Sword intent! Is this right?

Ye Qing reached out, gently plucking the already mature sword spirit grass from the edge of the Cold Pond.

It felt warm and moist in his hand, as if he were holding a piece of warm jade. The incomparably sharp aura had completely retracted, leaving behind only pure spirituality.

He turned around, looked at Lin Xueer, who was beside him with a curious expression, and smiled slightly.

"Xueer, this item is fated to be yours. Take it and refine it."

Saying this, he casually handed over the sword spirit grass—an item that would drive Golden Core Cultivators and even Nascent Soul Old Monsters outside into a frenzy.

"Ah? Revered Master, this... this is too valuable!"

Lin Xueer was startled. After realizing what was happening, she waved her hands repeatedly, her pretty face filled with panic and unease.

Although she didn't know the exact value of the sword spirit grass, she could guess its unimaginable preciousness from the greedy look of the Golden Core Old Man earlier and her Revered Master's solemn expression.

Such a treasure, her Revered Master wasn't using it himself but was giving it to her?

Heavens!

She wouldn't even dare to think about it!

"Revered Master, I... my Cultivation is too low. Wouldn't refining this be a waste of Heaven's gifts?"

"Revered Master, please use it instead! If you can comprehend Sword Intent, your strength will surely rise to the next level!"

Lin Xueer said anxiously.

"Just take it. Your Revered Master has his own plans."

Ye Qing's tone was unquestionable.

He forcefully placed the sword spirit grass into Lin Xueer's hand and said calmly:

"Your Profound Spirit Body is the most compatible with this kind of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure, making refinement twice as effective with half the effort. Furthermore, when an elder bestows a gift, you must not refuse!"

"Keep it, refine it with peace of mind. I will act as your Protector."

Seeing her Revered Master's firm attitude, Lin Xueer's eyes reddened slightly, and an indescribable warmth and emotion surged in her heart.

She knew that her Revered Master was truly thinking of her.

No longer refusing, Lin Xueer nodded heavily, clutching the sword spirit grass in her hand: "Yes, Revered Master! Disciple will not fail your high expectations!"

After speaking, she sat down cross-legged beside Ye Qing, calmed her mind, and began circulating her Cultivation Technique, preparing to refine this Heaven and Earth marvel.

And just as Lin Xueer took the sword spirit grass.

A cold, mechanical prompt quietly sounded in Ye Qing's mind.

【Ding! You have bestowed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure ‘sword spirit grass’ upon your Disciple Lin Xueer, triggering the Hundredfold Critical Return!】

【Congratulations on obtaining the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure — Sword Spirit Fruit!】

It's here!

Ye Qing's heart stirred, and a smile crept onto his lips.

Silly girl, if you don't accept the sword spirit grass, how can your Revered Master obtain an even better treasure?

His Divine Thought sank into the System space.

He saw a fruit, about the size of a fist, crystal clear and carved like quartz, quietly floating within.

The fruit's shape resembled a condensed, ancient miniature sword.

Inside, millions of fragmented sword lights seemed to flow and cycle through creation and destruction, emitting a Dao of the Sword charm hundreds of times richer than the sword spirit grass outside!

The sword spirit grass can only help people comprehend Sword Intent, and the success rate is not high.

There is even a significant possibility of failure.

However, this Sword Spirit Fruit contains a trace of complete Dao of the Sword True Intent! After refining it, comprehending Sword Intent is practically guaranteed, a hundred percent success!

It can even make the resulting Sword Intent higher quality and more powerful!

"Not bad."

Ye Qing nodded in satisfaction and turned his gaze back to Lin Xueer, who was refining the sword spirit grass.

Wisps of white sharp Qi were seen escaping from the sword spirit grass and drilling into Lin Xueer's body.

For ordinary Cultivators, this Geng Metal Sharp Qi alone would be enough to make them grimace.

But whether it was due to her Profound Spirit Body, which is naturally compatible with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, or her resilient Heart-Nature, Lin Xueer's tolerance for this power far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Although a hint of pain crossed her delicate face, her brows slightly furrowed.

She didn't make a sound, focusing all her attention on refining and comprehending with determination.

One hour.

Two hours.

A full three hours passed.

Buzz—!

Lin Xueer's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open!

A flash of sharpness, almost invisible to the naked eye, streaked across her gaze!

Her entire temperament underwent an earth-shattering change at this moment!

If the previous her was a piece of warm, unpolished jade, the current her was a sharp sword hidden in its sheath—though the edge was not yet revealed, the heart-pounding sharpness was already present!

