Chapter 847: The Legacy Blade of the Great Xia Longque

The broken blade that Qian Chen wiped with his sleeve was in the shape of a ring-pommel saber, but one-third of the tip was broken off, turning a long saber that could cut down galloping horses into a short saber.

Moreover, the center of gravity of the blade was biased toward the back, requiring fast and powerful swings of the short saber, making combat extremely dangerous.

Qian Chen only took one look at the broken blade and had already grasped a few points of Li Zhong's blade technique.

Now that the broken blade unearthed from the ancient battlefield was shining again, it was as if the broken and lost sharpness had returned to the edge. Li Zhong just stared with wide eyes, somewhat incredulous, but also looking at the broken blade with some anticipation.

"You have held this blade for so long, you should have a feeling that this blade is already dead!"

Qian Chen clamped the broken blade with his elbow, not letting it struggle.

"It died when it broke! Its current power is not even one ten-thousandth of its prime... Where exactly did you pick this thing up?" Qian Chen asked faintly.

Li Zhong hesitated slightly, seeing the broken blade being reborn bit by bit, and couldn't help but say, "Tongwan City!"

"Indeed!"

Qian Chen flicked the blade body slightly. The broken blade hummed and trembled, and the patterns on the blade flowed, as if dragons and phoenixes were circling. The various divine radiances within slowly combined into various phoenix-seals and dragon-seals, and two lines of seal script suddenly appeared on the surface.

Those phoenix-seals and dragon-seals were incomparably miraculous, each character seeming like a divine blade that could split the firmament.

Each sentence connected together was an incomparably sharp blade intent.

Qian Chen calmly recited these few lines of dragon seal script: "Ancient sharp weapons, the Zhanlu of Wu and Chu, the Daxia Longque, their names crown the divine capital. They can cherish the distant, they can soften the near; like wind sweeping over grass, their might subdues the nine regions!"

"This is the Great Xia Ancient Shendao of the past, later obtained by Helian Bobo—the Great Xia Longque!"

Li Zhong's eyes widened, never expecting that the broken blade in his hand would have such a background.

"In the past, the Heavenly Xia Divine Dynasty imitated the Yellow Emperor's saber, Minghong, and cast eight divine blades, Feihong."

"These eight Great Xia divine blades were passed down to later generations, and the only one that became famous was the Great Xia Longque obtained by the Xia Lord, Helian Bobo!"

"In the past, Helian Bobo built Tongwan City, conscripting thirty percent of the craftsmen in the Central Lands. Using the secret method of city-building left behind by the Creation Path, he exhausted all the heart's blood of the array masters and famous craftsmen of the Central Lands. It took nearly a hundred years to build Tongwan City, known as the first city after the Immortal Qin. The 'Great Array of Subduing the Ten Thousand Directions and Cherishing the Distant' within was incomparably tyrannical."

"It is rumored that when building the city, Helian Bobo ordered the captured cultivators to use the 'Array-Breaking Awl' to pierce the city walls. If the awl entered by an inch, the array master and craftsman were killed. If the awl did not enter, the cultivator was killed to sacrifice to the city wall."

"Only in this way did he use the Bone Path's human-pile secret method of the Demon Path to build an almost unbreakable demon city!"

"And it was such a harsh person who loved the Great Xia Longque blade to the bone. Even when he, as a powerful competitor for the Great Heavenly Demon of the Demon Path, was defeated by the joint siege of the Daoist and Buddhist families of the Central Lands, he did not forget to be buried with this blade."

Li Zhong's expression was dazed, "No wonder I accidentally found this blade in Tongwan City! At that time, that ancient battlefield, I thought it was..."

"Beneath Tongwan City is the ancient battlefield left behind when the Heavenly Xia campaigned against the heavens in the past. Helian Bobo obtained the Great Xia Longque on that battlefield, which is why he thought it was a blessed land and finally built the city there, intending to unify the world."

Li Zhong looked at the broken blade with a complex expression, "I thought this blade was already dead!"

