"If it looked at me once, would I die?" Lu Xun savored those words carefully.
He would not actually die, since he still had two revivals left, but that was another matter.
As for why Shen Yan thought Lu Xun would die, it was not because the sword qi would attack him. Rather, simply being targeted by the sword qi was already more than life could bear!
As the first stage of the Demon Sect's Mountain Protecting Formation, this half-strand of sword qi was no mere decoration.
More precisely, throughout the Demon Sect's history, every challenger who entered the formation had died at the first stage. No one had ever broken through this half-strand of sword qi.
And this was only half of it. If it were a complete strand of sword qi...
Better not think about it. Better not think about it.
"Little Martial Uncle, are you ready?" After a while, Shen Yan asked in his hoarse voice.
The way he spoke really sounded like a screaming chicken.
Especially when he was being serious, he sounded like a... very serious screaming chicken.
Hearing this, Lu Xun took a deep breath and nodded.
Shen Yan said no more. He pressed two fingers together like a finger-sword, then swept them past Lu Xun's eyes.
Nothing earth-shattering happened. Lu Xun merely felt a sense of being pulled away, and the scene before him abruptly changed.
His first impression was that the sky seemed to have gone dark, but Shen Yan's two fingers had apparently torn a crack through the endless night.
Now, through that tiny crack, he was to take one look at the sword qi hidden within Reception Peak!
Everything happened in a flash. He truly saw the sword qi, that half-strand of peerless sword qi!
He found it difficult to describe what he had seen.
If he had to sum it up, it was Heaven and Earth Sword!
Moreover, Lu Xun had only caught a fleeting glimpse, so he had not seen much.
Even so, his mind began to tremble.
That half-strand of sword qi contained far too much for him to understand at his current level. The gap in their realms was simply too vast.
What shocked him most was that in that brief instant, he saw the sword qi, and the sword qi saw him too. Then... the sword qi turned around, suddenly vanished, and hid!
Boom! Lu Xun's consciousness surged backward like a receding tide, forcibly dragged back by Shen Yan.
In midair, Lu Xun's body jolted violently and shuddered a few times.
"That's it?" He was a little dazed.
They had agreed he would only take one look, but why was this half-strand of sword qi... playing hide-and-seek?
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss... gets shy.
Lu Xun was completely baffled.
Shen Yan, beside him, did not look particularly well. Clearly, guiding Lu Xun to look at the sword qi had also cost him greatly.
As for how that half-strand of sword qi had reacted, he had yet to notice anything.
Shen Yan lightly wiped the fine beads of sweat from his bald head with his sleeve. After calming the True Qi within his body, he asked, "Little Martial Uncle... did you gain anything?"
How much Lu Xun comprehended was entirely his own fortune.
As he asked, he noticed that Lu Xun seemed distracted.
Lu Xun really was distracted, because he had delightedly discovered that although he had only looked at the sword qi once, the game system deemed that he had encountered a great opportunity and rewarded him with one Special Attribute Point—Sword Dao Aptitude +1!
"Heavenly Dust" was that kind of game, one that made you feel as though you had truly entered a world of immortals and martial heroes.
And since it was such a world, there were opportunities, there was fortune, and there was one's own—comprehension!
But how could a game convey that to its players?
By increasing Special Attribute Points!
Lu Xun himself was still completely confused, but the game system had determined that he had gained comprehension!
Honestly, if asked to recall what that half-strand of sword qi had looked like, he could no longer remember.
That glance had been far too hasty, and the half-strand of sword qi far too powerful. He had even felt unable to look directly at it.
Yet that mysterious feeling in his heart remained. It was as though he really had understood something, but when asked to explain it, he could not say what it was.
Perhaps this was what they meant by grasping the essence and forgetting the form.
Grasp its essence, forget its form!
His Special Attribute Points increased directly. After Luck 1, Comprehension 1, and Charm 10, there was now Sword Dao Aptitude 1!
A cool sensation surged through Lu Xun's body, first passing through his limbs and bones before flowing into the space between his brows.
Shen Yan saw everything. With a wave of his right hand, he formed a barrier that isolated Lu Xun from the outside world and shielded him from outside disturbances.
He had acted on a whim just now, spending a great deal of effort to let his Little Martial Uncle glimpse his Master's sword qi.
But his Master's sword qi was far too profound. Even he himself had only comprehended a small portion of its true meaning.
Logically speaking, at Lu Xun's current realm, it should have been difficult for him to gain any insight.
Put in Earthly terms, it was like watching a master perform effortlessly, shouting "Holy shit," while understanding absolutely nothing and only feeling that it was incredibly amazing!
Yet Little Martial Uncle had somehow obtained a great fortune!
Could Little Martial Uncle be a Sword Dao genius? Shen Yan thought.
That must be it. Perhaps he possesses the legendary Innate Sword Embryo!
At this moment, the commotion Lu Xun caused was becoming rather significant.
The other Peak Lords of the Demon Sect all hurried over. After taking one look at their Little Martial Uncle, every one of them clicked their tongues in amazement.
"He gained comprehension from just one glance?" Luo Wanqiu, Peak Lord of Water Cloud Peak, exclaimed in astonishment.
At this point, Lu Xun could no longer hear their voices, nor could they disturb him.
Sima Chuan, Peak Lord of Evergreen Peak, was the oldest among them and everyone present's First Senior Brother. After circling Lu Xun once, he said, "He is only at the second level of the Qi Devouring Art, yet he is already about to take his first step on the Sword Dao. Across the entire Tian Chen Continent, what young person from any sect or school could achieve such a thing!?"
After saying that, he burst into laughter, drawing hearty laughter from everyone else.
On the other hand, Yue Heshan, Peak Lord of Leap Peak, had the most crooked train of thought. He could not help saying, "With Little Martial Uncle's talent, when he sees his qi sea that day, it will at least be as vast as great rivers and lakes. Therefore, I should win the bet!"
To still think of the wager at a time like this—truly worthy of the charitable gambling king who lost every bet. Feeling that he seemed to have won for once, his face could not help but bloom with a smile.
Most astonishingly, after he said that, Shen Yan and the other Peak Lords really were led astray!
Those shameless old men actually began arguing fiercely in midair. As they argued, they nearly started cursing each other out!
If Shen Yan had not wrapped Lu Xun in True Qi and cut him off from the commotion outside, he might have suffered a qi deviation from all the noise.
In truth, though those shameless old men appeared to be arguing, their attention remained fixed on Lu Xun.
Sure enough, Lu Xun's body suddenly trembled, and they immediately stopped talking.
In midair, Lu Xun opened his eyes.
In an instant, a translucent ripple spread outward from him like rings of water.
It spread dozens of miles in every direction!
The next moment, a heavenly phenomenon appeared!
Thank you to all the honored readers for your rewards during this time. By the way, it seems quite a few readers have started buying shares in the female leads lately, earlier than I expected...
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