Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 63 Reincarnation, The Sword's Master

Inside the ancient palace on the mountainside square of Qinglong Mountain.

Dai Sangyu, dressed in a gray robe, sat cross-legged, with a three-foot-long sword, blue and white striped, resting across his knees.

The entire hall was eerily quiet. Dai Sangyu sat there, looking like a piece of dead wood, his breathing barely perceptible.

Suddenly—

The three-foot sword placed on her lap began to tremble slowly, the frequency of which was terrifyingly high.

The commotion caused by the flying sword naturally woke up Dai Sangyu. She opened her eyes and looked at the vibrating flying sword on her lap.

He was greatly puzzled: "What's going on? The flying sword is subtly resisting me. More than 150 years have passed since I received the flying sword as my master, and it has never acted out of control before!"

Just as she was hesitating.

"Whoosh!"

The three-foot-long sword on his lap gleamed with a bright blue light, shot straight into the sky, crashed through the palace dome, and flew out!

"Oh no!" Dai Sangyu's eyes flashed with anxiety.

She quickly activated her escape technique and flew out of the palace through the opening created by the flying sword.

Suspended above Qinglong Mountain, she then saw—

The spirit-connected flying sword that had accompanied her for 150 years and slain countless evil cultivators was now radiating countless strands of green sword light in the sky, causing the spiritual energy of the entire Azure Dragon Mountain to fluctuate violently.

Thousands of feet in the sky, countless visible specks of spiritual light appeared out of thin air. These specks of light were multicolored, and at their center was a flying sword that had transformed into a sword several feet long.

Then, a buzzing sound suddenly rang out in the sky, like a dragon sucking water, and the flying sword flashed with a bluish light, absorbing all the massive amount of spiritual light.

At this moment, the terrifying commotion caused by the flying sword had already alerted most of the cultivators on Green Dragon Mountain.

"Senior sister, what is this?" Meng Qingyi flew to Dai Sangyu's side and looked at the several-foot-long flying sword in the sky with some curiosity.

Dai Sangyu frowned: "I—"

She hadn't finished speaking.

"Ugh~"

The flying sword, thousands of feet high in the sky, suddenly emitted a thunderous sword cry like a dragon's roar, which instantly spread throughout the entire Immortal City, causing all the cultivators in the Immortal City to look up towards the direction of Azure Dragon Mountain.

Followed by.

After absorbing a massive amount of spiritual energy, the flying sword, like a true azure dragon, transformed into a streak of light and shot towards the eastern sky of the immortal city!

As the streak of light formed by the flying sword was about to collide with the third-tier grand formation enveloping the immortal city, all the cultivators of Qinglong Mountain, including Dai Sangyu, instantly changed their expressions: "Not good!"

Just as the stream of light was about to collide with the third-order array of the Immortal City.

A white beam of light shot out from the palace atop Azure Dragon Mountain, arriving in an instant not far from the streak of light formed by the flying sword.

Then, with a simple reach, she shrunk the once terrifying flying sword to a foot in length and held it in her palm.

With sleeves fluttering in the wind, the figure who had subdued the flying sword arrived in front of Dai Sangyu and the others in a flash.

Only then could one see clearly that this was actually a tall female cultivator dressed in white palace attire, with the lower half of her face covered by a white veil.

Although her entire face was not visible, the outline of her upper face suggested that she had an extremely beautiful face beneath the veil.

Upon seeing the female cultivator, several Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sky immediately bowed and greeted her: "Master (True Person)!"

The veiled woman in palace attire was none other than the Lord of the Immortal City, "Fenglan Zhenren".

"You can all leave now, Sang Yu, come with me." A magnetic voice rang in everyone's ears.

Upon hearing this, everyone else, including Meng Qing, respectfully withdrew. Only Dai Sangyu followed Master Fenglan to the palace atop Qinglong Mountain.

Entering the hall, Dai Sangyu frowned and explained, "Master, I was just cultivating when this spirit-connected flying sword suddenly went out of control, and I still don't know why!"

Fenglan Zhenren nodded, her voice devoid of joy or sorrow: "I know it has nothing to do with you, and the Spirit Sword didn't go out of control; it just wanted to find its master."

