1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:05,000 First and mortal of the Sword. Chapter six, Dash of Chance Encounter on 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:11,119 the river bank. A vast river flowed swiftly outside of Gwangling City, its 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:16,920 waters ten thousand feet across. This was the Great Azure River, the longest 4 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:22,480 river in cloud Driver Prefecture, which twisted and turned across thousands of miles. 5 00:00:23,199 --> 00:00:27,879 It was currently early in the morning. Su Ye was clad in blue cloth, 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,880 traveling north along the banks of the Great Azure. As he walked, 7 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:39,039 he sensed the changes in the ambient spiritual energy. He surveyed the landscape and 8 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:45,000 inspected the heavenly and earthly phenomena. This was the geomancy of wind and water 9 00:00:45,359 --> 00:00:50,799 fung Shwe. Although su Yi currently had no cultivation, he still had the 10 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:57,159 experience and outlook of his past life. Thus, as he strolled past mountains 11 00:00:57,159 --> 00:01:02,679 and rivers, he could discern the shifts in spirit sirtual energy distribution. It 12 00:01:02,759 --> 00:01:07,680 differed everywhere he went. He walked over ten miles along the river. Finally 13 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:14,439 he stopped in place, a hint of satisfaction in his gaze. Before him 14 00:01:14,439 --> 00:01:19,120 stood an enormous stretch of mountains, the peaks closely clustered together and shrouded in 15 00:01:19,239 --> 00:01:26,400 mist year round the azure It Cloud Mountains. They stretched for eight hundred miles 16 00:01:26,439 --> 00:01:30,519 along the banks of the Great Azure. If I go any further, I'll 17 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,000 enter the azure It Cloud Mountain's Mother Ghost Ridge, the place the people of 18 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:41,040 Gwangling City tremble whenever they speak of. Sue Ye stood with his hands behind 19 00:01:41,079 --> 00:01:46,239 his back and gazed into the distance. Mother Ghost Ridge had been seen as 20 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:52,040 a land of mysterious dangers for years. Rumor had it that a long time 21 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,840 ago it had been the site of a brutal battle. The malevolent yin energy 22 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,760 was so dense that apparently vicious parishians emerged from its forests on a regular basis. 23 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:08,960 Most of the ghost stories circulated throughout Gwangling City involved Mother Ghost Ridge. 24 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:15,479 The mountains are locked in yin energies, and the malevolent fog cannot disperse. 25 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:21,639 This really is a blessed land for producing violent ghosts. After a moment, 26 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,680 su Ye retracted his gaze and sighed to himself, It's a pity that I 27 00:02:25,759 --> 00:02:31,639 still don't have any cultivation. Otherwise I could go in, look around and 28 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:37,639 grab a few vicious ghosts to help me search the mountains for spiritual medicines. 29 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:43,039 Then I wouldn't have to go to all this trouble to find a secluded cultivation 30 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:49,879 site outside city limits. This world really did have ghosts. Furthermore, su 31 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,759 Ye knew that ghosts were divided into categories yin spirits, haunts, specters, 32 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:01,400 and phantasms in the Nine Provinces of the Wilds. The Ghost Emperor of the 33 00:03:01,439 --> 00:03:07,039 Western Seas was the most mysterious ghost of all. He started out as an 34 00:03:07,159 --> 00:03:13,360 ordinary ghost born on an ancient battlefield, only to become a legend among ghost 35 00:03:13,439 --> 00:03:19,800 cultivators. Although the spiritual energy here is still rather sparse at my current level, 36 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,560 it's plenty. In the end, su Ye decided to cultivate here. 37 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:30,879 This was a mulberry grove adjacent to the Great Azure riverbed. The Azure Cloud 38 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:36,599 Mountains stood before him. Both the winds and waters flowed into the mountains, 39 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:43,960 a place where rivers converged. It was, albeit barely a spiritual ground wind 40 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,400 drifted by the flow of spiritual energy in the air, was pleasant and relaxing. 41 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,159 Ha Ha Suley led out a long breath of turbid air. His mind 42 00:03:54,199 --> 00:04:00,000 and body gradually turned clear and ethereal, like a full moon against blue scars 43 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:06,159 skies then he gradually took up his stance and began practicing the pine and crane 44 00:04:06,199 --> 00:04:12,800 body refining art. It really is different from cultivating in the When family estate. 