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Su Fan staggered back several steps. His lifespan burned madly, and Forbidden Art: Life-Sacrificing Sword was ready to be unleashed.

He raised his eyes at the person who had suddenly appeared, only to freeze in surprise.

She wore white robes whiter than snow. Her features were peerlessly beautiful, cold and elegant like a plum blossom in winter wind and snow. Her bright eyes were calm and still.

She merely watched him in silence.

She was a beauty capable of toppling kingdoms.

Her face was incomparably gorgeous, yet as cold as frost. Her figure was graceful, with proud peaks rising high.

"Su Fan greets Senior Sister!"

After standing there dumbly for a while, Su Fan offered a salute while remaining on guard.

Thoughts spun wildly through his mind. Could she be here to kill him?

She did not look like it at all.

The woman before him was simply too beautiful, and her cool, refined temperament was far from ordinary.

"Cliff of Reflection is empty and lonely, and there is not much to eat. These are for you."

The woman's voice was cold yet pleasing.

She set down a box in her hand.

Only then did Su Fan notice the food container she had been carrying all along.

She had brought him food?

Something was wrong!

Su Fan grew even more vigilant. He had no close friends on Sword God Mountain, much less such a beautiful senior sister.

Poison!

The first thing Su Fan thought of was poison in the food!

She wanted to poison him to death!

"Thank you, Senior Sister!"

Though inwardly wary, Su Fan put on a delighted expression as he spoke.

The cold woman nodded, turned, and left.

Su Fan was astonished. She was not even going to watch him eat the poisoned food?

"May I ask Senior Sister's name?"

Su Fan called after her.

"Ling Rushuang!"

Ling Rushuang paused briefly before replying coolly.

When she reached the precipice of Cliff of Reflection, Ling Rushuang did not leave by the iron chain. Instead, she stepped directly into the air and walked away.

Su Fan's heart shook.

She could actually walk through the air. She was an expert above the Void Sword Realm!

At that moment, Su Fan changed his previous opinion.

Why would someone in the Void Sword Realm need poison to kill him?

So this senior sister had truly come to bring him food?

But why had she brought him food?

Su Fan furrowed his brow, unable to understand what this senior sister's purpose was in bringing him food.

He could not help reaching up to touch his face.

"Could it be because I'm too handsome?"

"I'm a useless piece of trash. Other than being handsome, I have no other merits that could draw Senior Sister's attention."

Su Fan sighed sentimentally.

He picked up the food container from the ground and returned to the cave.

Inside were some pastries and a jug of wine.

To be safe, Su Fan found several little insects and tested whether the food was poisonous.

After confirming that it was not poisoned.

He carried the food container into the Forbidden Art Graveyard.

He picked up a pastry and put it into his mouth, immediately tasting a delicate fragrance that filled his palate.

"These were not made from ordinary ingredients. Looks like I'm in for a treat. Senior Sister Ling Rushuang looks so cold, but who would have thought she too would be captivated by my handsome face?"

Su Fan muttered as he ate.

"Could these pastries have been made by Senior Sister herself?"

He still could not understand why Ling Rushuang had brought him food.

Could she truly have been drawn in by his handsome appearance?

"Never mind. Improving my strength comes first!"

With this box of pastries, he could hide in the Forbidden Art Graveyard and cultivate bitterly for several days.

"It is time to improve my talent."

The time had come for him to improve his talent again.

Su Fan burned his lifespan once more to raise his own talent.

This time, he directly burned a hundred years of lifespan, and his talent improved considerably again.

After improving his talent, Su Fan once more burned his lifespan and used the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique to enter enlightenment and comprehend the incomparably powerful forbidden art, Heaven-Shattering Sword.

Boom!

His lifespan burned.

He entered a state of enlightenment directly.

That exhilarating feeling of enlightenment appeared again.

Su Fan felt that he probably would not follow the usual step-by-step path to comprehend cultivation techniques in the future. No matter what technique he cultivated, he would simply use the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique and enter enlightenment directly.

