True Solution of the Sword Dao

Blood was spilled on the ground of the Sword Canon Space, quickly absorbed by the yellow earth until only a few red specks remained.

Lin Fei’s wounds healed rapidly, numerous tiny cracks the size of a baby’s lips swiftly drew together, then slowly merged into one another to form a line, red at first, before the line itself quickly disappeared.

This was the power of Demonization, as long as the injury wasn’t fatal, the body could automatically recover from its wounds.

"Let’s give it a try," Lin Fei gently removed the test tube, and suddenly streams of golden and blue Aura emerged, swirling around the test tube like ribbons of gold and blue.

The drop of blood suspended in the middle of the tube also slowly rose. Gradually, it left the liquid and eventually floated in the air, forming a tiny sphere. The entire droplet was only the size of a soybean. Yet the faint glimmers of gold within it revealed its extraordinary nature.

Lin Fei silently watched the droplet of blood, his sister’s blood. The legendary Holy Spirit’s Blood, tangled with that immense secret.

The crimson drop, tinged with gold, hovered before him.

He gazed at it for a moment, his lips parting slightly.

A flash of red, and the blood droplet turned into a crimson line that flew into his mouth.

Instantly, a burning pain spread from his mouth. Then it reached his face, his head, his neck...

Lin Fei stood still, motionless, as his upper body became completely rigid within a few seconds, followed by his lower body.

The searing pain was as if his skin had been peeled off, as though the air was directly touching his blood vessels and muscles.

Lin Fei could hardly maintain his balance and fell backwards onto the ground. His entire body hit the yellow earth without making a sound. His vision became increasingly blurred, and everything in front of him melded into a mass of colors, as indistinct as mixed dyes.

It was after some time that the stabbing pain on his body slowly subsided, and his vision gradually returned to normal.

Lin Fei tried moving his body and, finding the effects had completely diminished, he slowly stood up.

He could distinctly feel that within his body, between the True Qi and demonic power, and in the buffering area of the Divine Artifact components, fine red Blood Points were evenly distributed. They lay along a buffer zone emitted by the components of the Divine Artifact. These fine red points, like Blood Points on skin, were crimson and clearly defined.

Strands of demonic power’s Aura and threads of True Qi were continuously absorbed by the areas of the Blood Points.

"This is the power of the Holy Spirit’s Blood..." Lin Fei slowly understood the function of the so-called Holy Spirit’s Blood. "It can merge different strengths together, naturally selecting and integrating the stronger power. It’s purifying and amalgamating."

Although he wasn’t clear on how the Holy Spirit’s Blood worked, he could clearly sense two issues beyond this discovery.

First, the speed of this melding was incomparable to the natural growth rate of demonic power and True Qi. At this rate, the merging would never be complete.

Second, he was concerned about the consumption of the Blood Points. Lin Fei could feel that as the Holy Spirit’s Blood melded and purified the two powers, it was also being consumed rapidly. At this rate, in less than two hours, these Blood Points would exhaust completely.

"Do I really have to..." Lin Fei murmured with a frown.

After a moment of silence, he said softly, "It’s not time for this yet..."

Eventually, glancing at the devastated space one last time, Lin Fei closed his eyes and slowly dissipated into the air.

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

After leaving the space, Lin Fei slowly emerged from the villa and went straight back to the bedroom.

The entire bedroom was empty and quiet. It was already late afternoon.

Lin Fei opened the door and walked in. Across from him, the ticking of Shi Ran’s desk clock was exceptionally clear.

Today’s weather was only cloudy, and there was no sunshine, feeling slightly cold. The chilliness had also seeped into the dorm room.

Lin Fei stood next to his desk, where a blinking light on his mobile phone indicated unread messages. This was the phone he had bought for keeping in touch with his family and friends, and he had forgotten to take it with him when he went out today.

However, having just come out of the Sword Canon Space, he felt a bit uncomfortable with the stark contrast between reality and the world within the Sword Canon.

It was as if he had suddenly awakened from a dream.

He picked up the phone, flipped it open, and accessed the messaging inbox.

A familiar name appeared on the screen.

Chen Yun.

Lin Fei hadn’t expected it to be this guy.

In high school, he could be considered his one and only friend, and his best friend at that.

Lightly tapping on the message, he opened it.

’Lin Feifei, how have you been lately? Is college life colorful? Can you take care of yourself without me? Do you miss me?’

Lin Fei couldn’t help but curve the corners of his mouth slightly, as he rapidly began replying.

"Chen Mazi, you’re as shameless as ever! Didn’t you go to Huabei Business College? How is it? How’s everything going? Got any romantic life?"

No sooner had he sent it than a reply came back immediately.

’Romantic life, my ass! Introduce your sister to me, then I’ll have one! You jerk, you hid this from me for three years in high school!’

"If you’re capable, chase her yourself," Lin Fei replied with a smile.

’Forget it, you didn’t manage to handle it, let alone your sister. It’s nice to look at her, but anything else, forget it. By the way, have you been playing Legendary World and Fantasy lately? I’ve started playing a new game called Asura 2, come and join?’

Lin Fei was about to refuse, but his fingers paused on the mobile phone. He was enveloped by a rare sense of reality. It was as if he was no longer one of the strongest Dream Eaters in the world, nor a behind-the-scenes influence in the major powers. Instead, a vivid sense of reality emerged anew.

Almost instinctively, he quickly sent a response.

"Sure. But I won’t have much time to play."

’No problem,’ Chen Yun paused, ’By the way, you’re at Yan Capital University, right? In Capital City?’

