Chapter 253: Unsheathed swordTranslated by: La0o9

Edited by: VindiFan#1

Proofreader: Arya

After absorbing all the mist from the crystal ball, Gu Qing Shan looked at the damaged sword.

Miraculously, as a sort of sixth sense, he feels like he understands what it’s trying to tell him.

“You… want me to come with you?”

The sword nodded with its hilt again.

“Where are we going?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The sword stayed in midair without responding.

“You can’t tell me yet?”

Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.

Then he looked at the War God UI.

The second Thaumaturgy Quest has appeared.

[Quest name: It’s a joy to help others]

[Quest description: Help the sword however you can to gain its affection]

[Quest objective: Complete the request of the sword]

[Note: A good beginning is already half the success, please keep doing your best!]

Gu Qing Shan read through it, then read again, then couldn’t help but check for the third time.

Strange, why isn’t there a quest reward?

Gu Qing Shan asked: “System, does this step in the Quest chain not have a reward?”

[Ting]!

The System responded: [Please look at the Quest name]

The name is [It’s a joy to help others]

…ok fine.

Gu Qing Shan silently shook his head.

After that, being led by the sword, Gu Qing Shan quickly left the camp.

Many cultivators saw this scene with a strange look in their eyes, but no one said anything.

What if this is his special method of sword cultivation?

Not to mention, Gu Qing Shan’s mission from the very start has been to inspect the camps and investigate the battlefield ——a mission from the three Saints themselves.

No one can really stop him, because no one has a reason to.

So he very conveniently left the camp without being stopped or questioned along the way.

The sword brought Gu Qing Shan away in a hurry, heading on a straight path and finally arrived at a secluded location in a forest.

All the trees in this area have already withered and died, and not much else lived there.

There were no signs of people anywhere, no demons or cultivators.

The sword flew around an empty field, seemingly looking for something.

Gu Qing Shan could only stand and watch.

After a while, the sword found the place, stabbed itself straight into the ground and stayed there without moving.

“So what are we doing?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The sword let out a ‘wu wu’ sound.

Gu Qing Shan felt like this is the most ridiculous thing he’s ever done in both his lives.

He could only ask to confirm: “You want me to hold you… alright…”

He walked forward and held the hilt of the sword.

In the next moment, the earth broke apart as both Gu Qing Shan and the sword fell down below.

Total darkness, there was a heavy smell of sulfur and magma.

Using a basic light spell, Gu Qing Shan lit up the area.

This is an underground lava cave.

The hot air flowed from deep inside the cave and the ground around him, it feels almost like dipping in a hot spring.

Very obviously, there’s a place underground that has a very thick Fire Elemental essence.

This isn’t too far from the ground, so normal people can still endure the heat.

Gu Qing Shan stood still, looking at the sword.

The sword moved forward deeper into the cave.

Gu Qing Shan could only follow behind.

There were many forked roads inside this cave, about a small cave opening every few dozen meters, and a large cave opening once every few hundred meters.

When Gu Qing Shan tried to release his inner sight, he found that it could only extend as far as 10 meters around himself, so it’s not usable as a method of scouting.

About half an hour later, passing through numerous forked roads and caves, Gu Qing Shan already couldn’t tell how he managed to get down so deep.

As they went deeper and deeper, the rocks around them were starting to become incandescent.

The power of Fire Elemental here is exceptionally thick, if Gu Qing Shan didn’t have spirit energy to protect himself, he would’ve already burned to death.

“How incredible, who knew there was so much excess Fire Elemental essence underground in Shen Wu world” he exclaimed.

About one hour later, the sword finally stopped.

It pointed ahead with its sword tip.

Following where it pointed, Gu Qing Shan saw a lake of crimson red lava.

The lake of lava was so large that Gu Qing Shan couldn’t see the other side with just his eyes.

White steam was trapped by the hot air, mixing with fragmented rocks and lava, drifting around.

This isn’t normal lava, but thick Fire Elemental essence materialized, if a normal person touches it carelessly, even their ashes would be burnt to nothing within seconds.

Gu Qing Shan squinted, carefully observed and finally saw what the sword was pointing at.

Inside the lake of lava, really far away, there was a mound of rock.

