Cohabitation with Sword Spirit

Chapter 488 - 73: Happy Domestic Violence

May 5, 2018

"So, are we not setting off for the Saint Sect yet?"

In the morning, at the dining table, Wang Jiu inquired about the future plans while enjoying the exquisite breakfast of Golden Jade City.

According to Zhao Chenlu’s original plan, they were supposed to depart for the Saint Sect immediately after the political situation in Golden Jade City stabilized. However, even by the 5th, Zhao Chenlu still showed no intention of leaving.

"Well, we originally should have left the day before yesterday, but since something interesting came up, why not stay a few more days? Besides... the Saint Sect can’t properly receive guests these days either."

Due to the consecutive political turmoil in Golden Jade City, not only were the administrative groups of various major families affected, but the Saint Sect, as the leader of the righteous path in the world, was also extremely busy. The documents needing handover and the emissaries dispatched all required careful arrangements, so indeed at this time, the Saint Sect found it difficult to receive Zhao Chenlu, who had just stepped down from the position of City Lord.

The relevant message was conveyed through special channels. Upon receiving it, Zhao Chenlu initially dismissed it with a smile. But since new developments occurred, she went along with the situation and agreed to delay the visit to the Saint Sect by a few days.

"For these few days, let’s spend some time with the kids. Although I used to dislike children, if it were our children..." Zhao Chenlu said with a gentle smile, "Dear, would you like to have another child with me?"

Wang Jiu replied, "I believe I told you that your twisted display of affection holds no meaning for me."

"Since it holds no meaning, what’s the harm in going along with it?" Zhao Chenlu said. "It doesn’t harm you, but is beneficial for me. Why not?"

Wang Jiu was about to respond when a sigh of exasperation was heard not far away.

Qian Yue, sitting at the corner of the dining table, asked with a mischievous smile, "So, your so-called pursuit of true love is ultimately just about fulfilling basic physiological needs? Like a pet in heat seeking out a cotton swab?"

Zhao Chenlu said, "I remember saying not to talk while eating."

As she spoke, she picked up a pastry and spoke while eating.

Qian Yue didn’t argue the unfair treatment, saying, "I’ve already finished eating, so now I can point out your..."

"Someone, feed Qian Yue some cake."

The next moment, Zhao Lingbo appeared like a ghost, gently but forcefully feeding Qian Yue, rendering her temporarily speechless.

Zhao Chenlu continued, "And taking a few days longer to set off isn’t a bad thing either. Dear, I’ve recently devised a new swordsmanship technique. Are you interested in taking a look?"

Wang Jiu glanced at Zhao Chenlu, especially observing her arm muscles carefully, and nodded appreciatively, "Sure, it’s quite remarkable that you could make a technique-level improvement to the Silver Moon Sword."

"Oh, so you saw through it right away. I was planning to keep it a surprise. Yes, I’ve recently referenced your adjustments to Shen Qingming’s Immovable Tyrant Body and improved my old swordsmanship. But I’m not sure about its effectiveness, so... would you practice with me?"

"Okay." Wang Jiu never refused this kind of request from a companion.

Zhao Chenlu asked again, "How much of our strength should we use?"

With the City Lord of Golden Jade City comfortably within the top three most powerful people, naturally, there needed to be some consideration of restraining power against a Celestial Divine Sword that had only revived for a year.

However, Wang Jiu carefully considered the current comparative strength of the two sides: "Go all out."

Zhao Chenlu was a bit surprised, "Go all out? Are you sure?"

"You can do it now."

This comment wasn’t a compliment, and although Zhao Chenlu was wholeheartedly focused on Wang Jiu, she still felt a bit affronted, "Oh my, a Celestial Divine Sword that has only been awake for a year has such high expectations about its combat strength."

Wang Jiu retorted, "Indeed, I’ve been revived for a year, and with the materials from the City Lord’s Mansion’s treasury, the reconstruction of the Sword World has progressed over one percent. If I can’t face you on equal footing, that would be a joke."

"Hahaha, I’m already laughing, dear. I rarely doubt your conclusions on cultivation issues. But what you’re saying now... is unbelievable. With just over one percent of the Sword World reconstruction, how much of your former peak strength can you exert? One thousandth? Ten thousandth? Although I’m not in complete condition either, you think you can defeat me with less than one percent strength?"

Wang Jiu said, "I can."

"Well, if you lose, you’ll have to have a child with me."

"Alright."

The two quickly agreed on their wager and, without any hesitation, entered the arena within the City Lord’s Mansion.

This was a spacious cave dwelling specially created by Zhao Chenlu.

Using unique spatial technology, Zhao Chenlu compressed and folded a vast area of fifty square miles into a small underground chamber, and the space structure was stable enough to withstand the full-force combat of a cultivator from the Earth Split Realm.

According to Zhao Chenlu’s estimation of her capabilities, if she focused solely on cultivation, it would take twenty to thirty years to reach the Earth Split Realm—an unprecedented level theoretically never truly reached by anyone on the Xiangzhou Continent. Previously, a few generations of genius Saint Sect Leaders had vaguely broken through the bottleneck of the Sea Overturning Realm. But in retrospective assessment, it was merely touching the threshold, still far from a true breakthrough.

Therefore, the specifications of this arena surpassed the standards of the current era, yet upon entering, Wang Jiu frowned directly.