"Yeah."

"Do you know how many people from our class went to Capital City universities?"

"I really have no idea." Lin Fei had no spare time to pay attention to such things.

"I know of at least four or five in major universities in Capital City, and the one you’re most familiar with is Fang Jing. There’s also Du Xiaopeng, Lin Ling. They all applied to schools in Capital City. Though they’re not as freakishly good as you, they still managed to get into undergraduate universities. Plus, two top students went to Jinghua University. You could have gone there too. With your scores, Jinghua University would have been child’s play," Chen Yun said with a hint of irritation, "You should have seen how arrogant those two from Jinghua University were at our last reunion! It pissed me off so much! By the way, why didn’t you answer when I called you last time? I couldn’t get in touch with you at all, and I don’t have your home number."

"Maybe I was busy. I had a lot of things going on during the vacation and it was quite troublesome," Lin Fei recalled, having spent most of his time during the holidays dealing with matters in the Inner World. Many places he went to had no signal. That was probably the main reason. Besides, usually, without the right subscription, it’s impossible to receive overseas calls on a regular mobile phone...

"What kind of troubles could you possibly have? You’re just a bottle-up guy who can’t even fart when talking to girls!" Chen Yun said mercilessly.

"You little...!" Lin Fei said with a mix of laughter and helplessness.

"Alright, let’s play a game together when you’re free, remember that! Asura 2. Oh, and have you set up a computer in your dorm yet? Have you installed a network cable?"

"Not yet."

"Get on it then!" Chen Yun sent another message with the game name and server name. "Remember my username, and go register to play together! Add me as a friend when you go online!"

"Alright, alright! Get lost!" Lin Fei joked.

Online games... He hadn’t played those for a long time.

"But, taking a break once in a while isn’t so bad," Lin Fei thought, and his nerves, which had just been through a battle, quickly relaxed.

He scrolled through his inbox, which was nearly full of text messages. However, one of the messages caught his eye.

"I am Xu Ke, this is my new mobile number, the old one isn’t in use anymore." This was a mass text from Xu Ke announcing a number change.

There was another message following that one.

"Sorry, Lin Fei, I was wrong about He Wenwen. I apologize. She explained everything to me."

Lin Fei frowned and after pondering for a while, he remembered why Xu Ke was apologizing. It seemed that previously she had abruptly texted him, saying she had misunderstood him, and it seemed now she might have learned the truth from He Wenwen and was apologizing on her own initiative.

This kind of girlish mindset...

Lin Fei casually replied,

"Don’t worry about it."

Just as he sent the reply, his phone buzzed with an incoming call.

And the caller ID was actually Xu Ke.

Lin Fei pressed the answer button.

"Hello, Lin Fei?" Xu Ke’s voice, after such a long time, seemed steadier and more mature.

"What made you decide to call me directly?" Lin Fei leaned back in his chair, looking up as he listened on the phone.

"I got it wrong about He Wenwen. You’re not mad at me, are you?"

"I’d like to say I am, but honestly, I don’t feel that way."

"You’re at Yan Capital University, right?" Xu Ke asked.

"Yeah, come and visit when you have time. I’ll make sure to take good care of you," Lin Fei said with a smile.

"You’re on! I’m actually about to board a plane and will be in Capital City in two hours."

"Uh..." Lin Fei hadn’t anticipated that a casual offer would be taken up so earnestly. "You’re kidding, right?" he asked tentatively.

"Who’s kidding? I’m serious! The flight number is CA1765, and I’m in line for security right now," Xu Ke said with a laugh, "You said you’d take care of me! You can’t go back on your word!"

"I said it, of course it counts," Lin Fei said, exasperated, glancing at the clock on the desk opposite him. "It’s just past three now; I’ll try my best to be at the international airport by five. That’s where you’ll be arriving, right?"

"Yeah, just kidding. Don’t take it seriously. You don’t need to come," Xu Ke feigned a few refusals.

"But haven’t your classes started yet?" Lin Fei ignored her protests and asked instead.

"Ours start later. I’m at Linhai Polytechnic, which starts much later than yours," Xu Ke answered.

"Is that so?" Lin Fei casually chatted with Xu Ke about their current situations and college life. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

They talked until Xu Ke had to hang up for the security check.

Putting down the phone, Lin Fei immediately changed clothes and headed out the door.

In the afternoon, some students were off from their classes and resting.

On the way in and out of the dormitory, he saw many students walking in pairs or small groups towards the dorms, carrying book bags over their shoulders.

Lin Fei’s major, theoretical physics at Yan Capital University, didn’t have classes in the afternoon, so everyone was doing their own thing. Their schedule was very balanced, with classes even on weekends. But because it was so evenly distributed, they almost always had morning classes, which was rather relaxed.

He followed the main road next to the dormitory buildings toward the school gate.

Suddenly, Lin Fei caught sight of a familiar figure approaching from ahead on the left.

It was actually Cheng Nianwei.

The class president, dressed in a white tracksuit, was chatting with a girl in red as they walked his way.

The word "martial" was emblazoned across the chest of their clothes, clearly visible and eye-catching.

Lin Fei surmised that they had joined the martial arts club. It never occurred to him that the class president would have such an interest.

At that moment, Cheng Nianwei seemed to also notice Lin Fei approaching from across the way. She gave him a slight smile and a nod but didn’t speak.

Lin Fei reciprocated the smile and nod.

Without exchanging words, they just passed by each other. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to cast your recommendation and Monthly Ticket on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)