The Venerable Swordsman

Qing City, the Ye Family, the Ancestral Shrine.

"The ancestors are watching, Ye Xuan has no talent or virtue... From this moment on, Ye Xuan will be deposed, and Ye Lang will succeed him as the Heir Apparent."

An old man in a black robe said.

Not far behind the old man stood a teenager with a slight smile hanging on his mouth. He was Ye Lang.

People on both sides were the elders of Ye's Manor.

"Why!"

Just then, a timid sound rose suddenly in the Ancestral Shrine.

Following the voice, everyone saw a little girl standing at the door. This little girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, and her two small hands clenched the corner of the skirt. Her face was a little pale and morbid. She seemed a bit fragile, and there was a trace of nervousness in her eyes.

This little girl named Ye Ling was Ye Xuan's blood sister. She heard the family was going to depose Ye Xuan, so she rushed here regardless of her illness.

The old man in a black robe frowned and said, "Ye Ling, what are you doing!"

The little girl named Ye Ling gave a little salute to everyone in the Ancestral Shrine and said timidly, "Great elder, my brother Ye Xuan is the Heir Apparent, why do you want to depose him?"

The great elder glanced at Ye Ling coldly. "This is a family event. Why do you interrupt? Go away!"

Ye Ling was obviously a little frightened. She did not dare to look directly at the great elder, but she did not leave. She took the courage to walk into the Ancestral Shrine. Once again, she gave a little salute to the elders on both sides. "Elders, my brother is now vying with the Li Family for the mining rights in Nanshan. He risks his life for the family, and his wellbeing is unknown. However, the family has deposed his Heir Apparent title at this time. It is really unfair."

"How dare you!"

The great elder suddenly became angry and said, "Whether we depose him or not, it's not your place to comment, you wench. Somebody, come and drag her away."

At this point, the new Heir Apparent suddenly smiled and said, "She should be punished by flogging thirty times as a warning to others!"

The great elder said coldly, "Then give her 30 floggings!"

Soon, two guards in Ye's Manor rushed in.

Ye Ling held her hands tightly and said angrily, "It's unfair, my brother has gone through so many trials for the family for so many years. Even at this very moment, he is fighting desperately for the family. But the family is so unfair to him..."

One of the guards glanced at the new Heir Apparent Ye Lang, and he knew that his chance was here.

The guard smiled coldly. "Childe Ye Lang's inheritance of the Heir Apparent is welcomed by the general public." With this, he raised his hand and slapped Ye Ling in the face.

"Pa!"

There was a clear sound of a slap, and Ye Ling's right cheek instantly became red and swollen. But she did not cry, she just covered her cheek tightly.

Ye Lang looked the guard over. He smiled and asked, "What is your name?"

The guard gave a salute promptly. "I am Zhang Mu. Greetings, Heir Apparent."

Ye Lang nodded, "You are very good. When I become the Heir Apparent, I will need ten bodyguards, and you will be one of them."

Hearing this, Zhang Mu was overjoyed and immediately made a profound salute. "I will go through anything for you and I am willing to risk any danger to do my duty for you, Heir Apparent!"

Ye Lang nodded slightly. "Take her away. This person disturbed the Ancestral Shrine. Don't be lenient, do you understand?"

Zhang Mu looked at Ye Lang and saw the killing intent in the eyes of Ye Lang and understood. He instantly grabbed Ye Ling by her hair and dragged her out.

At this moment, Zhang Mu suddenly stopped when he saw something.

In the Ancestral Shrine, people turned their heads one after another to look outside.

Not far from the shrine, a teenager was walking to the Ancestral Shrine. He wore a tight long robe which was tattered, and there was blood everywhere.

The person who came was exactly Ye Xuan who had hurried back from Nanshan!

Seeing Ye Xuan, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Ye Lang's mouth. In the Ancestral Shrine, the elders all frowned.

The great elder's eyes slightly narrowed, and his gloomy face looked horrible. No one knew what he was thinking about.

In the distance, when Ye Xuan saw Ye Ling who was dragged by Zhang Mu in hand, his face instantly became ferocious. "Who gave you the courage to touch my sister, you piece of shit?"

When Zhang Mu saw Ye Xuan, his face suddenly changed. He quickly looked at Ye Lang and was about to talk, but at this moment, Ye Xuan jumped in front of him all of a sudden like a tiger. Before Zhang Mu could react, Ye Xuan punched him in the face.

"Bang!"

Zhang Mu's head felt a fit of dizziness, his whole body staggered and fell down.

But Ye Xuan did not stop as he once again rushed toward Zhang Mu. At this time, Ye Lang who was inside the Ancestral Shrine suddenly bellowed in anger, "Ye Xuan, he is my man, you dare..."

Ye Xuan suddenly stepped on the chest of Zhang Mu.

"Puff!"

Zhang Mu spewed a mouthful of blood immediately.

Seeing this scene, Ye Lang's face became incomparably ugly. But Ye Xuan just looked up at him and said fiercely, "Your man?"

With this, he slammed his foot on Zhang Mu's face.

Zhang Mu's entire face was badly disfigured, and he was whining incessantly, "Heir Apparent, save, save me..."

Ye Xuan ignored Zhang Mu who moaned for help and went to Ye Ling. Seeing Ye Ling's appearance, Ye Xuan suddenly felt as if a knife were piercing his heart. He clenched his hands and his whole body was slightly shaking.

