Chapter 105: Chapter 100: Rebellious Disciple?

Chu Huaixu died very peacefully.

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In this incredibly realistic dream, he was about to pass through the fog in front of him, see the appearance of the woman, and then ravage her fiercely to avenge the grudge of the sword just now!

The next moment, a flash of sword light, and he was swallowed by it again, directly turned to dust and cut into remnants.

In an instant, he died.

There was no time to react, let alone resist.

Her sword was too fast!

It was obviously just a casual sword, yet it had such power.

That suffocating feeling on a soul level hit again, making Chu Huaixu feel like he was truly dead.

Then, he came alive again, standing back in the same place as before.

Chu Huaixu kept on… dying and coming back to life?

This was clearly his own dream.

But he was not like the ruler of the dream.

He already realized he was dreaming, and logically, he should have supreme power like a creator!

Logically, as long as he wished, he could do anything to this woman.

But in the dream, he was merely a First Realm cultivator.

And the dead woman opposite?

She was terrifyingly strong, so strong it defied heaven!

Between the two, there seemed to be a chasm!

Every swing of the sword, Chu Huaixu felt the sword light could destroy the world.

And he was just incidentally reduced to ash.

After repeating this ten times, he returned to the starting point, still standing in the same place.

But the dense fog and the woman before him were gone.

Chu Huaixu found himself in a blank space, gasping for breath.

His current state was indeed very poor.

Because each time he turned to ash, it was so real.

—Between life and death, there is great fear!

In such a short time, he was crushed ten times in a row, yet still couldn’t see life and death lightly, and still felt lingering fear!

“Why is this happening?” Chu Huaixu didn’t understand.

“Am I really dreaming?”

He began to sink into deep doubt.

At this moment, given his character, he naturally harbored resentment towards the woman in the fog, hating her to the core.

If this was indeed a drunken dream, he would definitely retaliate madly, determined to make this woman’s life unbearable.

“If I had the power, I certainly wouldn’t just kill her with one sword, I’d slowly torture her!”

“I’m so angry, she killed me ten times in a row!”

He sat dejectedly in the blank space, then looked around, puzzled.

Chu Huaixu was sure that after drinking the spirit wine sent by Loli Elder, he was definitely drunk.

Moreover, this wine was very nourishing, seemingly carrying many effects that men dream of.

But why, after getting drunk, was it like this?

“Have I practiced too much with the ’Refining Sword Formulas’ and ’Dao Scripture’, twisting my own habits?” Chu Huaixu completely didn’t believe it.

So, there’s only one explanation.

“Someone with high cultivation has used some means on me!”

At this moment, he seemed like he could do nothing, as if trapped here.

In addition, Chu Huaixu was indeed mentally exhausted, so he simply closed his eyes to rest.

His mind entered a rather chaotic state, and he wasn’t sure if this counted as falling asleep.

Time passed, and Chu Huaixu didn’t know exactly how long had gone by.

But suddenly, he opened his eyes!

Because that familiar terrifying feeling had returned!

At this moment, as Chu Huaixu opened his eyes, he saw the dense fog in front of him.

The tall woman, holding a long sword, appeared once again in the middle of the fog.

“Wait a minute!” he shouted.

The sword light engulfed him, and he didn’t even have time to curse.

Just like before, Chu Huaixu was killed ten times in a row.

When he found himself once again in the empty space, he was breathing even harder than before.

The mental drain was enormous.

This made him feel a bit incredible.

“If this is my mental world, then it should be… in the Sea of Consciousness!”

“The problem is, if it’s in the Sea of Consciousness, then I should be with ’Sword Heart Clarity’!”

“I am ’Spiritual Embryo: Heart Sword’!”

“I am ’Sword slashing the body, heart slashing the soul’!”

“What on earth is this dead woman, being able to mess with me in this situation!”

Chu Huaixu’s thinking seemed to become sluggish because there were too many times of “turning to ash”.

He was too tired, too exhausted.

To the point where he didn’t even have the energy to curse, and fell into an extremely chaotic state again.

At sunrise, the morning sunlight shone into the bamboo house.

Covered in cold sweat, Chu Huaixu suddenly woke up from the bed, as if he had experienced a nightmare of immense torment.

He took deep breaths, then lifted the blanket and looked at his body.

He was utterly confused.

“How could it be that the body and consciousness are in completely different states?”

At this moment, Chu Huaixu’s body was still in the state of spirit wine’s effects.

But his spirit, energy, and vigor were depleted to the extreme.

In that blank space, he was engulfed by sword light forty times in total!

Every ten times before the last would give him time to catch his breath, but the final ten times forced him to wake up from his bed.

Chu Huaixu opened the system interface to check the time.

“Three hours have passed?” he estimated.

After taking a deep breath, he began searching for some clues through the system interface.

After exiting that bizarre space, Chu Huaixu’s mind was no longer so sluggish.