"If the resilience is insufficient, Sword Qi resonance might cause structural damage as a whole. The material of Spirit Sail is also not good enough; it could cause a Spirit Wind storm, similarly leading to overall damage."

Zhao Chenlu said, "It doesn’t matter, because I won’t be City Lord anymore. This City Lord’s Mansion will sooner or later be handed over to Fang Zhuan... oh, no, to Jincheng. It would be best if the whole thing was smashed, so he has an excuse to apply for a budget to rebuild the City Lord’s Mansion and make his own private money."

This thoughtless method of misusing public funds would immediately ignite the audience if placed in a public trial. Unfortunately, the situation is already settled, and Zhao Chenlu speaks without any scruples.

"So, if you have the ability, tear down this dueling arena for me, my dear."

As the words settled, Zhao Chenlu made the first move.

A beam of silver light descended from the sky like a jade pillar, instantly dyeing the world in black.

The light brought along nightfall, seemingly a contradiction. Yet, the Sword Qi was pure and dazzling, reaching an extreme brightness that cast everything else into shadow. Under the light’s reflection, the dueling arena felt like night had fallen, a deep darkness encompassing all.

"Good." Wang Jiu faced the beam of Sword Qi with a pure white Sword Body, feeling its inexhaustible power and infinite variations. Although it still couldn’t harm the Divine Sword Body, any current cultivator facing this sword would have their life at risk, hence he couldn’t help but compliment it.

Opening with this sword light that turned day into night signified that Zhao Chenlu’s swordsmanship had reached the supreme realm of all things belonging to oneself; indeed, it was even stronger than he anticipated.

To push swordsmanship to this state before the Sea Overturning Realm, even in the Jiuzhou Era, could be called one in a million; on the Xiangzhou Continent, it was practically unheard of. Even the Sword Dao Genius Li Fengyun couldn’t achieve the realm of all things belonging to oneself before breaking through the Sea Overturning Realm with his Wind and Cloud Divinity Transformation Technique.

Yet, Zhao Chenlu was not renowned for her swordsmanship. In her early years, although her Immortal Dao talent was exceptional, and she had the Jiuzhou Continent’s unique environment, she did not specialize in swordsmanship; it was merely one of the myriad Immortal Dao techniques she mastered. But in this world, it’s clear she made a different choice.

"My dear, it’s not over yet~"

Accompanied by Zhao Chenlu’s teasing whisper, the next moment, the silver moon in the sky shattered, the beam of light condensed, transforming from intangible radiance into tangible substance, firmly binding the Celestial Divine Sword within the beam, while the surrounding darkness, like thick walls, enveloped the beam.

This change, although causing the Silver Moon Sword to lose its world-shattering power, seemed to extract the interwoven light and darkness from a complete world, isolating them from the rest.

"Beautiful."

Wang Jiu praised once more.

The admiration for this sword was not in the swordsmanship itself, but in Zhao Chenlu’s clear tactical brilliance. The power of the Silver Moon Sword wasn’t released on the indestructible Divine Sword Body; instead, it cut off the world, isolating all things from the Celestial Divine Sword.

Given the current recovery state of the Divine Sword, once it loses contact with the natural world, relying solely on the power of the Sword World, it’s impossible to break the Silver Moon’s confinement.

This seal was several levels higher than the one Li Tianya executed years ago in the Wind and Cloud Tower.

Yet, this sword was already in Wang Jiu’s expectations.

As the Celestial Divine Sword Body trembled slightly, several cracks appeared in the silvery-white beam of light.

Although just small cracks, Zhao Chenlu showed an expression of surprise: "You managed to find a flaw even here? Fine, let’s go again."

Before the cracks could spread, Zhao Chenlu swiftly changed her sword stance, and the silver moon reappeared in the sky, but it was no longer the cold, sacred silver. Instead, it was an enormous celestial body, fearsomely large... crashing down.

The silver moon, falling like a meteorite, struck directly upon the Celestial Divine Sword, the impact almost bursting through the boundaries of the dueling arena, infinite weight descending in the silver light.

Facing this force capable of toppling a city and affecting a nation’s territory with a moonfall, Wang Jiu also calmed his mind, extending the brief moment within the Sword World by a hundredfold for strategy analysis and response.

Zhao Chenlu’s Silver Moon Sword was even more exquisite than anticipated; the prior muscle changes in her arm were probably just a bluff, deliberately misleading Wang Jiu’s expectations. But even so, the Silver Moon Sword was not impervious. While it couldn’t be combated head-on, Zhao Chenlu’s Silver Moon Sword was a technique he had personally helped to refine years ago.

He knew better than anyone else the potential flaws it might possess.

Including Zhao Chenlu herself.

In just half the time, Wang Jiu deduced three flaw points and swiftly locked onto one for a breakthrough.

However, as the Divine Sword was about to act, Zhao Chenlu let out a light laugh.

"Did you find the flaws again? Actually, I knew you would discover them."

Although she couldn’t understand the Silver Moon Sword as deeply as the Celestial Divine Sword, Zhao Chenlu could understand the Celestial Divine Sword better than it understood itself.

"So, I’ll change, without waiting for you to break it."

The silvery meteorite shattered violently, transforming into billions of sword threads, tightly binding the Celestial Divine Sword.

"My dear, I still have ten changes left, so... quit struggling and admit defeat."

As she spoke, Zhao Chenlu suppressed the blood rising in her throat.