When Ye Ling saw Ye Xuan, the tears in her eyes poured out suddenly. "Brother, it hurts, hurts..."

Hearing her, Ye Xuan looked ferocious. The next moment, he rushed to Zhang Mu's front and then trampled on his head in a fury.

"Bang!"

Zhang Mu's head hit against the stone steps and instantly burst open, his blood splattering!

Seeing this scene, everyone on the spot was stunned.

However, Ye Xuan did not stop, he suddenly looked at Ye Lang vehemently. "My sister is not someone you can touch. Fuck your ancestors!"

Saying this, he rushed straight toward Ye Lang.

Inside the Ancestral Shrine, the Great Elder's face changed. "How dare you!"

After he finished, he stepped hard on the ground with the tip of his toes. His whole body directly sliding towards Ye Xuan, and then he sent a slap toward Ye Xuan.

His palm wind was strong, swift, and fierce.

Ye Xuan's mouth corners showed a hint of ferociousness. His right hand clenched into a fist, and in a split second, his right sleeve was torn apart; the next moment, he punched the great elder's fist.

"Poom!"

The fists smashed together, and an explosion suddenly sounded.

Ye Xuan retreated to the door and the great elder also stepped back several steps.

Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked.

In Qingzhou, warriors were divided into several ranks of realms. The first rank was the Physical Exercising Realm; the second was the Strength Enhancing Realm; the third was the Internal Force Reinforcing Realm; the fourth was the Internal-External Refining Realm; the fifth was the Self-Striving Realm; the sixth was the Qi Varying Realm; and then above these was the Qi Harnessing Realm. The Great Elder was in the real Qi Varying Realm, while Ye Xuan was just in the fifth Self-Striving Realm, with a gap of two realms from the Great Elder. However, Ye Xuan was only slightly weaker.

The great elder was also frightened. He knew that Ye Xuan was very talented and was a well-trained Heir Apparent of Ye's Manor, and that Ye Xuan had been fighting for the Ye Family all year round. However, he did not think that Ye Xuan's fighting capacity was so strong!

"His wings are hard!"

Thinking about this, the killing intent deep inside his eyes was even more intense.

The great elder stared steadily at Ye Xuan. "Ye Xuan, how dare you attack the Heir Apparent in public!"

Ye Xuan's eyebrows were a little wrinkly. "The Heir Apparent?"

The great elder sneered and said, "Ye Xuan, I forgot to tell you. Your Heir Apparent title has been deposed. From now on, Ye Lang is the Heir Apparent of the Ye Family!"

Ye Xuan's eyes narrowed. "I have been deposed of the title of the Heir Apparent?"

The great elder said coldly, "This is the unanimous decision of our elders."

Ye Xuan smiled and said fiercely, "I exerted all my strength to fight out there, while you depose of my Heir Apparent title in here?"

The great elder sneered. He pointed to Ye Lang who was not far away and asked, "Do you know who he is?"

Without waiting for Ye Xuan's answer, he said again, "Ye Lang is the chosen one, the chosen one who has just awakened!"

Ye Xuan was startled.

Who was the chosen one?

The so-called chosen one was the one chosen by God.

In the whole Qing Cang World, there was such a group of people. They might be plain and ordinary when they were young, but one day, they would suddenly 'awake'. After the awakening, they were like a changed man. Not only would their cultivation speed be doubled, but there would be countless adventures and opportunities. They were like the celestial favorites!

The Qing Cang World was divided into three continents. He was in the Qing Continent where there were hundreds of large and small countries. He was now in Jiang Country. For decades, there were less than ten chosen ones in Jiang Country, and they all became giants in their regions after.

Ye Xuan slowly clenched his hands firmly. He knew that the Ye Family was going to give him up. Not just give him up, but they might also kill him!

At this moment, Ye Lang suddenly smiled, "Elders, Ye Xuan killed a man in public and fought with the great elder, according to the regulations of the clan. How should you deal with him?"

At the scene, everyone was looking at Ye Lang, and Ye Lang smiled coldly. "According to the regulations of the clan, he should be flogged to death, shouldn't he?"

The elders on the scene all nodded to express their approval. Ye Lang was the chosen one and also the grandson of the great elder. They would naturally not offend Ye Lang and the great elder at this time.

The great elder took a cold look at Ye Xuan. "Somebody come!"

In no time, there appeared dozens of guards of Ye's Manor outside the Ancestral Shrine.

At this moment, Ye Xuan suddenly said, "In the Ye's Manor, there is a rule-in order to convince the public, the Heir Apparent must not refuse any challenge that comes from the younger generation of the Ye Family."

As he said this, he looked directly at that Ye Lang. "I challenge you!"

Ye Lang's eyes narrowed and smiled. "Challenge? Yes, but we have to go up onto the life and death platform, do you dare?"

"The life and death platform!"

The people in the scene burst into an uproar!

Within the Ye family, once their own people had irreconcilable contradictions, they could go to the life and death platform. Once they were on the life and death platform, they took sole responsibility for their survival!

Ye Xuan sneered, "Yes, go to the life and death platform!"

But Ye Lang shook his head. "A month later, you and I will go to life and death platform to determine who lives and who dies. At that time, the patriarch will have just come out of his secluded meditation. You and I can fight to the death, and he can be our witness, lest they say that we sabotage you!"

