Sword Monarch

Chapter 5 The Midnight Visitor

Guiding the qi into the body, running the meridians to absorb and refine it, in order to achieve the purpose of increasing cultivation.

This is the most basic step in cultivation.

If one couldn't even guiding qi at the very beginning, how could he improve the realm after that.

Yun Que had thought that he was blocked from the door of cultivation, but he did not expect that he would be able to draw the spirit into his body so quickly and get a first glimpse of the doorway.

The two sword talismans quickly turned into pieces and scattered all over the ground.

"Don't I have no spiritual roots? Why can I absorb sword talismans?"

Yun Que felt the subtle qi that traveled around his body and was in anxious.

The state at this moment made him think for a moment that he possessed a spiritual root.

Although Hu Tieshan was annoying, he never lied. A word carried weight, it could be seen from the other side.

Moreover, the fact that his father had never taught any cultivation techniques also side-stepped Hu Tieshan's claim.

But Yun Que's current state was exactly the same as a cultivator with a spiritual root!

"Try it."

As recorded in the Mind Techniques, Yun Que ran his body's qi in a specific direction to invoke the third sword talisman.

The sword talisman took to the air askew, circling the room, growing steadier.

"It should be qi, but..."

Yun Que stared at the tiny cracks that appeared on the sword talisman.

Only qi could catalyze the sword talisman, but the cracks on the sword talisman were signaling that the qi controlling it was not unusual.

"Why it's more like sword qi!"

The sword talisman showed signs of self-destruction before it was even attacked, even if the one given by Ma Yong was defective, it shouldn't have broken so quickly.

"Could it be because of the Nine Disasters Sword!"

Yun Que did not have many special impressions on this family heirloom, the Nine Disasters Sword. He only remembered that his father never left his body and attached great importance to that sword.

Yun Que thought at this moment.

Could the disappearing Nine Disasters Sword have formed a sword vein similar to a spiritual root in his body?

Other people relied on their meridians to cultivate, but he used his sword veins to cultivate!

The more he thought about it, the more likely it was.

Otherwise, why couldn't he feel the qi of heaven and earth, but instead the sword qi in the sword talisman!

Could it be that for future cultivation, he didn't need qi but only sword qi?

If that was the case, Yun Que felt that he would become the biggest anomaly in the cultivation world ever.

At midnight, a dark mass of shadows converged noiselessly in the corner.

If it was normal, it would have been difficult for Yun Que to discover the presence of the black shadow, since he had cultivated the first level of Qi Refining, his five senses had become much sharper and he quickly caught the strangeness in the house.

"Hehehe, congratulations to young master on your successful sword test, you will definitely have a great future when you enter the Sword Palace in the future."

The ghost servant that reappeared was still as ugly as ever.

"What is your name and what position do you hold in Hanshui City." Yun Que asked in a condensed voice.

"I serve as a centurion under the Marquis, in charge of a team of scouts, young master, just call me Old River." The ghost servant showed his teeth and laughed, becoming more and more ugly.

Yun Que guessed that the ghost servant would still appear, he quieted his mind and pursued the questions one by one.

"What exactly happened in Hanshui City, and why did my father shut down the city during the great battle back then?"

"Young master, forgive me, after I became like this, my soul was defective, I couldn't recall the truth of that year, I only remembered that we were always fighting, not stopping for a moment."

"Who are you fighting with?"

"A very formidable foe, too vague for me to remember."

Listening to the ghost servant's words, Yun Que's expression was heavy.

According to the records, five years ago, when the barbarians ravaged the northern bank of the Hanshui River, they didn't even have a hard encounter with the Hanshui City, and the Yanmen Marquis and 100,000 heavy soldiers were trapped alive by others.

Now it seemed that there was another truth.

That silent city standing on the banks of the Hanshui River. What really happened back then?

And who was the enemy?

The ghost servant's divine soul was incomplete, and he had lost a lot of his memories, and the clues he could provide were limited.

To got to the bottom of it, he had to go there in person.

But not now.

The northern bank of the Hanshui River had long been occupied by the barbarians, and the demonic beasts that surround Hanshui City were often infested, so ordinary people would die before they got to the city.

"Besides delivering the sword, did my father have any other words?"

