Chapter 269: Save first
Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: VindiFan#1
Proofreader: Arya & Juicetin
[Ting]!
The System chimed.
[You’ve received one use of Deep Presence Concealment]
[Deep Presence Concealment: When you use any Presence Concealment techniques, no inner sight can ever find you]
[Duration: 3 days]
This is very useful.
After reading through, Gu Qing Shan silently put it away at the back of his mind.
He then took out the formation plate that the fish gave him, holding it in hand.
While he was about to release his spirit energy to control the formation plate, Gu Qing Shan suddenly noticed his Inventory Bag wasn’t staying still.
As he tapped his Inventory Bag, the bowl flew out and floated in the air.
The bowl then let out a golden light, emitting an audible Buddha chant.
The place around him suddenly became very solemn.
“You don’t have to use this formation plate” a voice from the bowl.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the bowl questioningly.
The bowl’s spirit continued: “That place is guarded by a few swords, but if you go there, in the end all you’ll find is a weapon spirit who doesn’t suit you”
“If that’s the case then what should I do?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
The bowl flew a circle around him, then slowly said: “Actually, there’s nothing in this world that can escape the eyes of a weapon spirit, I’ve seen very clearly everything that you’ve done”
“I’ve picked out a few heirs, but you’re the one I found most suitable”
Inside the bowl, the formation plate that led the group to the temple hall before jumped out.
“Activate this formation, we’ll leave together” the bowl said.
The formation plate flew in front of Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the formation plate in his hand, then back at the one floating in the air, unable to decide.
The two formation plates represent two very different directions.
“Where do you want to lead me?” he asked.
“The Lu Xian’s old place, since that place is secluded, others won’t be able to find it” the bowl said.
“He was once the strongest man in this world, he broke through the world barrier to travel to another”
“When the cultivators of this world was unable to beat the demons and had to ask for reinforcement from outside, they wanted to call him back”
Gu Qing Shan asked: “What are we going to do there?”
“I’ll take you to receive his bestowal, there, you’ll be able to slowly cultivate and breakthrough”
“I and the other weapon spirits will help you breakthrough faster and reach the realm that the Lu Xian achieved”
Gu Qing Shan contemplated, then asked: “How long will we be there?”
“About a year” the bowl spirit slowly answered, “rest a.s.sured, we’ve calculated, it would take that man at least another year to refine this world completely for himself”
A year!
If it takes that long…
Gu Qing Shan refused: “I wholeheartedly thank you for your good will, but I can’t go with you”
The bowl then said: “You have to go with me, all you need is a year to reach the same realm as that man, at that time, all the weapon spirits of the world will also help you”
It spoke excitedly: “At that time, you can definitely defeat him, you can definitely save this world”
“One year is too long, I’m sorry but I can’t go” Gu Qing Shan shook his head and put the floating formation plate back into the bowl.
“But why? Are you unwilling to save this world?” the bowl spirit couldn’t understand.
“The world can wait; I want to save my s.h.i.+fu first”
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan infused spirit energy into the formation plate in his hand.
The plate flowed.
A second later, Gu Qing Shan disappeared from inside the tent.
The end of magma cave.
The dark abyss.
A place where eyesight and inner sight are both equally useless.
Gu Qing Shan stood at the edge of the chasm, activating the formation plate to call the two swords and the fish.
A few moments of wait.
A sword suddenly appeared from the darkness, followed by another one.
Then finally the fish also appeared.
It seems to be in much better spirits than before, swimming around Gu Qing Shan in a friendly manner.
“You didn’t think I’d actually return? Isn’t that obvious, I have to return” Gu Qing Shan smiled and replied.
“…Hm, I’ve prepared myself”
“Polite? Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to be polite”
After saying that, Gu Qing Shan saw the fish turning back to look at the two swords.
Half of the damaged sword was actually flat, and now that he got a closer look, he realized the sword he rescued at the lava lake is also half-flat.
At this moment, the two swords stuck together, slowly merging into a single sword.
The fish swam around the sword once, then headed inside, turning into two mystical ancient characters that carved itself into the hilt of the sword.
The two characters s.h.i.+ned, quickly combined into the hilt, as if it was meant to be there.
The sword fell down into Gu Qing Shan’s hand.
A few glowing lines of text appeared on the War G.o.d UI.
[An ancient sword, once called Chao Yin (damaged)]
[In the Age of Old, Shen Wu world was once an endless ocean. When the Divinities left, they forged this sword to anchor the four corners of the ocean]
[He who holds this sword is hailed as the king of the seas]
[Having been through countless years, this sword is now damaged, you must fully repair it to be able to demonstrate its power]
Only those simple words, no excess information and no Skills.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the sword in surprise, asking: “You are —–Chao Yin?”
The sword shook a little, then suddenly let out a stream of light, piercing through the dark abyss and brought Gu Qing Shan with it towards the bottom of the abyss.
The light enveloped Gu Qing Shan closely, protecting him from harm.
After a while, both Gu Qing Shan and the sword arrived at the very bottom of the abyss.
This place was hard and solid, there was nothing here to see.
The only thing around here was sword qi, a frightening amount of sword qi, enough to suffocate.
