Chapter 236 - 127: Dao Concealment 2
Chapter 236: Chapter 127: Dao Concealment 2
He picked up the Sword Pill from the ground and gripped it tightly in his hand. Even as the sharp Sword Intent Su Chen had left on it cut into his palm, causing blood to flow, he didn’t loosen his grip in the slightest.
"Interesting."
Su Chen paused for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled.
Sometimes, aside from Longevity Fire, he could also perceive a person’s fate.
In that brief instant, he’d had a fleeting vision.
The White-clothed Daoist’s destiny, once unremarkable, had been stirred into a monstrous, sky-piercing wave by this single defeat at his hands.
’Now *that* was more like what a Daoist should be.’
"What a coincidence."
"In my forty years, I have swept across the world undefeated."
"As for my name... you can ask for it after you defeat me."
"Hahaha!"
Su Chen laughed heartily and departed.
However, behind him, the White-clothed Daoist gave chase, letting out a long cry.
"Remember this."
"My name is Jiang Baiyi!"
"Three years from now, right here, above the Daqi Imperial Palace, I will be waiting for you!"
Su Chen stepped into the darkness and vanished without a trace, leaving it unknown whether he had heard.
For a long time, Jiang Baiyi stood still, his eyes closed, still savoring the memory of that terrifying sword strike.
His talent was peerless. Among the Daoists of the Five Sects, he could be ranked first.
The Confucian Sword Immortal had often taught him that there are people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens, but he had never believed it.
"Only today do I realize how I’ve underestimated the heroes of this world!"
"Three years from now."
"Whether you come or not, I will be here to wipe away this shame..."
When Jiang Baiyi opened his eyes again, they were shining brilliantly, bursting with fighting spirit.
Just then, a figure seemed to be passing by and let out a soft sound of surprise.
"Daoist."
The newcomer, dressed in the robes of a Daqi Tributor, clasped his hands in a salute to the Daoist.
"You are..." Jiang Baiyi asked, confused.
"I am Chu Shan. I sensed a disturbance in the Imperial City and followed the aura here. I hope the Daoist doesn’t mind..."
The newcomer was, of course, Su Chen.
He naturally hadn’t come for Jiang Baiyi.
BANG!
In the next instant, a flash of sword light, like Thunderous Purple Lightning, shot over and anxiously grabbed Jiang Baiyi.
"Disciple, let’s go! Quickly!"
"This Daqi is no longer a safe place..."
The Confucian Sword Immortal, a mighty cultivator above the Foundation Establishment realm, actually looked somewhat panicked. Like a frightened bird, he grabbed Jiang Baiyi and fled on his sword, his body still bearing the marks of a fierce battle.
’In this Imperial Palace, there is only one person who could have fought him.’
’In other words...’
’Chu Shan and his group of Extreme Cultivators... they found the secret place they were looking for?’
Su Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He had come here to eavesdrop and find out what the Confucian Sword Immortal and the Old Emperor had been fighting about.
It seemed that...
’The Daqi Imperial Capital is about to get lively.’
Su Chen shook his head, then turned and went back to the Book Collection Martial Pavilion.
「Inside the Book Collection Martial Pavilion.」
The Seventh Prince, having heard the news from some unknown source, said nothing more. With reddened eyes, he performed a grand ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows to Su Chen.
"Tributor Chu, you asked your friend to intervene and saved the lives of my friends."
"You even saved my life!"
"This is a tremendous debt of gratitude."
"I, Xue, will repay you even if it means working like a beast of burden!"
And so, the Book Collection Martial Pavilion gained a new sweeping boy.
Su Chen hadn’t acted for Xue’s sake, but because of Zhuo, because of Void, and out of a curiosity born from his inability to see even a sliver of Xue’s memories.
As time went on, and after some people had run off from the Book Collection Martial Pavilion, Su Chen once again returned to the lazy, pampered life he had previously enjoyed in the Library Pavilion.
’Not bad at all.’
Su Chen mused to himself as he watched the busy Prince Xue.
Afterward, as he was reading, an idea for his fourth sword technique began to take shape in his mind.
His first three sword techniques—Burial Star, Moon-slaying, and Sun-Chasing—had already reached the apex of the Path of Cultivation.
The fourth sword technique!
It would have to be a Foundation Establishment Sword Control Technique!
However, the only thing that troubled Su Chen was that all the books on Sword Control Skills in the Book Collection Martial Pavilion combined did not give him as much insight as his one battle with the Xuantian Daoist, Jiang Baiyi.
’These Sword Control Skills are all too weak.’
Su Chen turned his attention to the Burial Coffin.
Inside the Burial Coffin, there was an omniscient Artifact Refining Grandmaster.
Regarding Sword Control Skills, perhaps he knew some profound techniques.
"Hahaha!"
"Asking this old man to kill enemies might be beyond me, but when it comes to legends of the Mountain Sea Realm and these Immortal Dao Secret Skills, you’ve come to the right person!"
"I’ve read every book under the heavens..."
The small, illusory figure stood with his hands on his hips, looking smug. He had just been let out of the Burial Coffin and was already back to boasting nonstop.
This made Su Chen frown.
Then, he knocked on the Burial Coffin.
The Burial Coffin understood. It immediately opened its blood-red eye and seemed to gaze at the Artifact Spirit of the Palm-sized Immortal Pavilion with a sinister grin. Its lid opened and closed as if it were a massive, gaping maw.
"In the Eastern Domain."
"There are three supreme Foundation Establishment Sword Control Skills!"
"First is the Sword Control Skill of [Wind], created by the founding ancestor of the Profound Celestial Sect from his own Qi Cultivation Technique!"
"Second is the Sword of Slaughter Skill! I came upon it by a stroke of luck, getting it from an Independent Cultivator True Monarch who had found it by chance in some ancient ruins."
"Third is the Great Li Sword Technique, the most mysterious and reputedly the strongest Sword Control Skill. This technique is a secret of the Great Li Sword Sect, one of the Five Great Sects, and is only passed down to a True Disciple who is also a student of the Sect Master and the designated heir..."
The Artifact Spirit behaved, his tone rapid as he imparted the Sword of Slaughter Skill to Su Chen.
’Even if there’s a trick, it doesn’t matter.’
’With my comprehension, I can spot any issues after just one round of Inference. After practicing it once, I’ll be able to improve and perfect it.’
"Hehe."
’How dare he bully this old man.’
’This Sword of Slaughter Skill is utterly brutal. It harms the user as much as the enemy. Before you even kill anyone, you’ll take heavy damage yourself. Let’s see you practice until you’re half-paralyzed...’
The Artifact Spirit thought sinisterly.
However, after Su Chen practiced it once, injuries did indeed appear all over his body. Some were to his meridians, others to his Internal Organs.