Chapter 53

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Chapter 53

This time, even Xie Fuzhi came to encourage Yun Chuyou, "Chuyou, it’s okay. You don’t have to worry about me. You can ask him to help with forging as much as you want. Don’t feel shy just because he’s the Sword God and an elder."

Li Baiyi is forging because he wants to repay his woman; he doesn’t think Yun Chuxiu is a burden.

Mainly, after this secret realm closes, Chuyou won’t be able to come in again, according to the original fate. Li Baiyi should leave all his inheritance to the Tianyuan Sect’s natural sword genius.

However, when thinking about it, in the original fate, no one could save Liu Ruyi. Li Baiyi had to sacrifice himself and gave out his inheritance early.

During this time, Liu Ruyi can still exist for a long while. It’s also unknown whether Li Baiyi will be willing to die at this moment. When thinking about how Ye Xuanye won’t be able to get Li Baiyi’s inheritance, he surely won’t become as powerful later, Xie Fuzhi couldn’t help but feel pleased.

After all, even though he is an ancient great monster, he is still a creature with flesh and blood. Being cut by so many sword energies would hurt a lot.

In the original fate, he tried to change things many times and had killed these enemies numerous times. But whether it was Ye Xuanye, Song Mingzhu, or that hypocritical old guy, if he had killed them early, the world would collapse.

This time is different because of Ashuo. Fate has changed once again, and it changed very naturally without any warning or signs of collapse. Chuyou is different; to him, she is the only reality in a false world.

Thinking of this, Xie Fuzhi looked at Yun Chuxiu with an unhealthy admiration and obsession.

Liu Ruyi, beside him, shivered a little. Such a gaze was definitely not the pure way a man looks at a woman, nor the way a master looks at a disciple. The intensity of that gaze was so passionate, as if Yun Chuxiu was the meaning of his existence in this world.

Liu Ruyi had met many men in her life, but she had never seen such a gaze before. Previously, she warned Yun Chuxiu because she believed Xie Fuzhi was a powerful creature, a highly noble ancient demon. Whether in status or strength, he was undoubtedly above everyone else.

Women are typically in a weaker position, but women cultivators are less noticeable in their weakness because of their strong powers. However, for Yun Chuxiu, Xie Fuzhi was still too strong.

When she was young, her desire for power was fueled by her own helplessness. She liked Yun Chuxiu, the young one, and worried he might fall into a tragic state of helplessness, prompting her to speak up and warn him.

After seeing the scene before her, she felt like she was indeed meddling in someone else’s business.

She had interacted with many men, and those proud sons of heaven looked at her as if they were looking at everything, even if they were infatuated with her appearance, they still regarded her with condescension.

Xie Fuzhi looked at Yun Chuxiu differently from those high-up men; he actually looked up to him.

After becoming the ancestor of the Hehuan Sect from an ordinary wandering cultivator, Liu Ruyi had seen many of those adoring gazes, but their owners usually had status and abilities much lower than her own.

Over the years, the young and weak cultivator looked up to her power, feared her strong skills, and while feeling humble, hid great ambition in her eyes, always thinking about pulling herself down from her high place and taking her spot instead.

A lowly slave, due to the huge difference in status, looks up to their master, but no master looks up to a slave.

Xie Fuzhi was certainly not the master of Yun Chuxiu, but the way he looked up at her seemed especially strange in his powerful eyes. He gazed at his student as if looking up to a god.

Is this difference because Xie Fuzhi is not human but a monster? Liu Ruyi knew that Xie Fuzhi’s true form was a phoenix and understood the power of ancient beasts, but she never knew that a phoenix could be such a devoted creature.

After all, in the entire spiritual world, Xie Fuzhi is the only phoenix. He often resides on the sacred parasol tree, away from others, and does not usually interact with human cultivators.

If a human approaches cautiously, anyone with ill intentions would be burned to ashes and have their spirit destroyed by a breath of Phoenix True Fire.

In her life, Liu Ruyi felt fear when she saw Xie Fuzhi. If he hadn’t entered the secret realm as merely an external form, she would have felt she was facing her end and would never have dared to confront a phoenix.

Liu Ruyi couldn’t help but sigh; if phoenixes are naturally so devoted to their partners, then in terms of love, the monsters are much stronger than human cultivators.

A selective voice interrupted Liu Ruyi’s thoughts, as the little girl who had refused Li Baiyi squatted down, choosing materials one by one, "I want this, this, and this…"

The personal spirit tool can greatly enhance a cultivator’s strength. There is no rule that a personal spirit tool must be a sword or a knife; it can also be a whip, a staff, or even a shovel.

For Pill Cultivators, many personal spirit tools are Pill Furnaces.

But not all cultivators can create their own spirit tools; many rely on refining finished products and then forming a bond with the spirit tool.

Especially those cultivators with less talent can use a contract with a powerful spirit tool to improve themselves.

Yun Chuxiu has great talent with her mutated Wind Spiritual Root, but if she had a spirit tool personally crafted by the legendary Sword God, she would surely advance further.

Not only Xie Fuzhi advised her, but Liu Ruyi also said, "Don’t mind his attitude; he may be old and seem unfriendly, but he has no bad intentions. If you have any thoughts, you can share them to get his help."

