I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

The face of the Zhang Family of the Thousand Waves Sect really took Gu Yuan by surprise.

Greedy to the extreme, miserly and foolish, daring to provoke a strong enemy for mere petty gains, truly too foolish.

Such a person, can actually achieve a Golden Core?

He sighed, waved his sleeve, and took out the Thousand Waves Sect rules he had brought back from the Scripture Hall, on which two lines of small characters caught his eye.

”If thrice urged and not complied, it can be considered a breach of promise. If a breach is not rectified, one can seize it oneself, or report to the masters, forcibly seize it. The breacher shall be suppressed in the Nether Prison as punishment.”

”When ideologies don’t align, a legal contest may be initiated. The loser must retreat ten thousand miles, guard the Spirit Ore, and shall not return to the sect unless necessary.”

The sect rules of the Thousand Waves Sect, established many years ago, were clear in rewards and punishments, not completely restricting conflicts.

”I still have two letters here. Send one to the Zhang Family every ten days. If, after the two letters are delivered, the Zhang Family has not given you any treasure, there’s no need to send more. Report back to me.”

Gu Yuan waved his large sleeve, wrote two letters again, handed them to the Mermaid, and then let her leave.

However, Gu Yuan predicted that there was a high chance that the Zhang Family would be unwilling to part with that intact Golden Seal.

If so, he could only seize it himself.

With this thought, a gleam flashed in Gu Yuan’s eyes.

If he took it himself, the consequences would not be so simple.

It might be that the opportunity for reaching the Late Stage Golden Core also resides here.

The only thing that made Gu Yuan a bit worried was, since the Thousand Waves Sect proposed the matter of exchanging sect practices, why would they allow the Zhang Family to indulge so much?

Do they truly not care about Master Gu’s reputation?

However, temporarily unable to come to a conclusion, Gu Yuan did not get entangled in it. Instead, he took out a blank book and began to transcribe ”Sword Dao Travelogue” from memory, word by word, which he had skimmed through in the Scripture Hall earlier.

This travelogue, was a chance revealed by the Stone Liquid, and must hold extraordinary items.

However, at that time in the Scripture Hall, he had only briefly glimpsed it and did not comprehend its mysteries. Now with some leisure time, he could meticulously comprehend it.

Gu Yuan circulated his mana, and the Three-Heart Gold Seal shone brightly as he read each word of the Nine Paths Swordsmanship recorded in the travelogue.

Initially, Gu Yuan did not comprehend anything.

But as time passed, after reading it a hundred times, the Three-Heart Gold Seal vibrated continuously, and something suddenly stirred in Gu Yuan’s heart, as if he had grasped something.

”Only sword techniques, without any method of fortune? But for me, it seems I don’t need fortune?”

In a moment of inspiration, Gu Yuan called out the Sword Pill, and instantly, twenty-two bright Sword Qi emerged swiftly.

Under Gu Yuan’s control, the Sword Qi elongated into the shape of a three-foot-long green blade, and Gu Yuan began practicing the first set of sword techniques from the travelogue using the divided sword light.

Qianyang Swordsmanship!

This sword technique contained no method of fortune, did not involve changes in Spiritual Qi, and only consisted of sword techniques like slash, strike, thrust, and point.

But when Gu Yuan operated this sword technique with the divided sword light, a strange transformation seemed to occur.

A surge of scorching Pure Yang Spiritual Light suddenly gushed from the sword light, which was originally sharp and dazzling, suddenly gaining a grand aura, like the Great Sun shining.

”This is...”

With a stirring in his heart, Gu Yuan immediately controlled the twenty-two sword lights and fully practiced this sword technique.

”Boom!”

In an instant, fire ignited in the void, a dazzling Golden Fire surged amid the changes in the sword light.

However, the Golden Fire was too intense, and the sword light seemed to have a sluggish point in its operation.

By this time, Gu Yuan had already gained some insight and immediately reduced the number of sword lights practicing this sword technique. From twenty-two to twenty... fifteen... ten... until finally, with nine sword lights, the Spiritual Light Golden Fire stabilized.

At this point, if someone were in the main hall, they would see thirteen sword lights suspended motionless before Gu Yuan, but the other nine lights intertwined like playful dragons. As they danced, a mysterious and inexplicable Golden Fire majestically manifested on each sword light.