Qian Chen said faintly, "It is indeed dead! When Helian Bobo obtained it, although it had been covered in dust for too long, the blade body was complete, and the god within was only sleeping. As Helian Bobo slaughtered the world, it was nurtured by the countless sentient beings who died under the blade, and the god gradually reawakened. But in the end, it did not fully shine again before Helian Bobo died in the final battle of the Primordial Spirit."

"This blade was also broken and completely died."

"You have held this blade, never leaving it for a moment, and your spiritual blade intent has soaked into it for decades. If this continued for a long time, there would indeed be a glimmer of hope to re-nurture the divine intent and revive this blade."

"By then, this blade will truly become your life-bound weapon. With this blade in hand, you will fear no one in the world!"

"Unfortunately, I brushed away the dust and blood-evil accumulated on this blade for tens of millions of years, letting it briefly revive, but also cutting off your chance to revive this blade..."

Li Zhong couldn't help but interrupt, "Then how long do I have to nurture the blade before the broken blade can slowly revive?"

Qian Chen pondered for a moment and gave a number, "At this rate, there would be a glimmer of hope in about a hundred thousand years!"

Li Zhong said speechlessly, "A hundred thousand years? If I didn't die, I would have become a Primordial Spirit long ago!"

"Even if you count your achievement of the Primordial Spirit, it would still take a hundred thousand years... To recast the god of a completely dead blade is no less than reviving a person who has completely died and then proving the Primordial Spirit!" Qian Chen said seriously.

Li Zhong pointed to his tattered clothes, "You seem to have wiped it with that dirty and broken rag, and this blade revived!"

Qian Chen lowered his head, raised two fingers, and wiped them across the blade's edge. Flesh and blood like yellow mud sealed the sharpness and divine energy radiating from the blade's edge. This divine blade, which had just revived and was showing its sharpness, restrained most of its power, re-nurturing its god beneath the yellow mud.

Qian Chen said faintly, "This broken cloth has wiped the heavens!"

Li Zhong couldn't help but retort, "Helian Bobo used it for a lifetime and couldn't fully revive this blade!"

Qian Chen sneered, "In his lifetime, did he ever touch the edge of the Azure Heaven?"

"I used the filth of the Azure Heaven to make this blade shine again, and the essence of the Four Spirits contained within naturally escaped into the blade."

Qian Chen flicked the blade's edge. The broken blade hummed, as if there were dragon roars and tiger howls, turtle cries and phoenix sounds.

A single blade hum had such a scene, leaving Li Zhong dumbfounded and unable to control himself.

"As long as I recast this blade, it will naturally contain the seeds of the Four Spirits. In the future, as long as you study the Four-Spirit Style I created, you will naturally be able to communicate with the Four Spirits, gradually surpassing Sima Yi's Bai Hu Seven-Kill Blade, and achieving the true blade technique of the Four Spirits of Heaven!"

Li Zhong couldn't help but ask, "What kind of blade is the Four-Spirit Style?"

"It is a supreme blade that cuts off the foundation of all existence!" Qian Chen said eerily, "Azure Dragon cuts off life, Bai Hu cuts off karma, Zhu Que falls from the heavens, Black Tortoise has no ignorance. Once the Four-Spirit Style is unleashed, it can cut off everything!"

"This blade technique..." Li Zhong wanted to ask, does this blade technique really exist?

But he was interrupted by Qian Chen, "This blade technique is my blade, not your path..."

Li Zhong's face twisted. He really wanted to say—it's so strong, actually, I don't mind!

"You have the idea of walking your own path, very good!" Qian Chen nodded in approval, suddenly turned his head, raised the broken blade in his hand, and aimed it at the sun that had never risen outside the window. Li Zhong silently reached out to him, seeming to want to call him to turn back.

What own path?

I don't know!

"My younger brother shall be a Dao Lord..."

Li Er revealed an evil smile, turned his back to Li Zhong, and sighed, "Unfortunately, my path to the Daoist Sect ultimately lacks a bit of softness. I am always taking the straight path, lacking a bit of inclusive tolerance and the relaxation of being unrivaled in the world!"

