Chapter 459: New Sword

"Just these for now. You can take a key later, and come here yourself if you want to see anything in the future." Xu Chuo said, "These are all my own collections, take them if you need them."

"Oh, good," Seeing Pei Ye hesitated, "Pavilion Master, do I still need to... hand in that assignment?"

"Hmm?" Xu Chuo was stunned, then hooked the corner of her mouth, "Oh, write it for me to see too."

"Good."

"Are there any difficulties in the Sword Academy?"

"No." Seeing Pei Ye said habitually, but remembered, "Oh, we set the Sword Ladder yesterday, and there are two swords that are not easy to obtain. I don't know if you have any news here."

"You say."

"One is the Confucian 'Four Qi Jade Candle Sword.' I don't know them, and they say this sword is very important, so I'm afraid it's not easy to learn; the other is a Mind Sword that Grandpa Yue once mastered, and I have no clue."

Xu Chuo tapped the table lightly and pondered for a while: "'Four Qi Jade Candle Sword,' I will help you ask the libationer later. As for Yue's Mind Sword, to be honest, we were companions more than friends, and I don't understand martial arts, so I don't know his sword arts."

"Hmm, thank you, Pavilion Master."

"However, there is one person who must know, but she is not in the Divine Capital for the time being—I think you are not in a hurry, you can ask her when you meet."

"... Who?"

"【White Phoenix Sees Parasol Tree】, Ying Suyu."

When Seeing Pei Ye returned to the Sword Academy, night had already fallen. He happened to bump into Yang Zhenbing who had returned. The black-clothed young man clearly went to the sword field to practice in the afternoon, and there was still fine sweat on his forehead.

The black-clothed young man looked at him with a pair of doubtful eyes.

"Books." Seeing Pei Ye held the box proudly.

Tonight was finally a free evening. Yan Feiqing was still lying in the courtyard, flowers fragrant and tree shadows. This Daoist was truly like an immortal under the moon when alone. Seeing Pei Ye didn't know what sword he cultivated, anyway, he hadn't seen his sword since entering the courtyard.

Yang Zhenbing was as self-disciplined as ever, hammering his sword skills bit by bit. Seeing Pei Ye also pulled a chair into the courtyard.

"Brother Yan, I want to change the name outside the courtyard." Seeing Pei Ye placed his Sword Ladder jade booklet on the sword and opened the first page, "Now that Brother Yang and I have moved in, it should be reflected..."

He tilted his head back: "Don't you think so, Brother Yang?"

Yang Zhenbing practiced swords earnestly.

Yan Feiqing didn't even raise his head: "As you wish."

But he flipped the book and raised his head to add: "I'll write the characters."

"Good!" Seeing Pei Ye only wanted the naming right anyway. He found a comfortable sitting posture and let his eyes fall on the page.

"Exhaust the principles of all living things, obtain the sword of material images."

Qiu Qiu Ji Zi's handwriting, Ming Qitian's words.

What Qiu Qiu Ji Zi said about "entering the Sword Ladder," Seeing Pei Ye had roughly understood last night—in fact, it was not the person entering the Sword Ladder, but the Sword Ladder returning to the person.

It was indeed not something like a "sword practice plan," but more like a cultivation method specifically for sword practitioners. The connection and combination between sword arts could really produce some kind of mystery.

Therefore, he had to truly understand the principles described in it and incorporate them into the sword. From then on, "Wind Jade" was no longer just an isolated sword art, but had its own promised position in some mysterious realm.

Seeing Pei Ye slowly gripped the sword hilt, sat quietly, and closed his eyes.

The climate had entered the winter festival. The cold moon tilted down, and the cold wind brushed his face. The young man's face was quiet, and everything in the courtyard slowly retreated to the distance, but the other world he wanted to reach was getting closer and closer.

I don't know how long it had passed, he slowly opened his eyes, and in front of him was a piece of dead desolation.

The whole world was cold and lonely, only he was walking alone, and it was in such a realm that he "saw" "Wind Jade" for the first time.

