Chapter 295: The Yun Sisters

"Am I not human this time?"

Eyeing Yun Miaozhen and Yun Miaoqing close at hand, Lu Yang frowned tightly, swept his divine sense over himself, and soon saw his current form.

He was a sword.

The blade was ancient and simple, engraved with numerous seal script characters that held no actual meaning, seeming merely decorative, and even bore jagged notches.

Undoubtedly, this was just an ordinary sword embryo; yet this very sword embryo instantly drew the attention of Yun Miaozhen and Yun Miaoqing. Naturally, it was not due to some spiritual object hiding its light. The sword's material and wonder remained unchanged. What truly made it different was—

"It is me!"

Lu Yang withdrew his divine sense and finally understood his situation: "Because I, as a Spirit of Immortality, was born within this sword embryo, that is why it is different."

"I haven't been born yet!"

A Spirit of Immortality does not form all at once; it often requires a long period of nurturing. This time is also the period during which the Spirit of Immortality develops self-awareness.

"However, my situation is special. As a Spirit of Immortality, I developed self-awareness very early, yet I have not reached the stage where I can emerge into the world. For a Spirit of Immortality, this is likely a unique case unseen for ten thousand ages. Perhaps I can artificially increase my foundation before emerging!"

A Spirit of Immortality is born with Foundation Establishment.

However, Foundation Establishment has so many realms. Most Spirits of Immortality are only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. The stronger the foundation before emerging, the stronger the Spirit of Immortality's foundation will be.

The strongest Spirits of Immortality can even emerge at the Perfection stage of Foundation Establishment.

In such a case, one could seek the Golden Core immediately upon emerging. If luck is good and it succeeds, one becomes a True Lord by nature! It is just unknown whether such a Spirit of Immortality has ever appeared.

"After all, that kind of Spirit of Immortality would likely require saving the world in a past life to receive such treatment."

To be born with a Perfection-level Foundation Establishment—what an immense foundation, what a colossal fortune! And one must not be targeted by cultivators during the nurturing period; it is simply a tale from the heavens.

'Fortunately, I have a cheat!'

Compared to ordinary Spirits of Immortality, Lu Yang also possesses a Dharma Body that can move at will, enhanced by Li Jie Bo, so he is not truly without combat power.

"Although I did not choose cultivation after restarting, I am currently only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, the weakest kind, and do not even have a innate divine ability. However, using this cultivation to support the Wan Xiang Fa Shen, and with Li Jie Bo as an enhancement, the early stage of Foundation Establishment should have no rival."

Unless someone else possesses a Half-True Treasure like him and has cultivated a Second-Grade True Art.

However, if he truly encounters such a favored son of heaven, he can simply shrink back and avoid provoking them. After all, he, Lu Yang, is not the type to seek glory through fighting.

"At least with this Dharma Body, I can fully use it to seek resources to nurture myself."

Just as Lu Yang was pondering, on the other side.

"Sister, why don't we try this sword embryo?"

Yun Miaoqing pointed at the sword embryo housing Lu Yang and said in a low voice: "I feel this sword embryo is excellent. If forged well in the future, it might be used to refine a flying sword."

As a Qi Refining disciple of the Yushu Jiange and a direct descendant of the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan Yun, she and her sister Yun Miaozhen had come to this Hidden Sword Manor this time specifically to select a suitable sword embryo to prepare for cultivating the art of flying swords in the future. This was a privilege many ordinary disciples could not obtain.

"Indeed, it is a fine sword embryo."

Facing her younger sister Yun Miaoqing's inquiry, Yun Miaozhen nodded with a calm expression: "However, choosing a sword embryo also depends on whether the affinity between us is suitable."

"In other words, it depends on fortune."

"I will go first."

Having spoken, Yun Miaozhen stepped forward directly and walked to Lu Yang's front. Seeing this, Yun Miaoqing was not surprised, as she was already accustomed to this.

After all, her sister's talent was better than hers, and it was said that in a past life she was a disciple of a True Person at Foundation Establishment within the sect, having once cultivated to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. Unfortunately, she failed to breakthrough to Foundation Establishment and was forced to reincarnate. Although she no longer has memories of her past life, her roots remain, and that True Person at Foundation Establishment still exists.

