Song of Adolescence

Chapter 109 Three Times Into Sword’s Heart

Twenty years ago, Sword Heart Tomb established the Register of Swords to rank all the famous swords under Heaven. Among them, the Heaven Breached sword enshrined in Heavenly Revelations City’s Directorate of Astronomy was ranked first, the ancestral weapon of Unrivaled City, Bright Vermilion Phoenix ranked second, the Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi\'s Armoured Glacier was ranked third, and fourth was the famous sword forged by the founder of Sword Heart Tomb - Heart. When the sword was completed, the Founder Tombmaster jumped into the sword furnace and used his own body to test the sword. Therefore, there were rumors that the Founder Tombmaster’s spirit was attached to the sword’s blade. It was the representative sword of Sword Heart Tomb, and could become one with the sword’s master. Its name was a single word, “Heart”. This fourth-ranked Heart sword on the Register of Swords, had always been held by the successors of the Sword Heart Tombmaster. Its previous owner was--

“Moon in sword heart, Killer in dreams.” Qinglong of the Four Guardians of Heavenly Revelations, Li Xinyue.

Lei Wujie slowly opened the sword case, and the long sword in the box seemed to sense his movements and suddenly vibrated with a cry.

"Some believe that a sword is a sword, and a man is a man. For example, your sister did not want to take this Heart sword. Instead, she ran all the way to Kunlun Mountain to seek that Armoured Glacier. But some people think that the sword is the heart, and the heart can also become a sword, such as your mother. You can make a choice. After all, it is a very dangerous thing to use your heart to become a sword," Li Suwang said in a deep voice as he looked at Lei Wujie.

Lei Wujie didn\'t seem to hear his voice at all. He continued staring straight at the sword. Suddenly, he reached out his right hand and yelled, "Sword rise!"

The sword case vibrated, and the Heart sword cried.

"Is this still a sword? This is a ghost…" Luo Mingxuan was dumbfounded.

"Sword rise!" Lei Wujie shouted again. The long sword continued vibrating with a cry, but still did not come out of the case.

Li Suwang lightly waved his hand, and the Heart sword’s vibration finally subsided. He whispered, "Don’t think you can control this sword. Instead, you should become friends with this sword, or alternatively, you can become the sword."

Lei Wujie closed his eyes, the Heart sword came out of the case in an instant, and it flew into the air and revolved fiercely. The sword wind roared, and there seemed to be demons and beasts roaring in the wind, as if something terrible was about to break free from the sword and escape.

Luo Mingxuan finally believed the legends. This Heart sword was indeed alive!

Lei Wujie’s eyes remained closed, and he looked into his own memories, and again, he saw the swordsman in robes as white as snow. She stood at the top of Heavenly Revelations City, under the full moon, holding up the Heart sword in her heart. The sight was gentle yet piercingly cold. Her whole person was like the brilliant moon in the sky, cold and lonely. She lowered her head to look at Lei Wujie, and suddenly, she smiled. The cold moonlight also seemed to become warmer, and she said softly, "A-Jie, it\'s been a long time."

Lei Wujie, who was deep in his memories, burst into tears, and the picture suddenly changed. Now he was in Lei Clan Fort, that swordsman in her snow white robes was standing in the snow, gently stroking his face. The child that he was back then had tears all over his face, but the swordsman just smiled softly. "A-Jie, wait for me to come back and pick you up." Then she turned around, and he wanted to reach out to catch her, feeling that if he didn’t catch her this time, he would lose her forever.

"Don\'t go, Mummy." Lei Wujie reached out the hand that he didn\'t reach out in his memory, and actually managed to grab onto her lapels. Li Xinyue turned her head and looked at Lei Wujie, with a bit of joy in her eyes. "A-Jie…"

Lei Wujie wrenched open his eyes, and the illusion dissipated. He didn\'t have the lapels in his hand, rather it was the hilt of a sword. The Heart sword was already in his hand.

"First time into the sword’s heart. Well done." Li Suwang nodded in praise.

"What was that I saw just now?" Lei Wujie asked, sweating profusely.

