Zhou Chen's sword qi was like a dragon while Ning Fan's baleful qi was monstrous. On the Thunder Bamboo Island, the weather suddenly changed. Tens of thousands of cultivators were shocked. Countless cultivators rushed towards the forbidden area of the Thunder Official Pavilion.
Hong Yi suddenly stood up. She held a token in her hand and activated the great formation of the Thunder Court Pavilion, concealing all the ripples from the battle.
The three Void Glimpse Stage experts were instructed by Hong Yi to leave the Thunder Official Pavilion at once to stabilize the situation on the island.
Ning Fan didn't care about the actions of others. In his eyes, there was only Zhou Chen.
This Zhou Chen was far from being as strong as Yun Tianjue. However, among the Void Refinement Realm old monsters, he was definitely one of the best sword cultivators.
His sword intent was fundamentally different from Yun Tianjue's sword.
Ning Fan infused his sword intent into his body and carefully savored Zhou Chen's powerful sword intent that was rushing towards him. Gradually, he understood what was going on.
"Sentimental Sword! Furthermore, the love within the sword is the love between a man and a woman. If it is further subdivided, it is the love of 'sorrow'! "
As soon as his words fell, Zhou Chen's old eyes immediately flashed with surprise. He was surprised that Ning Fan was able to see through the essence of his sword intent at first glance!
That's right, the sword intent he comprehended was the Emotionless Sword. Compared to the majority of emotionless sword cultivators, he, Zhou Chen, was an exception.
The love he had placed in the sword was the love between a man and a woman. That love had ended in tragedy …
In Zhou Chen's entire life, he had fought against countless sword cultivators of the Rain World. Among them, those who could see through his sword intent was a sword of emotion were all Void Refinement Realm sword cultivators!
Those who were able to see through the relationship between a man and a woman on the basis of the Emotion Sword were at least Void Inquiry Stage sword cultivators.
Those who could see the sorrow in the sword must be sword cultivators with Void Fragmentation Realm vision. In Zhou Chen's entire life, he had only met three such people!
One of them was Yun Tianjue. As for the other two, one was the Rain World's Sword Emperor and the other was a Four Heavens Wandering Rogue Immortal. Ning Fan was the fourth person!
It was not strange. Ning Fan's Dao of Sword might not be the strongest in the Nine Worlds. However, among countless sword cultivators, his vision was definitely the highest.
"This old man has underestimated you. Even though your cultivation base is low, your comprehension of the sword is unparalleled in the Rain Immortal World except for the White-Clothed Sword God … If it wasn't for the one hundred thousand years old spiritual herb, this old man would definitely be willing to make friends with the sword and befriend you! I'm a loyal servant. Sorry for offending you! As compensation, I'll let you see the sword that I cherish the most in my life! "
Zhou Chen gritted his teeth and pointed with his finger. The sword sheath on his back suddenly let out a clear sound. It was a sound that was unparalleled in both ancient and modern times. Suddenly, Zhou Chen had a long sword in his hand. It was a wooden sword.
The wood of the wooden sword exuded a hint of the fragrance of Begonia. If Ning Fan did not smell wrongly, it was the wood of Begonia Pendula.
This sword was extremely ordinary, as if it would break with a gentle shake.
However, Ning Fan understood that an extremely ordinary sword would become the most extraordinary sword in the hands of a swordsman like Zhou Chen.
When he was in Gusu, he had once comprehended the sword, and he had long since understood the principle of 'a weak sword is a strong intent, and a strong sword is a weak intent.'
If it was a flying sword, the stronger and lighter the material, the better. After all, it was inevitable that magic treasures would collide.
If he were to use a heavy sword, he would also need to pay attention to the material used. He would need to wield it in a large manner to sweep away an army of a thousand.
Zhou Chen's sword was clearly not a flying sword, nor was it a heavy sword.
This sword was an intent sword. It made the body of the sword infinitely weak, allowing it to unleash the strongest sword intent!
What Ning Fan needed to defend against was not Zhou Chen's sword light, but his sword intent.
The sword intent was all-pervasive. Even the lightning armor could not completely defend against it.
