Chapter 2

"Are you still trying to argue?"

"I say, Senior Brother Song, as a disciple of the Heavenly Punishment Peak, you should know that everything needs evidence. You say I peeked at the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique. Well, I want to ask Senior Brother Song, did you see this with your own eyes?"

"When I came in, you clearly had the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword manual in your hand!"

"Oh..." Lin Fei looked as if he had just realized something: "So holding the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword manual means I was peeking. Then when I went to Yuezhou last month and held my master's token, does that mean I was coveting the position of Elder on the Jade Balance Peak?"

"Arguing, you're just arguing!"

"The truth is, last month I completed seven sect missions and had enough contributions to choose a sword technique from the Sword Storage Pavilion. Outside of the Three Cuts and Five Absolutes, I can choose any manual I want. So I didn't enter the Sword Storage Pavilion privately. Senior Brother Song, don't get this wrong. As for learning the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique, I just accidentally dropped it on the ground and picked it up. What, do you never bump into anything when you walk?"

"You... " Song Tianxing found himself at a loss for words!

"Besides, to break your Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique, it's not that complicated..."

"What?" Song Tianxing almost doubted his own ears.

"What, Senior Brother Song doesn't believe me?"

"Of course I don't believe you!"

"If you don't believe me, why don't you try...?"

"Ah?" Song Tianxing was taken aback. What does 'try' mean?

"Senior Brother Song said I came to the Sword Storage Pavilion to peek at the sword manual to break the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique. Well, if I can break your Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique with just the Jade Balance Peak's Nourish Me Sword, wouldn't that prove my innocence?"

"Nourish Me Sword?"

Isn't that the entry-level sword technique of the Jade Balance Peak?

Song Tianxing suddenly felt like he had heard wrong.

But after thinking about it, he didn't think he had heard wrong...

So the only thought left in his mind was, are you fucking kidding me?

It's not that Song Tianxing was being overly dramatic. Anyone who heard Lin Fei's words would probably have the same thought.

Breaking the Three Cuts and Four Absolutes with the Nourish Me Sword is as ridiculous as an ant defeating an elephant. If someone could really do it, then the disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect wouldn't need to fight so hard to become inner disciples or true disciples. They could just buy a copy of the Nourish Me Sword and be invincible!

"You... you haven't been through any trauma, have you?" After asking this, Song Tianxing felt his own气势 (momentum) weaken, but it was really too strange. Today's Lin Fei seemed like a completely different person, giving off an incomprehensible aura.

"If you don't want to try, I'll leave..."

"Don't go!" Song Tianxing immediately objected. It was a rare opportunity to catch this guy, and if he couldn't send him to the wall, he would have wasted his efforts.

No matter if you've been through trauma or not, breaking the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique with the Nourish Me Sword is impossible. I just need to defeat you with one move like last time. If you have any tricks, it will be too late. But after some thought, Song Tianxing still said, somewhat uneasy:

"Then don't say I'm bullying you."

"I won't, I won't." Lin Fei had been waiting impatiently, drew his sword, pointed the tip downward, and nodded at Song Tianxing: "Come on."

"Arrogant!" Pointing the sword tip downward is the posture of an elder guiding a junior. Do you even respect me?

In the dim Sword Storage Pavilion, a sword light suddenly flashed.

This was the Yanluo Cut from the Thirteen Cuts of the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique!

Back then, when Song Tianxing had mastered the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique, the Yanluo Cut was the move that defeated Lin Fei. Now, in the Sword Storage Pavilion, its power was even greater, the sword light like a ribbon, faintly tinged with blood, a sign that he had grasped the essence of the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique...

In fact, even Song Tianxing himself was very satisfied with this move. Among the Thirteen Cuts of the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique, he was truly proficient in only three, including the Yanluo Cut. Even at his best, he could only achieve this blood Yanluo Cut three times out of ten.

The moment the blood Yanluo Cut appeared, Song Tianxing knew the outcome was decided.

Lin Fei didn't even mobilize his true essence, just casually slashed...

To Song Tianxing, this move was almost suicidal. The blood Yanluo Cut, with its sword light, could even make a Nourish Essence Realm senior brother hesitate to face it directly. This guy was so arrogant, he didn't even know the meaning of death.

At this moment, Song Tianxing even hesitated, should he hold back? After all, this was the Sword Storage Pavilion, and even though he was a duty disciple, causing a death here would be bad...

But after some thought, Song Tianxing decided not to hold back. Why hold back? This guy was so annoying, it was a good opportunity to teach him a lesson, so he wouldn't brag in front of him in the future. At most, he wouldn't mobilize the true essence on the sword, so it wouldn't cause a death, right?

As for getting injured, it's inevitable in sparring among fellow disciples. How could it be my fault...

Wait, what is that!

Just as Song Tianxing was lost in thought, he suddenly noticed his sword light was scattered. For a moment, Song Tianxing almost thought he was seeing things...

What's going on?

The next moment, Song Tianxing finally saw clearly. A sword light, seemingly coming from nowhere, suddenly cut into the blood Yanluo Cut. This sword light was curved and slow, but after cutting into the blood Yanluo Cut, it only needed a light twist to shatter it completely...

"Shit!" Song Tianxing knew it was bad, but it was too late to change his move. He could only watch helplessly as the strange sword light, after shattering the blood Yanluo Cut, lightly shook, and the sword in his hand slipped from his grasp, clattering to the ground...

The Sword Storage Pavilion suddenly fell silent...

"You... you didn't use the Nourish Me Sword!" After a full minute, Song Tianxing, his face red with anger, finally spoke.

"Vast Qi Endures, one of the thirty-six forms of the Nourish Me Sword. If Senior Brother Song hasn't learned it, you can look it up in the Sword Storage Pavilion. It's not among the Three Cuts and Five Absolutes, so it doesn't count as stealing."

After saying this, Lin Fei sheathed his sword and left the third floor of the Sword Storage Pavilion.

"How is that possible? The Nourish Me Sword, are you trying to fool me? Vast Qi Endures, right? I'll find it and expose your lies..." In the vast Sword Storage Pavilion, only Song Tianxing was left, gritting his teeth as he searched through the pile of sword manuals...

After leaving the third floor of the Sword Storage Pavilion, Lin Fei quickly forgot about the incident. For him, using the Nourish Me Sword to defeat the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique was a trivial matter.

Back when he was in the Sword Storage Pavilion, he had seen too many talented senior brothers who could do even more astonishing things with the Nourish Me Sword. Defeating the Ghost-Slaying Divine Sword Technique was nothing. Some of them even tried to use the Nourish Me Sword to resist the heavenly tribulation, but in the end, they all disappeared into the depths of the Black Abyss along with the Sword Inquiry Sect...