Chapter 358

358. Chapter 358 Yu Changsheng's Idea

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Protagonist:

Yu Changsheng

"Come with me."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit smiled meaningfully, didn't say anything specific, glanced at Yu Changsheng, then waved a hand — the space before him rippled open like a water surface and transformed.

"This place is……"

Yu Changsheng raised an eyebrow slightly. Before him was still that starry sky dome, but the position had shifted somewhat, and the view had become a God's Eye View looking down from above.

Below, ten thousand sword shadows flickered. Amidst the sword shadows, the Purple Child's figure struggled to resist; streak after streak of sharp sword shadows pierced through its body — ten thousand arrows through the heart — yet it only made its body turn slightly illusory, without much harm.

And the Purple Child's expression was one of utter despair, tinged with a trace of fear.

"This is the trial space of that spirit body you brought in, but judging by his state, he can't even pass the first trial."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit glanced indifferently at the scene below, shook his head, and said calmly.

"However, his state is quite special — he's not a physical body but a spirit body. Even if he can't pass, he can persist for a long time. As long as I don't deliberately intervene, there's no danger in a short time."

"Ah, then he……"

Yu Changsheng froze for an instant, then opened his mouth but stopped short.

He remembered — this trial was ruthless: either pass or die. Only because he was Cao Jinxian's junior brother would the Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit let him off even if he didn't pass. But the Purple Child……

A thought reached here, and Yu Changsheng grew somewhat worried. For this little guy, although he had no real feelings, Yu Changsheng did have some plans. Naturally he didn't want him trapped here.

So Yu Changsheng took a deep breath, just about to say something, but was interrupted by the Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to him."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit thought for a moment, saw Yu Changsheng's worry, and explained.

"That's good. Many thanks, Senior."

Yu Changsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and bowed respectfully to the Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit.

"What's there to thank? You have your own ideas too, don't you."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit chuckled, raised an eyebrow lightly at Yu Changsheng, expression carrying a faint, barely-there helplessness:

"You're a Beast Tamer. Facing a heaven-and-earth spirit body like this, aren't you tempted? Since you're tempted, then contract it. Perfect — my method is also to have it contract with you, become the Jade Sword's sword spirit, and nurture it for you day and night."

"Then, relying on the spirit beast contract, you can in turn indirectly control this Jade Sword, perfectly fusing Sword Cultivator and Beast Tamer together. The boost to your combat power is unimaginable."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit explained with a smile, gaze carrying a trace of anticipation, brows floating lightly:

"This way, you can make this sword into your fifth spirit beast — just that this fifth spirit beast is a bit special. It's both a sword and a spirit. Using Beast Tamer methods to drive the Sword Path, cross-referencing — saves you years of painstaking cultivation. This is the method most suitable for you."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit finished speaking, said no more, simply stared at Yu Changsheng with a smile in his eyes, waiting for Yu Changsheng's answer.

Hearing this, Yu Changsheng involuntarily fell into thought, brows slightly knitted, pondering the information in the Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit's words. Gradually, realization dawned in his heart.

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit's idea was simple, yet novel, not hard to understand — just that in execution, Yu Changsheng still had some doubts, though they weren't a problem.

"What do you think?"

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit asked.

"I'll follow what you said, Senior. Trouble you to bother with this."

Yu Changsheng took a deep breath, then exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi, brows relaxing, and said with head lowered.

"Just, this guy is still in the trial. For me to rashly disturb him like this…… not too good, right?"

Hesitating a moment, Yu Changsheng glanced at the Purple Child struggling bitterly below, tone carrying a trace of uncertainty and guilt, and spoke thus.

"He's already failed. If not interfered with, even if he doesn't die in here, he'll be left here for long years. Since it's a relic cave dwelling, opportunities and dangers naturally coexist. Clearly, he doesn't have this opportunity."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit shook his head, expression unchanged, and said indifferently. In his view, this was a very normal thing.

"Besides, the beast souls of the second trial have all been devoured by you, becoming the dao seed for the Wanling Jue's ascension to a saint-level technique. Even if he painstakingly passed the first trial, the remaining trials cannot proceed."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit's throat moved slightly, paused, looked at Yu Changsheng, expression carrying helplessness and a faint smile, waved a hand and said thus.

"So, he'll either be trapped to death in here, or I open the net and let him leave. But if so, once he leaves this relic, without my help, even if you contract him, there's no way to make him your sword spirit."