"So it is difficult to uprightly open up a path to the heavens for you. Although it is not difficult to derive grand avenues like the 'Four-Spirit Baodu Zhenjing' and 'Four-Image Opening Heaven Book' from the Four-Spirit Dao, covering Qi Refinement, Penetrating the Law, Core Formation, Yin Spirit, and Yang Spirit, all the way to the Primordial Spirit."

"But compared to the Four-Spirit Style that takes a side path..." Qian Chen raised his hand and said with distress, "It is always... always missing something!"

"Those paths can be walked by anyone."

He turned his head, looked at Li Zhong who was hurriedly withdrawing his hand and scratching his head, sighed long, and said, "Using them to condense the Dao seed is always missing a bit of personal spirit. On the contrary, the Four-Spirit Style is overly sharp and domineering, but it fits your path that approaches the military family."

"Moreover, although one can climb up the grand avenue, it ultimately lacks a bit of something that is self-tempered and unique to oneself."

Li Zhong half-understood, only feeling that something had flashed through his mind, settling a bit in the grooves, but most of it had slipped away, leaving a feeling that made his brain itch.

Oh no, I've really grown a brain!

"Fortunately, the scene of refining the Immortality Medicine in the past, the blessing of the Four Spirits, and the wiping away of the filth of the Azure Heaven gave me some inspiration. Everyone in the world thinks that nurturing the Four Spirits to form the Four Images and obtaining the Dao of Heaven is the right path, so why not go against the trend?"

Qian Chen looked at Li Zhong with excitement.

And Li Zhong, hearing this, only wanted to refuse—don't come over here!

"I am still somewhat familiar with the Four Spirits of Heaven. I can completely create a Four-Spirit Body for you as the end point, and then let you walk this path in reverse!"

"Receive the filth of heaven, obtain the kingdom as inauspicious, then grind away the Four Spirits. Under the dust of the Azure Heaven, cut off all external influences on you, and re-open a path that belongs to you. It is like opening a new heaven again!"

"This is the true scripture I created by combining the 'Taiping Qingling Book' Huang Tian Great Dharma of the Heavenly Master Sun En—the 'Heaven-Filth Scripture'!"

Li Zhong didn't understand at all what was meant by the filth of heaven, what was meant by obtaining the kingdom as inauspicious, and why he had to open a new heaven.

Huang Tian?

Isn't that the most insane concept of the Taiping Dao of the Daoist Sect?

What kind of path is it that sounds even crazier than the Huang Tian Great Dharma of the Taiping Dao?

Qian Chen had already acted decisively, grabbed Li Zhong, and the broken blade was decisively inserted into his chest.

Li Zhong's eyes were incredulous, seeming to say—you, you must be taking revenge on me for cutting off your head...

"I will now excise your bones and change your blood, reshape your body and change your fate for you!"

Qian Chen didn't give Li Zhong a chance to refuse at all, seeming to have firmly decided on Li Zhong's great ambition of 'walking his own path', and then, without a moment's thought, applied that terrifying tempering to his body.

Li Zhong's face was already twisted, "What is meant by excising bones and changing blood, reshaping the body and changing fate?"

"Excise the mortal bones and establish the Bai Hu Undefeated Bone, shed the mortal blood and change to the Zhu Que Immortal Blood, abandon the mortal body and reshape the Black Tortoise Yin-Yang Body, break the old fate and change to the Azure Dragon Azure Heaven Fate!" Qian Chen's tone carried a seriousness that made Li Zhong shudder, "Thus the Four Spirits are gathered, and a new heaven is opened within your new body!"

"Thus, your body is the Son of Heaven!"

"Your fate is the Heavenly Mandate!"

"I don't want any Heavenly Mandate!" Li Zhong's face was twisted with excitement, "The essence and blood of parents cannot be abandoned..."

"Rest assured, you are still you, just a brand-new you. The ties of parents and brothers will not be broken."

Qian Chen cut open his arm with the broken blade, also revealing his own yellow-mud body, and said, "It's just like being reshaped once in the hands of the Goddess Wa, becoming a newly created person!"

Li Zhong's face was full of resistance, shaking his head constantly... ===== CHAPTER 848 =====