45 00:04:13,759 --> 00:04:17,360 Just a few seconds later, su Ye noticed that within a hundred meters 46 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:23,680 around him, wisp after wisp of sparse spiritual energy was flowing towards him and 47 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:29,120 fusing into his body. It was as silent and nourishing as a spring breeze 48 00:04:29,199 --> 00:04:33,279 and gentle rain. His blood and energy mellowed, yet they felt full and 49 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:39,639 vibrant, as if they were rejoicing. He felt an abundance of vitality. 50 00:04:40,399 --> 00:04:46,600 Sou Ye cast aside his scattered thoughts and immersed himself in his cultivation, forgetting 51 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:51,319 himself completely. Before long, the sun was high in the sky. It 52 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:58,439 was already noon. Sou Ye had cultivated for a full six hours. Fortunately, 53 00:04:58,759 --> 00:05:03,199 this mulberry grove extremely remote, and due to its close proximity to Mother 54 00:05:03,319 --> 00:05:11,240 Ghost Ridge, people rarely visited. No one had disrupted Suye's cultivation. Pop 55 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,399 Suddenly, a crisp sound emanated from Suye's bones and tendons, as if he 56 00:05:16,439 --> 00:05:23,079 were chiseling out the barriers within his physical form. His blood and key coursed 57 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:29,040 through him like a surging river. His body now resembled an ancient pine towering 58 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:33,759 into the heavens, and his boiling, vibrant blood and key resembled an immortal 59 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:39,519 crane, beating its wings, roaming about the blue skies. Utterly at ease. 60 00:05:40,399 --> 00:05:46,560 He brimmed with profound, indescribable charm. The pine and crane suitable in 61 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:54,040 stillness and movement, truth and illusion mutually interconnected both form and meaning. At 62 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,680 this moment, su Yee fully grasped the essence and charm of the pine and 63 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:03,560 crane body refined technique. This also marked his entrance into the early stage of 64 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:10,519 the blood circulation realm. Blood circulation was the first realm of the martial Tao, 65 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:15,560 the beginning of cultivation, the foundation of the Great Tao. It was 66 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:21,040 subdivided into four layers, refining skin, refining muscle, refining sinew, and 67 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:27,639 refining bone. Now, one year after losing everything, su Ye had a 68 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:33,439 cultivation once more. Clang, a familiar sword hum reverberated through su Yi's sea 69 00:06:33,519 --> 00:06:40,160 of consciousness, revealing delight and excitement. The Sword of the Nine Hells? 70 00:06:40,879 --> 00:06:46,120 Are you happy for me too? Su Yi's expression subtly shifted. In his 71 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:49,839 past life. The Sword of the Nine Hells had accompanied him from the moment 72 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:56,439 he first started cultivating. It was by his side as he fought grand battles 73 00:06:56,439 --> 00:07:00,360 and pursued the Tao. But even just before his re incarnation, and with 74 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:06,680 the terrifying profound unity realm cultivation that struck terror into the hearts of the wilds, 75 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,360 he couldn't see through the Sword of the Nine Hell's true nature or discern 76 00:07:12,439 --> 00:07:18,199 its secrets, its origin, its nine seals, its divine shackles, its 77 00:07:18,279 --> 00:07:25,279 mysterious cues. Sou Ye could set aside the fame and vast wealth he'd accumulated 78 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:29,839 over the course of his lifetime. The only thing he couldn't give up was 79 00:07:29,879 --> 00:07:34,399 the Sword of the Nine Hells. Thus, before his reincarnation, su Ye 80 00:07:34,439 --> 00:07:41,120 didn't hesitate to seal his lifetime of memories within the blade and have it reincarnate 81 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:46,240 alongside him. His sword was his life. He couldn't part from it. 82 00:07:46,959 --> 00:07:50,720 Before long, sou Ye shook his head, calmed his heart, and examined 83 00:07:50,759 --> 00:07:58,199 his changes. Breathing in spiritual energy as I cultivate really makes an enormous difference. 84 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:05,199 After reawaken his memories he'd spent three days bitterly cultivating within the wind family 85 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,319 estate, but even added together, his three full days of work paled in 86 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:15,480 comparison to the six hours he'd spent cultivating by the banks of the Great Azure. 