Giant Fortune; Supreme Sword Technique--Slaying Luo Art

The Hengyue Sect consists of six major courts: five subsidiary courts and one main court.

The five subsidiary courts—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—serve as the residences for registered and inner-sect disciples.

The main court, however, is the residence of the Sect Master, the various Elders, and their Personal Disciples.

Beyond these, there are also some solitary Elders who prefer to carve out their own cave dwellings and Medicine Fields on Hengyue Peak.

Qin Hao left his cave dwelling and quietly sought out the Hengyue Sect Elder, Dao Xu.

Dao Xu is a Foundation Establishment Elder of the Hengyue Sect, and his Alchemy Skill has already reached the Third Grade.

When Qin Hao found Dao Xu, the man was in the middle of refining medicinal pills.

With a casual glance at the medicinal materials, Qin Hao knew that he was refining the Third Grade Tianli Pill.

This Tianli Pill is extremely precious, capable of increasing a cultivator's success rate in reaching the Core Formation stage.

If consumed by a cultivator already in the Core Formation stage, it can also be used to raise their cultivation realm.

Even within the borders of the Huofen Kingdom, on the other side of the Demon Cultivation Sea, such pills are exceptionally rare and valuable.

A scarcity in quantity implies an extremely high difficulty in refinement.

Although Dao Xu has attempted the refinement many times, he has never succeeded.

"Clang~ Clang~"

Despite Dao Xu's utmost caution and care, the various medicinal materials still began to clash.

"My ancestors, please, don't blow up the furnace, don't blow up the furnace!"

Dao Xu hurriedly tried to control the pill furnace, muttering prayers under his breath.

However, the furnace vibrated even more violently, on the verge of exploding at any moment.

"That is not how you refine pills!"

Qin Hao, who had been observing from the shadows, stepped out.

"Swish!"

As Qin Hao's spiritual power and divine sense poured into the furnace to begin smoothing out the volatile medicinal essences within, the entire furnace immediately returned to calm.

"Whew!"

Dao Xu let out a sigh of relief and said to Qin Hao, "Many thanks for your help, Fellow Daoist..."

As he spoke, his expression suddenly shifted, and he demanded, "Who are you? How did you get in here?"

Although Dao Xu lived alone, his entire cave dwelling was protected by multiple arrays.

Even if a Foundation Establishment stage expert wanted to enter, those arrays would have held them off for a long time.

The fact that the intruder entered without triggering the arrays meant he was either a master of formations or possessed a cultivation level exceeding the Core Formation stage.

"I simply walked in, of course!"

Qin Hao smiled slightly and directly released the aura of a Nascent Soul stage expert, enveloping the entire cave dwelling.

"Thud!"

Under the weight of this pressure, Dao Xu's legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the ground.

"Nascent... Nascent Soul?"

Dao Xu's eyes widened.

He had felt this kind of pressure once before, from a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

Dao Xu was puzzled as to why this Nascent Soul stage expert would seek out a lowly Foundation Establishment cultivator like himself.

Qin Hao withdrew his aura, stood with his hands behind his back, and said with an arrogant expression, "You are but a mere Foundation Establishment ant; there is nothing on you that This Seat covets. I have come here simply because my hands were itching, and I intend to refine some pills."

Hearing this, Dao Xu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Furthermore, there is one more thing!"

Qin Hao looked at Dao Xu and said indifferently, "This Seat requires you to take me to the Sword Spirit Pavilion!"

"This junior obeys!"

Dao Xu naturally dared not refuse.

Currently, all of the Hengyue Sect's Nascent Soul Ancestors had been conscripted to the Outer Realm Battlefield, and the highest combat power remaining in the sect was merely at the Core Formation stage—they stood no chance against this man.

In such a situation, for the sake of his own life, he had no desire to invite unnecessary trouble.

Following this, the two arrived at the Sword Spirit Pavilion.

At this moment, a disciple in white, appearing to be in his thirties, sat cross-legged outside the Sword Spirit Pavilion.

