Fencing?
You're at the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul stage, half-step into the Divine Transformation, renowned as the best sword cultivator of Qinglan Sect in recent times, and you want me to sword fight you?
"Master! I refuse —"
Before he got the word "Refuse" out.
Boom!
An incomprehensibly terrifying sword pressure covered the heavens and blanketed the earth, surrounding them!
In an instant, the world changed color, the wind and clouds inverted, and an intricately profound aura of the sword naturally evolved within the void around them!
Then, the aura of the sword converged, rushing towards the Nine Heavens, where traces of thunder began to appear!
Sword Intent into Thunder!
This was a sword technique commanded solely by the pure and vast Sword Intent!
The simplest and most direct, but also the most overbearing and deadly!
"Damn it, what is this woman trying to do?"
"Does she want to use this torrent of Sword Intent to devour me alive and feed her Sword Spirit?"
"No! I can't die!"
"I'll fight you for it!!!"
Within a flash, Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, veins popped on his forehead, and his handsome face turned fiendishly terrifying!
At this moment, he was genuinely angry!
As a minor antagonist, he could accept being crushed by the powerful, but he would absolutely not tolerate....
Anyone not sticking to the script!
In this life, if he, Lin Xiao, were to die, it would only be by his own hand!
"Sword, come forth!"
At the last second, Lin Xiao's Sword Intent exploded from his body. He reached out into the void!
Whoosh!
A dreamlike and misty Immortal Sword, as if forged of mutton fat jade, emerged from the void, falling perfectly into his palm!
Yes!
He had now reached the Innate stage!
Inside the spiritual platform, a Nascent Soul Secret Realm was hatching!
And this Immortal Sword was his lifebound Spirit Sword—Cloud Dream Marsh—nurtured in the Secret Realm!
"My dear disciple, this is the first time I've seen you wield a sword so sincerely."
"Hmm... The scale of your Sword Qi is acceptable, but the Sword Intent is a bit weak. However, there's still... a promising future!"
"Alright, let your Master guide you today!"
Xiao Hongling smirked mischievously, her sword casually slicing down and instantly creating a hundred feet Sword Realm, covering the entire Fairy Cliff!
Simultaneously,
In the night sky, a massively powerful thunder seemed to be summoned. Guided by her sword, it turned into an overwhelming surge, pouncing relentlessly towards Lin Xiao!
"This woman is really trying to kill me!"
"Damn it, all character settings have gone out the window!"
"This role of the villain - I quit!"
With his eyes bloodshot, Lin Xiao neither dodged nor retreated but instead charged up with a sword stride!
Right now — he just seeks a swift end!
Boom—
In the next instant, thunder was roaring at the side of his ear, and the wind from the sword was screaming!
Lin Xiao was surprised to find that he not only did not die!
But instead...
The horrifying Sword Qi Thunder exploded at a near distance himself and transformed into a natural Sword Qi field, enveloping him entirely!
At this moment, he could clearly feel that within this field, time and space were frozen, completely isolated from the outside world!
He instinctively closed his eyes. He could clearly feel the aura of a profoundly mysterious aura of Sword Qi, blooming like gold lotuses, spreading throughout…
Each blooming Sword Qi Golden Lotus was spreading a thread of supreme true comprehension of Sword Dao!
"Disciple, watch carefully."
"This move, its name is... "
"Sword Intent Baptism, in other words, a Sword Immortal in a blink!"
A cold and stern female voice echoed in his ears.
Lin Xiao's heart quivered, and he opened his eyes.
He saw a pair of stunningly beautiful eyes.
At that moment, their gazes met, and you can hear the sound of their breaths!
The atmosphere..... was quite delicate!
"Xiao'er, bear with it, your master.... is coming in!"
From Xiao Hongling's slightly parted lips, these gentle words were spoken.
"Is....is this some kind of embarrassing dialogue?"
Lin Xiao was shocked.
The next moment, he only felt a pain in his abdomen, and when he looked down, he saw...
Xiao Hongling holding the Immortal Sword "Azure Phoenix," had impaled his abdomen with a thrust!
"Master, you intend to..."
"This is exactly like Lucy!"
In the gradually chaotic consciousness, Lin Xiao vaguely remembered a classic cartoon segment from his previous life!
"Shut up!"
"Since I can already foresee the future cause and effect, I absolutely won't sit back and watch!"
"The Son of Destiny, the cycle of fate, all should be moved aside!"
"My disciple, Xiao Hongling, should reign in his life, tread on stars, and be no less than anyone else!"
"And all this... "
"Will begin with your duel against Ye Chen tomorrow!"
In the chaos, Xiao Hongling's voice came.
Despite only hearing intermittently,
Lin Xiao finally recalled something!
"Master! You've targeted the wrong person! It should be Ye Chen who receives the Baptism!"
In his heart, he wailed!
....
At this moment,
Outside Qinglan Sect's gate,
In a guest room.
A handsome young man dressed in black suddenly woke up from his meditation!
"Old Shi, what's the matter that you disturbed me?"
"Young Friend! Something's not right. I just used the Heavenly Chance Chopsticks and got a feeling that… a significant portion of the destiny that was meant to be yours on this Qinglan mountain...."
"Disappeared!"
"You should know, destiny doesn't just vanish out of nowhere, so it was certainly... seized by someone else!"
The ring on the young man's index finger echoed an alarmed voice.
"What!?"
"It has always been this princely heir who is seizing opportunities, how can I allow someone to ruin my fortune?"
"Qinglan Sect, we shall never allow such a contrarian existence!"
"Tomorrow, ascend the mountain —— kill!"
