[Abyssal Night Sword]
[Blood Soul Forged Blade]
[Boundless Canon]
[Taiwu Phantom Sword Art]
[Heaven-Shattering Art]
[Heavenly Mystery Art]
[Sword Body Grows Cold]
……
A flurry of Heavenly-tier manual jade slips came clattering down before Luo Mingyue.
Leaving Luo Mingyue dumbfounded, her jaw dropping in astonishment.
"This..."
"So many?"
She raised her head with difficulty, swallowing hard in sheer shock as she looked at the iron sword suspended before her.
"Sword Spirit, senior..."
"These are all Heavenly-tier manuals."
"Can't you even tell?"
Jiang Chengan sneered, "I've got piles of this junk lying around."
"If you want them, I can give you a few more."
"No... no more..."
Luo Mingyue shook her head hastily, then picked up the Heavenly-tier sword art [Sword Body Grows Cold], clutching it tightly to her palm. "No more, this one sword art is enough for me."
"You just want a sword art?"
Jiang Chengan asked in confusion.
"Mhm, mhm. Mingyue still understands the principle that biting off more than you can chew is bad."
Luo Mingyue nodded hurriedly.
Biting off more than you can chew? Jiang Chengan was taken aback once again.
Immediately, Jiang Chengan's wild, unbridled laughter echoed in Luo Mingyue's mind.
"Biting off more than you can chew?"
"Ha, what a joke."
"Only trash thinks that biting off more than you can chew."
"Have you ever seen a true powerhouse who only knows sword arts? Everyone cultivates across the board!"
Luo Mingyue was stunned. "Our Sect Master does."
Jian Wuming, the Sect Master of the Sword Sect, had reached the Nascent Soul Great Perfection in swordsmanship and cultivated only a single sword art his entire life.
Precisely because of this, Jian Wuming had suppressed his peers and become the Sect Master of the Sword Sect.
In cultivation, single-minded focus was paramount!
Jiang Chengan was visibly choked up by her words and scolded her ungraciously,
"What an absolute fool."
"No wonder you lot in the Sword Sect can't even get past the ascension tribulation."
Focusing solely on the sword while neglecting everything else—what was that if not foolishness? The path of cultivation was profound and vast; only through integrated cultivation could one attain perfection.
Then, Jiang Chengan fell silent.
Just as Luo Mingyue's heart fluttered with anxiety, thinking the Sword Spirit senior might be angry, several more jade slips flew out from within the sword body.
[Barbaric Golden Body Art]
[Divine Art]
[Grasping the Cosmos]
[Emperor Sword]
"Sword Spirit senior, these are..."
Luo Mingyue was dumbstruck.
There really were more...
She hadn't expected the Sword Spirit senior to actually produce several more manuals.
"Just cultivate these first," Jiang Chengan said. "The Barbaric Golden Body Art is a physical cultivation manual, Heavenly-tier intermediate. Once cultivated to the grand completion stage, it should be able to withstand the heavenly ascension tribulation."
"The Divine Art is a Heavenly-tier intermediate manual for cultivating divine sense."
"Grasping the Cosmos is a close-combat technique, Heavenly-tier beginner."
"The Emperor Sword is the sword art you wanted."
"Super-tier manual."
"Ah, super-tier?"
Luo Mingyue was startled.
What tier was that?
In both her past and present lives, across two lifetimes, she had only ever heard of High-tier manuals.
What on earth was a super-tier?
"Just cultivate according to what I told you, and don't worry about the rest."
These manuals and sword arts all came from the system. Jiang Chengan didn't know what a super-tier manual actually meant either.
As long as they could be cultivated, that was all that mattered.
"Alright then, thank you, Sword Spirit senior."
Luo Mingyue nodded gratefully.
Though she didn't know what a super-tier manual was, it certainly felt immensely powerful.
"Rest assured and cultivate," Jiang Chengan said at last. "All that nonsense about biting off more than you can chew is utter bull."
"Don't forget, you possess the Inborn Sword Body."
"Mhm, mhm, mhm."
Luo Mingyue nodded repeatedly.
[Ding——]
[The system detects that the host has preliminarily subverted the plot.]
[Reward: One piece of Mica Stone.]
