Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Mysterious Jade Sword, A Turning Point

  Although Luo Qianfeng's investigation was fruitless, he could sense the other party's aura, which shouldn't be much stronger than his own. However, a swordsmanship expert like this, who happened to be a woman, had never been heard of before, and there were no matching messages or descriptions in his mind. This made Luo Qianfeng extremely cautious, as one must be careful to sail a great ship for ten thousand years.

  "Hmph, you insignificant ants also want to get your hands on that thing," the white-haired woman's eyes gleamed with a cold light as she surveyed her surroundings, "the Blood Sacrifice is about to begin, and none of you will be able to escape."

  Lu Qianfeng and the five people were shocked and lost their color upon hearing this, "This woman is ruthless! Don't waste words on her, take action!" With Qing Yu's three elders and Fu Yun's three swords' experience, they naturally knew the significance of the two words "blood sacrifice". If the blood sacrifice was successful, even if they managed to escape, they would definitely be severely injured.

  Eleven people simultaneously drew their long swords, and the powerful momentum merged into a flow. Within an area of about one hundred square meters, the trees and rocks on the ground seemed to be lifted off the ground as if they were being pulled by an invisible force. Even in the sky, dark clouds began to gather, and the wind and clouds changed rapidly. Thin purple lightning flashed through the cloud layer, like a purple dragon, and the fierce momentum spread out.

  The joint momentum of the eleven Sword Soul Realm swordsmen actually triggered a heavenly phenomenon, and the villagers of Langkou Village stopped their movements, staring blankly at the gathering wind and clouds in the distance of Langyashan Mountain, listening to the sound that seemed like mountains collapsing and lands splitting, with an expression full of reverence in their eyes.

  At this moment, Lu Qing was also in a life-and-death crisis. He had never felt so powerless before. He could feel the blood dripping out of his body drop by drop, and the sword energy in his dantian was sealed by a powerful icy sword aura, unable to move or struggle, and could only quietly feel his body growing weaker and weaker.

  This is a blood-colored space, surrounded by the same hundred or so long swords, only to find that they have been stained with a thick layer of blood at some point. The black as ink ground now has countless strange and intersecting patterns, inside which the thick blood plasma seems to be solidifying, but also emits a fiery breath, like boiling water. Lu Qing is lying in the center of this sword group, next to a pool about one foot square.

  In this shallow pool, a water color with sharp and fierce aura ripples slightly, about one inch deep. In the center of the pool, a three-inch-long green jade sword is inserted in the middle. The jade sword is exquisitely carved like green jade, crystal clear and transparent, with a faint whirling wind aura lingering on its surface.

  At this moment, Lu Qing's right wrist was straight and inserted into the liquid, which was icy cold and seemed to be as sharp as a sword. As soon as his hand entered, the flesh and blood disappeared, revealing the skeletal fingers inside. Fresh blood flowed out continuously, merging with the liquid. At the same time, the dense blood vessels around the pool also connected to it, slowly seeping into the liquid and gradually dyeing it a deep crimson color.

  The Jade Sword seemed to be extremely displeased with the blood color, only emitting a faint, cyan-colored Xuan wind aura that blocked it outside the sword body. However, as time passed, that layer of Xuan wind aura also seemed to be eroded, slowly dimming down. The Jade Sword was apparently enraged, and a loud, earth-shaking sword hum sounded out, almost instantly taking away Lu Qing's consciousness.

  Although the Jade Sword emitted a majestic and awe-inspiring sword hum, it seemed to be lacking in strength, with its cyan glow only flickering weakly before dimming. In an instant, the bloodstain came into contact with the sword body of the Jade Sword, as if it were a maggot attached to bone, rapidly wrapping itself around upwards.

  When Lu Qing woke up, the blood had already spread to nearly half of the sword body of Yu Jian. At this moment, Lu Qing was even weaker, although the sword yuan and his body were sealed, he could still clearly feel that the fresh blood in his body had lost nearly half, and only needed a little more time, he would die so weakly.

  Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Nian Yun Jian was quietly lying beside him at this moment. The sword body was slightly trembling, with a faint golden light misty on it, as if it were worried about him.

  Dad, is that you?

  Lu Qing called out in a low voice, and at the same time, he was also bewildered in his heart. He couldn't understand what kind of grudge that woman had against him and his Lu family. Almost as soon as Duan Qingyun was sent away, he was sealed off from head to toe and thrown into the center of this sword group. To this day, he still clearly remembered the scene when that woman appeared in front of him, with an icy coldness that seemed to freeze people's hearts, and the overwhelming pressure that made it impossible for him to resist when she sealed him off. The gap was so great that under that momentum, he couldn't move at all, as if his whole body had been frozen and lost its ability to act, and his sword yuan and body were easily sealed off.