Ning Fan's eyes turned slightly grim. Originally, he was prepared to summon the lightning armor to defend himself. However, it seemed like he could not resort to tricks now. He needed to show his true strength. Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to withstand a single sword attack from Zhou Chen.
The three Void Glimpse Stage experts had already returned after calming down the situation. When they saw Zhou Chen actually using a wooden sword, their expressions changed greatly.
"What?! The Third Elder actually used the 'Begonia Wooden Sword'! This sword kills without spilling blood. Rumor has it that the Third Elder has only used this sword to kill Void Inquiry Stage old monsters in his entire life. There are at least ten Void Inquiry Stage experts who died because of this sword! I didn't expect that the Third Elder would actually use this sword against a mere Zhou Ming! "
"A mere Zhou Ming …" Ning Fan frowned slightly. These three Void Glimpse Stage old monsters really thought highly of themselves. Did they really think that Ning Fan was an ant?
If he wanted the Zhou Clan to be his backing, he could not let them look down on him. At least, he had to show them enough strength to make them think highly of him.
Since that was the case, he could not hold back anymore.
"Lightning armor, appear!"
Ning Fan changed his hand seal. It was the hand seal to summon the Primordial Lightning Armor.
As Void Refinement Realm experts of the Zhou Clan, the three Void Glimpse Stage experts naturally knew about the secret technique of the Primordial Lightning Armor. However, this technique was extremely difficult to cultivate. It required one to devour primordial lightning in order to achieve some success.
Other than the Thunder Sovereign, who had cultivated this technique to an extremely high level, there had never been a cultivator of the Zhou Clan who had cultivated this technique above Silver Armor.
Killing a Divine Transformation cultivator, who had to be a lightning cultivator, would allow him to refine a bolt of primordial spirit lightning.
In order to defend against Void Refinement Realm attacks, one would need golden armor at the very least. It was impossible to break through the golden armor without tens of thousands of elemental lightning. Rumor had it that once the lightning armor entered the golden grade, the amount of elemental lightning required would be even greater.
There were only a few hundred Divine Transformation Realm warriors in the internal ocean, and this was after including the resources of the Four Races of the Hidden Ocean and the Zhou Family.
Not to mention that lightning cultivators were the minority among these experts. Even if they killed all the Semi-God Realm cultivators in the Rain World, they would not be able to collect enough primordial thunder to break through the golden armor.
In the eyes of the three Void Glimpse Stage experts, this technique was undoubtedly a useless technique.
When they saw Ning Fan displaying this technique, they naturally did not think much of it.
"This technique must have been given to this young man by Mistress. Hehe. This young man is just a Divine Transformation Realm junior after all. He only knows how to summon a silver grade lightning armor to resist the Third Elder's strongest sword attack. How can such a poor defense withstand the Third Elder's sword intent?"
"There's no need to watch anymore. This young man will definitely lose …"
As soon as the three of them finished speaking, all of them suddenly became mute. Their eyes were as round as camel bells and they were filled with disbelief.
Ning Fan's white robes were suddenly covered with a golden lightning armor. Moreover, that golden armor was emitting a vast lightning power that was enough to defend against a Void Pierce Stage attack. It was obviously a third grade lightning armor!
"Impossible! This young man actually cultivated his lightning armor to the third grade. H-How is this possible?! "
"After the Thunder Sovereign, there is actually another expert in the Rain World who cultivated his lightning armor to the third grade of the golden grade! With this armor alone, this young man is able to dominate the Void Inquiry Stage and rarely has a worthy opponent … Because with this armor, there are almost no Void Inquiry Stage old monsters who can hurt him! As for us … "
"As for us, even though we are Void Refinement Realm experts, we are just Void Glimpse Stage experts after all. Even if we use our full strength, we certainly won't be able to hurt a single hair of his!"
The three Void Glimpse Stage experts were astonished. They were speechless.
All of their contempt towards Ning Fan vanished at this moment.
Hong Yi who was watching the battle at the side looked at Ning Fan who was like a golden deity. Her cold eyes were filled with surprise again and she murmured to herself.
