Chapter 709: Carrying a Small World

: xshuquge

Lu Yang woke up leisurely, finding himself lying on the ground, with Yun Mengmeng looking at him with concern.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Lu Yang's mind was a bit chaotic, remembering only that he had fought until he was exhausted and then lost consciousness.

"Ten breaths, I think." Yun Mengmeng lived a carefree life and had never been very sensitive to time.

"Lu Yang, take this elixir." The Sword Tower Elder also rushed over, quickly taking out a top-quality elixir to help Lu Yang recover.

The elixir was refreshing upon entering his mouth, and after swallowing it into his abdomen, his whole body felt as if it were soaked in water, cool and comfortable.

Lu Yang sobered up, was helped up by Yun Mengmeng, sat cross-legged on the spot, operated his cultivation technique, adjusted his breathing frequency, and was soon able to move freely.

His mental strength was already comparable to the Integration stage, so after being exhausted, he could quickly return to his normal state.

Ming Tai, as an immortal sword spirit, also recovered very quickly.

"Senior Brother Lu Yang, I admire you." Ming Tai walked over and said. In that battle just now, he had used all his trump cards and still lost to Lu Yang, losing with complete conviction.

This was also the character of all sword cultivators—straightforward. If you win, you win; if you lose, you lose. There was nothing to be ashamed of admitting.

"Not at all, it was just luck." Lu Yang said modestly. The "One Sword Becomes Ten Thousand Swords" he displayed at the end was just an attempt, with a fifty-fifty chance of success or failure.

Many sword cultivators, after watching that battle, had more or less gained insights and didn't dare to delay, sitting cross-legged on the spot.

Opportunities were rare. The visit to the sword treasury, which was originally planned to start after the Sword Inquiry segment ended, had to be postponed. The Sword Tower Elders took action, setting up formations to keep the sword cultivators from being disturbed by the outside world, allowing them to gain as many insights as possible.

The sword cultivators were all in seclusion on the spot, and Lu Yang, on the contrary, became the most idle one.

"Speaking of which, Ming Tai's Hanguang Sword can turn invisible. Does my Azure Edge Sword have no other uses?"

Lu Yang examined the Azure Edge Sword carefully. The Hanguang Sword was only an immortal treasure, while his Azure Edge Sword was a genuine immortal artifact, Wu Yao's personal sword. It stood to reason that it shouldn't just have high quality; it should also have some special functions.

"It does. Isn't it quite spacious inside this sword? Other swords don't have this treatment." The sword spirit of the Azure Edge Sword said.

"What do you mean... Wait, Fairy, are you saying there is another space inside the Azure Edge Sword?" Lu Yang reacted.

The Immortal Fairy rolled her eyes: "Otherwise, where do you think this Immortal lives?"

Lu Yang thought to himself, Fairy, you have vast supernatural powers; I thought you were really just attached to the Azure Edge Sword.

So you actually moved in.

"Wait, this Immortal will pull you in."

The Immortal Fairy felt that Little Yangzi was stupid and didn't even know how to enter the door, so she might as well pull him in directly.

Lu Yang disappeared on the spot, leaving no trace, and the Azure Edge Sword clattered to the ground.

"This is the internal space of the Azure Edge Sword?" Lu Yang looked around in surprise, circling the area.

"To be precise, this is called the Azure Edge Sword's self-contained small world." The Immortal Fairy used more professional terminology.

In the Azure Edge Sword's small world, spiritual energy was abundant, with high mountains and flowing water, a beautiful environment, isolated from the world, like a paradise.

Lu Yang was standing on a bamboo raft, drifting down the river, the mountains receding like a slideshow.

The bamboo raft was made by the Immortal Fairy when she was bored during her time as a sword spirit, for which she had cut down a large patch of trees.

"How is it?" The Immortal Fairy was smug, not knowing whether she was showing off this small world or the bamboo raft she had made with her own hands.

"That brat named Wu Yao has some ability, making the inside of the Azure Edge Sword look quite decent."

