Who would’ve thought that Wen Hanshan would first ask a question that seemed strange to Lou Xingyao. “Last time you explored my dantian, did you see anything unusual?”
“Huh?” Lou Xingyao recalled carefully before shaking his head.
Last time, he only saw that the other person had a deep accumulation. At the same time, he was surprised that Wen Hanshan could hold back from building his foundation when the spiritual power in his dantian had already liquefied. Other than that, he really couldn’t see any abnormality.
Could it be that the injury from many years ago still had an impact?
Thinking of this, Lou Xingyao couldn’t help being a bit more worried.
“Not really.” Before he could ask, Wen Hanshan had already denied it. Wen Hanshan once again placed his wrist in front of Lou Xingyao and reminded, “Take a closer look this time.”
Lou Xingyao didn’t hesitate at all and directly placed his fingers there.
With the experience of last time, Lou Xingyao’s actions this time had become a bit familiar.
The moment his spiritual power entered Wen Hanshan’s body, Lou Xingyao found that the other person’s meridians seemed to have widened a bit.
The changes weren’t obvious, but they were enough to be noticed by Lou Xingyao, who regarded Wen Hanshan as a benchmark to strive toward.
But this time, Lou Xingyao’s purpose wasn’t the meridians. He hurriedly manipulated his spiritual power to go straight to the dantian.
The vast sea that had once amazed him appeared in front of Lou Xingyao again.
Compared with the last time, the spiritual power gathered in this sea was much more condensed and even faintly thickened.
After careful investigation, Lou Xingyao still didn’t notice anything unusual.
Just as he was feeling strange, he suddenly felt his spiritual power inside Wen Hanshan’s body seem to hit something.
The strength wasn’t light, and the spiritual power that Lou Xingyao probed into Wen Hanshan’s body even faintly showed a hint of collapse.
But he could also clearly feel that there was no malice in this force.
It felt like a fat kitten running into the arms of its owner.
It was just that the kitten didn’t understand its weight and that such an action might bring harm to its owner.
Fortunately, Lou Xingyao reacted quickly and hurriedly increased the input of spiritual power. This way, the slightly collapsed spiritual power stabilized.
Immediately after, Lou Xingyao clearly saw the little thing that had just hit his spiritual power.
It turned out to be a small black and purple sword around three inches long, with a slightly rough shape.
For some reason, Lou Xingyao had an intuition that this black and purple little sword was the bright point of light that had just flown out of Wen Hanshan’s body.
At this moment, the light of the little sword was no longer there, and Lou Xingyao finally saw its appearance clearly.
It was said to be black and purple, but in fact, it was more black. It was hard to see the purple in it unless one looked closely.
In addition, there was a faint flash of dark red light on the hilt and body of the sword. There seemed to be a trace of imperceptible gold thread in the light.
However, these gold threads were too weak and could always be subconsciously ignored.
The golden-red light spread over the entire sword body of the small sword, seeming to form an extremely mysterious pattern.
It was just that the size of this sword was too miniature, making the pattern not very clear.
The little sword swayed around Lou Xingyao’s spiritual power. After showing itself, it rubbed against Lou Xingyao’s spiritual power.
Compared with the impact before, the little sword was able to grasp its strength well this time. This way, Lou Xingyao could feel it without being uncomfortable.
The little sword couldn’t speak, but Lou Xingyao seemed to be able to understand the meaning of its move.
This was apologizing to him for accidentally injuring him after rushing out of Wen Hanshan’s body, and for almost smashing his spiritual power just now.
The appearance of rubbing against it was very similar to the appearance of a cat acting spoiled with its owner, rubbing its fur against its owner’s legs.
How could Lou Xingyao blame it?
He divided out a strand of spiritual power and lightly tapped the sword, indicating that he had forgiven it.
The little sword seemed to understand the meaning of Lou Xingyao’s move. Like a kitten running around its owner, it happily circled around Lou Xingyao’s spiritual power several times.