Like nine Fire Swords, shining brilliantly in the void.

”This is... Sword Light Segmentation, Array Derivation Technique?”

Observing this, Gu Yuan pondered.

The segmentation of sword light needed no fortune. In practicing this sword technique, it actually resulted in a trace of might.

However, this Golden Fire was illusory and seemed to lack foundational essence, rendering the induced Golden Fire not very robust. Yet, in Gu Yuan’s perception, with the addition of this Golden Fire, the sword light’s power increased by at least thirty percent.

This Array Derivation Technique was extraordinarily mystical, merging the nine sword lights into one, akin to a Grand Array, with formidable might.

”Again!”

With growing interest, Gu Yuan moved with a thought, and once again, nine sword lights leapt out delicately, practicing another sword technique in midair.

Kunze Swordsmanship!

The nine sword lights intertwined, initially moving randomly without a pattern. But as time passed, the sword light grew heavier, a layer of yellowish Spiritual Light emerged among the nine sword lights, like a massive earth, vast and boundless.

The entire main hall trembled slightly, as if an invisible gravity suddenly descended.

”Again!”

This change thoroughly piqued Gu Yuan’s interest, prompting him to attempt another practice of sword techniques with a thought.

But suddenly, the sword lights moved briefly and then froze.

Looking back, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Of the twenty-two segmented sword lights, only three remained.

Under his control, the three sword lights moved back and forth, as strands of water vapor quietly appeared, as if formless wind and waves suddenly rose in the hall.

However, with just three sword lights, the water vapor was too thin, failing to form the special Spiritual Light of the previous two sword techniques.

”There really is an opportunity hidden in this travelogue...”

Looking up at the sword lights in the air still continuously transforming, resembling Golden Fire and resembling mountain peaks, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but sigh.

The Nine Paths Swordsmanship recorded in this travelogue had little significance for ordinary Sword Dao cultivators, but once the sword light was segmented to a sufficient quantity, and each beam’s power reached a certain level, by using segmented sword light to practice this sword technique, one could harness the might of a Sword Array!

”However, something is still lacking...”

Gu Yuan could feel it was not only because his segmented sword light wasn’t numerous enough to fully practice the Nine Paths Swordsmanship but also because this sword technique inherently had flaws and wasn’t complete.

In this world of cultivation, uniquely distinct, to unleash the utmost power of sword techniques, one should engrave Sword Patterns and create Sword Seals!

”But within this sword technique, there is no method of fortune or crafting. Could it be that only through fully completing the Nine Paths Swordsmanship can one obtain the crafting method?”

Gu Yuan pondered silently.

However, with his current segmentation of the sword light only reaching twenty-two, he still couldn’t fully practice the Nine Paths Swordsmanship.

Yet, in a flash, Gu Yuan attempted another method.

The nine sword lights emitting Qianyang True Flame in the air halted abruptly, then subtly operated along another profound trajectory.

Invisible breezes rose sharply in the hall, with even the void seeming to show signs of tearing under their whispering touch.

The sword light’s speed suddenly increased dramatically!

Xunfeng Swordsmanship!

Also, the nine sword lights practicing Kunyue Swordsmanship in the air suddenly paused and then began practicing a completely new sword technique along another profound trajectory.

”Rumble!”

Thunderous roars echoed abruptly, and the Golden Bone Thunder Aperture within Gu Yuan’s body vibrated in response.

Dazzling thunder roared throughout the main hall in an instant, buzzing as it moved with a aura of destruction.

Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, along with another indescribable and formless sword light gradually transformed into each other, fluxing in the grand hall.

Wind, rain, thunder, lightning, earth, and mountain, as if all forms of tangible and intangible things were condensed into shapes by the sword lights.

The entire main hall, filled with sharp sword light, was almost indescribably sharp yet suffused with a profound Dao Charm, the two states overlapping ingeniously and wondrously.

For a time, Gu Yuan was also immersed in this state.

The hall remained silent, the only sound being the continuous segmentation and derivation of the sword lights.

Time passed swiftly in cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, twenty days had passed.

Outside the hall, the respectful voice of the Mermaid rang out: ”Master Ascendant, both letters have been delivered, and there was no treasure for your humble servant to bring back.”

Gu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, the chilling sword light in his eyes flashed and disappeared, full of sharpness.