Chapter 432: Out of the Sword Tower
Soon after, a voice that seemed to reach out from ancient times resounded in his mind and Yu Nianzhen was yanked into a blizzard.
’Why does this feel like the infinite blizzard sword intent?’ He thought and then shook his head.
Although the blizzard was familiar, there were no sharp winds or feeling of danger.
Compared to the infinite blizzard sword intent, this blizzard felt ordinary.
At a loss, Yu Nianzhen looked around and finally saw an old man.
The old man was sitting cross-legged and had his eyes closed as if comprehending the blizzard.
’Is he the owner of the infinite blizzard sword intent?’ Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but wonder.
From the old man, he could feel the aura of the infinite blizzard sword intent.
The aura was transcendental and seemed to be born from the person rather than acquired by the person.
’I get it.’ Yu Nianzhen suddenly understood.
Although he wasn’t sure, he guessed the infinite blizzard’s sword intent was the old man’s natal sword intent.
Looking at it this way, he suddenly understood why he couldn’t master the sword intent as perfectly as the swordsman who left the sword mark on the stone slab.
’So it’s like this.’ He thought and heaved a sigh of relief.
Yu Nianzhen spent more than ten years comprehending the infinite blizzard sword intent.
However, no matter how much he understood, his sword intent couldn’t surpass the one on the stone slab.
Now that he realised the infinite blizzard sword intent was another swordsman’s natal sword intent, Yu Nianzhen was no longer entangled.
From the ancient sword manual he read in the Sea Cloud sect, Yu Nianzhen knew about the natal sword intent.
The natal sword intent was unlike ordinary sword intent.
This was because the natal sword intent contained a trace of the owner’s dao.
Since Yu Nianzhen didn’t pursue the blizzard dao, his understanding of the infinite blizzard sword intent could never surpass that of the original owner.
In the same way, no one would ever be able to surpass his comprehension of the Heaven Dominating sword intent.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen had created the Heaven Dominating sword art but he was far from comprehending its sword intent.
’There is no hurry.’ He told himself and then turned to the old man.
At this time, the old man opened his eyes and looked at Yu Nianzhen.
However, his eyes were unseeing!
Although he was looking at Yu Nianzhen, he didn’t seem to see the man but something beyond the man.
Seeing this, Yu Nianzhen was startled and immediately became more alert.
Just when he was about to greet the old man, a great pressure acted on his body and Yu Nianzhen was forced to sit cross-legged.
A moment later, the old man began to talk.
At first, Yu Nianzhen was a little distracted and didn’t pay attention to what the old man was saying.
However, when he began paying attention, he realised the old man was talking about the infinite blizzard sword art and the infinite blizzard sword intent.
After listening for a short while, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but be shocked.
Although he spent years comprehending the infinite blizzard sword intent, he suddenly realised that his understanding was still too shallow.
The more Yu Nianzhen listened, the more he benefited.
Before he knew it, he was completely engrossed in the lecture and five years passed in the blink of an eye.
When he came to, Yu Nianzhen was back in the sword tower and the old man was nowhere to be seen.
’This floor’s reward is not simple.’ He thought with a grateful look in his eyes.
Since Yu Nianzhen didn’t have a proper teacher, his swordsmanship was what he grasped by taking advantage of various opportunities.
However, there were gaps in his knowledge which created many obstacles in his practice.
After listening to the old man, Yu Nianzhen felt that most of those gaps were filled.
As a result, he was enlightened and even felt he could improve his Heaven Dominating sword art.
"Thank you senior." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said and gave a deep bow.
After holding the bow for a long while, he straightened and sighed.
"I have been in the sword tower for one hundred and fifty years, it’s time to leave." He said with an excited look in his eyes.
Right after, he exited the floor but didn’t take the ascending stairs.
Instead, he opened another door, walked in, and soon found himself at the base of the Myriad Forms Mountain.
"I will try to contact XiaoYue first." He said and immediately took out his communication token.
Unfortunately, his message didn’t go through and Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but be a little disappointed.
"Is he still in the Myriad Forms Mountain or did he go to the Thunder Valley?" He couldn’t help but wonder.
After thinking about it for a moment, Yu Nianzhen didn’t rush to activate the golden teleportation talisman.
Instead, he contacted the others but didn’t receive any replies.
’This place is a secret realm after all. It makes sense that messages can’t get through.’ He thought as he put away his communication token.
At the same time, a complicated look appeared on his face.
In the beginning, Li Futian said they could only stay on the island for five hundred years.
So far, he stayed in the Sea of Enlightenment for one hundred years, one hundred and one years in the Crystal Worms Desert, and one hundred and fifty years in the Myriad Forms Mountain.
’There is only one hundred and forty-nine years left.’ Yu Nianzhen thought with a trace of regret in his eyes.
If he could, he wanted to stay longer in the sword tower.
However, Yu Nianzhen understood that eating too much was just as bad as eating too little.
In one hundred and fifty years, he perfected his sword foundation, created a natal sword art, comprehended an extremely high-level sword intent, and listened to a powerful lecture.
Although he had absorbed most of his gains, there was still a lot that he hadn’t.
Because he realised this, Yu Nianzhen chose to exit the sword tower rather than continue ascending.
In this way, he could take his time to absorb everything before he continued to higher floors.
’I don’t know if I will have a chance to come back...’ He thought and sighed.
However, he wasn’t depressed for too long.
After sorting out his emotions, a smile appeared on his lips and a hint of anticipation was born in his heart.
"XiaoYue, I want to see you." He said and immediately activated the golden teleportation talisman.
A moment later, Yu Nianzhen disappeared from the base of the Myriad Forms Mountain and reappeared at an empty plain.
.....
At the same time, Jiang Yue was standing on one side of an arena with a solemn look on his face.
On the other side was a man.
The man looked like an ordinary youth but his eyes were dull and unseeing.
’When I defeat him, I will be ready to leave the Myriad Forms Mountain.’ He thought as an image of Yu Nianzhen subconsciously appeared in his mind.
’Azhen, it’s been more than one hundred and fifty years since I saw you. How are you doing?’ He couldn’t help but wonder.
However, his mind quickly focused when he saw his opponent moving.
Soon after, the opponent split into ten forms and each figure rushed towards Jiang Yue.
Seeing this, a layer of blue mist covered Jiang Yue’s eyes and ten thousand thoughts flashed in his mind.
A moment later, Jiang Yue also split into ten figures.
Each figure was exactly like Jiang Yue but their actions were different.
One figure took out his pipa and began to play, another threw a formation disk, and others used talismans....
Within a moment, the different Jiang Yue’s faced an enemy and the arena turned into a battlefield.
However, the fight didn’t last long.
In the blink of an eye, the different Jiang Yue’s were defeated and the real person turned extremely pale.
"My attack power is still not powerful enough." Jiang Yue said with a miserable look on his face.
When Jiang Yue entered the Myriad Forms Mountain, he didn’t expect to discover that any cultivator could form a natal art.
In these years, he practised hard and finally managed to condense a natal illusion art.
His natal illusion art was called the Infinite Moment illusion art.
As early as when he was in the origin forging realm, Jiang Yue had already had the idea but never had an opportunity.
This time, he found an opportunity but formulating the art was harder than he expected.
’As long as I can make the possible realities more stable, I will be able to defeat the opponent.’ Jiang Yue thought and immediately began to meditate.
In a fight, a cultivator had different means of dealing with their opponents’ aggression.
They could choose to attack, defend, or avoid amongst others.
Even among the broad ways of dealing with the enemy, there were still many choices.
