Cultivation Kill

“Boring, it’s just a hard rock,” Hua Mulan said. “Now, if you ask me to do anything, I won’t do it. Are you kidding me?”

"Your spinning ice spike spell is quite good," Shen Zige asked. "Could you tell me the trick and the acupoint combination needed to cast it?"

"Can you tell me your method for precisely controlling the fireball's splitting?" Hua Mulan said. "I guess it's a kind of divine power technique. Let's exchange them."

“No, my magic is far more precious than yours,” Shen Zige refused.

He had never seen a spell stronger than the Myriad Thoughts Technique, and in his mind, Hua Mulan's rotating ice cone was worth less than one ten-thousandth of the Myriad Thoughts Technique.

“Gamers thrive in this world, which is why I successfully condensed my spirit in my second year here,” Hua Mulan said. “I know there’s a guaranteed way to win in the Immortal Cultivation Secret Realm, which I can use to exchange for your spells.”

"A foolproof method?" Shen Zige was intrigued. If such a method existed, exchanging the Myriad Thoughts Technique wouldn't be out of the question. "What method?"

"Tell me your secret to controlling your divine sense first, and then I'll tell you the method," Hua Mulan said expressionlessly.

Shen Zige scanned the other party's body with his divine sense. It was as if the other party's body was frozen, the metabolism was slowed down, and the heartbeat and blood flow were different from the normal state. He could not tell whether Hua Mulan was lying!

A master liar? This is a female anchor who's good at deceiving people!

“You can’t fool me,” Shen Zige said. “Although I can’t tell from your physical condition whether you’re lying, logically speaking, you simply can’t do it. Star Realm Corporation wouldn’t allow such a big loophole to exist.”

“Indeed, you are the most rational and deductive man I have ever met,” Hua Mulan said. “Rationality can control one’s desires and can determine whether I am lying. Of course, don’t be smug, I haven’t met many men like that.”

Shen Zige circled the statue several times, but found no flaws.

"The statue cannot be destroyed, and it is connected to the floor of the main hall, so it cannot be stored in a storage bag or ring."

Shen Zige rested her chin on her hand and began to analyze: "There are only two possibilities. One is that this statue is useless and we are doing nothing here; the other is that we need a real disciple of the Heavenly Sword Palace, or something that can prove the disciple's identity."

Shen Zige gestured for Hua Mulan to leave together; he was already at his wit's end.

The male statue pointed his sword towards the sky, his eyes seemingly following Shen Zige and his companion, as if mocking their overestimation of their abilities.

"Hmph, it's just posing, what's so great about it? I can do it too!" Shen Zige took out the sword that Shi Yuan had given him and imitated the statue's pose.

After several attempts, Shen Zige finally made it look exactly like the statue.

"boom!"

The entire treasure hall trembled. The statue and Shen Zige seemed to resonate with each other. A black hole appeared between the statue's eyebrows. Shen Zige's spiritual body, formed from his divine sense, was pulled forcefully. An irresistible force pulled his spiritual body into the statue's brow, and then the statue's brow closed.

Shen Zige appeared in a strange space.

Ahead lay an endless void and darkness, with a square bluestone platform floating in the void and darkness. The platform was about the size of a basketball court, and a person who looked exactly like the statue was standing on it. More accurately, the statue was carved based on his appearance.

The man stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the distant starry sky. When he saw Shen Zige approaching, he turned slightly to face her.

"I've been waiting for so long, someone's finally here," the man said.

"Where is this?" Shen Zige asked.

“My secondary consciousness space,” the man said. “I will teach the disciples who come to choose weapons the basics of sword control. As for sword techniques, you can go to the Trial Palace in the center, where another of my secondary consciousnesses resides.”

"Sword control technique?" Shen Zige didn't understand. "Isn't it just like picking up an object, using your divine sense to pick up the sword and use it?"

