Chapter 115

“Host, the system has temporarily connected with your main body. You can now communicate directly with your main body for about 15 minutes.” Ding Shuang had just finished reading Xiao Xun’er’s diary and was still in a daze when the system’s voice startled her.

“Fuck you, Ding Shuang! Give me back what I have!” Upon hearing that she could communicate with Ding Shuang, Ding Shuang cursed out.

“Uh, don’t get agitated, don’t get agitated. Insulting me is insulting you. I’ve put everything in the infinite inventory. Pick whatever you need, just leave the Golden Jade Sword with me.” Ding Shuang knew he had gone a bit too far back then.

“Okay, here you go with the Golden Jade Sword, but you give me the Dimensional Herb Garden. You don’t need this.” Ding Shuang quickly picked out items from her system inventory. The Golden Jade Sword was indeed of little use to her; the Azure Frost Sword was just as usable.

“I also have a use for the Dimensional Herb Garden. Have the system cut it in half for me. I don’t want the herbs.” Ding Shuang was in the past, where the spiritual energy was rich and the spiritual herbs were abundant. In particular, he now had the opportunity to learn alchemy, and he could transplant some spiritual herbs in before leaving.

“I’ve made my selections. The system can divide them now.” Ding Shuang only took the items that originally belonged to the Dou Qi Continent, leaving the rest mostly to Ding Shuang.

“Host, the system has found a way for you to maintain contact with your real clone. You can share your consciousness with your real clone, so your real clone will know what you are thinking, and you will know what your real clone is thinking.” The system provided the method for Ding Shuang and Ding Shuang to maintain contact after separating them.

“What else can be shared besides consciousness?” Ding Shuang suddenly asked.

“You can also share eyes. This way, you and your real clone can both see what the other sees.” The system offered another option.

“Uh, what would happen if I shared Ding Shuang’s thing with her?” Ding Shuang asked, knowing what Ding Shuang meant.

“Host, what do you mean?” The system was still a little confused.

“What I mean is, what would happen if I shared my reproductive system with her?” Ding Shuang explained.

“Wait a moment, the system is calculating.” The system calculated the result in just three seconds. “Your real clone will have an additional male reproductive system, but since your real clone originally did not have this male reproductive system, it cannot connect with your senses.”

“Share, share, share quickly!” Ding Shuang was getting anxious. She craved a big cock—oops! She had been craving a big cock for a long time.

“Host, are you sure? This way you will still be out of contact with your main body,” the system asked.

“Definitely, definitely. What’s the point of contacting him? He can’t help at all.” Ding Shuang curled her lips. The main body’s weird actions had trapped her here. Communicating with the main body was only useful for cursing him a couple of times when there was nothing else to do. Big dick is much more practical!

“Okay, host, we are ready to share. The node will be disconnected after the sharing is complete. Is there anything else you need to discuss?” The system is ready to share at any time.

“No!” Ding Shuang and Ding Shuang said in unison.

Ding Shuang felt that she had lost contact with Ding Shuang, but she didn’t feel uncomfortable at all, as if nothing had happened.

Ding Shuang’s situation was different. She felt some changes in her body, and she immediately took off her pants to look. Sure enough, she had grown a big penis! The penis was located above her clitoris, and there was only the shaft without any testicles.

“System, is only one penis being shared? What about the testicles? Can it ejaculate?” Ding Shuang played with the penis between her legs, trying to feel the difference between it and her original penis.

“Host, your complete reproductive system can now be shared. Due to your different body structure, it has been optimized. Your testicles and prostate are now inside you, and your sensory nerves are connected to your original reproductive system. Even if you only stimulate the female reproductive organs to reach orgasm, you will still ejaculate,” the system explained to Ding Shuang.

“Hahaha, whatever, whatever. I can finally pee standing up!” Ding Shuang said triumphantly.

“Host, your urinary system is still the same.” A bucket of cold water was poured over her, and Ding Shuang froze on the spot.

Just as Ding Shuang was frozen in shock, Ding Jiuli came out of the restroom. She looked at Ding Shuang with a slightly embarrassed expression and said, “Big brother, I don’t know what happened, it seems I damaged the restroom ceiling.”

