531 As a Lotus Flower Breaking the Surface (1/2)

The discussion by the cultivators of Spirit Sword Sect about the choice of candidates for one of the three positions within the three individual sword array had finally been settled.

In the end, it was still Zhang Sheng who was chosen to be in one of the positions within the three individual sword array. Although Zhou Ming and Fei Ying regretted that they failed to get elected, they were not unwilling.

Because in retrospect, they could not achieve as high as that of Zhang Sheng. In the past six months, Zhang Sheng's performance had been impeccable.

Even awe-inspiring.

”Zhang Sheng, it's actually… not necessary for you to do this far. Zhou Ming and Fei Ying are just good substitute candidates, not to compete with you.”

When the array diagram for the three individual sword array was handed over to Zhang Sheng, Ouyang Shang finally showed a disturbed look.

Toward this, Zhang Sheng merely smiled. ”They are indeed very good, but they are, after all, just alternatives. Our opponent is the demon king, so everything must be the best, only by achieving the limit can we have the chance to succeed.”

”But the Emotion Sword uses emotion to drive the sword, by forcefully suppressing yourself, I'm very worried about you…”

”Big Brother, you think too much.” Zhang Sheng took the array diagram. ”Love is emotion, but our brotherly affection is also emotion. Perhaps half a year ago I was still a bit confused, but when I cut out that sword, my sword intent became unprecedentedly pure, and I'm not confused anymore! For the past six months, I think I have already proven this point.”

Ouyang Shang nodded silently.

Zhang Sheng's cultivation in the past six months was indeed enough to prove everything. Not only was he hard working, he also went all out. According to the scheduled duty turns, once every third day, he would send his primordial spirit out to kill and behead the departed spirits, tempering and refining his primordial spirit. However, since the unexpected accident six months ago, Zhang Sheng voluntarily changed the frequency to once a day, which was completely a suicide rhythm. Even Ouyang Shang expressed his opposition to this. However, Zhang Sheng was very stubborn. At least, he was completely unwilling to cooperate with the blind date program that had been prepared by Ouyang Shang for him.

”I have completely given my whole heart to the sword, I have no intention to give my feelings for a woman.”

It was hard to win other people's trust with just words, so Zhang Sheng used his cultivation to prove everything, by going out to battle every day. After experiencing that ambush, his keen sense sharply increased. Even without the help of his Senior Brother, he could freely come and go in the black tide. At the same time, his cultivation base advancement through battles was amazingly fast.

Of course, the frequent small battles was not the key here. Under the watchful eyes of his fellow disciples, he soon met with a crucial moment in the black tide outside the Dragon Palace.

Surrounded by many spirits of the dead, he saw his two and a half years ago lover, the desert tribe's poison extracting physician, Lu.

This time, Lu was no longer hidden in the shadow, but out in the open. She still has the same appearance as two years ago, and even the temperament was exactly the same. The appearance of Lu even caused Wang Chenye who also fell for a poison extracting physician to sink into contemplation.

The shock to Zhang Sheng whose emotion was more intense was even greater. As soon as he saw her, his eyes immediately changed.

It was just that, they became as cold as ice. Just as that demon girl, with a melancholic expression, was ready to speak, Zhang Sheng had already unsheathed his Emotion Sword.

At that time, everyone who was watching the scene from Dragon Palace through video watching spell was shocked by the decisiveness and sharpness of that sword. It was definitely the most powerful sword strike in Zhang Sheng's life. When the sword qi slashed, even the water current was crushed. The demon girl who bore the brunt of this strike was stirred into a collection of black mist, along with the ten high rank heavy armored soldiers beside her. From the beginning to the end, Zhang Sheng didn't even say a single word. His cold and ruthless action even made people wonder whether he was still a sword cultivator of the Emotion Sword.

”No, it's not ruthless.” After Zhang Sheng returned, he lightly explained, ”It's just heartless.”

Zhang Sheng proved himself with unquestionable actual combat, thus Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang had nothing to say. After some discussion, they finally decided to give him the last position in the three individual sword array, which was the biggest recognition for his effort and ability. In fact, the strength of Zhang Sheng's heartless sword strike had completely surpassed that of his other fellow disciples.

After that, the demon girl never appeared in front of Zhang Sheng. Perhaps she had already been smashed by Zhang Sheng's heartless sword, or perhaps the demon king finally realized that this trick could not be used anymore. In short, this matter had finally come to an end.

It was just that, whenever people saw Zhang Sheng's increasingly determined eyes, they always felt a bit sad.

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The failure of that honey trap plan seemed to be insignificant for the demon king because he still had other plans. The poison extracting physician was only a part of the plan. After a period of time, he came up with a variety of ways, constantly infiltrating in various ways to attack, trying to obstruct the double array. This even made Ouyang Shang and Wang Lu tired of coping with it, so much that it implicated their own cultivation.

In accordance with the best expectation, after the three-year strategy, in addition to obtaining seventy-three fresh new Daoist Masters of Jindan Stage, the cultivation base of Ouyang Shang and Wang Lu would also advance by leaps and bounds, which was expected to reach peak Jindan Stage. However, in fact, because of this external affair, which involved too much energy, the two were stuck in the middle-level Jindan Stage, without any hope to go further within the next six months.

However, there was also a good side to this: by launching tricks after tricks at them, it proved that the Demon King lacked the method to deal with them in a single blow… With the strength of the Demon King, there was no need to spend so much effort for a group of cultivators whose highest cultivation base was only Jindan Stage. The only explanation to this was that the heavy loss caused by Fenrir to him was too deep, so he lacked the ability to do what he really wanted.

As long as they persisted… when they finally launched the double array, that was the time the cultivators of Spirit Sword Sect would get out of trouble in one fell swoop

Inspired by this conviction, the cultivators of Spirit Sword Sect spent the most difficult last half of the year.