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"Chen XinâŠ"
The night wind swept away the stray hairs from Li Dixian's forehead.
He uttered the name of the white-robed figure with a complex tone.
Chen Xin stood atop the eaves of the roof, his white hair and white robes gently fluttering in the wind.
He looked down at the young man below, a flicker of almost imperceptible relief passing through the depths of his eyes, and said calmly:
"Dixian, can you not even call me 'Teacher' anymore?"
Li Dixian's lips parted and closed.
But that address ultimately remained stuck between his lips, unable to be uttered.
He was, after all, just a thirteen-year-old boy.
Memories flooded back⊠the day Ning Rongrong abandoned him and left.
And his teacher, from beginning to end, said not a word.
That night, his heart was a tangled mess, only strong liquor could douse his throat, and his surging resentment roared into sword qi.
He was a solitary figure, accompanied only by his sword and wine.
Chen Xin⊠the one who led him onto the path of a Spirit Master.
Yet, he was stingy with even a single word of comfort.
How could he not mind?
"Senior Chen Xin, for what purpose have you come?"
Li Dixian suppressed his turbulent emotions, his tone as calm as water.
Chen Xin did not say much.
He slowly extended his palm forward.
With the movement, an ancient sword hilt materialized in his palm out of thin air.
Section by section, the pristine and ancient sword body gradually coalesced, finally forming a longsword four feet and three inches in length.
Above the sword guard, seven blood-red patterns snaked like blood, proclaiming the name "Seven Kill."
The moment the Seven Kill Sword was held in Chen Xin's hand⊠the courtyard, the plum trees, the fragrant plum blossoms⊠all surrounding colors abruptly faded, returning to nothingness.
Between heaven and earth.
Only Chen Xin and the sword in his hand remained.
With the sword's edge revealed, its intent was clear.
Li Dixian slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
A scorching battle intent erupted from his eyes.
Zhengââ!
A clear sword cry pierced the air.
Li Dixian raised his hand, his five fingers suddenly clenching the empty air.
A flash of azure light appeared, and the three-foot-six-inch Azure Lotus Sword emerged at his summons.
Upon the sword body, twelve azure lotuses bloomed vividly, and sword qi surged outwards, centered on him, making his white robes flutter fiercely.
Chen Xin's gaze fell upon the Azure Lotus Sword.
Those eyes, usually as still as an ancient well, suddenly gleamed with sharp light.
He clearly felt the tremor from the Seven Kill Sword in his hand⊠it was the excitement of encountering a strong opponent, mixed with a hint of an almost imperceptible thrill from facing a peerless edge.
"Dixian, your sword⊠is sharper."
"However, if the sword is sharp but the wielder is lacking, it will backfire and ultimately be in vain."
Li Dixian remained silent.
He shot forward like a startled swan, soaring towards Chen Xin on the eaves.
A purple Soul Ring instantly wrapped around the blade of the Azure Lotus Sword.
In an instant.
An unmatched sharpness permeated the air.
The air seemed to be cut, emitting a piercing wail.
"First Spirit Ability â Green Edge Severance!"
Chen Xin stood unmoving.
His gaze didn't even focus.
He merely flicked his wrist ever so slightly.
The Seven Kill Sword traced a line almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
There was no overflowing sword light, no whistling wind, only a soft hiss, light as a mosquito's buzz.
Li Dixian's seemingly indestructible sword.
The moment it touched that "fine line," it disintegrated silently, like a bubble hitting a red-hot needle.
Li Dixian felt a highly condensed 'point' of power, precisely piercing the node of his Spirit Ability's operation.
The subsequent changes abruptly ceased.
He was forced to retreat half a step to dissipate that tricky force.
Chen Xin's calm voice, accompanied by the chilling night wind, rang out.
"This move is conceived from 'edge,' but it is lost in 'dispersion.'"
"The three realms of swordsmanship: the lower sword slays men, the middle sword slays oneself, the upper sword slays the night."
"The lower sword slays men, its intent is in the word 'slay,' not in the grandstanding 'deter.'"
