Chapter 386: Sword Art

Jiangnan, the Edge of the Sky.

Inside a quiet chamber, Lu Yang's consciousness fully took over the Sword Dao clone through the 【Puppet Strings】. As his eyes opened and closed, a streak of cold light suddenly flashed.

"Crack!"

In an instant, a crack appeared on the floor of the quiet chamber.

Almost simultaneously, as if having waited for a long time, the chamber door was pushed open, and then Dangmo True Person walked in with slightly hurried steps.

The first thing he saw upon entering was the crack on the ground.

"Hmm?"

Dangmo True Person's eyes lit up, and he immediately praised: "It seems that during your seclusion, the sword intent you have cultivated has become increasingly close to perfection."

What he valued was not that Lu Yang left a crack on the ground; what difficulty is there for a Foundation Establishment True Person to do that? What truly matters is that this crack left no residual spiritual trace. This means Lu Yang did not use supernatural magic power, but left the mark purely through 【Sword Intent】.

This is extraordinary.

After all, no matter how strong 【Sword Intent】 is, theoretically it is still a thought, not a physical entity, completely different from spiritual consciousness, and requires magic power support to unleash great power.

Yet influencing reality with mere thought alone.

Such a realm, even within 【Sword Intent】, can be called having entered the hall and room. At that moment, Dangmo True Person could not help but marvel at Lu Yang:

"Unbelievable."

"It seems that the earth vein really worked well for you. To progress in 【Sword Intent】 to such an extent is theoretically very difficult without a great battle."

"Excellent! Very excellent!"

After speaking, he looked again at the 【Non-Killing Sword】 placed before Lu Yang: "You have already cultivated your own sword intent; it is no longer appropriate for you to observe my sword intent."

As his words fell, the 【Non-Killing Sword】 was already put away by him again.

At the same time, Lu Yang also brushed his sleeve, rose to his feet, and respectfully bowed to Dangmo True Person: "This disciple is dull; I must thank my master for his careful cultivation."

"What are you saying?" Dangmo True Person waved his hand, looking at Lu Yang with increasing satisfaction, as if seeing a leek growing exceptionally well, a unique and rare treasure. Then he changed the subject: "Since you have emerged from seclusion, there is no time to lose. Come with me to Yuchu."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang's heart immediately felt a slight joy.

The so-called 【Yuchu】 is actually the Manifestation Hall of the Yushu Jiange, specifically storing the Daoist arts of the Yushu Jiange for the Foundation Establishment level, and it is also the purpose of Lu Yang's journey.

'Now that I have completed the 【Xuandu Blessed Land】, it is unlikely I can raise my realm again in the short term. After all, Golden Nature requires a soul to refine, and my soul in this life is still in the body of the Immortal Spirit. So to further increase combat power, I can only strengthen Daoist arts and secret techniques.'

But the problem remains the same problem.

Lu Yang does not possess his own Golden Nature, so he cannot cultivate 【True Arts】. As for other Daoist arts, their combat power boost for him cannot be said to be completely nonexistent.

It can only be said to be better than nothing.

Therefore, he set his sights on 【Sword Intent】. If he could obtain a sword technique matching 【Sword Intent】, the effect would not be much weaker than a True Art.

However, what surprised Lu Yang was that he originally thought the Yushu Jiange would guard sword techniques very strictly, and he was thinking about how to broach the subject with Dangmo True Person. Yet before he even opened his mouth to ask, Dangmo True Person proactively suggested he go to Yuchu, obviously intending to teach him a sword technique.

However, Lu Yang felt little joy in his heart.

'Too enthusiastic.'

Unprovoked kindness is either treachery or theft. The intuition cultivated over several lives made Lu Yang increasingly wary; looking at it, he felt Dangmo True Person had ulterior motives!

But soon he became at ease.

'Anyway, this Sword Dao clone will have to be abandoned sooner or later. Let's get the benefits first. No matter what conspiracy he has, at most it will just make the clone suffer.'

Edge of the Sky, Yuchu.

What surprised Lu Yang a bit was that, named Yuchu, it was actually just a piece of jade, enshrined on the ancestral hall of the Zhang Sects of the Yushu Jiange through the ages.

"This object was left by the Ancestral Master."

