When system cheat becomes rampant!
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When his consciousness existed, the sword was still intact, but what happened afterward, he couldn't be certain.

Xiang Beifei looked at the stone sword, his brows slightly furrowed.

The stone sword did not emit any fluctuations, yet it gave one a sense of ancient vicissitudes as if it had experienced countless battles and seen through the rise and fall of the world, becoming heavy and restrained.

Most importantly, it didn't emit any aura. To outsiders, it might look like a simple broken sword made of stone, but Xiang Beifei was certain that the sword would not be effective against Spiritual Power.

"It's called Wufeng."

A golden light flashed in Xiang Qingde's hand, as he simulated the lost blade of the broken stone sword with Spiritual Power.

A faint shadow appeared on the blade, the complete stone sword measuring four feet long, with a very blunt tip and a rough, dull edge, as if it had not been sharpened. The stone sword was very thin, thinner than the thickness of a pinky finger. At the center of the sword, there was a rough pattern, a simple symbol resembling a "three," divided in the middle to form six horizontal lines.

"This is what it looked like when it was whole, but where the other half of the blade went is unknown." Xiang Qingde waved his hand, and the golden light scattered again, the simulated blade disappearing, reverting back to its broken state.

"This sword is very powerful because it disregards Spiritual Power."

"Disregards Spiritual Power?"

"Yes, no type of Spiritual Power can block it," said Xiang Qingde.

Every martial artist relies on Spiritual Power to attack, and the scope of this Spiritual Power is extremely broad, including system items, Beast Pills, spiritual power, Formations... Essentially, they are all Spiritual Power.

Desolate beasts have various abilities, which are also considered Spiritual Power, just manifested in a different way.

"Then what can stop it?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"Stones, trees, steel... anything not made from Spiritual Power can counter it. Whether it can be blocked is another matter, but it's worth trying," said Xiang Qingde.

"Like a mound spirit?"

"Something like that."

The stream waters of Chen Hou could not be manipulated by ordinary system items, and only common wood could be used to contain them; the principle was the same.

Xiang Qingde held the broken sword in his hand and gently waved, a resolute Sword Intent traversing the air.

Hum!

Xiang Qingde executed a stroke with the sword, and a sword slash seemed to tear a rift in space, exploding with a powerful glow in the air.

When he held the sword, it was as if he held the entire world.

"The sharpness of the sword lies not in the edge, but in the heart. When the heart harbors a sword, the entire world is within that sword," he said.

Xiang Qingde pointed the stone sword at Xiang Beifei.

For a moment, Xiang Beifei felt as if the only thing left in the world was this stone sword. The sword moved with his heart, its edge emerging from nothingness, and wherever he looked, everything was a part of this sword.

Xiang Beifei was not unfamiliar with the sword because back in school, Ye Changfeng had taught him swordsmanship, and he quickly grasped the Sword Intent.

As long as he could learn Sword Intent, under the principle of "Learn by Analogy," he could almost understand all forms of swordsmanship.

However, the sword in front of him was so strange that its Sword Intent was something Xiang Beifei could not grasp immediately. The swordsmanship was extremely foreign to him, and Learn by Analogy seemed ineffective against this Sword Intent.

Xiang Qingde stood there, holding the broken sword, simply holding it, without guiding it further, just watching Xiang Beifei.

Xiang Beifei also looked at the broken sword in Xiang Qingde's hand, frowning and pondering. In his eyes, there were invisible sword energies hidden all around, intangible and yet omnipresent.

After a long while, he seemed thoughtful and reached out, gently grasping at the void.

Hum!

He drew the broken sword out of thin air.

He looked surprised at the broken sword in his grandfather's hand, then at his own, the two swords identical.

"The highest realm of Wufeng, swords everywhere," said Xiang Qingde, "It doesn't require you to master any particular swordsmanship; as long as you can draw Wufeng out from the vast Sword Realm, any stroke you slash will be the most powerful swordsmanship in the world."