“It’s alright, it’s alright. I’ll start teaching you cultivation from today.” Ding Shuang looked at Ding Jiuli with a smile. He had already secretly decided that he would make her reach the Nascent Soul Realm within twenty years.

“Big brother, I want to learn swordsmanship!” Ding Jiuli’s mind was filled with images of Ding Shuang unleashing thousands of swords at once.

“Alright, I’ll teach you swordsmanship.” With that, Ding Shuang tapped Ding Jiuli’s forehead with a finger and exchanged the “Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry” for her.

“Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry” is an SSS-level cultivation technique. It consists of nine questions corresponding to nine realms: Inquiry into the past corresponds to Body Refinement, Inquiry into the present to Foundation Establishment, Inquiry into the future to Golden Core, Inquiry into the sun to Nascent Soul, Inquiry into the moon to Fusion, and Inquiry into the heavens to Mahayana. The last three questions are Inquiry into the Heart, Inquiry into the Way, and Inquiry into the Azure Edge; their corresponding realms are not mentioned in the system introduction.

The unique aspect of “Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry” is that one must first understand the Sword Heart in order to break through to the current realm. Understanding the Sword Heart means comprehending the nine questions. For example, if Ding Jiuli hadn’t understood what “Asking the Sun” meant, she would never have broken through to the Nascent Soul realm. This is also why Ding Shuang’s expression was grim when she read the synopsis.

The Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry also originated from the Azure Sky Sword Sect. It was designed for disciples with Heavenly or Divine Sword Spirit Roots to cultivate. Its purpose was to suppress the strength and realm of these disciples. Each question was essentially a test, and those who failed the test of their sword heart could not advance to the next realm.

While Ding Shuang was exchanging and transferring the cultivation technique to Ding Jiuli, the system also created a copy for Ding Shuang. After all, Ding Shuang was going to teach Ding Jiuli, and if he didn’t even understand the “Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry,” how could he teach her?

The transmission of the cultivation technique was very fast, almost instantaneous. The main issue was that the technique’s operational mode was somewhat complex; the rest was just a description of the nine questions.

“Big brother, why can’t I gather sword energy?” Ding Jiuli’s divine-grade sword spirit root was truly amazing. The cultivation technique had just been transmitted to her and she had already completed a full cycle within her body.

“Little Jiu Li, don’t rush. You need to understand what ‘Asking the Ancients’ means first.” Ding Shuang chuckled and patted Ding Jiu Li’s head, then continued, “Asking the Ancients is actually about understanding what a sword is, where swords came from, and what the earliest sword techniques were.”

Ding Shuang and Ding Jiuli sat cross-legged facing each other at the villa entrance, and Ding Shuang began to explain swordsmanship to Ding Jiuli. After all, Ding Shuang was a master of cold weapons, and his understanding of various weapons had reached an extremely high level, especially after he became a sword cultivator, his understanding of swordsmanship was almost approaching the Dao.

Ding Jiuli listened quietly, occasionally asking questions when she didn’t understand something. Ding Shuang talked for the entire afternoon, and during dinner, she casually made a wooden sword for Ding Jiuli.

That evening, Ding Shuang communicated with the system in her room, “System, the Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry looks pretty good. Can I practice it? I’ve reached the Body Refinement stage.”

“Yes, the Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry and your Azure Heaven Sword Manual are of the same origin, but it is not recommended that the host cultivate them. Although cultivating the Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry will be combined with your Azure Heaven Sword Manual, the improvement will only be close to 50%, but it will limit your realm advancement, and the Heavenly Tribulation may arrive earlier.” The system explained to Ding Shuang.

The “Azure Sky Sword Manual” was directly transmitted to Ding Shuang’s consciousness by the system, which means that he has already mastered this technique and only needs to improve his Qi Sea and Sword Heart realm.

