Chapter 111: The Narrow Road of Enemies

  Holding his small calabaza, Shi Sheng grew more and more indignant as he thought about it, turned around and left the Jing Shu Pavilion!

  "Huh? Shi Shidi? What a coincidence!" Just then, a white figure appeared in the distance, walking towards them. It was actually Huo Wei.

  "You've been hiding well, haven't you? You never showed up at the sect, and that day I chased you to Gǔ Huái Village, but I didn't see you even at your old home. Hmph!" Huò Wěi's face sank, and he walked slowly towards Shí Shēng, as if he was about to make a move.

  Shi Sheng suddenly felt a kind of invisible power sweeping over his body, and he was not unfamiliar with this power. It was the perception force that allowed him to sense the other party's probing of himself. Shi Sheng also saw through He Wei's cultivation, which was slightly stronger than his own, likely having reached the middle stage of Yuanhe Realm in just over a year.

  "Original Harmony Realm? You've actually advanced to the Original Harmony Realm?" Huo Wei was somewhat incredulous, never having expected that Shi Sheng had also advanced. This meant that his status within the sect would no longer be ordinary, after all he was no longer a low-level disciple of the Transforming Sea Realm. He himself couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

  "Even Lian Huwei has advanced, Shi naturally won't fall behind!" Shi Sheng smiled slightly, with a hint of mockery, anyway, Huo Wei didn't dare to make a move now.

  Huo Wei's face sank, his fists clenched tightly, but he didn't dare to make a move. His eyes shifted and suddenly saw the green gourd in Shi Sheng's hand. He was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

  "Haha, Shi Shidi has a good eye for this! He actually chose the Huo Tian Jian Quan, not bad, not bad. Even if he can't cultivate it, just this gourd alone can be sold for quite a bit of silver, enough to buy some rice and flour. What an eye!" Huo Wei looked at Shi Sheng as if looking at an idiot.

  "Hmph!" Shi Sheng coldly snorted and turned away!

  As for the small calabash, Shi Sheng really had nothing good to say about it. The more he looked at it, the more embarrassing it seemed. In the end, Shi Sheng simply put it away, lest others see it on the road.

  "Shi Shidi, don't forget to return the Huo Tian Jian Jue in a few days. You can exchange it for other techniques and even use some Xuan Jing Yu. Otherwise, if you destroy the small gourd in a fit of rage, you won't be able to exchange for other techniques and will have to spend a lot of Xuan Jing Yu to borrow them, haha."

  "Oh, right! If you can kill a few evil cultivators to make merit, it's also okay. Although the Congzhidan didn't work out last time, making merit by borrowing the method of cultivation is still possible!" Huo Wei was naturally not reminding him out of kindness, but rather teasing Shi Sheng. These things 'experienced people' all know, and Shi Sheng will understand sooner or later.

  Shi Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he finally understood the old man's intention. It turned out that he was deceiving newcomers to swindle their money. In that case, this Huo Tian Sword Manual must not be anything good!

  Back home, Shi Sheng took out the small gourd and studied it for a whole day but still couldn't understand it. It wasn't until deep into the night that he finally fell asleep, still pondering over this so-called "Reversal of Heaven" technique, yet no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't see what made it a "Reversal of Heaven" technique.

  "Whatever, since I've already taken it out, might as well cultivate it and see how it goes. If it really doesn't work out, I can always return it later!" And so, Shi Sheng began cultivating the Huo Tian Sword Technique with a mindset of "might as well not waste this opportunity".

  This sword technique is divided into three layers, and upon completing the first layer, one can condense about two inches of sword energy, which is a fire-attribute skill. The sword energy released is naturally composed of fierce flames, although it appears weak, even low-grade spiritual artifacts can be destroyed.

  The second layer can condense into a sword aura that is about one foot long, not only can it destroy high-level spiritual artifacts, but also multiple sword auras can emerge at the same time, swirling and dancing around the body, forming a protective light shield, making it difficult for enemies to harm.

  Of course, the actual might depends on the strength of the practitioner. The first layer seems simple, and Shi Sheng only took three days to complete his training.

  A two-inch-long, cyan-colored fierce flame formed sword energy was jumping on Shǐ Shēng's hand, but he shook his head. Although the cultivation was simple, it could only destroy spiritual artifacts, and for the current Yuán Hé Jìng, it was really not very useful.

  Next, Shi Sheng began cultivating the second layer!