"This young man has just entered the Black Lightning Tower once. In just ten days, he has actually obtained such a large amount of primordial lightning. It really surprises me. Even when I was collecting primordial lightning in the past, I didn't have this speed."
Even Hong Yi who entered the lightning tower alone could only obtain the primordial lightning by slaughtering others. Naturally, her efficiency and speed in collecting primordial lightning were not as high and fast as Ning Fan.
With Lei Shiyi's help, Ning Fan could directly purchase the primordial lightning. He caught up with the crowd's anger and became the hero who slaughtered Ying Long. Every time he went to a floor, there would be a lightning lord of that floor who would do their best to collect primordial lightning and give them to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan was not fighting alone nor was he collecting primordial lightning alone. Thus, his speed was naturally not comparable to Hong Yi who was traveling alone.
Zhou Chen took a deep breath. His eyes became even more solemn and he said in a clear voice.
"Zhou Ming, although your Thunder Armor is strong and can block Dharma and Body Arts, it can block physical attacks. However, it can't block Intent. Demonic Intent, Divine Intent, or Demonic Intent will work as well. At the end of the day, all kinds of Intents are concepts. Magic power cultivates the corporeal while intent realm cultivates the void. The reason why one needs to improve their intent realm to break through to the Divine Transformation Realm and Void Refinement Realm is because it requires the cultivator to understand the transformation between 'corporeal' and 'void'. "
"The first step of intent realm is the 'Corporeal Realm'. The second step of intent realm is the 'Void Realm'. The third step of intent realm is the legendary 'True Realm'. Each intent realm is born with a grade. However, this grade can be improved step by step through comprehension … "
"My sword intent is called the Begonia Sword Intent. I comprehended it with the help of a Drooping Silk Begonia. When I first comprehended it, it was inferior and had no grade. However, after painstakingly cultivating this intent realm, the grade of this intent realm has risen step by step to the ninth grade, the eighth grade and then the seventh grade. Today, this Begonia Sword Intent is already a sixth grade intent realm! Little Friend, take my sword! "
Zhou Chen said a lot of things in a long-winded manner. In fact, he was giving Ning Fan some pointers. He was imparting his comprehension towards the cultivation of intent realms to him.
It was to compensate him for the mistake he made when he drew his sword against Ning Fan.
When he drew his sword against Ning Fan, firstly, it was against Hong Yi's order. Secondly, it was against his own conscience.
After witnessing Ning Fan's comprehension of the Dao of Sword and the strength of his lightning armor, he already had the intention to befriend him.
However, he was loyal to his master wholeheartedly. He could not bear to lose the spiritual medicine. Even if he lost the chance to befriend Ning Fan, even if he had to go against Hong Yi's order and even if he had to cripple one of his arms after the battle, he could only draw his sword!
In his life, love had already passed away. All he had left was kindness. His loyalty towards his master was originally just to repay the kindness.
If he also loses his kindness, he would only be left with the sorrow of having his Dao turned into nothingness after cultivating alone for ten thousand years.
Every single word of Zhou Chen's went into Ning Fan's ears.
Every single word he said was the Dao Comprehension that Zhou Chen had personally experienced ten thousand years of loneliness. It could be said that every single word was worth a thousand gold. Countless cultivators of the Rain World begged Zhou Chen but he would not tell them anything. Today, however, he really had no choice but to draw his sword against Ning Fan. The only compensation he could get was this Dao Comprehension.
Ning Fan carefully digested Zhou Chen's words. His understanding gradually increased.
His divine intent was the rain, his devil intent was the mountain and his demon intent was the Fu Li Intent. With his shocking Dao Comprehension, he had comprehended three types of intent realms one after another and eventually merged them into one.
However, until the moment when the Memory Intent Realm was born, he still could not see through the essence of the intent realm. He only knew that the Memory Intent Realm was the Second Step Intent Realm.
Today, Zhou Chen told him that the cultivation of the intent realm was actually the cultivation of the word 'void' which was' cultivating magic power into reality while cultivating the intent realm into nothingness'.
All the puzzles he had in the past were solved today.
