Chapter 162 - 112: Two Withered, Two Flourishing, Moon Soul Sword

Chapter 162: Chapter 112: Two Withered, Two Flourishing, Moon Soul Sword

Although the White Rainbow Sword could be considered of the Metal Element, he was already extremely intimate with Bai Hong and didn’t need this extra affinity. Moreover, Bai Hong perfectly suited his Martial Uncle’s Path of Sword Intent. It was an incredibly pure Flying Sword; only its material belonged to the Metal Element, so it couldn’t strictly be considered a Metal Element Magical Treasure.

On the other hand, after he nurtured it during two consecutive secluded cultivation sessions, the Three Yang Spirit Fire had grown significantly stronger. It was now truly a worthy Fire Element Treasure.

At this moment, the Three Yang Spirit Fire still maintained a sword shape in his Dantian, but there were no longer flames rising from its surface. The flame-colored shattered crystals that were previously scattered along the sword’s spine had fully condensed, transforming into a true Flame Crystal Longsword. The Three Yang Spirit Fire, which used to be mere flames in his Dantian, had completely solidified into a physical entity.

He opened his palm, and the Flame Crystal Sword manifested in his grasp. Its entire body was translucent, radiating an auspicious glow, yet it felt as cold to the touch as an ordinary crimson crystal. However, he could sense that the Three Yang Spirit Fire contained within it only needed a single sweep to completely melt down an upper-grade Magical Artifact. It posed a massive threat even to ordinary Magical Treasures.

The Magical Treasure he previously obtained from Chongyun, the Shadowless Banner, appeared in his other hand. Firelight flared up on the Flame Crystal Sword. He slowly moved the Shadowless Banner closer to the Flame Crystal Sword’s firelight. Before they even touched, he felt the Spirituality within the banner instinctively cower, trying to pull away as if mere contact would cause it grievous harm.

Li Yinsheng nodded in satisfaction and stopped bringing them closer. Although this banner was an ordinary item among Magical Treasures, it was still a Magical Treasure nonetheless. Naturally, he wouldn’t actually use it to test the Three Yang Spirit Fire. Furthermore, its form-hiding and Concealing Breath effects were quite practical for him, considering he currently lacked any profound Concealing Breath Techniques.

After roughly confirming the current power of the Three Yang Spirit Fire, he withdrew the Shadowless Banner and the Flame Crystal Sword. Although the Flame Crystal Sword couldn’t be considered a Magical Treasure in the truest sense, its power undoubtedly surpassed many of them.

Once withdrawn back into his Dantian, the Flame Crystal Sword could now barely form a three-way standoff alongside the White Rainbow Sword and the Celestial Cyan Sword. Among the cyan, white, and crimson swords in his Dantian right now, the Celestial Cyan Sword shone the brightest. After all, during these years in secluded cultivation, Li Yinsheng had never once stopped warming and refining it.

Next was the White Rainbow Sword. Previously, it had faintly held a slight edge over the Celestial Cyan Sword, but now it was clearly somewhat inferior. Because it was his Martial Uncle’s Lifebound Treasure, no matter how much affinity it had within Li Yinsheng’s body, it could never unleash its true power.

Although the Flame Crystal Sword had grown tremendously, its cultivation time was still much shorter compared to the Celestial Cyan Sword, making it slightly weaker. However, during this period, aside from increasing its power, it had also birthed nine Fire Seeds. They were quietly lying in the corner of his Dantian, waiting to be refined by his junior sister.

In a spot even further away than the Fire Seeds, tucked into the deepest corner of his Dantian, the Shadowless Banner was quietly planted. Li Yinsheng had also refined this Magical Treasure, but its quality was too low and its foundation was poor. Thus, he hadn’t invested any effort into nurturing it; storing it in his Dantian was merely for convenient access.

"To think that it hasn’t been long since I broke through to become a Daoist, yet I’ve gone from the awkward predicament of having no Magical Treasures to looking down on ordinary ones," Li Yinsheng muttered to himself, shaking his head.

The three Flying Swords in his Dantian were all extraordinary, each considered an upper-grade Magical Treasure. Consequently, mobilizing them placed extremely high demands on both Cultivation and Divine Sense. However, for him, it posed absolutely no pressure. In terms of Cultivation, with the Six Interpretations of Life and Death serving as an Immortal Dao Lineage, even if he were to add three more Flying Swords, he could still support them just fine.

As for his Divine Sense...

With a single thought, a figure shrouded in a clear radiance stood up from his Flesh Body. Due to refining too much Moon Dew, his Soul had undergone some changes compared to a normal state. Visually, his Soul was enveloped in a layer of clear, moonlight-like radiance, giving his entire being an ethereal and transcendent aura. Even his originally pitch-black eyes were veiled in a layer of silver light.

More fundamentally, he could sense that his Soul had not only ascended to an incredibly formidable level, but it had also gained some traits of Moonlight. The clear radiance cloaking his Soul was different from the golden light within his Qi Blood; it possessed genuine, miraculous effects and could actively be wielded by him.