  Is this the Blood Sacrifice? At this moment, Lu Qing even found it difficult to think, and the silver divine consciousness in his mind was also dull and dark, rotating turbidly. Even if he operated the Soul Refining Technique, there was no improvement. Lu Qing knew that this was because the loss of his body's essence was too severe, and he could no longer support his basic survival.

  "Little one, you're not dead yet?" At this time, a weak and hoarse voice suddenly entered Lu Qing's ears.

  "Who's there." Lu Qing's voice was equally weak, his eyes scanning around but saw no one.

  Was I wrong? Lu Qing was puzzled in his heart and looked again, but there really wasn't anyone.

  "No need to look anymore, I'm right in front of you, embedded in the Jade Sword. Let's see how long your divine consciousness can hold on. You and I will exchange our divine consciousnesses, let's make it brief."

  "What?" Lu Qing was somewhat surprised, looking at the water in the pool that had already turned completely red and had eroded half of the jade sword. It was hard to imagine that there was still someone hidden inside.

  "Who are you?" Lu Qing exerted his spiritual energy from his brow and connected it with the Jade Sword.

  "Who I am is not important now, what's important is that both of us want to survive now, other things are temporarily unimportant."

  Lu Qing's eyes lit up involuntarily, and his divine sense transmitted a message: "Do you have a way?" Listening to this person's words, it seemed that there was still a glimmer of hope. In the past half year or more, Lu Qing had undergone earth-shaking changes in both his state of mind and his cultivation. Life and death were no longer a threat to him, but he still had many things left undone and didn't want to die yet. So as long as there was a thread of hope, he would go all out to seize it.

  "In short, how to understand it? I am now an intangible soul, the original owner of this jade sword. At that time, this madwoman took advantage of my serious injury and wanted to take away my jade sword, but was blocked by the sword array I set up and couldn't get close, so she set up this Blood Slashing Sword Array to pollute my body shell. Once this Blood Slashing completely invades me, I will scatter my soul. Therefore, I need your help, and if you help me, you can also gain a new life."

  As expected, there's a way out of this, Lu Qing thought to himself. Now that things have reached this point, he had no choice but to stake everything on one last gamble, whether it would be life or death.

  "Senior, please speak, the junior will definitely do his best to accomplish it." Lu Qing used honorific language out of respect for someone who could still survive in a state of soul and spirit.

  "Hmm, you're not bad, kid. From how you refused to let go of that little guy even when we were outside my domain, I can tell you're a person who values relationships and loyalty. Otherwise, I wouldn't be talking to you even if I had to destroy the Jade Sword and scatter my soul. I'm tired of plotting with tigers."

  "In this way, I'll transmit a Sword Origin Skill to you through my divine sense and help you break the seal on your body. You can start cultivating immediately and refine these Blood Fiends away. After I escape, bring my original Jade Sword with you, and I'll point out an escape route for you."

  "Jian Yuan Gong?" Lu Qing asked in confusion.

  "Never mind, you're just too inexperienced, don't worry, this sword technique doesn't require Sword Origin."

  Before Lu Qing could react, a divine consciousness containing a large amount of text entered his mind, roughly scanning it quickly. Lu Qing's shock was beyond measure as this Purple Emperor Sword Body Scripture actually had thirteen layers. However, he was soon shocked again by its contents. This sword scripture, just as the old man said, did not cultivate the sword essence but instead absorbed the essence of spiritual objects along a unique path to transform into sword essence and cultivate the physical body, increasing power. According to the text, cultivating up to the sixth layer would allow one to rely on their physical body to withstand a Qingfan-grade divine sword, with their entire body able to emit sharp sword energy like a divine sword.

  Moreover, this does not conflict with his cultivation of the Sun Heart Scripture at all, and there is no need to worry about the meridians and flesh being unable to withstand the conversion to other schools' sword auras, causing one's cultivation to scatter and leading to death. This door of Sword Aorta Skill simply utilizes the essence, spirit, and material objects to transform sword auras for cultivating the fleshly meridians, and can even accelerate the improvement of one's cultivation.

  "Kid, get ready, or you'll lose too much blood and won't have the energy to circulate your Sword Origin Skill even if you want to live." The old man's voice sounded again after a brief moment. At the same time, Lu Qing saw a pure sword aura that was unimaginable shoot out from the jade sword, instantly entering his body, destroying everything in its path. The powerful sword aura that the white-haired woman had shot into his body, which seemed unbreakable to him, was like mud and couldn't stop it at all, shattering with just one blow.

  And the sword energy, after removing the restrictions on his body, went straight down to the dantian, without any resistance. The icy cold sword aura that sealed off the exit of the guan jue, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, also quickly dissipated.