Divine Brilliance

“You are bold! Aren’t you afraid I will get angry and kill you?”

After staring at Zong Shou for a long while, the owner of the giant blade scoffed coldly. “However you do have some insight, and also didn’t try to lie to me. My blade intent is in fact too heavy in its chiseling ability.”

Zong Shou couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief and knew that he had temporarily survived the first obstacle. Sometimes one couldn’t randomly flatter others, and the truth had to be said.

He heard this person say in a slightly depressed manner, “I am Lei Dong. At twenty I comprehended blade intent and was deemed the top blade master in the Central Cloud Continent. At twenty-five I entered the Xiantian Realm and was chased after by various sects and factions. I was the top blade talent in a million years, however after training hard for ten years, my blade skills weakened instead of improving. My mountain and river blade intent is even weaker then when I had just comprehended it. Three years from now I will face off against that person, what can I do? I have gone to so many famous mountains and rivers, seeing hundreds of them. Am I destined to lock myself up for fifty years and not go out to see the world? No, rather than losing my face in front of so many three years later, it’s better if I end my life now.”

While he spoke, Zong Shou didn’t feel like he had any intentions to praise himself, instead he sounded really sad and depressed.

Zong Shou was originally prepared to keep silent and not say anything, thinking to himself that he had never heard of a person called Lei Dong. During the God Emperor era, just in the Cloud World alone there were hundreds of famous experts, so how could he remember them all?

However, along with the sighs of the giant blade owner, the surrounding air around his body became really unstable. It also made the blood within his body boil, spiritual energy charging in all directions.

Ascended experts, one inhalation and one exhalation could affect Heaven and Earth. He was only slightly sighing, losing control of his breathing slightly, and yet it was something that Zong Shou nearly couldn’t take.

His thoughts changed as Zong Shou decided to direct his attention away. Sighing, he shook his head and opened his mouth. “Since you are certain that the chiseling of your blade intent is too heavy, then think of a way of changing it! What’s the point of wallowing in self pity?!”

“Change?” Lei Dong raised his head and looked at him, unable to control his laughter, “Do you think it is really easy? In your eyes a mountain is mountain, a river is river. In my eyes, they aren’t. How do I change? You’re just a small marital master, what do you know?”

So that was the case! The corner of Zong Shou’s lips rose and knew that this person had reached a bottleneck. If he was right this, person must be a loner.

During normal cultivation, one would naturally see mountains as mountains, rivers as rivers. At his level, the mountains and rivers in his eyes had a sort of law, and he could see the portion behind the surface. Doing so would cause his Mountain and River blade intent to take a step back instead of forward.

If he was a disciple of a big sect with masters to get pointers from, he would be able to get past this stage easily. However, this Lei Dong was stuck at this step and unable to gain any improvement.

Zong Shou hesitated, not knowing whether or not to continue. Although he had huge martial arts experience, if he showed too much he would only incur the jealousy of others. The Lingyun Sect was furious the last time, and Zhao Yanran also lost face.

He thought back to how this guy handed out beast crystals. To be able to observe and admire beautiful rivers and mountains and cultivate such an intent, one had to be a really calm and magnanimous person.

Zong Shou smiled helplessly. Forget it, let’s bet on Lei Dong’s personality. Giving pointers to him once could be considered sowing good karma. Anyways, this person only needed a few years to break through this barrier.

“Why do you think I know nothing? I don’t know why you think the mountain isn’t a mountain and the river isn’t a river. In my eyes it is just that, there is no change!”

Lei Dong frowned slightly, his eyes giving off a mocking expression, thinking that he was crazy for talking to a thirteen-year old, four-meridian Martial Master.

A half-monster kid, even if he knew something about the path of the sword, how could he understand such deep stuff?

Zong Shou walked over to the giant stone with two blade marks in it. He pulled out his Pine Pattern Wind Sword and slashed out beside the blade mark.

The giant stone was really tough and where the sword light shone, sparks flew and several white lines were drawn out. Zong Shou wasn’t discouraged and continued to cut down on the rock with his sword.

Lei Dong originally felt that it was funny, like he was watching an ant trying to carry a rice grain ten times its weight.

Slowly his eyes grew solemn, he sat down as he stared at Zong Shou, only feeling that every action of this boy was deep and filled with meaning.

Even Yin Yang stopped struggling, looking at that rock without blinking. He was astonished and guessed that Zong Shou was giving pointers to the master of the giant blade. But how was that possible?

That sword light was sometimes as heavy as a mountain, sometimes as swift as a water current, a beautiful rhythm and intent which was similar to his mountain and river blade intent!

He used his sword to cut down onto the rock, until a faint mark was left on the giant rock. Only when the sword in his hand was totally wasted did Zong Shou turn around and smile.

“Your martial cultivation must have reached a certain level. I’m a small Martial Master and am unable to give pointers to an Ascended Ancestor. However I know that there is a difference between the surface and the inside. This when one is clear about the essence of the thing, one wouldn’t be stuck with what something looks like on the inside or the outside. Your heart wouldn’t think why is this mountain, why is that river. You will just think that it is natural. Do you think I’m right?”

Lei Dong stood rooted to the spot, keeping silent for a long while. Then, the spiritual energy and wind around twirled and flew around randomly. Within a thousand feet, sand and stone flew around.

Even the nearby rivers were forced to part by the giant force.

Zong Shou cried out in pain silently, luckily he was prepared and dodged early enough. He arrived three thousand feet away beside Yin Yang.

A few breaths later, he heard Lei Dong breaking out in laughter.

“As expected! Treating everything as natural and expected is the best. So what if I can see the true face of everything in the world? A mountain is still a mountain, a river is still a river!”

He stretched out his hand, only to see that hundred feet blade ringing excitedly as it appeared in his hand.

“So what’s the use of looking at this damn mountain and that damn river? Wasted two years of my life for nothing!”

He suddenly cut down with his blade, hundreds of blade glows broke through the air. In an instant travelling hundreds of miles.

A loud explosion sounded out and he actually drew a huge mark on Mingjing Mountain.

Those few servants were still okay, like they were used to it. Chuxue’s face, on the other hand, was ashen white as she looked on at this scene with a startled expression.

Was this the might of an Ascended expert?

Yin Yang held his breath, too. An even stronger aura burst out. The nearby spiritual energy formed into small storms, seemingly going against that strong aura.

Zong Shou wasn’t surprised, and knew that Yin Yang was already at the brink of breaking through. Being suppressed just now for too long and also stimulated by that blade glow, breaking through to Xiantian Realm was to be expected. However he didn’t show any joy, his hands covering his face, feeling like he had no face to see others.

Ten thousand years from now, this Mingjing Mountain would be one of the most famous places in Donglin Continent. For it to be indirectly destroyed in his hands… If he had known that it was going to happen, even if he died he wouldn’t have spoken so much.

After Lei Dong vented his frustration, he laughed even more, showing no more signs of fatigue. When he turned around, he saw Yin Yang and his eyes were filled with praise.

“To be able to breakthrough to Xiantian at such a time. What a talent, what luck too! In terms of foundation, although he is a little older, his cultivation in the future won’t be a problem.”

He then looked towards Zong Shou, his expression really complicated. He heaved a sigh, “That crazy woman actually wasn’t wrong. Your sword intent is actually at the spiritual level! Although the sword intent hasn’t formed, you have already obtained the meaning and Essence of martial cultivation. What is your name, where you from?”

Zong Shou’s expression became serious, and he bowed solemnly. “Gantian Mountain Prince Zong Shou greets you!”