The instant the flower's stamens entered Leng Qingsong's brow, they merged with the Green Lotus between his eyebrows.
Within Leng Qingsong's dantian, a lotus pedestal slowly rose beneath the nascent soul seated upon the Green Lotus!
A fuller spread from the hilt of the Life-Bound Sword in Leng Qingsong's hand all the way to its tip.
The entire Life-Bound Sword seemed to come alive, humming incessantly in the nascent soul's hand.
Leng Qingsong's consciousness was pulled into a pure white space.
Azure mist swirled here, with nothing in any direction, a boundless expanse whose location was unknown.
Clack, clack, clack!
The crisp sound of wooden clogs rang out, and Leng Qingsong instinctively reached for the longsword against his chest.
But this time, his hand found nothing. The longsword that had never left his side was no longer against his chest.
Using his fingers as a sword, Leng Qingsong turned and struck like lightning, aiming straight for the newcomer's throat.
A slender hand caught Leng Qingsong's wrist.
"So quick to fight and kill. You really are young!" a languid voice said.
Leng Qingsong looked up.
A middle-aged man dressed in white, his cloak hanging open at the chest, was studying him curiously.
"That's not right. Why did only you come?" the middle-aged man asked Leng Qingsong with a frown.
"Who are you?" Leng Qingsong demanded.
"You're about to receive my legacy, and you're still asking who I am? I'm your father. Would you believe that?" the middle-aged man said, curling his lip.
The man before him was none other than the Ancient Sword Immortal, Li Taibai!
Hearing Li Taibai's words, Leng Qingsong flew into a rage. Aside from his elder brother, no one in this world could get away with insulting him!
With his right hand restrained, Leng Qingsong used that