Blind Spot
Chapter 575 - 528 Leaving 2

Chapter 575: 528 Leaving 2

"Afterwards, I will teach it to you; this doesn’t count as part of the repayment," Holy Spirit shook his head. Having determined Bai Lu’s character, it was time to rapidly adjust his strategy.

Considering his relationship with Kui Ling, as long as he maintained that bond going forward, everything would be fine.

"Then... I want the Sect’s full support in my cultivation of the Thousand Face Sword Canon until I attain peak resources. Is that possible?" Li Chengyi asked.

"Good! But a word of warning: even I haven’t cultivated the Thousand Face Sword Canon to its pinnacle. This divine technique, left behind by Ancestor Chi Yuan, consists of nine levels. However, in actuality, it’s meant to be infinitely extended,"

Holy Spirit briefly mentioned.

"Theoretically, the cultivation of the Thousand Face Sword Canon knows no end, so there is no so-called peak. Its core philosophy is ’a thousand faces for a thousand people.’ Any character trait, consciousness, or emotion you perceive may be integrated into a form of the Primordial Spirit Sword.

The more consciousness, emotions, and wills you encounter, the stronger your Primordial Spirit Sword becomes. All of your Primordial Spirit Swords reside within the Primordial Spirit Sword Palace and ultimately become a part of your own Primordial Spirit."

"It’s a technique for cultivating the strongest weapon for attack. And because we have already shaped our essence of the Primordial Spirit into a sword form in our foundational cultivation practices, merging more Primordial Spirit Swords into it makes us stronger."

"I see..." Li Chengyi hadn’t expected the Thousand Face Sword Canon to be such a powerfully conceived technique.

"In fact, techniques capable of great Transcendence often have no upper limits," Qingyang Taoist commented with an admiring sigh.

"Just like our Sect’s supreme Heavenly Heart Holy Tome, it involves comprehension of minutely distinct Heavenly Heart Laws to cultivate oneself, thus tracing back to the origin. It enables one to transform oneself into various primordial and complex powerful bloodlines... The more bloodlines you have, the stronger you become."

Li Chengyi understood.

It seemed that the Yin Canon from Tian Ju Pavilion also embraced a similar freeform technique, an open-end approach that lets disciples create and evolve the path that best suits them.

This appeared to be the hallmark of the best Sects.

No wonder such a place could nurture a terrifying monster like the Faceless Scholar.

"Furthermore, we refer to these techniques as Transcendence Laws. When cultivating Transcendence Laws, you mustn’t be greedy; focus on perfecting a single one, or else different techniques will conflict, leading to disastrous consequences. Please be cautious," Qingyang warned.

"Thank you." Li Chengyi nodded earnestly.

"As for the resources needed for cultivation, we have some at hand, which I will give to you first. As for the rest, we’ll gather what we can within a few days. The Thousand Face Sword Canon mostly requires various insights into the human heart, feelings, and understanding. The initial nine levels are actually about mastering nine distinct coalescing methods, with no difference in the level of power. Strength solely depends on how many and how strong your coalesced Thousand Face Primordial Spirit Swords are,"

Holy Spirit added.

"The sooner, the better. I come from the Sea of Profound Mysteries and can already faintly feel the repulsion from Panguang towards me," Li Chengyi said, "It might not be long before I must completely leave this place and head to the Sea of Profound Mysteries."

Upon these words, Kui Ling’s lazy expression on the sidelines suddenly changed as she intently looked at him.

"How so?"

"Mother, would you like to leave with me?" Li Chengyi smiled at her.

"..." Kui Ling opened her mouth but fell silent.

After a few seconds, she slowly spoke.

"Can you... come back?"

"Of course, I can return at any time. As long as you all still welcome me," Li Chengyi said with a smile.

"That’s a relief... Don’t scare me..." Kui Ling conceded, her features relaxing.

"May I ask... have you... attained Transcendence?" Qingyang Taoist suddenly inquired cautiously.

"No... I’m far from reaching that realm. To be honest, this feels more like fleeing from disaster... I fled here to Panguang... Now that I have some confidence in evading my pursuers, I plan to go back and try. After all, I still have friends, mentors, subordinates... family... from before,"

As he spoke the last word, he looked at Kui Ling. Over the years, he truly came to regard this woman, who had been sincerely kind to him, as his own kin.

"When the opportunity arises, I’ll introduce them to you, Mother. Even though I’m not born from you, I have no other godmother but you," Li Chengyi said with a smile.

"Is that so?" A wave of relief washed over Kui Ling, her previous unease finally finding solid ground.

Next came the transmission of the Thousand Face Sword Canon to Li Chengyi by Holy Spirit Taoist through consciousness delivery.

The teaching was simple, a mere flick of the finger.

Afterwards, everyone temporarily left the grand hall, leaving Li Chengyi alone to comprehend the technique.

Despite appearing very formidable and capable of infinite cultivation, with each sword being an Origin Seal,

Li Chengyi, having received the transmission, couldn’t see the possibility of Transcendence within it.

No matter how he contemplated or refined the Thousand Face Primordial Spirit Swords, they were all the emotions, wills, and consciousness innate to beings of this realm, unlikely to truly break free from Blind Spot entanglements.

Holy Spirit Taoist had cultivated for so long and even ignited True Fire, yet he still saw no glimmer of Transcendence. This was proof enough.

After reflecting for half a day, the sky outside had turned dark.

Li Chengyi slowly came out of his meditative state and opened his eyes. Everyone else had already left.

