Chapter Ninety One – Merging Sword Essences (1/2)

Chapter Ninety One – Merging Sword Essences

When Pu Yao saw Zuo Mo, he smiled.

“Pu Yao, I don’t want this garbage scripture. Either you return the jingshi, or exchange it for another scripture!” Zuo Mo’s eyes were red, like a furious thin zombie, hatefully staring at Pu Yao.

“Hee.” Pu Yao’s light laugh was like the hiss of a snake. He slowly drawled, “There’s no such thing as refunds and exchanges here.”

“In the future, don’t think about getting jingshi!” Zuo Mo hatefully said.

Pu Yao wasn’t affected. He propped up his chin, his peerlessly beautiful face full of mockery, relaxed and carefree, “I don’t need your permission anyway.”

Hearing this, Zuo Mo stopped breathing. Finally, he remembered that he didn’t seem to have any ways of stopping this guy.

He wasn’t satisfied, wasn’t satisfied!

Zuo Mo hated so much that his teeth ached but didn’t know what to do.

Being shut down by Pu Yao wasn’t a surprise. If he could have gotten something off Pu Yao, then it would be an amazing matter.

The making of Golden Crow pills was stuck, the Fiery Red flowers in the ling gardens hadn’t matured, Zuo Mo instantly lost all avenues of income. Especially right now when he was penniless. Without jingshi, he couldn’t do anything.

Zuo Mo could only stay in the little yard and cultivate, go to the ling garden. Any other times, he would go to Fragrant Ginger Yard to practice dan-making. He couldn’t make Golden Crow pills but the other dan medicines were not affected. It was lucky that his reputation was now great, and since Master was in seclusion to make dan, his tab with Xu Qing could be greater.

It was a pity that he couldn’t find a dan that was as easy to sell and as profitable as Golden Crow pill. From the accounts, he was more in debt. Xu Qing wasn’t concerned. This was normal. If people would earn jingshi from the moment they started learning dan-making, then everyone would be learning dan-making.

Zuo Mo remembered what Master had said to him, spend more time practicing the sword!

This sentence, he remembered it very clearly. The meaning behind these words didn’t need to be said.

Okay, since he couldn’t make jingshi, then he will practice the sword. He had already reached a pretty good level with [Li Water Sword Scripture] but he had reached a barrier. He didn’t have any idea of how to develop it further. What he could think about now was to see if he could merge Xin Yan Shibo’s tidal sword essence and Li water sword essence together.

This idea had sprouted when he had seen the sword river in his consciousness that was divided in two.

However, merging two different sword essences was an extremely difficult matter. Luckily, almost all the jade scrolls in the sect were open, including Xin Yan Shibo’s [Ice Dragon Sword Scripture].

This time, the effect of opening the jade scrolls to the disciples wasn’t large. Wei Sheng Shixiong was in the sword cave, Xu Yi Shixiong was obsessed with forging, Gong Sun Qing Shijie was packing up to travel to her betrothed, Luo Li Shixiong was still in seclusion, Xu Yi Xia and Hao Min didn’t have much interest in the sword. Eldest Shixiong Qin Cheng was on a trip to manage affairs.

Overall, the person most interested in these sword scripture scrolls was Zuo Mo. What Zuo Mo was most interested in was [Ice Dragon Sword Scripture]. In reality, this was the jade scroll he was most surprised about when the scrolls had been released this time. They even let this one out?

The sect’s strongest was [Void Sword Scripture], but in Zuo Mo’s heart, [Ice Dragon Scripture] was the strongest sword scripture. He had never seen how powerful [Void Sword Scripture] was but he had personally experienced Xin Yan Shibo’s terrifying sword essence many times and it had left a deep impression on him.

To be able to see the entirety of [Ice Dragon Sword Scripture], it was a matter that Zuo Mo was overjoyed about.

However, he quickly found that [Ice Dragon Sword Scripture] was like some of the jade scrolls in Fragrant Ginger Yard. The contents you were able to see were appropriate for the cultivation you had. If the cultivation wasn’t high enough, you couldn’t see the contents. This was to stop people who didn’t have the cultivation but forced themselves to practice from damaging themselves.

Zuo Mo couldn’t see much of the contents, just the impression method of the flying sword and some of the shallower contents. Seeing this, he couldn’t help but sigh. Water Drop sword might be much higher in grade than ice crystal sword but it wasn’t as suited as ice crystal sword for practicing [Ice Dragon Sword Scripture]. This firmed Zuo Mo’s determination to merge the two sword essence. If for nothing else, it was worth it just for the Water Drop sword.

The language of [Ice Dragon Sword] was extremely profound and cryptic. But since Zuo Mo had a rough understanding of Ice Dragon sword essence, using it as a reference, he was actually able to understand the majority of the contents. After reading what was available to him, Zuo Mo put down the scroll and fell into contemplation.

This deep contemplation of his was ten days long!

He did not eat, drink, nor sleep, and did not rest for ten days!

On the tenth day, Zuo Mo suddenly opened his eyes and raised his hand to form a sword energy!

Poof!

A streak of cool yet fiery light, containing the sharpness of a sword, hit the ground. It left behind a deep hole. On the edges of the hole, there were many traces of ice.

It was a pity he could only force the two together like this. There were still many places in the new sword essence that Zuo Mo felt were very vague. It could only wait until Zuo Mo had a deeper understanding of [Ice Dragon Sword Scripture] and continuous battle for comprehension before he would become familiar.

The new sword essence was with the li water sword essence as the primary and the Ice Dragon sword essence as the auxiliary. Originally, Ice Dragon sword essence was of higher grade than li water sword essence and it should have been Ice Dragon sword essence as primary and li water sword essence as auxiliary. But Zuo Mo’s understanding of li water sword essences was far deeper than his understanding of Ice Dragon sword essence.

After the two were merged, the power of the sword energy increased dramatically!

In comparison, the merging of sword moves was much easier than merging sword essences. No matter if it was [Ice Dragon Sword Scripture] or [Li Water Sword Scripture], they didn’t have complex or long moves.

It was a pity no one came for him to test his sword with. Zuo Mo suddenly started to miss those people from Ling Ying Sect. If, once in awhile, someone came for him to test his sword with, and also came with a fine talisman, how great would that be!