However, the little sword was obviously very exhausted after running out of Wen Hanshan’s body. It didn’t play long with Lou Xingyao’s spiritual power before returning to the center of Wen Hanshan’s dantian.
Gradually, it sank into the ‘sea’ until there was no trace of it left. It apparently went back to recuperate.
At this moment, Lou Xingyao finally understood. The strangeness in Wen Hanshan’s dantian that he was referring to wasn’t an injury, but the little sword.
Lou Xingyao opened his eyes and met Wen Hanshan’s affirmative gaze.
Last time, the little sword didn’t take the initiative to show itself, and Lou Xikngyao really hadn’t noticed it.
But since Lou Xingyao knew about the existence of the little sword at this time, Wen Hanshan’s next words contained the prelude to the explanation. “I think Junior Brother Yao has heard that I have a talent beyond ordinary people in the way of the sword.”
“Yes.” Lou Xingyao nodded. This wasn’t a secret, no matter whether it was the original novel or on Tianming Continent.
Even Lou Xingyao knew that Wen Hanshan’s situation was due to carrying a sword bone. In the description of the original novel, such a physique was born for swordsmanship. It wasn’t just in studying swordsmanship, but in understanding more about swordsmanship than ordinary people.
“My mother once said that my situation should be an innate sword bone.” Obviously, Wen Hanshan was very clear about this matter.
It wasn’t surprising. Wen Hanshan had previously told Lou Xingyao that his biological mother was born in a big world. With such a background, she naturally had some understanding of special physiques.
Wen Hanshan’s focus wasn’t on his own physique, and he just continued, “But Junior Brother Yao, do you know where the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique I am practicing now comes from?”
“Isn’t it left in the notes?” Lou Xingyao did think so, but listening to the other person at this moment, it obviously wasn’t the case.
“My mother did leave a sword technique for me, but it wasn’t the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique that I am practicing now. This sword technique was obtained by me after realizing the sword shape.”
Wen Hanshan paused before adding, “It is also possible that it is a certain inheritance that will automatically appear after I meet the requirements.”
The latter statement was obviously inferred from Wen Maoyin’s description when she was alive.
Wen Hanshan had taught Lou Xingyao long ago about sword shape, sword qi, and sword intent of sword cultivation. Now Lou Xingyao wasn’t unfamiliar with these words.
Lou Xingyao knew Wen Hanshan’s temperament very well, and he definitely wouldn’t mention this matter for no reason. Lou Xingyao’s mind spun slightly, and he understood the meaning. “Brother Wen, you want to refer to the little sword in your dantian?”
Sure enough, he received an affirmative look from Wen Hanshan. “Actually, before today, it wasn’t what it is now.”
“How can that be…” Lou Xingyao suddenly fell silent halfway through his words.
He already understood at this moment. The black and purple little sword was supposed to be a refining material, and it had already taken root in Wen Hanshan’s dantian.
Such speculation was quickly confirmed by Wen Hanshan.
From Wen Hanshan, Lou Xingyao also knew a lot of other information related to this refining material.
For example, this refining material had existed in Wen Hanshan’s dantian for a long time but he never knew what it was and what it was for.
It wasn’t until today when he learned the heart refining method from Lou Xingyao that he realized.
Subconsciously, he actually polished this refining material into an appearance that was in line with his heart.
The refining material was black and purple, but there was a golden red light flickering on its body. It seemed that the attributes were mottled and messy, but when exploring it carefully, it wasn’t difficult to find that the thunder meaning contained in it wasn’t only majestic, but also very pure.
The golden-red glow was just an embellishment and didn’t have any effect on the attributes.
For Wen Hanshan, it was simply a perfect choice for creating a natal weapon.
As for the original origin of the refining material, it was the same as the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique that he was practicing now. It appeared suddenly, so even Wen Hanshan couldn’t tell the specifics.
As for the timing of the refining…
“It was when I was 14 years old and had my first glimpse of sword intent,” Wen Hanshan recalled.
After comprehending the sword shape, he gained the powerful Silent Annihilation Sword Technique. Then after glimpsing the sword intent, he gained a refining material that matched his attributes.