The Heavenly Question Nine Swords was a manual that the system copied into Ding Shuang’s mind so that Ding Shuang could guide Ding Jiuli in her cultivation. Unlike direct transmission, this manual required Ding Shuang to learn it himself, which would inevitably slow down Ding Shuang’s cultivation level.

“However, with my current Sword Heart Realm, which is almost at the Heavenly Questioning stage, I shouldn’t have much of a problem if I really encounter a Heavenly Tribulation, right?” Ding Shuang didn’t understand why there would be a risk.

“Host, if you begin cultivating the Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry, there is a 97% chance you will immediately attract a heavenly tribulation. With your current strength, you will undoubtedly die. If you wish to cultivate, it is recommended that you wait until you reach level 900 before starting.” The system advised.

“Level 900? That’ll be ages ago. Besides, there’s no spiritual energy back on Earth in the original timeline, so it’ll be even harder. Forget it, I’ll just focus on leveling up first.” Ding Shuang gave up on the idea of ​​cultivating the Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry together.

The next day, Ding Shuang taught Ding Jiuli swordsmanship. Ding Jiuli studied very diligently, striving for perfection in every movement. Ding Shuang sat in the courtyard, instructing Ding Jiuli while looking at the cultivation manuals obtained from the corpse-hunting and those collected in the Qushui Kingdom’s palace.

Before Ding Jiuli reached the level of “Inquiry into the Ancient and Enlightened,” Ding Shuang dared not give her any pills and constantly monitored her physical condition. If Ding Jiuli reached the Body Refining Realm before passing the Inquiry into the Ancient Trial, she would be unable to learn the “Nine Swords of Heavenly Inquiry” for the rest of her life.

“Xiao Jiuli, come and rest for a bit before you practice again.” Ding Shuang sensed that Ding Jiuli was about to reach her limit, so she immediately told her to stop and rest.

“Okay, big brother, hey, what’s this?” Ding Jiuli ran over excitedly when she heard Ding Shuang’s call and saw a secret manual in Ding Shuang’s hand.

“Oh, this is a pharmacopoeia, which records information about many medicinal herbs.” Ding Shuang put down the pharmacopoeia in her hand, patted Ding Jiuli’s little head, and poured her a glass of water.

One morning a month later, Ding Shuang was sitting at the stone table in the courtyard as usual, looking at a manual. This manual recorded all kinds of array formations and restrictions. Ding Shuang had learned a few minor restrictions from the Pinyin Sect before, but had never systematically studied how to set up an array.

The system described all the manuals Ding Shuang had as trash, but he couldn’t get the advanced ones. The system shop had a lot of manuals, but Ding Shuang didn’t have any time travel points.

Just as Ding Shuang was using experimental restrictions to form an array on the stone table, she suddenly felt the surrounding spiritual energy rushing wildly towards Ding Jiuli, who was practicing swordsmanship in the center of the courtyard.

Ding Shuang looked at Ding Jiuli in surprise, “This… peak Body Refinement stage!”

Yes, just now, Ding Jiuli passed the test of Wen Gu and instantly entered the peak of body refinement. At this moment, she was like a dry sponge, frantically absorbing the spiritual energy around her.

In Ding Shuang’s eyes, Ding Jiuli was like an extremely sharp sword, with the hilt facing down and the tip pointing to the sky, as if determined to pierce a hole in the sky!

Unlike the Azure Sky Sword Manual, the Nine Swords of Heaven doesn’t generate a small sword heart between the eyebrows; instead, the sword heart itself is the sword heart. Therefore, in Ding Shuang’s eyes, Ding Jiuli is a drawn sword!

“I never expected that Jiu Li not only possesses a divine-grade sword spirit root, but also has such a high talent for sword practice. I feel that she will break through to the Nascent Soul Realm in at most ten years!” Ding Shuang smiled as he looked at Ding Jiu Li; the mission was now a sure thing!

Ten years later, in the open space in front of Ding Shuang’s villa, he and Ding Jiuli were sparring. Ding Shuang held a tree branch in his hand, while Ding Jiuli held a sharp sword.

