Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 909: Sword Seeking Number One

Lu Yang couldn’t hear Tower Leader Guan’s murmurs, so he didn’t know that he was manifesting an incipient Sword Dao field. He had merely witnessed the Unbeatable Nascent Soul perform it and thought he could too.

Upon trying, he found it indeed worked.

Furthermore, he could now deploy the incipient Sword Dao field on the ground and in the sky simultaneously.

The Qingfeng Sword replicas rose from the earth one after another. Lu Yang’s sword qi filled the entire space, sharpening his senses and allowing him to vaguely sense the Hanguang Sword’s position.

If Sword Tower’s higher-ups were already stunned from witnessing Lu Yang’s incipient Sword Dao field, much less needed to be said for the sword cultivators below.

The large black dog’s jaw dropped in astonishment, not even noticing that its saliva-covered sword had fallen to the ground.

Kun Qiu stared dumbfounded. Her true cultivation was at the Advanced Divine Transfiguration Stage, yet she had only just touched the threshold of a Sword Dao field, let alone an incipient form. She didn’t expect Lu Yang to beat her to it.[1]

“Lu Yang, I will definitely catch up to you!” Unshaken by the massive gulf between them, Kun Qiu’s gaze grew more resolute. As a sword cultivator, one must be indomitable and forge ahead with relentless drive.

“Here!” Lu Yang suddenly raised his right hand.

A clang could be heard, as if something had been struck away.

Mingtai caught the Hanguang Sword, also surprised that Lu Yang had comprehended an incipient Sword Dao field.

He had accompanied the Sword Tower Supreme Lord through the Immortal Ascension Tribulation, suffering severe damage and losing most of his memories. It was only twenty years ago that he awoke and had to start everything anew.

Otherwise, he too could manifest an incipient Sword Dao field.

The Hanguang Sword remained invisible, yet Lu Yang could anticipate the sword's moves through Mingtai’s wrist movements. To true Sword Dao experts, the Hanguang Sword might as well not be hidden.

This puzzled Lu Yang. Mingtai surely knows that I can predict his moves, so why is he still gripping the Hanguang Sword?

Lu Yang diverted part of his attention, sending most of the Qingfeng Sword replicas to battle the sword-qi demons while he confronted Mingtai directly.

Mingtai employed the Vast Wave Sword Technique again. Sword qi surged like an ocean toward Lu Yang, seeking to shatter this stubborn stone.

Lu Yang had grasped a measure of Xue Shilou’s Stake-Standing Meditation Sword Technique. Though waves came from all sides, he stood unmoved.

Below the platform, Xue Shilou looked as if he had seen a ghost. Didn’t I just perform a few moves of the Stake-Standing Meditation Sword Technique? Yet Lu Yang can already mimic them?

Mingtai hid within the ocean of sword qi. With Lu Yang’s Stake-Standing Meditation stance, ambushing from any direction was futile; Mingtai could only reveal himself to fight.

Barely ten exchanges in, Lu Yang’s cheek was suddenly cut.

Had I misjudged?

No, that’s not right.

“What happened? Didn’t Lu Yang block the Hanguang Sword? Why was he still cut?”

“Did another hidden Hanguang Sword ambush Lu Yang?”

“Didn’t the Sword Tower Supreme Lord always use a single-handed sword?”

The sword cultivators below discussed fervently, baffled by how Lu Yang got injured.

Lu Yang temporarily pulled away. Pondering briefly, he figured it out. “I see. The Hanguang Sword can not only turn invisible but also control its blade length.”

I could predict the Hanguang Sword’s position, but not its length!

“As expected of Senior Brother Lu Yang.” Mingtai was astonished. I didn’t expect Senior Brother Lu Yang to discern the Hanguang Sword’s other function so quickly.

Since Lu Yang couldn’t predict the Hanguang Sword’s length, he realized that close combat would be disadvantageous to him.

With a violent tremor of his arm, a surge of sword qi shot skyward, forming a cascading waterfall and a vast expanse of white, crashing down like a mountain flood with a deafening rumble.

