Isn't This Also a Kind of

Nine Secrets Heavenly Book?

If it were before, this name wouldn't have stirred anything in him. What does the number one immortal item in the human world have to do with me, a mere Subordinate Guard?

But the voice he heard last night clearly mentioned something about the Realm of the Nine Secrets.

No way.

Yu Wenlong... no, Brother Long, you wouldn't go that big, would you?

His heart thumped twice. He calmed himself slightly, then asked nonchalantly, "What is this Nine Secrets Heavenly Book? It sounds so powerful."

"I don't know exactly what it's used for, I only know that ever since the Immortal Item List existed, the Nine Secrets Heavenly Book has always been at the top and has never wavered. I heard there might be nine copies of this heavenly book, and only when all nine are combined does it become the ultimate immortal item, number one in the human world," Chen Ju said. "However, what's certain is that if it can be written on the Immortal Item List, this item must be held by someone. If it's hidden somewhere and hasn't appeared, it won't be included on the list."

"I see." Liang Yue nodded.

"Like this one..." Chen Ju pointed to the next name. "This is the biggest change in this issue of the Spirit Cliff Three Lists."

"Immortal Item List number two, Enlightenment Tree."

"There are three most important Saints in the history of the human race. In ancient times, Saint Li opened the heavens, breaking the shackles of cultivation in the world; in ancient times, Saint Chu opened up the land, creating the Nine Yang land and also cutting down the Illusion God Peak that accompanied the Ten Great Immortal Seeds; three thousand years ago, Saint Zhuang established order, ending the ten thousand years of darkness for the human race, establishing the order of the human dynasty and the Mystic Sect Eight Veins, which continues to this day."

"And among the Ten Great Immortal Seeds cut down by Saint Chu, the one universally recognized as the strongest is the Enlightenment Tree." Chen Ju said with reverence. "It is said that merely standing under this tree for a moment can make a person intelligent; if one can take a leaf and brew tea, drinking it will directly elevate one's aptitude; if one can cultivate with the spiritual energy of this tree every day, their comprehension will be unparalleled, benefiting even those in the Immortal Realm."

"During the great war three thousand years ago, the Enlightenment Tree was damaged, said to have been scorched by the divine fire triggered by another immortal seed, the Zhu Rong Seed. The tree body was destroyed, and the tree soul escaped into the earth. Since then, there has been no news, and it was not recorded on the Immortal Item List."

"And this time, the Enlightenment Tree has reappeared on the Immortal Item List, and has even rushed to the second position! Everyone thinks that the Enlightenment Tree soul has repaired itself and has reappeared!"

This reminded Liang Yue of the content of the letter he had seen earlier.

Could the treasure said to be appearing south of Dragon Abyss City be related to this?

However, he couldn't verify this either, it was just some baseless speculation.

Keeping everything in mind, he then shook his head with a smile. "These are all too far away from us, they won't affect my few hundred coins a month anyway."

After chatting for a few moments, someone called out, "Liang Yue, Commander Hu is looking for you."

"Huh?"

Ever since Old Hu heard that he had mastered the Cloud Dragon Nine Manifestations, he was incredibly excited and even wanted to defy the heavens. After that, Liang Yue avoided Hu Tiehan whenever he came to the station, afraid that he would come up with some strange little plan again.

Today, Old Hu suddenly called for him, which made him feel a bit uneasy.

"Brother Hu, you were looking for me?" Liang Yue walked in with a forced smile.

"Little Liang." Hu Tiehan's bearded face was full of smiles. "I heard your younger brother got into the Sword Dao Academy, congratulations."

"Thank you, Brother Hu." Liang Yue nodded politely.

Hu Tiehan continued, "Your Old Liang family has such an excellent scholar to carry on the family line. If your ancestors in the netherworld knew, they should be quite satisfied."

"Probably, Xiao Peng is indeed excellent." Liang Yue didn't know what he was planning, so he could only respond nervously.

"You see, since your younger brother is enough to carry on the family line, if you were to become a live-in son-in-law, your family shouldn't object, right?" Hu Tiehan finally revealed his true intentions.

"Hmm?" Liang Yue immediately became alert, looking directly at him. "Brother Hu, what do you mean by that?"

"That's right, hehe." Hu Tiehan chuckled. "I have a niece who looks seven parts like me, truly as beautiful as a flower. She's about your age and comes from a wealthy family. It wouldn't be a disgrace for you to become a live-in son-in-law. You wouldn't have to change your surname after marrying in, but you'd still be part of my Hu family. What do you think of this plan..."

"Brother Hu!" Liang Yue suddenly jumped up. "I just remembered I have soup simmering at home. I'm going to check on it."

Before his words finished, his figure was already outside the residence.

