Humanoid Flying Sword?

Others wield mere cold magic tools, or perhaps magic treasures.

But the ones he will wield in the future are his junior brothers and sisters, who can grow infinitely!

By the time I master Myriad Swords Returning to Origin, my junior brothers and sisters cultivating the Sword Refining Art will also have their techniques reach great success.

At that time, everyone will be a living sword capable of automatically seeking targets and coordinating attacks!

Even if ambushed, they can immediately provide support!

Moreover, they can continuously grow stronger through cultivation, improving their quality as flying swords.

And he won't even have the trouble of changing magic treasures!

That's simply too awesome!

Hehehehehehehehehe!!!!

"Junior Sister, just imagine."

"In future sect wars, ordinary sword cultivators can wield a hundred or a thousand swords at most."

"But what if our Gui Xi Sect's sword cultivators make a move?"

"At that time!"

"What will respond to our sect's sword cultivators will no longer be those inanimate objects!"

"But rather hundreds or thousands of fellow disciples who have cultivated the Sword Refining Art and are in perfect sync with us sword cultivators!"

"They will be the swords of our Gui Xi Sect!"

Each 'human sword' will possess its own consciousness, understand how to find openings, coordinate attacks, and even... self-destruct!

Such a torrent of the sword path, with everyone united and using their bodies as formations...

Who can block it? Which sect can oppose it?"

"This is the path to defying heaven that we common folk, by sticking together for warmth, have forged in desperation!

This is the future of our Gui Xi Sect!

And I truly believe that... this is the most suitable path for you!"

Human... flying swords?

Su Ling'er stared blankly at Lin Qingfeng's sincere face.

Using people as swords?!

How could he even think of that!

Looking at his expression, he wasn't joking...

He really thought that?!

Using evil methods to erase the self-will of fellow disciples, turning them into mere killing tools that only obey orders!

No...

They might not even be as good as tools!

Tools can be repaired when broken, but these people...

Are even part of the self-detonation process?!

So, this is the true face of the Sword Refining Art?!

It's not just a cruel evil art for body refinement, but also a demonic technique... for cultivating living magic treasures and death warriors!

And expendable materials with mediocre talent, whose deaths are insignificant, are the best candidates for this method!

Su Ling'er instantly understood everything.

His repeated emphasis on her poor talent wasn't casual talk, but him using cruel facts to tell her:

You are not qualified to tread the path of normal cultivation!

And you don't have the time or talent to slowly hone yourself!

With her talent, if she were to cultivate step-by-step to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, she would probably be old and withered, on the verge of death.

His admiration for this evil art was precisely because it was tailor-made for mediocre talents like herself!

This is a dead end!

But for them, perhaps it's also a "path to life"?

Because without cultivating this method, those with mediocre talent can only live their lives in mediocrity.

This is reality.

The cruel reality that all disciples with mediocre talent must face!

Destroying one's spirit with terrifying visions, then packaging the core with gentle reasoning, ultimately leading people to face all of this...

He intends to personally sever my last delusion and force me to realize that I have no other choice!

Only to lie gratefully on the forging platform and become part of their evil rituals?!

Or… become a sword?!

If it became a precious sword, it could still be wielded by someone, and at least it would still be "alive."

But what about those who were used as essence of flesh and blood, becoming sacrifices turned into medicinal soup?

Even though the disciple who used it for sword sacrifice couldn't recall their appearance, they just felt it was unremarkable.

They couldn't even explain how it was unremarkable?

But the mere sight of flesh and blood dissolving sent shivers down their spine.

Although she still couldn't understand why that person would willingly become a sacrifice, turning into essence of flesh and blood to nourish others?

Could it be…

That disciple's entire family was threatened by this Demonic Sect, and only by sacrificing himself could he save his family?

As expected of a Demonic Dao Evil Sect!

Su Ling'er's lips trembled, and she said with difficulty:

"S-Senior Disciple Brother, this Great Dao is too profound. Ling'er… still needs to comprehend it further.

There are three thousand Great Daos, each with its own destiny. Perhaps Ling'er's comprehension is not enough. I feel we shouldn't rush, otherwise, it's easy to breed Inner Demons, which would be detrimental."

Lin Qingfeng sighed.

It seemed that just watching wasn't enough. The previous forging process, at least from the outside, seemed to be a hair's breadth away from death, leaving her with too much psychological trauma.

Since this young lady was so afraid of death, he would show her how their sect forcibly pulled people back from the brink of death!

"Junior Sister is also right. The Dao heart is indeed the foundation of cultivation."

"In that case, let's not talk about cultivation."

"I'll take Junior Sister to another place to witness another facet of Gui Xi Sect's foundation."

"Let's go, we'll visit Hundred Herbs Valley."

"There, you will understand why our sect's disciples dare to… face death and be reborn, time and time again!"

Su Ling'er followed Lin Qingfeng, step by step, walking on the stone path through the mountains.

Where would they go now?

The Pill Cauldron Pavilion was a hell where living people were refined into pills.

The Artifact Refining Pavilion was a furnace where living people were forged into artifacts.

Every name that sounded perfectly normal hid a terrifying abyss she couldn't imagine.

This "Hundred Herbs Valley"...

Its name carried vitality, the fragrance of herbs and plants.

But in this Demon Den, the more beautiful the name, the more rotten the scene behind it was likely to be...

After the time it took for one incense stick to burn, as she passed through a valley entrance shrouded in mist, her steps involuntarily halted.

Before her lay an extremely vast valley.

Spiritual energy mist flowed through the valley.

In the distance, a stream gurgled, and a waterfall cascaded like silk.

The aromas of various spiritual plants, both familiar and unfamiliar, swayed in the gentle breeze.

This…

This was indeed a scene of a blessed immortal land.

But Su Ling'er's heart grew even more apprehensive.

When things are abnormal, there must be a demon.

"Junior Sister, look over there."

Su Ling'er followed the direction her Senior Disciple Brother pointed. She saw several medicinal fields covered by formations in the distance.

The spiritual energy there was clearly several times more concentrated than elsewhere, and the soil even glowed.

Several spiritual herbs were growing vigorously within.

At this moment, two groups of disciples were gathered around the best medicinal field, arguing heatedly.

"Why should this 'spirit vein node' belong to you?! You were the one who planted it last month!"

"Because I spent more spirit stones than you! If you have the guts, save up for two months and spend them all at once!"

As they spoke, the two sides began to shove each other. Spiritual energy clashed, and spells flew, engaging in a lively battle.

The surrounding disciples were long accustomed to this, and some even stopped to watch with interest.

Lin Qingfeng watched the scene, a smile appearing on his face.

"Junior Sister, do you see?"

"The struggle for the Great Dao is everywhere."

"Even a small medicinal field is a battlefield."

"The Spiritual Grass planted at that spirit vein node has medicinal effects that are twenty percent higher than ordinary land."

"Want it?"

"Then spend more spirit stones than others."

"Or, fight for it, snatch it, battle for it yourself!"

"We at the Gui Xi Sect never raise flowers in a greenhouse.

Resources are there, laid out fairly before everyone.

The strong take it, the capable get it – this is the simplest truth in the world."

He wanted to show Junior Sister the consequences if she didn't cultivate the Sword Refining Art, that with her talent, she would ultimately only become a weakling to be plundered!

He had to make her study it more!

Senior Disciple Brother... I truly mean well!