her door.

Murong Wan was indeed in the cultivation chamber.

Seeing Lu Xun, deep inside Murong Wan's heart still felt a bit of joy.

Joy, but also a headache.

Because of Lu Xun's scorching gaze, she felt as if he wanted to devour her in one bite.

"Wan'er, let's practice that sword technique again; maybe we'll get it this time."

Lu Xun naturally came to find Murong Wan to practice swordsmanship.

Last time they practiced swordsmanship, Murong Wan gained quite a bit, but she still hasn't learned the Myriad Tribulation Formless Sword.

Compared to the Grand Might Sword Technique, the Myriad Tribulation Formless Sword has more variations and is even more overbearing; even with Murong Wan's talent, it's impossible to learn it after just a few practices.

"Come~"

Lu Xun directly got hands-on.

Murong Wan was helpless.

These past few days, after opening her ear apertures, she has been consolidating through martial techniques.

This inevitably includes practicing the Myriad Tribulation Formless Sword.

Murong Wan always felt she was missing something, never managing to get started.

So, although helpless, Murong Wan's heart was still willing.

"Pay attention to the rhythm of true qi circulation; the circulation of true qi in this sword technique needs to be more overbearing, all eight meridians erupting, then merging into one via the Heaven Earth Meridian, transforming into an unstoppable sword qi..."

Lu Xun taught her hand in hand.

"Yes, just like that, again..."

Murong Wan's progress was swift.

Previously, she had already grasped its form.

Now, Lu Xun wants her to grasp its spirit.

With form and spirit both complete, myriad tribulations naturally form.

Murong Wan found the secret, and began trying sword after sword.

Lu Xun let go of her and watched from the side.

After she had slashed out several hundred swords, suddenly, Murong Wan's next sword changed dramatically.

Sword light flashed forth, and the chilling sword qi intertwined like a heavenly net and earthly trap, cleaving the extraterrestrial meteorite ahead into dozens of fragments.

【Murong Wan has learned the Myriad Tribulations Formless Sword; you gain forty times her harvest.】

【Since the Myriad Tribulations Formless Sword is a returned martial technique from the system, it cannot be further elevated; you will obtain ultimate sublimation.】

【You have obtained the Myriad Tribulations Sword Intent (minor level).】

At the same time, the system's prompts appeared one after another.

"What? Sword intent?"

Lu Xun froze.

He actually obtained sword intent.

Sword intent is a kind of true intent.

Possessing true intent makes one a grandmaster of the fourth realm.

Lu Xun is only at the third realm now, yet he has obtained sword intent.

The question arises: should he now be considered third realm or fourth realm?

"He should still be third realm."

Lu Xun, after pondering, thought.

After the era of high martial arts descended, countless geniuses were born on Lan Xing.

There once was a peerless sword way genius who cultivated sword intent at the third realm.

But this still cannot be considered fourth realm; at most it counts as half a fourth realm.

Because this is pure sword intent.

Whereas a grandmaster of the true intent realm is all-around powerful, even their will is imbued with true intent.

This requires a formal breakthrough into the fourth realm.

In other words, although Lu Xun has only opened two secret apertures now, because he prematurely possesses sword intent, he can already be considered half a fourth realm.

Of course, this is merely the realm; his actual combat power has long been at fourth‑realm level.

"Well, it seems the bug can't be exploited anymore, but the benefits are still plentiful."

This return blocked Lu Xun's attempt to exploit the bug.

The martial technique returned by the system, even if learned by Murong Wan, cannot be made stronger.

However, it will still return the harvest.

For Lu Xun, it's actually not bad.