Sensing their arrival, the white-clad disciple immediately opened his eyes.

When he saw that it was Dao Xu, he hurriedly stood up and bowed, "Greetings, Martial Uncle Dao Xu!"

Dao Xu glanced at him indifferently and commanded, "Open the Sword Spirit Pavilion!"

"As you command!"

Upon hearing this, the disciple hurriedly produced a token and deactivated the restrictions of the Sword Spirit Pavilion.

"Let's go."

Dao Xu led Qin Hao inside.

The Sword Spirit Pavilion was filled with various ancient swords and flying swords, serving as a vital area for the Hengyue Sect.

Dao Xu had assumed that this senior intended to plunder all the flying swords the Hengyue Sect had accumulated over the years.

To his surprise, the other party paid no attention to these flying swords at all, instead locating a longsword named Giant Fortune.

"Whoosh!"

Qin Hao reached out and grabbed it through the air, and the Giant Fortune landed in his hand.

The sword was two palms wide and three feet long, its entire body shimmering with golden light, appearing quite extraordinary.

However, its material was actually nothing more than common mortal iron, merely plated with a layer of gold on the outside.

At the hilt, two massive gemstones were embedded.

Why would this Nascent Soul senior seek out this sword?

Dao Xu, standing to the side, felt a surge of doubt. Could it be that this sword is truly powerful?

As far as he knew, this sword had been crafted by a Patriarch five hundred years ago and was rumored to possess unfathomable, god-like power.

Yet, every generation of the Hengyue Sect had studied this blade, and even he had examined it himself, only to find it was the most ordinary of weapons with nothing remarkable about it.

[Ding! Detected the Hengyue Sect's strongest divine ability—Slaying Luo Art. Host has obtained the Enhanced Slaying Luo Art!]

"Hum!"

As the system's voice rang out again, Qin Hao felt a heaven-shaking sword light suddenly appear in his mind.

The strength of that sword light was enough to sever everything between heaven and earth, seemingly capable of carving out a new world from chaos.

Having read Xian Ni, Qin Hao knew that the divine ability contained within Giant Fortune was actually left behind by the sword soul of the Immortal Sword of Rain.

During the great war in the Immortal Realm, Immortal Emperor Qing Lin was severely wounded, his daughter, Immortal Lord Qing Shuang, was also on the brink of death, and even the Immortal Sword of Rain was shattered.

One of the fragmented sword souls, after passing through countless cycles of reincarnation, eventually reincarnated as an Old Ancestor of the Hengyue Sect five hundred years ago and crafted the Giant Fortune sword.

This was a sword technique of the Immortal Sword of Rain; although it was not an Immortal Technique, it was no weaker than one. It was a Supreme Divine Ability that only an Ascendant expert could barely perform.

This was because it could sever the laws of heaven and earth.

The reason it could only be barely performed by an Ascendant was primarily because the technique required Origin Qi or Origin Power.

These were the powers that only an Ascendant would possess and absorb.

However, the Enhanced Slaying Luo Art that Qin Hao had obtained allowed him to execute this move even using spiritual power.

It was just that the power would be far inferior to one unleashed with Origin Power.

Even so, Qin Hao was confident that with this divine ability, he could leap across a major realm to slay an early-stage Spirit Transformation expert.

"What a pity."

Qin Hao glanced at the Giant Fortune again, feeling a deep sense of regret in his heart.

What he regretted was that this was merely a sword forged from mortal iron, intended solely for people to gain insights into sword techniques.

Now that he had obtained the Slaying Luo Art, it was naturally of no further use to him.

If this had not been forged from mortal iron but from special materials, even if it couldn't compare to an Immortal Treasure, it would have far surpassed an ordinary magical treasure.

Qin Hao placed the Giant Fortune back and said to Dao Xu, "Let's go."

"Yes!"

Dao Xu nodded, casting one more glance at the Giant Fortune, thinking, Why did this senior decide against it? What is he regretting? Could it be that this sword is still just useless trash?