5: Chapter 5: Encounter with the Old Sword God Village Chief, who helped me bless the demon sword.

"Young man, please come this way!"

Don't let the fact that the Village Chief of Canlao Village has lost all four limbs fool you.

He is not the invalid people might imagine.

On the contrary, he is a very important figure.

The former Human Emperor, and also once the number one Sword God under heaven.

In the dozen or so years since Qin Mu arrived at the village,

Grandpa Village Chief had never once revealed his sword techniques.

Moreover, in the original story, it was only in the Late Stage that people realized this Village Chief's extraordinary nature.

But unexpectedly, because of Ye Xiu, this sudden Transmigration practitioner,

especially the sword in his hand, it seemed to have aroused the old Village Chief's great interest.

"Sorry for the trouble!"

Seeing the old woman before him change from fierce and menacing to kind and benevolent,

Ye Xiu also put on his signature smile.

Whether it was sincere or not, that's beside the point.

He was, after all, a gold-medal salesman back in the day.

He had long since developed the habit of saying what people want to hear when meeting people, and what ghosts want to hear when meeting ghosts.

Plus, the memories of the Transmigration practitioner had already completely undergone Fusion.

At this moment, he appeared timid and deferential.

Just like a naive greenhorn who hadn't seen much of the world.

"Young man, your sword is very special!"

"May I take a look?"

Just as they returned to the village entrance, they saw a man wearing an iron mask pushing the old Village Chief's wheelchair.

He was already waiting for them at the entrance.

It was quite rare!

You could even see a trace of joy and curiosity in the eyes of this old Senior.

"This is my demon slaying sword, please excuse my clumsiness!"

Without the slightest guard.

Ye Xiu very straightforwardly took out his precious sword and handed it over, along with the scabbard.

He knew this was the Human Emperor.

Even if you put a pile of gold in front of him, he wouldn't covet yours.

"Hehe, a good sword!"

There was no action of reaching out to take the sword as one might imagine—after all, the Village Chief had no hands.

But he just smiled slightly, and those originally murky old eyes became incredibly clear in an instant, as if hiding two pools of cold water.

"Clang!"

Without any warning.

The scabbard held in Ye Xiu's hands shook violently, and the demon slaying sword, which had been full of Killing Intent and unruly just a moment ago,

seemed to have met an old friend of many years, emitting an extremely joyous, clear hum.

Immediately after, a flash of sword light appeared.

The long sword unsheathed itself!

It did not fall to the ground, nor was it held by anyone.

Instead, like a living silver Dragon, it circled and danced lightly around the Village Chief's wheelchair.

"What a spiritual sword, and what pure Daoist true iron."

The Village Chief exclaimed in admiration, his gray eyebrows raising slightly.

With just a glance, the demon slaying sword suddenly accelerated!

Whoosh—!

It did not use any earth-shattering Origin Qi, nor did it trigger any terrifying phenomena.

At this moment, what the Village Chief displayed was pure to the extreme—technique.

Ye Xiu only felt a blur before his eyes.

The sword seemed to have vanished, turning into a strand of invisible, intangible wind.

It wove through the willow trees at the village entrance.

The willow trees were not broken, and not even a single willow leaf had fallen.

But if someone with extremely high discernment were to look closely, they would fearfully discover that every single willow leaf flying in the sky

had been neatly sliced into two halves from the middle in an instant!

Injuring only the leaf flesh, not the leaf veins!

What kind of precise control is this? What kind of terrifying sword heart is this?

"Rise."

The Village Chief shouted softly.

The sword suddenly shot into the sky, straight up a hundred feet into the clouds. Then, with the tip pointing downward, it fell like a meteor!

Just as Qin Mu exclaimed "Careful!", the sword stopped abruptly, three inches from the Village Chief's brow.

From extreme motion, it turned to extreme stillness.

It did not bring up a single sound of wind, and did not even stir a single white hair of the Village Chief.