Ye Chen's eyes were bloodshot, his face twisted, his teeth grinding with a crushing sound, like a beast exposed to extreme fury!
.....
.....
Divine Phoenix Peak, Fairy Cliff.
In a daze.....
God knows how long has passed.
Lin Xiao's fingers moved, vaguely regaining some consciousness.....
He lifted his heavy eyelids.
Only to see a face of unmatched beauty smiling at him!
This distance, absurdly close!
So much so that her waterfall-like blue hair fell on his cheeks, a hint of gentle and fresh fragrance wavered in his nose.
"Ma...Master!?"
Lin Xiao was fully awake now!
He only felt a soft and icy touch behind his head, turns out...
He was lying on the beautiful jade-like white legs of his gorgeous master!
"Tch, This master bestowed sword intent on you, and you are quite exhausted."
Xiao Hongling chuckled slightly, drank a sip of wine, then passed the wine flask to Lin Xiao's mouth: "come, drink a bit, to celebrate your achieving the Formless Sword Body bestowed by me. Your sword Dao realm has made rapid progress. In the entire Divine Phoenix Peak, Perhaps even your second junior sister, the sword nerd, can't match you."
"From now on, your title of Eldest Senior Brother will truly be deserved."
The Formless Sword Body!?
Upon hearing these four characters, Lin Xiao's whole body went numb!
He prepared to open his attribute panel to confirm it!
Yes, somehow, although he is a transmigrator, he also has his own character panel!
Only that he was too focused on following the plot, he didn't pay much attention to his cultivation attribute!
"System, open character panel!"
"Ding!"
Name: Lin Xiao
Age: 22
Cultivation Level: Innate Intermediate
Physique: Formless Sword Body (Minor Success)
[Description: Colorless, formless. Owners of this kind of physique have the best aptitude in the art of the sword in the current world. When displaying sword techniques and divine skills, they can use sword intent to drive true Yuan. Upon reaching perfection, they can [Fuse] all the sword Dao rules of the world, including space, time, causality, and samsara…]
Technique: "Qinglan Sword Canon·32 External Views"
...
It really is the Formless Sword Body!
Seeing the luminous screen displayed by the system, Lin Xiao became utterly despondent, near to darkening out.
The plot may have completely collapsed!
...
Originally, according to the setting of the original.
Qinglan Sect is a great sword-cultivating sect that has inherited for tens of thousands of years. Each inner sect disciple, once their sword Dao assessment reaches the standard, can go to the underground sword tomb, imbue the furnace with their own sword intent to forge their own lifebound spirit sword!
And each spirit sword, with the improvement of the sword wielder's sword Dao realm, has a chance to hatch a powerful sword spirit!
Like second junior sister Guo Yourong's Ice Sword Spirit!
Third junior sister Chu Youwei's Zither Heart Sword Spirit!
And his Lin Xiao's..... well, as a villain errand person, the original author did not bother giving him any.
But the key is!
The lifebound spirit sword of gorgeous Master Xiao Hongling, the Azure Phoenix Sword, is very special!
The swordholder can use this sword as a medium to pass on their sword intent to others!
This ability is very nuts!
Needless to say, in the world of cultivation, cultivation level can be transferred by specific secret arts, but the sword intent ——
can only be comprehended by oneself!
Therefore, this one-hand sword intent baptism is tantamount to breaking the shackles of heaven and earth, acting against the natural order!
As for the setting of this sword, Lin Xiao didn't know.
After all, he had only chased two thirds of the original book and no mention was found in the former parts.
The impression that left him was that the recipient of the baptism would have to be a man!
In the later part of the story, when Ye Chen was severely injured by his foe, the Empress of Great Zhou, his sword realm fell, hence Xiao Hongling gave him the sword intent baptism, which helped him awaken the Formless Sword Body. He then set his foot back into the Emperor City, and killed his enemy!
It was a big cheat opened by the original author for the protagonist!
But now, the protagonist's big chance was promptly snatched by him!
What the heck is this supposed to mean?!
Now, Lin Xiao was quite worried that he wouldn't control his strength well on the ceremony of accepting disciples tomorrow, and might end up stabbing Ye Chen to his death with a sword!
....
"Aye, you kid, what are you thinking about? I gave you wine and you are not drinking it?"
A rather impatient female voice sounded by his ear.
Only then did Lin Xiao regain his senses!
"Master, you have just used this wine pot, if the disciple takes it directly, I'm afraid.... it's not appropriate."
Lin Xiao hastily found an excuse.
"Not appropriate? Huh, so lying on your master's lap is appropriate?"
Xiao Hongling frowned, her face showing a mock smile.
"Ah.... this..."
Only then did Lin Xiao react, hastily withdrew himself, and stood up.
"Pfft."
Seeing Lin Xiao's panicked face, Xiao Hongling could hardly hold back her laughter, bursting into laughter.
The next moment, the smile on her cherry lips gradually disappeared.
Resting both hands on her fragrant cheeks, her peach blossom eyes fixated on Lin Xiao, not uttering a word for a long time.
It seemed that she had something on her mind?
"What's wrong, Master?"
Lin Xiao still symbolically showed his concern.
"Well, your master wants to ask you a very important question, you must answer truthfully..…"
Suddenly, Xiao Hongling moved closer to his ear, and asked with a stern tone.
Seeing the rarely serious face of his beautiful master, Lin Xiao's whole body tensed up, gritting his teeth, he said: "Master, please ask! The disciple will tell you everything he knows!"
Then, under his startled gaze.
This beautiful master hung a strand of hair by her ear, a blush appeared on her cheek, her seductive red lips slightly raised, creating a somewhat teasing atmosphere: "Do you think your master.... is she pretty?"
Lin Xiao: ???