Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 198 Sword Soul Stone and Five Elements Profound Yang Sword

[You are observing the Azure Rainbow Sword, Intermediate Insight +1]

[You are analyzing the Azure Rainbow Sword, Intermediate Analysis +1]

Zhou Ling's gaze swept over a cyan jade platform, as two talents emerged.

Information about the Azure Rainbow Sword surfaced in his mind.

From raw materials to finished product, it's as if a series of scenes are unfolding before my eyes.

"The Azure Rainbow Sword is a mid-grade second-tier spiritual sword, made primarily of lapis lazuli and rainbow-absorbing stone, with a small amount of gold essence added."

"It has been reshaped nine times by the earth's fire and is engraved with the sword rainbow inscription."

"The sword is two feet nine inches long and one and three-tenths inches wide."

"The sword weighs eighteen catties."

"Suitable for cultivators with metal or fire attributes."

"Unfortunately, it doesn't contain any sword intent!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

With the analysis of his two talents, he quickly gained a complete understanding of the Azure Rainbow Sword.

Furthermore, they learned about the forging methods and the engraving of the inscriptions.

"Junior Brother Zhou, why haven't you made a move yet?"

Just as Zhou Ling's gaze swept over the other swords, Chen Bai walked past him. Seeing that he hadn't yet started trying to collect the swords, Chen Bai asked with a puzzled expression.

He reached out and grasped the Azure Rainbow Sword on the jade platform in front of him.

"Senior Brother Chen, are you interested in this precious sword?"

Zhou Ling asked a question.

"I'll give it a try first."

Chen Bai drew his sword as he answered, but immediately shook his head and put the sword back.

He seemed to realize that the Azure Rainbow Sword did not contain sword intent, and then clapped his hands and said to Zhou Ling, "A mid-grade spirit sword, although not bad, does not contain sword intent, so it is not worth wasting time on."

"I'll go take a look over there!"

After saying that, Chen Bai walked off to another place.

Zhou Ling's gaze swept over another jade platform not far away, which was flashing with red light.

Through intermediate observation and intermediate analysis, he was able to observe the effects of the sword much faster than others.

[You are observing the Bloodstained Sword, Intermediate Insight +1]

[You are analyzing the Bloodstained Sword, Intermediate Analysis +1]

"Mainly made of black iron, the sword is five feet long and engraved with blood cloud patterns and has three blood pattern frameworks."

"The sword weighs over twenty pounds, and its sword energy can release the pressure of blood energy, containing the sword intent of blood."

"This sword is quite interesting!"

Zhou Ling stood in front of the jade platform, thought for a moment, then stretched out his right hand and grasped the sword hilt.

Following Instructor Wu's instructions, I tried to infuse spiritual energy into it.

A surge of blood-red pressure suddenly emanated from the sword. Zhou Ling felt a surge of blood-red energy and a powerful pressure coming from Gaia.

He couldn't help but look at the sword in his hand, its surface shimmering with blood-red light, seemingly trying its best to repel his spiritual power.

At the same time, wisps of blood-red sword light appeared on the sword.

Zhou Ling wasn't interested in the blood-patterned sword itself, but rather in its forging method and cloud-patterned sword seal.

This cloud-patterned sword seal seems to be able to condense blood energy and pressure.

However, as instructed by Instructor Wu, this sword, now gleaming with blood-red light, is clearly unsuitable for him.

If you forcibly inject more spiritual power, you might suffer a backlash.

He immediately put the sword down again.

However, with the help of [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], he had already gained some understanding of the forging method and inscription of this precious sword.

They then continued walking along the Jade Terrace.

Chen Bai, who was walking ahead of him, looked delighted, as if he had made a gain. He was holding a gleaming sword in his hand.

The sword's edge gleamed like a swimming dragon.

[You are observing the Mystic Light Sword, Intermediate Insight +1]

[You are analyzing the Mystic Light Sword, Intermediate Analysis +1]

"The Xuan Guang Sword is a third-tier low-grade spiritual sword, made primarily of meteorite with a small amount of gold essence added."

