Chapter 197

Chapter 197: Heaven Severing Blade, Heaven Slaying Codex

Wu Ling Chuan drew a deep breath and tried to explain, his voice steady but tense: “Master, I truly did not do it on purpose. Qing Yu has suffered so much outside. I only want to care for her. How could I try to hurt her on purpose?”

Ye Zhao Zhao hurried to add with gentle support: “Second Senior Brother is really good to me.”

Yan Zhong He did not believe it. He gave a short laugh and said: “Put Qing Yu’s matter aside for now. What is going on with your cultivation? My disciple cannot be a waste. Wu Ling Chuan, you are said to be Tyrant Blade Sect’s most gifted disciple. If you cannot even break through to the Divine Transformation Stage, it is not only your shame. As your master, I will also lose face.”

Wu Ling Chuan said in alarm: “Master, I… I don’t know what is wrong. I have not been lazy with my training, but…”

“Enough,” Yan Zhong He barked. “You spend your energy squeezing out Qing Yu. How could you have any focus left for cultivation?”

Wu Ling Chuan’s face went ashen. He could not find words to defend himself.

[This really isn’t normal. I was close to the Divine Transformation Stage. My soul was already showing faint signs of change. I planned to break through within a month. But after Fang Qing Yu returned, my cultivation suddenly stalled. After a pause, it even began to slip backward. This is so strange.]

He clenched his jaw and said with resolve: “Master, I will train hard and strive to break through to the Divine Transformation Stage soon.”

“It had better be so,” Yan Zhong He said coldly. “On this trip to Sword Sect, I want you to make every Nascent Soul Stage disciple of Sword Sect lose their courage. Wu Ling Chuan, can you do that?”

Without hesitating, Wu Ling Chuan answered: “Disciple can.”

“This is your last chance,” Yan Zhong He said, still expressionless.

If Wu Ling Chuan were not a rare, top-grade lightning Variant Spiritual Root with shocking talent, Yan Zhong He would have given up on him the moment he pushed Fang Qing Yu into the cold pool.

Wu Ling Chuan only nodded in silence. [This time at Sword Sect, I will make Master see me in a new light.]

“Cong Xin, you are at Golden Core Stage,” Yan Zhong He said to his Third Disciple. “The Golden Core Stage disciples of Sword Sect are your prey.”

Cong Xin answered at once: “I will not fail my mission.”

Yan Zhong He looked over all three and nodded with satisfaction: “You are all my disciples. This time, I want you three to suppress Sword Sect’s entire younger generation. Only remember this: fight without fear. As long as you do not kill them, even if you cripple them, I will take all the consequences.”

All three disciples agreed in unison.

Ye Zhao Zhao’s eyes shone.

Just now, Wu Ling Chuan had given her another 500 points of negative emotion. [Changing the host for the parasite was absolutely the right move.]

She asked in her mind, cautious but curious: [System, if Yan Zhong He is this confident, are these three really that strong?]

The system laughed coldly in her head and replied: [Strong? These three already have their futures ruined. In fact, the entire younger generation of Tyrant Blade Sect has been ruined.]

Ye Zhao Zhao froze, then quickly asked: [What do you mean?]

The system said: [Tyrant Blade Sect rose because fifty years ago, Yan Zhong He stumbled upon two mysterious cultivation methods. I once thought they might be supreme arts. But judging from how they train, I can confirm the arts are the Heaven Slaying Codex and the Heaven Severing Blade.]

Ye Zhao Zhao frowned and asked: [Those two sound powerful, don’t they?]

The system sneered and said: [Do you know what the Heaven Slaying Codex slays, and what the Heaven Severing Blade severs? The Heaven Slaying Codex slays your future Dao. The Heaven Severing Blade cuts off the road ahead. These two were crafted by old monsters to train death soldiers. If someone learns both, their cultivation speed rises fast and their blade arts become fearsome. But the price is this: they burn up their future potential and cut off the path to the true peak.]

The system continued, calm and cold: [Nearly all the young disciples of Tyrant Blade Sect have trained these two, and for quite some time. Before the Integration Stage, you cannot see the problem. In fact, they advance faster than before. But almost none of them will ever reach the Integration Stage.]

[This entire generation of Tyrant Blade Sect disciples is finished.]

Ye Zhao Zhao glanced at the smug Yan Zhong He and felt a shiver in her heart. Yan Zhong He thought he had found peerless methods, yet he had destroyed the sect’s young blood.

The system added in an even tone: [It is not only the young ones. People like Yan Zhong He did not switch to the Heaven Slaying Codex, but they do practice the Heaven Severing Blade. Practicing only one lessens the damage, but it still overdraws their future. For the whole Tyrant Blade Sect, the road to the Great Dao is already broken.]

Ye Zhao Zhao could not help worrying as she asked: [Then what do we do?] She had thought she was holding a strong thigh, but it turned out to be a sinking ship.

The system answered with cool indifference: [We? What does this have to do with us? They will not notice the problem for a while. In three years, at the sect grand competition, with these fast-track methods, they will likely knock Sword Sect down. When Tyrant Blade Sect becomes a top-six sect, many resources will flow in. As the Sect Master’s daughter, you will profit a lot. Decades later, when they realize what went wrong, you will already be powerful with my help. Then we drain Tyrant Blade Sect’s fate and find a new host.]

Hearing that, Ye Zhao Zhao calmed down at once. Her eyes brightened. Even though she now knew the two arts were a trap, they were still very powerful in the short term. [This time, Ren Gu and the other two will sweep Sword Sect.]

But a new worry rose: [If Wu Ling Chuan regains his confidence during battle, that would be bad for me. I need to follow along and keep an eye on him.]

She also looked forward to another scene: [When Li Shuang learns I am the Sect Master’s true daughter with high status, how jealous and resentful will she be?] The thought made her hands tremble with excitement.

She lifted her face and asked with a bright, eager look: “Master, could you take me with you to Sword Sect this time?”