Compared to that, she herself was far inferior.

So she had long been accustomed to yielding many things to her sister, and even felt extremely proud to have such an accomplished sister with deep roots.

"Strike!"

Standing before Lu Yang, Yun Miaozhen formed a seal with both hands. A drop of fresh blood seeped from her fingertips, which she then flicked with a bent finger, landing directly on Lu Yang.

Lu Yang immediately felt a strange force invade the sword body.

"Is this... the Blood Sacrifice Technique?"

Lu Yang shook his head. Obviously, Yun Miaozhen had no intention of checking for affinity or fortune; she intended to forcibly refine him using her own vital blood and magic power.

"Truly the familiar style of the Yushu Jiange."

For those who coveted his body, Lu Yang never gave them any good face. With a thought, he directly refined Yun Miaozhen's vital blood.

The next second, Yun Miaozhen's complexion turned slightly pale.

'How could this be!?'

This favored daughter of the Yun family looked at Lu Yang now, her beautiful brows slightly furrowed in confusion. Could the quality of this sword embryo be beyond her imagination?

Was it not something a Qi Refining disciple could refine?

Thinking of this, Yun Miaozhen shook her head and looked at Yun Miaoqing: "It seems our fortune is insufficient. This sword embryo is waiting for a more suitable sword master."

Regarding her own act of using the Blood Sacrifice Technique to refine the sword embryo, Yun Miaozhen felt nothing wrong. The Blood Sacrifice Technique was passed down by her master; it was her root, part of her fortune. Compared to that, Yun Miaoqing had nothing, so naturally her fortune was inferior to hers.

"Is that so? What a pity..."

Seeing this, Yun Miaoqing shook her head and touched Lu Yang's sword with reluctance. The sword was so large; she actually quite liked and favored it.

"Clang! Clang!"

The next second, a scene that made Yun Miaozhen's pupils contract sharply appeared:

That sword embryo, which she herself could do nothing about, trembled violently under the younger sister Yun Miaoqing's touch, suddenly erupting with dazzling sword light!

Immediately after, the sword embryo was stuffed into Yun Miaoqing's body!

"Ah—!"

Yun Miaoqing was completely unprepared. Watching the sword body insert into her own body, a feeling of water and milk blending, of heart and mind uniting, suddenly swept over her heart.

After the sword light dimmed, the sword embryo had vanished.

Only Yun Miaoqing, with a blank face, remained, along with Yun Miaozhen, whose expression was stiff and still retained a trace of disbelief. The two sisters stared at each other.

"Sister, this is..."

Yun Miaoqing said timidly, not daring to speak it out, because no matter how one looked at it, it seemed she had obtained this fortune while her sister had not.

Yun Miaoqing did not dare to admit it fully, but strangely... it felt a bit good.

But soon, Yun Miaoqing took a deep breath and regained her composure: "It seems this sword embryo is your opportunity. Keep it well and do not waste it."

"Okay!"

Hearing this, Yun Miaoqing immediately broke into a smile. This was the first time she had beaten her elder sister and obtained something her sister could not; she could not help but feel somewhat excited.

However, she did not see that as she turned her back, her elder sister Yun Miaoqing behind her revealed a somewhat gloomy expression.

'Merging the sword into the body and responding spontaneously—that is a Spirit Sword Embryo!'

'If I were to ask the Sect Master to refine this Spirit Embryo into a flying sword, it would likely be a Spiritual Treasure, perhaps even something I could use all the way to Foundation Establishment!'

'Why did it choose Miaoqing? Is my fortune truly inferior to hers?'

'Impossible!'

Thinking this, Yun Miaoqing immediately changed her mind: 'Having a treasure sword recognize a master does not count as fortune; the ability to protect it is true fortune!'

With this thought, Yun Miaoqing immediately made up her mind.

On the other side, Lu Yang remained within Yun Miaoqing's dantian, sensing the flow of Qi with her, smiled in satisfaction, and then began to circulate the cultivation method:

"Heavenly Supplement Classic!"

(End of this chapter)