Chapter 257 - A Thousand Year Old Secret (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“A Blade Strengthening Gourd?” Chen Fan was taken aback by the answer.

“Indeed. I suspect that used to belong to an Earth Level Deity called Sword Secret the Exalted who was a Cultivator that lived a few thousand years ago.” Yuan Hen said with a trembling voice. Blood squirted out from the wound where his leg was severed from the trunk and splattered all over. The terrifying sight had scared the secretary so much that she fainted. Zheng Anpin hid his head under a desk and scarcely dared to look up.

“OK.”

Chen Fan furrowed his brows and summoned a beam of Yi Wood Spirit Qi energy.

This emerald colored light wrapped around Yuan Hen’s amputated leg like a layer of s.h.i.+ny thermograph and stopped the seemingly unstoppable bleeding. Seeing the situation was improving, Yuan Hen heave a sigh and filled Chen Fan in.

“The Exalted Cultivator Sword Secret was a renowned Sword Immortal a few thousand years ago. Legend has it that he had lived over hundreds of years on earth and had reached the G.o.d Reining State. Some scholars even suspected that he had surpa.s.sed the G.o.d Reining State and became an Earth Level Deity. Ancient records said that he had a Blade Strengthening Gourd that he carried with him all the time. Whenever he was in need of it, a blade would fly out from the gourd and fly to its target miles away.”

“He became famous in China thanks to his flying sword skills and remained undefeated for hundreds of years. However, later he just disappeared from records.” Yuan Hen breathed heavily and said with a pale face.

“Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator had nine flying swords and each one was created using numinous treasures and refined using the aether of the sun and the moon. Each one of them had different abilities but they were all deadly. They were stored inside the Blade Strengthening Gourd and only flew out of the gourd when they were summoned. When all nine blades appeared at the same time, they could annihilate anything that was in their way.”

“When I first saw the Jade Gourd at my friend’s place and registered a great measure of similarity with the Blade Strengthening Gourd. The craftsmans.h.i.+p was ancient, which added more credibility to my suspicion. It is either the real deal or a forgery fas.h.i.+oned after the real one. If it was the real one, there might still be some of the Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator’s mojo left in it for me to learn from.” Yuan Hen let out an ugly grin and said: “what a shame that my goal had to lead me to lose one of my legs.”

“Flying sword?”

Chen Fan was slightly impressed.

He had never thought that that the school of Sword Cultivation would have a presence on earth. The Sword Cultivation techniques were some of the most aggressive and deadly cultivation methods. Of the nine major Immortal Sects, one of them specialized in Sword Cultivation and they were also the deadliest sect of the nine.

However, Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator still needed a Dharma Artifact to strengthen the sword, it was obvious that he had not yet even entered the introductory level of the Sword Cultivation. The real sword cultivation refined the flying sword using the user’s own vital energy. It would conceal the flying sword inside of his Dantian, the so-called Purple Chamber and refine it using Connate Essence Qi and infuse it with the user’s own soul and consciousness in order to wield the flying sword at will and with ease.

What Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator practiced was an art that used the Dharma Artifact to control a flying sword, instead of controlling it directly.

“That being said, to be able to control a flying sword using a Dharma Artifact meant that he had already entered the Connate Spirit level. If that was the case, it was proof that there had been a Connate Cultivator on earth. However, a connate cultivator could live only up to five hundred years, and if this Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator was alive a few thousand years ago, he must be dead by now.” With that thought in mind, Chen Fan didn’t think Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator would pose any threat to him.

Plus, the earth was deprived of Spirit Qi therefore, even if there was still Connate Cultivators alive on earth, they must be on their last leg, struggling to get by each day.

It was impossible for them to be like Chen Fan and cultivate both the Void Mortal Refinement Art and the Azure Thearch Longevity Body. With those two arts, even if Chen Fan was thrown into the ninth level of h.e.l.l, he would still thrive. Spirit Qi to cultivators was water to fish. Without it, the cultivators would slowly die.

“So this is a Blade Strengthening Gourd?”

Chen Fan examined the gourd and asked curiously.

“Yes, but… the Blade Strengthening Gourd in the legend was not made out of jade. Therefore, I am not 100 percent sure. ”

Chen Fan didn’t speak a word, and then he waved a hand, summoning a powerful force.

Suddenly, the sh.e.l.l of the Jade Gourd was fractured and revealed its inner surface.

It was a small gourd with yellow skin. It was the size of a human’s palm and covered with scuff marks acc.u.mulated throughout the age. It was as if it had been in existence for eons. As soon as the yellow skin of the gourd was revealed, it floated in the air without any force supporting it. However, its appearance looked so otherworldly that it would make one believe being airborne was its natural state.

“It… it…”Yuan Hen could only sare. “This really is the Blade Strengthening Gourd!” He managed to utter a few words in a trembling voice.

He regretted vehemently for his previous doubt about the treasure’s authenticity. As soon as he saw the little yellow-skinned gourd, he knew right away that this was the Dharma Treasure that belonged to Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator.

“If I was more sure of my guess, I would have bought this already.”

Yuan Hen couldn’t be more regretful about his doubts. Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator was the stuff of legends, and even a shred of his mighty wisdom could have enlightened him and brought him into the Dharma Cultivation level, if not the G.o.d Reining State. By then, he would be at least as powerful as the most renowned Feng Shui Master of Hong Kong, Zhou Daoji.

However, Yuan Hen dared not move a muscle while Chen Fan was guarding the treasure. He didn’t even dare to let his gaze linger too long on the gourd.

“I knew from the beginning that there was more than what meets the eye about the Jade Gourd, I had never thought that it was this!” Chen Fan waved a hand and commanded the gourd to fly to his hand. He snorted after he examined the gourd with his divine will.

“Blade Strengthening Gourd my a.s.s! Sword Secret the Exalted Cultivator knew nothing of Sword Cultivation. This is nothing but an ordinary fruit of the Void Dimension Vine.”

“The fruit of the Void Dimension Vine?”