Ding Jiuli was on the offensive, while Ding Shuang was on the defensive. Ding Jiuli’s attacks were extremely fierce, but she could not break through Ding Shuang’s defense, and she couldn’t even cut the tree branch in Ding Shuang’s hand.

Upon closer inspection, one will notice that Ding Shuang’s branch never makes direct contact with the sharp sword in Ding Jiuli’s hand; each time, it gently deflects Ding Jiuli’s blade with a light touch.

“Hehe, Jiu Li, it’s time to end this.” Ding Shuang smiled slightly, and quickly pointed the branch in his hand, striking Ding Jiu Li’s sword on the spine. With a clang, the sword in Ding Jiu Li’s hand broke in two.

“Hmph! Big brother is bullying me again! He always breaks my sword. If it weren’t for the poor quality of the sword you forged, I wouldn’t have lost.” Fourteen-year-old Ding Jiuli puffed out her cheeks and pouted as she looked at Ding Shuang unhappily.

“Hehe, Jiu Li, you rely too much on external things. I’ve told you many times, the sword…” Ding Shuang was interrupted by Ding Jiu Li before she could finish her sentence.

“Yes, yes, yes, a sword is not about its form, but about the heart. I’m all sweaty, I’m going to take a shower.” Ding Jiuli casually tossed aside the broken sword in her hand and flashed into the villa.

Sigh, Ding Shuang shook her head. Rebellious teenage girls are such a headache.

Two years ago, Ding Jiuli had already passed the test of asking about the future and reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm, but she has been stuck on asking about the sun without any progress.

Ding Shuang originally thought she could easily complete this task, but who knew that Ding Jiuli had entered her rebellious phase. Half a year ago, she told Ding Shuang that she wanted to travel, but Ding Shuang refused.

Afterwards, Ding Jiuli attempted to escape several times, but was caught each time by Ding Shuang using the Golden Jade Sword. Finally, Ding Shuang made a deal with Ding Jiuli: if she could defeat him with her sword, he would let her go down the mountain to travel.

Ding Shuang is currently at level 172. Over the past ten years, he has been constantly learning alchemy. During this time, he not only fed medicine to Ding Jiuli, but also consumed a lot of it himself. The royal family’s treasures are truly abundant, and there are still many medicinal herbs left.

In fact, Ding Jiuli doesn’t take many medicines. Whenever she comprehends a new concept, she can quickly reach the peak of the corresponding realm. She only takes pills containing a large amount of spiritual energy to help her advance quickly when she is advancing. Otherwise, she takes some body-refining pills to enhance her physical strength.

This is why the system opposed Ding Shuang passing on the “Azure Sky Sword Manual” to Ding Jiuli. Because Ding Jiuli has a divine-grade sword spirit root, her growth in strength is unstoppable.

If Ding Jiuli were to cultivate the “Azure Heaven Sword Manual,” her Qi Sea would expand to its limit and she would face a heavenly tribulation the instant she comprehended the sword heart.

While teaching Ding Jiuli swordsmanship, Ding Shuang also comprehended the sword heart. Over the past ten years, while teaching Ding Jiuli, she has also practiced with her. Ding Shuang’s sword heart realm has broken through the tempering stage and reached the unsheathing stage.

After reaching the Unsheathed Realm, one enters the Forgotten Sword Stage, a very difficult stage for Ding Shuang. The perfect Forgotten Sword Stage requires one to have a sword in one’s heart yet not a sword, and to have a sword in one’s hand even though there is no sword in one’s hand.

This left Ding Shuang completely baffled. He could only try using other non-sword items to replace the sword and see if that would work. However, he discovered that this approach seemed to be a dead end; it was merely replacing a tree branch with a sword, and it still wasn’t the same as using the Forgotten Sword.

Unable to defeat Ding Shuang, whose strength was suppressed to the early stage of Golden Core, despite being at the peak of Golden Core realm, Ding Jiuli began to think of other methods.

First, he demanded that they seal their cultivation levels and only compete in swordsmanship, only to be brutally defeated by Ding Shuang. Then, he begged Ding Shuang to suppress his cultivation level to the Foundation Establishment stage, only to be brutally defeated again. Finally, he threw a tantrum, forcing Ding Shuang to use only tree branches, while both of them suppressed their cultivation levels to the peak of Body Refinement, resulting in the scene just now.

