Jade Dynasty: I am the master of the Burning Sword, my swordsmanship is unparalleled.

Chapter 5 First Practice
Although the Bloodthirsty Bead is an extremely ferocious magic weapon, it is nothing in front of the fierce sword Burning Sword. With the Burning Sword suppressing it, Zhang Xiaofan is not afraid of the Bloodthirsty Bead going out of control.

The Ferocious Sword Burning Silence was forged by slaughtering countless mortals and absorbing countless vengeful souls through a blood-smearing array. It even drew upon the four souls of Prince Changqin's immortal soul, merging them into it to form its sword spirit.

Not to mention, Prince Changqin had undergone countless soul transfers and experienced the hardships of the world. After Zhang Xiaofan merged with Prince Changqin's soul, the malevolent aura of the Bloodthirsty Bead could not possibly affect his mind.

Even if the malevolent energy truly had an effect, Zhang Xiaofan still had pure energy protecting him, so nothing unexpected would happen.

In fact, Zhang Xiaofan's idea to use the Blood-Devouring Bead to enhance his physical body was not a sudden inspiration, but something he had thought about carefully during the day.

Zhang Xiaofan, after merging with the soul of Prince Changqin, is a very special being.

First of all, Zhang Xiaofan, who possesses a physical body and three souls and seven spirits, is a person, a living, complete person, so he is able to cultivate various methods.

At the same time, Zhang Xiaofan's soul also merged with Prince Changqin's immortal soul, including the four souls of his life that had been forged into the spirit of the Burning Sword.

This means that Zhang Xiaofan is also the spirit of the Burning Sword. Therefore, even though Zhang Xiaofan does not have magic power now, he can easily control the Burning Sword and suppress the unclaimed Bloodthirsty Bead.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaofan is very special. He is a person, but he can be said to have two souls, although they have been merged together. In addition, he has two bodies: one is the body of the Burning Sword, and the other is himself.

The immortal soul and the human soul are fused, but the physical body and the Burning Sword are separate, and the physical body is not even in the same league as the Burning Sword.

The weakness of his physical body will definitely limit Zhang Xiaofan's strength in the future, and may even imprison his immortal soul.

Therefore, improving his physical body is inevitable. However, even with the fusion of Prince Changqin's immortal soul, Zhang Xiaofan would not be able to manage it all by relying solely on his own hard work.

Physical cultivation is different from Taoist cultivation. Taoist cultivation emphasizes comprehension, but physical cultivation requires a lot of effort and countless energy to hone the physical body.

Fortunately, the existence of the Bloodthirsty Bead makes up for this.

After the Black-Hearted Old Man died, the Blood-Devouring Bead was lost deep in the Southwest Great Swamp, where it absorbed the essence and blood of countless primordial beasts.

Zhang Xiaofan took out the deep purple bead from his pocket and stared at this treasure of the demonic sect that countless people coveted. His expression was complicated.

The Bloodthirsty Bead is deeply intertwined with his fate.

Without the Bloodthirsty Bead, he wouldn't have lost his family, but similarly, if he hadn't awakened his innate wisdom, he would have died tragically in the valley along with his senior sister without the Bloodthirsty Bead.

After letting out a silent sigh, Zhang Xiaofan composed himself and stopped thinking about it.

After clearing his mind of distractions, Zhang Xiaofan slowly formed a hand seal. Under his guidance, the faint spiritual energy within his body transformed into an almost invisible tiny hand seal.

Carefully inserting the hand seal into the Bloodthirsty Bead, the dull and lifeless bead suddenly burst forth with a dark red light, as if it had been enraged.

But the moment that dark red, menacing light appeared, a golden light flashed on the surface of the Bloodthirsty Bead, suppressing the dark red, menacing light.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaofan had a sudden thought. He barely managed to activate the Burning Soul Sword with his immortal soul, releasing a wisp of power that landed on the Blood Devouring Bead.

Under the power of the Burning Sword, the Bloodthirsty Bead instantly became docile, like a mouse seeing a cat, and withdrew all its ferocity.

After the Blood-Devouring Bead quieted down, the Buddhist light also quickly subsided, transforming into a swastika rune and disappearing onto the bead. The next moment, Zhang Xiaofan slightly changed his hand seals, and a stream of blood energy containing a fierce aura flew out from the Blood-Devouring Bead and surged into Zhang Xiaofan's body.

After this surge of blood energy was drawn out, the tiny hand seal vanished instantly.

The moment the blood entered his body, Zhang Xiaofan felt a fierce aura rush straight to his mind, impacting his soul, but it did not move him in the slightest.

However, the Burning Sword beside him flashed slightly, and then the fierce aura within Zhang Xiaofan's body was drawn into the Burning Sword.

After the blood and qi merged into his body, Zhang Xiaofan vaguely felt that his physique seemed to have become slightly stronger, and he couldn't help but smile.

After making some adjustments, Zhang Xiaofan began to cultivate the Great Brahma Prajna.

Before we knew it, it was already broad daylight.

Zhang Xiaofan slowly opened his eyes, a faint glint of light flashing within them.

After a night of cultivation, Zhang Xiaofan's cultivation level seemed to have made no progress at all, and in fact, it really did not improve in the slightest, but it was not without its gains.

After a night of cultivation, Zhang Xiaofan not only refined a trace of blood energy, making his physique stronger, but most importantly, he benefited greatly from cultivating Taiji Xuanqing Dao and Dafan Prajna.

The practice of Taiji Xuanqing Dao requires opening all the orifices of the body to absorb Qi, while Dafan Prajna requires closing the body to realize one's true nature.

This opening and closing may seem like a futile effort, but with Zhang Xiaofan's dedicated cultivation, he was able to open and close all the orifices of his body more freely.

Of course, it was inevitable that there would be difficulties in the early stages of his cultivation. Zhang Xiaofan was not annoyed that his cultivation was still slow despite his awakening of innate wisdom.

After getting dressed and washing up, Zhang Xiaofan left the house.

As soon as he stepped out, Zhang Xiaofan ran into Tian Ling'er. The girl was dressed in red and looked lively and agile in the morning light.

"Ah! You're up? I thought I had to call you to get up."

When Tian Ling'er saw that Zhang Xiaofan had actually gotten up, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan explained.

“Last night, my master taught me the Daoist arts, and I practiced all night. However, my junior brother is dull-witted and could not grasp the essence. Seeing that it was already dawn, he got up.”

"It's okay, who can master it on the first day? It took me several days, and my parents even praised me!"

Seeing Zhang Xiaofan's calm expression, Tian Ling'er assumed he was troubled by his cultivation. She skipped over to Zhang Xiaofan's side, patted his shoulder, and comforted him with a smile.

As she spoke, Tian Ling'er recalled what had happened the previous night and couldn't help but encourage Zhang Xiaofan.

"But don't be discouraged, junior brother. Keep practicing and you'll definitely succeed. If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me. I'll definitely teach you properly, hehe!"

The girl said with a grin, little did she know that for Zhang Xiaofan, absorbing qi into his body was nothing. The reason Zhang Xiaofan said he couldn't find the right way was because he practiced both Buddhism and Taoism, and he hadn't yet grasped the key.

(End of this chapter)