High Martial World: I Gain Passive Skills Daily-Chapter 90 - 89: Will, Heart, Realm

One night passed.

Although it’s unclear what Chen An and that Hong Xue Shao discussed, his probing brought two pieces of news to Chen An, and that’s enough.

One good news, one bad news.

The good news is that Tie Baiyuan indeed has a way to let people re-enter the Void Illusion Realm—

Back then, before Jie Kun officially forged the Demon Sword Wu Jian, he once consulted Tie Baiyuan and, under the latter’s guidance, crafted a prototype sword as his graduation assessment piece.

That prototype also had the ability to open up an illusion indistinguishable from reality, named ’Langhuan’, and it was recognized by Tie Baiyuan, but ultimately deemed a failure by Jie Kun, who shattered it and planned to melt it down.

Tie Baiyuan felt it was a pity, so he retrieved the Langhuan shards from Jie Kun, intending to keep them with him, warm them with the fire of the eight hundred Sword Casting Furnaces, and then condense the sword’s Spiritual Qi to reforge and restore them.

Unfortunately, before he could reforge the prototype, his prized disciple Jie Kun became part of the Demon Sword by casting it into the Sword Casting Furnace.

The reason Tie Baiyuan was able to bring out Hong Xue Shao, who originally did not exist in the illusion, was because the Langhuan shards he carried played a role when he entered the illusion, creating a new illusion again.

The two illusions overlapped, making truth seem false and vice versa, unexpectedly creating a person who wasn’t supposed to exist out of thin air.

That person was Hong Xue Shao!

Tie Baiyuan then recognized her as his foster daughter, telling himself that the illusion was real.

Since this small illusion could connect the Void Illusion Realm and reality, bringing people out of the illusion, naturally, it could also enable people from reality to enter it.

All these years, Tie Baiyuan never tried to keep the Langhuan shards too far away...

Because he knew well that Hong Xue Shao’s existence relies heavily on the Langhuan shards, if taken away, it might cause Hong Xue Shao to disappear.

Thus, the bad news is, Tie Baiyuan is unwilling to lend all the Langhuan shards, only a small fragment of the sword body.

"Brother Qi, can you find a way?"

Chen Kuang helplessly spread out his palm, holding a sharp shard only the length of his palm.

It looked just like a blade...

Qi Sibai took it and pondered for a moment, examined it closely, and nodded: "It’s feasible!"

Chen Kuang raised an eyebrow: "This will work too?"

Qi Sibai explained: "Brother Chen, you may not know, the sword-casting technique in the Sword Lodge is to impart ’intention’, ’heart’, and ’realm’ to the sword. However, whether a particular sword can have one, or several, of these qualities depends on the swordsmith’s skill."

"Therefore, if a sword produced by the furnace possesses all three, it is called a Three Talents Sword and is usually highly sought after."

Qi Sibai brought his two fingers together and slid them over the Langhuan fragment.

Suddenly, brilliance flowed on it, revealing numerous nearly indistinguishable scenes, interwoven together to form thousands of images, hovering and sinking over the fragment.

And these scenes rapidly spread, soon ’flowing’ down from the fragment, on the verge of reaching the ground.

Chen Kuang’s heart tightened, triggering his ’premonition’ passive instantly!

"Brother Qi, stop!"

Merely a fragment of a prototype sword brought him a sense of danger!

Qi Sibai also realized the danger, immediately withdrew his hand, and the illusion dispersed, solemnly stating:

"This Jie Kun is truly a genius swordsmith."

"This sword possesses ’heart’, ’intention’, and ’realm’ in an integrated whole. Therefore, even the fragment can resonate with the Sword Master, awakening the illusion contained within."

"It’s almost like creating a massive Qiankun Array on a sword!"

Qi Sibai lamented a couple of times and returned the fragment to Chen Kuang.

"Brother Chen, I’ve already converted the activation of this illusion into an array using this fragment as the core. Once you’re properly ready, you just need to activate it beside the Little Princess, and you should be able to use this fragment to enter the Void Illusion Realm."

Qi Sibai reminded: "At that time, if you want to come out, you just need to find where this fragment is."

Chen Kuang held the Langhuan fragment, nodded, and took a deep breath.

Shen Meinan pursed her lips: "You have to come back! Pinky promise!"

The girl extended her little finger, with a sorrowful expression on her face.

Almost as if it were a final farewell...

Chen Kuang smiled at her, softly saying: "Don’t worry too much, I have my ways, even if I can’t return, it’s okay."

Shen Meinan was taken aback, seeing the young man pull down a bit of his blindfold and wink at her:

"Do I seem like someone who would foolishly send himself to die?"

Shen Meinan didn’t know what trick he had up his sleeve, but Chen Kuang indeed wasn’t a fool.

However, she still extended her little finger, forcibly hooked Chen Kuang’s finger, shook it hard, and said, somewhat irritably: "You still have to pinky promise! You’ve deceived me twice!"

"Once."

"Alright, once."

...

Chen Kuang entered by pushing the door open, and Qingcuo immediately stood up: "Found a way?"

Chen Kuang nodded, prompting Chu Wen Ruo to become exceedingly emotional, enveloping Chen Kuang in a hug and crying softly: "Mr. Chen, if... if you can awaken Ying’Er, you can ask me to do anything..."

Chen Kuang patted her back, silently marveling at how tearful she was, as if made of water, with endless tears.

However, Lady Liang was pampered and had encountered so much in the past half month, it’s normal.

Afterwards, she’ll get used to it.

Chen Kuang turned his head, meeting Qingcuo’s clear gaze, and coughed twice: "Why don’t you step outside first."

Qingcuo hesitated for a moment, while Chen Kuang encouraged Chu Wen Ruo: "Lady, perhaps you should step outside for now as well."

Chu Wen Ruo was momentarily stunned, hearing Chen Kuang ask quietly: "Really, anything?"

Chu Wen Ruo dared not look at him, her voice as quiet as a mosquito buzz: "Yes."

Chen Kuang raised an eyebrow: "Then I’ll do everything I can to bring the Little Princess back."

After sending Chu Wen Ruo and Qingcuo outside the room, Chen Kuang quietly explained to Qingcuo the odd occurrences that might happen in the coming days, instructing her to be prepared.

If something happens to the Chen Family, no need to panic, just wait for Lin Er You and Zhou Yanwei to come, and then act according to his instructions.

Chen Kuang himself then closed the door and sat beside the Little Princess’s bed, holding the fragment in hand.

He dismissed others partly because the fragment’s illusion was similarly dangerous and could accidentally affect them.

The other reason was his uncertainty about the actual effect of his ’multitasking’ passive when enacted.

If it’s like playing VR, wouldn’t it be disastrous if mentality and physical state aren’t synchronized... It would be quite socially embarrassing.

Chen Kuang closed his eyes, initiating the array.

Light bloomed, a myriad of dreamlike scenes gradually enveloping him.

From Tie Baiyuan’s description, the time flow in this illusion differs from reality, essentially a day in reality equals decades within the illusion!

He was curious to find out...

If half of his consciousness were in the illusion, would his status bar update according to the time in the illusion?