Remould the Glory of Sword Art

He gave up the "refining" option in his Heart Lake and repositioned the [Dao Furnace].

The divine radiance churned in the sky, and the entire hall regained its brilliant and dazzling glow.

"Xie Zhen... is it because I deceived you earlier that you are not taking me with you?"

Dao Jiu was completely stunned by this scene.

His voice, at this moment, had an added tone of pleading.

Dao Jiu pleaded earnestly, "Earlier I intentionally hid part of the truth, but I absolutely had no ill intentions. If you have any questions, just ask, and Dao Jiu will withhold nothing, telling all!"

Xie Xuanyi felt somewhat reluctant.

He actually knew that Dao Jiu wasn't lying; it sincerely wanted to acknowledge him as its master.

The Heart Lake's sensing had always been stable, without any danger signals.

In other words,

this [Dao Furnace] harbored no malicious intents towards him...

The eating of those demon cultivators was merely an instinct of the [Dao Furnace]. If Dao Jiu truly had a murderous nature, it would not have easily spared those disciples of Baihua Valley earlier.

"Dao above."

Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath, holding the thought of a conscience free of guilt, and spoke solemnly, "If there's one thing, if you help me, I can take you out of the Secret Tomb..."

He could of course swear by the name of "Xie Zhen" and then deal with it perfunctorily.

But Xie Xuanyi did not do so.

Dao Jiu's expression became stern, hastily adjusting his posture solemnly.

Xie Xuanyi said, "The reason I entered the tomb was actually to find a treasure left here ten years ago."

"Ten years ago... a treasure left here..."

Dao Jiu froze for a moment, it frowned and said, "Due to the array patterns, every once in a while, treasures are absorbed into the Secret Tomb. What grade and what does your treasure look like?"

"A Flying Sword,"

Xie Xuanyi calmly said, "Although it has not yet formed a human shape, it has already naively developed Spirit Wisdom."

"Oh?"

Dao Jiu looked at Xie Zhen somewhat incredulously.

These treasures, it was due to the teachings of the [Dao Pen] that they were able to awaken.

For ordinary treasures to develop Spirit Wisdom, it is extremely difficult!

This young man is indeed no ordinary individual... to have such a treasure ten years ago!

Xie Xuanyi asked, "Do you have an impression of it?"

"Now that you mention it... it seems there really was..."

Dao Jiu stroked its chin, reflecting aloud, "Ten years ago, I vaguely sensed a fierce Sword Qi rampaging through the Secret Tomb, smashing several great arrays... eventually, it was trapped in the 'Seeking Tao Domain'."

"Seeking Tao Domain?"

Xie Xuanyi frowned.

"The area originally used by the [Dao Pen] for teaching was called the 'Seeking Tao Domain'."

Dao Jiu explained, "This is the core location of the Secret Tomb, the heart of countless array patterns in operation... All things that attempt to disrupt the operation of the Secret Tomb are sent to the 'Seeking Tao Domain' by the array patterns, and once there, it is very difficult to leave. Speaking of which, it has been a long time since I felt that sharp 'Sword Qi'."

Upon hearing this, Xie Xuanyi's expression suddenly became overcast: "Can you open the door to the Seeking Tao Domain?"

This sudden murderous intent left Dao Jiu somewhat at a loss.

"Xie Zhen, have you gone mad, or do you not care about your life?"

Dao Jiu hurriedly said, "The Seeking Tao Domain is enveloped by countless array patterns, do you truly wish to go in?!"

Despite saying so,

it still opened a portal.

Xie Xuanyi stood in front of the portal, being a cautious man, he naturally did not step in immediately.

"Huh..."

Xie Xuanyi pushed open the portal, extending his arm, hanging it in front of the blazing divine radiance.

Whir, whir, whir!

The Reed Sword burst out with a trembling mournful whine!

An extremely potent Sword Intent thundered from behind the portal, piercing through two unconnected worlds!

Xie Xuanyi's pupils shined with a sharp gleam!

Dao Jiu was right! [Chen Ke] was just behind the door!

Boom, boom, boom—

At that moment, the entire Secret Tomb began to shake.

Sitting in the great hall, Dao Jiu frowned and looked up, never having felt such frequent tremors, even the changes in the great array patterns should not cause this.

"What is happening to the Secret Tomb today?"

A cool voice sounded.

"Dao Jiu, open this door, do not close it,"

Xie Xuanyi said, "I am ready to enter the Seeking Tao Domain."

"???"

Dao Jiu looked at Xie Zhen, about to speak to stop him.

Xie Xuanyi added, "Before I leave, I will come here one more time. At that time, I will take you out of the tomb with me."

"Hey hey! Xie Zhen..."

Dao Jiu paused for a moment.

The next moment,

Xie Xuanyi stepped forward, entering into the portal, his entire person was engulfed by the fiery blaze, vanishing from sight.

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(PS: Although there are only two updates today, they add up to 9K words. Rounding it off, that's basically three updates~ This also counts as fulfilling my promise to everyone to post more~ Begging for a monthly pass~~)