Innate Sword Embryos were said to appear only once in several thousand years.
Legend had it that Sword Mountain's Founding Ancestor had been an Innate Sword Embryo. Even after Sword Mountain split into One Sword Mountain and Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, no second one had ever appeared.
As for Yan Li, the Demon Sect's former Sect Master and the greatest sword cultivator of the age, the outside world had always suspected that he might have been one as well.
As for Lu Xun... he knew perfectly well—I'm no damn Innate Sword Embryo!
Other than having maxed-out Charm, his Sword Dao Aptitude was only 1. If nothing unexpected happened, a true Innate Sword Embryo probably had Sword Dao Aptitude 10. He was still far from that!
Strictly speaking, he was just a shameless cheater with hacks.
But since everyone said he was an Innate Sword Embryo...
Fine, then he would come clean!
He was an Innate Sword Embryo, all right!
Because of his uniqueness, others had to rely on enlightenment to cultivate, while he only needed to pile up Experience Points. Sometimes, his progress really was astonishing.
After all, even once players descended, everyone would still start as low-level newbies, feeling their way forward from Novice Village, taking on small quests before larger ones, step by step.
Who leapt straight into becoming the Demon Sect Martial Grand-Uncle like he had, casually accepting high-reward major quests, with the difficulty reduced by the boost to his seniority?
He was advancing too quickly. He truly needed a layer of cover, and an Innate Sword Embryo was a fine choice.
Very good. From today onward, he was a genuine Innate Sword Embryo!
When Lu Xun opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the wooden sword lying between him and Second Senior Sister.
The wooden sword was simple, without even a single pattern on it. It was plain to the extreme, looking inferior even to the toy wooden swords everyone had played with as children.
But upon closer inspection, the wooden sword already possessed a certain spirit, as though it were alive!
Only then did Lu Xun notice that Second Senior Sister's long hair, which she always wore coiled up, had come loose. It made her seem a little less cold and distant, adding a touch of softness to her beauty.
Before he could take a closer look, Second Senior Sister swept her sleeve and set him back down on the ground.
She had probably already understood what was going on.
If he was an Innate Sword Embryo, then Man is the Sword made sense as well.
Although neither First Senior Brother nor Sword Mountain's Founding Ancestor had taken this path, that did not mean it was impossible.
It was just that the Sword Nurturing Art had always been about nurturing swords. Suddenly changing from nurturing a sword to nurturing a person felt rather strange...
After doing this, would the sword still retain its original power?
Could Little Martial Brother still achieve unity between man and sword?
They would have to try it!
Second Senior Sister spoke, "Nanbei, you... you go find Peak Lord Sima and ask... ask for... for a sword."
Evergreen Peak's Peak Lord, Sima Chuan, was a master artifact refiner. At the same time, he managed the allocation of all magical treasures.
To put it simply, he was in charge of the Demon Sect's warehouse.
"What do you need a sword for?" Mao Nanbei asked blankly.
"To... to let Little Martial Brother... try it," Second Senior Sister said.
"Got it!" Mao Nanbei immediately prepared to get up.
Lu Xun hurriedly said, "Fourth Senior Sister, remember to get one with a higher grade!"
Though he was only borrowing it to try it out, as the Little Martial Grand-Uncle of the Demon Sect and Sima Chuan's Martial Uncle, nobody should say anything if he borrowed it a little longer, right?
He did not have a single piece of equipment on him right now. That was indeed rather pitiful.
I, Lu Xun, am a man of dignity!
I can't afford to lose face like this!
Mao Nanbei covered her cat ears with both hands, pretending not to hear him, then flew away.
"Not listening, not listening, turtle chanting sutras!"
She was only going to fetch a sword for an experiment, yet he had to add, "the higher the grade, the better." That was far too embarrassing for her. It was not as though she lacked magical treasures.
The dry were dying of drought, while the flooded were drowning...
As for why they had to specifically borrow one from Sima Chuan, it was because even if Mao Nanbei and Second Senior Sister had ownerless swords, none of them would be low-grade. Lu Xun would not be able to unleash their full power at all.
Mao Nanbei returned quickly. She brought back not one sword, but two.
Sima Chuan had been very generous, mainly because the little girl had come under Second Senior Sister's orders, so he directly gave her two swords.
If Mao Nanbei had come asking on her own, he might even have asked, "Martial Uncle, what do you need a sword for?"
With a whoosh, Mao Nanbei tossed them forward, and the two swords stabbed into the ground.
The sword on the left was long and broad, completely black, somewhat resembling the one Yang Guo used in The Return of the Condor Heroes.
The moment Lu Xun looked at it, its basic information appeared.
Sword Name: Black Ruler (yellow), Mid-Grade Magic Item.
At his current level, he could unleash most of a Mid-Grade Magic Item's power.
The sword on the right had a more unusual design. The longsword was mainly purple, an extremely flashy sort of purple, with dark red patterns running across its blade. Overall, it looked especially gaudy!
Sword Name: Overlord Purple Emperor Red (yellow), High-Grade Magic Item.
"What kind of idiotic name is that..." Lu Xun's balls ached.
The contrast between the two swords placed together was immense.
Second Senior Sister sat atop the boulder and said, "Try... try it."
Lu Xun nodded and walked toward Black Ruler first.
The moment his right hand touched the hilt, the Little Sword within his Sword Heart trembled. Then an invisible force surged from his palm and directly blasted Black Ruler away!
Lu Xun: "╭(°A°`)╮"
He stared stupidly at his right hand, then at Black Ruler, which had been blasted away, utterly bewildered.
He jogged over to Black Ruler and reached out to pick it up. The moment his fingertips touched the hilt, the Little Sword in his Sword Heart trembled even more violently.
Bang—!
Black Ruler was blasted away again, this time knocking over a bamboo tree!
Lu Xun refused to accept it. After trying several times, he finally gave up on Black Ruler and extended his demonic claws toward the foolishly named Overlord Purple Emperor Red.
Bang—! It was blasted away too!
It simply did not fly as far as Black Ruler had.
Lu Xun stared blankly at his hands. Vaguely, he could sense the jealousy of the Little Sword within his Sword Heart.
More precisely, it was rejecting those two swords!
It would not let Lu Xun touch those outside strays!
It was not just him. Even Mao Nanbei and Second Senior Sister were dumbfounded by what they had witnessed.
How could this happen? The same thought arose in all three minds.
Second Senior Sister thought for a moment. With a slight turn of her slender fingers, the Wooden Hairpin transformed into a wooden sword again and flew before Lu Xun.
"Try... try it," Second Senior Sister said again.
Lu Xun nodded, but did not immediately reach for it.
He could not obtain this wooden sword's basic information, which meant its grade was extremely high—so high that he could not inspect it at his current level.
Thus, he was a little nervous and cautious.
Before gripping the sword, he even took a deep breath.
Only then did he slowly extend his right hand toward the wooden sword's hilt.
Thanks to Yu Yan for the 100,000 Qidian Coin reward. Five Alliance Leaders in one hundred thousand words already~
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