Chapter 171: Chapter 171: The Second Immortal Sword (2nd Update)
Lu Changsheng continued to reward his junior disciples with third-grade talismans and fourth-grade talismans, return the fifth-grade and sixth-grade talismans, and then reward other disciples with fifth-grade and sixth-grade talismans, brushing up to seventh-grade, eighth-grade, and even ninth-grade talismans.
[Ding, you’ve rewarded your disciple Ji Xuan with a fourth-grade talisman “Separation Fire Talisman” and received the reward of a ten-thousand-fold return from teaching: an eighth-grade talisman “Divine Fire Demon Subduing Talisman”.]
Lu Changsheng often used Ji Xuan to brush for high-grade fire talismans, and one time he exploded out a Divine Fire Demon Subduing Talisman.
However, this still wasn’t the talisman Lu Changsheng yearned for.
Lu Changsheng accumulated dozens of Great Separation Fire Talismans and Great Fire Burst Talismans again and rewarded Lin Qingzhi and others with talismans.
Lu Changsheng brushed for an entire month.
[Ding, you’ve rewarded your disciple Shen Xiaoyao with a fifth-grade talisman “Great Separation Fire Talisman” and received a seventy thousand-fold return from teaching: a ninth-grade talisman “Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman”.]
Lu Changsheng persevered, and finally, he brushed out a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.
“As expected, rewarding fire talismans has a chance to return a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman.”
With such a divine talisman, Lu Changsheng, even if he encountered someone with a higher cultivation level, would still have this kind of attack method.
Lu Changsheng also accumulated a stack of seventh-grade Zhurong God Talismans and eighth-grade Divine Fire Demon Subduing Talismans, which could also be used for teaching in the future.
Among them, there were as many as eight Divine Fire Demon Subduing Talismans.
“Let’s stop here.”
After brushing out a ninth-grade Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman for self-preservation, Lu Changsheng deemed it enough.
Lu Changsheng could only activate one Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman at most; having an extra one did not greatly enhance his ability.
In the future, as his disciples’ cultivation levels rise, the chance of returning a Golden Crow Divine Fire Talisman when rewarding them with Zhurong God Talismans and Divine Fire Demon Subduing Talismans would become greater.
“Next, it’s time to brush for Flying Sword treasures.”
“My Tiangang Sword Formation has reached the fourth layer. If I cultivate to the fifth layer, I can manipulate thirty Flying Swords with an Immortal Sword as the core, and its power would be immense.”
“The Sword Dao Comprehension returned by the dual cultivation function gives me hope to understand the fifth layer.”
“The sixth layer of the Tiangang Sword Formation would be Great Perfection.”
Lu Changsheng arranged thirty Flying Swords.
These Flying Swords were Immortal Swords, Innate Spirit Treasures, and Acquired Spirit Treasures.
Lu Changsheng attempted to operate thirty Flying Swords to form the Tiangang Sword Formation.
It was the first time that Lu Changsheng integrated the Immortal Sword Radiant Extermination into the Tiangang Sword Formation.
“Radiant Extermination’s power is greater than ordinary Flying Swords; coordinating them together is not easy.”
Lu Changsheng realized there were levels among swords; with Radiant Extermination joining the Tiangang Sword Formation, the other treasures seemed to fear its edge.
Lu Changsheng tried to reconstruct the Sword Array with the Radiant Extermination Sword as the core.
Before he knew it, the next day had arrived.
Lu Changsheng stopped cultivating and called over his third disciple, Mo Huazhi, to reward her with a Flying Sword.
Mo Huazhi’s main treasure was the Spirit Brush, but she could still use Flying Swords to protect herself.
“This sword is called ‘Shadowless’; it has no shadow, and if True Qi is injected, it can become invisible, catching enemies off guard.”
Lu Changsheng took out a lower-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, the “Shadowless Sword”.
The Flying Sword returned by the system was even higher-grade; even if Lu Changsheng gave away a Flying Sword from his Tiangang Sword Formation to teach his disciple, he would receive an even higher-grade Flying Sword, replenishing the Tiangang Sword Formation.
“Disciple thanks Master.”
Mo Huazhi accepted the Shadowless Sword with both hands; the longsword was light as a thin wing, cold as ice.
Mo Huazhi injected True Qi, and the Shadowless Sword actually became invisible; if she hadn’t sensed its energy and touched its form, Mo Huazhi might have thought the sword had disappeared without a trace.
Once the True Qi left the sword body, the Shadowless Sword reappeared.
An Innate Spirit Treasure is sufficient for someone at the Dao Palace Realm.
