Chapter 49: The Little Black Sword
In the secret chamber, Han Shuangjiang had been guarding Chu Huaixu.
She could clearly feel his aura change several times, but couldn’t quite pinpoint why.
The moment Chu Huaixu opened his eyes, her heart skipped a beat.
Strangely, she sensed a sharp intent emanating from him!
But this feeling quickly vanished completely.
Chu Huaixu exhaled a stream of turbid air and looked down at his body.
“So comfortable,” he marveled inwardly.
“If the Sword Refining Art felt this good, then cultivation would be an addictive thing.”
Han Shuangjiang took a few steps forward, asking with concern, “How is it?”
“I feel great,” he replied.
“Then try using the Spirit Disk and see how much your Spiritual Embryo’s rank has increased,” she said, quite curious.
What else could Chu Huaixu do but indulge her?
He took out the Spirit Disk from his Storage Token and placed his large hand on it.
The pointer no longer stopped at the first mark, but moved all the way to the third mark.
“One pill actually raised it by two levels,” Han Shuangjiang exclaimed in amazement.
Even though Chu Huaixu was still a lower-grade Spiritual Embryo, anyone who had cultivated knew that increasing the rank of a Spiritual Embryo was a heaven-defying feat, incredibly difficult.
This was common knowledge.
It was precisely for this reason that, among a cultivator’s various stats, the difficulty of increasing Spiritual Embryo Attribute was the highest.
Chu Huaixu nodded and said, “This Profound Heaven Fetal Respiration Pill was personally refined by the Pill King himself, so its effects are likely stronger than ordinary ones.”
“It’s a shame this thing can only boost those with lower-grade Spiritual Embryos. If anyone could use it, it would be amazing,” he chuckled.
In fact, theoretically, the Profound Heaven Fetal Respiration Pill’s maximum effect was to raise a level three lower-grade Spiritual Embryo to a level four mid-grade Spiritual Embryo.
However, Chu Huaixu had no intention of holding onto it to reach that limit.
On one hand, possessing it could attract trouble; on the other hand, relying on his memories and acting like a semi-prophet, he had other channels to improve his Spiritual Embryo.
It was better to increase his strength early on.
Without sufficient strength, many opportunities were out of reach.
Currently, Chu Huaixu was more concerned about the Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability: Clarity of Sword Heart.
“It awakened the Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability so quickly?” This surprised him greatly.
Normally, upper-grade and supreme-grade Spiritual Embryos had a chance to awaken their Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability during cultivation.
It usually happened at least when they reached the Great Cultivator realm.
From a gaming perspective, Spells were like active skills, while Spiritual Embryo Divine Abilities were more like passive skills.
Players also had a chance to awaken Divine Abilities when increasing their Spiritual Embryo Attributes.
The reason was simple. Taking Chu Huaixu’s Heart Sword as an example, the status marked in his character panel was “Dusty.”
Theoretically, his upper limit was 10 Spiritual Embryo Attribute, meaning Heart Sword’s limit was a supreme-grade Spiritual Embryo, but it was still in its dusty stage.
Therefore, it was not surprising that a Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability was produced.
“But the problem is, based on my past experience, players have never awakened a Divine Ability with an attribute below 5 points!”
His own main character was no exception; he had awakened the Divine Ability: Instantaneous precisely when he leveled up his Spiritual Embryo to level 5.
That was already considered lucky.
“Why did it awaken at only level 3 this time?”
“Was it because the Pill King personally refined the pill, making it exceptionally potent?”
“Or is it that Han Shuangjiang, this world protagonist with immense fortune, truly brought me good luck, allowing me to share in her blessings?”
He recalled that many players on the forums had mentioned that when they went into dungeons with Han Shuangjiang, or followed her lead in some main story quests, their gains were very substantial, and their luck was off the charts.
“Does she really have some Koi-like attribute?” Chu Huaixu looked up at her.
Meeting his gaze, Han Shuangjiang felt a bit awkward and asked, “Why are you looking at me?”
“I just feel that the fortune today seems truly outrageous.”