Ye Xuan thought about it and said, "Okay!"

After that, he did not say anything. He picked Ye Ling up and walked out of the Ancestral Shrine.

Watching Ye Xuan leave with his sister, the great elder looked at Ye Lang. "He has been fighting with people all year round outside, so his fighting capacity is very good. Are you sure?"

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Ye Lang's mouth, and the killing intent in his eyes was real. "I just woke up, so my soul has not yet fully integrated with this human body. Otherwise, pinching him dead would be as simple as pinching an ant! After a month, I will have no opponents in this Qing City!"

Hearing these words, the great elder nodded slightly and smiled. "This is good."

After that, he looked at an elder next to him and whispered, "The person I sent to Nanshan hasn't come back, and I saw that Ye Xuan's face was pale which was a bit abnormal. Ye Ku, you go and find out what had happened to Ye Xuan in Nanshan."

The elder nodded and turned away.

...

Holding Ye Ling, Ye Xuan returned to the room in his courtyard. He gently placed Ye Ling on the bed and then massaged Ye Ling's puffy cheek. He said softly, "Is it painful?"

Ye Ling wiped the tears on her cheeks. "No, it doesn't hurt! Brother, why do they depose of your Heir Apparent title? You have thrown your heart and soul into the family. Why is Ye Lang the chosen one and you are deposed? This is unfair!"

Ye Xuan shook his head. He gently rubbed Ye Ling's red and swollen cheeks. "There is no fairness or unfairness. This time, it is my incompetence that I couldn't protect you from being beaten!"

Ye Ling shook her head, and the tears in her eyes flowed out again. "No, it's me who is useless. I can't help my brother. I only slow you down."

Ye Xuan smiled slightly, then he gently scraped Ye Ling's little nose. "Stupid, I am your brother. The brother protects the sister, and it's perfectly justified, do you understand?"

Ye Ling got up and kissed Ye Xuan's forehead gently, and she said seriously, "Brother, when I get well, I will cultivate too in the future and protect you!"

Ye Xuan smiled. He gently rubbed Ye Ling's head. "Well, I will cure your illness! Rest first. It's late!"

Ye Ling nodded and said, "I want to listen to a story."

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "A long time ago, there was a mountain. On the mountain there was a temple. In the temple there was..."

Ye Lingbai rolled her eyes at Ye Xuan. "Brother, you have told me this story for many years. However, I like listening..."

After half an hour, Ye Ling fell asleep in the bed.

After Ye Xuan tucked Ye Ling in, he sat on the floor next to her. He slightly opened his robe. On his abdomen, there was a long scar which was still bleeding.

In order to win that mine, he had a bloody fight with the Li Family. But then in a moment of carelessness, he was sneak attacked by a mysterious man. Although he killed his opponent, the man's knife was also inserted into his Elixir Field, so that his Elixir Field had been smashed.

"My Elixir Field was smashed!"

Ye Xuan slowly closed his eyes. This meant that he could only cultivate his human body, and he could never reach the sixth stage, the Qi Varying Realm, to refine his Qi!

Being unable to cultivate was just a secondary issue!

Ye Xuan glanced at Ye Ling in the bed, and her face was still pale. She was covered with three quilts. Even so, she still felt very cold.

"Typhoid fever!"

Ye Ling had been attacked by the cold when she was young, so her body was weak all year round. If it were not for the fact that he tried very hard to become the Heir Apparent and made countless contributions to the Ye Family so that they provided her with herbal diet and Dan Pills every month, she would have been long gone.

Ye Xuan's right hand slowly gripped tight. "Now that I am not the Heir Apparent anymore, will the Ye Family still provide the herbs and Dan Pills for Ye Ling every month?"

"Moreover, there is a sign that Ye Ling's disease has become more and more serious. If I want to cure her, the only way is to go to Cangmu College in the capital of Jiang Country, because the best doctors of Jiang Country are in there. If I want to go to Cangmu College, I need to reach the Qi Harnessing Realm before the age of 18!"

"Originally, I had the opportunity because I still have 6 months before I turn 19 years old. However, now that my Elixir Field is broken, it is almost impossible for me to achieve the Qi Harnessing Realm!"

Thinking of this, Ye Xuan turned to look at Ye Ling, who had fallen into a dream in her sleep. "No matter what it takes, brother must cure you!"

After a while, he seemed to think of something such that he took out a black ring from his arms. This ring was left by his mother.

His impression of that woman was vague because she left when he was ten.

At that time, at the back door of the Ye's Manor, that woman held him tightly, and her tears continued to flow.

Not far behind the woman, stood a middle-aged man wearing a black robe, in fact, the man was not standing, he was floating!

In his impression, the man just said one sentence, "Miss, if you don't go, and the patriarch knows the existence of the Childe, the patriarch will be angry. This may lead to a catastrophe of this world that even the Childe could barely live!"

Hearing the man's words, the woman gently pushed him away, and then quietly put the ring into his arms. "Xuan'er, take care of Ling'er, take care of yourself. Don't hate your mother..."

After saying this, the woman turned and left with the black robed man.

He stayed for a while, and then went after them like crazy. But unfortunately, he did not catch up, because the black robe man and the woman were flying.

