Failure, Death by Explosion
At this moment, he dared not be distracted in the slightest. He Spirit Concentration his mind and continuously channeled the spiritual Spiritual Qi from his dantian into the sword, deeply imprinting his own divine soul into the depths of every scale.
As the brand was completely applied, the three-foot-long Azure Scale Sword suddenly burst forth with dazzling azure light.
The sword was no longer a cold, metallic object, but transformed into a flowing, azure rainbow of blades, its clear, resonant cry causing the surrounding air to tremble slightly.
The man's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to guide the blue rainbow into his body.
The clear yet gentle Sword Qi instantly flowed through his meridians. His already somewhat slender and sluggish meridians were widened and nourished by the Spiritual Qi of the sword rainbow, which was covered with scales. The soreness was accompanied by a slight warmth.
He gritted his teeth to steady his mind, guiding the sword rainbow to avoid vital points in the meridians, following the cyclical path of Spiritual Qi circulation, and heading towards the depths of the Qi Sea.
Deep within his Qi Sea, his Wood-elemental Spirit Root was quietly stretching its tender branches. The moment the sword rainbow arrived, the Spirit Root trembled violently, resonating with the Wood-elemental Sword Intent of the Azure Scale Sword.
He focused all his attention on one point, guiding the azure sword rainbow to gradually wrap around the main vein of his Spirit Root.
The fish-scale patterns on the sword rainbow seemed to have been born on the Spirit Root, one after another embedded in the texture of the Spirit Root.
The azure sword light merged completely with the wood-colored spiritual light of the Spirit Root. The original three-foot-long sword blade eventually transformed into a winding and agile Azure Scale Sword imprint on the main vein of the Spirit Root. Each scale pattern was clearly visible, rising and falling slightly with the breathing of the Spirit Root, as if a living creature was lurking in the root.
When the last scale pattern completely merged with the Spirit Root, the cultivator's spiritual Spiritual Qi suddenly contracted, and the Spirit Root within the Qi Sea expanded, making the sword imprint and the Spirit Root a unified whole.
With a slight thought, a wisp of azure sword Sword Qi with fine, dense scales emerged from his Spirit Root, instantly condensing into a three-inch azure light at his fingertips. A clear, melodious sword cry emanated from within his body, unconstrained by physical objects, moving at will.
I did it!
He couldn't help but let out a long, excited roar.
The surrounding audience gasped in amazement as they watched the man succeed!
"He succeeded on his first try! How did he do that?!"
"With the Azure Scale Sword integrated into his own Spirit Root, this kid has a bright future ahead of him!"
"Damn it, I'm going to try too! I refuse to believe I'm worse than him!"
"..."
On the high platform, the old man from the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion smiled as he looked at the person in front of him. He was about to speak when a sudden change occurred.
Suddenly, the skin of the person who had refined the Azure Scale Sword into his Spirit Root cracked open, and fish scales grew out from beneath his skin.
The man screamed in pain and rolled around on the ground.
But his body did not stop mutating.
More and more cracks appeared, and more and more fish scales grew.
In the end, the man's head also split open, and with a bang, his entire body exploded, and he died a horrible death.
The sudden scene startled the surrounding audience, leaving them pale with fright.
Those cultivators who didn't have time to unleash their Law Power to form a protective shield had blood and bits of flesh covering their faces and bodies.
This made them gag, and their bodies trembled.
No one spoke; they were all speechless with shock.
The old man from the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion gradually lost his smile, shook his head, and it was impossible to tell whether he was disappointed or something else.
Li Yunjing remained calm amidst the crowd.
"An interesting cultivation method, but ultimately it's a heretical path with significant flaws," Li Yunjing muttered to himself.
Li Yunjing understood the reason for the cultivator's encounter after witnessing the entire process.
The Chenwei Dao Realm is Lesser Thousand Dao Realm, so it is quite normal for cultivators in this Dao Realm to take unorthodox paths.
For example, that cultivator just now refined a Law Artifact into his Spirit Root; this kind of cultivation method is extremely dangerous.
A cultivator's Spirit Root is the foundation of their cultivation and cannot be damaged in the slightest.
Once Spirit Root is damaged, cultivation becomes impossible, which is tantamount to a devastating blow to a cultivator.
That cultivator did just that, refining the Azure Scale Sword into his Spirit Root, but his body was too weak, and his Spirit Root was only average.
The Azure Scale Sword Azure Scale Sword very strange; Li Yunjing felt that it was a living thing, not an inanimate object.
After the Azure Scale Sword entered the cultivator's Spirit Root, it began to absorb the cultivator's life essence.
That cultivator was too weak to withstand the drain from the Azure Scale Sword.
So that's how that cultivator ended up.
However, given Li Yunjing's perspective, avoiding this outcome would be quite simple.
They administered a strong medicine to the cultivator, allowing his body to maintain a relatively robust state for a short period.
Although the Azure Scale Sword initially absorbed the cultivator's life essence, its power was only strong for that initial period.
Once you get through that initial period, things can gradually improve.
With this thought in mind, Li Yunjing continued to observe the situation of the remaining four people.
The remaining four were also terrified by the cultivator who had exploded and died.
However, the four did not give up. Their faces were resolute, and they all believed that they would not suffer the same fate as the person who exploded and died.
As time passed, all four successfully integrated the Azure Scale Sword into their own Spirit Root.
However, unlike the cultivator at the beginning...
These four people do not have Wood Spirit Root, which means that their Spirit Root attributes are not compatible with the Azure Scale Sword.
The Azure Scale Sword is a better match for the Wood Spirit Root.
Therefore, these five people will likely suffer the same fate as the first one.
Sure enough, before the five could celebrate for long, they too, like the first person, had their skin crack open, grow fish scales, and eventually explode and die.
All five met the same end, immediately sending chills down the spines of the surrounding audience.
No one dares to say they won't be like them anymore.
One person's fate is a coincidence, two people's fates are accidents, but five people all have the same outcome—can that still be called an accident?
The old man from the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion remained expressionless, ordering people to clean up the mess of flesh and blood scattered on the ground.
Once the platform was restored to its original state, with no trace of blood or flesh visible, the elder from the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion shouted loudly:
"The next batch of people who want to inherit the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion's legacy, please come up."
But after he said that, no one in the audience dared to go up and try again.
The inheritance of the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion is tempting, but one's own life is more precious.
No one thought they were any more resilient than those five.
But just at that moment, a voice rang out.
"I'll do it."
This sound immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Everyone looked over and saw a young man, not very old but dressed in fine clothes, walking towards the platform.
The old man from the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion frowned as he looked at the young man before him.
The young man's attire startled him; it was no ordinary robe, but one made of rare materials.
This kind of robe is very rare and is definitely not something an ordinary person can possess.
Therefore, this young man in front of us may have an unusual background.
This puzzled the old man greatly. Would someone who could afford such a robe be interested in the inheritance of the Heavenly Artifact Pavilion?
"Is this young master willing to give it a try?" the old man asked hesitantly.
Li Yunjing smiled and said, "I'm willing. This is the first time I've seen this kind of cultivation method, and I'm quite curious."
These words left the old man completely bewildered. What was this kind of cultivation method? Wasn't this the cultivation method they had always used? And who was this young man?