True Solution of the Sword Dao

Lin Fei silently watched as two people corrected Lin You’s and Feil’s memories. Even though it was just a short-term memory correction that didn’t harm the overall brain, he was still somewhat nervous.

Two figures in black carefully manipulated strands of grey mist, this bizarre energy continuously lingered around the foreheads of Lin You and Feil, occasionally transforming into familiar silhouettes of people, objects, and scenes.

Lin Fei even saw the mist morph into the scene that had just occurred. In that scene at the Civilian Hotel, a tall figure exuding a cold and icy aura, surrounded by a crowd, turned out to be himself. The grey mist quickly shifted again, transforming into other scenes.

"Is this how I appear in your heart?" Lin Fei murmured.

The personnel responsible for the correction had explained the principle to him; their special ability could input their own corrected memories into someone else’s brain, then squeeze out the area of the memories needing correction, making the modified person naturally retrieve the altered memories without any realization. But in reality, they themselves couldn’t know the content of the modified person’s memories. The ability would automatically push out and overwrite memories that contradicted the modifications.

This was also the purpose behind Lin Fei using this method.

Under his watchful eyes, the two black-robed figures carefully completed the modifications and then took a deep breath of relief. But at that moment, both of them realized their foreheads were already covered in cold sweat.

The two turned and walked to the door, one of them whispered something as they passed by Lin Fei.

"Mission accomplished."

Lin Fei gently nodded.

"You’re telling the truth. Very good," he said as his True Force completely watched the process of their memory correction and the flow of energy, just as they had described. The two men’s abilities were harmless to Lin You and Feil. Moreover, there was no extraction or violation of any of Lin You’s private memories.

"Then, Lin She, we will be leaving first."

Lin Fei nodded slightly, listening as the footsteps descending the stairs behind him grew fainter, until he couldn’t hear them at all.

Only then did he shut the security door and walked over to the couch. He deeply looked at Lin You, who was deeply asleep on the couch, then turned around and returned to his own bedroom.

Twenty minutes later...

Lin You slowly woke from his sleep. Rubbing his eyes, he seemed to be still unclear about the situation. Feil also woke up looking bewildered by his side.

"Didn’t they say Lin... Lin Fei was coming back? And he asked me to step out for a while?" Lin You was still not used to calling Lin Fei ’brother’. "Why did I fall asleep? Was I dreaming?"

"Me too, I was tired from training so I took a short nap," Feil followed up, "But I slept really well today, when I woke up, I felt much better."

"Really. Could this be what they call deep sleep?" Lin You nodded.

Lin Fei sat in his bedroom, listening to the voices coming from the living room, his face expressionless. His figure standing by the writing desk vanished instantly from the room.

************

Sword Canon Space

Lin Fei silently stood in the middle of a blood-red hall, underfoot were countless intricate and gorgeous patterns, and some completely cryptic symbolic languages. Each symbol in these patterns glowed with a red fluorescence, as if filled with blood.

Slaughter Holy Hall, also known as Extinction Holy Hall, resembled the ancient emperors’ supreme True Dragon Hall in Hua Nation - a massive multilevel hall with a blood-colored throne quietly standing at the top.

The faint hissing sound of blood-red flames burning could be heard around him. Red and gold were the main colors here.

"It’s been a long time since I last came here," Lin Fei said softly to himself, slowly walking up the hall.

"For the current me, Extinction Holy Hall can serve to accelerate the speed of gaining power."

He sat on the high-end chair.

Immediately to his right, a black beast resembling a lion with long deer antlers on its head appeared. The rest of it looked exactly like a lion, but it was not a living creature. It seemed to be made of a black metal, perfectly lying beneath Lin Fei’s hand.

"Shall we initiate spatial extension?"

The long-missed voice of Sword Canon Space reached Lin Fei’s ears, oddly bringing a sense of familiarity.

"What is spatial extension?" Lin Fei asked calmly.

"Turning Extinction Holy Hall’s open functions into a training sub-space accessible to the external world’s strong individuals. Those who can pass the training challenges will automatically obtain specific abilities. The specific abilities to be implanted are decided by the Sword Master."

"Existing ability: Hunt—can use fifty percent of energy and life as a cost to increase one’s own strength by twenty percent for five minutes."

"So, if I want to grant spatial abilities to others, it is through this sub-space, right?" Lin Fei inquired.

"Yes. The sub-space is the only way to grant others abilities, through both granting abilities and the training challenges. Only by completing specific tasks can abilities be obtained, thus training step by step subordinates completely in line with the style of Sword Master," Sword Canon Space unusually elaborated more, or perhaps it was the automatically included subsidiary explanations.

"So, what is the completion task for the Hunt ability?"

"You may check it yourself. For specific operations, please place your hand on the black beast’s head," Sword Canon Space instructed.

