Dugu Jian put away the sword and returned it to its sheath, and everyone came back to their senses. Although they all saw that Dugu Jian won with soul power, the way he shuttled through the endless sword energy was still extremely amazing.
"Let's go!" Cao Shen said in a deep voice.
The two soldiers' subordinates, Lingzhi, and Ling'en, followed them to the sky and fled.
Hong Zhan only glanced at it, then ignored it, he turned his head to look at the flying Dugu Sword.
Dugu Jian fell closer, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and looked at Hong Zhan with a surprised expression.
"What's wrong?" Hong Zhan said curiously.
"Your knife skills have improved a lot." Dugu Jian exclaimed.
Hong Zhan looked stunned and said: "How did you see it?"
He hadn't made a move before.
"On your body, I saw a sky-high sword intent, sharp and murderous." Dugu Jian said.
"I didn't condense the sword energy, can you see it?" Hong Zhan wondered.
"The sword intent does not need to be manifested through the sword qi, mine is the sword intent, you refine the sword, it is naturally the sword intent, that is your understanding of the sword path, your achievement in the sword path." Dugu Jian explained.
"Oh?"
"It's a good thing to have the sword intent soaring into the sky, it's arrogance, it's your indomitable will, but if it's too sharp, it's too eye-catching, you have to understand 'hidden' as soon as possible, otherwise it's too ostentatious." Dugu Jian said.
"What is hidden?" Hong Zhan said curiously.
"Hide? Some people call it 'return to basics', some people call it 'the unity of heaven and man', some people call it 'cut off yourself', the specifics need to be understood by yourself, the main purpose is to hide your own sword intent, so that it is inconvenient for outsiders to see the depth." Dugu Jian explained.
Hong Zhan understood instantly, because the seventh form of "Eight Styles of Slaughtering Gods" is called 'Slaughtering Self', which should be what Dugu Jian is talking about. Only by being able to hide can people not be seen as deep. He just hasn't understood 'slaughtering himself' yet.
"I was taught, thank you!" Hong Zhan bowed slightly.
Dugu Jian shook his head, not caring much, as if for him, this was just the most basic practice.
"When I came, I heard that you have a divine will tree, can I take a look?" Dugu Jian asked.
"Yes." Hong Zhan nodded.
He turned his head to look at Ye Yu not far away, Ye Yu hurriedly asked a group of subordinates to withdraw the rear formation, and the thick fog dissipated, revealing a quiet valley.
The valley was covered with rune formations, which were binding a pool of gray pool water in the center, which was the true water of Tongyou.
In the center of the pool grew a small bare black tree, on which bore two palm-sized golden fruits, one fruit was sword-shaped, and the other fruit was knife-shaped, which looked extremely peculiar.
Ye Yu explained: "Young master, these two fruits on the Divine Will Tree exude a powerful soul-suppressing killing intent, as long as you get closer, you will feel that a sword is coming to you, which makes people panic inexplicably, just like the feeling when the young master drew the God Slaying Sword. I don't have enough soul power to get close at all."
Dugu Jian's eyes lit up and he said: "It's not a soul-suppressing killing intent, it's a knife intent and a sword intent. Those two fruits are each wrapped in a sword intent and sword intent that are powerful enough to condense the spirit body."
"Condensing the spirit body?" Hong Zhan said curiously.
"For example, the sword spirit in your God Slayer Knife, when the sword intent of the peerless powerhouse is complete and powerful to a certain extent, it can condense the spiritual body. Not only the sword spirit, but also the sword spirit was born in this way. On the contrary, once these sword spirits and sword spirits die and collapse, they will turn into complete sword intent and sword intent again." Dugu Jian explained.
"You go to Ten Thousand Demons Island to find the sword with the sword spirit, are you understanding the sword intent that the owner of that sword once mastered?" Hong Zhan asked.
Dugu Jian nodded and said: "Yes, I want to absorb the strengths of a hundred schools of thought, hone my sword intent, I want to open up a path for my sword."
"Why is there such a fruit on this divine will tree?" Hong Zhan said curiously.
"This pool of water is called 'Tongyou True Water', it should be able to communicate with the yin world, and the corresponding yin world here should happen to have the sword spirit collapsing, the sword spirit collapsing, and then being extradited out by the Tongyou True Water, and then condensed by the Divine Will Tree. A sword fruit, a sword fruit." Dugu Jian said.
"Oh?" Hong Zhan frowned.
"Looking at the arrangement here, someone should know that there are sword spirits in this direction of the underworld and the sword spirits will collapse, so they deliberately set up the true water and divine will tree here, just to collect the collapsed sword intent and sword intent." Dugu Jian said.
"Then how to absorb it?" Hong Zhan said curiously.
"Just swallow it, but everyone's understanding is different, the understanding of sword and sword is different, and the effect of absorbing sword intent and sword intent is also different." Dugu Jian said.
Qianqian nodded and said: "I know about this, Zhu Xingzu once ate a knife fruit here and learned a set of knife techniques, which is the same set of knife techniques just now."
Dugu Jian said: "His knife skills are good, but unfortunately, his understanding is limited, and he has only learned some skin, so I am afraid he has not even absorbed 20% of the effect of that knife."
Hong Zhan said with a move in his expression: "So, in the underworld corresponding to this location, there is more than one sword spirit and sword spirit?"
Dugu Jian nodded and said: "Yes, I really want to go to this yin world, but unfortunately, there is no trigger in the yin world, so I can't enter at all."
"What triggers?" Hong Zhan frowned and thought.