In that case, he kept chasing and chasing until he could chase no more. But that woman did not look back, and she disappeared at the end of the sky just like that black robed man.

After a while, Ye Xuan retracted his thoughts. He held the ring tightly in his right hand. He had a wound in his right hand so that at this moment, the wound broke open, and a drop of blood suddenly dripped on that black ring. The ring in his hand suddenly trembled, Ye Xuan was shocked. He quickly looked down at the ring in his hand. At the moment he bowed his head, the ring suddenly turned into a black light and fell into his eyebrows.

Instantly, Ye Xuan disappeared. When he appeared again, he was already in a piece of an endless starry sky.

Not far from him, there was a black tall tower suspended. The tall tower had twelve floors, and it was just suspending there. The tall tower was locked by four huge black chains as thick as the pillar, and at the top of that tower, there were three swords inserted!

The whole tower was dark and gloomy.

Ye Xuan suppressed the shock in his heart. He looked at the top of the first floor's entrance. There were two big blood-red characters: Prison World.

On both sides of the door, there were two lines of blood-red characters, just like a couplet.

On the left: Imprisoned the sky, imprisoned the earth, imprisoned the gods and the devils in all the heavens.

On the right: Forbidden the Tao, forbidden the fate, forbidden the immortals and the humans in all the worlds.

...

Looking at the black tower in front of him, Ye Xuan was extremely shocked.

All of this was already beyond his cognition.

Before long, he forced himself to calm down. He knew that this might be an opportunity; of course, it might also be dangerous.

Ye Xuan finally chose to push open the tower door and walked in. Naturally, he was not willing to just walk away now.

After he entered, Ye Xuan glanced around. The walls were painted with a variety of exotic animals he had never seen before. In addition, there were some mysterious runes in purple and gold, and some runes were even still squirming!

Finally, his eyes fell on the place not far ahead of him, where there hunkered down a skeleton with a long sword standing beside it.

Ye Xuan's eyes fell upon the lines on the ground before that skeleton: "I am the Cang World Sword Lord. I began to practice my swordsmanship when I was 12, I obtained great achievements in the Tao of the Sword when I was 17 and when I was 21, I was second to none in the Cang World. At the age of 27, I broke my heart by my sword and achieved the supreme Tao of the Sword. I have been trapped in this prison for one thousand and two hundred years. I was unable to leave the tower all my life. Today I know that I will die. I will leave my legacy and I hope my successors can pass it down. If you have sympathy for my feelings, please take care of the Cang World just a little."

"The Sword Lord of the Cang World?"

Ye Xuan's eyebrows slightly wrinkled. He had never heard of this person. His eyes moved down. Below the words, there was a fist-sized jade!

"The Heritage Stone!"

Ye Xuan's blood instantly boiled.

"A Sword Cultivator!"

In the whole Qing Continent, there were many Warriors, but there were very very few Sword Cultivators. It could be said that they were very rare. Because if someone wanted to be a Sword Cultivator, it was said that he should have some special Spiritual Roots first. He knew nothing about Spiritual Roots. Anyway, he only knew that it was very rare.

Subconsciously, Ye Xuan was going to take it. However, when he just moved forward, an invisible force blocked him and made him unable to go any further!

Ye Xuan was astounded!

"I can't get through?"

"A newcomer?"

At this point, a woman's voice suddenly sounded out.

Ye Xuan was scared by this unexpected sound. He stepped back a few steps and glanced around but found no one!

"I heard it wrong?"

As this thought was just raised in Ye Xuan's brain, that voice rang again. "Who dominates the Tao of Heaven in this world?"

Ye Xuan was stunned. "The Tao of Heaven? What is that?"

After a moment of silence, that voice rang again. "Why are you so weak? No, you were not trapped in here!"

Ye Xuan listened and was confused.

At this point, the mysterious woman was a little surprised. "You are not just born with a taoistic body, but you have a dual Spiritual Root. Both of them are in you. No wonder this Prison World Tower chose you."

"Born with a taoistic body? Dual Spiritual Root?"

Ye Xuan was full of doubts and said, "Predecessor, you are?"

The mysterious woman said, "You have grown up, in principle, you should at least be in the Secluding Realm. But why are you so weak? And the foundation of your physical body is so poor, which is simply unsightly."

Ye Xuan: "..."

The mysterious woman suddenly asked, "How do you cultivate your physical body?"

Ye Xuan hesitated and then said, "I lift weights, run with weights, pound my body, and so on."

The mysterious woman coldly said, "Are you living in primitive times? You even cultivate with such a backward cultivation method which really ruined your physique! It spoils your Spiritual Root!"

Ye Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "Predecessor, people in Qing City all cultivate like that."

The woman was silent.

Ye Xuan was speechless. He looked around and still couldn't see anyone.

In here, weird things were everywhere.

Seeing that the mysterious woman was not talking, his eyes once again fell on the Heritage Stone in front of him, and he made no secret of the fire in his eyes.

"You want to learn the sword?" The mysterious woman suddenly asked.

Ye Xuan quickly nodded. "Yes!"

"Who does not want to ride with the sword and overlook the universe between Heaven and Earth?"

The mysterious woman said, "Your Elixir Field is broken, you can't cultivate the inheritance of the Sword Cultivator in front of you."

After hearing this, Ye Xuan's face dimmed.

