Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals!

No one knew how long he had practiced.

Huang Rong had started yawning, her sleepy eyes barely open, yet Lu Chen was still completely focused, practicing the "thrust" sword form she had taught him again and again.

Though his face was already filled with fatigue, and his sword no longer moved as swiftly or powerfully as it had at the beginning, even with his arms trembling from exhaustion, he still strove to keep every thrust precise, doing his utmost to prevent his form from becoming distorted by fatigue.

Even Huang Rong could not help admiring his focus and perseverance.

But she truly could not hold on any longer. Covering her little mouth with one hand, she yawned and said,

"Brother Lu, let's stop here. It's getting late. Time to rest!"

Only then did Lu Chen come back to himself. Seeing Huang Rong's teary-eyed, drowsy appearance, he apologized,

"Sorry. I got too absorbed in my practice and lost track of time. I've tired Miss Huang out."

As he spoke, it was as though he had only just noticed his own condition. He braced both hands on the Wooden Sword to support his exhausted body.

"It's fine."

Huang Rong waved her little hand, looking unconcerned.

"If your direction is wrong, then practicing blindly is naturally useless. Not only will you end up with a laughably terrible set of skills, you might even cripple yourself. But with a famous teacher's guidance, diligent practice is the proper path of martial arts."

Though Huang Rong herself lacked that kind of persistence and trained in martial arts only sporadically, it did not stop her from lecturing Lu Chen this way, while conveniently highlighting the role of her own "famous teacher."

Lu Chen naturally understood her meaning and solemnly thanked her.

"Thank you for your instruction, Miss Huang. If I ever achieve something in swordsmanship, then Miss Huang will be my first teacher."

Huang Rong secretly beamed with delight, though she put on an indifferent expression. With her hands clasped behind her back, she leisurely said,

"Brother Lu, you're too polite. There's no need to be so serious. After all, I only taught you the basic stances of swordsmanship..."

Well, her pose as a virtuous teacher would have been perfect if she had not let out another tiny yawn at the end.

Seeing her adorable, endlessly yawning appearance, Lu Chen could not help smiling.

"Miss Huang, your eyes are practically closing. You should rest quickly."

"Mhm, mhm, I'm about to. I'll wash up first..."

When Huang Rong brought out fresh water and some utensils from the cabin to rinse her mouth, Lu Chen froze for a moment again.

Because she was holding an exquisite bone-handled toothbrush. Judging by its design, it was no different from a modern toothbrush. She even had toothpaste...

All right, Lu Chen was simply ignorant.

In fact, as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, toothbrushes nearly identical in form to those of later generations had already existed. Their handles were usually made of wood or bone, while the brush heads had rows of small holes planted with pig bristles or horsehair.

By the Song Dynasty, even major cities such as Lin'an had shops specializing in toothbrushes, toothpaste, tooth powder, and other oral hygiene products.

The toothpaste and tooth powder used by wealthy households were especially refined. Toothpaste was brewed from various medicinal ingredients with cleansing and fragrant effects, while tooth powder was often made from finely ground pearls mixed with ingredients such as green salt.

Lu Chen had not studied such historical details in his previous life, so he truly had not known that people of the Song Dynasty could brush their teeth with toothbrushes and toothpaste. He had thought Song people merely chewed willow twigs and rinsed with green salt.

Just as he was spacing out,

Huang Rong had already briskly finished rinsing her mouth by the ship's rail. She wiped her little mouth with a handkerchief, turned around, and smiled at Lu Chen, revealing a row of snowy white teeth.

"When we enter the city, I'll buy you a toothbrush too. For tonight, make do with a piece of hemp cloth dipped in tooth powder to rinse your mouth."

Lu Chen nodded woodenly, feeling that compared with Huang Rong, he, a transmigrator from a technological world, seemed to have become a primitive man...

After rinsing her mouth, Huang Rong told Lu Chen to wait at the bow while she went into the cabin, shut the door, and gave herself a simple wash.

