Chapter 95: A Prodigy of the Sword Dao, Unrivaled in the World
2025-08-18 Author: A Kindergarten Leader
Chapter 95: A Prodigy of the Sword Dao, Unrivaled in the World
The bamboo house was a cozy little home.
Han Shuangjiang busied herself with cooking, Xu Ziqing with washing clothes, and Chu Huaixu soaked in a hot bath.
The water, naturally, was heated by Junior Brother Xu.
The downpour outside was almost over, but it seemed best to dry clothes indoors anyway.
Chu Huaixu, immersed in the hot water, felt incredibly relaxed and slowly closed his eyes.
He began to plan for the upcoming period.
“The Eastern Continent Competition is imminent.”
“I’m still in the First Realm, Third Heavenly Layer. I need to hurry up and improve my strength.”
“While my cultivation level is important, I also need to learn skills.”
He definitely intended to learn the [Sixfold Rift Spell] that Junior Brother Xu had given him.
He was greatly tempted by such an Earth-tier Spell.
In the Scripture Pavilion, high-tier spells were very expensive, almost as much as cultivation techniques for beyond the Fifth Realm.
Renowned powerful spells might be even pricier.
“With my current Sect Contribution Points, I can’t even afford a Profound-tier spell; I can only choose from Yellow-tier.”
“However, for my current realm, Yellow-tier is actually enough.”
“Of course, Profound-tier would be ideal.”
This was essentially a matter of cost-effectiveness.
With the same experience points, he might be able to reach the max level for a Yellow-tier skill, but only the introductory level for an Earth-tier skill.
Moreover, the skills he needed to learn weren’t just sword techniques, but also movement techniques, defensive techniques, and so on.
Therefore, Chu Huaixu had to learn to make choices.
“In the First Realm, there’s no need to aim too high.”
“The sect generally doesn’t let disciples touch high-tier spells too early; it’s not beneficial for their cultivation.”
Besides that, Chu Huaixu had also specifically looked at the learning requirements for [Sixfold Rift Spell].
“Under normal circumstances, the mandatory requirement for an Earth-tier spell is [Comprehension 3].”
“Furthermore, with [Comprehension 3], you can only learn one Earth-tier spell.”
“But this one is an incomplete version, so you can learn it with [Comprehension 2].”
“After learning it, I won’t be able to learn any other Earth-tier spells. Even if my [Comprehension] increases to 3, it won’t help; I’ll need to reach 4.”
“Most importantly, damn it, just entering it requires over 90,000 experience points!”
Learning a spell is the cheapest; subsequent upgrades consume frightening amounts of experience, multiplying several times over.
If [Sixfold Rift Spell] requires over 90,000 just to start, one couldn’t imagine the later stages.
“But compared to [Myriad Swords Return to the Origin], which scams you out of 1 million experience points, it seems okay?” Chu Huaixu chuckled.
This legendary top-tier spell was truly a huge rip-off.
Given the current situation, Chu Huaixu didn’t even have the conditions to learn [Sixfold Rift Spell].
But he wasn’t in a hurry.
“The most important thing right now is to learn how to refine pills.”
“Officially become an alchemist, and then see if this [Born from Dao, One] is really an automatic medicine cauldron.”
“If it is, I can make a living by refining pills, earn money, earn Sect Contribution Points, and also improve my cultivation by taking pills.”
He had already decided to visit the Scripture Pavilion tomorrow.
He would dedicate himself to alchemy first. Investment was necessary for returns!
The sun was setting, and the rain outside had completely stopped.
The three of them sat at the table and ate as usual. Xu Ziqing had a particularly good appetite.
After eating dry rations in the secret realm for so many days, he had long missed Sister Han’s delicious cooking.
Big Ice Block watched the two gluttons feast and thought to herself, “Junior Brother Xu’s appetite seems to have grown quite a bit too?”
However, when she realized they were both following the Body Refining path, she felt at ease.
Some people have very strong “meal shrinkage,” eating only a few bites and stopping, which can affect one’s appetite when dining with them.
With their appetites at full blast, Han Shuangjiang’s own appetite improved slightly, and she felt proud of her cooking skills.
Chu Huaixu served himself a piece of meat and then looked up, asking, “Sister Han, did you go to the Scripture Pavilion to buy spells?”
“Annoying! Stop calling me Sister Han!” she said coldly.
Every time this vixen called her that, she had a bad feeling.
But Big Ice Block honestly replied, “After you were taken away by the Tenth Elder that day, I went to the Scripture Pavilion and chose a sword technique.”
“Yellow-tier?” Chu Huaixu asked.
“Yes.” Big Ice Block nodded. “Our 1000 Sect Contribution Points are in an awkward spot. We can save some with Yellow-tier, but we can’t afford Profound-tier; even the cheapest ones are not enough, there’s a big difference.”
“That’s normal. The gap between Profound-tier and Yellow-tier is already substantial. Yellow-tier is more basic, while Profound-tier is an advancement,” Chu Huaixu said, then changed the subject, pressing on, “How many contribution points do you have left?”
“Over two hundred, almost three hundred.” Han Shuangjiang replied.
Yellow-tier spells were indeed cheap; some powerful cultivators could even mass-produce them themselves.
These were merely beginner items.
But when it came to Profound-tier, it was a qualitative leap.
Chu Huaixu began to reveal his ultimate goal: “Why don’t you lend them to me first.”
“Hmm?” Han Shuangjiang, who was always money-minded, immediately looked up.
“I plan to learn alchemy. My current contribution points are probably only enough for the most basic alchemy techniques, and not even enough to buy pill recipes and spiritual herbs,” he explained.
