Qian Renxue: Fourth Spirit Ring (Part 1)

Qian Renxue: Fourth Spirit Ring (Part 1)

Qian Renxue's jaw dropped in astonishment, her eyes filled with disbelief.

That dazzling series of sword flourishes he had just performed actually contained so many things.

Sword Intent, Sword Gang, Sword Light, sword radiance—she had not seen a single one of them.

"Are there really that many things?"

Qian Renxue was still unwilling to believe it.

Seeing was believing; hearing was not.

She truly had never seen any of the things Ling Feng had described.

As she spoke, Qian Renxue could not help recalling the first time they had met.

Back then, Ling Feng had also demonstrated to her what a sword was.

At the time, she had clearly seen him swing his sword only once.

Yet Grandpa had said that the single sword he drew contained a thousand strikes.

Qian Renxue believed him, and her eyes turned curious. "Ling Feng, Sword Intent, Sword Gang, Sword Light, and sword radiance are all different. How do you divide your attention and assign each of them a separate role?"

"Want to know?"

"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm!" Qian Renxue nodded like a pecking chick, her clear and innocent eyes brimming with a thirst for knowledge.

"Keep swinging your sword a hundred times every day. When you can swing it ten thousand times someday, you'll understand!"

Meeting Qian Renxue's large, eager eyes, Ling Feng kept her in suspense, thoroughly whetting her curiosity.

"What is it, exactly?" When Ling Feng refused to answer, Qian Renxue felt as though ants were crawling through her heart. She tugged at his arm and pressed him for an answer.

Ling Feng remained silent and reached out to take the Juque Sword from her hands.

His palm gently brushed over the blade, releasing one layer of the gravity seal within it.

Then he handed the Juque Sword back to her.

"The secret is inside the sword. If you want to know, swing it a thousand times a day. You'll gain some insight by tomorrow."

"Oh, and the sword was too light."

"The results would be too slow if you trained like that, so I added a little weight."

The instant the sword returned to Qian Renxue's hands, its weight surged to four hundred jin.

Qian Renxue innocently took the Juque Sword, overlooking Ling Feng's last remark.

By the time she realized it, it was already too late.

Caught off guard, she felt her arm sink.

Her one arm had only two hundred jin of strength, nowhere near enough to hold the four-hundred-jin Juque Sword.

The sword slipped from her hand and plunged heavily into the ground.

Qian Renxue: "...!"

Staring at the Juque Sword, Qian Renxue switched from one hand to both, gripping the hilt and using both arms to pull it from the ground.

Carrying the sword, she obediently went aside to practice.

Only after sending Qian Renxue away did Ling Feng turn toward the Star Dou Forest.

His gaze deepened slightly as he pondered in silence.

So much time has passed. Why hasn't Little Black returned yet?

Although the Star Dou Forest and Hidden Sword Peak were separated by thousands of miles, Little Black could cross that distance in an instant with his speed.

Yet half a day had already passed...!

With Little Black's strength as a Five-Hundred-Thousand-Year Ferocious Beast, capturing a spirit beast in the Star Dou Forest should have taken no more than the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

Could something have happened to that bastard Little Black over there?

He shook his head.

Ling Feng truly could not think of what sort of accident could occur.

Little Black's strength was there for all to see. So long as he did not seek death himself, barge into the Lake of Life, or enter the Underground World through the Lake of Life, there was no spirit beast in the Star Dou Forest capable of causing him trouble.

Even if Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Wu, and Ah Rou joined forces, they likely would not be enough for Little Black to pummel.

As for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Little Black feared it even less.

If anyone had to be afraid, it should be the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fearing Little Black. In every aspect, Little Black's attributes completely countered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Little Black possessed absolute speed. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's trump card, its Time Reversal Domain, could never trap him.

Even if Little Black got careless and underestimated his opponent, accidentally allowing himself to be caught in it, nothing would happen.

Little Black's bloodline contained a vast amount of Power of Time.

That Power of Time would offset and disperse the temporal laws of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Time Reversal Domain.

But after being gone for so long, could Little Black really have entered the Lake of Life?

Thinking of Little Black's habit of avenging every grievance and repaying every slight, Ling Feng's brow twitched.

If Di Tian had truly beaten him badly forty years ago, then there was a high chance he had entered the Lake of Life this time.

