Chapter 190

For the next period of time, Long Xuan lived in Long Ziyan's home, lingering in her room and refusing to leave. They ate and lived together every day, and life was quite comfortable.

During this time, the two of them also constantly exchanged their cultivation insights, and the question they discussed the most was how to comprehend Sword Intent.

Sword Intent is a mysterious and profound thing that can only be understood intuitively and cannot be put into words. Regarding the comprehension of Sword Intent, it cannot be recorded in writing; no language can describe the realization of Sword Intent.

Therefore, comprehending Sword Intent can only rely on oneself; it all depends on individual aptitude. There is no way to make someone comprehend Sword Intent through verbal instruction.

So, the two of them discussed it for who knows how many days, but Long Xuan remained confused, still not knowing what Sword Intent actually was.

He only knew that Sword Intent is a form of invisible attack, invincible and capable of long-range strikes. When attached to a sword, it can make the sword sharper and harder to destroy.

Furthermore, Sword Intent carries a person's will. Since everyone's will is different, they will comprehend different Sword Intents, such as Destruction Sword Intent, Slaughter Sword Intent, Ruthless Sword Intent...

And since Long Ziyan has the Nine Yin Intercepting Body, which has a high affinity for cold-attribute power, the Sword Intent she comprehends will most likely be Ice Sword Intent.

The same Sword Intent can also vary in strength depending on who comprehends it. It is expected that since Long Ziyan has the Heavenly Sword Bone, the Ice Sword Intent she can comprehend will definitely be the strongest Ice Sword Intent.

But even with the Heavenly Sword Bone, Long Ziyan was still only half-understanding and confused about comprehending Sword Intent; she had no idea how to go about it.

It seems that comprehending Sword Intent is an extremely difficult task even for her, and it is impossible to achieve in a short time.

Long Xuan was anxious; the Blade Gu would only be useful to him after it transformed. This matter could not be delayed. He didn't want to wait until he reached the Spirit Sea Stage while the Blade Gu still hadn't transformed.

So, on this day, Long Xuan looked at Long Ziyan, who was swinging on a swing, and suddenly a plan came to his mind. Grasping the flash of inspiration in his brain, he hurriedly asked, "Ziyan, I've thought of a good idea that can help you comprehend Sword Intent."

"I want to create a type of array. This array is an illusion array that can attack intruders with various types of Sword Intent."

"I think that if anyone dies a thousand or eight hundred times under different Sword Intents, then even if she were a stupid pig, she would be able to comprehend Sword Intent."

"But this array has a function: people killed by Sword Intent won't truly die; they can be resurrected and try again. As long as they make countless attempts, sooner or later, they will be able to comprehend Sword Intent."

A sharp light flashed in Long Xuan's eyes, and he felt that this plan was completely feasible.

He prepared to model this array after the illusions of the Original Realm, just like the principle he used to rob the tomb in the Original Realm last time, where he could die countless times in the tomb.

But his body outside could wake up the moment he died and then try again. Through countless attempts, sooner or later, there would be a day when he cleared the level.

As for how the illusion could simulate various Sword Intents, he already had an idea.

The demon flower brought out from the Empress's Ancient Tomb has an extraordinary origin; no one knows how many years it has lived or how many epochs it has experienced.

In these long years, that demon flower has killed countless powerhouses, including a massive number of sword cultivators.

The demon flower's ability is to perfectly replicate everything about a person, including the difficult-to-comprehend Sword Intent.

Long Xuan doesn't know how many sword cultivators that demon flower has killed, but it can currently simulate up to a hundred types of Sword Intent.

This is definitely a terrifying number. People who can comprehend Sword Intent are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, extremely difficult to encounter.

And the fact that the demon flower can simulate a hundred types of Sword Intent in these long years allows you to fully imagine how many people this demon flower has killed.

The people who died at its hands have probably already piled up into mountains; it grew up sucking the blood of countless mountains of corpses.

Therefore, as long as the demon flower is used as the formation eye for this illusion array, his idea of creating an illusion array that can release countless Sword Intent attacks is definitely not a fantasy.

The more Long Xuan thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. The problem that had troubled him for many days was finally solved today.

Long Ziyan swung on the swing, tilted her head to look at him, and said helplessly, "Are you dreaming? There is no such array in this world, nor is there an illusion that can make people die and yet not die."

"Even if the physical body doesn't enter the illusion and you let your mental state enter, once the mental body is shredded by Sword Intent, the human body will also die. Once consciousness perishes, it's useless even if the body is immortal. How could it possibly make people come back from the dead?"

"It is possible for someone to comprehend Sword Intent after being killed by it countless times, but no one has that many lives to comprehend it."

"Otherwise, this world would be in chaos. I'm afraid everyone would be able to comprehend Sword Intent."

"If this kind of array were to spread to a world full of sword cultivators, wouldn't it drive all the sword cultivators crazy? They would risk their lives to run into this array."

"By then, as long as someone is a sword cultivator, they would have Sword Intent. You would trigger a revolution in the Sword Realm, sweeping across the entire world."

"You could say that you strengthened an entire profession with your own power. This is destined to be a heaven-defying feat that will go down in history. You're going to be famous!"