Just from the unstoppable appearance of the little sword rushing out of Wen Hanshan’s body, it could be seen that even if this thing wasn’t a heavenly treasure, its grade must not be too low.
Why did the more he listened, the more it felt like Wen Hanshan’s experience was the treatment that a protagonist should have?
Before Lou Xingyao could think more, he suddenly realized something and looked up at Wen Hanshan. “14 years old?”
It was no wonder he reacted this way. This point in time was a bit too special.
Didn’t Wen Hanshan go out to practice at the age of 14, only to be brought back seriously injured? News spread that his meridians were broken and her spiritual root damaged. Therefore, his status in the Zhou family plummeted after that.
Even a three year old child wouldn’t believe there was no connection.
“…The situation of this refining material is indeed a bit special.” Wen Hanshan nodded and didn’t deny it.
He saw that Lou Xingyao was really curious, so he finally described the scene at that time.
He was born with a sword bone, so Wen Hanshan had been interested in swordsmanship since he was a child. Even before testing his spiritual root at the age of six, he had already decided that the path he would learn in the future was the sword.
Despite his test result of a single thunder spiritual root showing that he could have a strong attack power by following the path of magic cultivation, he never wavered in his inner thoughts.
A sword master killed, and a sword cultivator was an indomitable warrior.
Wen Hanshan was naturally no exception. He grew up with various experiences and fights since he was a child.
The experience at the age of 14 was an ordinary one for him.
But in that experience, Wen Hanshan got a glimpse at the introduction of sword intent.
At that moment, the refining material seemed to have a life of its own and smashed into his dantian.
“Hiss—” Lou Xingyao couldn’t help gasping after hearing this.
From the appearance of the little sword running out of Wen Hanshan’s body, and the appearance of it hitting his spiritual power in the dantian, it could be known that this thing was utterly unaware of restraint.
It wasn’t enough for it to run ‘ruthlessly’ to Wen Hanshan’s dantian, but ‘smashed’ into it.
The consequences could be imagined.
Sure enough, due to the actions of the refining material, Wen Hanshan’s dantian was hit hard and suffered heavy damage.
It wasn’t known where this refining material originally existed, but the meridians in Wen Hanshan’s body were indeed destroyed at that time.
Back then, Wen Hanshan’s appearance was even more miserable than the rumors in the outside world.
His appearance showed that it was no longer possible for him.
It was fortunate his identity as a member of the Zhou family, which meant he had many followers even during such an ordinary experience.
If he was left behind, the people who were with him would definitely be buried with him due to the anger of the Zhou family.
These people might’ve really just left him at the training place, ignoring him.
Wen Hanshan successfully returned to the Zhou house due to various reasons, but the follow-up treatment wasn’t satisfactory.
It wasn’t due to his meridians.
After all, He Wanqing was able to take out two top-grade meridians reconnection pills. The status of the Zhou family was above the He family, so it shouldn’t be difficult to treat Wen Hanshan’s meridians.
The key was that after the meridians reconnection pill was used, the meridians seemed good, but Wen Hanshan was still unable to mobilize the spiritual power in his body.
Even during his follow-up cultivation, Wen Hanshan could clearly feel the growth of spiritual power in his body. Then after entering the dantian, it immediately sank into the sea like a stone and there was no movement.
He thought there was something wrong with the dantian. Who knew that after being seen by many alchemists, no injuries were found in the dantian.
But there must be a reason for the inexplicable disappearance of spiritual power, right?
In the end, it wasn’t known who mentioned it, but it was suggested that the spiritual root was damaged.
The spiritual root of the cultivator was an invisible thing, but it could be faintly detected when cultivating. The specific location should be in the dantian.
Since there was no problem with the dantian and his spiritual power did disappear for no reason, it could only be that there was a problem with the spiritual root that everyone couldn’t see or touch.
This speculation was immediately respected by many alchemists. In the end, the diagnosis of Wen Hanshan became that the spiritual root was damaged.
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