14: Blade & Soul

Just as Lin Luoxue's aura stabilized, Zhang Daobai felt a massive surge of energy from the Spirit Fusion Contract Array merge into his body.

This is... cultivation feedback!

Feeling the anomaly within his body, Zhang Daobai quickly sat cross-legged and circulated his Cultivation Technique to refine this energy.

A moment later, under the impact of the massive energy, Zhang Daobai's cultivation Bottleneck quickly shattered. He successfully reached Qi Refining Perfection and began accumulating power to charge toward the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Don't resist!"

At that moment, Lin Luoxue's voice rang out in front of Zhang Daobai.

In the next second, a secret technique appeared in Zhang Daobai's mind: the Nine Revolutions Foundation Establishment Method.

Seeing this, Zhang Daobai quickly reacted and immediately circulated the Nine Revolutions Foundation Establishment Method to begin compressing his spiritual power.

Ultimately, with the help of the Medicinal Pill and the cultivation feedback, Zhang Daobai successfully compressed his spiritual power six times, and his cultivation Realm remained at Qi Refining Perfection.

Feeling the pure and surging spiritual power within him, Zhang Daobai felt that he was now terrifyingly strong!

However, as soon as he opened his eyes and saw Lin Luoxue, the fervor in his heart quickly dissipated.

"Congratulations on your cultivation recovery," Zhang Daobai said with a smile.

"Congratulations on your great progress in cultivation," Lin Luoxue also congratulated him with a smile.

"How do you feel now?" Zhang Daobai stood up, sat down at the tea table, and asked.

Upon hearing this, Lin Luoxue's eyes sparkled with excitement, and she replied softly, "Very good! My Dantian has returned to how it was before, and my Foundation is even more solid than it used to be."

"Although my current cultivation hasn't returned to its Peak, my current strength is definitely not inferior to before!"

Hearing this, Zhang Daobai immediately activated the Eye of Appraisal.

[Human Race: Lin Luoxue]

[Gender: Female]

[Cultivation: Mid Foundation Establishment Stage]

[Aptitude: Top-grade Gold and Thunder Dual Spiritual Roots]

[Talent: Clear Sword Heart, Ice Muscle Jade Bone]

[Status: Good]

[Evolution Plan: 1. Continue to fuse five elements spirit items to complete the Five Elements Spiritual Roots and generate the Five Elements Spirit Body.]

[2. Fuse with a Sword Spirit. Using the Sword Spirit as a Foundation, fuse special spiritual items or Bloodlines to generate a special sword physique, such as the Five Elements Sword Body, Spirit Channeling Sword Body, Phoenix Sword Body, etc.]

[3. Fuse with a Sword Spirit and slaughter a million living beings to merge blood balefulness into the body, generating the Slaughter Sword Body.]

[4. ...]

[Comprehensive Evaluation: Eight Stars]

After seeing that Lin Luoxue's status had turned to "Good," Zhang Daobai finally felt completely at ease.

Then, Zhang Daobai turned his gaze to Lin Luoxue's evolution plan.

"Five Elements Spirit Body? Sword Spirit? special sword physique? Slaughter Sword Body!"

Looking at the various evolution directions in the plan, Zhang Daobai couldn't help but frown slightly, unsure of how to choose.

"What's wrong? Is there another problem?"

Seeing Zhang Daobai frowning in silence, Lin Luoxue asked in confusion.

"Do you know what a Sword Spirit is?" Zhang Daobai came back to his senses and looked at Lin Luoxue.

"Sword Spirit?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of yearning flashed in Lin Luoxue's eyes, and she spoke softly, "A Sword Spirit is an intelligence born from a sword of Spiritual Artifact rank or higher."

"After continuous nurturing by a Sword Cultivator, it can help them in battle, assist in cultivation, and perhaps one day even manifest a spiritual body."

Every Sword Cultivator yearns to obtain their own Sword Spirit, and Lin Luoxue was no exception.

After learning about Sword Spirits, Zhang Daobai couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache. One must know that Spiritual Artifacts are a level higher than Magic Treasures.

The Cloud Sword Sect, a Sect established on the way of the sword, didn't even have a single Spiritual Artifact-grade Spirit Sword. Where was he supposed to find a Sword Spirit?

No! I can't be the only one with a headache and anxiety!

Zhang Daobai looked at Lin Luoxue, who was still happy about her cultivation recovery, and decided to give her some motivation.

"I have a few plans here that can help you forge a special Physique..."

As he spoke, Zhang Daobai explained the various evolution plans to Lin Luoxue.

"Five Elements Spirit Body! special sword physique!"

Listening to Zhang Daobai's introduction, Lin Luoxue's eyes grew brighter. After all, who wouldn't want their cultivation Aptitude to be better?

As for the Slaughter Sword Body plan, Lin Luoxue didn't even consider it.

As a Sword Cultivator, she had naturally heard of the Slaughter Sword Body. This special sword physique had extremely strong combat capabilities, but it had one drawback.

That is, it requires continuous slaughter to develop the Physique. With the slightest carelessness, one would be eroded by killing intent and turn into a bloodthirsty Devil Head.

Therefore, the Slaughter Sword Sect is not well-regarded by Righteous Path Cultivators, but in the Heavenly Demon Domain, it is one of the most popular Physiques.

"Which plan do you choose?"

Zhang Daobai looked at Lin Luoxue's moved expression and smiled with satisfaction.

"As long as the Physique attributes don't conflict, a person can possess multiple special Physiques."

Lin Luoxue didn't answer directly, but the meaning in her words already provided the answer.

Zhang Daobai didn't mind Lin Luoxue's 'greed'; instead, he was quite looking forward to it.

After all, the stronger Lin Luoxue became, the better the benefits fed back to him. He wished she would awaken several more special Physiques.

"I will find a way to gather the resources to forge the special Physiques myself. You don't need to worry," Lin Luoxue promised with a firm gaze.

Then, Lin Luoxue seemed to realize something and hurriedly added, "I don't mean to look down on you. It's just that since this is beneficial to me, I can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor."

Lin Luoxue explained while paying attention to Zhang Daobai's expression, worried that he might misunderstand her meaning.

"Alright, I understand what you mean. I'm not some narrow-minded person. Besides, if I were the one to gather these Materials, who knows how long it would take."

Zhang Daobai didn't think much of it. His original goal was to have Lin Luoxue gather the Materials herself, so how could he be dissatisfied?

Seeing that there really was nothing unusual in Zhang Daobai's expression, Lin Luoxue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But in the next second, she felt that something was wrong with her.

She didn't know when it started, but she had actually begun to care about Zhang Daobai's various emotional changes toward her.

This change left Lin Luoxue somewhat confused and lost. She didn't know if it was right or wrong, but she also realized that Zhang Daobai's position in her heart had already become very important.

However, when Lin Luoxue thought about her Dantian reconstruction and the evolution plans Zhang Daobai had just proposed, she couldn't help but set aside this worry.

Forget it, let nature take its course.

Lin Luoxue looked at Zhang Daobai and sighed helplessly in her heart.

In the days that followed, Zhang Daobai was either cultivating or practicing the Golden Thunder Evil-Breaking Sword Technique and Thunderous Instant Flash under Lin Luoxue's guidance.

The cultivation world is full of dangers. Even with Lin Luoxue's close protection, he couldn't rest easy.

As the saying goes, 'to forge iron, one must be strong themselves.' Therefore, he had to possess the strength to protect himself as soon as possible to ensure his safety in the cultivation world and avoid becoming a burden to Lin Luoxue.