Chapter 401: Where Is the Source of The World?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The screams of “uh” and “ah” echoed in the small space of Yuan Mansion.
It was a pity that no one could hear it in this isolated place.
Xu Xiaoshou had a solemn look on his face.
The screams could not shake away his obsession.
Even in this bone-chilling moment, he carefully observed the movement direction of the Divine Spiritual Veins before using the Weaving Technique bit by bit to reinforce the areas on the Ji Sword body that were lacking in spiritual veins.
“Xu Xiaoshou, let me go!”
“I am not the Cardinal Wheel or the sword. How can you create inscriptions on my body?”
“It hurts so much…”
“I am also a human. You can’t treat me like this!”
In the face of Xu Xiaoji’s horrified and desperate request, Xu Xiaoshou responded mercilessly.
“A human?”
“No, you are not.”
The air was quiet moments before the screams became more heart-wrenching.
Aje leered at this devastating and bleak sight with glowing red eyes. It rubbed its palms together in anticipation.
Xu Xiaoshou’s hands danced in the air. The spirit needle fluttered like a butterfly, carving the diagram bit by bit on the Ji Sword until it became clear.
When the final needle completed its task, the echoing screams in the void stopped abruptly.
The energy that had drained surged back into the Ji Sword as if it had stirred. It started to flow back thinly along with the spiritual veins diagram into the sword body.
“Hmm…”
The flood gates restricting the energy opened. The overflowing energy on the sword body made Xu Xiaoji feel extremely comfortable. He let out a contented moan.
Xu Xiaoshou was instantly overjoyed.
“Hehe, I said that it would work, didn’t I? I wasn’t lying to you.”
“Are you comfortable now? You can call out when you feel comfortable. You don’t have to worry as there are no outsiders here.”
Xu Xiaoji uttered a restrained “Uh.” He would rather die than surrender and let out a sound.
Xu Xiaoshou did not continue to torment the lad and basked in the silence.
When the spiritual veins diagram no longer flickered and had formed completely, the Cardinal Wheel had undergone significant changes.
The overflowing energy from the spiritual veins had formed an aperture in the sword notch, and it looked exceedingly unstable.
‘If I am not mistaken, this should be a passage.’
‘Fu Zhi has been studying it for four years, and he should be able to use this thing.’
‘However, he didn’t know that the Divine Array of the Cardinal Wheel was not the original array pattern anymore. It was incomplete due to disturbance by external forces…’
‘Even in such an incapacitated situation, he could also summon the light curtain without using a sword.’
Xu Xiaoshou had to marvel at his genius.
If there was no sword, and he had to use other methods to summon the light curtain, he would not be able to grasp it so quickly.
He had succeeded at that moment.
The method he had used was the closest to the correct one.
‘If I guessed it correctly, as long as this light curtain exists, it can communicate with the small world within the Cardinal Wheel. I don’t think it should be an issue to get out of it.’
‘The reason why Fu Zhi couldn’t control the light curtain was that he took the wrong path.’
‘The light curtain can be opened and entered, but it cannot sustain a prolonged presence. That is why no one can come out from it.’
‘In theory, you can go in now. However, there is still an unstable factor…’
Xu Xiaoshou looked at the Ji Sword in his hand.
If Xu Xiaoji got in alone and managed to escape from the sword notch, wouldn’t he be trapped inside?
He looked at Aje, who was beside him. Certainty shimmered in his eyes.
“Xu Xiaoshou, aren’t you going in? Hurry up! I can’t hold on for long!”
Although he had temporarily become part of the array pattern, Xu Xiaoji could perceive that the power of this spiritual array was weakening.
Now, it was beginning to extract his vitality as an energy source.
However, he did not panic.
He had to hold on.
As long as Xu Xiaoshou entered that place, he could escape from the sea of suffering.
Xu Xiaoji devised this plan in his mind.