Chapter 470: The Formless Sword - 470
A golden light touched Zhu Yi in the middle of a sword swing. Before he realized it, he was in the middle of a large group of people. He recognized a lot of the faces around him.
"It seems the inheritance has closed." Zhou Fan said.
Instead of feeling sad, Zhu Yi was excited. After practicing the sword for so long, Zhou Fan had promised to teach him an actual technique once the inheritance closed.
It would be his second technique after sword wave. Everything he had learned so far had simply been a sword style.
When they came out, the remaining people split into three groups. Zhu Yi was with the white palace city group. Only he and Wu Qin remained. It seemed that the other two had died in the inheritance.
Looking at the other two groups, there seemed to be a fair amount of casualties. Of course, no group was missing half like the white palace city group.
As the other two groups walked away, Wen Si nodded at Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi nodded back and returned home.
Nobody discussed what was received inside the inheritance. It was private information.
Zhu Yi soon returned home. As soon as he did, he grabbed his sword and looked at Zhou Fan expectantly.
Zhou Fan sighed and jumped off of his shoulder. His soul form grew until it was the size of a normal human. This was something he was now able to do after recovering three times inside of the inheritance.
"I'm going to teach you one of my favorite sword techniques. It was actually not created by me. It is called the formless sword."
Zhu Yi listened closely.
"Before learning the sword part, you first need to experience formlessness. Usually, this would take many years. However, you have something that Tian Fu didn't. You have god level sword talent. As long as you practice formlessness with the intention of learning the sword technique, you should be able to master it quickly."
Zhu Yi found it hard to understand, but he nodded. Zhou Fan spent a while explaining the specifics before Zhu Yi began.
He sat cross legged in the middle of the yard. While cultivating under the assistance of Zhou Fan, he did his best to experience formlessness. In order to help him, a sword was laid across his lap.
Zhu Yi spent a while sitting like that. With king rank meridians and Zhou Fan's assistance, the Foundation Establishment realm was like a joke.
It took a year for Zhu Yi to reach formlessness. This was under the condition that he had god level sword talent and Zhou Fans assistance. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhu Yi to ever succeed.
In that same year, Zhu Yi reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm.
Before caring about that, however, Zhu Yi stood up and grabbed a sword. Zhou Fan, in his full body form, taught Zhu Yi the true formless sword. Zhu Yi caught on pretty quick and learned the formless sword in just a day. He would have to train in order to fully master it, but he could now do that by himself.
Zhu Yi unsheathed his sword and did a flip-like movement in the air. Without any noise or sound, a mannequin's head flew off.
The formless sword did not even need instant completion since almost nobody at the same level could detect it.
Almost anyone who could would be able to instantly defeat Zhu Yi regardless.
Zhu Yi needed to practice the formless sword more and cultivate, but there was one problem. He was at the 10th level of the Foundation establishment realm. If he advanced any further, he would no longer be able to enter White Palace City.
This really wasn't a huge issue, but White Palace City was Zhu Yi's home. It was essentially the only place in the world that he knew.
He asked his master for guidance.
"It's just a city. We can wander the world rather freely once you reach the core formation realm. Before we leave, however, you need to beat up that old guy."
Zhu Yi knew who Zhou Fan was talking about. His hatred had mostly faded over time, but he was still very willing to beat that old man up.
Zhu Yi put a stop to practicing the sword for now and focused on cultivating. The missions at the Assassination guild did not have anything he was interested in any more.
With his king rank meridians, spirit stones, and Zhou Fan's help, he was nearly at the limit of cultivation speed in the Foundation Establishment realm.
Although Zhu Yi had forgotten to set up a time bubble before, he did so now. He still hadn't learned arrays, but he would have plenty of time later.
Zhu Yi exited the time bubble after 4 months. He packed up his stuff, which was just a sword and his spatial ring that was already on him, before heading towards the exit of White Palace City.
He walked slowly and enjoyed the scenery for the last time. Still, he eventually made it out of the city.
Zhu Yi did not go straight out in search of a new place to live, but took a detour. Before long, he was in front of the nascent soul realm cultivators house. Around 10 feet away from it, he sat down and cultivated.
After a minute, the old man came out and saw Zhu Yi. "What the hell are you doing here brat?"
Zhu Yi didn't answer. Moments later, he broke through.
The nascent soul realm cultivator noticed it and stopped speaking.
"It's finally time." Zhu Yi opened his eyes and looked at the old man.
The nascent soul realm old man noticed the intent within his gaze. "Who do you think you are?"
Zhu Yi did not answer. He grabbed his sword and his figure blurred.
The nascent soul realm cultivator's eyes widened and Water Qi burst out from his body. It formed a perfect protective sphere around him.
Zhu Yi appeared above the bubble and unsheathed his sword. "Sword Wave."
Chapter 471: Giving Out A Beating - 471
Like a tree falling into an ocean, the water sphere was almost completely cut through with a single sword wave. Zhu Yi's swordsmanship was on a completely different level compared to before.
