Chapter 674: Blazing Sun Sword Intent

Jiang Ding silently watched the maids fight and flee, taking no action.

A True Person at the Nascent Soul realm who could still act, slaughter on all sides, and remain unaffected under the Causality Art of the Great Sun Canghai Tianjun?

This would lead many to make unfavorable associations.

This world has seen the Great Sun Sword Disciple before; the first wave of unequal information dividends is already lost. High-level cultivators are all old and cunning; one cannot expect them to ignore these signs or rely on luck.

Once exposed,

whether Jiang Ding lives or dies is unknown; after all, he has some experience in concealment and possesses a way out.

But these maids should all die; having attracted the hostility of enemies far beyond their level, no matter how skilled their military formation, it would be useless.

In the future, they could take revenge and slay their enemies, so their deaths would not be in vain, but that is all.

Those who are dead are dead.

Everything can only depend on themselves.

Great Sun Qingse Jianzong, a desolate grassland.

Jiang Ding sat cross-legged within a Grade Three Superior Concealment Array, his magic power and divine sense constantly pouring into the Blazing Sun Copper in his hands.

Sometimes he was ecstatic, sometimes his brows furrowed tightly, sometimes he screamed wildly like a mad dog, slashing himself with his sword again and again, leaving wounds everywhere, blood covering the ground, a terrifying and hideous sight.

From the Blazing Sun Copper, wisps of barely perceptible black ash-like gas invaded his sea of consciousness, soaking into every part of his soul, prompting some change to occur.

This was already the third year.

At first, it was still normal; occasionally there were realizations regarding the Sword Dao, and a clanging sword sound resonated within his soul, as if the Sword Intent was about to condense and burst forth at any moment.

But as time passed, it remained the same, on the verge of erupting but not yet doing so; the cultivator gradually went mad, completely unaware of it himself.

Within his soul, the black ash-like gas had unknowingly spread throughout his sea of consciousness, gathering into clouds that obscured the original wisdom and spiritual light of his soul.

Clang!

At a certain moment, the sword sounds in the sea of consciousness gradually increased, becoming denser, with a trend of merging into a single sound, giving birth to something!

Outside the Grade Three Superior Concealment Array, Blood Bone True Person, who concealed his form, widened his eyes.

"This... this is about to condense the Sword Intent!"

"Clearly, it is only the seedling stage; the sprout is about to break the soil, and there are still decades until the fruit matures. Without countless blood battles to cultivate it, it can spontaneously condense.

Such talent in the Sword Dao..."

A deep sense of jealousy arose in Blood Bone True Person's heart.

Back then, he had endured countless years of blood battles and survived near-death situations countless times before he barely comprehended the Sword Intent.

This cultivator before him had no opportunities whatsoever, and even faced huge negative obstacles; yet, amidst life and death, with his soul's instinct warning him, he was about to comprehend the Sword Intent.

If his luck were a bit better, if he had not been tainted by the Blazing Sun Copper and could have joined the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong a step earlier, his hope of achieving the Nascent Soul True Person realm in the future would be at least seventy percent.

Perhaps, within the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong, he could become a figure second only to the Blazing Sun Sword Disciple.

If he were more reckless, challenging the Blazing Sun Sword Disciple to a glorious life-and-death duel, he might even have a slight chance to replace the Blazing Sun Sword Disciple and become one of the highest-ranking cultivators in the Northern Plains.

Ordinary Nascent Soul True Persons would find it hard to even look up to his back.

"Such talent in the Sword Dao... this is truly excellent!"

"Before me, he is as weak as an ant."

A strange sense of pleasure surfaced in Blood Bone True Person's heart.

A great figure who in the future could even shake the Northern Plains and influence the situation for hundreds or even thousands of years was now, in his hands, helpless, struggling and drifting.

With a single thought, he could control their life and death.

This feeling was ten times more joyful than the Harmony Sword Tower in the Great Sun Sword City.

"This sword plant is growing too fast; perhaps it will bear fruit very soon."

"It cannot be kept; there might be accidents."

Blood Bone True Person suppressed his desire to keep the person alive and play with him carefully for decades; after hesitating for a moment, he took out a black, heavy talisman covered with red blood vessels that writhed occasionally, looking eerie and twisted.

