Chapter 28: Immortal Sword

“Master, are you done yet?” An hour had already passed, and Bai Ling outside the door was gradually growing anxious.
“Almost, almost!”

To calm his emotions, Lin Fan simply moved a stool and sat down by Su Mubing’s bed.

“This is a bit troublesome…” Lin Fan’s brows were tightly furrowed. “How am I supposed to channel the spiritual power of this Saintly Physique?”

[It’s not hard to channel. You just need to pour some of your demonic power into her body.]

“My demonic power?” Lin Fan was a bit bewildered. “Big sister, could you please get this straight—I’m a demon cultivator, she’s an immortal cultivator!”

How could demonic power merge with spiritual power?

[Who are you calling big sister!]

The system retorted huffily.

[Let me put it this way. The reason Su Mubing’s spiritual power is in chaos is mainly due to a lack of nourishment.]

“Lack of nourishment?” Lin Fan was even more bewildered. “What do you mean?”

[A Saintly Physique is different from an ordinary constitution; it has an activation process. To activate a Saintly Physique, it needs to be irrigated with energy that is related to the Saintly Physique’s attributes, which is what’s called nourishment.]

[If the time for activation arrives but it doesn’t receive the corresponding nourishment, then the spiritual power within the Saintly Physique’s owner will gradually enter a berserk state.]

“So that’s how it is…” Lin Fan muttered to himself, “But there’s one thing I don’t understand. How is my demonic power related to a Saintly Physique?”

[Please~ Other Saintly Physiques might not be related, but she has the Evil-Slaying Sacred Sword Physique!]

The system deliberately emphasized the words “Evil-Slaying”.

“Alright, alright, I get it!” Lin Fan waved his hand impatiently. “Just tell me what I need to do!”

[It’s simple, just transfer a portion of your demonic power to her.]

“Like this?” Lin Fan helped Su Mubing up and placed his right hand on her back.

[That’s right, just like that, hold it!]

The system replied with a firm tone.

Half an hour later…

“I say—is it okay now? Still not done?” After a long period of transferring demonic power, Lin Fan was gradually becoming physically exhausted.

[Almost, almost, just a billion more points, just a billion more…]

An hour later…

“System, why do I feel… a bit dizzy…” Perhaps because of the excessive loss of demonic power, Lin Fan’s mind was gradually becoming dazed.

[Hang in there, it’ll be done soon—]

Seeing that success was imminent, the system encouraged Lin Fan.

[Three… two… one! Done!]

“Phew—”

Hearing the system’s prompt, Lin Fan felt a great sense of relief.

“Heavens, it’s finally over…”

Lin Fan had never expected the devouring power of the Evil-Slaying Sacred Sword Physique to be so terrifying.

Just to help Su Mubing awaken, it had cost Lin Fan nearly ten percent of his demonic power.

Fortunately, this lost demonic power would slowly recover over time.
Therefore, Lin Fan didn’t need to worry too much.

[Ding dong! Congratulations, Host, for successfully helping your beloved disciple activate her Saintly Physique. The system is presenting a special hidden gift package as a commendation.]

“A hidden gift package?” Upon hearing this, Lin Fan’s interest was instantly piqued. “There’s such a good thing? Quick, open it and let me see!”

[The gift package is now opening, please wait…]

[Ding dong! Congratulations, Host, you have received Forging Immortal Points ×500,000!]

“Holy crap!” Hearing the content of the reward, Lin Fan’s eyes went wide, and he jumped three feet in the air with excitement.

“Five hundred thousand Forging Immortal Points? Awesome! This is too awesome!”

[This… how is this possible?!]

When the system saw the content of the reward, its entire being instantly felt unwell.

[This shouldn’t be… I clearly set the probability at one in a billion. How could he hit it?!]

“What did you say?!” Hearing the system’s words, Lin Fan was instantly filled with rage. “No wonder I keep getting trash. So you were the one pulling the strings behind the scenes!”

[Aiya, I don’t care! I’ve suffered a huge loss, you have to compensate me!]

“In your wildest dreams!”

…

Just as Lin Fan and the system were arguing heatedly, Su Mubing on the bed slowly opened her eyes.

“So comfortable…”

Feeling the flow of spiritual power within her body, Su Mubing’s lips curved upward, revealing a long-lost smile.

“My good disciple, how do you feel?” Lin Fan came to the bedside and asked with a concerned gaze.

“I feel much better,” Su Mubing smiled sweetly, revealing two shallow dimples.

“Master has worked hard…”

“It was no trouble, it’s what I should do.” Lin Fan stroked Su Mubing’s forehead, then shouted toward the door, “You all can come in now!”

“Eh… ouch!”

Perhaps from waiting too long, her legs and feet had gone numb.

Before the door was even fully open, Bai Ling stumbled and fell flat on the ground.

“Bing’er, how do you feel?” Su Muxue walked to the bedside and tightly held her sister’s hand.

“Much better,” Su Mubing lifted the covers and sat up directly from the bed. “I think now… I should be able to continue cultivating.”

“Really?” Su Muxue’s expression was a little excited. “That’s wonderful, that’s wonderful…”

As the older sister, Su Muxue deeply desired for her younger sister to recover.

Because she knew very well that with Su Mubing’s cultivation talent, it was only a matter of time before she became a top figure on the continent.

