Xu Xuan stared blankly at Xu Qingchan's icy face.
In this life, he was the Blood Child of the Blood Baleful Sect, with extremely high authority, and had gained access to many ancient sect secrets.
According to the records in ancient texts.
Some extreme ancient sword sects passed down a secret art.
It could erase the self-awareness of exceptionally gifted sword cultivator seedlings, refining them into "Sword Puppets" without feelings or thoughts, existing solely to carry sword intent.
A Sword Puppet held nothing but the sword in its heart. It was the sect's sharpest weapon, and its most pitiful sacrifice.
Qingchan-
She was the last surviving blood relative of Liu Yun, his first wife when he had been Xu Daocheng in his second life.
During his third life, he had kept her beside him to cultivate, traveling all the way from the Kingdom of Wu to the Yue Kingdom in the Southern Wilds.
Xu Qingchan had outstanding talent, though the Lineage's limited resources at the time had constrained the pace of her cultivation.
Even so, she had been one of the Xu Lineage's few Qi Refining Practitioners.
When Xu Xuan's third life ended, he had instructed her to guard the Lingyan Xu Lineage in his stead.
Nearly two hundred years had passed since then.
When Xu Xuan returned in his Fourth Life, Xu Qingchan had already left for overseas.
When Chen Yuanshan was hunting him down, she had returned in force, compelling the man to retreat.
For several years afterward, Xu Qingchan had helped the Xu Xuan of that time plan for opportunities and keep the situation under control.
She had entered the Northern Frontier alone, intimidating numerous Foundation Establishment cultivators with a single sword.
She had also taught Xu Xuan many secret arts and Divine Abilities.
Xu Xuan still