A sword was trapped inside the rock, already burnt red hot.

The lake of lava was very close to swallowing it up.

The sword was periodically letting out very minute vibrations, but couldn’t pull itself out of where it was trapped.

“You want me to save it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The sword next to him nodded with its hilt to gesture ‘yes’.

“How strange, if it’s a weapon, why is it left here where it could melt at any time?” Gu Qing Shan muttered.

The sword trembled a bit.

“What? You’re saying there wasn’t any lava here originally?” Gu Qing Shan was surprised, “ah… the rain of fire…”

Gu Qing Shan understood.

Looking at the large expanding lake of lava, then at the sword struggling in the middle of it, he was a bit embarrassed.

Foundation Establishment realm peak doesn’t have a way to fly.

At most, he can only use a trick to hover in the air.

But it’s too far from where he was to the middle of lava lake, and the hovering trick can’t cover such a distance.

Let’s say he tries his best to get over there, how does he come back?

What now?

——–if I’m a Golden Core realm cultivator then everything’s easy, I only need to fly over there and pull the sword out.

But Shifu isn’t here, and Gong Sun Zhi is unconscious. He can’t really trust anyone else.

Shifu felt the omen of her own death in this war, I don’t even know how she is currently.

I can’t even help her with anything.

Gu Qing Shan thought about it for a bit, then sighed.

“Let’s go back for a little bit” he said.

The sword stayed behind him, trembling nonstop.

“Don’t be in such a rush” Gu Qing Shan said, “I can’t fly over there with my current strength”

The sword then began to circle around him over and over.

“My method… I’ll come back after I become stronger”

“It’s already reaching its limit? Tell it to endure for just a bit longer, I’m going to try and breakthrough right now”

“If I manage to breakthrough, I’ll immediately come back to save it” Gu Qing Shan said very seriously.

The sword finally stopped spinning, unwillingly came to the edge of the lava, stood there for a bit, then chased after Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan flew back in a straight line, all the way until he reached a place with bearable temperatures.

As he grabbed the air, he took out the Earth Sword and placed it near his hand.

“Alright, if there’s no one to protect me, then I’ll just have to protect myself”

“No matter if it’s Tianma or any other malicious fiends, I’ll use my own power to kill them all”

He very solemnly took out the colored fragrance bag.

The entire fortune of Bai Hua sect is in here.

Gu Qing Shan lightly touched the fragrance bag.

A jade tag appeared in his hand.

The [War God Skills] icon in the War God UI lit up and a line of glowing text appeared.

[Discovered Foundation Establishment Realm Scripture: Hundred Saints Core Formation Script]

[Your current cultivation is: Foundation Establishment peak]

[To comprehend Hundred Saints Core Formation Script’s Core formation method, Soul Points cost: 70]

[Would you like to comprehend it now?]

“Yes”

[Comprehension complete, Current Soul Points: 10]

A giant flow of warmth came from the jade tag and slowly went into Gu Qing Shan’s hand.

The warmth flowed from his hand to his body, finally reached his Thought Sea and turned into numerous understanding and pictures.

In that moment, Gu Qing Shan has fully understood how to breakthrough in the most efficient and best way possible.

He took out a few spirit energy pills and swallowed them all.

Closing his eyes, Gu Qing Shan began to breakthrough.

The cave was silent.

Suddenly, some light appeared, then a wild, sexy woman figure flew through the layers of rock, descending from above.

The woman looked at Gu Qing Shan with his eyes closed and licked her lips: 『 What a delectable soul, just enough for me to advance 』

Before she could even do anything, the damaged sword suddenly flew up from beside Gu Qing Shan and slashed through the air.

The woman screeched, stepped forward and returned a strike on the sword.

Clang!

The sword was knocked away, stabbing into the rocks around the cave, unable to escape.

The woman turned around alluringly, about to attack Gu Qing Shan, but suddenly got stabbed by a sword.

Before she could struggle, the sword lightly slashed her straight from her head down.

The alluring woman turned into a bunch of bones, dissipated in midair before she would even scream.

Gu Qing Shan opened his eyes in shock, looking at the sword.

It’s the Earth Sword!