From nothingness to reality, condensing magic power into cultivation. From reality to nothingness, breaking magic power into intent and shattering the void, one could become a Life Immortal. After comprehending the True Dao, one could become a True Immortal.
Ning Fan's mind became even more blank. Because of Zhou Chen's guidance, countless of his doubts were cleared. His path of cultivation was naturally less bumpy.
"Thank you!"
He cupped his fists at Zhou Chen. He did not blame him but only expressed his gratitude.
The reason why Zhou Chen drew his sword against him was not because of a personal grudge. It was because of his loyalty. He was definitely not a despicable person. Thus, Ning Fan did not blame him.
Zhou Chen had given Ning Fan a Dao Comprehension. Ning Fan was naturally grateful towards him.
However, at this moment, both of them could not be merciful in a battle of magic power. Both of them had to give it their all.
Ning Fan's eyes became even more focused while Zhou Chen's mind was completely immersed in the Begonia Wooden Sword.
Zhou Chen had a reason to draw his sword while Ning Fan had the determination to save Luo You.
It was a battle of magic power but it could reflect all the bloody shadows of the cultivators.
There were too many times when cultivators had no choice but to fight and kill each other in order to fight for the limited cultivation resources and to protect their own Dao.
"Sword, rise!"
Zhou Chen suddenly raised his sword. His killing intent was like the clouds. Before activating his sword intent, a sword qi rushed towards Ning Fan. It was enough to kill an ordinary Void Glimpse Stage expert!
Ning Fan's eyes were filled with surprise. Zhou Chen was definitely the one who released this sword qi unintentionally. The sword qi that he unintentionally released was already enough to kill an ordinary Void Glimpse Stage expert. If he releases his sword intent with all his might, wouldn't it be able to instantly kill a Void Inquiry Stage expert?!
No wonder the two Void Refinement Realm experts of the Rain Palace were so afraid when they heard Zhou Chen's name in the past, as if they had heard some kind of nightmare.
Although Zhou Chen was still one step away from the Void Pierce Stage, in reality, he had already taken the lives of several Void Pierce Stage experts and even an Absolute Void Stage expert!
If it wasn't for some special reasons, this person would definitely not remain at the Void Inquiry Stage. Even though he was not as monstrous as Yun Tianjue, he was definitely a sword cultivator who could dominate the Rain World!
* Chi * * Chi * * Chi *
Traces of sword qi that he casually released hit Ning Fan's chest, creating waves of lightning ripples.
Relying on the strength of his lightning armor, Ning Fan managed to block these casual sword qi attacks. However, he knew that what was truly difficult to block was the strongest sword intent that Zhou Chen released using the weakest sword!
Zhou Chen raised his hand.
This sword intent is coming!
"Not good. Retreat quickly!"
The three Void Glimpse Stage experts fled in terror almost instantly. They only felt slightly relieved after they left the grand formation of the Thunder Official Pavilion.
Hong Yi naturally did not need to flee. However, when she saw Zhou Chen's unchanging and persistent sword intent, she sighed for the first time.
"Zhou Chen, you are still as stubborn as before … I have used the White Lightning Erasure Technique for you four times but you still can't forget your past. If you can forget, you were already a Void Pierce Stage expert ten thousand years ago. Today, you are already a Void Fragmentation Realm expert. Among the elders under me, your aptitude is obviously the highest … "
Even with Hong Yi's cold and indifferent personality, she still felt sorry for Zhou Chen. It was enough to show how high his aptitude was.
Hong Yi just sighed. Then, she returned to her usual indifference and stared at Ning Fan quietly. All of her attention was focused on him.
"How many years can you endure under Zhou Chen's sword intent? If you can endure for more than a hundred years, I will save you. If you can't, I will let you suffer a little. Who asked you to provoke me so many times in the past?"
As soon as Hong Yi finished speaking, she frowned.
It's strange … Why did I 'take revenge' on Ning Fan? Is it because of the incarnation of the ten thousand tufts of lightning grass?
"It's a little troublesome …" It was indeed troublesome. In the past, Hong Yi was as cold as ice. After her primordial spirit became ten thousand times stronger, she subdivided all of her primordial spirit into grass in order not to affect her heart. Grass and trees were emotionless. On the day when her primordial spirit became one, she naturally would not have any emotions.
