Chapter 340: Chu Huaixu Can Use Myriad Swords Converge? |
Near the Academy, the area had already been packed to the brim.
Over ten thousand spiritual swords had gathered here, but overall, they were distributed irregularly.
This scene was clearly different from when the Sword Sovereign previously used Myriad Swords Converge.
In the Sword Sovereign’s hands, tens of thousands of spiritual swords had formed something like a sword formation.
Not scattered and chaotic like they were now.
Xiahou Yue and the others swept out their Divine Sense, and immediately discovered that the one who had drawn ten thousand long swords tearing through the air was none other than Chu Huaixu, who was currently sitting cross-legged in meditation!
The Female State Preceptor’s eyes lit up slightly, and she stood midair, watching with great interest.
As for the cultivators gathered outside the Academy, they were still somewhat confused.
They had no idea who had caused such a shocking phenomenon!
Although the spiritual swords were scattered, they had still all been summoned, hadn’t they?
“This is someone comprehending the sword!” a low-level Sword Cultivator exclaimed.
“I never thought that one day I’d be lucky enough to witness someone comprehending Myriad Swords Converge with my own eyes!”
“This will undoubtedly be recorded in history again! In the past thousand years, only a handful of sword cultivators have mastered Myriad Swords Converge!”
“Who could possibly have such comprehension!”
Standing outside the Academy and peering inward, many of them already had a vague guess forming in their hearts.
In the sky, all the well-known cultivation powerhouses had already gathered.
And among those residing within the Academy, who had the highest talent?
That would naturally be the Xuanhuang Champion—Chu Huaixu!
Moreover, he was known as Dao Ancestor Second and had multiple experiences of borrowing swords.
“Could it be Chu Huaixu comprehending the sword?” someone couldn’t help but ask.
“I think it’s very possible!” another echoed.
Of course, quite a few people refuted this.
“I think it’s unlikely. After all, his cultivation is only at the Third Realm.”
“Exactly. A Third Realm Divine Sense can’t possibly draw this many swords—hundreds would already be outrageous, let alone tens of thousands!”
But soon, several sword cultivators stepped forward to refute them.
“You’re not sword cultivators! You simply don’t understand!”
“That’s right. After arriving here, I spoke with fellow Daoists, and I can almost confirm—it’s definitely Chu Huaixu!”
A nearby cultivator asked in confusion, “Oh? Fellow sword cultivators, what do you mean by that?”
A short sword cultivator raised his hand and pointed upward. “See that one? That’s my Life-bound Sword!”
The dozens of people around him immediately looked up.
But how could they possibly tell which sword was his among that mass?
“Ah! The green one! Do you see it?” the short sword cultivator grew anxious. “The one with the sword tassel!”
“Oh! Now we see it!” everyone replied.
Only then did the short sword cultivator say with satisfaction, “My sword may only be a mid-grade spiritual sword, but it’s top-tier among mid-grade swords!”
He first boasted about himself a bit.
Everyone stared at him eagerly. Out of curiosity, they refrained from mocking him and urged, “Fellow Daoist, don’t keep us in suspense.”
“Alright, alright!” He raised his hand to calm them. “You all know that today, the Sword Sovereign also used Myriad Swords Converge, right?”
“Yes!”
“So my sword was borrowed twice today, wasn’t it?”
“Yes!” The crowd felt he was stating the obvious.
“As a Life-bound Sword, it is connected to my heart. How could I not sense its state?” the short sword cultivator began speaking at length:
“These two times it left its sheath—they were clearly different.”
“Right now, you see the sword trembling and emitting a Sword Cry.”
“But I can sense the fear of the Sword Spirit—or rather, reverence, and submission!”
“This is completely different from when the Sword Sovereign borrowed the sword!”
“But you should know—when Chu Huaixu had his Sword Heart Breakthrough before, the surrounding spiritual swords reacted in exactly the same way!”
The short sword cultivator clapped his hands loudly. “Doesn’t that match perfectly?!”
As soon as he said this, the surrounding cultivators immediately turned to the other sword cultivators.
These sword cultivators, dressed in thin garments and standing in the fierce cold wind, first struck a pose—standing sideways, then slightly turning their heads, and finally nodding faintly.