The sword body trembled slightly, emitting a series of hums, as if paying the highest respect to this armless and legless old man.

"Controlling the sword with Qi, where the heart reaches, the sword follows."

The Village Chief looked at the sword hovering before him, his eyes revealing a trace of long-lost nostalgia and loneliness.

"Without hands, there are actually fewer constraints. With the sword in one's heart, all things in heaven and earth can be swords."

At this moment, how could the Village Chief look like a disabled old man paralyzed in a wheelchair?

He sat there, yet he seemed like a deity sitting on the clouds overlooking all living beings.

That kind of natural grace and composure that seeped from his bones made even Ye Xiu, as the successor of the "Wine Sword Immortal", feel a heartfelt shock.

This is the true Sword God!

Although his body was broken, his Soul had long since stood at the Peak of the Dao of the sword, overlooking the human world.

"Clang."

The long sword returned to its scabbard.

The divine light in the Village Chief's eyes slowly faded, and he turned back into that ordinary-looking, even somewhat weak, old man.

He smiled at Ye Xiu, his tone gentle:

"Little friend, this sword of yours follows the path of 'carefree', riding the wind with the sword, settling grievances with joy."

"Although it is different from my 'technique', the destination is the same; both are good sword techniques."

Qin Mu, standing to the side, had long since been stunned.

He opened his mouth wide, looking at the sword, then at the Village Chief in the wheelchair.

"Grandpa Village Chief... you... you know sword techniques?"

"And they are... so powerful?!"

Qin Mu felt his worldview collapsing.

So all these years, that old Village Chief who made him push his wheelchair every day and even needed to be fed, was actually the biggest hidden expert in the village?

That move of controlling the sword just now was even smoother and more effortless than Ye Xiu's move!

"Hehe, Muer."

The Village Chief looked at Muer kindly, then glanced at Ye Xiu, who was also full of shock beside him, and said meaningfully:

"You were young before, and Grandpa was afraid of scaring you.

Now you have grown up, and you have brought back this... expert who also uses a sword."

This old Village Chief didn't know what was going on.

He suddenly started stuttering while speaking.

No way, if not for his hands itching just now, he definitely would have had to wait several more episodes before revealing his true skills...

Just as Ye Xiu wanted to say something.

A System notification suddenly came to his mind.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for checking in with the former Sword God, your demon slaying sword has been consecrated by him]

[Detected that "Sword God" Su Muzhe injected a trace of "Sword Dao charm" into the sword body during the Sword Control Technique process just now.]

[Special reward triggered!]

[Congratulations to the host, you have learned the skill — "Mount Shu Sword Control Technique · Divine-Grade Revised Version"!]

"Hum!"

A huge and exquisite stream of memories instantly flooded into Ye Xiu's mind.

This time, it was not as violent as the alcohol upgrade just now, but a cool, transparent feeling.

It was like a brute who only knew how to hack around with an axe, suddenly having his Ren and Du meridians opened by someone.

Suddenly, countless precise calculation formulas regarding wind speed, angle, and force control appeared in his brain.

But before Ye Xiu could get excited.

An old man, with only half a body left and holding a butcher knife in each hand, hopped over.

"Oh my, it's rare to see the Village Chief show off his skills!"

"It seems this young man really has some skill, why not spar with me, old man?"

This is Grandpa Butcher of Canlao Village.

He is also that legendary Heavenly Blade.

Qin Mu's butcher knife technique was taught by him.

Like the old Sword God, this Heavenly Blade seemed to have set his sights on Ye Xiu too.

But in Ye Xiu's eyes, there was a trace of excitement.

Although his Realm and Cultivation Technique had both improved.

What he lacked was practical combat.

To have such an important figure as a sparring partner, he couldn't ask for more!

The next moment, Ye Xiu was seen nodding vigorously.

"Senior, please teach me!"

And the butcher opposite was also smiling.

"Hahaha, straightforward!"

"Rest assured, I, old man, won't bully you, I will suppress my Realm to Five Luminary!"