Unfortunately, one tuft of lightning grass was touched by someone. It took the form of a human and had a heart and emotions.
To Hong Yi who cultivated the Dao of Emotionlessness, this emotion was a poison. Even traces of her past memories were stirred up because of that trace of emotion.
"I'm not Ning Honghong. I'm Hong Yi …" Hong Yi frowned. She used the White Lightning Erasure Technique again to erase the trace of memory that she had just regained.
She used to be Ning Honghong. But now, she was not. She wanted to be herself again!
The emotions that she felt at that moment were also extinguished and everything returned to normal.
"If he can endure for 'a hundred years', I can save him for the greater good. If he has already died in 'ten years', there's no point in me saving him. There's no value in me using him."
Hong Yi's tone became cold and emotionless again.
Ning Fan looked at Zhou Chen and then at the wooden sword that was slightly red in color. The sense of danger he felt became stronger.
At the next moment, Zhou Chen's sword intent drowned Ning Fan like a tidal wave.
A cold and sorrowful old voice came out from Zhou Chen's mouth.
"Four Styles of Sorrowful Sword. The first style, Ten Years of Life and Death!"
The sword intent that was like tidal waves completely ignored the toughness of his lightning armor and directly invaded Ning Fan's Sea of Consciousness.
The grade of Ning Fan's Memory Intent Realm was at the Second Step. It was far above Zhou Chen's Sixth Grade Sword Intent Realm.
However, his comprehension towards the intent realm was far less profound than Zhou Chen's.
It was because Zhou Chen's sword intent contained the sorrow of his ten thousand years of Dao cultivation.
That sorrow was irreparable and there was no way to express it. It turned into the most painful sword intent that could break a cultivator's heart.
Ning Fan's eyes became dull. In just a moment, he felt like he had experienced ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years and ten thousand years.
It was a memory that was as sorrowful as a sword and it belonged only to Zhou Chen.
Ning Fan's mind was sealed by the sword intent.
His consciousness was immersed in an imaginary world.
The place where he was standing was a small mountain village with picturesque scenery.
His appearance had changed drastically. He was now a sixteen years old young man with a sword on his back. However, his appearance was completely different from Ning Fan's. Instead, he looked somewhat similar to Zhou Chen.
Ning Fan's head was dizzy and painful. He could not remember the past.
A trace of power of the memory intent realm flowed in his Sea of Consciousness. After a while, his eyes became clear and he recognized that this place was a remnant dream.
Zhou Chen would never have thought that Ning Fan's power of intent realm was memory. Moreover, he woke up from Zhou Chen's memories!
"This is the world of Zhou Chen's sword intent. When the sword intent from the outside world comes into contact with it, it will only last for a moment. However, this is the deepest part of one's consciousness. This place is like a dream … No one can extricate themselves from this dream of sword intent. Only Zhou Chen's ten thousand swords can penetrate their hearts and kill them. As for me, I woke up with the help of the power of the memory intent realm! Zhou Chen had miscalculated! "
Ning Fan was standing under a Malus Malus Tree. The Malus Malus Tree grew at the entrance of the small village.
Behind the Begonia tree, a young girl in pink clothes walked out of the tree shyly and gave Ning Fan a sweet smile.
The young girl had delicate features. Her black hair was tied up high. There was a scar on the left side of her face but it did not cover her beauty.
She looked at Ning Fan with eyes that were filled with infatuation and passion.
"Brother Chen, I heard that the immortal master of the Chi Yue Sword Faction has taken a liking to you and you are about to be accepted as his disciple. Congratulations …"
The young girl's beautiful eyes were filled with tenderness. However, Ning Fan was not moved by it. Instead, he felt a little annoyed.
Even though he was passionate, he was not that passionate to the point that he would fall in love with a girl whom he did not know, even if it was a dream.
"I'm not Zhou Chen." Ning Fan's tone was cold. His eyes scanned the surroundings and walked out of the village, trying to find a way to break free from the sword intent lock.
Just as he was about to leave the village, he was suddenly pulled back by the young girl.
