32: Chapter 32 Sword Heart, Second Level

Sword Intent + 50

Sword Intent + 50

Sword Intent + 50

Inside the zhenyuan sword, carved by Ancestor Linyuan, the Sword Intent was vast, like an ocean.

In contrast, Yu Xiu's Sword Heart was like a small boat on the sea. The two resonated; though the boat was small, it was steady as a rock, riding the waves and learning from the power of the waves.

And this was Sword Intent.

With Yu Xiu's current Comprehension Ability of over 2,000, he naturally comprehended it extremely quickly.

[Sword Heart: Hidden Edge (25 / 500)]

The improvement was too fast, much too fast.

Previously, when Yu Xiu practiced the sword, he would gain Sword Sense, and it took 100 Sword Sense to increase the progress of the Sword Heart by 1.

But now, Yu Xiu was directly comprehending the Sword Intent left by Ancestor Linyuan; 10 Sword Intent could increase the Sword Heart by 1.

'I fear Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Heart cultivation has long surpassed the Hidden Edge level, perhaps even by several levels!'

And this was the Realm of Ancestor Linyuan from a thousand years ago!

A thousand years have passed; who knows how astonishing it is now.

A thousand years, Ancestor Linyuan should not have passed away yet; with his level of existence, his Lifespan would likely not be short.

'Hmm?' At the same moment, Yuan Tiankuo, who was also sitting with his eyes closed comprehending the Sword Intent, suddenly opened his eyes. They were a pair of long, narrow phoenix eyes, and rare double phoenix eyes at that.

If they were on a woman, these eyes alone would increase her charm by more than half.

Yet, these eyes grew on Yuan Tiankuo's face.

'The Sword Intent within the zhenyuan sword...' He furrowed his willow-leaf brows.

Before Yu Xiu arrived, he sat here watching the zhenyuan sword, feeling the Sword Intent was like a mountain. Although it had a vast and towering momentum, precisely because the mountain was so towering and heavy, climbing it was as difficult as ascending to heaven!

It could only be viewed from afar, not climbed!

He could only watch from afar; to see this mountain clearly, to feel this mountain, there was an extremely vast distance in between!

Simply put, he could comprehend the Sword Intent, but the progress was slow, extremely slow.

The time required for him to rely on comprehending the Sword Intent in the zhenyuan sword to give birth to a Sword Heart would be extremely long.

But now, Yu Xiu had come.

In the zhenyuan sword, that mountain-like, vast Sword Intent seemed to dissipate all at once, turning into a vast ocean, with violent tsunamis and towering waves.

If one didn't try to sense it with Sword Intent, it was fine, but to resonate and comprehend the Sword Intent, one would be instantly crushed by the tsunamis and waves, leaving no bones behind!

'What did he do? How could he stir the Sword Intent left by Ancestor Linyuan?'

Yuan Tiankuo was shocked, feeling it was incredible.

You must know, the zhenyuan sword had stood here for a thousand years. Whether it was predecessors or people of today, the Qingwei Sword Sect Disciples who had sat here and comprehended the Sword Intent, even if not hundreds of thousands, numbered in the tens of thousands.

But those who could stir the Sword Intent within and resonate with it were definitely few.

At least in the decades since Yuan Tiankuo entered the Main Sect, he had only heard of two.

One of them was the current third-ranked true Disciple, 'Ji Shaoxing'.

Such a character naturally didn't need to be mentioned; with the first and second true Disciples having completely disappeared, it could be said that Ji Shaoxing was the most powerful one below the old generation of the Qingwei Sword Sect, born with a Sword Heart.

The second was 'Yuan Yanzhao', the last one to enter the ranks of true Disciples.

This person could be called a 'legend'. He entered the Great Four Passes in one year, broke through the Great Four Passes to become a Dragon in three years, and was promoted to true Disciple in five years.

In just nine years, he was promoted to true Disciple. Upon entering the true Disciples, he ranked sixth, not the last tenth.

Now, nearly sixty years later, no one knew to what extent Yuan Yanzhao had grown!

There were rumors that this true Disciple not only had a natural Sword Heart but also an extremely rare natural Sword Body!