Afterward, she found Lu Chen a clean strip of hemp cloth and gave him a box of tooth powder. She also found him a cotton towel, fetched fresh water, and told him to wash up at the bow.

It gave Lu Chen that subtle feeling again... of being kept by a little rich girl.

When it came time to sleep, Huang Rong did not make him stay at the bow in the night wind. Instead, she called him into the cabin.

Though the boat was small, it was still a seagoing vessel, so it had several tiny cabins.

Huang Rong arranged a cabin where Lu Chen could stretch out his limbs, and even hung him a hammock.

However, Lu Chen was unaccustomed to sleeping in a hammock, so in the end, he simply lay down on the floor.

With his hands behind his head, Lu Chen recalled his encounter, acquaintance, and time spent with Huang Rong today, and an unconscious smile appeared on his face. Ever since living a second life in the current Main World and awakening the mystery of his time in the womb, he had not felt this relaxed in a long time.

After letting his thoughts relax for a while, he closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness.

At first, there was only darkness.

Then brilliant light suddenly blazed forth.

When Lu Chen's consciousness "opened" its eyes within the Sea of Consciousness, a magnificent radiance immediately appeared before him.

The resplendent light that illuminated his Sea of Consciousness was a sword.

It was an immortal sword hanging high at the center of his Sea of Consciousness like the great sun in the heavens, releasing countless rays of sword light. Within that radiance, scenes of destruction, endings, and slaughter continuously unfolded.

The Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals.

This was Lu Chen's cheat.

Come to think of it, Lu Chen's first life on Earth had also been ended by this Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals.

He remembered that he had apparently been eating barbecue alone at a night market, celebrating his graduation and new job?

In any case, at that moment, a beam of light descended from the sky and instantly reduced him to ashes.

The crucial part was that it had been astonishingly precise. Other than Lu Chen, it had not damaged anything else at all.

Afterward, that beam of light carried Lu Chen's soul through space and time to another world, where he was reborn as an unborn fetus.

Then his consciousness fell into a long slumber.

It was not until three months ago, when he turned eighteen, that Lu Chen awakened the mystery of his time in the womb and recovered the memories of his previous life.

At the same time, he learned that the beam of light was actually a "Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals."

Though this Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals was not a true tangible immortal sword, it possessed unfathomable power. It could break through the void and travel across countless worlds.

Before merging with Lu Chen, the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals could only carry his soul through worlds.

But after eighteen long years of completely merging with his soul, it could now carry his physical body through worlds as well.

It was simply that, for the moment, Lu Chen could not freely control these travels.

After awakening, he had learned that the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals could carry his physical body through worlds, bring along a certain amount of material, and even take other people with him. He also knew that eighteen years had allowed the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals to accumulate enough energy for one journey. However, when it would travel and where it would take him were not things he could control for now.

That was why his first physical journey had been so sudden and awkward, with no preparation whatsoever—at the time, he had merely finished practicing swordsmanship, taken a shower, changed clothes, dried his hair, and then muttered to himself,

I've practiced bitterly for three months, yet my swordsmanship hasn't improved at all. When can you take me to a world with extraordinary martial arts?

Then the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals in his Sea of Consciousness erupted on the spot, instantly bringing him to the Condor Heroes World and precisely dropping him in front of Huang Rong's little boat.

It had been so sudden, just like when it had ended his first life.

Aside from this incredibly sudden ability to travel through worlds,

the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals could also grant Lu Chen the path of a Sword Immortal, one who entered the Dao through the sword.

But if he wanted to receive the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals' teachings, Lu Chen first had to learn Extraordinary Sword Techniques.

He had to use Extraordinary Sword Techniques as a key, unlocking the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals layer by layer and making it give him its feedback.

For the past three months, Lu Chen had been unable to find any Extraordinary Sword Techniques and could only stare at the sword in helpless longing.

But now...

Looking at the Sword Intent of Extermination of Immortals hanging high in his Sea of Consciousness, blazing with radiant light, its sword rays endlessly unfolding scenes of great destruction, great endings, and great slaughter,

Lu Chen murmured in his heart,

"Soon. Soon..."

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