Chapter 64 Mysterious Heart Sword, Junior Brother Repays Kindness
2025-08-18 Author: Kindergarten Boss
Chapter 64 Mysterious Heart Sword, Junior Brother Repays Kindness
The Green Pine Sword spun in the air for a few rounds before it was inserted into the soil with a *swish*.
Liu Chenggong stared in disbelief. He looked down at his right hand, which felt numb at the base of his thumb, and showed slight redness and swelling.
Chu Huaixu also looked at him incredulously, “To think that the Deputy Captain of the Enforcement Team would be so weak!”
There’s a dead weight in the team.
For ordinary Cultivators, they only hone their physique during the Meridian-Opening Stage. Afterwards, their primary methods rely on the Spiritual Power within their bodies.
They rely on Spiritual Power for killing enemies and for defense.
Spiritual Power is the foundation of a Cultivator!
In Chu Huaixu’s opinion, Liu Chenggong’s physique was definitely stronger than that of an ordinary nine-aperture cultivator, but it shouldn’t be stronger than his.
Hence, he chose to let him use his sword. Otherwise, wouldn’t he, a dignified eight-aperture Body Refining expert, be bullying him, a mere Second Realm cultivator?
In any case, without using Spiritual Power, the spiritual sword couldn’t exert much power.
But Chu Huaixu never imagined that the other party would be so depleted, as if hollowed out by lust and wine. What a vice-captain in name only!
What he did just now, flicking his finger with a flourish, was partly showing off, and partly a way to hint to him: don’t hold back, I clearly still have reserves.
But to have the match decided like this would be truly laughable.
Han Shuangjiang watched from the side, her heart filled with shock.
If Liu Chenggong wasn’t examining the base of his thumb, she would have suspected that this person was being overly sycophantic.
“Something’s not right,” Liu Chenggong couldn’t help but exclaim.
He felt that something was amiss.
As the Deputy Captain of the Enforcement Team, he also felt he had lost face.
He was indeed here to curry favor, but this made himself seem too worthless.
Liu Chenggong opened his right hand, guided his energy, and the spiritual sword, Green Pine, flew back into his hand with a *swoosh*.
While this move was impressive, Chu Huaixu could tell that it wasn’t the [Flying Sword Technique].
“Killing enemies with a flying sword requires precise control, it’s a high-tier Spell. He’s merely relying on Spiritual Power and the Sword Spirit to make the sword fly back into his hand; it’s just a showy display,” he judged shrewdly in his heart.
Liu Chenggong gritted his teeth, feeling that he couldn’t afford to be this embarrassed. He said loudly, “Junior Brother Chu, again! This time, you really need to be careful!”
He put on an act as if he had been careless just now.
“Alright!” Chu Huaixu assumed a stance, ready to receive the sword.
He thrust the long sword forward again, choosing the same move, but this time he didn’t hold back. His speed was faster, aiming to salvage his reputation.
Chu Huaixu retreated a step back again, kicking up dust from the ground, the hem of his robe and his long black hair billowing with it.
This time, he barely managed to avoid it.
He repeated his previous trick, flicking his finger.
“Ding—!”
The sword flew out.
“Whoosh—!” A gentle breeze blew.
Liu Chenggong looked at the base of his right thumb again. The numbness was even worse.
Chu Huaixu’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the Green Pine Sword planted in the soil.
This time, he felt it carefully and realized where the problem lay.
—It was the [Heart Sword]!
He clearly felt that the moment his fingertip touched the Green Pine Sword, the small black sword within his body vibrated slightly.
This Heart Sword, which contained the [Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability: Clarity of Sword Heart], seemed to have more profound mysteries!
Liu Chenggong, this fellow with a bit of a playful streak, could no longer laugh.
He looked like a Yao Ming meme, his brow furrowed, and turned to look at his own innate sword.
He was in sync with the Sword Spirit. This was already the second time, how could he not notice the abnormality?
“Chu Huaixu’s physique is much stronger than that of an ordinary Meridian-Opening Stage cultivator; he possesses great strength.”
“But that’s not the point! The main issue lies with the sword and the Sword Spirit!”
“It’s being suppressed by an invisible force.”
“The Sword Spirit has simply lost control and is escaping!”
Liu Chenggong could feel that if he circulated his Spiritual Power into the spiritual sword, he could resist this force.
But the problem was, why was this happening?
How could a mere Meridian-Opening Stage cultivator possess such miraculous means?
At this thought, he couldn’t help but recall the celestial phenomena that occurred at the cold pond, and the day his sword trembled!
Liu Chenggong didn’t know what kind of fortuitous encounter Chu Huaixu had obtained to cause such a stir.
He dared not ask, as it was too presumptuous.
—This was something the Sect Master and the elders were paying attention to!
The Deputy Captain of the Enforcement Team suddenly realized: I suspect he’s found me to test this out!
