Chapter 272: Taking a Sword Spirit as a Little Brother!

Dropped the sword by accident!

If an ordinary person encountered such a thing, they would lose face to the ends of the earth, and might even have to find a hole to bury themselves in.

But Xu Que is what kind of person? Once shamelessness reaches a certain realm, that is invincibility—a lonely, empty invincibility!

After his sword fell, he maintained a calm expression from start to finish, his figure slowly descending toward the ground, maintaining that elegant air, hands behind his back, looking unfathomable.

Amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd, he looked at the Sword Spirit and asked indifferently, "Do you know why I did that?"

"..."

The Sword Spirit was calm, showing no movement, just looking at him like that.

The people present were also somewhat bewildered!

Big Brother, don't tell me you threw the sword on purpose; anyone with eyes can see that you really just slipped!

If you can still say you did it on purpose, then your skin is truly excessively thick!

"I did it on purpose!"

Sure enough, Xu Que calmly gave this answer.

The people present instantly clutched their chests, feeling as if they were about to collapse, about to vomit blood!

Shameless, this is truly too shameless!

Never have I seen such a brazen and shameless person!

However, the next moment, Xu Que's expression tightened, hands behind his back, looking like a grandmaster, and he said in a deep voice: "The first realm of sword technique demands the unity of man and sword; the sword is the man, and the man is the sword. Even a blade of grass in one's hand is a sharp weapon!"

The crowd was startled.

Xu Que continued: "The second realm demands that there be no sword in the hand, but the sword in the heart. Even with bare hands, one can kill an enemy from a hundred paces away with low-class Qi."

"And the highest realm of sword technique is having no sword in the hand and no sword in the heart, using a great heart to embrace everything; that is non-killing, that is peace! So... I just now couldn't control myself and accidentally entered the highest realm, which is why I discarded the sword!"

After hearing this, the crowd was once again dumbfounded.

Some people were mesmerized by Xu Que's words, seemingly having some realization, their hearts stirred.

Others were confused, unable to understand, probably just feeling it was profound without knowing why!

But most were speechless and ashamed, their mouths twitching fiercely, their hearts completely conquered!

What a joke!

Dropping a sword by accident is entering the highest realm?

Then wouldn't every cultivator in the world just starting to practice swordsmanship be in the highest realm?

To be able to explain "dropping a sword by accident" so refreshingly and refinedly, Senior Brother Tengyuan is definitely the number one person in the industry!

Admirable, truly admirable!

But the Sword Spirit's perception was different.

After all, Xu Que's words were not just nonsense; they were completely words of the Sword Dao!

Although Xu Que himself hadn't fully grasped it, for an expert of the Sword Spirit's realm, these words were simply profound and filled with the wisdom of the Dao!

What a sword cultivator pursues their whole life is indeed the process Xu Que described.

From "unity of man and sword" to "no sword in the hand, sword in the heart."

Including the Sword Spirit, it had long since stepped into the realm of no sword in the hand and sword in the heart.

But for so many years, it had been unable to go deeper, and even after sleeping for ten thousand years, its realm had regressed, making it further and further away from advancing.

As a result, Xu Que's sentence, "no sword in the hand and no sword in the heart," was like a divine revelation, instantly giving hope to the bottleneck it had always been unable to figure out!

It was as if the final heavy gate on the Great Dao of Sword Intent had already opened a crack for it!

This made the Sword Spirit feel joy amidst its shock!

It looked at Xu Que, lost in thought.

It didn't expect that a human youth would have such profound insights into sword intent; even if his strength was weak, with such talent for the Sword Dao, it could consider following him.

Just like following the Immortal Emperor back then, perhaps... this youth could also become an Immortal Emperor in the future!

The lava cave was silent, the atmosphere very strange, and no one spoke again.

The heavenly prides were wary of the Sword Spirit, so they dared not speak.

The Sword Spirit was hesitating whether to follow, so it was silent.

It must be said that Xu Que's act of pretending to be cool was quite low-class.

Clearly, he didn't have much understanding of the Sword Dao himself, but he used such a pretentious way to say those profound Sword Dao words he knew, combined with his Oscar-level acting, which could be said to have truly fooled the Sword Spirit.

Xu Que's mind kept echoing with the system's notification sounds, and right now he was watching those rapidly rising Acting Cool Points, secretly happy in his heart.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, the Sword Spirit suddenly moved, waving its sharp sword toward the stone wall, carving a line of words—"In this stage, you have won. If you solve the answer to the previous question, I will follow you!"

Hiss!

When the crowd saw this, they were instantly terrified.

Could a generation of Sword Spirit be conquered by Senior Brother Tengyuan just like this?

Damn, what about the other Sword Spirit?

Is it still going to take Senior Brother Tengyuan as a direct disciple?

Wouldn't this relationship be too messy!

The crowd, kept deeply in the dark, thought there was more than one Sword Spirit in this Sword Tomb.

Xu Que was also overjoyed; the Sword Spirit writing this sentence was equivalent to declaring that he had not only succeeded in pretending to be cool this time, but also succeeded in bluffing!

What does pretending to be cool rely on? That's right, besides strength, bluffing is also very important!

Having a sword spirit who was once an Immortal Emperor's lackey as a little brother—this is just too damn prestigious! Meeting gods, kill gods; meeting Buddhas, kill Buddhas!

Xu Que suppressed the wild joy in his heart, pretending to be calm and indifferent, and said: "The answer to the previous question, haven't you all realized it yet?"

The crowd looked one after another at the initial question—"Sword, Dao, neither can change all things, but Sword Dao can change everything!"

No matter how they looked at it, everyone's insights were about the same, believing that it was just the addition of a symbol in the middle that caused the difference.

Xu Que told them that the symbol was a comma.

Someone said: "The meaning of this sentence is that the sword cannot change all things, nor can the Dao, but the Sword Dao can. So in the final analysis, this is a comma that can change everything."

"Wrong, you are looking at it too superficially!" Xu Que shook his head unfathomably.

The crowd's curiosity was raised once again.

The Sword Spirit also stared at Xu Que, looking forward to getting the answer.

"Actually... you are all very close to the answer, but the closer you are to the answer, the easier it is to not find it.

Actually, I appreciate your sweat and tireless pursuit, but you must know... a true genius should be like me, able to see profound mysteries that everyone else cannot see from subtle details.

And the answer you have been looking for is actually very simple, right before your eyes, it's just that you didn't see it..."

Xu Que's few casual words all carried the charm of the highest realm of bluffing!

Some heavenly prides with higher talent immediately felt like they had realized something, but they always felt it was just a little bit off.

Vaguely, they felt that as long as they solved the mystery, they could break through the bottleneck and take their sword intent to a higher level!

"Thump!"

Suddenly, several heavenly prides knelt toward Xu Que, sincerely saying: "We beg Senior Brother Tengyuan for guidance to help us break through!"

Xu Que smiled slightly and pointed to the stone wall: "Look, it's actually two commas!"

【The third update is delivered! I don't care, I want recommendation tickets and monthly tickets and tips, otherwise I will make you cry with my handsomeness!】 ===== CHAPTER 273 =====