In his heart, he actually had some vague suspicions.

In terms of suspiciousness, Chu Yinyin was the most suspicious, after all, she came to the bamboo house last night.

But in reality, Chu Huaixu excluded her first.

The reason was simple; he thought his second master was a bit weak and couldn’t achieve such a level.

Soon after, Chu Huaixu got the answer in the task interface.

“It was her, indeed!”

“Unbelievable, I didn’t even hear the system notification sound? Or was it because I was too drunk to notice at first?”

At this moment, there was an additional long-term task in his task list.

This task was named—[Shen Man’s Sword Domain Trial]!

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The [Sword Domain], is something that only a Seventh Realm sword cultivator might cultivate!

In the Profound Yellow Realm, the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth realms undergo qualitative changes.

The First Realm is easily understood, with the opening of the Spiritual Embryo Secret Collection, and the body beginning to store spiritual power.

The outstanding ones among the Third Realm cultivators have the chance to comprehend——[Mental Realm]!

For sword cultivators, what is produced is the so-called sword intent.

Among those who produce sword intent, the outstanding ones have a probability of developing a sword heart!

The Fifth Realm is known as the Realm of the Great Cultivator, partly because the overall strength sees a qualitative leap, much stronger than the Fourth Realm, and they begin to fly in the sky.

On the other hand, some of the Fifth Realm great cultivators awaken the [Spiritual Embryo Divine Techniques].

As for the Seventh Realm, its strength lies in the [Domain].

Chu Huaixu came to understand why, despite his own [Sword Heart Clarity], he was so thoroughly defeated in a place like a consciousness space.

The answer is simple, because the opponent also has Sword Heart Clarity.

A Seventh Realm who possesses a sword domain and Sword Heart Clarity!

She is recognized in the Profound Yellow Realm as the strongest Seventh Realm!

“So, is this the trial my future master deliberately set up for me?” thought Chu Huaixu.

“Is she trying to repeatedly show me the mysteries of the sword domain, hoping to trigger some enlightenment in me?” he guessed whimsically.

“No! Are you really teaching your disciple by killing them?” Chu Huaixu felt a mix of amusement and frustration.

He even thought of a pun in his mind.

“Is this really a sword domain, or a prison tormenting me?”

He recalled the silhouette he saw in the Purple Bamboo Forest.

For some reason, he felt that his master wasn’t that kind of person.

“But why train me like this?” he was puzzled.

The sensation of dying each time was too real.

It’s strange; you clearly know you won’t actually die, yet still feel greatly disturbed.

In one night’s time, going through it forty times in succession, he didn’t become accustomed to it! He only felt the mental torture accumulating!

The most despairing thing for Chu Huaixu was this long-term task with a duration of 30 days!

He doesn’t need to take the initiative; as long as he survives 30 days, the task will be completed.

“But the premise is to hold on, not to let yourself collapse,” he thought.

The reason he speculated that Shen Man wanted him to gain some enlightenment in the dream is because the task reward given by the system is 1 point of [comprehension]!

System-designed rewards usually have reason and a discernible pattern.

In addition, this task also has a rating system.

If Chu Huaixu manages to get a Level A rating, he can also comprehend [sword intent]!

“Such a reward is truly enticing,” he was incredibly tempted.

Sword intent is something that only outstanding Third Realm sword cultivators can comprehend.

It’s the prerequisite for developing a sword heart.

Chu Huaixu had previously thought that his [Sword Heart Clarity] was a Spiritual Embryo Divine Technique, the power contained within a small black sword.

So, is it possible for me to develop a sword heart on my own?

At this thought, his heart began to race.

“But the question is, how do I get a Level A rating?”

“Every time, I’m instantly killed, annihilated in a flash.”

Chu Huaixu was momentarily lost.

At the same time, he also found it somewhat amusing.

Because in his dreams, he did have a lot of inappropriate thoughts about the woman in the dream.

Chu Huaixu didn’t feel ashamed about having such dreams.

Because this sort of thing can happen to both men and women, it’s a matter of biological instinct, human nature.

If there’s a specific person in your dream, then you should reflect on whether you actually have feelings for this person.

But often, such dreams don’t necessarily have a specific person involved.

Crudely speaking, many people shout obscenities, but they don’t really mean it about the person involved; these words aren’t meant literally.

Similarly, those dreams are just dreams, indicating youthful energy.

At first, Chu Huaixu didn’t think the woman in the mist was anyone specific.

Now that he knows who she is, he won’t entertain any improper thoughts about her.

After all, that day in the Purple Bamboo Forest, he didn’t even see Shen Man’s true appearance, hadn’t even seen her face with his own eyes.

Chu Huaixu was even somewhat relieved at this moment, glad that he was instantly defeated, glad he didn’t have the ability to do anything improper.

“Can’t really turn into a disciple with inappropriate thoughts towards their master, can I?” Chu Huaixu mused.

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