sbdcsierra Chapter 90: Cosplaying a Sword Immortal
Chapter 90: Cosplaying a Sword Immortal
Because it was discovered in time, Ye Keke's little idea was nipped in the bud before it could grow.
Xiaoxue sat right next to Zhou Zheng, keeping a close watch on her best friend. If her friend had any inappropriate thoughts, Xiaoxue would go up and teach her a lesson!
Zhou Zheng laughed and asked, "Does it still count?"
Xiaoxue: "Hmph! Fine, don't give it to me then, you bad woman!"
Ye Keke pleaded, "Master, could you please calculate my birth chart and give me some advice?"
Zhou Zheng: "Speak, I'll show you."
Ye Keke quickly wrote down the birth details on her phone's memo app and handed it over, including the place of birth.
Zhou Zheng also took out his phone and opened the software "Wenzhen Bazi," a special software used by Taoist priests to perform divination. He entered the birth information and clicked to perform the divination.
He glanced at it, slightly puzzled: "Ups and downs, hardships and setbacks? That shouldn't be the case. According to your destiny and the auspicious and inauspicious stars, you shouldn't encounter these things."
He looked up and glanced at the words "[Outsourced Member of the Nine Streams Sect]" above Ye Keke's head.
After some thought, repeatedly compare and eliminate or add elements from the nine schools of thought.
Zhou Zheng leaned back tactically: "The Nine Schools are truly harmful. Because you will be involved with them, you will suffer misfortune and the like. If you can stay away from the Nine Schools in the future, your life will be much smoother."
Xiaoxue was shocked and hurriedly raised her hands: "What?! You're actually a scourge from the lowlifes!"
Ye Keke was shocked: "What!? The Nine Streams Sect wants to harm me!?"
Zhou Zheng: "...You know a lot about the Nine Schools?"
Ye Keke sensed something was wrong, but still explained, "As far as I know, the Nine Streams Sect originated around 1100 AD. It is said that the real history is even longer than that, but the earliest surviving historical records begin in 1100 AD. I don't know any records before that, or only the higher-ups know them."
Zhou Zheng leaned back tactically: "Around 1100 AD? Did you know that the Nine Streams Sect was a cultivation sect?"
Ye Keke looked bewildered: "What cultivation sect? Isn't the Nine Streams Sect an ancient local organization formed by people from all walks of life? Or are they telling the truth? I've been listening to it all as mythology."
Zhou Zheng immediately launched a deduction, thoroughly investigating Ye Keke's family background: "A business family, a political marriage... No wonder she joined the Nine Streams Sect, she just joined casually since it didn't cost any money."
The Ye family does have some connection with the Nine Streams Sect, but not a very strong one; it's purely for commercial gain.
Xiaoxue swallowed hard: "Honey, can I still keep this best friend of mine?"
Zhou Zheng: "Yes, she's a good person. The problem lies with the Nine Streams Sect. They're causing trouble, which has disrupted your best friend's fate to some extent. I just didn't expect the Nine Streams Sect to have such a long history."
This is based on their recorded history starting from 1100 AD; what about the unrecorded periods? They must be even further back. Of course, it's also possible they're exaggerating and trying to embellish their story, but...
Zhu Yan was sealed around 1100 AD, and the Twelve Beast Rings last appeared in the world around that time. The Nine Streams Sect also claims to have a lineage from 1100 AD, which doesn't seem like a coincidence.
Ye Keke was dumbfounded: "So, Master, you mean I should go and persuade my dad to leave the Nine Schools?"
Zhou Zheng: "Don't back down, just keep doing what you're doing, or your whole family will get killed."
Ye Keke: "...Master, are you kidding me? This is a society governed by law. Would leaving an organization lead to such a vicious pursuit?"
Zhou Zheng took out the Mighty Dragon Sword from his storage ring, then used his object manipulation technique to suspend it in the air, looking at Ye Keke.