Ling Feng felt a sudden, inexplicable worry.

Little Black's current strength was enough to handle Xiong Jun and the Myriad Demon King.

But the problem was that there was more than just Xiong Jun. There was also Di Tian, and behind Di Tian stood the Silver Dragon King.

"Master, I'm back!"

"Look at the great treasure I brought you!"

Just as Ling Feng was considering whether to go to the Star Dou Forest and take a look, Little Black's eager voice suddenly rang out.

Hearing this, Ling Feng followed the voice with his gaze.

Little Black had taken human form and landed atop Hidden Sword Peak.

Qian Renxue also stopped practicing upon hearing him. She planted the four-hundred-jin Juque Sword into the ground.

Curiously, she moved closer, wanting to see what great treasure Little Black had brought back.

Little Black acted mysteriously and did not show Qian Renxue.

"What great treasure?" Seeing how tightly Little Black kept it hidden, and seeing no sign of any treasure on him, Qian Renxue's eyes gleamed brightly.

"I'm not showing you!" Little Black ignored Qian Renxue.

"Fine, don't show me. It's not like I care that much." Having been rebuffed, Qian Renxue pouted unhappily.

Her words were stubborn, but she was still intensely curious inside.

Her bright eyes turned toward Ling Feng.

As Ling Feng approached, Little Black eagerly stepped forward as though presenting a treasure.

"Master, look! This is the great treasure I brought you—a Million-Year Soul Beast, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm."

Qian Renxue: "??!"

"A... a Million-Year Soul Beast!" Upon hearing those words, Qian Renxue's jaw dropped, leaving her incoherent.

Ling Feng was also rather surprised. He had not expected Little Black to bring back Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

If his guess was correct, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm should have been in the Underground World, where Di Tian and the others had been absorbing and devouring him.

Ignoring Qian Renxue's shock, Little Black opened his mouth wide like he was presenting a treasure and spat out Sky Dream Ice Silkworm whole.

A ball of light flew from Little Black's mouth, and the more than ten-zhang-long Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from within it.

"Th-this... this is a Million-Year Soul Beast!"

Qian Renxue stared at the harmless-looking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before her. She could not imagine that such a plump, white bug was the legendary, ferocious Million-Year Soul Beast.

"That's right. I'm amazing, aren't I, little human girl?" Seeing the stunned look on Qian Renxue's face, Little Black proudly puffed out his chest.

Hearing that, Qian Renxue's gaze fell on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm once more, and her eyes seemed to shine.

Then she abruptly remembered that she only needed her fourth spirit ring, and that she could not absorb a Million Year Spirit Ring at all.

Thus, she looked at Ling Feng in confusion, then glanced toward Little Black as if she wanted to speak but hesitated.

Little Black instantly understood and spat out another spirit beast that was barely clinging to life.

"Little human girl, don't tell me you thought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was for you?"

"This one is yours."

"And even if Sky Dream Ice Silkworm were given to you, you still couldn't absorb it right now."

"If you forcibly absorb it now, the energy contained within a Million-Year Soul Beast would be enough to blow you into pieces."

Qian Renxue: "..."

Without saying a word, she took the ten-thousand-year spirit beast tossed to her and sensibly retreated to the side to absorb it slowly.

Of course, although she had stepped aside, her gaze still drifted toward Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from time to time.

She was very curious about how Ling Feng would handle this Million-Year Soul Beast—Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Ling Feng's spirit rings were already full, so he could not absorb Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spirit ring.

At most, he could absorb its spirit bone, but absorbing only the spirit bone would be far too wasteful.

"Keep it for now!"

Ling Feng glanced at the still-sleeping Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and immediately decided to save this Million Year Spirit Ring for Qian Renxue.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was certainly powerful, but Ling Feng had no use for it right now.

His spirit rings were already full.

As for spirit bones, he had system rewards. Sooner or later, those would be full as well.

"Master, are you sure? This is a Million-Year Soul Beast!" Little Black looked puzzled upon hearing this and could not help asking.

Ling Feng nodded and did not hide his thoughts from Little Black.

"Mm! We'll absorb it once the time is right. Absorbing it now would be too wasteful!"

"What I can use right now is only a spirit bone."

"If I did that, the spirit ring would go to waste."