87 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,879 The difference was night and day. If I cultivate here, it'll only 88 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:26,079 take me three days to reach the pinnacle of the refining skin stage. As 89 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,439 soon as this thought occurred to him, sue Ye shook his head. If 90 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:35,080 all I have to do is increase my cultivation boundary, it'll be as easy 91 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,799 as turning over my palm. But I are incarnated to cultivate afresh in pursuit 92 00:08:39,879 --> 00:08:46,120 of adow that transcends my past life. With every step I take, I 93 00:08:46,279 --> 00:08:50,559 have to ensure that my cultivation is solid and stable. I have to strengthen 94 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:56,360 my foundations, sue Ye warns himself. Whatever I do, I cannot be 95 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:03,600 impatient. Blood circulation was the first realm of the Marshal Tao. This was 96 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:09,759 the most fundamental realm as well as the most important. The foundation he established 97 00:09:09,799 --> 00:09:15,039 here would influence his future path and determine how far down it he could walk. 98 00:09:15,639 --> 00:09:20,440 He was using the pine and crane body refining art to ensure that in 99 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:24,200 the four realms of the Marshal Tao, he hammered out a foundation that far 100 00:09:24,279 --> 00:09:30,720 surpassed his former self at the same stage. Unfortunately, I don't have a 101 00:09:30,759 --> 00:09:33,919 penny to my name. If I had enough money, I could buy some 102 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:41,000 herbal medicines. Then after a day's cultivation, I could soak in a medicinal 103 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:46,320 bath and refine the medicine's essences. That would improve and enhance my physique even 104 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:52,639 further. Going forward, I'll have to find an opportunity to earn a little 105 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:58,000 money. Just as Suyi was mulling over his future cultivation, he heard a 106 00:09:58,039 --> 00:10:03,720 burst of violent coughing drift on the wind. Sue Ye turned towards mother ghost 107 00:10:03,759 --> 00:10:07,679 Ridge and saw two distant figures walking towards him, an old man in long 108 00:10:07,799 --> 00:10:13,120 robes and a young woman clad in purple. The long robed elder steps were 109 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:18,240 weak, and his gaunt face was pallid. As he walked, he coughed 110 00:10:18,279 --> 00:10:24,720 so violently he could barely breathe. The young woman in purple walked by his 111 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:30,720 side, her radiant, egg shaped face fraught with concern. Her purple clothes 112 00:10:30,759 --> 00:10:35,840 fluttered about, and a white jade belt wrapped around her waist. She was 113 00:10:35,919 --> 00:10:41,559 tall and slender, with an exceptional figure. Even more unusual, she had 114 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,399 an uncommon distinct air of nobility. Both the old man and the girl are 115 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:52,879 clearly long accustomed to rank and power. Sue Ye glanced at them, then 116 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:58,360 looked away. However, just as he was about to leave, he paused, 117 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:03,080 then turned to look at the long rob elder once more. He instantly 118 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:09,000 discovered something, and despite himself, a hint of bewilderment flashed through his eyes. 119 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,440 Both the elder and the girl had long since noticed su Ye. At 120 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:18,120 first, neither of them paid him any heed. But when sue Ye turned 121 00:11:18,159 --> 00:11:22,360 back around to re examine the elder, the girl couldn't help but frown. 122 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:30,080 A gloomy look came over her beautiful face. Slyin's shifty one look, and 123 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:35,759 I can tell he's no good. Her pretty features frosted over and she glared 124 00:11:35,759 --> 00:11:39,759 at sue Ye. He was stunned. This girl's got quite the temper. 125 00:12:46,519 --> 00:12:50,399 Zijen, don't be rude. No matter how worried you are about my injuries, 126 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:56,360 you can't vent your anger on the innocent. The long rob elder's voice 127 00:12:56,519 --> 00:13:01,679 was gentle and kindly. As you conduct your affairs, subdue yourself, and 128 00:13:01,799 --> 00:13:07,480 observe propriety. If it's not proper, don't say it. Only then can 129 00:13:07,519 --> 00:13:11,240 your spirit remain calm, And only then can you avoid the pitfalls of the 130 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:18,679 heart's six thieves. The girl he called Zigan grimaced, Grandpa, your wounds 131 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,559 are so severe, yet you're still lecturing me. How could I possibly be 132 00:13:22,639 --> 00:13:28,799 in the mood to listen? The elder couldn't help but laugh. Then he 133 00:13:28,879 --> 00:13:33,840 turned to su Ye and briefly cup his fist. My young friend, if 134 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:39,159 we offended you, I humbly request your forgiveness. As he spoke, he 135 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:45,240 suddenly broke into another violent bout of coughing. The veins bulged on his forehead. 