"Spirit-Melting Talisman..."

Blood Bone True Person pondered.

This Spirit-Melting Talisman was given to him by his master, who said the talisman was extremely precious, made with exquisite materials, and difficult to draw; even among Nascent Soul cultivators, it was of great value, and it should not be used unless one encountered a sword seedling of supreme quality or higher.

At the same time, he was instructed that if one truly encountered a sword seedling of supreme quality or higher, one must use it, not fear wasting it, as using it would still bring rewards.

This is at least a Grade Four Spirit Talisman; a mere Jin Dan cultivator would find it extremely difficult to resist, so it should be absolutely foolproof.

"Absolutely foolproof..."

A strong reluctance arose in Blood Bone True Person's heart.

This was a sword seedling of supreme quality capable of challenging the status of the Blazing Sun Sword Disciple by one or two levels!

If it were truly foolproof... he felt unwilling.

If he could truly obtain this Sword Intent, the success rate of his path to becoming a True Person would increase by at least twenty-five percent!

This was far superior to the so-called superior opportunities for forming a Nascent Soul within the sect.

Moreover, if this matter were exposed in the future, all participating inner and outer sect disciples plus core disciples would all be executed, and their families implicated, because this was digging into the foundation of the Great Sun Qingse Jianzong, falling outside the scope where core disciples are exempt from punishment for officials.

Theoretically, even a Nascent Soul True Person involved in this matter would have to die.

Of course, nowadays it should only be theoretical; at most, severe punishment and being sent to the front lines.

This is the weight of being a Nascent Soul True Person.

Will this matter be exposed?

Blood Bone True Person hesitated, undecided.

Finally, he put away the Grade Four Spirit-Melting Talisman and took out a Grade Three Supreme Spirit-Melting Talisman, sending it out.

A pitch-black black smoke writhed and twisted, with the mournful wails and pleas for mercy of living souls occasionally rising from it, extremely conspicuous and clearly visible within a hundred meters.

However, the youth in the gray robe, holding the Blazing Sun Copper with both hands, wore an expression of painful struggle, seemingly unaware of the black smoke's arrival, letting it surge into his sea of consciousness and his divine soul.

These black mists merged with the wisps of black qi already present within the sea of consciousness, completely obscuring the spiritual light of his consciousness.

The painful struggle on the gray-robed youth's face vanished; he calmed down, appearing serene and self-satisfied.

"Soul Fusion, begins..."

Blood Bone True Person wore an expression of anticipation.

His gaze upon the gray-robed youth below was like looking at a flower bud about to bear fruit; the moment the skin cracked, the mellow, sweet, and fragrant fruit would be revealed.

He extended his divine sense, looking at the sea of consciousness and divine soul that were now completely unguarded and covered in black qi, waiting patiently.

How long passed was unknown.

Crack!

Suddenly, the sound of fruit skin splitting was heard.

Blood Bone True Person held his breath.

Crack, crack...

The sound of fruit skin splitting did not cease; then, a light appeared within the sea of consciousness.

Blood-red, crimson light.

Carrying a will to burn, incinerating all under heaven, possessing supreme sharpness that pierced ten thousand miles of cloud sea, the rising sun at its birth.

Boom!

Accompanying the roar within the sea of consciousness, all obstacles cracked and shattered, were incinerated, and ash flew everywhere.

Then,

A blood-red great sun rose from the sea of consciousness, the will of the Sword Dao shining in all directions!

At the instant the Blood Sun appeared, the gray-robed youth, serving as the mother body and the plant's trunk, made no sound; his flesh, blood, and divine soul turned to ash.

"... This is, this is..."

"... Blood... Blood Sun Sword Will..."

"A Super-grade Sword Will!"

Blood Bone True Person's voice trembled; terrible greed burned wildly like flames in his heart: "This is a Sword Will hardly inferior to that of the Blazing Sun Sword Disciple, and it fits the Blood Dao even better."

"It fits me!"

"Can it increase the possibility of forming a Nascent Soul by fifty percent, or sixty percent?"

"No!"

"Master, it is mine!"

(End of this chapter)