[Ding, you’ve rewarded your disciple Mo Huazhi with a lower-grade Innate Spirit Treasure “Shadowless Sword” and received a ten-thousand-fold return from teaching: a lower-grade Immortal Artifact “Morning Light”.]
[The number of Immortal Artifacts that can be returned this month has decreased by 1.]
[Morning Light Sword: An intangible sword, invisible to the sight, its movement unfelt by the touched, it blends seamlessly into the surroundings, passing through objects without their notice.]
Hum!
A clear sound of sword ringing emanated from within Lu Changsheng, resounding through the Inner World.
This was the second Immortal Sword returned by the system!
Lu Changsheng introspected this intangible Immortal Sword.
A jade-like hilt and an Ice Sword blade, with Immortal Qi flowing around, as if the light itself were being absorbed by the blade.
Lu Changsheng tried to refine the Immortal Sword, operating the Taiqing Wuji Technique, with True Qi rushing into the sword body like floodwaters bursting through a gate, leaving his mark within the Morning Light Sword.
As the True Qi was injected, the Morning Light Sword disappeared into thin air, leaving only a faint trace of its presence.
Lu Changsheng manipulated the Morning Light Sword, maneuvering it through the air.
This sword could kill a person unseen.
If the opponent was not careful, they would be slain by the invisible Immortal Sword.
“The power of the Morning Light Sword is not as great as that of the Blazing Extermination Sword, but it has its unique advantages, and its practical application may not be inferior to Blazing Extermination,” he mused.
“With this, my Tiangang Sword Formation now has two Immortal Swords.”
After refining the second Immortal Sword and forming a Sword Array with it, its power had grown even stronger.
With four more opportunities to bestow his disciples with treasures, Lu Changsheng awarded a set of writing treasures to his third disciple.
“Disciple takes his leave.”
Mo Huazhi, upon receiving a trove of treasures, was unfazed.
As the master had been bestowing treasures to his disciples in turn, all the disciples had grown accustomed to it.
Perhaps this was the master’s hobby.
By incorporating two Immortal Swords into the Tiangang Sword Formation, Lu Changsheng restructured the formation. Once successful, the power of the Tiangang Sword Formation could at least double.
Lu Changsheng was confident that even if faced again with a strong-bodied Great Demon like the Savage Elephant King of the Void Refinement Realm, the Tiangang Sword Formation would pose a fatal threat.
…
Deep beneath Huang State, the six Sect Leaders joined forces, stealthily infiltrating the lair of the Demon Lord.
Scorching Earth Fire churned, magma bubbled with gases, and toxic fumes approached but were repelled by the True Qi of the six Sect Leaders.
“After being discovered, the Demon Lord indeed relocated.”
“The Demon Lord is actually using Earth Fire to heal his injuries. I’m worried that the Demon Lord is the legendary ‘Nirvana Phoenix Body.’ As long as he escapes death and goes through another cycle of nirvana, his strength will greatly increase,” voiced one of them tensely.
Taiyuan Real Person furrowed his brows, sensing the lingering presence of the Demon Lord in the depths below.
The Fairy Pavilion Master looked towards Taiyuan Real Person: “Taiyuan, can you find your Uncle Master?”
Taiyuan Real Person responded with a wry smile, “After leaving Mount Shu, my Uncle Master wandered the Mortal World, living freely and unrestrained. I have not clapped eyes on him; how would I know his whereabouts?”
Yu Xuanji suggested, “Why not return to our respective sects, unseal the Immortal Artifacts of our sects, and when the Demon Lord returns, we completely annihilate him. The Immortal Artifact of Inquiry Immortal Pavilion has been bestowed upon your disciple by Fairy Su, hasn’t it?”
The Fairy Pavilion Master nodded, “That Immortal Sword, as it automatically recognizes its master, I could only borrow the sword from my disciple.”
…
At Qingyun Peak, after obtaining the second Immortal Sword, Lu Changsheng was pondering over what treasures to seek next.
Having used up this month’s allotment for Immortal Artifact returns, Lu Changsheng refrained from summoning Immortal Artifacts or Talismans for the time being.
“Indeed, Lin Qingzhi’s cultivation has reached the fourth layer of the Dao Palace Realm, it’s time to pass on to him the Heaven Rank superior sword technique ‘True Martial Nine Forms’.”
The Tiangang Sword Formation is an array requiring multiple Flying Swords to set up, while the True Martial Nine Forms is an individual swordsmanship technique that can be executed with just one Flying Sword.
“Disciple, come to your master’s cave abode.”
“Yes.”
Lin Qingzhi, who was meditating and cultivating, received Lu Changsheng’s telepathic message and thus stood up and headed towards the cave abode at the peak of the mountain.