Chapter 337: Chapter 299: Female State Preceptor

Chu Huaixu sat on the meditation cushion, and only after his breath stabilized did he slowly rise.

Outside the room, Chu Yinyin’s voice was heard.

“Chu Huaixu, I’m coming in!”

She seemed to have been waiting outside for a while, perhaps to protect him during his cultivation.

“Second Master, come in.”

As a result, when the door opened, behind the round-faced young girl stood the voluptuous beauty Nangong Yue, and the plain-looking Jiang Zhi.

As soon as Chu Yinyin entered, she circled Chu Huaixu.

Her big, twinkling eyes were full of curiosity.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, every time you break through, even my [Reunion Joy] reacts.”

“I suspect it might be lured away by you.”

They all found Chu Huaixu’s path in the Sword Dao quite peculiar, and somewhat… inexplicable?

Clearly, he was swordless, yet he seemed able to connect with every sword in the world.

Even swords with masters were no exception.

What was this domineering Sword Cultivator’s forced love?

And he was walking the path of betrayal…

At this moment, Chu Huaixu humbly said, “It’s only during breakthroughs that this happens; how could I forcibly command the Second Master’s sword in everyday life?”

As he spoke this way, his gaze glanced at [Reunion Joy], already planning a series of smooth moves with it in his mind.

Based on his own personal conjecture, the terrifying scene of Ten Thousand Swords Unite he achieved earlier in the Dao Ancestor Secret Realm was due to the Dao Ancestor’s assistance.

Now, the swords that can be “triggered” by him rely entirely on his own ability.

Therefore, Chu Huaixu estimated that all these swords should be… ones that can be borrowed!

“Second Master’s [Reunion Joy] is probably no exception.”

However, these swords of Great Cultivators might have a lower compatibility when borrowed compared to Big Ice Cube’s [Zhegu Heaven].

To put it plainly, Chu Huaixu at this moment is sort of like… a seducer among swords?

These powerful swords, when bewitched by him, would still have inner thoughts and struggles.

They might feel excited in his hands, but every so often they’d remember their true master…

In certain specific scenarios, this actually adds a bit of charm, possibly increasing attack speed and critical hits.

But during combat with others, it’s a flaw, a weakness!

At this point, Jiang Zhi looked at Chu Huaixu and asked, “How do you feel after the breakthrough?”

Chu Huaixu thought about it and didn’t hide anything.

“Actually, there isn’t any special feeling, but, Ancestor, I seem to have sensed a very special sword.”

“Oh? Tell me about it.” Jiang Zhi’s curiosity also piqued.

The round-faced young girl beside him perked up her ears.

Nangong Yue, on the other hand, had been somewhat distracted since entering the room. This Artifact Refining Grandmaster was occupied with observing Chu Huaixu, completely immersed, so much so that she became a bit absent-minded.

“Ancestor, Second Masters, is the core of the Imperial Capital’s City Protection Grand Array a sword?” Chu Huaixu asked.

This question made the three high-ranking Daoist Sect members pause.

After exchanging glances, Chu Yinyin, who couldn’t keep things bottled up, said, “Huh? Is the core of the Imperial Capital’s array a sword?”

Chu Huaixu understood: “So even they don’t know!”

This made him realize that he might have uncovered some major secret of the Moon Country royal family.

The gentle Nangong Yue spoke, “The senior brother did mention before that the Moon Country Capital’s City Protection Grand Array is the greatest array in the world.”

“Is it really that incredible?” Chu Huaixu was startled.

Nangong Yue nodded, adding, “But the senior brother also mentioned that the reason it’s so powerful is because the capital is the groundwork of the country’s fate, integrating it into the array to wield such power.”

“In terms of the array itself, actually, the Imperial Capital’s City Protection Grand Array is inferior to our Daoist Sect’s Mountain Protection Array, especially since it was personally established by the Dao Ancestor.”

At this point, Jiang Zhi couldn’t help but slightly frown, beginning to ponder.

Seeing him in this thoughtful pose, Chu Huaixu couldn’t help but joke to himself, “Ancestor, don’t ponder yet; when you think, the whole world gets scared.”

This Daoist Junior Martial Uncle is the most formidable when he’s not using his brain; whenever he’s got Wisdom Pearl in hand, it’s a laughing matter instead.

Yet this time, it was a bit unexpected.

“Since Lu Pan mentioned that this Imperial Capital array is strong due to the country’s fate blessing it, and you sensed the core was a sword, then it’s highly possible that the Moon Country’s national fate highly condenses on this sword!”

“This reminds me that the Founding Emperor of the Moon Country was a Sword Cultivator, and in that era, his cultivation was even stronger than that generation’s Sword Venerable.”

“His accompanying sword was called the National Guardian Sword by the Moon Country people.”

“But oddly enough, this sword wasn’t passed down; it hasn’t been seen in these hundreds of years.”

Upon hearing this, Chu Huaixu was briefly stunned.

Because, as mentioned earlier, he personally hypothesized that as long as he could sense a sword, then this sword could be… borrowed!

