Singing with a Sword

The following is the main text of the novel "{?$article_title?}" ({?$jieqi_title?}) provided by {?$jieqi_sitename?}. Please enjoy! Meng Da's younger sister is named Xiao Ru. She was adopted by Meng Da's mother when she was very young, and the family of three struggled to make ends meet. When Meng Da was old enough to understand, he embarked on the path of cultivation, diligently practicing every day, all in order to become a mercenary, bring more income to his family, share his mother's burden, and allow the family of three to live a happier life.

After becoming a mercenary, Meng Da spent his days wandering around, constantly taking on missions and often not returning home for several days at a time. However, every time he left, he would meet with his sister to tell her when he would be back so that she could rest assured.

But this time, he will never come back.

Xiaoru is a strong girl, and she slowly emerged from her grief. Her brother has passed away; the best way to comfort him is to live bravely! To live even more happily!

But her brother entrusted Yi Ranxiao with taking care of her. Is Yi Ranxiao reliable? Although Xiaoru really wanted to leave Huansha City with Yi Ranxiao and see the outside world, she wouldn't follow him if he was a person of bad character.

So for the past few days, Xiaoru had been carefully observing Yiranxiao. Xiaoru was a local of Huansha City and, like Mengda, was familiar with the terrain of the White Desert, so she became the leader, leading Yiranxiao outwards while observing her as they went.

Three days passed, and Xiaoru led Yiranxiao out of the White Desert, concluding her assessment of Yiranxiao. "This person is alright, trustworthy! My brother was right about her!"

Yi Ranxiao had already made up his mind. If Xiaoru was unwilling to go back with him, he would give her a large sum of money to ensure she would have no worries about food and clothing. If she was willing to go back with him, he would take care of Xiaoru in place of Meng Da! This was the best way to repay Meng Da! So Yi Ranxiao was quite worried that Xiaoru wouldn't go with him. However, to his surprise, Xiaoru took the initiative to suggest going with him and even said that she was a pupil magician who could assist Yi Ranxiao in battle.

Upon hearing that she was a pupil-wielding master, Yi Ranxiao was overjoyed. It's well known that most cultivation sects have sensory-type cultivators stationed there, or large-scale formations in place, to prevent enemies from sneaking in. The Divine Wind Hall was precisely lacking in this skill, which is why Chief Zheng was able to easily infiltrate the Divine Wind Hall to assassinate Yi Ranxiao last time.

Now, Xiaoru has just made up for the shortcomings of Shenfengtang!

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After spending one night in Huansha City, Yiran Xiao left early the next morning with Xiaoru.

The two traveled north, entering the territory of the Sheng Tang Kingdom, and continued their journey towards Qingzhou. Along the way, they witnessed the different customs and cultures of various places, unlike those of Huansha City. Xiaoru was very happy, as the grief over Meng Da's death gradually faded.

As they traveled, they chatted. Yiran Xiao was an outgoing and cheerful person, and although Xiaoru was quiet, she wasn't a cold woman and didn't shy away from communicating with others. So, the two got along very well along the way, and their relationship grew even closer.

In the evenings, Yiran Xiao would take Xiaoru to an inn in the city for the night. Of course, the two would stay separately, not yet to that extent. Besides, Yiran Xiao didn't have time for that kind of thing, because he was busy traveling during the day, so he could only cultivate at night. Every night, Yiran Xiao cultivated instead of resting and sleeping.

In the path of spiritual practice, effort is of utmost importance!

During this trip south, Xiao's Yuan Power level remained at the early stage of the seventh level of the Transcendent Realm, without much improvement. However, the good news was that he obtained the Demon-Slaying Blade, which was close to a celestial artifact!

However, in the cultivation world, those who use swords only use swords, and those who use sabers only use sabers. No one has ever used both. In any case, Yi Ranxiao has never seen such a cultivator. So, why don't I try it out and use a sword in one hand and a saber in the other? Yi Ranxiao suddenly had a brilliant idea. He immediately took out his Azure Sword and the Demon-Slaying Saber, wanting to use them together. But the problem was, he had never practiced saber techniques, so he put away his Azure Sword and first pondered how to use the Demon-Slaying Saber.

Or should we just use swordsmanship to wield the demon-slaying weapon?

This move is easy to imitate, but once you imitate it, you might lose your agility. Moreover, the creation and release of the blade's energy cannot be easily imitated; you need to find another way.

Yiran Xiao controlled his Yuan Power, allowing the true Qi within his body to circulate in different ways. Combined with sword intent, he created sword Qi, which he then injected into the blade, attempting to form and release sword light from it. However, each attempt ended in failure.

Xiao was still frustrated, but he became more determined with each setback, constantly thinking and scratching his head; then he kept trying, but the sword energy could not be released from the blade of the demon slayer. If the sword energy could not be released, how could it form a sword beam?

After thinking all night without any results, Yi Ranxiao sat dejectedly on the bed. As dawn approached, the weather suddenly turned cold, and a gust of cold wind blew into the room, making the hairs on Yi Ranxiao's hands stand on end. Seeing this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he muttered to himself, "If I poke hundreds of small holes in the blade, would that allow me to release the attack?"

This was indeed a bit far-fetched, but he still wanted to try, so he immediately tried to find a way to make a hole in the blade. However, the Demon-Slaying Blade was extremely hard, and it was too difficult to make a hole. He spent a lot of effort but couldn't even make a single hole.

Yi Ranxiao couldn't help but complain, "If knives were like people, with pores on their bodies, that would be so wonderful!"

Wait a minute, a blade definitely doesn't have pores, but a person does! Why not try shooting sword energy out from the tens of thousands of pores on a person's body?

Yi Ranxiao's eyes lit up. If it really succeeded, imagine that every pore on a person's body would suddenly shoot out sword light, stabbing wildly in all directions. The attack power and range of this technique would be absolutely terrifying!

If this technique could be created, it would be like having a trump card, like possessing a powerful ultimate move! Yi Ranxiao was overjoyed, yet also somewhat amazed. He had originally been thinking about how to use swordsmanship to wield the greatsword, but who knew that he would end up coming up with such a unique and terrifying technique.

Immediately, Yi Ranxiao began to control the sword energy, trying to unleash it from his pores... However, by dawn, Yi Ranxiao had not made any substantial breakthrough, but he was not discouraged and continued to work hard and cultivate...

The sun was shining brightly, and Yi Ranxiao was still cultivating. Although he hadn't achieved any concrete results, he had already given the technique a name: Sword Aura Surge.

As usual, the daytime was used for travel. And on this day, Yiran Xiao and Xiaoru were about to traverse the world-famous Lingnan Forest! The Lingnan Forest was famous not for its beautiful environment, but for the many demonic beasts that lived within!