“There’s one thing I need to remind you,”

Lin Fan walked over with his hands behind his back, “Due to the special nature of your constitution, you will no longer be able to cultivate sonic-type techniques from now on.”

“Eh?!” Hearing Lin Fan’s words, Su Mubing was taken aback. “Then what should I cultivate?”

“Swords,” Lin Fan said concisely.

“Swords?” Su Mubing froze for a few seconds, then repeatedly waved her hands.

“Master, I can’t do it. I don’t know how to use a sword…”

“If you don’t know, you can learn,” Lin Fan said, then directly pulled Su Mubing’s hand.

“Come with me!”

The sudden situation left everyone present dumbfounded.

“Where is Master taking Sister Mubing?” Bai Ling at the side asked curiously.

“I don’t know—” Ye Qinghong spread her hands, indicating she was also clueless.

“Let’s go, follow them and see,” Su Muxue said, then chased after them in the direction Lin Fan had gone.

At the foot of the mountain.

Lin Fan let go of her hand and casually tossed a longsword to Su Mubing. “Come on, swing it a few times and see how it feels.”

“Eh?” After taking the longsword and looking at it for a few seconds, Su Mubing suddenly showed a troubled expression. “But Master…”

“No buts,” Lin Fan waved his hand at Su Mubing, “Just try it first, see if you have a feel for it.”

“No—” Seeing that Lin Fan had misunderstood, Su Mubing quickly explained, “But this sword, it looks like it’s about to break…”

“What?!”

Hearing this, Lin Fan quickly walked over and snatched the longsword from Su Mubing’s hand.

“No way…” Staring at the cracks on the sword’s body, Lin Fan felt a headache coming on. “Even an immortal-grade weapon can’t withstand it…”

A Saintly Physique had extremely high requirements for the grade of a weapon.
Lin Fan had long heard about this.

Therefore, before pulling Su Mubing over to practice, Lin Fan had specifically taken out an immortal-grade weapon.

But he never expected that he had still underestimated the power of the Saintly Physique.

In just a few seconds, the immortal-grade weapon had become shattered and fragmented because it couldn’t withstand the pressure.

“Ah, this…” Staring at Su Mubing’s confused expression, Lin Fan felt a wave of embarrassment.

This was the best one in his “collection”!

[Esteemed customer, would you like a divine weapon? If so, just say the word.]

The system’s cheeky voice suddenly came from his mind.

“Hm? A divine weapon?!” Upon hearing this, Lin Fan’s eyes went wide. “Yes, of course I want one!”

[Alrighty! A total of three hundred thousand Forging Immortal Points. Please make the payment.]

The moment Lin Fan’s voice fell, the system immediately brought up the payment interface for him.

“What?!” Hearing the price, Lin Fan was instantly startled. “Three hundred thousand for one divine weapon, is this a robbery?!”

[Please~ It’s worth the price, okay? Where’s the robbery? Actually, it’s fine if you don’t buy it. At most, you’ll just be laughed at by your disciples.]

“You!” Lin Fan gritted his teeth, but in the end, still pressed the purchase button. “You win!”

[Ding dong! Congratulations, Host, you have received the Immortal-Slaying Sword ×1.]

“Master, this sword is so beautiful!” Su Mubing took the sword and caressed its body, unable to put it down.

Not far away, Bai Ling stared at the gleaming Immortal-Slaying Sword, her eyes straight with envy. “I want one too!”

“Shh—”

Ye Qinghong raised her index finger and made a silencing gesture. “Senior Sister Bai, keep it down, we’ll be discovered.”

“So what if we’re discovered,” Bai Ling muttered with a pouty mouth, “Ling’er is so cute, Master wouldn’t have the heart to hit me.”

…

Ye Qinghong was instantly embarrassed.

Have you forgotten what happened just a moment ago!

“Buzz—”

Just as Su Mubing was wiping the sword’s body, a ball of golden light suddenly peeled off from the golden sword.

The golden light circled in mid-air for a few seconds, then swooped down and drilled into Su Mubing’s forehead.

“Master, this is…” Su Mubing asked Lin Fan, somewhat bewildered.

“A divine weapon acknowledging its master?!”

Lin Fan stared blankly at Su Mubing, the thick shock on his face overflowing.

Although there were many cultivators on the Xianling Continent who had obtained the acknowledgment of a divine weapon, the process, without exception, was extremely difficult and tortuous.

In comparison, the acknowledgment process of the Slaying Sword seemed too perfunctory.

No… it was too hasty!

The next second after the acknowledgment was complete, the Immortal-Slaying Sword suddenly spoke.

“Evil-Slaying Sacred Sword Physique… A huge profit, this is a huge profit!”

“Who? Who’s speaking?!” Su Mubing looked around in a panic.

“It’s me, little doll~” The sword spirit within the sword laughed a few times, then shook its body proudly. 

“You can talk?!” Su Mubing stared at the treasured sword in her hand in disbelief.

“Not only can I talk, I can also automatically protect my master~”

With that, the Immortal-Slaying Sword suddenly left Su Mubing’s palm. “For example—those few people over there are acting furtively. One look and you can tell they’re not good people. Master, please have a seat, I’ll go eliminate them right now!”

???

Hearing the sword spirit’s words, Lin Fan was momentarily dazed.

“Those few people? Are there other people here?” Following the direction the sword spirit was pointing, Lin Fan instantly saw several familiar figures.

“F**k!” Seeing this, Lin Fan shouted in alarm, “Get out of the way!”