Be Passive In The High Martial World

Chapter 31: Spirit Ascension with Jade

Can a person live without a heart, just as a qin cannot sing without strings?

Only with intention, everything is possible!

From the beginning, the Long Yin was not meant to be played with qin strings. Otherwise, it would not have remained silent for thousands of years, passing through the hands of famous musicians and experts without anyone being able to create a melody with it.

Its sound is produced by the will, not by the movement of the sound.

Back then, Chen Kuang stumbled upon it by accident, replacing the sword's courage with the heart of a qin, allowing him to luckily resonate with its artistic conception and play that small section.

And now, Chen Kuang is going to face the enemy with this stringless qin.

He is not worried about the silence of the Long Yin.

Because the sword is in his hand, ready to strike in his mind.

The Grass Cutter Song, with its twenty-two lives sacrificed along the way, has cultivated a Sword Intent.

At this moment, the sword is in his hand, and the intention is in his heart.

But it's still not enough.

Chen Kuang does not have enough cultivation.

Naturally, without rice, even the cleverest cook cannot make a meal. Without a foundation, it's all empty castles in the air, a dreamlike illusion.

Even with the effect of the Xianyao Wine, he is only barely at the Innate level, perhaps enough to be a sect leader among mortals.

But among cultivators, he hasn't even stepped through the threshold.

On the other side, Wei Su's aura is deep and unfathomable like an abyss.

Just from their brief encounter, Chen Kuang knows the vast difference between them. Wei Su probably considers killing him to be as easy as crushing an ant.

That's why Wei Su's attitude is so casual.

It's also possible that he has already confirmed that Chen Kuang has swallowed the Elixir of Eternal Life and is temporarily unsure if it will lose its effect if he dies, so he doesn't plan to take his life.

Chen Kuang has already experienced this kind of arrogance from Shen Xingzhu.

But perhaps... she is not an exception. This should be a common problem among cultivators in this world.

However, Wei Su naturally wouldn't know that Shen Xingzhu has already paid a heavy price for her arrogance.

And among those prices, the most insignificant part will become Wei Su's guillotine today.

Chen Kuang smiles mysteriously at Wei Su, pressing his tongue against the old jade in his mouth. The touch of the jade is warm and almost melts in his mouth, turning into a jade liquid.

He silently recites the mantra in his mind—

"The stone from the other mountain can be used to attack the jade... Asking the jade for the way can lead to Spirit Ascension!"

The stone that Shen Xingzhu left for him to save his life, the Divine Ability of the other person can be borrowed temporarily for his own use!

And at this moment, the only spiritual mark on the stone is its original owner.

Shen Xingzhu.

And her cultivation is... Grandmaster Realm, half a step into the Profound!

...

Shen Xingzhu is not in the imperial city at the moment, nor is she on the battlefield.

She is floating high above, standing with her hands behind her back, her black clothes fluttering, her green veil ethereal. Her beautiful and cold eyes calmly overlook the land below.

The collapsed imperial city, the raging fires, the silent beings... everything is within her sight.

In front of her, a massive illusionary sword formed from killing intent crashes down. The grass, trees, and buildings below are all crushed by its power, instantly crumbling and scattering in all directions.

People scream in extreme fear, helpless in the face of this catastrophe, and countless deaths and injuries seem imminent.

Shen Xingzhu raises her hand gently.

An invisible force, like a light veil, envelops all the mortals within her gaze, effortlessly lifting the Sword Intent and turning it into nothingness.

The giant sword crushes, and the cultivators turn into flesh and blood, while the mortals remain unharmed.

She sighs, "Huo Hengxuan, using power to oppress the weak, you shall die."

Huo Hengxuan is indeed going to die.

He forcefully broke through his meridians to unleash this attack, and his qi and blood have already dissipated. Even if Li Hongling doesn't kill him, he won't live much longer.

But unfortunately, despite his best efforts, he couldn't kill Li Hongling.

Mu Zhao left a marvelous Spiritual Treasure for Li Hongling called "Thousand Miles Smoke and Wave Map," which can turn the virtual into reality and bridge any distance. It was enough to withstand this attack.

Above her head, the chessboard formed by the stars is reaching its endgame.

Liang Kingdom's Patriarch is one move away from victory.

"To save the world, one must enter the Dao and become a true Saint..."