"So you'd better think it through — whether to let him go, or seize this chance to make him your sword spirit."

The Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit's tone was flat. Words falling, he looked deeply at Yu Changsheng.

"Uh uh……" Yu Changsheng scratched his head, hearing this somewhat embarrassed, gave a wry smile, met the Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit's gaze. A long while later, he finally lightly gritted his teeth, gaze struggling a moment, then slowly exhaled a breath, carrying a sense of relief, and said with a bitter smile:

"Since it's like this, then let's try. If he really refuses, then Senior should just let him go. The sword spirit matter — I'll find another way."

"Mm," the Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit nodded in satisfaction, smiled. Thought a moment, then shook his head casually, "Rest assured, he won't refuse."

Yu Changsheng neither agreed nor disagreed, but in his heart he lightly sighed a breath.

Below, sword shadows danced, continuously piercing through the Purple Child's body. On its tender, cute little face was already a full spread of despair. It lay flat on the great earth, completely deflated.

As a spirit body born within the Purple Bamboo, and because it was near Cao Jinxian's cave dwelling, influenced by sword intent, the Purple Child produced some mutations — innately able to use sword qi, with affinity for the Sword Path.

However, that was merely it. Its own spiritual intelligence still only equated to an ordinary human child of five or six years. Wanting to comprehend the ever-changing sword arts contained within the ten thousand sword shadows, and thereby control its six thousand sword shadows — for the Purple Child, it was still far too difficult, no different from a fantasy.

As time passed, the ten thousand sword shadows' power had now erupted to its peak. With the Purple Child's strength, it fundamentally couldn't resist in the slightest — only relying on its constitution's special nature, it hadn't dispersed.

Thus appeared the scene before the eyes: the Purple Child, heart full of despair, thoroughly chose to give up, letting the ten thousand arrows pierce its heart, not moving a muscle.

High in the sky, where the Purple Child couldn't see, the figures of Yu Changsheng and the Sui Xian Sword's sword spirit. Sneakily watching the Purple Child giving up below, heads together, muttering something.

"Senior, although your method is feasible — using Beast Tamer methods to wield the sword should be very good — but right now, there's still a difficulty: this guy has already developed no small spiritual intelligence, and his personality is stubborn. I'm afraid it'll be very hard to subdue him as my fifth spirit beast."

Yu Changsheng rubbed his brow, face full of worry, voicing his concern. The Purple Child, as a rare spirit body in heaven and earth, moreover possessing Golden Core Late Stage strength — to persuade him to willingly become his spirit beast, how could that be easy?

And the Purple Child's pigheadedness — from the fact that he stepped into his territory and, at the slightest disagreement, attacked him — one could see a thing or two. In this situation, wanting to contract him is even harder. After all, Yu Changsheng knew clearly in his heart: the Purple Child is not the type to willingly submit beneath others.

"Then what to do? The Beast Tamer side — shouldn't that be your problem?"

Facing Yu Zhangsheng's question, the Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword slightly furrowed its brow and directly said, "Besides, does he even have a choice here? If it really comes down to it, just give him a choice: either annihilate him, or submit and become your Beast Tamer."

The Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword said coldly, its words sounding quite natural, yet the killing intent within was extremely obvious. Yu Zhangsheng did not doubt at all that the Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword would do such a thing.

"No, no."

Yu Zhangsheng felt embarrassed. After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Absolutely not. What I'm looking for is a Beast Tamer partner, not a servant. Even if he eventually agrees helplessly, the resentment in his heart will be hard to quell."

"Even if he becomes my Beast Tamer, if he's not willing, who knows he might trip me up. Not only would its power be greatly reduced, but it might even betray me at any time, causing me backlash. If pushed to desperation, anything could happen. It's a loss outweighing the gain."

Yu Zhangsheng said, letting out a heavy sigh, his expression even more helpless.

Regarding the Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword's approach, he naturally did not approve in his heart. Not only because this was unreliable, but also because the hidden dangers were too great. Another reason was that Yu Zhangsheng did not want to force Zi Xiaohai through such means.

A Beast Tamer is the partner of a Beast Tamer, a comrade who advances and retreats together, not a dispensable servant. As for the signing of the Spirit Beast Contract, not to mention both parties being one hundred percent willing, there also cannot be strong rebellious psychology.