Li Suwang smiled slightly. "It\'s your sword’s heart." After speaking, he took a sudden step and struck Lei Wujie\'s chest with a palm. "Enter your sword’s heart again!"

Lei Wujie’s consciousness flew out again.

This time, he saw a snow-capped mountain, majestic and magnificent. At the summit of the snowy mountain, a figure with a gray veil was standing straight, holding a slender and graceful sword in her hand. She suddenly shouted, and the entire snowy mountain was shaken by the loud roar. Thousands of years of snow fell from the mountain in large chunks. She wielded her sword and danced wildly. On the nearby mountains, the snow was collapsing uncontrollably, and the earth-shaking sword aura radiated wildly from the delicate jade-white sword, smashing through clouds and mists in the sky. Suddenly hundreds of figures appeared, some holding their swords while standing on the clouds and laughing wildly, some holding their hands to step on the falling snow while looking down at the earth with cold eyes, and some falling straight down alongside the falling snow with their eyes closed……

The gust of wind lifted her veil, and Lei Wujie finally saw her face clearly. "Jie…"

Li Suwang gently slapped a palm behind Lei Wujie, and Lei Wujie, whose spirit was wandering outside, returned to his body again. He panted harshly, and wondered in bewilderment, "I saw jie…"

"Back then, your sister didn\'t want to take the road that your mother travelled. Although she could control the Heart sword, she didn\'t use it, so she went to Kunlun Mountain to seek the Armoured Glacier sword. What you just saw should be the scene where she asked for the sword back then," Li Suwang said. "You have seen Xinyue\'s sword, Hanyi\'s sword, and now, enter your sword’s heart a third time to see your own sword." Right after he finished, he didn’t wait for Lei Wujie’s reply and he struck with the third palm strike.

Third time into your sword’s heart!

A warm room in a pavilion filled with dance and music. Suddenly there was a set of red clothes, a sword flying in from the distant west, bringing with it countless flowers.

Falling blossoms swirled about in the air, a set of green robes held the set of red clothes and they started dancing energetically. A young master in rich blue robes was playing the flute with joy, and another man in black with long hair leaped onto the tall pavilion, loudly singing a youthful poem:

“I wish to ride the winds northwards, where the snow falls like a blanket over the earth.

I wish to ride a boat eastwards, where graceful immortals ride the winds.

I wish to step on clouds and travel a million miles, what can an Emperor do to me?

The summit of Kunlun bathed in sunlight, in the vast ocean a paradise of green mountains.

A swallow flies over ten thousand miles to go home, but until I see the world’s end, I will not return!”

This awe-inspiring aura of youth, this is me, Lei Wujie\'s sword!

Lei Wujie snapped open his eyes and firmly grasped the Heart sword. The long sword finally ceased to vibrate and Li Suwang laughed loudly. "Wonderful, wonderful, after nearly ten years, the Heart sword finally has its true master!"

Lei Wujie looked at Li Suwang. "Grandpa, why do I feel as if something is wrong."

Li Suwang smiled mysteriously. "Where do you feel different?"

Lei Wujie thought about it for a while. "My qi is flowing smoother than before. This feeling…" Lei Wujie thought back. This feeling appeared once before, and that was through borrowing Xiao Se\'s internal strength to use his Blazing Arts Heavenly Fire Realm to strike the Thousand-Faced Ghost with his palm.

Lei Wujie was stunned. "Did I enter the Unrestrained Earthly Realm?"

Li Suwang nodded. "Just then, you entered your sword’s heart three times and now, the Heart sword resonates with you. At this moment, you have indirectly cultivated our family’s Sword Heart Formula core techniques. I will give you the secret manual for the Sword Heart Formula later. If you cultivate everyday according to the formula in the manual, then even the Unrestrained Earthly Realm will be nothing to you."

Lei Wujie suddenly realized that all of the qi in his body was drained in an instant. He was about to speak, but all he saw was darkness in front of him, and he fainted. Luo Mingxuan hurriedly stepped forward to catch him, and he looked at Li Suwang in concern.

Li Suwang reached out and checked on Lei Wujie’s breathing. He shook his head gently. "Don’t worry. It seems that you have travelled a long way. He’s just exhausted."