As for the other true Disciples, they had been in their positions for too long and rarely appeared; they were almost never seen, and rumors about them were even rarer, so they would not be discussed.

However, who was this Yu Xiu?

Yuan Tiankuo prided himself on being a Genius with hope of entering the ranks of true Disciples, and among the current ten main peaks, his reputation was not small.

Sitting under the zhenyuan sword for three months, he could already connect with Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Intent, and within a year, he hoped to give birth to a Sword Heart!

Yet, he saw Yu Xiu!

This person, the moment he arrived, stirred Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Intent...

His emotions fluctuated, and the expression in his phoenix eyes changed uncertainly: "A natural Sword Heart? Or is his Comprehension Ability extremely high? Or is he extremely compatible with Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Intent?"

Hearing Hall Master Su Wenjin say it, this Yu Xiu was also extremely remarkable; in three years, he had broken the Four Stages of Ascending Dragon and entered the Great Four Passes!

Even Zhanlong Peak had taken the initiative to put in effort to recruit him into the peak, hoping he would become the direct Disciple of the Peak Master in the future!

Yuan Tiankuo withdrew his Sword Intent, not daring to resonate with the zhenyuan sword at this moment, fearing being smashed to pieces by the vast Sword Intent of Ancestor Linyuan within.

But soon, he frowned again, 'Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Intent has been stirred by him; the Fire Demon in the underground fire veins will likely emerge again!'

Oh well!

As a Disciple of Zhanlong Peak, it wouldn't be wrong to protect him once!

Besides, this Yu Xiu looked quite pleasing to the eye!

He did not disturb Yu Xiu, but just sat quietly, acting as his Protector.

The facts were just as Yuan Tiankuo expected; only three days later, the underground fire veins suddenly erupted.

Those Disciples who were being punished in the Earth Fire Abyss and collecting the Essence of Earth Fire fled the cave one after another.

"There is a Fire Demon appearing in the underground fire veins!"

"Run, run!"

"Let that expert from Zhanlong Peak deal with the headache!"

Yuan Tiankuo slowly stood up, stepped out against the flow of people, and stood at the entrance of the cave.

He was like a sharp sword thrust into the ground, shattering the erupting earth fire, splitting the heat waves, and dispersing the crowd, remaining unmoved.

"Such abundant Yang Qi. The practitioners of the Qingwei Sword Sect are still so pure; it makes my mouth water!" A deep voice came from where the fire veins erupted in the cave.

"It's rare to come out once; I must eat my fill!"

When the last two words 'eat my fill' fell, scorching heat waves struck, rushing out of the cave, but they dissipated silently before Yuan Tiankuo.

Following that, a tall figure, two zhang high, appeared, covered in pitch-black demonic energy, with lava-like firelight flickering within.

This Fire Demon, shrouded in demonic energy and whose features could not be seen, paused before Yuan Tiankuo and said: "Ant."

"Hum!" The entire Earth Fire Abyss seemed to shake for a moment because the Fire Demon's large hand opened, causing rolling air waves, which then radiated to the entire Earth Fire Abyss.

"Clang!" At the same moment, the sound of a sword rang out, and sword light flickered, suppressing the surging air waves and the shaking of the Earth Fire Abyss.

It also suppressed the Fire Demon.

The next moment, the tall Fire Demon shrouded in demonic energy lost its sound, split into two, and finally turned into a wisp of blue smoke, dissipating without a trace.

Yuan Tiankuo did not say a word, stepped forward, picked up the spiritual object that the Fire Demon had turned into after death, and put it away without even looking at it.

"The expert from Zhanlong Peak is actually this strong?"

"I fear even the Elders of the Inner Courtyard are not as good as him!"

"What level is that Fire Demon?"

"I don't know, but it should be beyond the Great Four Passes. That kind of aura, I have only felt it on the Elders of the Main Peaks!"

Many punished Disciples who were far away from the cave were terrified.

Someone suddenly looked at the figure who was still sitting unmoved under the zhenyuan sword: "Why is there still a fellow Disciple from the Inner Courtyard there?"