[Already distributed to the system space.]
At that exact moment, the system's voice suddenly rang in Jiang Chengan's mind, leaving him slightly dazed.
This already counted as subverting the plot?
Jiang Chengan fell into brief contemplation.
In the original novel, Luo Mingyue's downfall in her rebirthed life began with the theft of that sword.
Then the [Rolling Billows Sword Art] was snatched away first, plunging her into an irrecoverable spiral of despair.
Looking at it that way, Jiang Chengan's actions today truly did subvert the plot.
What on earth was this rewarded "Mica Stone"? Jiang Chengan frowned.
The things rewarded by this system were getting increasingly eclectic.
"Luo Mingyue, have you ever heard of something called Mica Stone?"
Jiang Chengan asked.
Luo Mingyue had at least been a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in her past life; just in case she knew something about it.
"Ah, Mica Stone?"
Sure enough, Luo Mingyue let out an exclamation of surprise.
"Sword Spirit senior knows about Mica Stone as well?"
"Oh, right, I forgot. Sword Spirit senior, you are a sword spirit yourself, so it's only natural that you know about Mica Stone."
Jiang Chengan frowned immediately. "Do you know what the Mica Stone is used for?"
"Ancient texts say it is used to help sword spirits cultivate," Luo Mingyue answered honestly.
"I once read an ancient text that introduced sword spirits like you, senior. Sword spirits actually have distinctions of strength and weakness. And the Mica Stone is specifically used to assist sword spirits in their cultivation. But nowadays, let alone Mica Stone, even sword spirits like you, senior, are extremely rare in the Immortal Realm. That's why Mica Stone has become increasingly scarce. Sword Spirit senior, if you want to find Mica Stone, it will probably be very difficult, but Mingyue will definitely keep an eye out for you. If the chance arises, I will surely find it for you."
Jiang Chengan was completely stunned.
It was actually used for cultivation!
Looking into the system space at the fist-sized brown stone floating inside, Jiang Chengan fell into deep thought.
Could sword spirits cultivate using such things? He had always assumed they could only absorb sword intent.
"Sword Spirit senior?"
"Sword Spirit senior, what's wrong?"
Luo Mingyue asked.
"It's nothing, go to rest."
Recovering his wits, Jiang Chengan transformed directly into a streak of sword light and entered the inner chambers of the cave dwelling.
Luo Mingyue hurried in after him.
Seeing that the Sword Spirit senior had already lain down on the bed, her expression instantly turned peculiar. "Sword Spirit senior..."
"Is there something else?"
Jiang Chengan asked her.
"Then... am I still sleeping on the bed tonight?"
Luo Mingyue inexplicably grew nervous.
Last night, she had merely slept with the Sword Spirit senior for a single night, and her cultivation realm had broken through. This made Luo Mingyue begin to look forward with great anticipation to sleeping together with the Sword Spirit senior.
"Suit yourself, the bed is big enough anyway," Jiang Chengan said casually.
He was a sword; obviously, the rules of propriety between men and women didn't apply to him and Luo Mingyue. She could sleep wherever she wanted, as long as she didn't crush him.
"Oh, okay, okay, thank you so much, Sword Spirit senior."
"In a moment, once Mingyue memorizes the 'Emperor Sword', I'll come to sleep."
Luo Mingyue was brimming with gratitude.
In her eyes, the Sword Spirit senior agreeing to let her sleep with him meant he had consented to continue helping her cultivate through the night, so naturally, she was endlessly grateful.
Yet Jiang Chengan just felt it was utterly baffling.
Was she showering him with immense gratitude just for going to sleep?
Do girls care this much about a sense of ceremony?
……
As night fell, Luo Mingyue quickly drifted off to sleep, her breathing gradually growing even.
The sword intent lingering above the Sword Sect was once again drawn in by Jiang Chengan, slowly surging toward Spirit Sword Peak.
If one were to observe with sword eyes at this moment, they would see that the sky above Spirit Sword Peak was brimming with sword intent, actually forming a gigantic funnel pouring sword intent downward without cease.
At the same time, the Mica Stone floating within Jiang Chengan's system space was rotating quietly, undergoing refinement.
……