"This small space has always been here?" Lu Yang was shocked, not expecting that he had always underestimated the Azure Edge Sword.

"It has indeed always been here, but it was in a sealed stage before, and you couldn't enter. It was only after your cultivation level reached a certain point that the seal was opened and you entered here."

Lu Yang felt a little comforted; it was that the seal hadn't been opened, not that he didn't know a good thing: "When was the seal opened?"

"When you were at the Nascent Soul stage."

Lu Yang looked at the Immortal Fairy quietly, the meaning in his eyes self-evident.

The Immortal Fairy felt embarrassed being looked at by the Pillar of State Minister, and laughed sheepishly: "This Immortal thought that Little Yangzi knew the Azure Edge Sword had a space and was just too lazy to come in."

"After all, besides the scenery being a bit pretty, there's nothing fun here."

Lu Yang thought that was true; he didn't need a small world to carry around.

If he had a small world to carry around in his previous life, every flower and blade of grass here would be a spiritual herb, and any one he took out would be a shocking fortune.

Otherwise, he could farm in the small world. The spiritual energy here was abundant, and if he got seeds, they would definitely mutate here, and then he could take them to the outside world to shock everyone.

Unfortunately, he didn't have a small world in his previous life; he only had one after crossing into the cultivation world, which made it quite useless.

Lu Yang circled the Azure Edge Sword once and then left it.

About half a day passed, and the sword cultivators finished their seclusion one after another, communicating with each other and feeling that they had gained a lot.

This Sword Inquiry Ceremony was worth coming to. One insight was worth several years of sword dao comprehension. The battle between Lu Yang and Ming Tai allowed them to see the path of the future sword dao.

The sword cultivators found Lu Yang and Ming Tai one after another to express their gratitude; Xue Shilou and Kun Qiu were among them.

After the last sword cultivator finished seclusion, Tower Master Guan announced the start of the third and final segment of the ceremony.

"You all should have heard that our Sword Tower's sword treasury stores spirit swords left behind by the sages of the past. After you enter the sword treasury, if you have affinity, the spirit swords will naturally follow you and leave, recognizing you as their master. Our Sword Tower will absolutely not stop you."

"After your affinity is exhausted, our Sword Tower will naturally recover the spirit swords."

"If you have no affinity, please do not force it. I know some of you are born with great strength and can forcibly pull out the spirit swords."

"If this provokes the anger of the spirit swords and causes any accidents, the Sword Tower will not be responsible."

The crowd of sword cultivators praised the Sword Tower's righteousness one after another. Other sword dao sects, even if they had spirit swords, would rather let the spirituality of the spirit swords be worn away than let outsiders use them.

"Since you have no objections, then follow me."

Tower Master Guan walked at the front, leading everyone into the area below the Sword Tower.

The sword cultivators were all very nervous. Spirit sword master recognition depends on affinity and has nothing to do with realm or talent. There are many such examples in history: a mediocre cultivator is recognized as master by a spirit sword with a great background, and from then on becomes a mediocre sword cultivator of a generation.

The sword treasury was a huge hollow space, as if someone had used a sword to carve out a space below the Sword Tower. There was no decoration, quite primitive, with only a top-quality night-luminescent pearl at the top, which had been shining for ten thousand years, providing light for the sword treasury.

All kinds of spirit swords were inserted into the sword treasury at will, some on the ground, some on the walls. This was not because the Sword Tower didn't care about the spirit swords, but because these spirit swords liked to arrange themselves like this.

"Don't know how many spirit swords will recognize masters this time." An Elder said.

Tower Master Guan on the side said: "Maybe not even one."

"Ah? Why?" The Elder was puzzled.

Tower Master Guan looked at Ming Tai, who was walking into the sword treasury, and said quietly: "Don't forget Ming Tai's identity—the Supreme's personal sword, the big brother of all spirit swords. To him, the sword treasury is no different from a harem."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 710 =====