Chapter 3: Drawing the Sword
"Of course there is a way. You are now the successor of my Spirit-Swallowing Sword Master, so I will give you a apprenticeship gift."
As soon as he finished speaking, two white lights shot out from the tombstone, one disappeared into Lin Xiao's eyebrows, and the other floated in front of him.
In an instant, Lin Xiao felt as if a large amount of information was flooding into his mind.
"Swallowing Spirit Technique, a non-grade Qi refining technique that ignores the laws of heaven and earth and swallows the spiritual energy of heaven and earth..."
Ignore the laws of heaven and earth, swallow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, break the shackles of heaven and earth, and practice against heaven and earth!
After learning the information about this spirit-swallowing technique, Lin Xiao was extremely shocked. It turned out to be a non-grade technique, and its effects were so incredible that they were probably unique in the entire Tianxing Empire.
"This Spirit-Swallowing Technique is a technique I used when I was practicing thousands of years ago. I leave it to you now. For you at this stage, it should be enough for you to use for a long time. This Spirit-Swallowing Technique has been cultivated to the highest level.
, your cultivation speed will far exceed that of people in the same world."
Same world!
Lin Xiao's eyes widened and he was extremely shocked. Does this mean the entire spiritual world?
The world where Lin Xiao lives is called the spiritual world because the heaven and earth are filled with spiritual energy. There are many continents in the spiritual world, and empires of different sizes are distributed on the continents. The empire where Lin Xiao lives is called the Sky Star Empire.
Looking at the ring floating in front of him, Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, "Senior, this is..."
"This is a formation ring. There is a spirit gathering array hidden in it, which can gather the surrounding spiritual energy and improve your cultivation efficiency. However... this formation ring has not been nourished by spiritual energy for many years. It has been damaged and can only support at most.
Give the formation ten times."
"However, if you use spiritual stones to activate it, the number of uses will increase."
"Thank you, Uncle Bai." Lin Xiao took the ring and said thanks with clasped fists.
"By the way, let me add that spiritual veins above the heaven level can evolve into higher grades under the constant nourishment of spiritual energy. Of course, it is still too early for you now. This first-grade spiritual vein of Tianji is enough for the time being.
You used it."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao was shocked again. He had never heard of the fact that spiritual veins could evolve into different levels.
Next, Lin Xiao's eyes fell on the sword inserted diagonally in front of the monument.
The sword was about five feet long and three fingers wide. The sword was stained with rust and had some cracks. It looked ordinary, but it exuded an ancient aura.
It feels like a lion that has been sleeping for thousands of years. Once it wakes up, it seems to be able to tear apart the sky and destroy the world.
Seeing Lin Xiao staring at the sword, Bai Yuan smiled and said, "This spirit-swallowing sword was once a god-level sword!"
"God-level sword!" Lin Xiao's face was filled with shock.
Weapons are divided into mortal, mysterious, spiritual, celestial and holy according to their grades. According to legend, there is also a divine grade. Lin Xiao never expected that the sword in front of him turned out to be a divine grade sword. He felt that his heart was about to burst.
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"However, due to the battle a thousand years ago, this spirit-swallowing sword was severely damaged. Now it is just an ordinary mortal sword. It needs the soul to continuously nourish it to restore its level."
"Soul nourishment?" Lin Xiao was stunned. He had never heard of such a strange thing.
Bai Yuan said, "Yes, the Soul-Swallowing Sword, as the name suggests, is a sword that can swallow souls. The more souls it swallows, the higher its grade and power. The reason why I am called the Master of the Soul-Swallowing Sword is largely because of that.
It has something to do with this spirit-swallowing sword."
"Are there any requirements for the soul?" Lin Xiao asked.
"Well, basically all souls can be swallowed, such as demon souls, human souls, animal souls, etc. Of course, the soul must be separated from the body before it can be swallowed. In other words, if you want to swallow the soul, you must
Kill the opponent first."
"In addition, there are many mysteries about this spirit-swallowing sword. I will explain them to you one by one when you encounter them later."
"Thank you Uncle Bai!"
"Okay, now you are the descendant of my spirit-swallowing sword master. Come and get this spirit-swallowing sword. It may hurt a little when you pull out the sword, but you can bear it and it will pass."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao was overjoyed and hurriedly came to the tombstone. Without hesitation, he directly grabbed the hilt of the sword and was about to pull it out.
"Ah -" Lin Xiao screamed, his face suddenly distorted, his hands suddenly released, he fell to the ground, and almost fainted from the pain.
When he drew the sword just now, Lin Xiao felt that his soul was trembling. It was a kind of pain far beyond the physical body. He didn't want to go through it a second time even if he was beaten to death.
"What are you doing? Stand up and pull it out again." Bai Yuan urged.
"Uncle Bai, this is what you call a little pain, it's almost life-threatening." Lin Xiao couldn't help complaining, recalling the pain, he still had lingering fears.
Bai Yuan coughed and said, "If you want to get this soul-swallowing sword, you must establish a soul contract with it, and the way to establish it is that you have to withstand the pain of the soul's backlash, otherwise, you will not be able to control this soul-swallowing sword.
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"Get up and come again!" Bai Yuan shouted.
Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, his heart pounding, and he stood up and walked to the Spirit-Swallowing Sword. He stretched out his hands with trembling hands, but still did not dare to take it.
"Don't you want to take revenge?"
Bai Yuan's words suddenly awakened Lin Xiao. Yes, he wanted revenge, he wanted to become stronger, and he wanted to get back what he had lost!
Recalling the heart-wrenching pain when Lin Xi'er took away his pulse energy, and the ridicule he had suffered in the past three years, Lin Xiao felt that his heart was filled with rage, his eyes turned red, he roared, and his hands suddenly grasped the hilt of the sword.