"Master?" Dai Sangyu asked, puzzled.

Master Fenglan didn't feign mystery, but explained directly: "This spirit-connecting flying sword was left behind by one of my senior brothers before he passed away during the Tianxuan Sect era. Before he passed away, he told me that if there is reincarnation in this world, when he is reincarnated, the spirit-connecting flying sword will take me to find him. Now... he has returned."

Upon hearing Master Fenglan's words, Dai Sangyu's eyes widened, her face filled with shock. She exclaimed urgently, "Reincarnation? Does such a thing really exist?"

Master Fenglan shook his head, then nodded: "I don't know either, but the sword cultivation inheritance that my senior brother received back then was extremely extraordinary, and there may be some secrets of heaven and earth that we don't know. Before he passed away, he gave me the spirit-connecting flying sword he had forged, and I just thought it was to comfort me. But now it seems that the spirit-connecting flying sword is going to find its master, which confirms that the matter of reincarnation is true."

Master Fenglan stroked the spirit-connected flying sword in his hand, seemingly able to travel through time and see two hundred years ago through it. His senior brother had instructed him to lead the disciples in retreat, while he alone guarded the Tianxuan Sect's mountain gate, blocking the Blood Shadow Sect's attack.

"Hahaha... Junior Sister Bai, I don't even consider these demonic cultivators a threat. You guys go first, I'll kill a few demonic brats and then join you!"

Her senior brother's voice still echoed in her ears, but she never saw him return.

In that battle, my senior brother, who was in the early stage of Core Formation, fought against four Core Formation cultivators from the Blood Shadow Sect all by himself!

The result of that battle was that the Blood Shadow Sect lost one early-stage Core Formation elder, was seriously injured by the late-stage Core Formation Grand Elder, and his senior brother... died as a result of his sword being destroyed!

The Blood Shadow Sect suffered heavy losses and halted its westward invasion.

Meanwhile, the other kingdoms in the Western Wilderness, thanks to their senior brother's amazing achievements, accepted the remaining cultivators of the Heavenly Profound Sect, giving them a precious respite.

Only after that did Xiaoqing break through to the third rank and establish a celestial city in the Cloud Mist Mountains!

Master Fenglan's eyes were unfocused: "Senior Brother Xu, is it really you who has returned?"

……

Dai Sangyu suggested, "Master, let's go and bring back our senior brother now."

Master Fenglan snapped out of her reverie. Instead of agreeing with Dai Sangyu's suggestion, she asked, "How long until you reach the peak of Foundation Establishment and attempt to break through to Core Formation?"

Dai Sangyu looked up: "It will probably take several more years."

Master Fenglan nodded and said, "I need to stay in the Immortal City and cannot leave. Since the Spirit Flying Sword is willing to be used by you, it proves that you and your senior brother are destined to be together. After you form your core, go there in person, take your senior brother's reincarnation as your disciple, and teach him cultivation."

"Okay," Dai Sangyu agreed, but she quickly thought of another question: "Master, what if my senior uncle doesn't have spiritual roots?"

Master Fenglan handed the flying sword in his mouth to Dai Sangyu: "Don't worry, Senior Brother will definitely possess spiritual roots in this life, and also have a special sword physique. Alright, you can go now."

Dai Sangyu nodded: "Master, I understand."

Master Fenglan watched his disciple's retreating figure, his eyes flashing with a complex expression.

In fact, her senior brother had told her before his death that he might have to reincarnate several times before he could possess spiritual roots and embark on the path of immortality again.

Over two hundred years, my senior brother may have reincarnated several times, but he failed to acquire spiritual roots in each of these reincarnations, so he was unable to activate the flying sword to recognize him as its master and could only live out his life as a mortal.

As for her belief that her senior brother possessed a sword-wielding physique, it was because only this physique could allow a spirit-connected flying sword to recognize its master, just like her disciple.

"Senior brother must have just been born." Thinking of this, Master Fenglan couldn't help but smile.

A cultivator's spiritual root is actually present from birth. The reason why one must cultivate qi after the age of twelve is because the spiritual root is latent before the age of twelve and cannot be detected.