166 Are You Willing... To Be Rich or Poor (1/2)

”Brilliant Sword Heart is not an invincible method. Its shortcomings and advantages are equally prominent. Although it has a strong attack, its defense is not so. Therefore, the basic ideas of Ten Thousand Arts Sect are not wrong. However, they were wrong in underestimating the ever-changing characteristic of the Brilliant Sword Heart. They were too eager to seek for the outcome of the fight in the first few exchanges. As a result, they were caught off-guard and beaten by Liu Li. This girl actually doesn’t have many complex thoughts. She just relies on her intuition to win. But those Ten Thousand Arts Sect losers couldn’t even deal with the intuition of a girl.”

At the Non-Phase Peak, the white-clothed Fifth Elder revealed a rare serious expression.

”Actually, if we look from a different point of view, they were not that far away from victory. The key to determining the victory or defeat lies in the ability to withstand the full power sword attack from Liu Li. If Lu Qiancai could withstand the Limpid Water Sword, his two gloomy ghost talismans would’ve been enough to dominate his opponent. And if Zhan Ziye could shoulder the combined attack of the twelve flying swords, he could use his Annihilation Thunder to injure the opponent rather than exploding it, which would result in his victory. Unfortunately, they never thought to try to withstand Liu Li’s Brilliant Sword Heart; all they could think of was to dodge, escape, or use some tricks. And then...Hey, hey, little Wang Lu, since there are so many martyrs that died in front of you, you should know what to do, right?”

Wang Lu said, ”Giving up the mentality of ‘leaving it to chances’, and directly shoulder the full frontal attack of the Brilliant Sword Heart. However, it seems like a direct frontal clash is simply suicide. She doesn’t need to call out the twelve flying swords, just her fiery sword alone could break my sword defense. This Non-Phase Method is really not that powerful.”

”Damn, obviously, it’s because your cultivation base is not enough, don’t slander your cultivation method. Although I’m one stage below Senior Brother Zhou Ming, I’m not afraid of him. Your biggest problem right now is that your foundation is too thin, and your magical power stage is too low. If your cultivation base is similar to Liu Li, it wouldn’t be this troublesome.”

Wang Lu said, ”Then the imperative is to enhance my cultivation base, therefore, should I look for Seventh Uncle?”

Ao Guanhai shook his head. ”I do have a lot of elixirs that could improve cultivation base, but to enhance the cultivation base by leaps and bounds in just two days… This is not easy. Even with strong elixirs, it takes some time for its result to come out. Moreover, using strong elixirs to improve cultivation base will, in turn, make the foundation unstable.”

Wang Lu was rather nonchalant about these. ”Instability caused by a sudden improvement in cultivation base only affect those with inherently poor balance. Therefore, you can rest assure in giving me those strong elixirs; it would be better if it can quickly let me reach Jindan.”

His Master sneered. ”Quickly reach Jindan you say? There’s actually something like that, it’s called Demonic Disintegration Pill. After consuming it, in about five to ten minutes your cultivation base will reach Jindan. However, the side effect is that your body will explode and die, and your soul will fly away and scatter; want to try it? Listen, you only have two days. Strong elixirs are indeed essential, but you can’t rely on elixirs to stand a chance against Liu Li. As a Successor Disciple, she has already consumed quite a lot of elixirs.”

”So?”

”So, you can only take evil path. However, since it’s an evil path, there will inevitably be side effects. Thus, you have to think it carefully.” The look on his Master Wang Wu was unusually serious which was quite jarring for Wang Lu.

”Tell me about it.”

”Big Heart Demon Oath,” Master coldly replied, ”through the oath of the heart demon, you can have a power increase in exchange for a price.”

”Big Heart Demon Oath can be used as so?” Wang Lu was extremely surprised. This was unlike the offering sacrifices at the evil cult; even if he had a mind to do an exchange, he must have an object to be traded. Who provided the power in this power increase in exchange for a price?

”How to take this oath?”

”It’s very simple. Swear, henceforth, you will never take the initiative to hurt people using immortal path’s methods.”

Wang Lu immediately frowned. ”Mustn’t hurt people using methods?”

”Yes. If we take an extreme example of it. Even if your archenemy stands before you, you must not inflict any harm to it. Otherwise, the heart demon will enter your body and your Primordial Spirit will collapse.”

Wang Lu immediately appeared thoughtful. With his excellent understanding immortal cultivation, he immediately understood the main point. ”Hmm, applying this kind of extreme oath to myself so that I have no choice but to concentrate on defense, and then promote my defense ability? Although I’m still not too clear on its operation principle, overall, it’s actually a good deal. In any case, Non-Phase Method doesn’t have any attack power to begin with…”

”Who says it doesn’t have attack power to begin with?” His Master softly interrupted, ”Think again.”

Wang Lu stared blankly for a moment, and then exclaimed, ”So you’ve also taken the oath! Because of the restraint of the Big Heart Demon Oath, you didn’t have the means to attack, so later on, you focused your Non-Phase Method on defense because developing attacking method is simply not making any sense.”

”Well, it’s not that Non-Phase Method couldn’t hurt people. Actually, after Non-Phase Sword Bone helped you break through the shackles of your spirit root, theoretically, you can already practice powerful offensive methods. And when you reach the Foundation Establishment, your methods can be smoothed out… Non-Phase Method can also be considered as a comprehensively good platform. With your talent and perception, you actually could practice those astonishingly powerful immortal level methods in our sect; when the time comes, it’s not impossible for you to be like Liu Li with her invincible sword.”

Wang Lu chuckled. ”Master, you don’t have to test me with these words… Let’s not talk about the others, even if I can practice Brilliant Sword Heart now, could it let me win the fight the day after tomorrow?”

”Well, it’s good if you have this awareness. With your intelligence, you should be able to clearly realize how much you will sacrifice once the oath is established. You and I are different in that you have a choice. There’s no need to let yourself be so passive.”

With Wang Lu’s intelligence, he immediately realized that there was quite a story behind his Master’s Non-Phase Method.

”You didn’t have a choice? Speaking of which, when I cast the Nameless Sword, indeed…”

”That’s enough, we can talk gossip at a later time. Now tell me, what is your choice?”