The Birth of Sword God-Chapter 255 - 222: The Dao Ancestor’s "Gift

In front of the stone wall, a mechanical stone gate opened.

As everyone knows, Chu Huaixu is a very polite person.

After all, others see him as the heir of the Dao Ancestor, yet he doesn’t even have a place to pay respects to the spirit of the Dao Ancestor.

Today, just by looking at this word "Dao" for a short while, he has gained so much, truly moving!

How can he not feel embarrassed!

He immediately bowed and cupped his hands, performing a disciple’s salute, shamelessly affirming his identity to himself.

"Disciple of the Daoist Sect, Chu Huaixu, has now inherited your teachings and learned the ’Dao Scripture.’

"Disciple thanks the Dao Ancestor for the gift."

His Sea of Consciousness has now become more solid, and his Power of Divine Sense has increased by a full fifty percent, which fills him with great joy.

Now, Chu Huaixu clearly knows how stable his Sea of Consciousness is.

"My current Sea of Consciousness now has three layers of defense."

"The outermost layer is that half-strand of Power of Origin, which circles around the Heart Sword’s blade, seemingly being utilized by it."

Currently, Chu Huaixu does not have the strength to wield the Power of Origin; he is too weak.

But when this power was looking for a foothold, it immediately found the Heart Sword.

Originally, the Heart Sword was the outermost defense of Chu Huaixu’s Sea of Consciousness.

Now, it has suddenly become the Power of Origin.

In this way, even those with high cultivation won’t be able to harm him!

One would have to first break through the half-strand of Power of Origin’s protection, then encounter the Heart Sword, and finally his insignificant Divine Sense, which is "not worth mentioning" before the other two.

Evidently, the power contained within the word "Dao" carved by the Dao Ancestor is extremely profound.

It can evade the cultivator’s perception, making it undetectable and untraceable.

However, as this Inheritance Secret Realm is set within the Outer Sect, its difficulty shouldn’t be too high, making it suitable for Outer Sect prodigies to train.

This renders it unable to break through the protection of the Power of Origin.

Yet, the Dao Ancestor’s methods are so skillful that neither the Heart Sword nor Chu Huaixu detected anything unusual.

All of these combined turn into a "free reward."

Having received this "welcome gift," Chu Huaixu’s goodwill towards the Dao Ancestor suddenly began to soar.

Truly worthy of being a person renowned through the ages, such generosity!

Of course, he also felt that the Dao Ancestor had a touch of vanity.

"If you just appreciate the carved word ’Dao’ for the full eighty-one breaths, you get a ’small gift.’"

Isn’t this like a retired old wealthy man funding an exhibition, attracting people with free gifts?

He’s given you gifts, what can you say?

Chu Huaixu can only say: "This word ’Dao’ is carved excellently!"

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Before the stone wall, Chu Huaixu lifted his eyes for one last glance at the word ’Dao.’

In truth, he really felt that the word was carved extremely well!

Anyway, it suits his aesthetic.

He wasn’t in a hurry to move forward but checked the instance’s clearance rewards first.

The result, however, showed only a hundred thousand experience points.

Regarding the meager hundred thousand experience points, he wasn’t surprised.

"After all, it’s just an instance set in the Outer Sect, so it’s normal for the experience points to be low."

"Like in the previous Cold Pool Secret Realm, the experience points award was even more paltry, but the main gain was the Profound Celestial Fetal Breath Pill!"

"Usually, the stingier the experience points, the more this proves that the other rewards in the instance will be richer."

With this thought, Chu Huaixu couldn’t help but feel a bit more enthusiastic.

He began to quicken his pace, walking towards the stone gate.

Inside the stone gate was a long, narrow passage.

At the end of the passage, at the exit, there was a light membrane emitting a white glow, through which nothing inside could be seen.

It seemed that one just needed to pass through this light membrane to enter the next level.

"Logically speaking, this is a single-player instance."

"Once someone has entered the next level, others shouldn’t be able to enter."

"So, is this light membrane actually a restriction?" Chu Huaixu speculated.

He slowly moved forward and then stood in front of the light membrane, inspecting it closely for a moment.

Then, he tentatively raised his finger and gave it a gentle touch.

Instantly, another strand of the Power of Dao Scripture within him was absorbed.

Then, his finger passed through the light membrane.

It seemed like the fingerprint was correct.

Chu Huaixu’s face showed a relaxed smile, and he easily passed through the white light membrane into the second level.

As soon as he stepped in, he couldn’t help but frown.

Because what lay before him was—a land of remnants!

To be precise, remnants of many puppets.

This was a very spacious clearing, basically circular in shape.

The radius was estimated to be at least half a mile.

And this time, a giant Dao character was carved on this clearing!

Chu Huaixu took a few steps inside and then squatted down, picking up the arm of a puppet.

He directly cast an "Information Detection" over it to see if any useful information could be gathered.

"[Mechanical Puppet:

Combat power equivalent to an ordinary Second Realm Great Perfection Body Cultivator (adjustable)

Suitable for array combat.]"

Chu Huaixu looked at the information that surfaced, slightly surprised.

"Oh, so it’s a fellow simulating me and Xiaoxu."

He didn’t expect he was holding a remnant of a simulated Body Refiner.

