Chapter 394 The Udumbara (1/2)

Fang Yanying clearly felt that, with a thought of it, she could refine the power of merit. Instantly, her mana could reach the peak, just below immortality, and she would be closer to being an immortal Zhenren.

However, she gave up on this thought because she did not cultivate this mana by herself, it would be difficult to climb to an even higher state in the future. Although to many people, the peak of mana in Powang state was already something that was beyond reach.

She actually got trapped in an awkward situation right now because her achievement on Shapeless Sword incantation was already at level ten. Moreover, through Shen Lian's imperceptible influence along the entire journey, it stabilized her fundamental which was shaken due to sudden improvement. Nonetheless, she still had not achieved Huandan and enter the path of Daoism.

In other words, now her strength could not be measured simply using the nine states of cultivation. She did not get out of this cultivation hierarchy, thus she still had to reach the final step to break away from whims, which was Powang, and attain Primordial Spirit to be an immortal Zhenren.

She did not enter the path of Daoism and Huandan was not due to her insufficient state, but due to the fact that Shapeless Sword incantation was already somehow not suitable for her. She needed to be like her master to get out of the boundaries of Shapeless Sword incantation and create a new swordcraft. This process could either be done easily or it would never be achieved at all in one's entire life.

However, despite the blood and tears, she would still continue this journey without any second thought. It was not to inherit her honored master's glory, but the fact that she was really willing to sacrifice everything for swordcraft.

Fang Yanying's heart was indecisive. In the end, she decided to infuse part of her merit's power into the Five Elements Magical Sword as means of repaying her uncle-master. However, the Five Elements Magical Sword only took in a small part of the merit's power, it did not accept Fang Yanying's merit.

Shen Lian pointed out his finger, endless Qi of Dao was released from his translucent, jade-like finger. Instantly, it took away Fang Yanying's power of merit which condensed into a dark golden hairpin that flew to Fang Yanying's hand in the end.

”This golden hairpin can save you when you face danger. Remember that you can only use this for three times, be cautious while using it,” Shen Lian clasped his hands behind his back and said while looking at somewhere far away.

Fang Yanying did not reject it and softly inserted this golden hairpin into her bun. Her silky hair was like the clouds and waterfall, it was difficult to see the golden hairpin from outside and it was unnoticeable.

However, Fang Yanying felt that her mind became clearer after wearing this hairpin. This could be another function of merit.

She took a bow with respect to her uncle-master and asked, ”Are we going to continue our journey, uncle-master?”

Shen Lian said, ”Let's go.”

Fang Yanying was about to speak but she said nothing in the end. She wanted to ask her uncle-master where their next destination was because she already understood that coming to this place was not a coincidence.

Shen Lian could figure out her thought, he smiled and said, ”Do you still remember what the senior monk said before he died?”

Fang Yanying said without hesitation, ”He said he couldn't see the udumbara flowers blossom.”

Shen Lian said leisurely, ”The world has udumbara but there were only fruits and no flower. When Buddha visits the mortal world, only will it blossom.” He paused for a while and continued saying, ”This was what Buddha told his disciple, Ah Nan. This is also the extraordinary thing about this udumbara. The place we're going has an udumbara. The tree will only blossom with flowers when Buddha is present in the mortal world. Otherwise, it'd only bear fruits, there'd be no flowers.”

Fang Yanying muttered, ”There's actually such an extraordinary tree in this world. Udumbara must be something special. Will we be able to see it when we are there?”