Sigh, what a hassle! Ding Shuang knew that the main reason Ding Jiuli was stuck in her quest to comprehend the Sun’s Inquiry was her lack of experience. But she was not at all at ease letting her go out and travel.

First of all, Ding Jiuli is getting more and more beautiful as she grows up. Coupled with the unique temperament of a sword cultivator, she already has a face that could bring ruin to a country at the age of fourteen. If she were released, she would inevitably cause trouble because of her appearance.

Secondly, Ding Shuang is trapped here, and if Ding Jiuli encounters danger in the distance, he won’t be able to rescue her in time. He had also considered stopping the system’s exploration, but it has already been going on for thirty years, and success is just twenty more years away; he’s a little reluctant to give it up.

Finally, I still have a task to complete. If Ding Jiuli never returns and fails to reach the Nascent Soul Realm within 10 years, wouldn’t I be doomed?

“System, how much longer until we finish exploring?” Ding Shuang asked the system.

“Host, we can now locate the location, but there may be errors.” The system reported the progress.

“Oh? Didn’t you say it would take at least fifty years?” Ding Shuang was a little annoyed, wondering if this system was reliable at all.

“Host, last time, because the spacetime wormhole existed for too short a time, we could only explore it hastily and estimate the time. The system previously found a shortcut in the spacetime wormhole, which would take at most ten years to pinpoint the exact location,” the system explained to Ding Shuang.

“Holy crap! Why didn’t you tell me about this?” Ding Shuang was extremely excited; there were only ten years left until he could go home! Then he calmed down; he hadn’t finished dealing with Ding Jiuli’s matter yet.

“If we stop exploring now, will it be faster to explore again next time?” Although the time is reduced, Ding Shuang also felt that she couldn’t keep Ding Jiuli by her side for 10 years.

“Host, if we stop exploring now, we can achieve precise location in just thirty years next time,” the system provided.

Upon hearing that it would take another thirty years, Ding Shuang’s expression darkened. It wasn’t that he couldn’t wait, but his longing for Ding Fei was making it difficult for him to hold on.

If we stop now, it might take ten years for Ding Jiuli to pass the Sun-Asking Trial. In addition, it’s unknown how long it will take to find a spacetime wormhole that can exist stably for more than thirty years, and it will take another thirty years to relocate. All of this adds up to forty years.

“System, you just said you can locate it now, what is the margin of error?” Ding Shuang pinned her hopes on the margin of error not being too large.

“The error is roughly within a hundred years of your departure,” the system told Ding Shuang, specifying the timeframe.

“Two questions: First, will the positioning collapse and become fixed in the future? Second, can it be repositioned?” Ding Shuang asked two key questions.

“Host, location tracking only places a spacetime anchor point. If you don’t go there, the future won’t collapse. However, the system currently has enough lewd energy to allow you to locate it a maximum of five times. After five times, the system will automatically exit the spacetime wormhole. After that, the system will consume all the lewd energy and will need your help to replenish it.” The system’s explanation was very clear this time.

“I’ll take the gamble! Let’s start locating!” Ding Shuang made a tough decision. If she couldn’t locate the location after five attempts, she might as well go to a brothel.

“Ding, location successful! 11 years have passed since you left.”

“continue!”

“Ding, location successful! 82 years have passed since you left.”

“continue!”

“Ding, location successful! Seven months have passed since you left.”

“Continue!”

“Ding, location successful! 66 years have passed since you left. Remind the host that you have one last chance to locate yourself.”

“Keep going, keep going. Since we’re going to stop exploring anyway, might as well make the most of it.” Ding Shuang had already given up. The previous seven months had made him hesitate for a moment, but when he remembered the dream he had in the Naruto world, he let the system continue.

“Ding, location successful! 30 hours have passed since you left. The system has exited the spacetime wormhole. If you wish to continue exploring, please collect lewd energy.”

