Chapter 963 - 430: Spiritual Wisdom 2
After a moment of silence, the senior brother began to speak.
"After repairing the void rift, there was a spiritual rain that blessed the entire Origin Realm. It rained for three days and nights..."
Under the gaze of the two, the senior brother started to recount slowly.
"This rain revived the once desolate Origin Realm. The Spiritual Qi absorbed by the void rift all returned with nourishment!"
The second brother and little junior sister listened and nodded.
This spiritual rain is recorded in all the ancient texts.
This rain was extremely important for the Origin Realm.
Everyone knew about this rain.
However, since the senior brother said so, something must have happened.
There must be unknown factors connected to this spiritual rain.
"At the onset of this rain, at the edge of the Origin Realm, a pillar of light made of Spiritual Qi appeared!"
"The target of this pillar was very strange, just an ordinary old man!"
"Moreover, the old man’s time had come, and this dense light pillar of Spiritual Qi merely rejuvenated the corpse, with no other effect!"
The senior brother kept narrating, recalling scenes from memory, trying to find anything strange.
"Beside the old man’s corpse, a residual aura remained, the same aura that was absorbed into Xu Ran’s body during the trial, the aura of the Wooden Sword!"
The scene was vividly recreated by the senior brother; recalling it now, there was still nothing peculiar!
But now recalling, many doubts remain.
Why would a deity favor an old man whose time had come?
It was the Spiritual Qi pillar recovered just after the void rift repaired, intensely concentrated, enough to make everyone envious!
If.
The target was a child who has never cultivated, it would instantly elevate one’s cultivation to the edge of Great Power!
Moreover, that Spiritual Qi pillar was the reborn Qi that flowed back after the void rift was mended.
In essence, it was the purest Spiritual Qi, granting great benefits regardless of the target.
Unexpected.
No one thought this pillar, enough to birth a Great Power in the Origin Realm, would target an already deceased corpse!!
This event was known only to the senior brother.
If others knew, their Dao Heart might shatter!
Indeed!
The second brother and little junior sister froze after the senior brother’s words!
Full of regret!
What was it?
It was the first Spiritual Qi pillar of the spiritual recovery of the Origin Realm!
All essence was contained within it.
Unexpected.
Such a pillar, the target was an already dead corpse!
The sole effect was rejuvenation of the corpse!
Such a waste!
The senior brother recalled, his expression one of deep remorse!
Too regrettable!
...
During the trial.
As a wisp of aura from the Wooden Sword entered Xu Ran’s body.
The Sea of Spirit sealed by the Nine-Layered Giant Tower was quiet beyond measure.
As the wisp entered.
Suddenly.
The tranquil Sea of Spirit was stirred into towering waves, a golden sea, exuding strands of golden aura.
The golden aura slowly scattered into the air, gradually condensing into a Wooden Sword!
This Wooden Sword stood alongside a pocket-sized Flying Sword above the Sea of Spirit!
At the moment this Wooden Sword took shape, golden chains appeared from nowhere, locking the entire Sea of Spirit.
The once turbulent Sea of Spirit fell silent again!
This.
Sealed once more by the Nine-Layered Giant Tower!
At this moment.
Outside.
Xu Ran was keenly aware of the massive change in his own Sea of Spirit!
When the Sea of Spirit was sealed, he was keenly aware too!
But.
This was in the trial of the Nine-Layered Giant Tower, and the Sea of Spirit was meant to be sealed, thus it had no effect on Xu Ran!
"Not bad, you’ve emerged so quickly!"
With the reappearance of a Wooden Sword in Xu Ran’s Sea of Spirit, Yu Kong’s voice appeared again from ahead.
Simultaneously.
A bald figure appeared before Xu Ran.
As soon as this figure appeared, the circle of eleven Iron Swords added another rusty Iron Sword.
The Iron Sword instantly touched Xu Ran’s hands.
In that moment.
A flash of white light crossed Xu Ran’s vision, amid rustling sounds as if something was being built.
Buzz---
Following that.
A buzz sounded, accompanied by another flash of white light that struck Xu Ran’s eyes.
The intense stimulation caused Xu Ran to open his eyes immediately!
Suddenly.
The scene before him shifted, an air of bloodlust permeated; Xu Ran now appeared to be amidst a Corpse Mountain Blood Sea.
He saw.
A dark-skinned middle-aged man stood in a slaughterhouse, in front of him lay a dead wild boar.
"Thud!"
Then, the dark-skinned middle-aged man fiercely thrust the Iron Sword he held, piercing through the wild boar’s heart.
As he heard the sword slice through the boar’s flesh, satisfaction appeared on his face.
"Another thrust, a step closer to mastering swordsmanship!"
A hoarse voice came from him.
Shortly after he spoke, laughter echoed around.
"Hahaha---"
"Hahaha---"
"Hahaha----"
"..."
These laughs all ridiculed the middle-aged man!
"You’re how old? Forty maybe! Still dreaming of futile swordsmanship?"
"Look at yourself, so slow in slaughtering pigs with a sword, better switch back to a knife!"
"Why not give up swords and use knives!"
"Keep at it, and your wife might run off with someone else!!"
Jeering laughter rose all around, all targeting this dark-skinned middle-aged man.
Amidst their laughter, sounds of knives cutting flesh resounded.
Xu Ran glanced around.
This slaughterhouse was divided into small sections, each section had someone butchering a creature before them.
Wild boars, wild horses, wild deer...
Even from a certain distance, there was an aura of Demon Beasts.
Truly.
Anything imaginable could be found here.
Yet.
This dark-skinned middle-aged man seemed completely oblivious to the mockery around him, merely thrusting the sword relentlessly!
Xu Ran took note.
Having undergone previous swordsmanship trials, he could roughly determine if a person possessed sword cultivation talent.
Moreover, regardless of the man’s talent.
His age alone meant sword cultivation wasn’t viable.
The prior sword practitioners, absent of Spiritual Qi nourishment, at least began young.
This middle-aged man, judging from others’ words, apparently just started practicing swords.
Indeed.
Practicing swordsmanship, age issues are not significant nor trivial.
But.
This middle-aged man, previously slaughtered with butcher’s knives, switching to swords would certainly affect him.
At once.
Xu Ran felt a trace of concern over this man’s decision.
Thus.
The middle-aged man in the slaughterhouse was slicing through beast corpses one by one, dissecting them into pieces.
However.
His actions were much slower compared to others.
After all.
Slaughtering is definitely easier with knives.
The number of swords the middle-aged man thrust seemed countless, the nights and days outside seemed endless.
Yet Xu Ran could clearly see.
The middle-aged man’s swordsmanship grew more adept, meanwhile his hair turned grey at the temples.
"This middle-aged man is a slaughterer; he first held a sword at forty to swiftly grasp sword techniques, he worked daily with unsuitable swords for the job.
Until his death, he was unable to comprehend other sword techniques, except the thrust towards dead things."