Chapter Sixty One Planning (1/2)

Chapter Sixty One Planning

Zuo Mo wiped river water off his face, his steps uneven as he climbed up the shores of the river. He hadn’t thought that [Li Water Burning Heavens] would form into a flood and carry him, who had been in a weak state, a few hundred miles away. One [Li Water Burning Heaven], it had wrung out all the ling energy in his body. At that time, he didn’t even have the energy to breathe, much less get out of the flood. He could only be like a piece of wood and try to stay afloat.

Rocks were dense along this Sky Shaking River. Zuo Mo had suffered much as he kept on banging into those stones. Not one part of his body was unharmed.

A few hundred miles. In terms of distance, it wasn’t that far. But Zuo Mo didn’t even have a paper crane. As to the female grey beaked goose, she couldn’t be depended on. And his entire body, he only had his pants and no money at all.

Collapsing on a rock beside the shore, Zuo Mo weakly panted. But there was joy in his eyes.

Sword essence, Li water sword essence! He finally formed Li Water sword essence!

Even if he only just touched the surface of sword essence and wasn’t in any way profound, but as long as he persisted, his skill with this sword scripture would naturally deepen with time.

What was even more of a joy to him was the water essence drop inside the ice crystal sword didn’t disappear but actually became slightly bigger. It was now about the size of a pinky.

He didn’t hesitate, struggling up, coiling his legs to meditate.

Four hours later, he opened his eyes and jumped up from the ground.

Controlling the ice crystal sword, he started to go through the moves of [Li Water Sword Scripture]. Previously, his moves had been smooth and connected, right now it seemed traceless. Yet a faint fire-like sword essence spread out, the temperature of the surroundings leaping up.

A new world was in front of him.

One move after another. His expression solemn, his moves following his thoughts. He could feel that with each move, with the ice crystal sword as the center, a faint water presence would spread. If one looked closely, they would find this water presence was formed from blossoms of extremely tiny water-like flames.

In Zuo Mo’s consciousness, that ruler-straight ice river had completely transformed. The middle of the river split the river in half, one side full of icicles moving relentlessly, and the other side was countless water flames, silently burning.

Zuo Mo felt that he had improved. The Li Water sword essence he comprehended this time was completely different than the tidal sword essence he had comprehended before. With the tidal sword essence, rather than saying comprehension, it was more like mimicking. And for Li water sword essence, even though there was Pu Yao’s guidance and advice, but he had gone through the entire process by himself bit by bit. The benefits he had received were much more than before.

The ice crystal sword flipped and flew, its trajectory traceless, the fire-like sword essence burning.

But gradually, Zuo Mo couldn’t help but furrow his brows. The Li water sword essence was like fire. The heat that was released would logically increase the power of his sword moves but to the ice crystal sword, it was a kind of damage.

The ice crystal sword was yin and cold. It originally was very suited to water element sword scriptures. But what Zuo Mo picked had to be [Li Water Sword Scripture], which called for manipulating water like fire. Over time, the grade of this flying sword would probably drop.

It looked like that he needed a flying sword suited for him, Zuo Mo muttered inside. He quickly threw the problem to one side. Flying swords were expensive. They weren’t something he could buy now. But now that he had comprehended sword essence, the sect, in any case, should give him a flying sword. With the sect’s stores, to pick a flying sword suited for him, it shouldn’t be too difficult.

Manipulating the sword, Zuo Mo didn’t feel any tiredness at all but rather extremely refreshed. Even though he was bony and was just wearing some pants, but standing there, he did seem somewhat intimidating. However, the most pressing problem he faced was getting back to the sect. Luckily, it wasn’t that far. Even if he had to walk, just a day was enough.

Wu Kong Sword Sect was a mess. In Wu Kong Hall, people came in and out, everyone was preparing for the sect assessment that was coming in a few days.

Inside Wu Kong Hall, Shi Feng Rong faced Xin Yan angrily: “You actually watched as he was swept away?”

There was none of the usual coldness on Xin Yan’s face. He carefully said: “The circumstances at that time were outside my expectations. I didn’t think he would be swept away by the water. When I managed to react, he was already gone.”

“He’s a ling plant farmer. If something happened… … humph!” Shi Feng Rong’s anger didn’t decrease as she snorted icily.

“Shimei, don’t worry too much.” Xin Yan smiled as he comforted; “Now that he has comprehended sword essence, in this area around Dong Fu, where would there be any problems?”

Hearing this, Shi Feng Rong’s anger finally decreased. She turned around: “Did he really comprehend sword essence? Three months, that’s not bad. Which sword scripture did he choose? [Empty Sword Scripture] or [Shapeless Sword Scripture?]”

Xin Yan saw Shi Feng Rong’s face relaxed and released a breath inside. Smiling, he responded: “He just entered the inner sect, how could he pick [Empty Sword Scripture] and [Shapeless Sword Scripture]? What he picked was [Li Water Sword Scripture]. I actually hadn’t recognized it in the beginning.”

Hearing this, Shi Feng Rong’s features tensed again: “So what if he just entered the inner sect? How long has Wei Sheng entered the inner sect? Humph, Wei Sheng is able to enter the sword cave, why can’t he choose [Empty Sword Scripture] and [Shapeless Sword Scripture]?”

Xin Yan grimaced inside but his mouth went: “Wei Sheng has outstanding talent……”

Shi Feng Rong broke through: “And Zuo Mo’s talent isn’t enough? Not good enough talent, in three months with no guidance and is able to comprehend sword essence? Go see if anyone else can do it. Even now, Luo Li hasn’t comprehended sword essence!”

“Yes yes yes!” Xin Yan was so regretful his intestines were green.

Suddenly, the two heard someone come near and they resumed their usual cold composure.

Pei Yuan Ran walked in. Seeing the two, the corners of his mouth rose slightly but then resumed normal. He said: “What are Second Shidi and Shimei discussing here?”