"My heart is fearless, thus I can discern the flaws in your move and defeat it with a single strike."
Listening to Chen Xin's merciless criticisms.
Instead of dejection, a more scorching battle intent ignited in Li Dixian's eyes.
He ran his fingers over the Azure Lotus Sword, and the blade's sides suddenly diverged; one side blazed with crimson flames, while the other crystallized with frost.
"Azure Lotus Sword Song, Second Form â Chi Shuang Sword!"
With a single slash.
Crimson flame sword qi roared like a mad dragon, and icy sword qi attacked the ground like a cold python.
Two diametrically opposed, yet mutually reinforcing and restraining forces, intertwined into an ice-fire spiral, twisting towards Chen Xin to annihilate him.
Wherever it passed, air currents distorted the air, and frost crystallized on the bluestone slabs.
Facing this wondrous sword, a fusion of ice and fire.
Chen Xin finally moved.
He did not dodge, but instead took a step forward.
This step seemed to tread upon the rhythm of the sword dao.
The Seven Kill Sword in his hand remained plain and unadorned; he merely thrust it forward with extreme simplicity.
There was no Soul Power radiance, no complex variations, only pure sword intent that brought 'speed' and 'precision' to their utmost.
Li Dixian's grand ice-fire spiral.
In the face of Chen Xin's return-to-simplicity thrust, it was like a balloon precisely punctured.
Puffâ
A dull burst.
The crimson flames dispersed like countless fireflies across the sky.
The cold energy disintegrated like falling snow.
Violent energy shockwaves swept outwards, causing plum petals to dance wildly and plum tree branches to tremble erratically in the courtyard.
"Borrowing the fierceness of fire, relying on the coldness of ice, it appears immensely powerful, but in reality, it puts the cart before the horse!"
Chen Xin's gaze sharpened for the first time, piercing Li Dixian like a tangible sword edge.
"The middle sword slays oneself, it slays the myriad distracting thoughts in one's heart, it slays the reliance on external power!"
"Is this sword truly your sword, or has it become a servant of fire and ice?"
Li Dixian's eyes were clear and bright.
He met Chen Xin's sharp gaze without flinching.
His sword heart was clear and enlightened, he had his own path; how could he be swayed by a few words from others?!
Even Chen Xin could not!
"Wrong, wrong, wrong!"
"Senior Chen Xin, your words are mistaken!"
"All things in heaven and earth can be sustenance for the sword dao!"
"Fire is not me, ice is not me, yet I can control them, I can integrate them into my sword!"
"Transforming external power for my own use, this is my sword!"
"This is mastery! This is inclusiveness!"
"How can you speak of servitude?!"
After speaking.
Li Dixian's sword stance changed again.
He stole a wisp of brilliant starlight from the quietly descending night sky.
As the Azure Lotus Sword danced, tiny yet dazzling star-dust swirled around the blade, flowing and leaping with the sword light.
At this instant!
The ultimate sharpness of the Azure Lotus Sword was pushed to its peak!
From his great vertebral sword bone, a sharp sword light erupted!
The sword edge swept horizontally, and wherever it passed, it seemed to cleave space itself in two.
"Behold this sword!"
"Azure Lotus Sword Song, First Form â Shaking Radiance!"
Facing this astonishing sword move.
Chen Xin still shook his head in denial.
"Drawing on the power of stars beyond the heavens, it seems to touch the threshold of the third realm, 'Slaying the Night.'"
"But in reality, the foundation is shallow, like building a castle in the air, you have already strayed onto the wrong path."
Chen Xin no longer waited quietly.
He raised the Seven Kill Sword in his hand.
And thrust it into that swaying river of stars.
There was no earth-shattering roar, no dazzling clash of light.
Time seemed to freeze for an instant.
Then.
That dazzling Shaking Radiance sword move.
From the point where the sword tip made contact.
Ripples spread out silently in circles.
Wherever the ripples passed.
The starlight rapidly dimmed, extinguished, and dissipated⊠(Three consecutive chapters updated)