Entering the ancestral hall, Dangmo True Person said solemnly: "It is said that in the past, the Ancestral Master searched the whole world before finding this ten-thousand-year-old Spirit-Resonance Bright Jade to refine into a supreme treasure."

"For every True Person who has cultivated sword intent through the ages, as long as they stand before Yuchu and then pour their own 【Sword Intent】 into it, it will automatically present a sword technique corresponding to it. Thereafter, diligently cultivate the sword technique and polish the sword intent until it is perfect. This is the fundamental reason why we sword cultivators have no equal in our realm." As his words fell, Dangmo True Person walked to the front of Yuchu.

The next second, Lu Yang saw that smooth-as-a-mirror Bright Jade suddenly flow with surging spiritual light, finally converging into a line of clear small characters:

《The Sword Art of Upholding the Dao and Righteousness to Sever Karma》

This was Dangmo True Person's sword art, corresponding to his 【Non-Killing Sword Intent】. After hundreds of years of polishing, it had long reached a peak level.

Ordinary 【Sword Intent】 is merely 【Sword Intent】.

But Dangmo True Person could add the name 【Non-Killing】 to it, which is a symbol of perfect sword intent, and the sword art within also played a significant role.

'It is both an attack technique and a method of cultivation.'

Lu Yang understood clearly in his heart, but saw Dangmo True Person step aside to the right and gesture with an open hand. He dared not be negligent and immediately walked to the front of Yuchu.

With a thought, Lu Yang's 【Sword Intent】 spread out and poured into the Yuchu before him. The next second, this Bright Jade once again burst forth with light, shining straight into Lu Yang's eyes, penetrating his heart, instantly seizing all of Lu Yang's attention and making him almost immersed in it.

However, it was at this very moment.

Lu Yang saw that beside him, Dangmo True Person had now retracted all expressions from his face. Suddenly, his lips and teeth moved, and he softly uttered a sentence:

"Daoist Friend Lu?"

This call came at just the right moment, perfectly seizing the instant when Yuchu illuminated Lu Yang's 【Sword Intent】, making him almost instinctively respond:

"Ah?"

Lu Yang saw Dangmo True Person staring tightly at Lu Yang's Sword Dao clone. Seeing its confusion was not fake and its soul fluctuations showed no abnormalities, only then did his expression relax slightly:

"... Nothing."

At the same time, Lu Yang's original body, far away in Jiangbei, sucked in a cold breath: 'He is testing me, suspecting I have not had my past-life memories wiped!'

Damn it, even a good person can set a trap!

'This is just like 【Ang Xiao】. After being a good person for most of his life, suddenly setting a trap was actually beyond all expectations!'

Thinking of this, Lu Yang was still somewhat surprised.

If the soul of the Sword Dao clone had not been truly and completely washed clean, and he was using 【Puppet Strings】 to control it from a distance, he would have been exposed for sure!

At the same time, Dangmo True Person's expression remained normal.

Who says a good person cannot have schemes? Could he not see all the strangeness in Lu Yang? Testing him on the side; if there were no problems, he could be more at ease.

"Just cultivate here."

True Person of Wandering Demons said indifferently, "Yu Shu needs time to deduce the sword technique and must constantly sense your Sword Intent. Come find me after it is finished."

"This disciple obeys."

Lu Yang hurriedly bowed, then continued to immerse his mind into Yu Shu. Seeing this, True Person of Wandering Demons was satisfied, then quietly turned and left.

Leaving the ancestral hall, True Person of Wandering Demons looked up at the sky.

All he saw was a long rainbow of fortune shooting up to the heavens, manifesting a scene of dragon and phoenix harmonizing; this was his current fortune, reaching its absolute peak.

Yet as the saying goes, when something reaches its peak, it begins to decline.

'My time is running out.'

True Person of Wandering Demons sighed. The next second, a bell-like, delicate laughter rang in his ears; it was none other than the previous Buddha's Son of the Pure Land, Jing Guan.

"Not killing for a moment is as easy as turning over one's hand; not killing for a lifetime is as hard as climbing to the sky."

"As the saying goes, blocking is worse than channeling. Disciple Ye, can you truly achieve the so-called 'no killing'? I fear you will eventually suffer qi deviation and end up slaughtering until the heavens and earth are overturned!"

(End of this chapter)