Enlightenment felt far too wonderful.

Who knew how much time passed.

With a boom.

A sword intent that could annihilate all things in the world surged from Su Fan's body.

It was as though even heaven and earth could be slain!

A black sword appeared in his hand.

Su Fan opened his eyes and looked at the black longsword in his hand.

The Heaven-Shattering Sword was complete!

He had finally mastered this powerful forbidden art.

"With the same hundred years of lifespan, the power of this Heaven-Shattering Sword in my hand rivals the peak of the Mystic Sword Realm, perhaps even touching the Spirit Sword Realm!"

Su Fan was overjoyed.

His strength had finally improved again.

"However, with my current cultivation, consuming a hundred years of lifespan takes three breaths of time. That is too slow!"

The Heaven-Shattering Sword's power was unimaginably great.

Burning the same hundred years of lifespan to condense this sword required somewhat more time as well.

"I will keep cultivating and strive to condense it instantly, to wield it as I please..."

The Heaven-Shattering Sword in Su Fan's hand dispersed.

Then Heaven-Shattering Sword Intent surged from his body again, and another Heaven-Shattering Sword condensed into being.

Over the following period.

Su Fan relied on the most basic method, continuously burning his lifespan and continuously condensing the Heaven-Shattering Sword to increase the speed at which he could form it.

He did not know how much lifespan he had consumed.

At last, with a single thought, he could burn a hundred years of lifespan and condense a Heaven-Shattering Sword.

"Next, let's see where the limit lies!"

Su Fan wanted to see what power the Heaven-Shattering Sword condensed by burning a thousand years of lifespan would possess!

Boom!

His lifespan burned frantically.

One hundred years, two hundred years... five hundred years...

When he had burned five hundred years of lifespan, Su Fan found that he was having trouble controlling the Heaven-Shattering Sword. It seemed as though it could erupt at any moment.

He had no choice but to stop burning his lifespan.

"Five hundred years is more or less the limit!"

"Five hundred years of lifespan rivals the middle to late stages of the Spirit Sword Realm..."

Crossing two major realms was beyond imagination.

"My realm is still too weak. It has dragged down the upper limit of how much lifespan I can burn!"

Su Fan sighed.

He had to raise his realm.

"I hope there is a forbidden art that can burn lifespan to directly raise one's realm."

Su Fan looked toward the Forbidden Art Grave Forest, his heart filled with anticipation.

What he needed most urgently now was a forbidden art capable of directly burning lifespan to raise his realm.

"I hope the seniors of Sword God Mountain will not disappoint me."

Su Fan continued searching the Forbidden Art Graveyard for forbidden arts.

Only a forbidden art that could raise his realm would allow him to increase it quickly.

"Oh? This forbidden art is rather interesting."

Su Fan stopped before a Forbidden Technique Tomb.

"Forbidden Art: Tomb of the Silent Breath Technique."

Silent Breath Technique!

This was a special forbidden art. When used, it allowed one to conceal one's own aura, cultivation, and even life force as one pleased.

Whether for hiding one's cultivation or concealing oneself, it was an exceptionally powerful forbidden art.

It was especially invincible when used for ambushes and assassinations.

"This forbidden art is not bad. I'm learning it!"

Su Fan immediately decided to learn this forbidden art.

At most, it would cost him a little lifespan.

"Ambushes, concealment, hiding myself... this was made specifically for me."

Su Fan beamed with delight.

He opened the Forbidden Technique Tomb and took out the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip.

After memorizing the forbidden art's cultivation method, he closed the Forbidden Technique Tomb.

Su Fan began cultivating directly.

"Heavenly Enlightenment Technique, grant me enlightenment!"

Su Fan directly used the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique to enter enlightenment.

His talent had improved, so naturally the enlightenment ability brought by the Heavenly Enlightenment Technique improved accordingly.

When Su Fan came back to his senses from enlightenment, he exhaled. In an instant, he felt the listless emptiness that came after pleasure.