The little administrative queen, who was always calculating and good at managing finances, immediately agreed when Chu Huaixu asked to borrow them, despite being a bit of a money grubber.
“These sect contribution points were originally exchanged from his Spirit Disk,” she thought.
“Okay, with this, it should be enough. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely return it soon. I’ll round it up and give you 300,” he said generously.
Xu Ziqing listened from the side, unable to chime in.
He only regretted his low cultivation, having few ways to earn Sect Contribution Points and unable to alleviate his senior brother’s worries!
“Xu Ziqing, Xu Ziqing, you must cultivate with double effort!”
After the meal, Han Shuangjiang, who no longer had to clear the dishes herself, returned to her room to cultivate.
She generally practiced sword techniques during the day and cultivation techniques at night.
Chu Huaixu was overfull and was still digesting.
He looked at Xu Ziqing, who was wiping the table, and started a casual conversation.
“Junior Brother Xu.”
“Yes! Senior Brother!”
“After you got this [Sixfold Rift Spell], you probably didn’t expect it to be a spell at first, did you?”
Xu Ziqing replied while wiping the table, “Yes, I initially thought it was a rather advanced martial art from the jianghu.”
“But later I found I couldn’t learn it no matter how I tried, I could only manage the superficial movements.”
As a young man, he still wanted to prove himself, so he added at this moment, “Senior Brother, perhaps you don’t know, but I learn jianghu martial arts very quickly, especially sword techniques. I learn them as soon as I see them.”
“Because of this, some people in my family began to suspect that this was actually a cultivator’s spell?” Chu Huaixu said.
“Yes, that’s right.” Xu Ziqing’s eyes dimmed.
Chu Huaixu saw this and decided not to delve deeper into the topic.
He actually knew that this world’s protagonist wasn’t someone who learned jianghu sword techniques instantly; he could quickly grasp any Sword Dao spell!
Legend has it that below the Heaven-tier, one could learn instantly!
For Heaven-tier, it only required a short period of study.
Many players speculated that Xu Ziqing, one of the world’s protagonists, probably had the legendary [Comprehension 10].
Even though his Spiritual Embryo Attribute was low, his comprehension was heaven-defying!
“However, before I transmigrated, he didn’t seem to have mastered [Myriad Swords Return to the Origin]?” Chu Huaixu recalled.
Indeed, [Myriad Swords Return to the Origin] was a new scam method in the Profound Yellow Realm!
At this moment, Chu Huaixu could tell that Junior Brother Xu was feeling a bit inadequate because of how he had handled things.
He felt this was detrimental to the growth of the world’s protagonist, so he intentionally gave him an opportunity to show off.
“Actually, you’re not thinking about it correctly. This [Sixfold Rift Spell], if memory serves, is a high-tier spell. It’s already impressive that you could learn its movements.”
“And you probably learned it instantly,” he said.
“Yeah, I learned all the superficial movements instantly, but I couldn’t get the knack of it. I spent over a month studying it, but it was all in vain,” Xu Ziqing replied.
“Now that I know it’s a spell, I feel more at ease,” he said.
Without spiritual power, one naturally could not enter its gate!
“Superficial movements are fine too. Junior Brother Xu, why don’t you demonstrate it for me?” Chu Huaixu continued to give him a chance to showcase.
“Okay!” The clean-cut young man immediately agreed.
He seemed a bit timid in his daily life now, but he was once a spirited youth.
He had been accustomed to demonstrating sword techniques to others since he was young.
This had always been his greatest pride.
His parents were also proud of this.
Xu Ziqing found a tree branch to substitute for his sword and performed the swordplay for Chu Huaixu in the courtyard after the rain, under the moonlight.
Indeed, when he held the branch, the aura around him changed instantly.
The young man was delicate and handsome, with a feminine appearance, which led to him being frequently suspected of being a girl disguised as a boy since childhood.
But with a sword in hand, his presence instantly became sharper!
He was born for the sword!
Chu Huaixu watched him unleash his movements freely in the small courtyard, graceful and flowing.
Every strike was swift and precise.
“If not for the sudden misfortune, wouldn’t he have been a renowned young swordsman in the jianghu?” Chu Huaixu mused.
After completing the entire set of [Sixfold Rift Spell], Xu Ziqing’s right hand would twitch slightly from time to time, as he forcibly suppressed the tremors.
The young man was unaware of the spell’s severe side effects, thinking it was due to his not having reached the First Realm.
“Don’t hide it, I saw it all.” Chu Huaixu was not surprised.
The young man looked slightly embarrassed and lowered his head slightly, saying, “Indeed, nothing can be hidden from Senior Brother’s eyes.”
“Don’t try to butter me up like that.” Chu Huaixu didn’t fall for his flattery and instead asked curiously, “This happens every time you practice, yet you still insisted on practicing for a month?”
Xu Ziqing nodded, looking a little embarrassed. “Because I was stubborn back then. I refused to believe there was any jianghu sword art I couldn’t learn.”
Chu Huaixu grumbled inwardly, “As expected, giving you [Sword Refining Art] was the right move. You’re exceptionally talented in this regard!”
The delicate young man looked down at the branch in his hand, still somewhat ashamed.
“Senior Brother, I didn’t know this was a spell from the cultivation world back then. After studying it for over a month, I began to believe it was impossible for me not to learn it and thought there was something wrong with the spell itself.”
“Coincidentally, there was a part that felt awkward to use, so I also made some random changes to it.”
After speaking, he swung a sword at random and then modified that strike.
All of this was observed by Chu Huaixu.
The next moment, he heard a system notification.
“[Ding! Congratulations, your spell [Sixfold Rift Spell] has had its completeness improved!]”
“[Current Completeness: 86%.]”
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(End of this chapter)