"Having been reshaped nine times by the earth's fire, it is engraved with the mark of mysterious light."

"The sword is three feet and five inches long and one and three-tenths inches wide."

"The sword weighs nineteen catties."

"Contains the sword intent of starlight."

"Suitable for cultivators with metal or star attributes."

"This would suit Chen Bai very well!"

As the information surfaced in his mind, Zhou Ling thought to himself.

However, Zhou Ling noticed that Chen Bai's brows quickly furrowed.

The spiritual power in his hands also increased.

It seems that the Xuan Guang Sword is somewhat resistant to him.

Chen Bai could only use his own spiritual power and sword intent to suppress the Xuan Guang Sword and try to take it.

But soon, with a soft "poof," the Xuan Guang Sword slipped from Chen Bai's hand and landed on the jade platform.

But Chen Bai seemed unwilling to give up, and once again gathered his spiritual power, reaching out to grasp the sword.

However, just as he grasped the sword, a flash of light appeared on the Xuan Guang sword.

Chen Bai quickly withdrew his hand.

He shook his head helplessly, clearly indicating that with his current strength, he was not yet able to collect the Xuan Guang Sword.

He glanced at the Xuan Guang Sword, then walked toward another jade platform with a look of reluctance.

Zhou Ling thought to himself, "What a pity!"

If we can acquire a third-tier sword, then this trip to the Sword Forest will be incredibly profitable.

However, even with Chen Bai's considerable strength and the Star attribute, he was unable to capture the Xuan Guang Sword, demonstrating just how difficult it is to capture a third-tier treasure sword!
However, Zhou Ling thought about it carefully again and felt that if he encountered a suitable third-tier sword...

It's not necessarily true that it can't be collected.

In addition to his refined spiritual power, he also possesses a talent that allows him to analyze the sword's information, strengths and weaknesses, and even the sword intent it contains, all under the [Intermediate Analysis] effect.

This made it much easier for him to suppress the sword.

With that thought in mind, Zhou Ling stopped thinking about it and quickened his pace.

Inside the Sword Pavilion, there is a sword platform for every twenty or thirty feet of each pavilion.

Moreover, these sword platforms all have different attributes.

If you want to watch and try to collect, four hours seems quite limited.

Unless you find the right person, there's no need to waste your time.

Otherwise, if four hours pass and you end up empty-handed, you'll have suffered a huge loss.

"Let's take a look first. If there's a sword with the five elements attributes, that would be the most suitable."

"If not, acquiring a fire-attribute sword would be nice too!"

"No matter what, now that we're here, we absolutely can't leave empty-handed!"

Having made up his mind, Zhou Ling continued walking down the sword platform.

[You are observing the Six-Leaf Sword, Intermediate Insight +1]

[You are analyzing the Six-Leaf Sword, Intermediate Analysis +1]

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[You are observing the Chongyang Sword, Intermediate Insight +1]

[You are analyzing the Chongyang Sword, Intermediate Analysis +1]

At this moment, Zhou Ling reached out and grasped the hilt of a long sword, channeling his spiritual energy into it.

The longsword hissed, and a dazzling light flashed on its blade.

At the same time, Zhou Ling could sense that the sword did not reject him.

Instead, it has a mysterious and enigmatic feel to it.

It seemed as if the sword had recognized him.

"The Chongyang Sword is a second-tier top-grade spiritual sword, made primarily of pure yang stone, with the addition of a small amount of alchemical stone and black iron."

"It has been shaped nine times by the fire of the earth and is engraved with the Chongyang Sword Seal."

"The sword is three feet and three inches long and one and three-tenths inches wide."

"The sword weighs eighteen catties."

"Contains the pure Yang sword essence." "Suitable for cultivators with metal or fire attributes."

Holding the longsword, Zhou Ling made a thought.

With a whoosh, a dazzling beam of light surged from the sword, blazing intensely.