"Ah -" Lin Xiao screamed miserably, clenching his teeth and feeling as if his soul was being torn apart. The pain that penetrated deep into his soul was even more uncomfortable than being cut into pieces with a thousand cuts!
After persisting for dozens of breaths, Lin Xiao was defeated again and lay on the ground gasping for air, sweating profusely and trembling.
"Damn it, I don't believe it!" After resting for a while, Lin Xiao went to draw his sword again.
Then, there was a series of screams.
This time, Lin Xiao persisted for half a stick of incense, but unfortunately failed in the end.
"Come again!"
fail.
"Come again!"
In the darkness, the young man's roar kept coming, and in the process of enduring the pain, the young man's character was tempered and became more tenacious.
Before I knew it, it was already evening.
In the room, Lin Xiao was lying on the bed, his body soaked in cold sweat and trembling, but his eyes were shining with excitement.
Lin Xiao's palm was spread out, and a dark sword appeared in his palm.
After unremitting efforts, Lin Xiao finally pulled out the Soul-Swallowing Sword and established a soul contract with the Soul-Swallowing Sword. In other words, he is now the master of the Soul-Swallowing Sword.
Of course, compared to Bai Yuan, the veteran spirit-swallowing sword master, Lin Xiao is much weaker. The most important thing for him now is to quickly improve his strength.
The next day, Lin Xiao came to the mountain behind the Lin family.
The back mountain is deserted and overgrown with weeds. Generally, few people come here. Lin Xiao chose to practice here.
Lin Xiao found a secret location, took out the formation ring, and activated it according to the method Bai Yuan told him.
Soon, the formation ring shone brightly, and a surging aura surged out, centered on Lin Xiao, and spread in all directions.
Little bits of light fell within a ten-meter radius of Lin Xiao, and then connected with each other to form complex marks.
As soon as the mark was formed, Lin Xiao felt the surrounding air surge. Soon, within a radius of ten miles, wisps of heaven and earth spiritual energy gathered and converged in the formation.
As the amount of spiritual energy increased, the formation seal that absorbed the spiritual energy became brighter and brighter. Standing in the center of the formation, Lin Xiao could clearly feel how strong the spiritual energy gathered around it was.
After a while, the fluctuations in the surrounding air gradually subsided, and the spiritual energy of the spirit gathering array reached its limit.
Immediately, Lin Xiao sat cross-legged, raised his energy and concentrated his mind, and performed the Spirit Swallowing Technique.
The Soul Swallowing Technique is divided into nine levels, and he can only use the first level now.
This spirit-swallowing technique ignores the laws of heaven and earth, can speed up the absorption of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, speeds up the process of breaking through the realm, and complements the spirit gathering array.
As the spiritual energy continued to enter the body, Lin Xiao circulated the spiritual energy and impacted the spiritual points in the body.
The realm of warriors is divided into the realm of gathering spirits, the realm of transforming spirits, the realm of mysterious spirits, etc. Each realm is divided into nine levels. Among them, in the realm of gathering spirits, warriors need to open nine channels of veins.
Each vein gate is penetrated by nine spiritual points. Each time one is opened, the realm will be improved by one level.
Chi——
There was an explosion like a firecracker in his body, which meant that a spiritual acupoint was broken. Lin Xiao concentrated on using the spiritual energy in his body to continue to attack the spiritual acupoint.
The sun sets in the west.
Unconsciously, three hours had passed, and the mark of the spirit gathering array lost its luster, and the collected spiritual energy began to escape outwards.
Lin Xiao seized the last moment to absorb as much spiritual energy as possible, and used this spiritual energy to attack the spiritual points. Finally, he opened his eyes.
"In just three hours, I opened a vein gate and broke through from the first level of the Spirit Gathering Realm to the second level of the Spirit Gathering Realm. This spirit swallowing technique is really incredible." Lin Xiao said in surprise.
This spirit swallowing technique can speed up the absorption of spiritual energy, making Lin Xiao's body have an endless supply of spiritual energy, constantly impacting the spiritual acupoints. In addition, the spirit gathering array provides a large amount of rich spiritual energy, which makes the speed of breaking through the realm increase steadily.
The spiritual energy he absorbed in these three hours was enough for an ordinary person to break through the third realm. This shows that the heaven-level spiritual veins have a great demand for spiritual energy, and accordingly he can refine a stronger physical body.
Although Lin Xiao is only at the second level of the Spirit Gathering Realm now, his strength is much stronger than that of the third level of the Spirit Gathering Realm, and he can even fight with the fourth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
This is the advantage of having a higher level of spiritual veins. You are invincible at the same level and can fight across different levels without any pressure.
Just when Lin Xiao was about to leave, he suddenly heard a voice in the distance. He quickly hid in the grass and held his breath.
Whoosh——
A sound broke through the air, and a figure in black appeared. Lin Xiao recognized it at a glance. The great elder Lin Shi was also Lin Xi'er's father.
The Great Elder looked around and frowned, "Strange, just now I clearly felt an extremely strong spiritual energy fluctuation here, but now there is nothing?"
"Did I feel wrong?" The great elder shook his head, turned around and flew away.
After confirming that the great elder had left, Lin Xiao walked out and let out a long breath. Fortunately, he was not discovered by the great elder, otherwise it would have been dangerous.
Lin Xiao knew very well that the great elder had always been at odds with his adoptive father Lin Feng, and even wanted to seize the position of the head of the family. If he discovered his spirit gathering array and other secrets, he would definitely kill him without hesitation and seize the family head.
Take these things.
Chapter completed!