It’s a good thing that Gu Qing Shan has an understanding of the sword surpa.s.sing that of a Sword Saint, otherwise the sword qi here could’ve even severed his thoughts.
If that happened, he would’ve become a literal r.e.t.a.r.d that was unable to think.
With Chao Yin sword in his hand, he was brought to a secluded place in the abyss.
There was a small cave blocked by a large magma rock boulder, hidden from view.
Chao Yin sword brought Gu Qing Shan here and went silent.
“There’s someone coming?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
The sword slightly tilted its hilt.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly thought of the cultivators wearing large brim hats from before.
After a bit of thinking, Gu Qing Shan made the hand seal for the Super Presence Concealment Script.
[Ting]!
[Deep Presence Concealment is in effect, while your presence if concealed, all signs of your existence will be unable to be felt or searched out, unless you’re seen by the other party]
Gu Qing Shan found a couple more rocks, completely sealed off himself and silently waited for what happens next.
A few moments later, the sound of a lot of something flying here from afar was heard.
“Be a bit quicker!”
A strict male voice shouted.
The sound of about 7-8 people landing.
Then the cultivators wearing large brim hats appeared at the bottom of this abyss, all of them were carrying swords with them.
They formed a circle, then pierced a sword into the ground.
“Now, open this place up so we can look at what’s inside” the strict voice ordered.
The sword shook lightly, letting out the sound of metal screaming.
The strict voice continued: “Stop struggling, this is a secret technique that our young master paid a great price to get, specifically devised to deal with you weapon spirits”
“You can live if you’ll cooperate, but if you dare to struggle any further, we’ll activate the secret technique and kill your sentience!”
Hearing that, the sword became tame.
Shortly after, an ‘ong ong’ sound began to rang out from the ground.
The ground itself was opening up.
“Right, that’s a good boy” the strict voice spoke satisfyingly.
After a while of rumbling, the earth was covered in cracks, then the sword suddenly fell into the largest crack.
“Hak hak, want to run? Try out my tool control technique ——-“
In the very next moment, the voice became frightened: “What is this!?”
An intense rumbling filled the entire bottom of the abyss.
And then, all the rumbling suddenly stopped after cries and screams of pain.
Despite hiding in the cave, Gu Qing Shan was struck dizzy by the intense rumbling.
He closed his eyes, and leaned on the rock wall behind, letting the wind screamed like wolves and demons as it pa.s.sed through the cracks.
The sound of the wind screaming and crying didn’t stop for a few dozen seconds later.
After waiting for a bit more, he finally stood up and went outside to check.
The middle of the area was completely empty.
Every one of them had disappeared, not leaving a single drop of blood left.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and shook his head.
The scene just now was too humbling.
When the earth broke open, an endless sea of swords appeared in their eyes.
Millions of swords were screeching at the same time, the sword qi that was produced can instantly kill any living beings caught inside.
Gu Qing Shan looked around, couldn’t believe that this entire place was nothing but a small entrance to the sea of swords below.
Chao Yin sword flew up and stabbed itself into the ground in front of Gu Qing Shan.
“You want to lead me down?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
Chao Yin sword let out a ‘wu wu’ sound.
“Alright then” Gu Qing Shan replied.
When the took the sword, a light slowly enveloped him.
The ground broke open again.
This time, Chao Yin sword slowly descended, bring him above the sea of swords.
And Chao Yin sword let out a large cry first before everything else.
Thanks to that, all the swords inside the sea of swords kept silent.
Chao Yin sword began to lead Gu Qing Shan down.
Right away a few swords couldn’t help but start shaking.
Chao Yin sword once again let out a ‘wu wu’ sound.
See that, Gu Qing Shan also chimed in: “That’s right, I’m not the invaders from that world, I’m someone who fights against them”
As soon as he said so, a series of clanging noise rang out as the sword started to make way for him.
A path opened up for Gu Qing Shan.
“Thank you, thank you” Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist and said.
Chao Yin sword brought Gu Qing Shan and flew all the way downward.
Wherever they went, all the swords around made way for them, allowing them to go deep inside the sea of swords.
Looking around, Gu Qing Shan saw nothing but swords emitting sharp sword qi.
Some of the swords were still dimly glowing, others seem damaged beyond repair, and there were even a few that still had blood on them.
As if all the swords of this world has gathered here to hide.
They remained here, remained silent, even when they stood there and did nothing, they were still letting out a stifled sense of loss.
On the way, after seeing all this, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask: “Why are all these swords here?”
Chao Yin sword shook a little.
“…Their masters have all died? They have nowhere else to go?” Gu Qing Shan sighed.
Strictly speaking, the special existences that are weapon spirits needs to be constantly nurtured by their master’s inner sight to grow.
Humans as the essence of all things, as a cultivator’s strength increases, so does their soul vessel.
But if a spirit wanted to keep evolving and grow, they need to link themselves with a cultivator’s soul vessel, allowing the soul vessel feedback to nurture them, giving them more sentience and will over time.
All the sword cultivator of this sword is already dead.
And so these sword spirits have lost their place to be, they had no choice but to stay silent as time pa.s.sed by uselessly, surviving as the hopeless future comes.
All that awaits them is eternal loneliness