Ye Keke was completely dumbfounded: "Really, really cultivating immortality?"
Oh no, my dad, my mom... they're still here.
Xiaoxue breathed a sigh of relief: "Coco, you should just listen to my husband. He's incredibly resourceful and a top-tier cultivator!"
Ye Keke winked at Xiaoxue: "I also want to listen to your husband, but you won't agree."
Xiaoxue was so disgusted that she got goosebumps. In a fit of anger, she pounced on her best friend again to teach her a lesson for being greedy and eyeing the grass right next to her.
Zhou Zheng shook his head, picked up his teacup, and left, leaving the two best friends alone.
Xiaoxue is a good girl, but her best friend Ye Keke is a cunning and sly fox. She was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of yuan and then cried and asked if she could come back, completely unaware that she had chosen the wrong person.
I returned to my bedroom after a long time. It was very tidy, just like when I first moved in.
Let's examine the results of the inner demon's cultivation.
[Achievements from cultivating the inner demon Zhou Zheng: Swordsmanship Proficiency +7, Martial Arts Knowledge +15, Strength +32]
Swordsmanship Mastery 5 → 12
[Martial Arts Basics 13→28]
[Strength 13→45]
[Dragon Sword Technique Level 2 → Level 5]
【Dragon Sword Technique (Level 5): You're now at the beginner level, perfect for using your swordsmanship to bully younger people your age】
Please select your features.
[Sword Shadows: No one can resist the afterimages created by its swings]
[Dragon Sword: If you wield the Dragon Sword, your final damage will increase by 40%-60%]
Zhou Zheng stroked his chin. The inner demon's rate of growth was impressive, but still not as fast as his own. With all his buffs maxed out, he could gain 32 attribute points per hour, while the inner demon, even after much effort, only managed 3 per hour. There had been significant progress, but much room for improvement remained.
It would take the inner demon 44 hours to fully master a Qi Refining external cultivation technique. Oh, that's not bad, what more could you ask for? Most cultivators don't even reach the later stages in their entire lives.
"Choosing the Dragon Soaring Sword is a good choice, but I'm not exactly short of combat power. If I need more combat power, I can just spend two hours mastering the Dragon Soaring Sword technique."
With a blink of an eye, Zhou Zheng suddenly felt free from the burden of choice and decisively chose to enjoy the Sword Shadow first. If he was not satisfied, he could simply spend two hours cultivating the Soaring Dragon Sword Technique to perfection and obtain the Soaring Dragon Sword's special properties.
[Sword Shadow Trait Selected]
He took out the Dragon Sword from his storage ring and swung it, leaving a trail of sword shadows in the air.
"what?"
Gently reaching out to touch the sword shadow, it felt like pressing something solid; the solidity only disappeared as the sword shadow gradually dissipated.
The theory is feasible, let's begin the experiment.
Zhou Zheng tried to control the sword shadow and found that by consuming spiritual power, he could make the sword shadow move according to his thoughts, and the sword shadow had about 40% of the power of the original sword.
"Hmm? It's the same value as the final damage amplification. Does that mean Sword Shadow benefits from the final damage amplification?"
I don't quite understand the relationship between the increases yet, but!
Zhou Zheng swung the Youlong Sword in a circle, leaving behind streaks of sword shadows in mid-air that moved with his thoughts, sometimes forming an S, sometimes a B. If he actively consumed enough spiritual energy to summon enough sword shadows, these two letters could even appear simultaneously and fly out to attack the enemy.
The poor enemy is about to be killed by SB Sword Shadow; he won't even be able to close his eyes properly after death.
Zhou Zheng stroked his chin, his eyes lighting up: "It seems necessary to cultivate the Soaring Dragon Sword Technique to its maximum level. Combined with the [Soaring Dragon Sword] trait, wouldn't it be possible to possess sword shadows with 80% to 100% power?"
You could easily cosplay a sword immortal!
A powerful and handsome sword immortal!