His next sentence made even the cool-faced girl’s expression change in surprise.
“I’ve awakened a Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability,” Chu Huaixu stated.
Spiritual Embryo Divine Abilities were generally exclusive to powerful cultivators and were one of their symbols.
Therefore, they were typically mentioned in the legends circulating in the mortal world.
Han Shuangjiang hadn’t expected Chu Huaixu, who was still in the Meridian-Opening Stage and hadn’t even officially begun cultivating, to awaken a Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability.
“And he’s not a lower-grade Spiritual Embryo?” the girl wondered.
However, despite her surprise, she was still happy for him.
She was even happy for this senior, Lei Wenyan.
Frosty’s fundamental nature was indeed kind.
She also wisely refrained from asking what the specific Divine Ability was.
But Chu Huaixu’s mind was full of question marks.
“Why Clarity of Sword Heart?”
“Why Clarity of Sword Heart?”
His Spiritual Embryo was Heart Sword, and he awakened Clarity of Sword Heart. On the surface, it seemed to match well.
But he knew very well that Sword Heart was actually a realm for Sword Cultivators.
Sword Cultivators who were powerful and had deep comprehension of the Sword Dao would eventually develop a Sword Heart.
The so-called Clarity of Sword Heart was the highest realm of Sword Heart!
The four peerless Sword Cultivators of the present era, known collectively as the Four Divine Swords, were all at the Clarity of Sword Heart realm.
While this seemed incredibly impressive, Chu Huaixu’s mood was a bit complex.
The reason was simple: if he chose the Sword Dao and decided to become a Sword Cultivator, then as he grew stronger, he would eventually have a Sword Heart.
This meant he had essentially lost a Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability for nothing! How could his Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability just be Sword Heart!
But looking on the bright side, developing a Sword Heart was something that happened in the later stages of cultivation.
As for the Clarity of Sword Heart realm, it was an even more distant state.
To put it boastfully, the Four Divine Swords could kill me as easily as stepping on an ant, but in terms of Sword Dao comprehension, you’re only on par with me.
The moment Clarity of Sword Heart awakened, Chu Huaixu felt as if he had gained a profound understanding of the Sword Dao, and as if he had seen many, many scenes in an instant.
However, in the next moment, he couldn’t remember anything, except for a mysterious artistic conception lingering in his heart, yet he couldn’t explain it clearly.
He got carried away, grasping the meaning but forgetting the form!
Chu Huaixu opened his character panel and carefully examined its description.
As Chu Huaixu had predicted, the effect of this Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability was consistent with his understanding of Clarity of Sword Heart; it wasn’t just a coincidentally similar name.
Simply put, once a Sword Cultivator developed a Sword Heart, all their sword techniques and various effects would be enhanced.
In gaming terms, when a Sword Heart is developed, the effect enhancement is 10%.
Minor Success in Sword Heart grants 40%.
Great Accomplishment in Sword Heart grants 70%.
Clarity of Sword Heart grants a full 100%!
Don’t underestimate such a small percentage difference.
In actual combat, this was truly crushing!
Because this was a comprehensive effect enhancement, increasing not only the [Damage] of sword techniques, but also their [Speed], [Armor Penetration], and so on.
For Chu Huaixu at this stage, being invincible among those of the same level was merely basic.
In addition, he could feel that the little black sword in his Sea of Consciousness had become noticeably more active, no longer as lifeless.
“From a state of barely clinging to life, it’s evolved to a state of being sickly?” That was Chu Huaixu’s feeling.
He inexplicably felt like he was raising a child, nurturing it to become healthier and healthier.
“There’s one more thing, which is very important.”
Chu Huaixu was in perfect sync with this Heart Sword, and he could clearly sense its state.
Based on his perception, he could detect that the power of Clarity of Sword Heart was actually contained within the little black sword.
“Thinking carefully about it, it does make sense, as it manifested in the form of a Spiritual Embryo Divine Ability, and my Spiritual Embryo is the Heart Sword.”
With this thought, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and a very bold guess surfaced in his mind.
“Does this mean I still have a chance to develop a Sword Heart myself!”