This Chongyang Sword actually contains a sword spirit.

This was something Zhou Ling never expected.

The first realm of sword cultivation is to comprehend and cultivate sword intent, which can be divided into intangible sword intent and tangible sword intent.

Zhou Ling's Furnace Sword Intent can now condense into a fiery furnace, which is considered a tangible sword intent.

It has already reached the point where sword intent has taken form.

He is not far from the second realm of sword cultivation, where the sword heart is like the soul.

That is, to condense the sword spirit.

And this Chongyang Sword actually contains a sword soul.

In other words, the swordsmith who forged this Chongyang Sword was a second-realm swordsman.

"It contains the pure Yang sword essence, making it extremely powerful in attack."

"The crafting techniques and materials are mediocre, which limits the power of this sword. I suggest re-tempering it with spiritual flames."

"It contains the pure Yang sword essence, and its power exceeds that of an ordinary second-grade top-quality spirit sword. It is suitable for fire attribute cultivators to use."

Through the [Intermediate Analysis], Zhou Ling learned about the Chongyang Sword.

Even the sword intent of the Pure Yang Sword Soul suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Just as he was cultivating and comprehending sword techniques, the sword intent of the Pure Yang Sword Soul was directly imprinted in his heart, allowing him to comprehend it.

"Gathering a sword spirit is not that easy!"

The prompt for [Intermediate Analysis] appeared in Zhou Ling's mind, and he frowned slightly.

Immediately, spiritual energy was poured into it.

Suddenly, a burst of blazing sun-like sword light surged from the Chongyang Sword, causing Zhou Ling's gaze to sharpen.

"This is the power of incorporating the Sword Soul Stone!"

Why would the swordsmith who forged this Chongyang Sword have chosen alchemical stone and black iron as auxiliary materials?

Zhou Ling muttered to himself, "Although alchemical stone and black iron can increase the ductility and strength of the sword, they are clearly not suitable for the Pure Yang Sword Soul."

At this moment, the Chongyang Sword did not resist him and contained a sword soul stone.

Zhou Ling thought about it and decided to choose it.

He immediately increased the amount of spiritual power he poured in, but the next moment, the Chongyang Sword blazed brightly, radiating an astonishing aura.

A wisp of sword energy, sharp and incomparable, sliced ​​across his arm.

A cut was made, and a glint of blood seeped out.

"This is the power of incorporating the Sword Soul Stone!"

Zhou Ling was startled and hurriedly activated the Three Yang Technique. A burst of golden light surged from the wound, and it slowly healed.

It should be noted that after Zhou Ling condensed the Golden Sun True Body, even without activating the Three Yang Technique, the strength of his physical body is now comparable to a mid-grade second-tier magic weapon.

But it was powerless to stop this sword energy.

"That's it!"

Although injured by the sword energy of Chongyang Sword, Zhou Ling's face showed joy, which allowed him to witness the power of the sword soul.

Then, he grasped the Chongyang Sword again and poured his spiritual power into it.

However, this time the injected spiritual energy contained the intent of the furnace sword.

Although the Chongyang Sword is compatible with him, he still needs to suppress the sword spirit contained within it in order to take it away.

"The Chongyang Sword contains a powerful sword spirit stone, but the materials used in its blade are of low quality, and the forging technique is mediocre. The swordsmith was unable to fully integrate the sword spirit stone into the blade."

"If it can be re-tempered, the Sword Soul Stone can be extracted."

This is another prompt from the [Intermediate Analysis] section.

Zhou Ling, who was using the Furnace Sword Intent to fight against the Pure Yang Sword Soul, saw this prompt and immediately activated the Beast Flame.

A streak of flame suddenly appeared in his hand, then traveled along the hilt and enveloped the blade of the Pure Yang Sword.

"If we could extract this sword soul stone, that would be wonderful!"

Looking at the flames and spiritual light before him, Zhou Ling pondered to himself.

The greatest value of this Chongyang Sword lies in its sword soul stone.

