Chapter 483: A New Sword - 483
Zhu Yi took the letter out of his spatial ring and handed it to the sect master of the Lava Smelt sect. She tore it open after looking at the seal and read its contents.
After a moment, she spoke. "Take this to deputy sect master Che. That's not enough contribution points for me to make something."
Zhu Yi received the letter and went on his way. After asking a random person, he found the deputy sect masters residence.
As expected, it was only above the sect master's residence. The deeper into the volcano a residence was, the higher the owner's status was within the Lava Smelt Sect.
Zhu Yi knocked on a normally sized door and heard a voice from behind it.
"Come in. Please don't break the door."
Zhu Yi turned the doorknob and entered the room. There, he saw what a real forger looked like.
Old with gray hairs, but a body full of muscle. In comparison, the sect master looked like a girl of below average physical strength, though Zhu Yi knew looks did not necessarily determine strength.
The deputy sect master had a friendly smile on his face. "I've already learned the contents of the letter. All I need from you are the specifics of the sword and I'll make it as strong as the contribution points you have allow."
Zhu Yi nodded and sat across from the man. After a few minutes of discussion, he left and stayed in a guest room.
He practiced the sword for three days, focusing most of his effort on the Breaking through all things technique.
Finally, his sword was completed. He went down to the deputy sect masters residence and looked at his sword.
It was green, similar to the color of Time Qi. It was a basic longsword, and next to it was a similarly colored sheath.
Zhu Yi could tell at a glance that the sword was far stronger than Chen Jie's had been.
"Thank you." Zhu Yi said as he took the sword and the sheath.
"No. Thank you for participating in the fight against Chaos Beasts." The old man said.
Zhu Yi soon took his leave. He kept Chen Jie's sword in his sheath. Perhaps he would give it to a museum later.
There was no need to return to the writing sect. For the next hundred years, he planned to practice the sword. Actually, he would make it a thousand years with the time bubble.
Although he was hesitant to use the time bubble due to his limited lifespan, he was willing to do it this time. Perhaps he would even be able to fight a Chaos Beast on the same level.
Zhu Yi flew until he found a random spot in the woods. After spending a few weeks increasing his understanding of the supporting array to the soul formation level, Zhu Yi used the time bubble.
Now in the soul formation realm, the time bubble sped up time by ten times. Although he still had to spend some time learning the higher level of the time bubble technique, it was negligible.
Within a month of leaving the Lava Smelt Sect, he was practicing the sword within the time bubble.
With his god-level sword talent and Zhou Fan's guidance, Zhu Yi's speed of growth was incredible.
When 99 years had passed outside and 990 years inside of the time bubble, Zhu Yi stepped out.
In an instant, an unstoppable sword intent burst out of him. The surroundings were cut to shreds for a hundred miles, and he had only released that bit accidentally. Countless beasts had died without knowing how.
Zhu Yi took a deep breath, and the sword intent retreated.
He was incomparably powerful compared to his past self. Now, when fighting a Chaos Beast on the same level, he felt as if there was hope.
However, the question was, how would he. Only one soul formation realm Chaos Beast appeared every time, and the three void traversing realm cultivators took care of it.
On second thought, he was probably over estimating himself. He was still in the 1st level of the soul formation realm. Over confidence would get him killed without even knowing how.
Perhaps he would try and fight multiple Nascent soul realm Chaos Beasts. Inside the Time Bubble, Zhou Fan had not been idle.
After a long time, he had finally decided what Divine Physique to give Zhu Yi. Although he could not create some incredible Divine Physique in his current state, he could create the one he had in mind.
His only worry was that it may have some drawbacks, so he would have to see what would happen when he recovered again. He also would not be able to create the divine physique yet. Zhu Yi first required better talent.
After getting used to the fresh air, Zhu Yi flew towards the frost sect. If he was right, this was a place with a clear connection to the celestial ice sect.
He didn't quite know how connected the frost sect was to the celestial ice sect or the incident that he noticed at the writing sect, but he should be safe.
It didn't take long to arrive at the frost sect. The entire sect was built on and within a giant spiky glacier. He made himself known, and a soul formation realm cultivator flew up to meet him.
"What have you come here for?"
Zhu Yi noticed a difference in this person compared to the others he had met. This person was much more arrogant from a glance.
"I'm here to participate in the fight against Chaos Beasts."
"You must be that independent cultivator I've heard about. We'll set you up to fight a nascent soul realm Chaos Beast. Stay in one of the guest rooms."
The man who had greeted him turned around to leave when Zhou Fan spoke again.
"I was wondering if I could fight multiple nascent soul realm Chaos Beasts?"
The man stopped and turned around. He had a confused look on his face.
"Are you trying to sabotage us?"
