Chapter Eighty Three – Brute Force (2/2)

“Wu Kong Sword Sect, as expected, is strong. But since you have put down a challenge of one on one, us Ling Ying Sect disciples will naturally battle to the end. In the future when we ask for guidance, please do not avoid.” Tao Zhu Er stared at Zuo Mo and stated.

She had to admit they had been caught off guard today and lost to the other. But Zuo Mo’s expression, which looked as though he didn’t think anything of them, how could these arrogant and brash wastrels swallow it? However, if she had to go up, she didn’t dare to. This person in front of her, she couldn’t seem to see him clearly.

Especially Zuo Mo’s last head attack… …

Humph, humph, such a fun thing, how can it be just the three of them that played? Tao Zhu Er thought cunningly. She believed that many people in the sect would be interested.

At this time, Zuo Mo couldn’t wait for those people to leave immediately. He didn’t even think, waved his hand to send them away: “Fine!”

Finishing, he turned around. With the admiring gazes of the outer sect disciples behind him, he floated away. This time, he didn’t hear Tao Zhu Er speak again. Zuo Mo finally released a breath.

Tao Zhu Er bit her lips. She had never been dismissed like this, had never been hurried away like this! Sometimes, the hatred of a woman would germinate from a very small detail.

Just wait! She thought hatefully.

Zuo Mo returned to the Little West Wind Yard and caressed the two talismans he took. They were really good things! The more he looked, the more he liked it. He really profited today! As to the consequences, they were completely thrown to the back of his head. In his mind, these two fine third grade talismans, they were worth anything!

After recovering his ling energy in the stone room, Zuo Mo started to imprint the water drop sword.

As he carried out the imprinting, he discovered that the water drop sword lived up to being the finest among the third grade flying swords! The body of the water drop sword was extremely soft and could curve in any direction. It also contained an extremely large amount of black water. In reality, it was a water sword! The ling energy could reach every part of the sword, and due to its softness, Zuo Mo was able to, through manipulating ling energy, change the shape of the flying sword.

It was as though it had been custom made for [Li Water Sword Scripture].

From the time he got it, other than imprinting it, Zuo Mo put it in the ling spring in the rock rome. The ling energy of the ling spring was lively and rich. To put it in there and slowly nurture it, it was especially helpful for increasing the nimbleness of the water drop sword.

As for the jade pendant, Zuo Mo wore it every day. He finally understood the formations on the jade pendant. The jade pendant had three formations. Other than [Flowing Fire Core Management Formation], there was also [Clear Heart Incantation] and [Ling Gathering Formation]. Nothing needed to be said more about [Streaming Fire Core Management Formation]. [Clear Heart Incantation] nurtured the mind and [Ling Gathering Formation] could gather the ling energy in the surroundings and was very practical.

If Zuo Mo didn’t have the ling vein in the rock room, [Ling Gathering Formation] would definitely be one of the formations he wanted to get the most. The [Ling Gathering Formation] on the jade pendant was just the most basic ling gathering formation but the effects were extremely evident.

When Zuo Mo wore the jade pendant as he meditated in the rock room, the efficiency would increase by one tenth!

Don’t underestimate the one tenth. Accumulating over time, the gap it caused was extremely large. Ling gathering formations were one of the most well studied formations. At the same time, it was also called the formation that was created through jingshi. It consumed large amounts of jingshi. So for the simpler [Ling Gathering Formation], it wasn’t as practical as taking ling energy from the jingshi. But if it had to be constructed on the jade pendant, other than needing the forger to be knowledgeable about the ling gathering formation, but the material it was constructed on had to be able to gather ling energy already. Materials that could gather ling energy as one of its attributes, all of them were extremely expensive.

On this jade pendant, the most valuable was this non-descript [Ling Gathering Formation]. It was even more valuable than the [Streaming Fire Core Management Formation]. Just this [Ling Gathering Formation], it was enough to elevate this jade pendant into third grade.

If was a pity that he couldn’t make dan right now. Otherwise, he really wanted to try out the effects of the [Streaming Fire Core Management Formation].

Zuo Mo probably wouldn’t have thought the incident of him defeating the trouble-makers of Ling Ying sect would have more of an effect with the outer sect disciples than his battle with Luo Li in the sect assessment. For outer sect disciples, the person who was stronger would make them respect him, but the shixiong who was willing to protect them and their profits, he would be more loved by them.

This battle, Zuo Mo had received great experience.

Actually, based on cultivation, he didn’t have much of a difference than Hu Shan and Yan Ming Zi. He was even slightly weaker than them. The reason that he could win came from the fact that he had comprehended sword essence. Regardless of whether it was Xin Yan Shibo’s tidal sword essence or the Li water sword essence, his understanding of the sword scripture, of presence, far surpassed the others. Combined with the other’s underestimation of him, that was how he had so easily won.

Otherwise, the person who would have lost would have probably been him, especially if Hu Shan had used the armor seal just a step earlier.

Thinking about it, Zuo Mo couldn’t help but rage. Was this group of people fighting? They were just throwing jingshi!

He pretty much was drooling at the grandiose talismans. They could carelessly use things like an armor seal. He felt pain on their behalf! Squanderer! They were truly squandering everything!

What also caught Zuo Mo’s attention was [Vajra Profound Sutra]. No matter if it was against Yan Ming Zi or Hu Shan, [Vajra Profound Sutra] had been very effective and pivotal in battle. It seemed that he had to put more time into [Vajra Profound Sutra]. This thing wouldn’t just save his life. It seemed to have other effects as well.

But when he thought about [Vajra Profound Sutra], he remembered the gravestone version of [Vajra Profound Sutra].

The five bits that had been modified haunted his mind and would pop up occasionally. Especially when he was practicing [Vajra Profound Sutra], he couldn’t stop himself from thinking about the five different parts. It drastically impacted the efficiency of his practice.

Why don’t I try it? Zuo Mo thought hesitantly.

Translator Ramblings: I’ve started working on the cast list. There is a lot of people for the last 85 chapters.

A list of the units of measurement used in this novel is up in the cultivation terms and glossary. There’s the metric and imperial equivalents for some of them since I used the measurements from the 20th century. Wikipedia was very helpful.