Since I can’t defeat him in close combat, I’ll fight from a distance with sword qi!

Mingtai had anticipated this. Wielding the Hanguang Sword, he knew none of his peers could surpass him in close quarters.

The Hanguang Sword hummed, and sword qi reached the heavens, as if it were the center of the world, with great stars and suns revolving around it.

Two distinct masses of sword qi collided, unleashing terrifying power.

The sword qi shattered on contact, its fragments cutting the two. However, they ignored the pain, swinging their swords again and severing everything with domineering auras.

Below the platform, the sword cultivators reflected, discerning that the two possessed the spirit, the will, and the conviction in being the strongest at their level—only sword cultivators with such an aura could hack through thorns, charge ahead valiantly, and break through bottlenecks!

This is the true meaning of sword seeking through the intent!

Neither held back. Every sword qi encompassed their full strength, seeking to overpower the other, yet each clash ended with both forces shattering.

Their sword qi was equally matched with no victor in sight!

“Person and Sword as One!” Mingtai yelled, merging with the Hanguang Sword and returning to his original form. The power of his sword qi surged again.

“In that case...” An idea seemed to have struck Lu Yang, and he decided to attempt it.

He abandoned using his incipient Sword Dao field to battle the sword-qi demons, letting them ravage him, leaving himself riddled with wounds.

Qingfeng Sword replicas from the sky and beneath his feet trembled. They flew forth, transformed into sword light, and resonated with one another, coalescing into the sword qi that Lu Yang was accumulating.

The sword qi that had hit its limit somehow grew severalfold!

“This is...Ten Thousand Swords Return to One!” Tower Leader Guan vaguely identified the move Lu Yang displayed.

With his experience, he should have recognized it instantly, but Lu Yang’s version was too ambiguous. It’s completely unlike anything learned through proper channels!

Tower Leader Guan’s guess was correct—Lu Yang had never learned Ten Thousand Swords Return to One at all. He had merely seen the Taciturn Daoist Priest use it once against the Heartless Creed. Based on that memory and his own comprehension of the Sword Dao, Lu Yang mimicked it on the spot!

It was only natural that it differed greatly from the proper version.

Lu Yang had no other option. I can’t use Sword into Tiger, Sword into Phoenix, Sword into Dragon, or the Immortal-Exterminating Sword Array in public.

That leaves me with no choice but to attempt new moves.

The two combatants’ sword qi swelled unceasingly. The sword cultivators below couldn’t discern which was stronger. Swallowing nervously, they stared unblinkingly, fearing they would miss details.

The answer would soon be revealed.

Boom!

As if the heavens had collapsed, the two dragon-like sword qi collided, erupting in a brilliant sword rain that produced thunderous clangs.

The two were blasted backward by the impact’s immense energy.

Mingtai was like a kite with a broken string, tumbling off the arena platform!

Lu Yang also stumbled backward uncontrollably, continuously deflecting the force from the shockwaves. With a shout, he thrust the Qingfeng Sword into the ground with his right arm, finally anchoring himself on the platform.

Tower Leader Guan flew above the arena platform, surveying the crowd solemnly. His gaze finally settled on Lu Yang with approval, and he announced loudly.

“Lu Yang’s Sword Heart—witnessed by heaven and earth, unprecedented in history.

“Lu Yang’s Sword Intent—luminous and pure, lofty and soaring to the sky.

“Sword-Seeking Segment, Lu Yang is number one!”

The sword cultivators below cheered. Having witnessed Lu Yang’s might, they all yelled, “Lu Yang number one!”

The collective volume of their voices shook the heavens as it reverberated throughout the Sword Tower.

Lu Yang’s gaze grew hazy as he swayed. The battle had drained all his energy.

“You people...have time to call me number one...yet not a single soul can come to support me...”

Thud.

He toppled over.

1. Kun Qiu’s pronoun changed here, so I’ll be following the author, since it was also previously mentioned that Kun Qiu is androgynous. ☜