Dugu Jian looked at Hong Zhan and said: "Hong Zhan, I want to exchange this sword for you."
"Oh?" Hong Zhan said curiously.
"You learn swordsmanship, you should not dwell in swordsmanship, I just understood a complete sword intent of the empress not long ago, I can completely condense that sword intent and seal it in the jade talisman, which can be absorbed and read at any time." Dugu Jian said.
"A sword intent suitable for female cultivators?" Hong Zhan's eyes lit up.
"I see that you and Zhou Jingxuan are deeply in love, and you have the appearance of becoming Taoist partners, after I left Ten Thousand Demons Island, I heard that you and Zhou Jingxuan also worshipped heaven and earth, your relationship should be good. She just happens to be repairing a sword, you can give it to her." Dugu Jian smiled.
She looked at the red bracelet on her wrist, and then at Hong Zhan, she was panicked for a while, she bit her lip, with a bitter expression on her face, only because the black robe covered her face, no one could see her expression.
"Okay!" Hong Zhan nodded.
Hearing Hong Zhan's agreement, Qianqian felt inexplicably frustrated and uncomfortable in her heart, and she slowly withdrew from the crowd.
"Sister Qianqian, where are you going?" Lu Qi asked curiously.
Hong Zhan also turned his head to look.
Qianqian hurriedly said: "I'm looking around, you don't have to worry about me."
"Oh!" Lu Qi nodded blankly.
Qianqian was walking nearby, her heart was blocked and uncomfortable, as if she didn't want others to see her uncomfortable expression, she walked to a valley that had just been burned, and there was also a small lake in the valley, but the lake was full of mud and plaster, extremely turbid.
She sat by the small lake, holding her legs, looking at the murky and filthy lake water, and whispered sourly: "What's so sad? Hong Zhan and Zhou Jingxuan were originally a natural couple, and Dugu Jian was right."
Looking at the red bracelet on her wrist, her nose was sore, and a trace of mist appeared in her eyes.
"Why are you sitting here alone?"
An abrupt voice sounded, startling Qianqian, she was so engrossed in thinking just now that she didn't even notice anyone approaching.
Fortunately, this voice is flooded.
She quickly used her mana to steam away the tears in her eyes, took a deep breath, and pretended to be fine: "What are you doing here?"
"Dugu Jian is gone, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, I'll ask you to go with me." Hong Zhan said.
"I ......."
Qianqian frowned, feeling extremely aggrieved and extremely depressed for a while, as if she didn't want to leave with Hong Zhan anymore, but she didn't know what excuse to use.
"By the way, this is for you." Hong Zhan handed over a jade talisman and said.
Qianqian took it suspiciously: "What is this?"
"The empress sword intent condensed by Dugu Sword, you can also cultivate swords, which can just help you improve your swordsmanship." Hong Zhan smiled.
Qianqian was startled, then showed an incredulous look and said: "You...... Didn't you want to give this sword intent to Zhou Jingxuan?"
For some reason, she suddenly felt extremely happy in her heart, sweeping away the frustration just now.
"She also has it, I asked Dugu Jian to help me condense two parts, one for her and one for you." Hong Zhan said.
Qianqian's face froze, and her joy disappeared instantly, but she was no longer as depressed as before.
"Hmph!" Qianqian glared at Hong Zhan and said.
"You don't want it? Then give it back to me." Hong Zhan smiled.
"Do you still want to take back what you gave me? You dream, this is mine." Qianqian wrinkled her nose and snorted coldly.
She quickly put away the jade talisman and ignored Hong Zhan at all, but her mood returned to normal at the moment.
The group quickly left the Divine Will City, and after leaving the city, the group separated again.
Hong Zhan, Qianqian, and Lu Qi all the way, the three of them found a hidden valley, cleared out two caves, and arranged some formations.
Just now, Hong Zhan swallowed a pool of Tongyou true water into his belly.
At this moment, Tongyou True Water was reacting quickly with his primeval essence, he took out the elixirs and put them into his mouth, trying to break through, this sitting, it was five days.
Rumble! A huge cold wind erupted from his body surface and swept in all directions, freezing the cave into an ice cave.
He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled lightly, he had already broken through to the eighth level of the True Sea Realm.
He took out a small tree from his storage bag, which was the uprooted Divine Will Tree, and he took off the knife fruit on it.
The sword fruit was surrounded by a golden mist, and the shape of the mist was knife-shaped.
He was about to swallow the Dao's Intention Fruit when suddenly, the God Slayer Knife trembled.
He glanced at the God Slayer Knife, thought about it, and finally entered the God Slayer Knife illusion with consciousness.
He looked at the sword spirit bound by chains and asked, "Are you looking for me?"
Dao Ling nodded and said: "I feel a very special knife intention surrounding the outside world, I don't know what's going on?"
"I got a knife fruit and was about to take it." Hong Zhan said.
Dao Ling's eyes lit up and said: "Dao Yi Guo? Master, can you give me the knife meaning inside the knife intention? After I absorb it, I will definitely sort it out and teach you it with all my might."
"Oh?" Hong Zhan squinted.
"If a normal person swallows the Daoyi Fruit and cannot absorb it all, it is too wasteful for you. I can absorb more, and I can keep more of the sword intent inheritance for you." The sword spirit looked expectant.
Hong Zhan shook his head and said: "I want to try it myself."
"But it will waste a lot of sword intent inheritance." Dao Ling said anxiously.
"It doesn't matter." Hong Zhan smiled.
As he spoke, his consciousness left the God Slayer Knife Illusion Realm and returned to his physical body.
He took a bite and swallowed the Daoyi Fruit.