After all, if one party is extremely unwilling, the final result will be the contract shattering and unable to be signed. The Beast Tamer will also suffer backlash: lightly, Qi Deviation and Soul Injury; heavily, becoming an idiot and suffering Cultivation Regression.

After all, the Spirit Beast Contract emphasizes relative fairness. Both parties have the right to choose. Just as the Beast Tamer chooses the Spirit Beast, the Spirit Beast also chooses the Beast Tamer.

"What you say makes sense. Then what do you think we should do?"

Hearing this, the Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword furrowed its brow even deeper, falling into deep entanglement. It asked in a muffled voice, feeling a headache.

"This..."

"Let me think about it properly... there will surely be a perfect solution..."

Yu Zhangsheng pondered, falling into deep thought.

Signing a Spirit Beast, he knew that some contracts did not completely require both parties to be willing. As long as the Beast Tamer was strong enough, they could forcibly compel the Spirit Beast to sign a contract with them.

However, just as Yu Zhangsheng said, contracts signed this way often gave the Spirit Beast a very low status. They were not partners, but more like servants.

The tacit understanding with the Beast Tamer was even harder to speak of. The power erupted, the combat power erupted by the Beast Tamer, and normally signed Beast Tamers were different. The two could be said to be worlds apart.

Furthermore, some benefits enjoyed by normal contracts could not be shared by this "servant" contract. Moreover, there were great hidden dangers.

If one day the Beast Tamer suffered heavy injuries and could not suppress the Beast Tamer, then it was uncertain whether this Beast Tamer would counterattack and devour the master. Such things were common in the Cultivation World.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Yu Zhangsheng was not willing to do such a thing.

"Moreover, if I really did this, Zi Xiaohai's strength is comparable to Golden Core Late Stage, higher than my current level by a major Realm."

"If there is any displeasure during the signing process and he is pushed to desperation, I might not be able to suppress him then. The injuries I would suffer would truly be calling heaven with no response and calling earth with no answer."

"Even if the signing succeeds by luck, Zi Xiaohai is a special existence born in this Zizhu Mountain, receiving the favor and protection of the entire Zizhu Mountain. If I really did this, I'm afraid that just after leaving the Yiji, I would be eaten by this Zizhu Mountain, not a single piece left."

Yu Zhangsheng thought in his heart, suddenly shivering deeply. A wave of nausea surged from his heart, and he shook his head hard.

"No, no. This way, the risk is too great. Cannot attempt."

"Then, what should be done? To ensure the greatest degree of success?"

While Yu Zhangsheng had a headache thinking, he constantly thought of countermeasures, furrowing his brow and focusing his mind.

After a long time, Yu Zhangsheng suddenly slapped his Palm, his eyes brightening.

"Got it. If the hard way doesn't work, then we can only try the soft way."

"Oh?" The Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword looked at Yu Zhangsheng with great interest and asked curiously, "How so? Did you think of a way? Tell me quickly, how should it be done?"

"This... we can only take the emotional route..."

Yu Zhangsheng touched his Hou Brain Hu, explaining in a low voice with a simple and honest expression.

He thought of how he had persuaded Zi Xiaohai to let him enter the Yi Zhou back then. He planned to use this to try again, playing the emotion card.

After all, Zi Xiaohai was obviously the type who didn't take the hard way but took the soft way.

Like this, like that...

The Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword lowered its brows, listening to Yu Zhangsheng constantly talking about his plan. Its eyes became brighter and brighter, and the look it gave Yu Zhangsheng became more and more strange.

After a long time, when the Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword looked at Yu Zhangsheng again, its gaze was completely different.

"Alright, you kid. I thought you were simple and honest. I didn't expect you to be quite adept at deceiving children."

The Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword raised its Eyebrow and said with meaning.

"Hehe, how could that be? It's just a scheme. I ask Senior Qian Sui to cooperate. Otherwise, there really is no other way."

Yu Zhangsheng waved his Hand, hehe laughed, and said with a simple and honest plus helpless expression.

"Mm. Alright, let's do as you say. Whether it succeeds or not depends on this time."

"You kid, you sure know how to do it. You let all the good people take the credit, and leave the bad people for me to play, right?"

The Sword Spirit of the Sui Xian Sword nodded, exhaled a mouthful of Turbid Qi deeply, and said amusingly.

"Thank you, Senior Qian Sui, for your favor." Yu Zhangsheng cupped his Fist, overjoyed, and spoke respectfully. (Chapter End)