“Sigh, it’s still a failure. Thirty years.” Ding Shuang sat on the ground dejectedly, feeling that going home was a distant dream.

“Wait? System, how long did you just say? I think I misheard.” Ding Shuang stood up again in a flash.

“30 hours have passed since you left, which is approximately 6 PM the following day.” The system helped Ding Shuang calculate the exact time.

“Only one day has passed! What’s the difference between this and not leaving at all? Hahaha, I can finally go home!” Ding Shuang clenched her fists tightly. Now all she had to do was nurture Ding Jiuli to the Nascent Soul Realm, and she could go home!

“Big brother, what are you doing standing here? I’m hungry!” Ding Jiuli asked curiously as she walked out of the villa after taking a shower and saw Ding Shuang still standing in the yard.

“Jiu Li, I’ll give you one more chance.” Ding Shuang said, drawing a circle around himself and taking out an incense stick. “I’m suppressing my strength to the early Foundation Establishment stage, but you don’t need to. I’ll also give you the Golden Jade Sword. Before this incense stick burns out, if you can let me leave this circle by even half a step, you win, okay?”

“Really, big brother? You can’t go back on your word!” Ding Jiuli looked at Ding Shuang with wide eyes in surprise, afraid that he would change his mind.

“Haha, when have I ever lied to you? From now on, this sword is yours. Let me know when it’s finished being forged.” Ding Shuang erased his mark from the Golden Jade Sword and tossed it to Ding Jiuli.

Ding Jiuli caught the Golden Jade Sword and immediately began refining it. As expected of a divine-grade sword spirit root, the Golden Jade Sword became hers in less than ten breaths.

“Alright, let’s get started.” Seeing that Ding Jiuli had successfully refined the Golden Jade Sword, Ding Shuang waved his hand and nailed the incense sticks to the windowsill, while simultaneously lighting the incense sticks.

Seeing that the incense was lit, Ding Jiuli grabbed the Golden Jade Sword and attacked Ding Shuang without saying a word. She didn’t use ranged attacks; in previous sparring sessions with Ding Shuang, ranged attacks had never been effective.

Ding Shuang casually grabbed the iron sword scattered in the courtyard to block Ding Jiuli’s attack. The Golden Jade Sword lived up to its reputation as an A-grade item, equivalent to a top-grade spiritual weapon in the cultivation world, and broke the iron sword in Ding Shuang’s hand in just a few rounds.

Ding Shuang deflected Ding Jiuli’s attack with a single finger, then summoned two iron swords, one in each hand, making their defense even more impenetrable.

After five rounds, the two iron swords were broken again. Ding Shuang summoned four iron swords, holding one in each hand, with the other two floating in the air waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

The incense stick on the windowsill was obtained by Ding Shuang from the system shop using 1 travel point. It burns very slowly, and it takes about two hours to burn the whole stick.

The incense had burned more than halfway, and Ding Shuang, standing in the circle, no longer had his iron sword. He looked up at Ding Jiuli, who was surrounded by more than thirty sharp swords in the air.

“Jiu Li, you rely too much on external things.” Ding Shuang controlled more than thirty sharp swords surrounding Ding Jiu Li, while also giving her advice.

“Big brother, you’re cheating! You said you wouldn’t attack!” Ding Jiuli looked angrily at the iron swords surrounding her, not knowing what to do. Every time she cut off an iron sword, two more would appear, and there were hundreds of iron swords piled up in a corner of the yard.

“I didn’t attack you, you just kept retreating. Where is the indomitable spirit of a swordsman?” Ding Shuang shook his head. Ding Jiuli had fallen into a misconception, thinking that the higher the grade of the sword in her hand, the more powerful she was, completely forgetting the pursuit of swordsmanship.

“Big brother, if you’re so capable, then fight me in close combat with just one sword!” Ding Jiuli said fiercely, swinging her golden jade sword wildly, which resulted in ten iron swords flying up at her.