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After chatting with Chu Huaixu for a while, the three Daoist high-ranking members left his room.

They all felt rather emotional.

“How long has it been since he condensed his Sword Heart?”

“If previously condensing the Sword Heart was aided by the Daoist Ancestor Secret Realm, then now that the Sword Heart has reached Minor Success, it’s all due to his own efforts.”

Even Jiang Zhi now felt, having such a disciple-grandson was truly delightful!

This old thing just had a “realization.”

After the elders of the sect left, Chu Huaixu glanced at his Character Panel.

“Only over three hundred thousand Experience Points left again.”

With this thought, he waved his hand, retrieving a blood-colored crystal necklace from the Storage Token.

“There’s three days until the East and West Continent Competition; during this time I’ll continue sparring with Big Ice Cube and Xiaoxu. Once they participate, I’ll have nothing to do, then I’ll head to the Emperor’s Pool,” Chu Huaixu mused.

He found the previous rounds of the competition too simple and didn’t bother watching.

Luckily, he had privileges as the Profound Yellow Leader.

Otherwise, he might have had to use the Gibberish Eight Trigrams Palm again in earlier rounds, relying on the Eight Desolates Roaming Dragon to defeat opponents effortlessly.

The east brightened, and the sky gradually lit up.

Within the Moon Country Capital, there was a giant stone building.

It was built entirely from black stones, and from afar, it resembled… a huge coffin.

This place was actually the famed Emperor’s Pool of the Moon Country.

The Emperor’s Pool was housed within this massive stone structure.

The Moon Country players of “Borrowed Sword” affectionately called it: Coffin Bathhouse.

Players called it that because the Emperor’s Pool wasn’t just a single pool.

It truly resembled a large bathhouse, with several pools inside, each bubbling with steam.

To be precise, there were ten pools within the Emperor’s Pool.

The first nine pools were for tempering, able to enhance one’s cultivation.

Those entering the Emperor’s Pool must soak in each pool sequentially.

If one immerses in the wrong order, the absorption sequence of the contained energy becomes incorrect, making it easy to become Fallen into Demon.

The most precious thing, the Emperor’s Divine Thought, was said to reside in the tenth pool.

Legend has it, when the founding Emperor of the Moon Country passed away, he divided his Divine Soul into ten strands, merging them into the Emperor’s Pool to protect the Moon Country.

Every generation of Moon Country Emperor, before ascending the throne, had to visit the Emperor’s Pool and soak in the tenth pool.

Then, they would receive a strand of the Emperor’s Divine Thought, symbolizing the Royal Family Elder’s recognition, after which they could ascend the throne.

In other words, there are ten strands of Divine Thought, with His Majesty the Emperor carrying one.

Currently, the Heir of Prince Rui, born with extraordinary talent, seemingly recognized by the founding Emperor, was granted two entries into the Emperor’s Pool, absorbing a total of four strands of the Emperor’s Divine Thought!

Given he already somewhat resembles the Emperor’s portrait, some of the more superstitious Moon Country people have begun calling him the reincarnation of the founding Emperor.

Apart from these two, there is one other person in the entire Moon Country who also possesses the Emperor’s Divine Thought.

This is the contemporary Female State Preceptor succeeding Ming Xuanji after he retired.

At this moment, the stone gate of this Coffin Bathhouse was slowly pushed open.

A barefoot woman, floating about three inches off the ground, drifted in from outside the stone gate.

The night pearls embedded all around cast a dim light upon the place.

Her bare feet seemed sculpted from warm jade, her ankles delicate, exuding a gentle glow in the hazy light.

Beneath her skin, faint blue veins appeared intermittently, like rain solidified in fine porcelain glaze. Her ten toes were round and neatly arranged, nails exuding a healthy light pink hue, like petals of a newly blooming begonia.

The woman walked forward, her steps as light as a cat’s. As her toes touched the ground, her graceful arch tensed suddenly, then relaxed, rising and falling as if composing an inaudible symphony, or like stepping on lotuses with each step.

Soon, she arrived at the first pool.

But the woman did not veer off course, continuing forward.

She walked on the water’s surface, each step triggering gentle ripples.

The soft water waves kissed her snow-white ankles, the skin color stark under the clear pool water.

However, as the woman proceeded, she passed one pool after another, the water’s color deepening significantly.

If the first pool was crystal clear, she now reached the fifth pool, which displayed a quite rich blood color.

Each subsequent pool was even deeper in blood color.

The tenth pool seemed almost viscous.

As if genuinely containing blood within the entire pool.

Her spotless jade feet tread the water’s surface, the white soles contrasting sharply with the blood water below.

She paused briefly at the blood pool containing the Emperor’s Divine Thought, looking down.

Inside the pool, four streams spiraled like water dragons swimming about.

Glancing over briefly, she continued onward.

The woman thus traversed all ten pools, then sat on a cushion at the end, slowly closing her eyes.

Only before sitting did she remove her luxurious outer robe signifying her State Preceptor identity, even shedding her inner garments.

Thus, the Female State Preceptor’s upper half was left with merely a bust wrap covering her chest and stomach.

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