"Revered Master, I..."

Lin Xueer felt the newfound, peculiar power full of sharpness and destructive force within her body, making her excited and somewhat incoherent.

"How does it feel?" Ye Qing asked with a smile.

"I feel... I seem to have grasped something. It's very vague, yet truly existent," Lin Xueer struggled to describe. "I feel that if I use any sword technique now, its power will be much, much stronger than before!"

"That is Nascent Sword Intent."

Ye Qing nodded, understanding the situation.

He explained to Lin Xueer: "Although the sword spirit grass can help one comprehend Sword Intent, the success rate is not high, and your Foundation is still shallow, and you haven't learned any proper sword techniques. That you could comprehend Nascent Sword Intent has greatly exceeded your Revered Master's expectations. It can be said that you now have one foot on the threshold of Sword Intent. As long as you continue to comprehend diligently in the future, you can completely solidify it and turn it into true Sword Intent."

"Thank you, Revered Master!" Lin Xueer stood up and respectfully bowed to Ye Qing, her gratitude almost overflowing from her eyes.

"Mhm, you should stabilize your Realm first. Your Revered Master also needs to Cultivate for a while."

After Ye Qing finished speaking, he also sat down cross-legged beside her.

With a thought, he retrieved the Sword Spirit Fruit from the System space.

Without any hesitation, he swallowed it in one gulp!

Boom—!

A torrent of the Dao of the Sword, thousands of times purer and vaster than the sword spirit grass, instantly erupted within his body!

That power was tyrannical and sharp, as if it intended to condense the purest sword within his limbs, organs, and even his Divine Soul!

"Condense!"

Ye Qing grunted, and with a stir of his will, the Prison Suppressing Immortal Body roared into operation!

Ancient and mysterious Golden Divine Runes surfaced on his skin, emitting a terrifying aura capable of suppressing all ages and annihilating everything!

When the violent torrent of the Dao of the Sword encountered the power of the Prison Suppressing Immortal Body.

It paused noticeably.

Then, it began to be frantically absorbed, refined, and comprehended by Ye Qing!

If Lin Xueer's comprehension of Sword Intent was like crossing a river by feeling for stones, struggling to find that faint trace of spiritual light.

Then Ye Qing, at this moment, was sprinting down a broad, well-paved highway!

Countless profound truths of the sword, mysteries of the sword, and true intents of the sword continuously flooded his mind and merged into his Divine Soul!

Sharpness, cutting, piercing... these were only the most superficial manifestations of the Dao of the Sword.

Deeper within, lay protection, judgment, slaughter, destruction... And at this moment.

Through continuous comprehension, Ye Qing vaguely grasped a wisp of Sword Intent that was most compatible with the Prison Suppressing Immortal Body.

"This is..."

Ye Qing's heart moved, and following his intent, he condensed this wisp of Sword Intent!

He then realized that this was a supremely tyrannical Sword Intent, capable of suppressing the Nine Nether Purgatories and judging all Heavenly Gods and demons!

Namely, Prison Suppressing Sword Intent!

Boom!

At this moment, Ye Qing's eyes snapped open!

There were no earth-shattering phenomena, nor was there any alarming aura leakage.

He just sat there calmly, but the air in the entire valley seemed to solidify.

All was silent!

All sound, all light, and all Spiritual Qi seemed to be completely stripped away by an invisible force the moment he opened his eyes!

Ye Qing slowly raised his right hand, pointing his fingers like a sword.

He casually slashed at a thousand-meter-high stone wall several hundred feet away.

In his mind, an illusory sword shadow slightly trembled!

"Chh—!"

There was no sound, no light effect.

Only a pitch-black fissure, seemingly capable of swallowing all light, flashed across the mountain peak.

The next moment.

Rumble!

The thousand-meter-high, hard stone wall was cleanly sliced open down the middle.

The upper half of the mountain silently slid down, crashing onto the ground with an earth-shattering roar, sending dust flying everywhere!

If one were to fly into the air, they would see that the mountain's cut surface was as smooth as a mirror, as if it had been done by the sharpest creation in the world, a divine weapon or immortal general of the Heavens!

Lin Xueer stood nearby, already dumbfounded, her small mouth wide enough to fit an egg.

That slash by Revered Master just now... clearly had no Spiritual Energy fluctuation, no trace of a Spell, as if he had simply used his finger to draw a line.

Yet that mountain... was severed?

What kind of terrifying power was this?! And her own Nascent Sword Intent clearly trembled just now!

This, is this right?