The sword body and sword imprint are the same, but this kind of forging actually reduces the power of the sword soul stone.

He originally intended to acquire the sword and refine it again later.

If we could extract the Sword Soul Stone, it would save us a lot of trouble.

Moreover, he can find another precious sword.

Although the rule is that you can only take one sword, the Sword Soul Stone is no problem.

Under the dual suppression of the furnace sword intent and beast flames, the Chongyang Sword trembled violently for a short while, and a black sword stone floated out.

"This is the Sword Soul Stone!"

Looking at the black stone floating in the spiritual flames, Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy.

I didn't expect it to go so smoothly, but it's probably because the materials and forging techniques of the Chongyang Sword were subpar.

Of course, his Furnace Sword Intent and Beast Flame also played a significant role.

The sword stone gleamed, as if wisps of sword energy were about to surge forth.

Zhou Ling withdrew his spiritual flames and spiritual power, and then, with a thought, stored the sword soul stone in his storage ring.

At this moment, the blade of the Chongyang Sword became much dimmer.

Zhou Ling then put it back on the sword platform.

Then, Zhou Ling checked the time; only about an hour and a half had passed.

There is still enough time to collect another sword.

Zhou Ling then continued forward with a smug look on her face.

As my gaze swept over the area, the two talents, [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], flashed.

Information about various precious swords surfaced in his mind.

He also learned about many methods of forging swords and sword seals, as well as some sword intent.

However, none of these swords were the one he desired, so he quickened his pace.

First, find a suitable sword. As for the sword imprints and sword intent, you can study them slowly after leaving the Sword Forest with the help of the [Derive Illusion Simulation].

[A half-finished Five Elements Profound Yang Sword has been discovered ahead. Search the mountain for treasure +1]

When you reach the fifth row of sword platforms, a prompt will appear on the panel.

"The Five Elements Profound Yang Sword! Its attributes perfectly match the Five Elements Sword Technique!"

Hearing the notification, Zhou Ling was overjoyed. After walking for so long, the [Search for Treasure] had finally found something good.

Zhou Ling looked up and walked towards the sword platform in front of him.

However, this sword platform is different from the other brightly lit sword platforms around it.

It looks dull and lackluster!

Zhou Ling was taken aback for a moment, but then he remembered the hint about the unfinished product.

That must be the reason.

[You are observing the Five Elements Profound Yang Sword, Intermediate Insight +1]

[You are analyzing the Five Elements Profound Yang Sword, Intermediate Analysis +1]

"The Five Elements Profound Yang Sword is a third-tier low-grade spiritual sword, made primarily of third-tier Crimson Gold Stone, Azure Wood, Profound Ice Crystal Stone, Fire Refining Stone, and Gang Yuan Sand, with a small amount of Geng Metal added."

"It has been shaped and tempered by the spiritual fire of five third-grade weapon refiners and is engraved with the Five Elements Profound Yang Sword Seal."

"The sword is three feet and six inches long and one and three-tenths inches wide."

"The sword weighs twenty catties."

"It contains the sword intent of the five elements and is accompanied by the mysterious silk decree that heaven and earth give back to cultivators when they undergo the Golden Core tribulation."

"Suitable for cultivators with the five elements attributes."

"Third-tier, low-grade! It also contains the profound divine decree of a Golden Core cultivator's tribulation lightning!"

As the information surfaced in his mind, Zhou Ling couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

With his current knowledge, he also knows that after the Foundation Establishment stage, cultivators will face a tribulation of lightning every time they break through a major realm.

If one successfully survives the tribulation of lightning, a feedback from the Heavenly Dao will descend, which is known as the Mysterious Silk Edict.

This mysterious silk edict contains extremely subtle power of rules.

As for the use of the Mysterious Silk Edict, cultivators can choose to absorb it themselves or integrate it into their natal treasure.

With the blessing of this mysterious silk edict, the power of the treasure will increase many times over.

(End of this chapter)