Chapter 4011: Secret Of The Grass Sword
Translator: ImmortalEmperorBao
Xu Yiyun was stunned to receive the sword. It was indeed very important but she never had a chance of making enough money to buy it, at least in a short period.
âYoung Noble, my fee isnât this high.â She didnât dare to accept it.
Though the sword wasnât a dao lord weapon, it was still worth 210,000 Golden Sovereign Refined Jades. She found it expensive despite being a member of the ten sword prodigies. She thought that she had done nothing warranting this payment.
In reality, this gift was just outrageous. Even the geniuses from Sea Emperor wouldnât enjoy this treatment.
âTake it, consider it a fortune.â Li Qiye waved his hand.
She composed herself and bowed deeply: âI will not forget your kindness today, Young Noble.â
She was fully aware that this being âpaymentâ was only an excuse. He simply wanted to give her the sword.
However, they didnât know each other and their relationship was shallow at best. Thus, she was both grateful and confused regarding his generosity.
She gently touched the sword and felt a rough feeling. It wasnât sharp either like in her imagination. All in all, she didnât understand it yet but intuition told her that there were ties between the two.
âDo you know whatâs special about this sword?â Li Qiye asked.
âI do not, itâs just that I was instantly captivated by it at first glance. I feel that thereâs something similar between us.â She shook her head.
âThat is indeed the case but to be exact, it has a similar source as your clanâs Eight-strike Sword Law.â
âReally?â She didnât expect this. She attributed her strange feeling to fate, not something specific.
After all, this sword law was passed down by their matriarch. She left afterward and the descendants had no idea of where she went. Legend has it that she resided in an immortal realm.
âYour Eight-strike Sword Law is derived from the Grass Sword Attacking Immortal Law.â Li Qiye said: âBoth belong to an ancient type of cultivation. In the present, techniques and merit laws along with mantras arenât as distinctive. This wasnât the case for the previous epoch. Techniques were techniques, mantras were mantras. There was no confusing them.â
âWhat your ancestor did was fusing a sword technique together with a mantra, resulting in the Eight-strike Sword Law.â He went on to say.
âIn fact, this was rather clever. The fusion allowed for harmonization and simplicity, itâs a good merit law for cultivation.â He paused for a bit after the praise: âBut, the flaws are obvious as well. Your ancestorâs innate abilities were limited and couldnât fully reach the limit when deriving the sword technique. It couldnât take the next step forward and turn into an impressive sword dao. Or perhaps she had other reasons to not fully pass down the real version and changed it to the Eight-strike Sword Law instead.â
âHow are you so familiar with our technique, Young Noble?â She asked. As a member of the Xu, she practiced this technique before but didnât know as much about its origin as Li Qiye. He seemed to know it like the palm of his hand.
âOur ancestor, the matriarch, is a supreme fairy capable of injuring immortals. Itâs just that we descendants are foolish and canât even understand one-tenth of her legacy.â She couldnât help but add.
For the Xu, their matriarch was virtually their founder. Without her guidance, they might have disappeared long ago. After all, a mortal clan didnât last that long. Several centuries were already impressive enough.
Thus, they had nothing but pride for their matriarch. Moreover, she was rumored to come from an immortal paradise as well. Therefore, Li Qiyeâs evaluation wasnât well-received. Yiyun had to defend the matriarch.
âStriker Heavenly Sovereign was unstoppable using the eight strikes.â Lu Qi was more impressed with the Xuâs technique than Li Qiye. The sovereign named Striker swept through Eight Desolaces in the past using this technique.
âWeâre so incapable.â Yiyun smiled wryly. Putting the matriarchâs abilities aside, just their Striker Heavenly Sovereign displayed the potential of the sword technique. Itâs just that no one else in the clan could do the same thing.
âIf you can comprehend this grass sword, youâll be just like your matriarch, capable of using a supreme sword technique.â Li Qiye smiled.
âWhatâ¦?â Yiyun trembled after hearing this.
Their matriarch wasnât a dao lord but in their heart, she was a supreme character. Yiyun never thought about reaching the same height. Her greatest aspiration was simple - being strong enough to revitalize the clan.
âAre you saying that I can obtain the Grass Sword Attacking Immortal Law?â Yiyun said in disbelief.
âEverything is possible through effort.â He said flatly.
She glanced down at the grass sword and didnât know where to start.
âFine, Iâll help you out again.â Li Qiye shook his head and took the sword then peeled it.
It was made from individual blades of grass bundled together in a complex manner. However, the bundling method eluded Yiyun and even Lu Qi. They couldn't see where the knots were or how to start the process. The entire blade looked to be one piece. They couldnât disassemble it without cutting through the grass.
On the other hand, Li Qiye easily disassembled it in no time at all. Strangely enough, this didnât leave a tangled mess. The individual grass seemed to be alive and started floating in the air.
âWatch carefully now.â He then touched her forehead with one finger.
She felt her heavenly gaze being activated by him and her eyes became resplendent. Her awareness reached the next level and she was able to see something else.
She felt as if she was in the center of the universe, being as insignificant as a speck of dust. The stars around her flashed rhythmically, appearing to be characters of a grand dao.
A supreme chapter containing a supreme sword dao opened before her. She immediately became immersed in this learning process.