He stood up and counted the number of heads.

"There are a total of nine."

But what does "adjustable" mean as indicated in the Information Detection?

With a little thought, he understood: "It should mean that its combat power can be adjusted, capable of increasing or decreasing."

"So according to this, the Big Ice Cube might already be at Second Realm Great Perfection?" Chu Huaixu speculated in his mind.

Facing nine mechanical puppets of the same realm, especially when they’re in an array, would not be easy.

Of course, the key difficulty still lies in setting up the formation.

The difference between strong and weak formations can be huge.

But since it’s left by the Dao Ancestor, it must be extraordinary.

Chu Huaixu carefully scanned the ground, and indeed found some dried bloodstains.

Mechanical puppets wouldn’t bleed, so these bloodstains must be from Han Shuangjiang.

"She’s injured." His heart tightened, and his eyes showed concern.

He immediately walked forward and even crushed a broken puppet leg along the way.

After entering the stone gate, there was indeed a small stone chamber inside.

There was almost nothing in the room except for a giant wooden barrel.

Once Chu Huaixu stepped into this stone chamber, his body started to become uncontrollable again!

Just like before when he couldn’t move his gaze away, he could only look at the character[Dao]!

He began to walk towards the wooden barrel.

Chu Huaixu did not resist deliberately.

Because this thing was obviously the reward for passing through!

"So, the Big Ice Cube did all the work, and I still got to enjoy all the benefits?" He thought to himself.

Previously, he only said he’d just have a close look, but unexpectedly, every time there was a big opportunity, he made the most of it.

Just like this, he walked to the side of the wooden barrel, and his body started to flip into the barrel.

It contained water.

To be precise, it was medicinal liquid.

It presented a color similar to decoction-made traditional Chinese medicine liquid and emitted a strong medicinal aroma.

Soon after, he sat cross-legged in the wooden barrel.

Without taking off his clothes, he just soaked inside.

Chu Huaixu immediately realized.

"Could this be the leftover bath water of the Big Ice Cube..."

He thought the possibility was very high.

So, am I soaking in the bathwater she used?

Chu Huaixu: "..."

He attempted an [Information Detection], but a string of question marks popped up.

"I get it! It’s no ordinary item! It must be something good!"

He immediately didn’t resent it anymore.

The bathwater of your own Dao mate, shouldn’t I be able to use it?

There are even people openly declaring they’d like to drink Black Widow’s bathwater!

Rounding up, it’s like having another lovers’ bath together.

Obviously, there was still medicinal power remaining in the barrel.

"This isn’t leftover dregs; it’s just that Han Shuangjiang hadn’t absorbed it all."

"But why didn’t she absorb all of it?"

"Wasn’t there enough time? Or does it have its own absorption limit?"

Chu Huaixu leaned more towards the latter.

Though it’s a single-player dungeon, Dao Ancestor is generous, I’ve experienced it deeply, he would definitely leave enough medicinal power to prevent it from being insufficient.

Now it’s good, truly "fertile water doesn’t flow to others’ fields."

"This fertile water, disciple is gladly accepting." He thought.

Not long after, Chu Huaixu felt his body starting to heat up.

Then, an intense pain struck!

He now understood why taking a medicinal bath required the body to be controlled.

It turns out, it’s to press you firmly in the barrel, not letting you leave.

The pain was indeed quite severe.

Moreover, the pain’s location was very particular.

"It’s the meridians!"

These meridians are the essential path through which Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi flows as cultivators cultivate.

The Spiritual Qi circulates through these meridians, transforming into Spiritual Power, and storing within the cultivator’s body.

At the moment, it felt like blades were stirring within those meridians.

Chu Huaixu remained expressionless, feeling nothing.

But he quickly thought of another point.

"Hiss—! Isn’t it extremely painful for Han Shuangjiang?" He wondered.

After all, this cold-faced girl is different from him and Xiaoxu. She hasn’t been practicing the "Refining Sword Formulas," so her pain threshold hasn’t increased, akin to an ordinary person.

That being the case, it’s purely endurance that sustains her.

"Alas, if that’s the case, her experience might not be less than my first night upgrading with the Refining Sword Formulas."

Back then, his pain threshold hadn’t increased, and he felt tormented beyond measure.

Time slipped away, lost in wild thoughts, he didn’t notice how long it had been.

Until his meridians no longer felt pain, he could finally move freely.

Meanwhile, a system notification sounded in Chu Huaixu’s ear.

"[Ding! Congratulations, ’Gathering Spirit’ attribute +1!]"

A hint of joy instantly appeared on his face.

"Sure enough, it’s an incredible item, able to directly grant me 1 point in ’Gathering Spirit’!"

But clearly, Chu Huaixu had already reached the absorption limit.

He pressed his hands against the wooden barrel, preparing to rise and make a cool exit.

But as he half rose up, he sat back down.

Because Chu Huaixu realized, Dao Ancestor was indeed generous and magnanimous.

There must be medicinal power in the liquid left to be absorbed!

Suddenly, struck by inspiration, he wanted to try something new.

Once sitting back down, Chu Huaixu focused his mind and intent.

The next moment, a golden imprint appeared on his forehead, and golden flames began to burn in his eyes!

Body Refining Divine Techniques, Body Ascension!

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