151: The ancient sword bone sword

Just then, a clear and pleasant “Sprout~” cry caught Li Wen’s attention.

He followed the sound and saw Sprout Beast standing not far away, its small head slightly raised, as if it had discovered something extraordinary.

“There’s a strange energy pattern here, causing Life Energy to continuously flow into the distance.”

Hearing this, Li Wen couldn’t help but feel very surprised, as he himself couldn’t sense any abnormality.

Even Qingyan, who had been perched on his shoulder, looked bewildered at this moment, shaking her head repeatedly, indicating that she hadn’t noticed anything unusual either.

Seeing that even Qingyan was oblivious, Sprout Beast no longer bothered to explain. It gently extended a verdant vine, carefully touching Li Wen.

The moment the soft vine touched Li Wen’s body, a strange sensation surged through him. Immediately after, Li Wen was astonished to find that his vision had undergone a dramatic change.

The originally colorful world now became a monotonous black and white, with only green streams of light occasionally flickering on the ground, like winding little creeks, continuously flowing into the distance.

Li Wen subconsciously turned his head, his gaze falling on the largest bone closest to him.

Sure enough, on the white bone, there was a uniquely shaped spiral pattern, emitting a faint glow.

Li Wen looked at Sprout Beast with a face full of astonishment, asking incredulously.

“Sprout Beast, when did you comprehend this ability?”

Sprout Beast, still in its Sprout Beast form, heard this, raised its head, blinked its round eyes, and made an effort to think.

After a long while, it answered with some uncertainty:

“Sprout~ Sprout~”

“Just recently, I tried to merge yin sen wood with Life Energy.”

“And then?” Li Wen asked curiously.

“Sprout~”

“Suddenly, I found that as long as I concentrated these tiny strands of special Life Energy onto my eyeballs, I could actually make it visible, along with the Life Energy vision sharing.”

Hearing this, Li Wen suddenly seemed to realize something, reacting sharply. He widened his eyes and exclaimed in surprise.

“Wait, do you mean to say that you can now successfully merge Life Energy with that trace of death qi?!!!”

“Sprout~”

Sprout Beast nodded gently, affirming it.

Li Wen then frowned in thought, and after a moment, he asked.

“The fusion was successful, to what extent can it be done currently?”

“Hmph, it’s nothing impressive. It can only maintain that tiny bit, I can’t even unleash a single sword qi, so it’s not very useful.”

Hearing this, Li Wen secretly mused.

“This little guy’s advanced learning ability is indeed a bit beyond imagination. I feel like I’m starting to lose track of her limits.”

Despite this, he maintained a serious expression on the surface, continuing his so-called “elite education” for Sprout Beast.

“Hmm, it’s barely acceptable. This isn’t your problem, after all, the source of that death qi is entirely provided by external factors, and the quantity is pitifully small.”

“So, being able to maintain this tiny bit of balanced state is already quite good.”

However, this alone was far from enough. The arduous task ahead was to find a unique method that could continuously generate death qi from within oneself.

When Sprout Beast heard this new task from Li Wen, it couldn’t help but roll its eyes. It mumbled a sound.

“Sprout~”

It seemed to have some reservations about this task.

However, after a brief pause, Sprout Beast reluctantly responded.

“Alright!”

In fact, Li Wen had originally worried that Sprout Beast would grow tired of the continuous training.

But he had no idea that Sprout Beast rolled its eyes not because it was tired of training.

Rather, it purely thought that Li Wen’s serious expression while uttering such an obvious piece of nonsense was truly making it speechless.

After all, Sprout Beast knew perfectly well that it had to find an effective way to generate death qi on its own.

But the problem was that it had no clue at all right now. If there was a way, how could it possibly be out looking for clues with Li Wen?

Li Wen, however, didn’t dwell too much on Sprout Beast’s slightly disdainful attitude and resolutely decided to head towards the end of the Life Energy flow to investigate.

And so, they moved forward along the green-glowing energy creek, and the further they went, the larger the flow of this “creek” became. This scene confirmed some of Li Wen’s earlier conjectures.

It turned out that these surging Life Energies, in their flow, all passed through those mysterious and peculiar patterns before continuing their descent.

From this, it was evident that the root cause of this powerful Life Energy stream was precisely the energy contained within those enormous bones.

All along, a continuous flow of Life Energy, like a trickling stream, flowed past, like an unceasing river, constantly nourishing these giant bones.

It was precisely because of this that those enormous bones were able to withstand the long passage of time and remain perfectly preserved to this day.

Each time Life Energy flowed past a giant bone, it was like a tributary joining a great river, and the flow of the stream would significantly increase.

This phenomenon undoubtedly proved an astonishing fact—these Life Energies did not have a so-called fixed source.

They did not originate from a specific spring or source, but rather were nurtured by this wondrous world itself.

Upon closer observation, one would find that the strange patterns etched on the surface of the ground, like powerful pumping devices, were tirelessly drawing Life Energy from deep underground and guiding it along a predetermined path.

Li Wen vaguely remembered the detailed guide for this secret realm.

To gain the maximum benefit, the best location was beside these giant bones.

This place was not only of great benefit to pet beasts cultivating the Way of Life, but even Beastmasters could benefit immensely, and this was likely the reason.

As they delved deeper, they eventually reached almost the very bottom of the secret realm.

Here, they finally witnessed the end of that Life Energy stream.

What was astonishing was that what appeared before their eyes was a bone sword, pure white as snow and crystal clear!

This bone sword stood silently there, as if it had existed for thousands of years, yet its surface showed no traces of time.

All the Life Energy flowing to this point, like moths to a flame, was completely absorbed by the bone sword without the slightest leakage.