Lin Fei placed his right hand on the head of the black beast beside him.

Hiss!

A blood-colored screen accompanied by ripples like those on the surface of water slowly emerged.

The screen floated right in front of Lin Fei, just in front of the chair.

It was divided into several tabs; one of them was Granting Abilities, which was colored red, the others were grey, and they were all obscured by a mist, completely unclear.

Lin Fei pressed his hand on the ability-granting device.

Instantly, a screen popped up with only one ability listed—Hunt.

All the characters on the screen were written in Chinese, obviously having been automatically translated by the Sword Canon Space.

Beneath Hunt was a section of text, detailing the mission’s content.

’Mission Target: Solely kill one hundred Bloodthirsty Beasts.

Warning: Bloodthirsty Beast Space has no stock projection. Please select another mission projection.’

"Projection?" Lin Fei noticed the word projection was colored differently.

He lightly tapped it. Suddenly, another box popped up, much like a webpage on Earth, explaining the settings for projection.

’Projection: Synthesized from all biological data acquired by the current Sword Master. Can be used for training, ceremonies, combat, and other special purposes. Requires consumption of Space Evolution Degree and various energies.’

"Interesting..." Lin Fei suddenly connected the dots, "Isn’t this just like a cannon fodder system? Just consuming energy can yield a massive amount of cannon fodder, and if the genius swordsmen revived by the Sword Canon Space are used as Spearhead Leaders, this is utterly a system for building a vast force!"

"So how do I obtain a projection?"

Instantly, a stream of information flowed into Lin Fei’s mind.

He closed his eyes and was silent for a while before slowly opening them.

"It turns out that one has to find a template in the real world...."

He drew a strange symbol on the light screen in front of him.

Instantly, the bloody light screen twisted, changing into another image. It was a huge tree diagram.

The largest source at the top read ’Projection Manufacturing’.

Beneath that, the second row consisted of ’Biological List Selection’ and ’Talent Selection’.

Below that were ’Special Ability Structure’, ’Gene Expansion’, and ’Ability Fusion’.

There were only three rows, but each seemed to be interconnected with the others.

A stream of information flowed into Lin Fei’s mind.

"Please note: All projections require 100% template completeness. Energy consumption is mainly True Force; each fusion of abilities, expansion of genes, or acquisition of special structure abilities will consume Space Evolution Degree. The Sword Master must not obtain any creature stronger than themselves as a template. This ability is a special capability of the Extinction Holy Hall, invalid in other scenarios."

"So the True Force transmitted by the defeated strong to the Sword Master also has this effect," Lin Fei murmured. "With a cannon fodder army and Sword Canon powerhouses as leaders, it’s naturally possible to form an extremely formidable army."

Further information entered his mind, containing some special stipulations.

The first stipulation was: This ability can only be activated by those who have formed Sword Intent.

Which means he currently lacked the qualifications to find a template.

Lin Fei thoughtfully watched the light screen before him.

"Without a template sample, there’s no sub-space mission target, nor is it possible to grant others the power of spatial ability. Ultimately, one must reach the level of Sword Intent," he thought.

"Forget it, let’s set it aside for now."

He vanished from the seat in an instant, leaving only the hissing sounds of the blood-red torches burning on the walls in the space. The whole Extinction Holy Hall became quiet again.

************

There was still one day left before the journey to the Earth Dragon Den.

Lin Fei stayed quietly at home, not going anywhere. He just read and watched TV.

The formation of Sword Intent often comes from one’s own enlightenment, either in an instant or through long accumulation. Lin Fei completely relaxed his spirit, returning to the appearance of an ordinary person, concealing all aura.

He was waiting, waiting for that instant of realization to come. However, somehow, he always felt he was lacking something. As a result, that final moment remained elusive.

Rarely having a rest at home, Jiang Nan also did not run around but stayed with him for a while.

The television automatically played commercials. Since his rebirth, this was the first time Lin Fei truly settled down to watch TV quietly.

The Golden Organization had come to scale; Ping City was entirely under his rule, with numerous powerful beings on guard at all times. It could be said that now, he gradually had his own safe territory.

With Ping City as the center, many other cities around it had also been infiltrated by his power.

This region vaguely felt like it was being transformed into his base of operations.

As a result, Lin Fei could completely relax and live any life he wanted in Ping City.

The premise was that, whether now or in the future, no excessively powerful enemies would attack.

But, ever since seeing the information about Holy Spirit’s Blood, Lin Fei was well aware that his conflict with the Holy See was not over. Once the news of Young You’s Holy Spirit’s Blood spread, what he would face might not be just a few strong individuals but potentially a crushing force of countless armies of the Holy See. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for a recommendation ticket or monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation.)