Yun Chuxiu shook her head and still insisted on doing everything herself, "I thought about it beforehand; I prefer to do things myself, but I will definitely need guidance from my seniors during the process."

Before Li Baiyi could speak, she had already thought about personally crafting her own spirit tool. The design ideas were piling up in her mind, and she had revised them several times.

Now that she has reached the Nascent Soul Stage and obtained so many rare materials, she only needs to make slight adjustments to her original designs to put them to use.

Li Baiyi grumbled, "If you let her try, she won’t give up easily."

When the finished items are displayed, this girl will surely know which one to choose.

Ding ding, a jingling sound came from the storage bag, and she stood up, smiling at Li Baiyi, "What do you think of these spirit tools I made?"

Li Baiyi looked down and examined these beautifully crafted spirit tools. Not only do they look nice, but the insides are also very well-made, "Do you know a master in crafting? No wonder, at this level, they are just passable."

Master Liaokong gently translated, "What he means is that this master’s skill is quite good and should be better than his."

Li Baiyi stubbornly replied, "I didn’t say that old fool is worse than me, alright!"

This is what men are like; the hardest part of them is their mouths. A man who was once called the Sword Immortal would never easily admit defeat to anyone.

Even when facing Liaokong, he still wouldn’t acknowledge his loss, "If I lose, it won’t be to you, but to Ru Yi."

After so many years of struggle, only the woman he loves can make him lower his head a bit. And he is not wrong; he is not worse than Liaokong, he just lost to Liu Ruyi’s choice, not to mention Liu Ruyi regretted it after her death.

Yun Chuxiu smiled even brighter, "Thank you, Sword Immortal Senior, for your recognition."

Li Baiyi looked curious, "Is this Alchemy Master from your sect?"

It couldn’t possibly be this phoenix in front of him; he had never heard of any great demon skilled in crafting.

But looking at Xie Fuzhi, who wore a proud expression and smiled as if it were worthless, the most unlikely guess turned out to be true. If he had known this, he should have said that this crafting skill was very poor instead.

Hmm… that would seem a bit too harsh, maybe he should say it still had a long way to go.

Yun Chuxiu continued to handle the materials, "This was crafted by the current sect leader of our Qingxu Sect."

When Li Baiyi died, there was no Qingxu Sect in the spiritual world, so he naturally did not know who the current sect leader was.

He followed Yun Chuxiu’s topic and asked, "Is your master the sect leader of Qingxu Sect?"

"Of course not, he was a former sect leader and is now the Supreme Elder of Qingxu Sect," Yun Chuxiu said with an even brighter smile, "The current sect leader of Qingxu Sect is me."

"How is this possible!" Li Baiyi could not believe what Yun Chuxiu said.

Yun Chuxiu replied, "Why is it not possible? The master does not cherish power and does not like managing sect affairs, so a few years ago, he passed the position of leader to me."

At that time, the Qingxu Sect was not as thriving as it is now; there were only a few disciples in the sect. If it wasn’t for her, this Elder Martial Sister succeeding, it could not possibly be Meng He.

"I am not saying you cannot be the leader of Qingxu Sect." This was the first time Li Baiyi had seen such a boastful young girl, even more vain than himself. "This skill level is at least that of a Fourth-Rank Alchemy Master. At your young age, how could you possibly have this level of artifact refining?"

Even a genius Alchemy Master needs a lot of refining experience to improve. Although he had not connected with the outside world for hundreds of years, seeing the cultivators entering the secret realm this time, he knew that the current younger generation is not as good as the previous one. Yun Chuxiu is so young; how could she have such ability?

If she were really that amazing, she shouldn’t be learning swordsmanship; the Alchemy Association would have elevated this genius Alchemy Master.

Yun Chuxiu then used her spiritual power, and the spirit tool held by Li Baiyi activated the small trick left by the Alchemy Master, and her spiritual power condensed into three words—Yun Chuxiu.

This is Yun Chuxiu’s name.

Not just the one in Li Baiyi’s hand, but the entire pile on the ground came from her.

Li Baiyi was astonished and couldn’t believe that the master craftsman was such a young girl. With such incredible talent, it was no wonder she insisted on forging her own magic weapon.

He sighed in disappointment, saying, "With your skill, you don’t need my guidance."

Yun Chuxiu humbly replied, "I can only admire your accomplishments in swordsmanship. If I could receive even a little advice from you, it would be a great honor."

Receiving praise from the young genius made Li Baiyi’s spirit lift again. Yes, his swordsmanship was indeed the strongest.

"I will demonstrate once, so please watch carefully."

This time, Li Baiyi’s guidance on swordsmanship was sincere, and he put more effort into it.

However, his legacy of swordsmanship was certainly meant for Ye Xuanye, who, in a separate space, was already receiving the inheritance of the Sword God because of his natural talent.

Li Baiyi gave something, and Liaokong, as Liu Ruyi’s partner, naturally gave Yun Chuxiu a similar item, which was a dusty ancient mirror — the Fate Mirror.

It was a mirror that captured the creations of heaven and earth, revealing the mysteries of the sun and moon.