Chapter 484: Kind Old Man - 484
Zhu Yi understood why the man was confused. It was hard to believe that Zhu Yi could possibly fight against multiple Chaos Beasts only a single level below him.
"I can do it." Zhu Yi said.
The man shook his head. "It's not that simple. If you die to the Chaos Beasts, it could cause a collapse in the strategy. If you want to fight against multiple Chaos Beasts of the same level, you have to prove your strength."
Zhu Yi nodded. "I can do that. How will it be tested?"
The man shrugged in response. "I don't know. I'll go ask."
Even among soul formation realm cultivators, there was a clear difference.
Zhu Yi watched as the man left and entered a hole in the giant structure of ice. After a few minutes, a different person came out. He was older, and seemed wiser than the last man.
"How many do you want to fight against?" He asked Zhu Yi.
"I think I can handle 3." Zhu Yi responded. He didn't want to be too careless.
The old man thought for a second before speaking. "I am at the tenth level of the soul formation realm. I could theoretically fight two at the same time, though I don't, but I feel that three is a stretch for even me. If you can defeat me in a fight, you can fight three Chaos Beasts."
Zhu Yi agreed and they moved far away from the Frost Sect. Once they were far enough away that it was impossible for them to even shake the Frost Sect, they stopped.
Before fighting, the old man spoke. "Perhaps in the wider universe, it isn't too crazy to fight against multiple Chaos Beasts a level lower than you, but I truly don't believe that you can fight three."
Zhu Yi was surprised. It seemed that this old man knew about the wider universe.
"You know about the wider universe?" Zhu Yi asked.
"I do. I know that in the wider universe, fighting a Chaos Beast at the same level below the void traversing realm, while shocking, is not a unique achievement. When looking at the vast amount of people born with extreme talent, at least a few born every now and then can fight a Chaos Beast at the same level."
The old man paused for a moment and spoke again. "Yet, everything changes when the void traversing realm is involved."
He looked at Zhu Yi. "How much do you know about Chaos Beasts?"
Zhu Yi responded. "Not much."
"Many notice it after fighting the first few Chaos Beasts, but a Chaos Beasts strength is completely dependent on its realm, not its level or talent. Every single nascent soul realm Chaos Beast has around the same strength. It is also the same for Chaos Beasts at the soul formation level. It is when a Chaos Beast is born in the void traversing realm that there becomes a possibility of difference. Simply put, there is a chance for a Chaos Beast to gain intelligence. Although so small in the void traversing realm that it is not worth mentioning, it is still possible. Chaos beast born at a higher realm have a higher chance of having intelligence. With intelligence, the threat of a Chaos Beast is variable and can change. Intelligent Chaos Beasts cannot grow their realm like all other Chaos Beasts, but they can increase their power."
Zhu Yi had a question. "So only intelligent Chaos Beast's are a real threat above the soul formation realm?"
"No. You should know that the higher the realm of the Chaos Beast, the stronger it is on the same level. In other words, a genius who can fight a foundation establishment realm Chaos Beast at the same level may not be able to do so against a nascent soul realm Chaos Beast at the same level. This trend continues steadily until the void traversing realm. The strength of a Chaos Beast on the same level is then far, far stronger than before."
The old man paused before once again looking at Zhu Yi. "In the history of our world, there have surely been multiple geniuses that can fight a Chaos Beast at the same level, but only at the Nascent soul realm or below. It is unlikely that there was one who could fight a soul formation realm Chaos Beast at the same level."
"Now, knowing all this, why do you think that even billions of years later, Chen Jie is hailed as the greatest geniuses of our planet?"
Zhu Yi did not know.
"It is because he killed a void traversing realm Chaos Beast at the same level."
After hearing so much from the old man about Chaos Beasts, Zhu Yi was surprised to hear this about Chen Jie.
He also noticed that the old man had said billions of years. In other words, Chen Jie was on this planet at least 2 billion years ago. This was an amount of time that Zhu Yi could hardly believe.
After saying all this, the old man formed a ball of ice in his hand. "I told you all this because you are clearly a genius. It is said that I'm testing you to make sure that you don't disrupt the battle strategy, but I don't want you to die due to arrogance. For this purpose, I will fight you with everything I have."
As the ice ball fully formed, the old man clenched his fist and punched at Zhu Yi from afar.
Condensed icicles shot past Zhu Yi's head as he moved to the side. He put his hand on his sword and spoke
"Thank you for your concern. I truly appreciate it." He spoke both slow and fast. His words were clear, but barely any time was passing as he spoke them.
He began to pull his sword out of his sheath. The sword seemed to disappear as it came farther out.
"But my name is Zhu Yi, disciple of Zhou Fan, and I must never lose."
Formless sword.
Without knowing how, the old man felt his leg get cut. The first cut did not go too deep, testament to his great defense and Zhu Yi holding back, but an instant later, another cut came, deeper and stronger.
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