His Elixir Field was broken! Not to mention becoming a Sword Cultivator, he might not have any chance to become a normal Warrior. He could only be considered as a Fighter at present.

At this time, the mysterious woman suddenly said, "How about this, I have a way of cultivating the Tao of the Sword, which is not the same as the others, do you want to learn?"

Ye Xuan was stunned and instantly said, "Can I learn it without the Elixir Field?"

The mysterious woman said, "It is better without the Elixir Field."

"I can learn it without the Elixir Field."

Ye Xuan almost jumped up in excitement, but he still forced himself to calm down. He glanced around. "What are your conditions, predecessor?" He knew very well that there was no free lunch in the world.

The mysterious woman said, "This tower was hit hard in the past. Its nine rules are scattered in this Qing Cang World. The seal on each floor is loose. You are lucky, because when you came in, the Sword Cultivator in front of you was already dead. Otherwise, I'm afraid you would be a dead body already."

Ye Xuan: "..."

The mysterious woman said again, "I know that you are wondering what on earth the tower is, but it is meaningless to explain it to you. You only need to know that the tower has 12 floors. Each floor holds a top existence of the world in which there are people, spirits, demons, and even the Tao of Heaven's soul of a world... The tower could suppress them before, but now, the tower's seal is loose and can't suppress them anymore."

Speaking of this, she paused a little and then said, "What you need to do is to find the Rules for the Tao between Heaven and Earth to strengthen the tower. Of course, you can also choose to let them out."

"Let them out?"

Ye Xuan went blank and said, "What will happen?"

The mysterious woman said, "There are two results. The first is that they will kill you and take the tower; the second is that you will suppress them and let them work for you. Of course, with your present strength, the probability they kill you should be a hundred percent."

Ye Xuan smiled bitterly. "It is as much curse as a blessing!"

Seemingly thinking of something, Ye Xuan asked immediately, "Predecessor, are you locked in here too?"

The mysterious woman said, "No!"

Ye Xuan pursued, "Then?"

The mysterious woman said, "You have asked too much."

Ye Xuan: "..."

The mysterious woman said, "You are now the owner of the tower. Every time you retrieve one Rule for the Tao, not only will your strength be increased greatly, but your control of the tower will also be greatly enhanced. If you can retrieve the first Rule for the Tao, then you can control the first layer. If you are fighting against someone in the future, you can get the tower to trap the enemy, as long as the enemy is not much stronger than you. Now the tower doesn't have a single Rule for the Tao, so its function is completely invalid. Not only is the function completely ineffective, but the seal of each layer is also gradually loosening. Once the tower is completely destroyed, the existence held in the tower will be released. Your world will be destroyed, and you should be the first to die."

Ye Xuan said in a low voice, "Predecessor, do you want me to save all beings of the world?"

The mysterious woman said, "You should save yourself. What is locked up in the second layer is not something good. If it is as expected, in a year at most, the second layer's seal will disappear completely. At that time, you can say goodbye to this wonderful world."

Ye Xuan made a deep bow to the front. "Please enlighten me with the cultivation method that doesn't need the Elixir Field."

After the mysterious woman went silent for a while, she said, "My way of cultivating the sword is very different from the traditional ways. The level of difficulty is also quite different. It may be better to die than to practice. You have to think through it clearly."

Ye Xuan laughed at himself. "Now my Elixir Field is broken. There is no other way to go, isn't it?"

The mysterious woman said, "It is also true. However, I still have to tell you about this cultivation method. You don't have the Elixir Field, which is just right for my method that needs to take the sword as the Elixir Field."

Ye Xuan was startled. "Take the sword as the Elixir Field? Can this work?"

The mysterious woman said, "Of course, it can. You take the sword as the Elixir Field. The way you cultivate is not the Tao of Martial Arts, but the Tao of the Sword. You take the sword as your Elixir Field; the better the sword, the better your Elixir Field. Not only that, in the future, while others practice the Qi, you practice the sword. In days to come, you don't need to sit in meditation to absorb Spiritual Qi, and you just need to find a good sword to absorb. The better the sword, the faster you will improve. If you achieve the initial success in the early stage, your body will become the sword body, then you will be immune to ordinary swords. Not just immune, but when you appear, you can make all swords surrender to you."

"All the swords surrender!"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan's blood began to boil. He was somewhat unable to hold himself back.

At this time, the mysterious woman said again, "Before you came in, did you see the three swords at the top of the tower?"

Ye Xuan nodded. "I saw them."

The mysterious woman said, "Those three swords represent the three ultimate Tao of the Sword. If you can absorb them into your body and internalize them as your Elixir Field, your strength will reach an unprecedented height."

Ye Xuan hesitated, and then said, "I see that the three swords seem to be suppressing the tower. If I absorb them, will anything go wrong?"

"How can that happen?"

The mysterious woman replied in next to no time, "Nothing bad will happen. Believe me, I will cover for you."

Ye Xuan had some doubts. But he knew that he had no other choice at this moment, he could only choose to believe.

The mysterious woman said, "See that sword in front of you?"

Ye Xuan looked at somewhere not far ahead. There was a sword inserted beside the skeleton. The sword was more than three feet long and a finger wide. Its entire body was silver which looked very pleasing to the eye. On the sword, engraved two small characters: Ling Xiao!

"The Ling Xiao Sword!"