’Ancestor Chi Yuan definitely had another opportunity back then, which allowed him to achieve ultimate Transcendence. By relying solely on this technique, it’s impossible!’ he affirmed to himself.

"You must have realized too..." Huo Qingkong’s voice rang out again. "The Thousand Face Sword Canon, though strong, carries no hope for Transcendence."

"Indeed... Luckily, I am not of this realm... Otherwise..." Li Chengyi frowned deeply.

’I can explain that... The main reason Ancestor Chi Yuan could transcend was because he killed a foreign creature from the Sea of Profound Mysteries and replaced his physical body with that of the creature’s. Then he lived many years in that form. Ultimately, he managed to cultivate an entirely new Consciousness Power with that body...’ Demon Emperor sighed.

"In fact, by the end, he was no longer himself... Consciousness is but the aggregation of countless wills of flesh and blood. If your flesh and blood are completely replaced, and countless new consciousnesses emerge to take the place of the former Primordial Spirit, can such a Chi Yuan, who has indeed transcended, truly still be Chi Yuan?"

"Is there no other way?" Li Chengyi frowned.

"There is. The Sea of Profound is endless and incredibly mysterious; there must be a way. It’s just that we are unaware of it," the Demon Emperor said.

Li Chengyi wanted to continue questioning.

Suddenly, a tumultuous clamor came from outside, as if someone were screaming in terror.

And a familiar, chilling sensation, faint and penetrating, seeped through the formations from the outside.

Li Chengyi’s heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly got up and walked out of the great hall.

From the higher ground of Faceless Square, he looked down.

He saw a group of disciples surrounding an unconscious female disciple on the ground between some pavilions within the Sword Sect, discussing animatedly.

The female disciple was continuously emitting a familiar chilliness from her body.

With his line of sight obstructed from here, unable to see clearly, Li Chengyi’s body flashed with black light, and in an instant, he appeared at the edge of the clearing.

Before he could push into the crowd, he was spotted.

"It’s Senior Brother Bai Lu!"

"Senior Brother Bai Lu has come! Make way, make way!"

The group of disciples excitedly started to make way, creating a path for him.

Bai He hesitated for a moment on the side but still came forward to meet him.

"What happened?" Li Chengyi asked in shock when he saw the face of the female disciple clearly.

For it was none other than Zhao Yuan, one of the Four Junior Swords who had previously rushed out and transformed into a monster—the first beauty of the Sword Sect!

Moreover... at this moment, Zhao Yuan seemed to have been lucky enough to have reverted from that twisted monstrous form to her original state.

However... after her recovery, her face was twisted, her skin crawling, seemingly changing into another appearance.

Someone had tried to apply a small healing spell, but to no avail. Under the glow of the light, Zhao Yuan’s transformation seemed to be stimulated, happening even faster.

Soon...

This beautiful girl with a lovely figure now had her head completely turned into the huge, coarse head of a black pig!

And so, Zhao Yuan had completely turned into a girl with a good figure and a gigantic boar head...

The chill emanating from her body also grew stronger with the completion of the transformation.

"My face... my face!!!" Zhao Yuan slowly regained consciousness, seemed to realize something was amiss, and promptly burst into tears while clutching her pig’s head.

"When we found her, she was lying on the open ground outside. There’s ice forming everywhere outside now... the temperature is very low... and cases like hers aren’t isolated. Many nearby animals and servants have shown more and less severe mutations. Only after returning to the Sword Sect’s grounds do the changes slowly come to a halt. Senior Brother Bai Lu, do you know what this is all about?" Bai He said helplessly on the side.

Li Chengyi did not reply, feeling a little uneasy.

Because the chilliness emanating from Zhao Yuan’s body was the adverse effect he was most familiar with from when he would embody the state of the Divine Flower Garment with Primordial Soil corruption.

The so-called worsening had been mentioned previously by the Evil Flower in a rush of explanations.

The outward manifestation of the worsening has no unified standard. All living beings that stay on the Primordial Soil will eventually morph into what they deem to be the ugliest aspect deep within their hearts.

And the spirit, too, will become increasingly murderous with prolonged exposure.

And through killing, they gradually devour one another, gaining more of each other’s power, and eventually becoming the ultimate weapons at the Emperor of Flowers’ disposal.

This is the Primordial Soil...

The sole redemption for the huge natives of Primordial Soil is to strive to be chosen as one of the ranks within the Royal’s City, receiving the blessing of the Emperor of Flowers to emerge from ugliness and suffering as if from a chrysalis into a butterfly, transforming into beautiful members of the Thousand Leaves Army or Hundred Flowers Sacred Generals.

"A pig’s head! What happened?! How did Zhao Yuan turn into a pig’s head!?" someone cried out in shock.

"Is she okay? Does she still remember who she is? Or to put it another way, is she really still Zhao Yuan??"

"I just roasted two wild pigs to eat outside... wait a minute... if they were also..."

The faces of the crowd were filled with fear, the sounds of their voices almost making Li Chengyi want to laugh and cry.

He waved his hand and pointed, and instantly a yellow light enveloped Zhao Yuan, transforming her into a spherical bead that fell to the ground.

He stepped forward to pick up the bead, feeling a sense of urgency in his heart.

If this vile soil were not controlled, he feared it might spread widely in the future, leading to an even more troublesome situation...

There were methods to control the evil soil listed in the information of Divine Flower Garment, but only the Thousand Leaves Army and the Divine Flower Generals had the authority to do so...

So...

An idea began to take shape in Li Chengyi’s mind.