Presumably, even if the Sword Domain Swimming Dragon Movement Technique were mastered, its execution would probably be no more than this.

Good heavens.

Now he even wanted him to be a live-in son-in-law.

He didn't dare imagine how "as beautiful as a flower" a woman who looked remarkably like Old Hu could be. Asking even one more question would be disrespectful to his full beard.

As darkness fell, Liang Yue stood in the courtyard practicing again.

Although his previous contemplation of the Sword Domain Swimming Dragon Movement Technique had failed, he felt his spiritual sense had improved slightly afterward.

The cultivation of spiritual sense is somewhat similar to the growth of physical strength; both show some progress after being pushed beyond their limits. This is the significance of cultivating more techniques in the Contemplation Realm and the way cultivation increases at this stage.

This time, he gazed at the contemplation image and quickly became immersed in that world of mountains and seas again.

It was still the green-robed Daoist sitting steadily by the clear lake. When his eyes opened, the sun and moon lost their brilliance.

Boom—

The boundless sea of swords rose from the lake again, roaring past and shaking heaven and earth. And the figure of the white dragon weaved through the sea of swords, untouched by even a trace of invasion, as if it were one with the endless sea of swords.

Liang Yue had a faint realization that the most important thing was not the white dragon's figure, but that whenever it moved, the universe seemed to tremble slightly with it.

This was the power of Dao Charm, the rules of heaven and earth.

With its help, even the narrowest gap could be entered, allowing one to roam freely in the vast world.

This was the Swimming Dragon!

Whoosh—

When the Daoist unleashed the second sword and fully activated the sword domain, almost nothing could be seen in the sky full of light and shadows. Only a wisp of white light could be seen within the mighty sword energy, seemingly about to be submerged at any moment, yet it never disappeared.

Liang Yue's spiritual sense struggled to follow, only able to make out a blurry shadow, watching as the Daoist was about to unleash the third sword with full force.

Just as he was trying to follow, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his mind again.

His spiritual sense was depleted once more.

"Ah..."

Liang Yue lay back down again, feeling dizzy.

After a long time, he finally regained consciousness and tried to slowly raise his right hand. Ch.

As he swung his blade, wisps of white energy accompanied the sides of the blade, looking faintly sharp.

Normally, martial artists only reach the fourth realm, the Gang Qi Realm, before they can transform their internal energy into Gang Qi and perform long-range attacks away from their body. However, some techniques allow one to condense internal energy in advance to achieve the same effect.

Sword energy is one of them.

Just now, within that vast expanse of sword domain, although the contemplator's divine sense was primarily focused on the ever-changing white dragon, it still touched upon the surrounding sword qi to some extent.

For others, it might have just been a bit of Dao rhyme background, but for Liang Yue, it was already enough.

Many people believe that sword qi is exclusive to Qi Refiner sword cultivators, but this is not the case. Martial artists who grasp that sharp Qi pulse can also project sword qi outwards.

As he swung this saber, he suddenly smiled, using a saber to unleash sword qi. Wasn't this a kind of...

No.

He was smiling because he hadn't fully mastered his movement technique, yet he had incidentally gained some insight into the vast sword qi. It was truly interesting.

Although he had learned sword qi, when he unleashed it, it should be called saber qi.

Thinking this, he flipped his hand and swung another saber strike.

Whoosh—

A white flash swept past, and black cloth fluttered.

Looking closely, he realized it was the hem of his own clothes that had been sliced into pieces by the saber qi.

Although he could unleash saber qi, he hadn't controlled it properly, causing the sharpness to dissipate. The main reason was that his divine consciousness had failed him today; the contemplation just now had consumed too much.

He had overdrawn again.

"Sigh." Liang Yue let out a deep sigh of helplessness and lowered his head.

Looking at the shredded cloth on the ground, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Oh no.

This was the new cloth his mother had bought two days ago and made into this set of clothes for him, to celebrate his meritorious service and promotion.

He hadn't worn it for many days before he shredded it.

Li Caiyun was a tailor with excellent skills. The clothes she made for the three little ones of the Liang family were always beautiful, and they usually cherished them. Normally, if his younger siblings were careless, he would say a few words, but he didn't expect to become the naughty child himself today.

For a family like theirs, cloth and clothes were quite precious.

But thankfully...

He suddenly remembered that he still had the two hundred taels of silver notes on him. With this money as a fallback, this bit of ruined cloth was nothing, and he wouldn't be too upset.

Although he wouldn't spend the two hundred taels, just thinking about it made him feel at ease.

Now he just needed to think about what kind of excuse he could use so that his mother wouldn't get angry.

"Hey, wait..."

Suddenly, looking at the cloth pieces, Liang Yue seemed to think of something else.

"Cloth?"