"Wufeng surpasses swords with edges; formlessness surpasses form. It can integrate with all your abilities, including the Cultivation Techniques you have learned so far, without any conflict," he explained.

Xiang Beifei looked thoughtfully at the broken sword in his hand and gave it a slight shake, as a fierce Sword Qi vibrated out from his grip.

The stone sword wasn't utilizing his spiritual power as a medium. Instead, it relied solely on the most primal Sword Qi contained within itself, as black and white flames flickered rapidly along its blade!

These flames were not burning his spiritual power, but the Sword Qi of the stone sword itself, which was extremely strange.

He swung the sword forward, and the entire space of consciousness trembled violently, as if it were about to split apart.

However, Xiang Qingde quickly placed the stone sword horizontally in his hand to block Xiang Beifei's sharp edge, steadying the space and preventing it from collapsing.

"Wufeng, grasp this well,"

Xiang Qingde's stone sword disappeared from his hand, and he sighed slightly, "If you can find the broken sword's blade, its power will rise by a notch."

Xiang Beifei put away the stone sword and nodded silently.

"I know your determination is unshakable, but I have only one request," Xiang Qingde said.

"What is it?"

"Stay here and cultivate for a while."

Xiang Qingde looked at his grandson and said, "Your strength is not enough, at least nowhere near that of your parents. I will teach you everything I must, and besides, you also need to understand the Shepherd City I've established here. It's not as simple as it seems on the surface. At least, the Shepherd City is not just Si Hou. Many different races are eyeing this place for a reason."

Xiang Beifei hesitated for a moment and said, "Alright."

At the stage of orifice transforming, one simply doesn't qualify in this foreign desolate wilderness. Whether it's Brain Deficient, or the two meat-winged monsters, Ri An and Ye Ji, their strength was far greater than Xiang Beifei's.

This was the first time his grandfather was truly teaching him cultivation, and he would seize any opportunity to become stronger.

----

Inside the lava caverns.

Brain Deficient, Ri An, and Ye Ji stood apart at a great distance, facing each other with extremely angry expressions.

They were now in a sorry state with wounds all over their bodies that had not yet fully healed. Without thinking things through earlier, they had been manipulated into fighting each other, resulting in both sides getting severely injured.

"Your Ghostly Visage really are stupid, can't even differentiate between what's real and what's fake!" Ri An vented fiercely, her wings now destroyed, her body covered in blood.

"Cut the crap. Have you figured out who struck from the shadows?" Brain Deficient asked coldly.

Up to now, they still hadn't caught a glimpse of the troublemaker who had meddled.

"Could it be that group from the Extremity Abyss?" Ye Ji asked gravely.

At the mention of the Extremity Abyss, both Brain Deficient and Ri An's faces changed color slightly!

"Doesn't your Moon God Race claim to control half of the foreign desolate wilderness? Why then was that group from the Extremity Abyss unguarded?" Brain Deficient asked.

"What about your Demon Tentacle Race? Weren't you also wiped out by them?" Ri An shot back sharply.

Brain Deficient narrowed his eyes, and the tension escalated once more.

But at that moment, Ye Ji spoke up, "Enough, now's not the time to quarrel. It seems these skeletons definitely won't trust us again. The priority is that we need to find a way to get through this layer of lava."

"If it were so easy to enter the lava, would we need you?" Brain Deficient retorted.

Ye Ji snorted coldly and said, "You shouldn't say that; I do indeed have another method."

"What method?"

"You should know that lava belongs to the holy relic of Fubei; it devours any spiritual power, rendering it ineffective. So none of our spiritual powers can resist it. But on the reverse, the holy relic of Fubei, if protected by something non-spiritual, then it's just ordinary lava," Ye Ji explained.

"So what?" Brain Deficient inquired.

"You've heard of Yin Ice, right?" Ye Ji said.

Brain Deficient's brows furrowed slightly, "Do you have that stuff?"

"I just happen to know where it is," Ye Ji said, the corners of her mouth lifting in a slight cold smile.

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