“Jiuli, think about it carefully. When you ask about the past, you learn basic sword moves. When you ask about the present, you learn all the sword techniques in the world. When you ask about the future, your swordsmanship will return to its original simplicity. This is a process from simple to complex and back to simple. You think you have mastered all the swords in the world, and all you lack is a good sword. In fact, you are still far from it.” Ding Jiuli was stunned by Ding Shuang’s words. Over the years, she had indeed become somewhat complacent, believing that she had mastered all the sword techniques in the world.

Suddenly, Ding Jiuli made a sword gesture, and the Golden Jade Sword flew up and thrust straight at Ding Shuang, instantly breaking out of the encirclement.

Ding Shuang shook his head helplessly. An iron sword flew out of the courtyard and crashed into the golden jade sword at an even faster speed, sending it flying.

“Big brother, you’re cheating again!” Ding Jiuli had indeed realized his problem before, but his desire to travel down the mountain was even more urgent, so he used his flying sword technique to ambush Ding Shuang.

“Stop trying to be clever, think about how to break this deadlock. The test of asking the sun is a test of your mind. You need to understand why you cultivate the sword, just like you need to figure out why you had to come down the mountain. There’s only a third of the incense left.” Ding Shuang pointed to the windowsill, indicating that Ding Jiuli didn’t have much time left.

Ding Jiuli recalled the Golden Jade Sword, and Ding Shuang did not stop her. He wanted to see where Ding Jiuli’s limits truly lay. He had already made his decision: regardless of whether Ding Jiuli could force him to break free of his limitations, he would take Ding Jiuli down the mountain.

Ding Jiuli began to ponder a countermeasure, gripping the golden jade sword as she landed back on the ground, her eyes fixed on Ding Shuang’s position. She tightened her grip on the longsword and swung it forward.

Ding Shuang controlled the iron sword to block Ding Jiuli’s advance, while Ding Jiuli was no longer in a hurry. Each time she swung her sword, she knocked Ding Shuang’s iron sword away without damaging it, so that Ding Shuang would not bring in a new iron sword.

One step, two steps, three steps… Ding Jiuli moved forward step by step, while secretly calculating the time it would take to get closer to Ding Shuang.

The incense sticks on the windowsill were getting shorter and shorter, and it looked like the exposed part was about to burn out. Ding Jiuli was getting anxious. She was only five steps away from Ding Shuang. The closer she got, the greater the pressure she felt. These five steps were like an insurmountable chasm.

“What reason could there be? I’m going down the mountain!” Ding Jiuli bit her lower lip lightly, made up her mind, and swung her long sword even faster, making Ding Shuang feel some pressure, but still keeping her five steps away.

She swiftly swung her longsword, causing Ding Jiuli’s true energy to drain away rapidly, so fast that she couldn’t even last until the incense burned out. Suddenly, she seized an opening and thrust her sword at Ding Shuang, who immediately mobilized the iron swords surrounding Ding Jiuli to block.

Just as she was about to block Ding Jiuli’s thrust, Ding Jiuli suddenly threw away her longsword and slammed her body into the iron sword that was supposed to block her sword. The three iron swords pierced through her body.

“Jiu Li!” Ding Shuang stepped to Ding Jiu Li’s side, embraced her, immediately put a pill in her mouth, and carefully removed the iron sword from her body.

He had just tried his best to stop Ding Jiuli’s attack and was unable to stop, so he could only watch helplessly as the iron sword pierced through Ding Jiuli’s delicate body.

“Are you crazy?!” Ding Shuang roared at Ding Jiuli, seeing the pill take effect. “How can a sword cultivator throw away his sword?!”

“Hehe, big brother, I won! You were eliminated before the incense burned out.” Ding Jiuli laughed weakly. She was mainly affected by the excessive consumption of her true energy, not by her injuries.

“You! Sigh, never mind. Since you’re so eager to go down the mountain, then go ahead.” Ding Shuang said, putting Ding Jiuli down and turning back to the villa.

“Big brother…” Ding Jiuli watched Ding Shuang’s departing figure, and her heart ached for some reason. She wanted to go down the mountain just to see the world, not to leave Ding Shuang.

Actually, she would prefer Ding Shuang to accompany her on her travels down the mountain.