A sharp, changing, cold, and sharp sword art, composed of countless chaotic sword shadows, was the collection of all his understanding of this sword.

He was already very familiar with this sword. Whether it was sword moves, sword principles, or life-and-death sword-sparring, he was quite deep. Even in front of Li Weiru, he was worthy of the word "proficient."

Seeing Pei Ye stood in front of this sword for a while, and pointed his finger at it lightly.

Thus, the blade shadows like scattered snow dispersed, and the sword turned into life. A cicada broke through the soil at Seeing Pei Ye's feet, vibrated its jade wings and flew up, making the first cry of life in this cold world.

Seeing Pei Ye smiled and stretched out his finger. The cicada folded its wings and stopped obediently on his finger.

"You seem a bit lonely here alone." Seeing Pei Ye stretched out his thumb to rub its head.

He opened his eyes, thought for a while, picked up the sword, and learned 【Washing Tree Copper Shadow】.

Thus, there was an extra yellow bird full of spirit in the world in the sword.

Two swords of the twenty-four swords of 【Cicada Fish Observation】 were completed.

Early the next morning, Seeing Pei Ye held the Sword Ladder and went to the Sword Treasury Pavilion. After verifying his identity, he bumped into Qiu Qiu Ji Zi upon entering.

"Greetings, Academy Master." Seeing Pei Ye bowed and saluted.

Qiu Qiu Ji Zi looked at him: "What are you wandering around for?"

"The Clumsy Swords in my hand are finished, I'm here to choose a new one." Seeing Pei Ye shook the jade booklet in his hand, "Academy Master, there shouldn't be any order, right? Can I pick the ones I like to learn first?"

Qiu Qiu Ji Zi frowned: "Of course there is an order. The twenty-four swords correspond to the twenty-four solar terms, so they can be incorporated into 'Four Qi' in the next level. When practicing, you must either start from spring and go to the end, or start from the turn of autumn and winter according to the current season, so that you won't encounter bottlenecks and the sword realm will be easy to construct."

"Oh."

"Besides, Young Sword Lord said your sword spirit is floating, which is really pointed out correctly—didn't I tell you to incorporate the Sword Ladder down-to-earth the day before yesterday? This ladder of yours is especially magnificent and difficult, so you must be down-to-earth. Why are you in a hurry to find swords again?" Qiu Qiu Ji Zi said seriously.

"Academy Master, I have already incorporated it."

"..." Qiu Qiu Ji Zi tilted his head slightly and said slowly, "Oh?"

"Really, I spent a whole night yesterday to do it."

"..."

"Have the two Jade Jade swords been incorporated into the Sword Ladder?"

"Yes, a cicada and a bird, but overall it's still bald. I was thinking of planting two trees... but I don't know what these swords are, so I came to find them."

Qiu Qiu Ji Zi looked at the jade booklet in his hand with a blank expression and didn't speak.

"... What's wrong, Academy Master?"

"Nothing." Qiu Qiu Ji Zi raised his eyes indifferently, "It's indeed not in any order. Learn whatever you like."

The old man turned and walked upstairs: "It's not easy to make trees live when they are bald. Since you have no water in your sword, I'll pick one for you."

"Thank you, Academy Master!"

The two went all the way to the fourth floor. Qiu Qiu Ji Zi walked straight inside, passed one bookshelf after another, and after opening a separate restriction in the deepest part where almost no one touched, he pulled out seven sword manuals from the shelf behind it.

"A rain sword, an outstanding one among the Court-Transmitted ones. Two sword canons, two explanations, three sword principles." Qiu Qiu Ji Zi took them out and gave them to him, "The intent of water is a large field in swords, and the upper and lower limits are very broad. If you haven't been in contact with it, you will easily suffer during sword-sparring."

"... Oh, thank you, Academy Master." Seeing Pei Ye received them solemnly and touched the cover lightly.

This was the most unparticular sword manual he had ever seen. The packaging and writing were very casual, like a copy written while lying on a stone.

But it was precisely this roughness that revealed a natural elegance, and the handwriting seemed to contain cool sword intent.

Two lines of ink characters on the cover.