Chapter 73

Dugu Jian Sheng couldn't help but marvel when he saw Qi Feng take out his mobile phone. Qi Feng wasn't the first to encounter such a situation, and he smoothly explained it as a magical mechanism from his world, powered by electricity and capable of various functions.

Dugu Jian Sheng, of course, was no ordinary person. Upon holding it, he immediately sensed a surge of lightning-based spiritual energy being released through an extremely complex and intricate circuit.

"Oh? Truly fascinating!" Dugu Jian Sheng had never seen anything like this and was eager to understand how this wondrous mechanism from another realm worked. The functions like taking photos and recording sounds were truly rare, and achieving similar effects in this world would require extraordinary abilities.

When he tried to penetrate it with his mental energy to trace the flow of the lightning-based spiritual energy, he was caught off guard. In a split second, billions of electrical pulse signals and the vast circuitry of millions of transistors in the phone's CPU flooded Dugu Jian Sheng's mind, nearly overwhelming his spiritual sea!

"Phew—" Qi Feng broke out in a cold sweat, and the sword light dropped several dozen feet, like a free fall or a roller coaster. He thought he was about to experience a mystical version of a plane crash, but fortunately, Dugu Jian Sheng managed to pull the sword light back just before they hit the ground.

"Phew—" Dugu Jian Sheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, returned the phone to Qi Feng, and sighed in admiration, "Truly a masterpiece! This tiny mechanism contains such vast and boundless creation. As the ancients said, 'to contain a mountain in a mustard seed.' Compared to this, it falls short! The rules governing the lightning array are too profound to comprehend. I can't understand it... such a small current can have such unfathomable changes... I wonder which great being from your world created this?"

"Cough, cough..." Qi Feng felt that if he directly revealed the fact that in his world, at least a billion people each had one of these, it might shock Dugu Jian Sheng into another crash. "The latest and most advanced model in our world is the iPhone designed by Steve Jobs."

"Oh! What a pity I couldn't meet Master Qiao; it's truly a regret." Dugu Jian Sheng stroked his beard and sighed.

"Cough, cough..." Qi Feng, drenched in cold sweat, quickly changed the topic, which was getting too eerie: "That... if you want to meet Old Qiao, I'll think of a way later. Let's focus on learning sword techniques. Could you recite the incantation for me again, Senior?"

Dugu Jian Sheng glanced at Qi Feng, somewhat disappointed, and recited the basic incantation for sword control once more. This time, to accommodate the "dull-witted" student, he deliberately recited it clearly and slowly, almost word by word, and slowed down the speed of the sword light from jet level to supercar level—otherwise, they would have flown past by the time he finished.

Although Qi Feng didn't understand much, he managed to memorize the entire text. Dugu Jian Sheng then explained the incantation, and Qi Feng recorded a class audio for Dugu Jian Sheng. By this time, they had reached the sky above Blackwater Town.

"Hmm... such heavy yin evil corpse qi..." Dugu Jian Sheng frowned. "I wonder how many lives this ghost king has taken to accumulate such immense resentment."

Although Qi Feng couldn't discern the evil qi or resentment, the dense, ominous clouds above Blackwater Town clearly indicated something was wrong, and there was a chilling, unpleasant feeling.

Dugu Jian Sheng pressed down the sword light, and they landed at the entrance of Blackwater Town. Strangely, the dark clouds only extended to the town entrance, and there were almost no zombies outside the town.

"The sun hasn't set yet, and ordinary zombies fear sunlight, so they only dare to move under the cover of these dark clouds. But by nightfall, even Baihe Town might be affected. It's best to resolve this as soon as possible."

Qi Feng looked at the dilapidated sign at the town entrance, the eerie path leading into the town, and the dark, indistinct interior of the town, feeling a bit uneasy. Although he knew he was accompanied by a top-level character and had a full set of top-tier equipment, the atmosphere of this ghost town still made him feel uneasy.