The mysterious woman said, "This sword has been confined in here for 1,200 years. Almost 90% of its Spiritual Strength has disappeared, thus it's just right for you to use now. I will pass you a piece of the practicing method. You will follow the way described in the method to absorb this sword into your body. You have reached the pinnacle of the fifth Self-Striving Realm. If you succeed, you should be able to achieve the sixth Qi Varying Realm."

Ye Xuan perceived the meaning in the mysterious woman's words. Instantly, he hurried to ask, "I might fail?"

The mysterious woman answered, "Perhaps you will!"

Ye Xuan shocked, "Predecessor, please don't tell me that this way of cultivation has never been used by anyone before!"

The mysterious woman was silent for a while, then said, "Undeniably, it has been used by no one, so you are the first one. If you succeed, congratulations, you will be a pioneer."

Ye Xuan's expression froze. In a little while, he smiled bitterly and asked, "What will happen if I fail?"

The mysterious woman said, "The sword will break your human body, so you will maybe, should be, probably, perhaps die."

Ye Xuan: "..."

The mysterious woman said, "Now your Elixir Field is broken, you are already better off dead. Why do you think so much? Just go for it."

At those words Ye Xuan suddenly turned solemn. "She is right, my Elixir Field has already been broken, so it is a desperate situation now. If I do not fight, not only will I have no hope, but my sister Ye Ling will have no way to live!"

"I must fight for it!"

Ye Xuan nodded and said, "Come."

When his voice fell, a white light suddenly engulfed him. Soon, all the information flooded into his mind.

"The Invincible Sword Body Incantation!"

"The human body to become the sword, the sword to be the Elixir Field, the Elixir Field to take in all swords in the world, all swords in the world to nourish the body, endlessly..."

A moment later, a white light suddenly fell on the long sword in front of Ye Xuan such that the long sword trembled slightly, and then it turned into a sword light that went directly into the body of Ye Xuan.

"Ah!"

In an instant, Ye Xuan's eyes abruptly opened wide, all his facial features were distorted.

"That hurts!"

"It's a deadly pain!"

At this instant, Ye Xuan felt like his whole body was being cut by a blade, inch by inch!

At this point, the mysterious woman's voice rang in Ye Xuan's brain. "The sword has entered your body. You must bear the pain it has caused. If you can't, you can't make the sword into your Elixir Field! Not just that, but you might possibly be killed!"

Ye Xuan tightly clenched his teeth and his whole body trembled fiercely.

"To conquer or to die!"

Time went on little by little, Ye Xuan's ears, eyes, lips, nose, and tongue almost twisted into a grimace. But not only that, his entire body was twitching from time to time. Many times, he was in so much pain that he almost fainted. However, he knew that once he passed out, he may never wake up again.

"Must hold on!"

Just like this, Ye Xuan unbendingly endured. After about a day or so, a slight sword sound suddenly buzzed in Ye Xuan's body, and in a second, Ye Xuan fell down. At the same time, a stream of Qi suddenly spread out of him!

The Qi Varying Realm!

In the original position of Ye Xuan's Elixir Field, there suspended a tiny little sword.

In the tower, a faint murmur suddenly rang out. "I didn't expect it could..."

It's a pity that Ye Xuan was passed out at this moment. He didn't hear this sentence at all.

Didn't know how long it took, Ye Xuan's eyes slowly opened. Seemingly feeling something, he sat up abruptly and thought unbelievingly, "Have I reached the Qi Varying Realm?"

The Qi Varying Realm!

Because at this moment, he felt that there was Qi flowing in his body. No, that was not the Qi flowing, that was the Sword Qi! Not only that, but he also felt a small silver sword suspended in the Elixir Field at the abdomen in his body.

At this time, the mysterious woman's voice suddenly sounded. "You have achieved the Qi Varying Realm."

"I really have achieved the Qi Varying Realm!"

Ye Xuan clenched his fists, his whole body was shaking slightly, but it was not because of anger. It was because of excitement. He, at this moment, seemed to have seen a beam of light in the dark abyss. Seeing hope in a hopeless situation, how could he not be excited?

The most important thing was that he definitely could have the chance to achieve the Qi Harnessing Realm, and then he could take his sister to Cangmu College in the Imperial Capital to seek medical advice.

"What are you excited about!"

The mysterious woman said all of a sudden, "It's just the beginning."

Ye Xuan smiled awkwardly. "Just laugh at me, predecessor."

The mysterious woman said, "Taking the sword as your Elixir Field makes up for your defect of not having an Elixir Field, but there are also some negative aspects. The swords are divided into the Common Sword, the Spiritual Sword, the Bright Sword, the Genuine Sword, the Heavenly Sword, the Tao Sword, and the Immortal Sword. The sword in your body was once at the level of the Genuine Sword, but after a thousand and two hundred years of erosion, its original 'genuineness' had dissipated. Not only had the 'genuineness' dissipated, but even the 'brightness' in the heart of the sword has also disappeared. It is now only a Spiritual Sword."

Speaking of this, the mysterious woman paused slightly and then said, "The soul of a sword is bound to vanish one day. Once it disappears, and the sword is broken, you will be the first to die!"

Ye Xuan's expression froze.