"Even this expert from the Main Sect of Zhanlong Peak has to get up to slay the demon, and we have to endure the invasion of earth fire to collect the Essence of Earth Fire, why can he sit there unmoved?"

"Inner Courtyard Disciples come here to be punished, but he can sit calmly under the zhenyuan sword. He must be a well-connected person with a strong background. I fear this expert from Zhanlong Peak is protecting him!"

Yuan Tiankuo's phoenix eyes swept across like a sword, and the group of punished Disciples suddenly felt as if they had entered a cold winter cellar from an underground furnace; they dared not speak and honestly went to collect the Essence of Earth Fire!

Yuan Tiankuo did not care about those punished Disciples. His eyes were deep, lingering on Yu Xiu for a moment before moving away again, feeling inexplicably irritable.

The dignified eighth of the Ten Heroes of Zhanlong Peak had become Yu Xiu's Protector in the mouths of these guys!

If this got out, he would be laughed to death by that dog who couldn't stop talking on Zhanlong Peak.

He looked at Yu Xiu again and saw that Yu Xiu was not affected at all by the appearance of the Fire Demon and was still resonating with Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Intent!

'I don't know how long he will comprehend!'

Yuan Tiankuo became increasingly irritable.

Not only could he no longer comprehend the Sword Intent in the zhenyuan sword, but he also had to protect him. More importantly, if this matter reached Zhanlong Peak, that dog would keep barking in his ears.

On the sixth day, another Fire Demon appeared and was decapitated by Yuan Tiankuo with a casual sword strike.

On the eighth day, the Fire Demon had already died the moment it appeared.

"This expert from Zhanlong Peak is terrifyingly strong!" Those punished Disciples did not dare to breathe loudly.

Clearly, the Fire Demons that escaped from the underground fire veins had a terrifyingly powerful aura that could easily wipe out all the Inner Courtyard Disciples, but in front of this person, they couldn't even block a single sword.

It was hard to imagine how strong this expert from Zhanlong Peak was.

The tenth day.

Yuan Tiankuo, who was feeling irritable, suddenly looked up at Yu Xiu, who was sitting under the zhenyuan sword.

In his sensing, in that direction, a sharp sword like the morning sun was rising, shining, and releasing an incomparably sharp Sword Intent, faintly echoing with the Sword Intent in the zhenyuan sword, seemingly having a tendency to rival it!

But this feeling came and went quickly.

It seemed like just an illusion.

With another blink, the vast Sword Intent in the zhenyuan sword had become heavy again, turning into a high mountain.

And that sharp sword that had risen like the morning sun also subsided and disappeared.

"He... gave birth to a Sword Heart?" The pupils in Yuan Tiankuo's phoenix eyes suddenly enlarged, then quickly shrank.

Sword Heart, Hidden Edge!

It must be the first stage of the Sword Heart, Hidden Edge, otherwise, it couldn't have disappeared in a flash.

It must have been the Hidden Edge that hid all the Sword Intent, that's why it was like this!

"Sword Heart..."

"Sword Heart..."

"Is he comparable to the freaks among the Ten True Seeds of Zhanlong Peak?" Yuan Tiankuo's heart surged, unable to calm down for a long time.

On Zhanlong Peak, below the Peak Master and Elders, the ten strongest and most outstanding ones were known as the Ten True Seeds!

Each of them had given birth to a Sword Heart and had also comprehended the Sword Intent left by Ancestor Linyuan here.

But no one could stir the Sword Intent of Ancestor Linyuan to resonate.

There were once Elders who guessed that it was because they were too old when they achieved the Sword Heart, unable to attract the favor of Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Intent!

But these were the seeds capable of competing for the position of true Disciple, the undisputed strongest, and some could even be compared to those Elders on Zhanlong Peak who had lived for over five hundred years.

And below the Ten True Seeds, there were the ten strongest Disciples under the age of one hundred, who were called the Ten Heroes.

Yuan Tiankuo was the eighth of the Ten Heroes.

As far as he knew, among the Ten Heroes, no one had given birth to a Sword Heart yet.

Of course, the top three of the Ten Heroes might have already achieved a Sword Heart, just hiding it, mostly peeping at the position of the Ten True Seeds.