"Brother Chen, father said that if you join an immortal sect and become an immortal master, you will have money and power. Then, you will save me and not want me. I didn't believe it at first, but … but you …"
The young girl cried helplessly because she was heartbroken.
Her smile was just a forced smile. Who would like their lover to leave their side?
"I'm not Zhou Chen!"
Ning Fan turned his head coldly. However, when he saw the young girl's face again, his heart suddenly softened.
Seemingly in order to make Ning Fan fall into the dreamland, the young girl's appearance had also changed into Zhihe.
"Brother Chen … Don't go …" The young girl knelt on the ground and begged helplessly.
"Zhihe!" Ning Fan's eyes turned cold. He did not like it when someone schemed against his woman. Even if it was a dreamland, he would not allow it!
"Who is Zhihe? I'm not Zhihe. I'm Haitang. Mu Haitang! "The young girl stood up in anger. She was angry that Ning Fan actually called her name wrongly again.
When Zhou Chen was young, he liked to tease Mu Haitang. He often called her name wrongly on purpose to make her angry and then make her laugh.
The scenes that were happening in front of Ning Fan's eyes were all the sorrowful sword intent of Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen wanted to use his sorrowful sword intent to create an illusory dream to imprison Ning Fan's mind, making him sink into sorrow and letting thousands of swords pierce his heart.
That was the strongest sorrowful sword intent.
"No matter what, I'm still displeased that he used Zhihe in a battle of magical power. However, this is my illusory dream. Zhou Chen's sword intent should only make me dream about my Dao Companion. It's not intentional … He can't see my dream but I can see his past! From this point of view, if I break his broken dream, I will have won this sword attack of his! "
Knowing that Zhou Chen did not have the intention to scheme against Zhihe, the anger in Ning Fan's eyes diminished slightly. He gently helped Mu Haitang up.
No matter what, the current Mu Haitang was Zhihe while Ning Fan was Zhou Chen.
Even though their names were different, in Ning Fan's eyes, Zhihe was Zhihe. No one could hurt her.
Zhou Chen's broken dream ended with sorrow. His lover must have suffered an unexpected disaster, causing him to be lonely for ten thousand years. The pain would never be erased.
On one hand, Ning Fan wanted to break his broken dream, on the other hand, he could not allow Mu Haitang who had turned into Zhihe to suffer any harm.
He pulled Mu Haitang up and protected her in front of him. His eyes were filled with tenderness.
"Follow me!"
"Brother Chen, where are we going?" Mu Haitang's eyes flashed with joy when she saw that Ning Fan did not have the intention to abandon her.
"To the Chi Yue Sword Faction! It seems like Zhou Chen's experience in cultivation started from the Chi Yue Sword Faction. If you follow me, no one can hurt you! Zhihe! "
"I've told you many times. I'm Haitang, Mu Haitang!" The young lady said with displeasure. She had Zhihe's body but she carried Mu Haitang's memories.
Not long after they left the village, a great calamity suddenly befell the small village.
An old Daoist with long eyebrows at the Harmonious Spirit Realm stood in the sky, looking down on the village as if it was an ant.
"I didn't expect that Senior Brother Sect Master could actually find a disciple who cultivates the Emotional Sword Dao in this shabby village. With such a disciple, he will definitely be favored by the patriarch and his position will be even more secure. Zhou Chen! A mere young man from a mountain village dares to try and stop me from becoming the sect master? Humph! Doesn't he cultivate the Emotional Sword Dao? Doesn't he have a lover in this village? I will kill his lover and make him angry and merciless. Let's see if he can still be favored by the patriarch! "
The old Daoist with long eyebrows released his spirit sense and scanned across the village. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth.
"Where's Mu Haitang?! Where did she go? Why isn't she in the village?! "
In the past, Zhou Chen lost his lover on the day he joined the Chi Yue Sword Faction.
Ning Fan entered the dream. However, he would never allow anyone to harm Zhihe, even if that Zhihe was just an illusion and was using Mu Haitang's identity.
Even so, he would not allow anyone to hurt Zhihe. Whoever hurts her will die!
(3/5) (To be continued)
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