"Hehe." The man chuckled at Shen Zige's words. "If an ordinary person finds a good horse, do they just grab its head and pull it forward?"

Shen Zige understood: using divine sense to control the sword's flight and attack was equivalent to grabbing the lead horse and making it run forward.

"So, a good sword can fly automatically without needing to be propelled by divine sense." Shen Zige understood immediately. "The same applies to other weapons."

"Only those with a Spirit Treasure or higher can use weapon control techniques," the man explained patiently. "The sword control technique I taught you is specifically designed for swords."

"Could you teach me the universal control technique applicable to the entire series?" Shen Zige asked.

If he goes outside and can't find a sword, he can use other weapons, but they must be at least spirit treasures. You should know that even some core cultivators may not have spirit treasures.

Could the sword Shi Yuan gave me be a spirit treasure or higher? He's really lost out! Shen Zige thought to herself.

"Once you've mastered sword control, you'll have to figure out weapon control on your own. Your sword is just the most common guiding sword in the Heavenly Sword Palace; every disciple of the Heavenly Sword Palace has one." The man who looked like a statue said, "Although guiding swords can also be used with sword control techniques, they are the lowest level because they are not spirit swords. All opportunities for disciples of the Heavenly Sword Palace must be earned by themselves. The Heavenly Sword Palace does not support lazy people."

This isn't a spirit sword; back then, Yuan didn't lose anything, Shen Zige thought.

However, considering that this was the Heavenly Sword Palace's guiding sword and should be more valuable than other swords, Shi Yuan still lost money!

"Don't let your mind wander, concentrate." The man saw through Shen Zige's thoughts. "Listen carefully to the incantation. I will only say it once. Heavenly Sword Palace only wants the most outstanding disciples. We don't need disciples who can't remember it after hearing it once."

The incantation for sword control consists of only twelve characters, and Shen Zige noticed that the man pronounced each character with varying emphasis and speed.

Ancient languages ​​were pronounced similarly to modern ones, only the written language was different.

After obtaining the sword control technique, Shen Zige planned to leave.

He really wanted to ask the man what his identity was in the Heavenly Sword Palace, but if he asked, it would expose that he wasn't a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Palace, so he didn't ask. Anyway, he must have been a high-ranking member of the Heavenly Sword Palace.

"Has the Heavenly Sword Palace been destroyed?" the man asked. "That's right. It's been a long time since any disciples have come here. I've offended too many people outside. After he died, the Heavenly Sword Palace must have been destroyed. Alas!"

The man's voice was filled with loneliness and sorrow. No one would ever speak to him like this again; he would stand alone in the darkness and void, until his destruction.

So this was a fragment of the Heavenly Sword Palace Master's spirit!

Shen Zige tried to leave the platform, and the man did not stop her but waved to let her go.

When Shen Zige's spiritual consciousness returned to her body, she immediately felt extremely sore all over. Without the protection of spiritual power, it would be easy for her muscles to tear if she only maintained this strange posture with her physical body.

"You're back!"

Hua Mulan also tried to imitate the posture from the storage bag, but unfortunately the statue did not react to her.

"You can't find a way to get into the statue, can you?" Shen Zige said. "Use your spiral ice cone in exchange."

Hua Mulan agreed without hesitation, thinking it wouldn't hurt for Shen Zige to learn this trick.

"Take this sword and do that weird pose again."

Shen Zige tossed the guiding sword in her hand to Hua Mulan.

After obtaining the sword, Hua Mulan imitated the statue's pose, and her consciousness was quickly absorbed into the man's mental space.

A few seconds later, Hua Mulan returned, collapsing to the ground in a disheveled state.

"How is it?" Shen Zige asked.

"Give me back my spell!" Lan Mulan hurled the guiding sword at Shen Zige, cursing, "I had just gone in, and after only two seconds, I heard a man's voice say that the same guiding sword can't be used twice, and then I was thrown back like trash!"

Shen Zige took the sword and immediately fled the weapon storage hall!