The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 495 - 494: The Temple in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains

Chapter 495: Chapter 494: The Temple in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains

Just then, a gasp of astonishment swept through the massive army.

"Look, a sword is flying!"

"There is someone standing on the sword."

"That person is... the Sword Prince!"

"Oh my goodness, it truly is the Sword Prince. He’s actually standing on the sword and flying."

Princess Chang and Chu Jiangliu heard the exclamations and looked up.

Overhead the massive army, a flying sword radiating golden light zipped by. It appeared from the rear end of the army and in a blink of an eye, stationed above Princess Chang and Chu Jiangliu.

"Your Highness, I will take my leave here, take care."

Standing on the flying sword, suspended in mid-air was Lin Bai, his gaze tenderly fixed on Princess Chang.

Princess Chang nodded, "You should get going."

Lin Bai nodded in agreement and with a step onto the flying sword, the sword sped off into the cloud-sky, disappearing on the horizon in a blink.

"Wow! That’s so cool!"

"Damn, if only I could fly, that would be awesome."

"Oh, to fly! How I envy him, how exciting!"

"And he is so fast. At the Sword Prince’s rate, he could likely traverse the entire Shenwu Kingdom’s Thousand Mountains in a day."

"I’m really envious, so jealous."

All of the soldiers watched the direction in which Lin Bai disappeared, their comments filled with envy.

Chu Jiangliu was also consumed by a mix of excitement and maddening envy, "Damn, when the opportunity arises, I will surely make Lin Bai teach me this trick. Even if it means becoming his godfather, I’d be willing."

Chu Jiangliu was insanely envious of this method of traveling thousands of miles on a sword in mere moments.

Princess Chang laughed, "This method is called Sword-controlling Technique, Lin Bai has told me about it. However, crafting flying swords requires a lot of materials, even Lin Bai doesn’t have enough to make them right now."

"When he crafts more flying swords, I’ll ask him to give you one."

Princess Chang gave a laughing glance to Chu Jiangliu.

Chu Jiangliu was exhilarated, "Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness."

Princess Chang then asked, "Prince Chu, when do you plan to proceed with your marriage to Wu’er?"

On hearing this, Chu Jiangliu blushed, "Your Highness, while I’m fond of the Fifth Princess, she seems to not feel the same..."

Princess Chang shook her head, "You need to express your feelings to her better. Do you need me to teach you how to court a girl? Learn a bit from Lin Bai."

Left with no alternative, Chu Jiangliu retorted, "Your Highness, Lin Bai has never courted anyone. All these girls were throwing themselves at him."

Princess Chang scoffed, "Are you suggesting I threw myself at him?"

Chu Jiangliu panicked, beads of cold sweat forming on his face, "Your Highness, that’s not what I meant..."

Princess Chang scoffed again, "Someone, Prince Chu has violated military discipline disrespecting the law. Drag him off to administer three thousand military canings..."

"Damn, three thousand military canings, Lin Bai, save me..."

...

In the following half month, Lin Bai spent every day in the company of Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing.

He sparred with Li Shanqing for half a month in order to fine-tune his coordination with his flying sword.

As Jian Ruohan had pointed out, Lin Bai’s coordination with his flying sword was too raw to wield the true power of both him and his sword.

After a fortnight of training with the guidance of Ling Tianzi, Lin Bai’s command of the flying sword greatly improved.

Ling Tianzi asked, "Lin Bai, what do you plan to do next?"

Lin Bai replied, "I plan to go to the Heavenly Sword Dynasty. If I count the days, I’ll have about two months until March 3rd. It’s almost time to head to the Heavenly Sword Dynasty."

Ling Tianzi said, "With your current speed, if you go to the Heavenly Sword Dynasty and control the sword, at most half a month, you can be there."

"Yes."

Lin Bai nodded.

The Heavenly Sword Dynasty was far from Shenwu Kingdom. For an ordinary Warrior to ride a Demon Horse and gallop day and night, it would take more than three months. For Lin Bai, who directly controlled the sword, it would take at most half a month.

Lin Bai said, "My current cultivation is a bit low, so I plan to travel all the way there. Many sword cultivators who go to the Famous Sword Manor do the same. Traveling and cultivating all the way would more or less coincide with the time of reaching the Famous Sword Manor."

Ling Tianzi nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Immediately, Ling Tianzi said, "Lin Bai, since you’re going to the Heavenly Sword Dynasty, you should pass by the Fengyun Dynasty."

"In the southern part of the Fengyun Dynasty, there is a place called the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains which are home to the most demon beasts of all seven hundred states in Lingdong, including a terribly powerful Divine Elixir Realm Demon Beast."

"Deep in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, there is a mysterious temple. I hope you can find it."

Lin Bai curiously asked, "Master, what’s in this temple? Why do I need to find it?"

Ling Tianzi said, "Don’t ask these questions now. Once you find the temple, you’ll understand."

"Here’s a reminder. The temple is related to a Demonic Martial Soul. Perhaps there, you might gain a better understanding of your own Martial Soul."

"You might even understand your future."

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai realized the temple Ling Tianzi was talking about was related to a Demonic Martial Soul.

Although Lin Bai had possessed the Devouring Sword Spirit for a long time, his understanding of it was minimal.

His understanding of the Demonic Martial Soul was equally minimal. He had only seen fragments of descriptions in some books.

Lin Bai’s understanding of the Devouring Sword Spirit was limited to its ability to cultivate with demon blood, the blood of martial artists, and its extraordinary Sword Art talent.

It also has a powerful Martial Soul Secret Skill.

Beyond this, Lin Bai knew nothing about the Devouring Sword Spirit.

For instance, why was the Devouring Sword Spirit a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Soul? Were all Demonic Martial Souls Yellow Level First Grade Martial Souls?

There was also the question of war to kill the Demonic Martial Soul!

How to kill Xu Jiangsheng and stop him from rebirth!

In terms of understanding the Demonic Martial Soul and the regular Martial Soul, let alone the God-level Martial Soul, Lin Bai was severely lacking in knowledge.

Even in the Spirit Sword Sect, Shenwu Kingdom, and Miracle Ridge, the research on Martial Souls was negligible.

If this temple in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains can fill the gaps in Lin Bai’s understanding, it would be incredibly important to him.

To better understand his own Devouring Sword Spirit, to understand others’ Martial Souls, to know self and others would make him invincible in every battle.

Lin Bai gratefully said, "Thank you for your guidance, Master. I will set off for the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains of the Fengyun Dynasty immediately."

Ling Tianzi nodded slightly and said, "Go."

Lin Bai said goodbye to Ling Tianzi and Li Shanqing, went back and freshened up.

Then Lin Bai went to meet Su Jiannan, Lijian Xing, Ji Bei, Ji Bai, and others. He bid farewell to each of them and explained the reason for his departure.

Su Jiannan was only willing to let Lin Bai go after making countless exhortations, "Lin Bai, remember, when you’re out, always be careful."

"The world outside the Spirit Sword Sect is more colorful. The Spirit Sword Sect’s pond is this big, but the outside world has all kinds of demons and monsters."

"You may think you’re strong, but there’s always someone stronger. Be careful."

Su Jiannan was entirely instructing Lin Bai like a parent would - giving advice.

It made Lin Bai feel the worry a mother would feel when her child travelled a thousand li.

After countless exhortations, Lin Bai left on his Flying Sword, soared above the clouds, and departed the Spirit Sword Sect.

"Let’s go back to Qingling Mountain Range and see, hehe, let’s see if I can get any Thunder God Seals from the Thunder Frog."

Lin Bai gave a mischievous laugh and dashed off above the clouds.