So, even with great skills, one isn't necessarily brave. Just like watching a horror movie, you know it's fake, but your adrenaline still surges, and your heart races when a ghost suddenly appears on the screen. This is a human instinct, and there's nothing you can do about it. Yes, all of this was Qi Feng's self-comfort and self-justification.

"Draw your sword, let's go." Dugu Jian Sheng took the lead.

Well, Dugu Jian Sheng, of course, had seen everything, and his daily job was to catch ghosts and demons. He was probably numb to such scenes. This was still Qi Feng's self-justification.

Qi Feng steadied himself, summoned the Golden Child Sword from his inventory, and held it in his hand, feeling a bit more courageous. He took a deep breath and stepped into Blackwater Town.

The scene inside the town was like a Chinese version of a biohazard town. Debris, severed limbs, and corpses were scattered everywhere, and there was no light in any of the houses. A cold wind blew, and the wooden doors creaked, creating the sound effects of a horror movie.

Once he was inside, Qi Feng felt much more relaxed, perhaps because he had gradually gotten used to it. He even had the leisure to look around and compare the surroundings with the ghost movies he had seen. Until... the first zombie appeared in his field of vision.

Seeing a zombie for the first time, Qi Feng wasn't afraid. To him, this tangible thing wasn't scary, especially when his combat power far exceeded it. The eerie atmosphere outside the town was more terrifying.

Qi Feng didn't even feel excited or disgusted. Thanks to various games and movies, he had seen plenty of zombies. The one in front of him wasn't the scariest or the most disgusting; it was just a regular, unremarkable one. Wearing tattered civilian clothes, with a swollen face that was unrecognizable, it shuffled forward with outstretched hands and emitted a low, hungry growl, slowly approaching him. It was utterly unoriginal.

Dugu Jian Sheng stopped, slowly drew his longsword from his back, and said to Qi Feng, "Boy, watch carefully. I'll demonstrate the basic techniques of sword control for you."

The sword in Dugu Jian Sheng's hand trembled slightly, detached from his hand, and floated in the air. Several clear lines of true essence energy appeared on his body. "Remember, the mind moves with intent, the sword responds to qi, qi and intent are interconnected, and the person and the sword become one..."

Dugu Jian Sheng pointed, and the sword glowed brightly, shooting forward. The zombie, which had no reaction, was pierced through the forehead by the sword light, trembled, and collapsed.

Dugu Jian Sheng sheathed his sword and looked at Qi Feng, saying, "Your turn to try."

Huh? This was the end of the lesson and the start of practice? Just try? Qi Feng looked back at Dugu Jian Sheng, speechless.

"What?" Dugu Jian Sheng stared at Qi Feng, "You know the incantation, and I've demonstrated the technique. Didn't you remember it?"

Qi Feng felt like crying. How to describe this situation...

It was like being in a physics class, where the teacher taught you the mass-energy equivalence formula of relativity, and after teaching it, asked you, "What is e?" You answered, "mc squared." The teacher nodded happily, saying, "Very good, I've taught you. Now go make a nuclear bomb as your class assignment."

Although the degree might be different, Qi Feng's feeling was exactly like that!

"Um, Senior, is this how you teach sword control in your Shu Mountain sect?" Qi Feng felt that there must be something wrong with the way he was being taught.

Dugu Jian Sheng shook his head, "Of course not."

Qi Feng let out a long breath. This Dugu Jian Sheng must be trying to make things difficult for him. "Then how do you usually teach sword control to your disciples?"

Dugu Jian Sheng stroked his beard, "Oh, I also teach the incantation and demonstrate the technique, and then they go back to practice and understand it on their own. I just showed you the specific energy flow lines."

What? This was special treatment for him? What kind of learning ability do the disciples of Shu Mountain have? Do they only recruit super geniuses? Qi Feng scratched his chin and asked, "What if someone can't learn it?"

"Ah, if someone has such poor aptitude, it's better to let them leave the mountain and become an ordinary martial artist..."

Qi Feng felt a sudden darkness in front of his eyes! (To be continued. Please search for Piaowen.com for better and faster updates!)

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