Long Ziyan looked at Long Xuan with a smile, not believing a word he said.

This kind of thing was simply too big and too heaven-defying; how could she possibly believe it?

"When any new thing is born, no one believes it. Most people are only bound by inherent thinking and are unwilling to accept fresh things."

Long Xuan looked at her provocatively and said, "I have confidence in my creativity. How about we make a bet? Let's bet on whether I can research this array."

"If I win the bet, you will be at my disposal for a month. Whatever I tell you to do, you will do."

"If I lose, I'll be at your disposal."

Long Xuan looked at her with a wicked smile.

Long Ziyan immediately showed shyness. Of course, she understood the meaning of Long Xuan's words; those were all things he wanted to do but she hadn't agreed to. Once he really won, she would have no dignity for the next month.

Impossible, it is absolutely impossible for him to research such an outrageous array. Just the thing called Sword Intent is something he can't simulate. He doesn't even understand Sword Intent, so how can he create an illusion array that releases various Sword Intents? He is dreaming.

He is probably overconfident and has forgotten that a person who doesn't understand Sword Intent cannot create Sword Intent illusions.

His brain is filled with lust, and he would actually make such a low-level mistake. It's truly ridiculous.

Long Ziyan pondered for a moment, then suddenly sneered, "Fine! Then I'll bet with you!"

"I want to see what kind of ability you have to create an array that subverts the entire Sword Realm. If you win, I'll do whatever you tell me to do!"

"Good! It's a deal! Hahaha... Wait for my good news; I will make you convinced and submissive!" Long Xuan laughed loudly and finally got up and ran outside.

He had to start preparing the materials for this array. Needless to say, for a heaven-defying array that can strengthen an entire profession, the required materials couldn't be simple. His net worth would probably shrink significantly again—no, it might be far from enough.

Although he had merit in researching the Dragon Blood Battle Gu and was rewarded with 200 million in contributions by the Western Lands Long Clan, the Western Lands Long Clan was currently under siege, and the contributions of the Western Lands Long Clan couldn't be spent in the Extreme West Long Clan.

Even those 200 million contributions hadn't been credited yet.

After thinking it over, Long Xuan finally decided to continue to fleece the Extreme West Long Clan by using the matter of self-created Gu formulas.

The Extreme West Long Clan used space huts to conduct various businesses and had long since made a fortune. The various treasures in the Treasure Pavilion were piled up like mountains, and it was time to fleece them again.

As for what kind of Gu formula to create, Long Xuan was too lazy to think about it. He would simply submit the Longevity Gu that could upgrade the Straw Gu. The value of this thing was definitely worth 100 million.

This technology was truly terrifying, and the cost was low. It was enough to phase out teleportation arrays and monopolize the teleportation business of this world.

This was a technology of epoch-making significance that would surely produce sensational effects and shock the whole world.

The interests involved in this technology were simply too vast. Even if the Extreme West Long Clan joined forces with the Western Lands Long Clan, they couldn't protect such immense wealth. They would probably need to unite with more relatives and have stronger relatives as backers to do it.

However, there was no rush for this matter. Let's create the array diagram first. Without even the array diagram, how would you know what materials are needed?

Just like that, Long Xuan finally left Long Ziyan's boudoir and ran toward his own cave abode, seizing the time to research the array diagram.

Watching Long Xuan's departing back, Long Ziyan finally let out a long sigh of relief. She could finally let herself rest for a few days. She already regretted finding a man with powerful body-refining abilities to be her dual-cultivation partner; she was sincerely looking for trouble for herself.

Half a year passed leisurely. In the small pavilion, Long Xuan wrote the three large characters "Zhu Xian Formation" on the book cover. The handwriting was like a swimming dragon. He put down his pen and revealed a triumphant smile.

After half a year, the array he created that could release countless Sword Intents was finally completed. He was looking forward to Long Ziyan's expression when she saw this array.

Long Xuan revealed a triumphant, wicked smile.

The name "Zhu Xian Formation" was very imposing. As for why he chose this name, it was entirely because the name was imposing and murderous enough to kill even immortals.

Those who didn't know might think this was a world-famous killing array and be frightened by the name.

However, if one insisted on calling this Zhu Xian Formation a killing array, it wouldn't be unreasonable.

If the Zhu Xian Formation could make people resurrect repeatedly, then it was an auxiliary array that could assist people in comprehending Sword Intent.

What if its function of allowing people to resurrect infinitely was turned off?

Then, of course, it would become a peerless fierce array where whoever entered would die.

Tsk tsk, the Zhu Xian Formation contained over a hundred types of Sword Intent, over a hundred types of Blade Intent, and the hard-to-encounter Spear Intent, Staff Intent, Whip Intent...

All kinds of Intents; there was the Intent of every weapon, so many that they couldn't be counted.

Who could withstand this? If anyone rashly broke into this world full of Intents, they would definitely be torn to pieces by various Intents in an instant.

Although this array was an illusion array, its effect as a killing array was rarely matched by other killing arrays.

Long Xuan was extremely satisfied with the Zhu Xian Great Formation he had created; this was another great invention in this world.

This heaven-defying array he created was enough to leave a heavy mark in the history of this world and shock the entire world.

(End of chapter)