136 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:48,679 It was as if he were about to hack up Alung. Grandpa, 137 00:13:48,919 --> 00:13:54,399 you shouldn't talk any more. Zijn's pretty face was frantic and fraught with worry. 138 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:01,039 She carefully took her grandfather's arm and helped him up. Once we get 139 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:03,879 back to the city, I'll find the best physician around to tree eat your 140 00:14:03,919 --> 00:14:09,840 wounds. It was then that su Ye interjected, with wounds like that, 141 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:15,399 an ordinary physician won't be able to save you. If you've delay any longer, 142 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:20,720 you're certain to succumb to your injuries within three days. Zijin was so 143 00:14:20,919 --> 00:14:26,919 mad her eyes bulged and she roared, what gall are you cursing my grandfather 144 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:31,919 to die? The elder, however, merely grimaced Zijun, He's right, 145 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,799 my wounds are all but untreatable. That it was as if she'd been struck 146 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:43,600 by lightning. Zijun sunk into despair, and her voice quivered, Grandpa, 147 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:48,559 there's no way I'll let anything happen to you. I'll take you back to 148 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:54,399 the cloud Driver prefectural capital right away. Don't panic, said the long robbed 149 00:14:54,399 --> 00:15:00,600 elder with a smile. The heavens determine our fate. I I spent my 150 00:15:00,759 --> 00:15:05,120 life on the battlefield, and I've long since lost my fear of death. 151 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,320 Then the elder's gaze returned to su Yi, and he asked, in mild 152 00:15:09,399 --> 00:15:15,080 bewilderment, my young friend, might I be so bold as to ask how 153 00:15:15,159 --> 00:15:20,000 you determined the severity of this old man's injuries. Su Yi's impression of him 154 00:15:20,159 --> 00:15:26,440 was rather decent, so he didn't hide anything. A scarlet flush between the 155 00:15:26,519 --> 00:15:31,559 brows, a pallid, bloodless complexion. Yin poison has invaded your lungs. 156 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,759 Combine that with a lingering air of death, and if I'm not mistaken, 157 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:43,519 you encountered a six severing's yin corps in Mother ghost Ridge. The long robbed 158 00:15:43,559 --> 00:15:48,039 elder was visibly moved. Good eyes. Zu Jin couldn't help but chime in, 159 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:54,320 something's not right, Grandpa, didn't you say that? In cloud Driver 160 00:15:54,480 --> 00:16:00,320 Prefecture, very few people know that the azure cloud Mountain's Mother ghost Ridge can 161 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:06,320 give rise to six severing yin corpses. She was right. That was precisely 162 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:12,039 why her grandfather was so surprised, never mind Gwangling City. Throughout all of 163 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:18,919 cloud Driver Pefecture, practically no one knew this secret. Yet the youth before 164 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,200 them had, after one look at his injuries seen through their source, sue 165 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:29,159 Ye said, flatly, discerning, that isn't much I can even say with 166 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:33,200 certainty that you came here to pluck six yin grass and extreme yang flowers. 167 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:40,039 Zign's eyes widened, and she asked, without thinking, how could you possibly 168 00:16:40,159 --> 00:16:45,799 know that? The long robed elder's expression changed too. Tidal waves of astonishment 169 00:16:45,919 --> 00:16:51,919 rose within his heart. A youth he'd bumped into by chance, had just 170 00:16:52,039 --> 00:16:56,200 by looking determined both the nature of his wounds and the purpose of this expedition. 171 00:16:57,159 --> 00:17:02,440 Wasn't that a bit too terrified? Ink? How could I possibly know? 172 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,920 That? Su Ye shook his head with a faint sneer. Girl, 173 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:11,920 don't tell me you don't know that anywhere capable of giving mise to six severing 174 00:17:11,039 --> 00:17:17,640 yin corpses is sure to grow six yink grass. It's a spiritual medicine of 175 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:22,119 extreme yin and extreme chill. And you know what they say, Yin cannot 176 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:29,400 exist without yang, and yang cannot grow without yin. Wherever six yink grass 177 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:34,319 grows, extreme yang flowers are sure to follow. In the nine Provinces of 178 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:40,599 the Wilds, this sort of thing was common knowledge. Yet it was obvious 179 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:45,039 that Zijin was too stunted to even speak. Even the long robed elder's expression 180 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:52,079 filled with unconcealed shock in their eyes, that tall, gought youth before them 181 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,200 suddenly had a newfound, inscrutable air about him.