The mysterious woman said, "You have two solutions. The first solution is to constantly look for a new Spiritual Sword to consume. After consuming it, the sword's Spiritual Qi will not only enhance yourself but also supply the Spiritual Strength of the sword in your body. The second solution is to search for a new sword to replace the sword in your body. The better the sword, the better your Elixir Field will be and naturally, your strength will be better. Of course, you are obviously a poor wretch, and I'm afraid you don't even have a Common Sword!"

Ye Xuan seemed to think of something. He hurriedly asked, "Are there three swords at the top of the tower? What's the level of those three swords?"

The mysterious woman said indifferently, "No level."

Ye Xuan, "..."

The mysterious woman spoke again, "Boy, I advise you not to make yourself paranoid. If it were not for the existence of the three swords, your world would have become a deadly place a long time ago. You don't need to worry about the sword thing. The sword in your body should be able to last for about a year. Right now, the pressing matter for you at this moment is to practice the sword."

"Practicing the sword!"

Ye Xuan instantly asked, "How should I practice?"

"To kill!", the mysterious woman said.

Ye Xuan, "..."

The mysterious woman said, "The sword is a sharp tool designed for killing. Only by killing can you really understand its beauty. Of course, you need to practice your speed and strength at the beginning. Use the sword incantation that I have taught you to rouse the sword within your body!"

Ye Xuan was stunned for a bit, then his eyes slowly closed. Almost immediately, his palms spread out, a sword light flashed in his palm, followed by a sword suspended in his palm.

It was the silver Ling Xiao Sword in his body!

Ye Xuan was stunned, "Predecessor, this, this sword can be called out?"

The mysterious woman said, "Yes, but you'd better not use this sword for fighting because once the sword is destroyed, you will die. You are still short of an opponent, I will find you one!"

As the woman's voice fell, in front of Ye Xuan, an illusory shadow showed up.

The mysterious woman said, "The shadow in front of you is at the level of the Qi Varying Realm which is the same with you. Let's get started!"

Just when the mysterious woman's voice fell, the illusory shadow in front of Ye Xuan disappeared!

Ye Xuan's pupils suddenly shrank because his opponent's speed was very fast. On instinct, he dodged sideways. However, the sword seemed to know that he was going to dodge, because it suddenly changed its posture at the moment he did.

When Ye Xuan's feet just landed, that sword directly stabbed on his chest!

His blood spilled out!

Ye Xuan was startled and then said, "Predecessor, aren't we practicing the sword? Why do it for real? Besides, predecessor, you did not teach me any sword skills or sword moves!"

The mysterious woman's voice suddenly cooled down. "Practicing the sword? The most powerful killing moves of a Sword Cultivator can never be learned by practicing, but by killing. The virtual shadow in front of you is your enemy and your teacher. If you are smart, he will teach you basic swordsmanship. Injury is your best teacher, understand? As for the sword skills and sword moves, don't worry, it is more important to lay a good foundation first!"

Ye Xuan pondered for a moment. Finally, he nodded. "Understood."

After that, his right foot slammed the ground and his whole body rushed forward.

In the tower, Ye Xuan got more and more injuries, but his courage mounted.

Fighting?

He, Ye Xuan, was never afraid of fighting. He used to be the Heir Apparent of the Ye's Manor. For the interests of the Ye's, he often represented the Ye's Manor to join all kinds of life or death battles. This was why he could resist the Great Elder even though he was only in the Self-Striving Realm.

He achieved this realm not by cultivating, but by killing.

Gradually, Ye Xuan began to learn the sword moves of the shadow. Not only that, every time he got injured, he would understand why he was injured and how he could not get injured again!

Therefore, after three days of hard struggling, Ye Xuan's injuries gradually began to decrease.

Of course, he didn't learn any sword moves yet. But he learned when to draw the sword, when not to draw, when to block, when to dodge... However, these were at the expense of his blood.

This kind of sparring was cruel but it was the most effective.

Two more days had passed.

Now, Ye Xuan was able to fight back little by little. When he started to fight back, he found that the defensive ability of this shadow in front of him was not just good, but overwhelmingly better than his previous defense.

For him, the defense of this shadow was simply airtight, no matter how he attacked, the opposite side could perfectly resolve it. Of course, this was a good thing for him, because this shadow was equivalent to teaching him how to defend.

Time passed slowly in the tower, Ye Xuan forgot all about eating and sleeping, and just kept practicing with the shadow. During this time, his strength and speed, as well as his reaction ability, were much better than before.

This discovery made Ye Xuan ecstatic, and he cultivated more and more crazily.

Outside, the Ye's Manor.

Ye Ku walked into the Great Elder's room with an excited smile. "Great elder, I have researched into the previous Nanshan event. Although the killer I sent failed to kill Ye Xuan, the survivors of the Li Family saw with their own eyes that Ye Xuan's Elixir Field was broken!"

Upon hearing this, the Great Elder opened his eyes abruptly. "Are you sure?"

Ye Ku nodded, "It's absolutely true. I went to ask the survivors in person, and they said that Ye Xuan's Elixir Field was indeed destroyed."

"There is a God that wants to destroy him, that Ye Xuan, haha..." In the room, the Great Elder sneered incessantly.

"The Elixir Field was broken!"

"If a person does not have the Elixir Field, he is nothing but a rough-neck. One can only be called a Warrior if he has an Elixir Field."

"Ye Xuan's Elixir Field is damaged so that he can be said to have become a disabled person. Even if he has a quite good fighting capacity, he only has brute force. Because only after mastering Qi can one be considered strong."

