True Solution of the Sword Dao

The moment the villa collapsed, all strong members of the Wu Family were safely evacuated. But they could only watch Lin Fei and Shuang’er’s auras slowly fade away.

The sky filled with dust masked the entire area in a fog. A gentle breeze blew by, and all the dust was swept away instantly.

Standing on a pile of ruins.

Wu Duanshan’s face was livid, his expression overshadowed by two strands of blackish-gold evil aura that enveloped the area.

Hiss...

"The Divine Artifact has been taken," Wu Duanhe raised his hand, the artifact’s sub-ring between his fingers slowly losing its luster. "The Divine Artifact has been relocated from the original formation. All sub-bodies and the empowerment of the Light of True Lies distributed are now nullified. This is troublesome."

"Notify all family members immediately. Tighten our defenses. Wu Siyun, go contact the other families. See if we can locate the person who has the artifact," Wu Duanshan made a decisive decision.

Wu Siyun’s expression was solemn.

"Got it, patriarch," He knew the situation was urgent, the family now being in the weakest period in history without the blessing of the Divine Artifact. He hurriedly went to contact the other Artifact Families.

As he left, he cast one last look at the corpse of Wu Haiyi, his eyes brimming with traces of sorrow.

Wu Haiyi was killed before them all, right in their sight. Even the two venerable family heads, boosted by the Divinse Artifact’s subs, couldn’t stop it. Such a reality suddenly filled him with a deep sense of insecurity about this family.

"You all don’t need to go anywhere," a cold voice suddenly emerged from the darkness far away.

The villa was located in the suburbs of Kyoto City, standing alone with sparse roads around and some undeveloped areas that weren’t yet completed. Compared to the inner city, this area was less populated. Moreover, it was night, and the surrounding lighting facilities weren’t fully functional, so only the villa’s vicinity was well-lit, whereas the slightly farther areas were scattered with shadows.

The voice came from a shadow in the direction of the city.

The faces of Wu Duanshan and Wu Duanhe changed immediately upon hearing the voice.

"It’s Qingzhu!"

"Retreat!"

The other Wu Family powerhouses also shouted out.

"Everyone retreat!" Wu Duanshan yelled loudly. "He couldn’t have come with just a few people!"

***************** 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Wu Yanqing’s face looked grim as he stared at the crimson hand opposite him.

Inside the hall, there was still an aura lingering from Lin Fei’s sudden burst of energy.

The golden entrance had completely disappeared along with the departure of the Divine Artifact.

"The fact that the artifact was moved means you’ve lost," the crimson hand smiled. "In three days’ time, even if you retake the artifact, three days will be enough for the people of Forest of the Sky to completely eliminate all your contacts across the country."

"That speed..." Wu Yanqing, still horrified, hadn’t even had his nerves catch up to that velocity. It was terrifying to contemplate.

"Now is not the time to consider other matters," the crimson hand’s right hand trembled, countless scarlet fragments suddenly enveloped his right arm, forming a massive piece resembling a mechanical arm. "You should worry about yourself first."

Outside the hall, Yuan Yicheng slowly walked in.

"It’s a pity I didn’t help the lord," he said coldly, staring at Wu Yanqing, "but adding you should somewhat offset my mistake."

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In the woods.

At night, the weak light was heavily obscured by the overlapping leaves and branches, allowing only a bit of faint light to permeate in.

The slender trunks or some thicker ones, in this environment, tightly enveloped the entire woods. The ground was covered with fallen leaves, some yellowed, some still green, occasionally exposing underlaying rocks and soil.

In the darkness, Lin Fei leaned slowly against a thick tree trunk. Shuang’er, with tears streaming down her face, squatted beside him, at a loss. She tried to stop the bleeding from Lin Fei’s wounds but felt that as soon as she managed to stem one, another would slowly start to seep. Shuang’er could only carefully cover the largest wounds with her clothing.

The scent of blood vaguely attracted some rustling in the woods. From time to time, there were rustling noises.

"Brother..." Shuang’er sobbed softly. Lin Fei was her only support, her entire life at present. She couldn’t bear the thought of what life would be like without Lin Fei.

Pop.

A hand suddenly grabbed Shuang’er’s hand.

"Stop crying," Lin Fei suddenly opened his eyes. By the faint moonlight in the darkness, Shuang’er saw that his face was terrifyingly pale, like that of a corpse.

"Shuang’er, stop crying," Lin Fei said softly. He could hardly maintain the pretense of strength, his waist-length hair scattered on the ground, catching bits of soft gleaming light under the moonlight.

"Okay," seeing Lin Fei awaken, Shuang’er cheered up, forcing herself to stop crying. "Don’t leave me..."

"It’s okay. How could I possibly die so easily?" Lin Feipeng said quietly in a calm and even tone, as if he had no injuries at all, as natural and harmonious as having tea and chatting after lunch.

He slowly lifted his hand, a movement usually effortless for him, but now seemingly exceedingly difficult. It took over a minute for him to slowly raise his hand and open his palm. There, a diamond soaked in blood lay quietly in his palm, emitting a faint glow.