Therefore, he shrewdly made his stance clear, “Junior Brother Chu, let us spar freely. I will absolutely keep everything that happened today a secret and not let a second person know!”
After speaking, he glanced at Han Shuangjiang, who possessed unparalleled beauty, and amended, “The third person to know…”
Seeing that he was so perceptive, Chu Huaixu smiled and nodded slightly, putting away his own doubts, looking as if nothing was out of the ordinary.
“The Heart Sword actually has such a restraint effect on ordinary spiritual swords?” Chu Huaixu was quite surprised.
However, he felt mixed emotions, harboring a faint sense of foreboding.
In front of the bamboo house, the two engaged in another round of attempts.
This time, Chu Huaixu asked Liu Chenggong to try circulating his Spiritual Power.
As expected, the sword wasn’t knocked away.
“But what if I also use Spiritual Power?” A question mark appeared in Chu Huaixu’s mind.
Unfortunately, he was still a cultivator without Spiritual Power.
This made him even more eager to advance to the First Realm.
He needed to gain experience points, open the ninth aperture, and then go to the Scripture Pavilion to obtain the cultivation technique for the First Realm!
At this moment, Chu Huaixu had also tried to control his Heart Sword, preventing it from displaying its full might.
But he could feel that the Heart Sword was in sync with his consciousness and would obey him.
However, it was probably due to the high caliber of this power that it remained somewhat uncontrollable. The current Chu Huaixu couldn’t manage it with ease.
As a result, the final outcome was that Liu Chenggong could only spar with Chu Huaixu bare-handed, without using his sword.
Otherwise, he would have to use his Spiritual Power.
Fortunately, Chu Huaixu had indeed underestimated the Deputy Captain of the Enforcement Team.
Liu Chenggong was indeed well-connected within the Outer Sect Enforcement Team, which was why his promotions were so rapid.
However, he did have some skills, hence his promotion wasn’t too unsightly.
If nothing unexpected happened, he might have also specifically strengthened his tendons and bones, or perhaps bathed in some medicinal baths.
Most importantly, he might have practiced some fist-based Spells, as his fists were problematic! They were as hard as rock!
Chu Huaixu lost repeatedly.
Yet, Liu Chenggong, who was supposed to be winning, was increasingly shocked with each passing moment.
“How can someone at the Eighth Aperture be this strong?”
“I specifically spent a fortune to strengthen my physical body while practicing the Thunderclap Fist! My fists can shatter rocks!”
“Ordinary nine-aperture disciples might not even be able to withstand a casual palm strike from Chu Huaixu!”
“Even if he supplemented his cultivation with a Body Refining technique, it shouldn’t have reached this level.”
“It’s unnatural, far too unnatural.”
Thus, the two sparred for the entire morning.
Han Shuangjiang eventually got tired of watching and went back to her room.
Chu Huaixu looked somewhat disheveled, his robes very dirty.
However, he was in a good mood.
Because Liu Chenggong’s Enforcement Team uniform wasn’t much cleaner either!
He had been put in a difficult position a few times.
Of course, the most important thing was that he gained 30-100 experience points for each spar, with the amount varying based on the system’s judgment.
“If I recall correctly, the maximum sparring experience points one can gain during the entire Meridian-Opening Stage is 1200 free experience points.”
It wasn’t much, but it was enough for him to advance from level 8 to level 9.
Ultimately, it was Liu Chenggong who couldn’t take it anymore and started making excuses: “Junior Brother Chu, I have matters to attend to in the Enforcement Team. May I come another day?”
Chu Huaixu was unfazed. It was natural for a mere Second Realm cultivator to be more exhausted than an eight-aperture expert like himself.
Having only gained 420 free experience points today, he directly asked, “How about tomorrow?”
Liu Chenggong, exhausted to the bone, gritted his teeth, “Alright! As Junior Brother Chu wishes, tomorrow it is!”
“Okay, it’s a deal.”
After Liu Chenggong left, Chu Huaixu returned to his room, took off his dirty clothes, and hung them on Xu Ziqing’s doorstep to be washed when he returned from his cultivation.
Medicine Mountain, cold pond, within the Secret Realm.
Xu Ziqing slowly awoke from his unconscious state.
He had now opened his second aperture.
The young man was ecstatic.
“The formations and medicinal liquids in this pool are truly miraculous!”
“With my dull aptitude, I’ve actually broken through two apertures in such a short time.”
He wasn’t foolish; he knew the value of this place.
“Senior Brother gave me the opportunity to cultivate, letting me join the Daoist Sect, and now he’s helping me break through…”
“How can I repay such great kindness?” Xu Ziqing looked up.
After a while, the refined young man lowered his head, his eyelids drooping slightly. He clenched the fabric of his pants with his hands.
“Parents, younger sister, grandmother, you tell me… should I give him that item?”
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