  The difficulty of the second layer was obviously beyond Shi Sheng's expectations, and it took him seven or eight days to barely manage to wield a sword aura that was about a foot in size, which was much more powerful than the first layer.

  Based on the spiritual pressure emitted above, Ishi felt that even a top-grade spirit artifact would be enough to destroy it, but if he were to use this against Shao Shang's striped tiger, it would apparently be insufficient. Unless he could condense more sword aura, he could only cultivate up to the third layer.

  However, whether it's cultivating to the third layer or condensing a few more sword edges, it's absolutely not something that can be accomplished overnight. After all, even now that he's only at the second layer, his cultivation is still far from perfect, and he's unable to form a protective light shield with his sword edges. Shi Sheng feels that the further he goes, the harder it gets to cultivate.

  "It seems that this technique is not bad after all, I feel like the third layer of cultivation has been successful, and it's enough to defeat Xiao Sheng's colorful tiger! Although I didn't feel anything against the heavens, the effect doesn't seem too bad."

  "This small calabaza is quite unusual, it looks ordinary and doesn't have any aura of treasure, but why can words appear on it? Is this also some kind of treasure?" Shi Sheng thought for a moment, and his heart moved.

  With a flick of his finger, a two-inch long sword energy appeared at the tip of Shi Sheng's finger, and with a light stroke along the middle of the gourd, a new crack suddenly appeared.

  Shi Sheng opened his mouth, feeling that this wasn't a treasure at all. The cracks on its surface were even slightly transparent, and from one side, he could see the gaps of the cracks on the other side. His perception swept inside, only to find the gourd empty and hollow.

  "It's also, if it were really something indestructible or a precious treasure, would I even get a turn?" After some thought, Shi Sheng hastily and carefully picked it up, lest he break it and have to compensate.

  "No wonder there are so many scratches and cracks on the surface, probably all caused by people like me who wanted to test its hardness. But it seems that everyone ended up disappointed!" After saying this, Shí Shēng closed his eyes and sat down in meditation.

  On the second day, Shi Sheng went to find Lin Paozi early in the morning to ask about the situation with his purchased materials. He happened to run into Li Zhi on the way, with Lin Paozi following behind him, carrying a large sack on his back.

  "Shi Shidi, hehe, I was just about to deliver this to you. This is the material you wanted, plus the transportation cost for the personnel, which comes out to be exactly 20,000 Xuanjing Jade. You can take a look at these price lists, and if you have any objections, feel free to come find me anytime!" Zhang Zhishi said with a smile.

  Lin Pangzi put down the bag with a huff, his face flushed red, and smiled at Shi Sheng. Now that Shi Sheng had reached the Yuanhe realm, it was certain that befriending him would not be a mistake. Usually, people didn't even have the chance to fawn over the disciples of the Yuanhe realm.

  He smiled and said: "Haha, why wouldn't you believe Zhang's words, Brother? This time it was a bother!"

  "No problem, buying for the sect's disciples is our duty anyway. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first!" Zhang Zhi smiled and chatted with a few people for a while before turning around to leave.

  Just then, Huo Wei's figure suddenly came from the direction of the scripture pavilion. Seeing Shi Sheng and others, he was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at the bag on the ground, just as he was about to turn his head, his eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of sharpness.

  "Whose thing is this? It's yours." Huo Wei's eyes narrowed as he looked at Lin Paozi, and with his Yuan combined realm strength, he naturally discovered some poisonous substances inside.

  "It's mine, what's it to you? Does Brother Huo Wei still have the right to control my purchase of materials?" Stone didn't give a good face to this meddling Huo Wei, and since he was currently in the sect's territory, he didn't dare act rashly.

  "Hmm, materials? Are they poisonous? Brother, I indeed can't control you, but the Law Enforcement Hall is specifically in charge of such matters. You privately purchasing large quantities of poison, it's likely that people will think that Tian Xuan Sect has a poisonous cultivator, which would damage the reputation of our sect! Hmph, could it be that you're an evil cultivator?"

  Huo Wei raised his voice as much as possible, and immediately several disciples who were watching from nearby came over. One of them even glanced at Shi Sheng with a sly expression before running towards the Law Enforcement Hall. (End of this chapter, next chapter will be more exciting!)

  Where did Huo Wei and Shi Sheng meet for the first time? What was the scene like? Take a look, don't forget, book friends who answer correctly will be rewarded, hehe!!