Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Hehe, most of my colleagues at Zuowang Peak are very grateful to Fellow Daoist Xuanjing. I've been making inquiries these past few days and have learned that this Daoist Xuanjing has an excellent reputation in Xiaoyao Immortal City. Not only is he on good terms with many high-ranking members of the alliance, he's also quite popular among lower-level cultivators."

Li Ci smiled and said, "His character and personality are both excellent, but unfortunately his talent is a little lacking. He can't compare to Brother Guan."

Guan Zhen said sadly, "If I were truly a gifted talent, why would my clan abandon me like this?"

"How old are you? You have a long life ahead of you. By then, when your elixir reaches the highest grade, and you break through the elixir to become an infant, and you have mastered the [Water and Fire Balance Sword Cultivation True Key] into your innate magical power, becoming a true Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator, your clan will have to invite you, the ancestor, back home in a grand sedan chair!"

Li Ci's words were of course a joke. Although Guan Zhen was a direct descendant of a noble family, even if he was not sent to the battlefield by the clan to fend for himself, and just practiced in the clan peacefully, he might not have the opportunity to form a pill in this lifetime, let alone condense such an illusory thing as Nascent Soul.

The most important reason why she held Guan Zhen in such high regard was because of the young man's identity as a swordsman.

It is not without reason that it is generally acknowledged in the world of immortal cultivation that sword cultivators are the most powerful among those of the same level.

It should be noted that the reason why sword cultivators are so famous among cultivators of the same level is that after the Jindan stage, they can refine a magic sword into their own magic weapon. If a Jindan cultivator does not have any great opportunities, most of his combat power is on this natal magic weapon. The magic sword is good at attacking, and because it is a natal magic weapon, it can be infinitely improved. Over time, sword cultivators will naturally become better at attacking.

Secondly, after a cultivator forms a Nascent Soul, he can choose any magical power to nourish it in his Nascent Soul body and transform it into his [Innate Magical Power]. After evolving into his [Innate Magical Power], the effect of this magical power and the speed of casting it will be greatly improved.

Which magical power to transform into the innate magical power depends entirely on the cultivator's own consideration. Some like to choose offensive techniques such as [Fire Bomb Technique] and [Wood Thorn Technique]; others prefer life-saving magical powers such as defense or escape.

There are also monks who are proficient in skills who will choose some secret methods of refining medicine, refining weapons, making talismans, and setting up formations, in the hope that they can reach a higher level on the path of "cultivating the hundred arts of immortality."

However, if a sword cultivator refines a magic sword into his own magic weapon, the choice of his own magical powers after forming an infant is actually very narrow. Most sword cultivators only have two choices of their own magical powers.

One is [Sword Controlling Technique], the other is [Sword Maintaining Technique].

If you choose a certain [Sword Controlling Technique] as your innate magical power, the improvement in combat power can be said to be immediate. Using the [innate magical power] to control the [innate magic weapon], the increase is definitely not as simple as one plus one.

The [Sword Cultivation Technique] is more inclined to develop in the later stages. It uses the sword cultivation technique as the innate magical power to nourish the magic sword. The speed of improving its material and spirituality is faster than that of the sword cultivator whose innate magical power is the [Sword Controlling Technique].

All I can say is that it is difficult to compare the two paths, as each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

In other words, if a magical power can combine the effects of [nurturing the sword] and [controlling the sword], then it is a true supreme secret method for sword cultivators. The combat power of the Nascent Soul sword cultivator who refines it into his innate magical power will also reach an extremely terrifying level!

Unfortunately, the two magical powers, [Sword Controlling Technique] and [Sword Cultivating Technique], are conceptually unrelated. At least no one in the Xianzhou Realm can combine the two.

These things are naturally not something that Guan Zhen, a young swordsman who has just entered the foundation-building stage for a few years, needs to consider. He is currently on the front line between good and evil, and his life is in danger at any moment. He must first overcome the current difficulties.

"You two Daoists are up very early."

Wang Qiu Shui, the concubine of Jindan, walked slowly over with light lotus steps, raised her eyebrows, stared at Guan Zhen and smiled.

Li Ci, revealing a row of yellow teeth that were showing through, chuckled softly, "Fellow Daoist Wang has been hanging around Fellow Daoist Xuanjing's cave on the mountainside these past few days. How did you find time to come to the summit recently?"

Wang Qiushui cursed the old immortal in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he said softly:

"I just went to ask Daoist Fellow Xuan Jing for some elixirs, but Daoist Fellow happened to be in seclusion for several days, so I came back empty-handed."

Li Ci smiled and said nothing more.

The extremely old woman looked into the distance tremblingly, but suddenly her eyes widened, and a bloody knife light came towards her!

Clang——

A sharp sound of metal clashing was heard, but Guan Zhen had a serious expression on his face. He used the sword-wielding technique passed down from his family, and the [Purple Yang Sword] in his hand flew out, barely blocking the bloody knife light and saving Li Ci's life.

The old lady sat down on the ground with a plop. Although she didn't have many years left to live and had volunteered to come here, she had just experienced the gates of hell and realized the great terror between life and death. She felt a little regretful.

"Senior, [Jitu Dundi Flag]!"

After being reminded by Guan Zhen, Li Ci woke up from his dream and quickly took out the only magic weapon he had, the formation flag. He shook it, and suddenly a yellowish-brown light appeared on his body. The next moment, he disappeared into the mountain of Zuwang Peak and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing that Li Ci was out of danger, Guan Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief and said in a serious tone, "Who is this devil? Why don't you show yourself?"

I saw the clouds and winds changing at the top of Zuwang Peak. A group of white clouds originally floating in the air instantly turned purple-black, and more than ten demon cultivators with blood light around them emerged from it. Among them, an old man with a bald head retracted the blood-colored knife light and held in his hand a palm-sized blood-colored flying knife.

The bald-haired old man sneered, "Another sword cultivator... Fortunately, his cultivation isn't too deep, otherwise it would be quite troublesome."

The leader of this group of demon cultivators was a gloomy young man with a skull necklace around his neck. He was at the middle stage of foundation building. Suddenly, his expression changed and he said:

"This [Demaxing Bead] can't hold on any longer. Prepare to descend. Quick and decisive!"

A glass bead in the gloomy young man's hand suddenly shattered, and these demons fell from the sky and stood on the Zuwang Peak.

When Guan Zhen and Wang Qiu Shui saw the more than ten demon cultivators coming towards them in a mighty force, they knew they were no match for them, so they quickly took out their formation flags and waved them, then retreated into the mountain of Zuwang Peak to temporarily avoid the attack.

"Don't pay attention to them. If you avoid fighting, you can free up your hands and feet to destroy the mountain and find the center of the formation!" said the gloomy young man.

The demon cultivators really stopped looking for the few people. Instead, they used many demonic methods such as bloody and ghostly methods on Zuwang Peak to pollute the mountain and search for the center of the formation.

The gloomy young man in the lead also released a skull-shaped ghost into the mountain to search for the center of the formation, but he was a little absent-minded.

"I don't know what the True Immortals were thinking. If they had concentrated their forces to attack a few major peaks, with the strength of the two Nascent Soul forces, they would have been able to eliminate the core points of the formation one by one. But they just dispersed their subordinates and continued to harass and stalemate, actually fighting back and forth with these country bumpkins from the Yunchuan Region!"