The Divine Artifact, divided into many parts. The True Lies Divine Artifact consists of five parts: an earring, which holds four gems. This diamond was one of those four gems. After a series of events, it finally came into his possession.

"If it weren’t for underestimating the capability of the Divine Artifact, I wouldn’t have ended up in this situation," Lin Fei said with a bitter smile. "I never thought the day would come when I would have to use this move."

Extreme Shadow, to cultivate the Tracing Shadow Sword Art, its most exquisite sword technique lies within this. All the previous cultivation was just for this final move. That’s also why the Tracing Shadow Sword Art was chosen by powerful practitioners like Zhang Yuan for the Qi Cultivation part.

The last move could be considered as achieving the realm of continuous teleportation within a certain range. This was no longer merely the path of sword techniques but approached another level.

Lin Fei assessed his internal condition.

"The cost of using this move is indeed substantial," he said with a wry smile.

The only remaining faint True Force quickly concentrated on stopping the bleeding and closing the wounds.

Luckily, the healing ability of the new True Force, combined with pseudo True Force, was extremely strong.

When he first began cultivating sword techniques, it was because of the pseudo True Force’s strong repair ability that he was able to successfully cultivate within a short period despite the backlash from the sword techniques.

If it were still ordinary True Force, he would definitely have died from excessive blood loss by now.

Even with the aid of pseudo True Force, Lin Fei still recognized the severity of the internal injuries.

Seventy percent of his muscles were suffering from rupture-type strains. Nearly half of his bones showed comminuted fractures, and his organs had varied degrees of internal bleeding. Obviously, he had sustained great shocks.

This was the price of using Extreme Shadow.

He utilized the burst of blue fire absorbed with massive energy within the Divine Artifact, which instantly propelled the unfolding of Extreme Shadow.

Seizing the Divine Artifact, rescuing Shuang’er, slaying Wu Haiyi, and finally retreating in one piece.

All this required his body to endure the explosion of the blue fire and the backlash of the Extreme Shadow sword techniques. That he did not die on the spot was already a merit of the pseudo True Force.

"Even with pseudo True Force, I’ll need several months of recovery," Lin Fei said with a bitter smile. He was facing not only physical injuries but also damage to his vitality. The True Force Core was dull and filled with dense cracks.

"However, at least my cultivation level has broken through to the next layer. That’s relatively good news." The first picture in the Second Layer of Qi Cultivation aimed at cultivating strength was already very clear. Clearly, the sudden burst had pushed his cultivation level forward significantly.

The first picture was of an enormous, fierce claw, black with a metallic sheen. Although it was only palm-sized in the picture, it felt immensely huge and heavy to Lin Fei.

Beneath it was a line of characters, unrecognized by him, but whose meaning he could understand.

"Divine Beast Huo, with boundless strength, Visualization of it grants infinite power," it read.

"Could each layer have a corresponding Divine Beast?" Lin Fei speculated. "The First Layer had the Divine Beast Meng, this layer has the Divine Beast Huo. If so, the next layer should also feature a Divine Beast."

After a brief pause, his consciousness began to blur. Lin Fei was startled and hastily exited the Visualization. He knew his own expenditure was too great to support continuous Visualization.

"Next, I should focus on a good period of recovery. My cultivation should also have a stable period of growth," Lin Fei felt the ongoing golden force from the Divine Instrument Diamond. These golden forces did not aid in healing physical injuries, yet they seemed to resonate subtly with the pseudo True Force inside him.

Ancient, desolate aura slowly released from the pseudo True Force.

Unlike the ancient air of the Divine Beasts formed by True Force, this was a completely different aura.

Faint, yet as if it had settled for countless years.

Pseudo True Force continuously repaired the external injuries on his body. Once the blood stopped at one wound, it would slowly close up.

"Where is this? Shuang’er?" Lin Fei lay quietly for a while, barely able to move slightly. He asked softly.

"I don’t know..." Shuang’er carefully lifted the clothing from a wound on Lin Fei’s leg, where blood and fabric were stuck together, mangled. "Brother, you suddenly came to this place."

The surroundings were pitch black, and Lin Fei could hardly see anything, relying only on the dim light of the Divine Artifact in his hand to illuminate the area.

The tree trunks behind him were somewhat moist, and in the leaves he lay on, some small insects crawled back and forth, seemingly attracted by the scent of blood.

But wrapped in evil energy, Shuang’er ensured no insects dared to come too close. Their instincts told them the two individuals before them were very dangerous.

"Now we’re in trouble. The injuries are too severe, and it’s even a problem to move," Lin Fei clenched the Divine Instrument Diamond. "I remember people from the Wu Family could enhance their recovery strength through the blessing of Divine Artifacts. Although it works for Dream Eaters, it might also be effective for me."

He tried, drawing out strands of golden threads from the Divine Artifact. The threads were the Power of True Lies. However, each thread was very thin.

The fine threads continuously gathered at each injury, then began to automatically adhere and cover them. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we invite you to vote using the recommendation and monthly tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)