Lin Shisan's breathing finally steadied completely, and he opened his eyes.
It was just as he had imagined.
Since this Evil-Exorcising Sword was Patriarch Tianjizi's Life-Bound Spirit Artifact, it might well feel an affinity for the Nine Yang Wheel-Transferring Cultivation Manual.
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
With a cry, Little Nine's Fire Phoenix phantom emerged from his chest once again.
It spread its wings and flew toward the Evil-Exorcising Sword, circling its blade once, with a sense of mutual appreciation and connected bloodlines.
One was the Evil-Exorcising Sword, the other the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror. Both were Grand Patriarch Tianjizi's Life-Bound Spirit Artifacts, so naturally they were connected.
Crimson-gold flames peeled away from Little Nine's wings and landed on the two dark-red phoenix-eye gems on the sword's guard, instantly eliciting an extremely faint hum.
It had been awakened.
His mind made up, Lin Shisan stepped forward and reached out to grip the hilt.
He was going to draw the sword again.
But this time, to everyone's surprise, the Evil-Exorcising Sword did not unleash any more evil-exterminating killing intent.
The instant his palm touched the hilt, a force as scorching as molten lava poured from it into his meridians.
Unlike the killing intent from before, this force was more ancient and purer, carrying an edge that seemed capable of cleaving all things into oblivion.
Lin Shisan's body abruptly stiffened. Waves of tearing pain shot through his meridians, making his brows knot tightly.
"Turn..."
Lin Shisan hurriedly pushed the Nine Yang Wheel-Transferring Cultivation Manual to its limit. The Taiji Wheel spun furiously, stripping away the incoming sword-intent force layer by layer, grinding it down, absorbing it, and converting it into warm Spiritual Power that flowed back into the depths of his meridians.
Nourished by this flow, the third Star Pattern along the Taiji Wheel's rim actually