He had even considered fighting the old man as a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator, but eventually decided against it.
The nascent soul realm old man was clearly shocked by Zhu Yi's single attack. He began to use water Qi wildly.
Zhu Yi simply disappeared. After so long, he had mastered a movement technique that complimented his swordsmanship. Zhou Fan called it the sword walk.
Spears of water Qi shot around, but Zhu Yi was nowhere to be seen. He quickly reappeared to the side of the bubble and used a sword wave once again.
This sword wave popped the water bubble, but the old man remained undamaged so far. The old man gathered water Qi on his palm and slammed the ground. Many thin spikes shot out, but Zhu Yi was up in the air.
Sword wave.
This time, there was no water sphere. The old man shot out 50 spears of water Qi, but they only slowed down the sword wave.
Just as the sword wave was about to hit the old man, he used another water Qi technique. This technique formed armor around his body.
Unfortunately, this was not enough to completely protect him. The water Qi armor shattered and the old man was forced deep into the ground.
Suddenly, the area began to shake. So far, the battleground had been confined to a reasonably small area, at least for core formation and above cultivators. Now, the old man was going all out.
He floated up from below, six rings of water spinning around him. Only a faint drop of blood had seeped from his lips.
"Did you ever imagine that such a thing would happen?" Zhu Yi asked.
Flying for the first time, Zhu Yi flew across from the old man.
The nascent soul realm old man looked at Zhu Yi deeply. "I regret nothing."
The six rings around him expanded and sliced out. Zhu Yi sheathed his sword as one of the rings flew towards him.
Formless sword.
Zhu Yi unsheathed his sword, and the six rings collapsed. Zhu Yi moved in front of the old man with a single step and punched out.
The old man, unable to react, was helplessly smashed into the ground.
Zhu Yi used Qi to grab his body and bring it out from underground. He held the old man's robe and looked him in the eyes.
"Let me ask you now. What are Chaos Beasts?"
The old man sighed in resignation. "Fine."
Zhu Yi threw him over to his house. The old man pierced through it, destroying the entire house.
Zhu Yi stood across from the old man. The old man sat with his back against a tree and spoke.
"Keep in mind that I only know what I've been told. Chaos beasts are far above my level. From what I know, Chaos Beasts are a disaster that the entire universe faces. The war is mostly focused in one direction, but space has a left, right, forward, back, up, and down. While most intruders can be spotted, some manage to slip through. That is what our world faces. Breaking through space with the power of Chaos, Chaos Beasts can occasionally appear in random locations. About once every hundred years in our world, a soul formation Chaos Beast appears. On its body like parasites are many lower level Chaos Beasts." The old man explained.
"A Chaos Beast cannot be defeated by someone on the same level. This is not only a saying, but a rule, a part of logic. Yet, Chen Jie had broken that rule. Of course, both the Chaos Beast and him were only in the core formation realm. Chaos Beasts cannot grow, they are born with their cultivation. The higher the realm of the Chaos Beast, the stronger it is in its realm. Perhaps Chen Jie could defeat a Chaos Beast at the core formation level, but the same can not be said for a Chaos Beast at the soul formation level. Of course, I've never heard anything further. Perhaps someone else knows." The old man stopped speaking.
"Is that all you know?" Zhu Yi asked.
"That's the gist of it. Everything else is only stories or legends." The old man said.
"Tell me the legends." Zhu Yi said.
The old man nodded. "Apparently, the world tree is the main part of the defense against Chaos beasts on a universal level. Although it is said that the world tree's cultivation is actually low, it apparently has a restraining effect on the strongest Chaos Beast of all."
"How is that possible?" Zhu Yi asked.
From what he had heard, Chaos seems to be the strongest power of all. Zhou Fan was similarly interested.
The old man hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Well. Remember, this is just a legend. It could be false. Apparently, the world tree was raised by the Origin God, and the Origin God wore clothes made of Chaos Qi. He also wielded that power. From the legend, the world tree was wrapped around the Origin God, and constantly made contact with his clothes. The world tree somehow evolved to have a restraining effect on the Chaos Beasts as a result."
Zhu Yi found it laughable, but on his shoulder, Zhou Fan was laughing.
It was such a stupid reason, a mere coincidence, and yet it was the reason that the universe had survived. He had always known that Leaf was talented, and the world tree was undoubtedly Leaf.
Zhu Yi was surprised that Zhou Fan found the legend so funny.
"Are there any more legends?" Zhu Yi asked.
The old man nodded. "It is said that there is a race called the destruction race. All of the life in the universe used to be their enemies, but when Chaos Beasts came, they formed a treaty of non interference."
That info didn't seem useful, and Zhu Yi asked about any more legends.
"There is one more, but it is also useless. Apparently, the world tree is fond of elves, and elves are fond of the world tree. As a result, all elves live on the world tree and take care of it. That is all I've heard."
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