After a while, the Great Elder said hardheartedly, "Ye Ku, call all the people together to eradicate him so as to get rid of potential troubles in the future!"

The elder named Ye Ku shook his head. "No!"

The Great Elder looked at that Ye Ku, and the latter said, "Great Elder, after all, Ye Xuan has made a lot of contributions to the Ye Family. Killing him now will make many people in the Ye's Manor feel disillusioned. Plus that Ye Lang has just become the Heir Apparent and has a life and death appointment with him. If you slay him at this time, what will outsiders think? They must all think that it's us who have done this. Not only outsiders, if it is spread out, I'm afraid that the Li Family will also use this thing to make a fuss!"

The Great Elder's eyebrows wrinkled slightly. "In your opinion, what should we do?"

Ye Ku smiled, "Doesn't Ye Lang have a life and death appointment with him? If Ye Lang kills him at that time, it will be perfectly justifiable. Thus, no one will gossip. Also, Ye Lang can build his prestige and can even distinguish himself in Qing City. Not only that, but when they come to the Life and Death Platform, even if the Patriarch is out of his secluded meditation, he can't say anything about this, can he?"

The Great Elder thought for a moment and then nodded. "It's also alright. Anyway, his Elixir Field is broken, so he is not a threat."

Speaking of this, his eyes flashed with a chill. "However, during this period, don't let him live too comfortably. Give out my order, from now on, stop the monthly supply of money and meals to Ye Xuan and his sister. Cancel all his preferential treatments and privileges as the previous Heir Apparent. He won't be allowed to step into the Martial Arts Attic of the Ye Family, or even leave the Ye's Manor without authorization. In addition, his sister's medicated meals are to stop altogether. Hmph, it's not known how many Dan Pills and medicinal materials his sister has spent on her cold over these years. If it were not for the fact that she was somewhat useful, an old fellow like me should have driven her out of the Ye's Manor long ago!"

Ye Ku smiled a little. "Now that his Elixir Field is crushed, it is no exaggeration to say that he is a useless man."

The Great Elder nodded and said, "Ye Lang just woke up. If he needs anything, the Ye Family should make every effort to satisfy him. What's more, he can go to the Martial Arts Attic at any time and he can watch everything inside."

Ye Ku nodded. "Understood. Right, that Ye Ling is not young anymore. Or, we can marry her to a servant of the Manor?"

The Great Elder sluggishly closed his eyes. "It is up to you!"

...

Inside the Prison World Tower.

Ye Xuan lay on the ground and gasped wildly. He had sword wounds all over his body. But fortunately, after he had reached the Qi Varying Realm, he could use the Spiritual Qi to treat these wounds, yet the pain was inevitable. Although he suffered some pain, he really had gained too much in the past few days.

His original fighting capacity was not bad, and he was one of the top among the younger generation of the Qing City. Now after a few days of training, his fighting capacity reached a higher level!

"How do you feel?" The mysterious woman's voice suddenly sounded.

Ye Xuan grinned and said, "I feel pretty good."

The mysterious woman said, "This is just the beginning. Your road in the future will get tougher. Needless to say, going the way of the Tao of the Martial Arts is just like walking close to the abyss, and the Tao of the Sword can be even more difficult. You don't have the Elixir Field so you have to take the unusual road so you will bear much more suffering in the upcoming days."

Ye Xuan's eyes gradually closed up. "Suffering. I do not fear suffering."

He grew up in the Ye Family together with his sister. What kind of hardships had he not borne? He had no background, but he could still become the Heir Apparent, which was all due to his desperate fighting. Moreover, now he had the chance to reach the Qi Harnessing Realm, so his sister's illness had hope. Even if he were to bear all the suffering in the world, he would be willing to do it.

After a short break, Ye Xuan left the Prison World Tower.

He did not cultivate to the extent of fasting, thus eating was still necessary.

Soon after Ye Xuan had returned the room, Ye Ling walked in. Ye Ling went to Ye Xuan's front and lowered her head. She handed Ye Xuan two white flour buns, and whispered, "Brother, eat..."

Ye Xuan's brow wrinkled. "What's wrong? Look up."

Ye Ling raised her little head, and Ye Xuan's face suddenly changed. On the right cheek of Ye Ling, there was a red palm print!

"What's going on!" Ye Xuan's eyes instantly cooled down.

Ye Ling shook her little head. "No, no, I accidentally got this bruise!"

Ye Xuan pulled Ye Ling toward him. "To tell you the truth, I am not dead yet. I can help you with that."

Ye Ling's tears poured out immediately. She wiped the tears on her cheeks. "Brother, the kitchen didn't send meals to us today so I went to the kitchen myself. Manager Wang from the kitchen gave me leftovers. How can I eat such food? The food was already spoiled and there were maggots in it. I was unbearably indignant so I complained to him. He said that you were not the Heir Apparent anymore, so you and I could only eat such food. Then he, he said, if I wanted to have a meal, I had to sleep with him for one night... I scolded him, so he beat me."

Ye Xuan's face was ice-cold, his fists clenched, and his nails pierced deeply into his palm. "Once a man falls into disgrace, he is no better than a dog!"

After that, he took Ye Ling's hand, walked out of the room, and went straight to the kitchen of Ye's Manor.