"Marquis seemed to have said a sentence, young master, please allow me to think about it..."

Ghost servant Old River struggled to recall. His figure became darker and darker, and only after a long time did he say, "The great calamity of life and death is crossed by the sword, the remnants of the battle have been decided, and the winner is not yet divided."

Hiss!

Yun Que sucked in a mouthful of cold air.

"The remnants of the battle" must refer to the Battle of Hanshui five years ago, and the fact that "the winner is not yet divided" meant that his father was still plotting something.

As for what it meant "the great calamity of life and death is crossed by the sword", Yun Que did not have much of a clue.

But he could be sure that it had something to do with the Nine Disasters Sword.

Yun Que asked Old River again if his father had ever included the Nine Disasters Sword in his body.

Old River's answer was that he had never seen it.

It seemed that the Nine Disasters Sword was only targeting himself, and Yun Que really couldn't figure out what was so special about himself.

The candlelight wavered, and the contemplative young man moved as if he were a statue.

At some point, the window was blown open by the night breeze, spilling in the cool moonlight that filled the room.

Yun Que woke up from his musings.

When he looked up, a gray-robed Taoist man actually appeared on the opposite side.

This person had crane hair and was in high spirits, only that his eyes did not have any luster in them, making him look wooden and weird.

"Uninvited, what can I do for you, Taoist Master."

Facing the uninvited guest, Yun Que was first taken aback for a moment and instantly calmed down.

"Young Marquis, you are young and talented, and has successfully passed the Sword Trial Building test, I came all the way here to congratulate him."

The gray-robed Daoist said with a light laugh.

"Since you come to offer your congratulations, it doesn't seem appropriate to do so without gifts."

Yun Que pinched up the last sword talisman in his sleeve, and thoughts raced through his mind as he spoke.

The Daoist was not good!

No one would come in the middle of the night to say congratulations and make a ghostly appearance, this Taoist definitely didn't have good intention.

"Yes, I have prepared a great gift especially for the you."

The gray-robed Daoist sat down on the opposite side of the table in a four-legged manner and laughed, "Everlasting life, what do you think."

"I don't believe it, unless you stab yourself a few times first to confirm it. Otherwise you are cheating me. Plus trespassing into the marquis' residence, you have to be sentenced at least ten years or eight years."

"It seems that you are familiar with the law and is well versed in penalties, but the law of Country Yan can't control the head of a cultivator."

The gray-robed Daoist laughed and said, "I am the Master of Medicine Hall, known as Medicine Daoist, Chu Xi, is the disciple of me."

Although the Medicine Daoist was smiling on his face, the way he was staring at Yun Que was as if he was looking at a fine delicacy, making one feel uncomfortable.

"Your disciple is not as skilled as the others, so it's better for you to get a new one."

As he spoke, Yun Que suddenly struck out.

Whoosh!

The sword talisman flew out of his sleeve like a ray of sword light, heading straight for the Medicine Daoist's throat.

This couldn't end well, so he might get a head start.

The Medicine Taoist always wore a smile on his face and raised his hand lightly, actually using only two fingers to firmly clamp the sword talisman!

"Sick trick."

The Medicine Taoist said and exerted a slight force, and the sword talisman then split into two parts.

Not only did he clamp the sword talisman with his bare hands, but he could easily destroy it with his fingers!

Scary masters!

At that moment a gray mist suddenly appeared and enveloped the Daoist.

"Young master, go!"

The ghost servant's voice was filled with anxiety as it tried with all its might to pester the powerful enemy.

Without waiting for Yun Que to make a move, the Medicine Taoist's body flashed with streams of light, and the gray mist that the ghost servant had transformed into immediately dispersed and collapsed in all directions.

"A mere remnant of a soul, how dare you show off in front of me, you don't know your own strength."

The Medicine Taoist made a few consecutive points in the air, and Yun Que, who had just gotten up, was immediately confined in place, unable to move.

"Not bad, not bad."

The Medicine Taoist circled around Yun Que twice and nodded in satisfaction,

"Such a good flesh body in Yanmen Town. If I had known that, why would I teach that stupid Chu Xi. Very good, this body, belongs to me!"

The Medicine Taoist said.

A white light flashed from his forehead and directly drilled into Yun Que's brow.