"Sword Heart!" Yuan Tiankuo took a deep breath, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and the previous irritability also disappeared.

If that dog on Zhanlong Peak wanted to bark about him protecting someone, he could fight back.

'I am protecting a freak comparable to a True Seed, preparing to take down you guys in the top five of the Ten Heroes, wait to step down!'

Thinking of that dog's anxious face at that time, it should be very interesting.

Yuan Tiankuo couldn't help but hook the corner of his mouth, finally having a trace of a smile.

[Sword Heart: Sword Sound (1 / 800)]

Above Hidden Edge is called Sword Sound.

The heart is the Sword Heart, which can hear the heart's voice of the sword, resonate with the sword, and all things in heaven and earth can be swords, and all things in heaven and earth contain 'Sword Intent'.

This is the second Realm of the Sword Heart.

Yu Xiu slowly opened his eyes.

Before, Yuan Tiankuo saw him as a rising sun, with peerless Sword Intent.

It was because his Sword Heart Hidden Edge was completely perfect, and then transformed, so there was a moment of Sword Intent leakage, which was perceived by him.

In fact, with Yu Xiu's current Sword Heart that had entered the second Realm, the Sword Intent was far more terrifying than what Yuan Tiankuo perceived.

As long as he wanted, any stone in this Earth Fire Abyss could become part of his Sword Intent.

If not for the limitation of his strength, with one thought, this Earth Fire Abyss could rise with ten thousand Sword Intents, and even the fire veins under the ground would be evaporated and integrated into his Sword Intent.

Theoretically speaking, Yuan Tiankuo could also become his Sword Intent, becoming a sword.

This is a Realm close to the rules, with no reason to speak of, also known as the 'Sword of Heaven and Earth'.

'My strength has far exceeded the shackles of the Realm!' Yu Xiu's heart had no ripples, and all distracting thoughts were cut off by the Sword Heart.

He estimated that even an expert of the second stage of the Great Four Passes could not take a move in front of him.

They would be cut down by the Sword Intent of heaven and earth mobilized by his Sword Heart.

But it was also because he broke into the second Realm of the Sword Heart 'Sword Sound', so the Sword Intent left by Ancestor Linyuan was no longer useful to him.

'2189 Comprehension Ability is still too excessive!' Yu Xiu was satisfied.

Just relying on the Sword Intent left by Ancestor Linyuan a thousand years ago, he directly comprehended the second Realm of the Sword Heart.

No joke, if Yu Xiu still had the initial 9 Comprehension Ability, Ancestor Linyuan's Sword Intent wouldn't even look at him.

"Senior Brother Yuan." Yu Xiu took the initiative to step forward: "Thank you for protecting me."

Although he was comprehending the Sword Intent before, he had been aware of the successive appearances of the Fire Demons, so he naturally knew about Yuan Tiankuo's actions of slaying the Fire Demons.

"It is my duty; even without you, I would still have to slay demons." Yuan Tiankuo's words were few, and he had no intention of claiming credit.

After speaking, he sat down under the zhenyuan sword again, 'Finally I can comprehend the Sword Intent normally!'

God knows how envious he was that Yu Xiu had given birth to a Sword Heart!

'So cold?' Yu Xiu looked at this Senior Brother who was better looking than many women, smiled in his heart, and did not thank him again.

He felt the True Qi in his body and found that there was no so-called fire poison.

He didn't know if it was isolated by the Sword Intent or if the True Qi created by the Life Spring with more than two thousand years of Lifespan was too pure, in short, no fire poison was found at all.

He didn't investigate further and began to practice the Dragon-Slaying and Evil-Purging Sword.

Although his Comprehension Ability had not improved, the Sword Heart entering the second Realm made his practice of the Sword Dao faster, much faster!

'Bad, there is no Medicinal Pill for the practice of the Five Viscera Realm of the first stage of the Great Four Passes!'

Just at this moment, a bottle was thrown over, and along with it came Yuan Tiankuo's faint voice: "Some Medicinal Pills I don't use, perhaps you can use them."

'So he wasn't that cold after all.' Yu Xiu took the bottle and said: "Thank you."