The Patriarch's cultivation is not stable, and he must have sensed the imminent danger during his seclusion, forcefully breaking through to the Dao. It can only be said that he has stepped on the edge of the path.

This Saint cultivation is only half real.

But he has emerged for the sake of the country, carrying a great responsibility, and can indeed be called a Saint.

Shen Xingzhu muttered to herself, suddenly realizing the broken state of her Dao heart, which caused her to feel frustrated.

Just at this moment, the divine jade left by her was activated by someone.

"Heh..."

Shen Xingzhu's faint laughter disappeared in the sky, accompanied by a sudden surge of spiritual energy from below, shining brightly like a torch.

She lowered her gaze and squinted her eyes.

If she wanted to restore her Dao Integration, there were only two ways.

One was to deceive her Dao heart once again, complete the damn reason for Chen Kuang's imbalance, eliminate the culprit that caused her Dao heart to be unbalanced, and make this world recognize her Dao once again.

The other way was to make Chen Kuang recognize her Dao.

Shen Xingzhu was not in a hurry, and she didn't mind lending her power to him.

Because she knew that someone would find a reason to kill Chen Kuang for her.

This person was called Li Hongling.

Among the fifty thousand Black Armor Army, only twenty thousand were cultivators, while the rest were ordinary people with rough martial arts skills.

At this moment, Li Hongling was unable to intercept the task of stopping Chen Kuang and Chu Wenruo, so it would naturally fall into the hands of the Black Armor Army.

As long as Chen Kuang killed even one ordinary person, he would make a mistake.

Shen Xingzhu was waiting.

...

Wei Su's expression froze on his face.

No, it should be said that his whole person was in a daze.

In the blink of an eye, the guy who was barely stronger than an ant suddenly underwent a tremendous change, and his spiritual energy surged once again.

Innate, Ascending the Tower, Sea Opening, Embracing the Moon... directly into the Grandmaster realm!

It was truly astonishing!

Moreover, a normal Grandmaster Realm would have reached a state of subtle cultivation, usually returning to simplicity and concealing their divine light, not easily revealing it.

But Chen Kuang was different. He hadn't even crossed the threshold, and he didn't have much ability to control these powers.

Not to mention completely concealing them.

It was like a child holding gold, showing off.

Chen Kuang also didn't expect that Shen Xingzhu would directly lend him the power of a Grandmaster.

The divine jade was a gentleman's jade, and taking it without permission was not allowed, so the amount of cultivation borrowed was determined by the other party.

In other words, if Shen Xingzhu didn't allow it, he definitely wouldn't be able to borrow it...

At this moment, an almost endless stream of power continuously poured into the heavenly spirit from the golden liquid, then spread throughout his body and radiated outward.

Even the faint smell of alcohol was instantly dispersed.

Chen Kuang was also enduring great pain. These powers were difficult to control and were escaping outward, tearing at his body. The divine jade was the only rein.

His eyes overflowed with divine light, and he was extremely excited.

"In fact..."

Wei Su took a deep breath and quickly stepped back, smiling awkwardly, "It's all a misunderstanding."

He raised his hands, intending to explain.

With a thought from Chen Kuang, his severed arm on the ground flew back to him, and his flesh and blood instantly healed, revealing only the torn clothes as evidence of the danger just now.

He looked at Wei Su, and suddenly lost interest. He lightly tapped the body of the Long Yin Qin with his finger, casually playing two notes.

"Clang—"

In the void, a sound of a qin or a sword rang out.

Wei Su's head fell to the ground in an instant, while his body remained standing upright in its original place.

Chen Kuang was stunned.

So this was how Shen Xingzhu would kill him if she really wanted to.

Chen Kuang took a deep breath and felt the old jade under his tongue melting like snow. He quickly grabbed Chu Wenruo and flew towards the city gate.

With the sound of the qin just now, the city gate and the city wall had been split in half, without any obstacles.

A woman's angry shout came from behind:

"Where is the Black Armor Army?! Capture the fugitive!!!"

In front, there was a formation like clouds.

After passing through the city gate, a cultivator landed and saluted with folded hands, shouting loudly:

"Is it Lady Chu and the princess?! We will clear the way for Lady Chu!"

Chen Kuang nodded at the person in front, took two steps forward, and whispered, "Qingcuo girl asked me to tell you the secret message."

Chen Kuang's heart sank, "What about her?"

(End of this chapter)