Under the shroud of this lunar glow, he felt his Soul become unprecedentedly clear. Though he hadn’t tested it yet, he estimated that his resistance to Illusion Skills had greatly increased. He was very familiar with this effect because it was somewhat similar to the Qingxuan Divine Light’s Spiritual Protection Platform and resistance against Illusion Skills—only far, far stronger.

Secondly, he could directly manipulate this lunar glow to launch Spiritual Sense Attacks. Although there were no targets in the Grotto Heaven for him to practice on, he figured that ordinary Daoists would find it quite difficult to resist the Spiritual Sense Attacks formed by this lunar glow. However, Spiritual Sense Attacks involved the Soul and were no trivial matter. If he rashly used them against a formidable enemy and things went south, it would easily cause a backlash against his own Soul.

Furthermore, this lunar glow had only been born recently after he refined too much Moon Dew. To put it nicely, it had plenty of room for growth; to put it bluntly, it was still too weak. He would likely need to enter secluded cultivation a few more times and refine more Moon Dew before it could truly become effective. After going out, he would still need to find an opportunity to seek out opponents with relatively low Cultivation to properly test it out on them.

His Soul returned to his Sea of Consciousness, and the lunar glow dispersed from his body, illuminating the Sea of Consciousness as well as the hundreds of drops of Moon Dew that Li Yinsheng had specially saved for his junior sister.

Given her current condition, she could undergo Refinement with the Moon Dew once every half a month, refining ten drops each time. Even though the amount of Moon Dew she could refine per session would gradually increase as her Soul slowly strengthened, these hundreds of drops would still be enough to last her at least half a year to a year.

Li Yinsheng’s Soul looked down at the lunar glow on its body. With a single thought, the glow condensed into an illusory, transparent Long Sword. This sword was quite slender, only two fingers wide. It was a Thrusting Sword that looked somewhat elegant.

This was the method of wielding the lunar glow that he had initially figured out. This Thrusting Sword could fly directly out of his own Sea of Consciousness and strike straight at the opponent’s Sea of Consciousness. Of course, the lunar glow itself had no fixed form; whatever shape it took was entirely up to Li Yinsheng and wouldn’t significantly affect its power. The only reason he transformed it into a Thrusting Sword was simply out of personal preference.

With a flicker of his mind, the Thrusting Sword formed from the lunar glow in his Sea of Consciousness appeared in his Dantian, inserting itself into the three-way standoff formed by the Bai Hong, Celestial Cyan, and Flame Crystal swords. Under his deliberate manipulation, the original triangular formation shifted into a square formation, rotating in a circle.

Four swords now. Although the lunar glow had just recently been born and its power was still weak, its illusory, transparent, and faintly discernible appearance was, at the very least, visually quite intimidating. If these four swords were revealed, their appearance and imposing aura alone would probably be enough to make most Daoists extremely wary.

"It’s a pity. Even though there are four swords, they’re just forcefully cobbled together, and two of them aren’t even real swords," he thought. "Otherwise, if I could assemble a complete set of Flying Sword Magical Treasures, forming a Sword Array definitely wouldn’t be difficult with my Array Dao Mastery, and their power would surely skyrocket..."

Li Yinsheng daydreamed for a moment until he received a warning from the Grotto Heaven. He then calmed his mind and resumed his cultivation.

After exhausting the last bit of his cultivation time, the familiar, clear ringing of a bell echoed by his ears, waking him from his trance. He opened his eyes once more, only to see his junior sister right in front of him, swinging out exactly one hundred and twenty-eight frail Sword Lights before collapsing straight to the ground without any hesitation.

Li Yinsheng’s figure flashed, catching his junior sister right as she fell. He fed her an upper-grade Elixir to restore her Magical Power.

"Senior Brother, I finally mastered it..." Mu Xiaoyu spoke weakly. "Can I... rest now?"

Li Yinsheng rubbed her head. "There is still one final day left for the Shifeng Spirit Charm tomorrow. However, since you’ve trained your Sword Light to one hundred and twenty-eight streams, Junior Sister, your proficiency is already extremely profound.

"The Shifeng Spirit Charm is no longer of much use to you. Just take tomorrow off; it won’t be considered a waste."

Truth be told, strictly speaking, while the Shifeng Spirit Charm was no longer useful for his junior sister’s Yin Yang Light-Splitting Sword, she had been guided by Li Yinsheng to practice the Light-Splitting Sword this entire time and hadn’t had the time to practice her Ferocious Sword. Therefore, for the Ferocious Sword that she wasn’t particularly skilled with yet, the Shifeng Spirit Charm could still be quite effective.

But after all, there was only one day left. Even if she spent the entire day practicing the Ferocious Sword, the gains wouldn’t be all that significant. Moreover, his junior sister had been undergoing high-intensity sword training for the past three months. It really was time for her to get some proper rest.