Chapter 157 (2/2)

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept past, sending a bamboo leaf brus.h.i.+ng past his face. Abruptly, Xiang Shaoyun felt a sharp pain. He hissed in shock, and when he touched his face, he found that it was bleeding.

”The bamboo leaf...is capable of harming me?” It left Xiang Shaoyun speechless.

As he mumbled, his gaze landed on the bamboo leaves that were fluttering about in the air. Suddenly, the Nether Soul Domain in his mind activated, and an astonis.h.i.+ng scene appeared in his mind.

In the scene, an indistinct figure could be seen seated cross-legged in the bamboo forest. Noiselessly, he swung his saber, sending a saber energy gliding across the air. With a ”whoosh”, an expanse of bamboo was felled.

Xiang Shaoyun stood there blankly, the scene replaying in his mind repeatedly, slowly bringing him into a unique mental state. That slash was so very natural and so very smooth. It looked like a completely casual slash, yet it contained an extraordinary power within. With one slash, over 1,000 stalks of bamboo were felled.

How had that person accomplished it?

Xiang Shaoyun kept watching the repeating scene in his mind, trying to figure out the essence behind the slash. But at the same time, he had a feeling that he still lacked something to actually comprehend the essence. It was at this moment that he recalled how the bamboo leaf had cut his face. The leaf seemed completely harmless, yet it was a fact that it had caused him to bleed.

How?

Xiang Shaoyun pondered incessantly, his body sat down cross-legged without him realizing it, and the Overlord Skyslaying Saber appeared on his knees. Once again, he sank into deep meditation, one even deeper than the one before.

Even when ants crawled up his body, he did not seem to realize it, nor when the birds had landed on his head. He had completely blended into the world around him. This was the most optimal state one could be in when comprehending the dao.

In a flash, half a month pa.s.sed. He was covered in dead leaves and bird feces, as if he were a statue. On this day, the Overlord Skyslaying Saber on his knees suddenly started shuddering. Strands of purple and gold energy started emanating out of the saber, the impact jolting the dead leaves off his body as wind started billowing around him. Out of nowhere, Xiang Shaoyun gripped his saber and gently swung it.

Swis.h.!.+

A saber energy shot out before vanis.h.i.+ng immediately. The saber returned to its previous position, and everything returned to how it was before, as if nothing had happened at all.

Hu! Hu!

The wind brushed past noiselessly; the bamboo swayed gently.

Pa! Pa!

Next, an expanse of bamboo in front of Xiang Shaoyun collapsed. Luo Yongcheng just happened to be in the vicinity at this time. When he heard that sound, his heartbeat sped up, and he inwardly cried out in alarm, H-he couldn't have comprehended it for real, right?

Without a second thought, he rushed to where Xiang Shaoyun was.

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