Nirvana Sword Spirit
Sang Ying placed yet another black sword back on the sword mountain; this was the four thousandth sword she had observed.
The aged voice seemed amused by her futile and foolish efforts, and even had the mind to tease her, "You've been searching here for three days now, and still haven't found it? It seems you're not a lucky person."
The number of swords in the entire sword tomb is countless. In the past three days, Sang Ying has explored less than one-tenth of the total number of swords.
It's easy to imagine how long it would take Sang Ying to find the Nirvana Sword if she relied on this clumsy method.
But Sang Ying paid no attention to the mocking voice. She simply drew another sword and poured her Spiritual Power into it.
Although the swords here are exactly the same as the Nirvana Sword, most of them are just empty shells. Sang Ying can tell the difference between a real sword and a fake one as soon as she pours her Spiritual Power into them.
This method is a bit clumsy, but at least it's thorough and won't let Sang Ying miss any possibilities.
The owner of the voice looked down at the female cultivator below, watching her toil and struggle in her quest for the divine sword.
However, there were simply too many swords in the Sword Tomb. Even though Sang Ying was already Soul Leaving Stage cultivator, the Spiritual Qi she poured into the swords was gradually diminishing her own Spiritual Power.
After Sang Ying exhausted the last bit of Spiritual Power in her Dantian and Qi Vortex, and discovered that the sword in her hand was still an empty shell, it turned out that 80% of the swords in the entire sword tomb had not been examined.
Sang Ying sat cross-legged halfway up Sword Mountain and began to regulate her breathing.
There is no Spiritual Qi in the Sword Tomb. If she wants to find the real Nirvana Sword, this clumsy method probably won't work.
Just as Sang Ying was considering other options, the voice spoke again, "What, are you planning to give up now?"
"Give up? Of course not. I was just wondering, is the Nirvana Sword really hidden in this sword tomb?" Sang Ying answered truthfully.
The voice continued, "I will not deceive you; the Nirvana Sword is indeed here. In this world, only this place can contain the Nirvana Sword. If you hadn't passed the first two trials, and if your identity weren't special, I wouldn't have told you this secret."
It sounds like the other party has already told Sang Ying everything they could.
Sang Ying felt that he might not be deceiving her, but he definitely hadn't finished speaking; there was still half of what he wanted to say.
After resting for a while, Sang Ying still couldn't come up with anything useful, so she could only continue with the previous method, searching for the swords one by one.
Although these swords are not as good as the true Nirvana Sword, they are still much better than the spirit swords that Sang Ying had seen before.
Seeing that she had very little Spiritual Qi left, Sang Ying decided to go all out and randomly drew two swords to slash at her.
This action startled the owner of the voice. "What are you doing?!"
Sang Ying said, "Can't you tell? I'm searching for the true Nirvana Sword."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two swords clashed violently. One of them broke off immediately, and the other was not in much better shape, with a crack left on its blade, as if it would break at the slightest force.
"Sigh, it seems neither of these are the ones." Sang Ying shook her head with regret, then turned around and took out two more.
With a few clanging sounds, broken swords fell to the ground. This scene would break the heart of any sword enthusiast, even if the swords weren't particularly valuable. It was still a pity to see perfectly good swords broken like that.
The voice belonged to one of those who felt pity. "Did you come here to find a sword, or to wreak havoc on the Sword Tomb? At this rate, who knows how many swords in the Sword Tomb you'll break!"
"There's nothing I can do about it," Sang Ying said, her tone tinged with difficulty. "Who can blame me for not being able to find the real Nirvana Sword, and for not being smart enough to think of a more suitable solution?"
The voice paused, probably taken aback by Sang Ying's answer.
After a moment's pause, he said in a defiant tone, "Do whatever you want, but don't blame me for not warning you. Even if you find the Nirvana Sword using this method, if you destroy all the swords in the entire Sword Tomb, the Nirvana Sword will never be willing to help you."
His tone was very certain, as if he had already grasped the essence of the Nirvana Sword.
Sang Ying listened silently, when suddenly an idea popped into her head.
She casually drew two more swords, pretending to clash them together. But at that moment, Sang Ying's subtly released Divine Sense suddenly detected an unknown aura within the sword tomb.
Sang Ying deftly tossed aside her sword and flashed to the location of the aura.
All the Spiritual Power she had painstakingly accumulated gathered in her hands, and a small barrier filled with Ice Spiritual Power energy instantly took shape.
Nothing could be seen inside the barrier, as if Sang Ying was simply trapped in a wisp of air.
But Sang Ying herself knew that the transparent thing inside was constantly impacting the barrier, desperately trying to escape her control.
Sang Ying felt a force attacking her sea of consciousness, but the force was not strong, as if it was just a way to remind her to let go.
Fortunately, Sang Ying had no intention of trapping her to death in the first place, and her Spiritual Power was almost exhausted, so the barrier's effectiveness was gradually weakening.
A cloud of icy blue mist also appeared within the barrier.
"Found you, Nirvana Sword," Sang Ying said.
"How did you find me?" The blue mist had no eyes, but Sang Ying inexplicably felt that it was watching her.
At the same time, the aged voice asked, "You, how did you find it?!"
Sang Ying said, "It's all thanks to you telling me that the Nirvana Sword was here that I was able to guess it."
Since the sword is here, then besides the sword on Sword Mountain, Nirvana could be any kind of existence.
If you simply search for swords one by one on Sword Mountain, even though this method is a bit foolish and takes a lot of time, you will eventually find them as long as you have patience. After all, patience is the last thing cultivators have in abundance.
However, such a setup is far too simplistic for a divine weapon.
Sang Ying didn't think that Nirvana would be willing to be found in this way, so the old voice both deceived her and didn't deceive her.
The Sword of Nirvana is indeed in this sword tomb, but it is not any of these swords. If Sang Ying cannot understand this, she will never be able to find the Nirvana in the sword tomb in her lifetime.
Fortunately, Sang Ying finally figured it out. She used the tactic of clashing two swords together to test the voice, and the other party indeed expressed dissatisfaction. This made Sang Ying realize that even though the swords here were unrelated to Nirvana, they were still very important to the owner of the voice and to the true Nirvana.
So after giving that very infuriating answer, Sang Ying deliberately wanted to take out the two swords and clash them together again.
This time, her outstretched Divine Sense detected a special fluctuation, which allowed her to successfully capture the spirit of the Nirvana sword.
Yes, the blue orb of light in her hand is the sword spirit.