“You don’t practice the sword—you wouldn’t understand.”
The rest of the cultivators exchanged glances.
If only one person had said this, it wouldn’t have been very convincing.
But if every sword cultivator said the same thing, then it was basically confirmed—it was Chu Huaixu.
Thus, word spread from one to ten, ten to a hundred, a hundred to a thousand…
In no time, all the cultivators gathered here reached a consensus.
“Chu Huaixu is comprehending the sword!”
“He only watched the Sword Sovereign use Myriad Swords Converge once—and he actually learned it!”
“Terrifying! This child’s talent in the Sword Dao is truly terrifying!”
At this moment, Chu Huaixu was still sitting quietly on a meditation cushion, immersed in meditation.
Under the isolation of the System, even Xiahou Yue and the others could not fully perceive him.
He knew very clearly that this was entirely because the 【Heart Sword】, after upgrading, had entered an extremely mysterious state and was displaying immense power.
This made him even more certain that his Sword Heart: Myriad Swords Return to One, as well as the Heart Sword within his Sea of Consciousness, were closely related to Myriad Swords Converge (Advanced).
High in the sky, Xiahou Yue and the others stood beside the Sword Sovereign, frowning as they looked down at the spiritual swords below.
“Is this Myriad Swords Converge? It looks like it, but also not quite,” a Guardian of the Nation said.
At their level as major cultivators, with Origin Power within them, they could see things more clearly.
This scene clearly had nothing to do with any technique.
It looked more like a large-scale phenomenon.
A super-advanced version of Chu Huaixu’s previous Sword Heart Breakthrough.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi let out a cold snort.
He glanced at the middle-aged scholar. “Why don’t you explain it to them?”
“Yes, Senior Jiang.” The middle-aged scholar remained as gentle and refined as ever.
Although he had now entered the Ninth Realm and was nearly invincible in the world, his temperament had not changed at all.
“Actually, observing this scene, I can almost conclude that what little friend Chu is comprehending right now is probably not the Dao Ancestor’s Myriad Swords Converge,” the Sword Sovereign said after a moment of hesitation, in a speculative tone.
“Hm?” Everyone was slightly stunned.
“I haven’t fully comprehended Myriad Swords Converge myself, so this is just my guess,” the middle-aged scholar said with a slightly embarrassed smile.
No one believed him.
Yeah right!
If that wasn’t Myriad Swords Converge, then what would the real one even look like?!
Seeing that no one ever believed him, the middle-aged scholar could only sigh helplessly.
He continued, “The current Chu Huaixu already has a preliminary form.”
“The path he is walking is different from the Dao Ancestor’s Myriad Swords Converge.”
“When he fully attains enlightenment, I cannot say he will definitely surpass the Dao Ancestor’s technique.”
“But it will absolutely surpass mine,” he said firmly.
Because his tone was so certain, everyone immediately understood that he wasn’t being modest.
However, to Xiahou Yue and the others, the only thought in their minds was:
“Why?”
On the other hand, those from Mirror Country of the Eastern Continent, who had more interactions with Chu Huaixu, were shocked—but not overly so.
After all, how many miracles had this kid already performed?
Cheng Yuyan looked at the gathered swords below, gently fanning himself, and smiled:
“This matter will probably spread across the entire Xuanhuang Realm soon.”
“When that time comes, even if he says he doesn’t know Myriad Swords Converge, no one will believe him—haha, hahaha!”
Time passed bit by bit.
After about half an incense stick of time, Chu Huaixu’s Spirit Embryo advancement was finally complete.
But for some reason, he felt extremely exhausted at the level of his Divine Sense, as if it had been completely overdrawn.
The moment he opened his eyes, he fainted.
And the ten thousand swords in the sky suddenly stopped hovering.
“Clatter—!”
All ten thousand spiritual swords fell to the ground!
The surrounding sword cultivators were instantly dumbfounded.
Wait—aren’t you returning them?!
Do we have to pick them up ourselves?!
The scene instantly descended into chaos.
The Moon Country major cultivators: “…”
This time, Chu Huaixu remained unconscious for a full day and night.
When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next night.
Just as he was about to get up and check his condition, Xiahou Yue’s voice came from outside:
“Champion Chu, His Majesty summons you.”
