163: How about adding points until the plus sign disappears?

Mo Fan rode his sword and quickly arrived at Hidden Sword Peak.

To his surprise, that familiar figure in a green dress appeared once again on the Sword Pavilion square.

It was exactly Chu Qian, who had been away and hadn't returned.

At this moment, Chu Qian was holding a broom and sweeping the square.

Mo Fan smiled and steered his Flying Sword to slowly land on the square.

"Junior Brother Mo Fan, you're here?"

Seeing Mo Fan, Chu Qian's expression brightened with joy, and she quickly dropped the broom in her hand and ran over.

"I'm here," Mo Fan nodded with a smile.

Chu Qian circled around Mo Fan and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few months. It feels like you've matured quite a bit, Junior Brother?"

"Not... really?" Mo Fan scratched his head awkwardly.

"Hehe, this is for you." Chu Qian smiled and handed over an exquisitely packaged gift box.

"What is this?" Mo Fan asked, puzzled.

"Specialties from my hometown, just some trinkets. Since I finally went back, I bought a few. I hope you don't mind them, Junior Brother," Chu Qian said with a smile.

"Thank you, Senior Sister!" Mo Fan thanked her and solemnly put the gift away.

Seeing this, Chu Qian felt a warmth in her heart. She ran back to pick up her broom and said quickly, "Jingjing is still in the backyard. Go find her quickly."

Mo Fan shook his head. "No rush. I have a Sword Dao secret technique to pass on to you. Put down your work for a moment."

"Ah?" Chu Qian was stunned.

Mo Fan smiled, walked over, and directly transmitted the thoughts, sending the information related to cultivating the Guiyuan Sword Canon into Chu Qian's mind.

Chu Qian was startled and immediately began to carefully absorb the extra information in her mind.

A moment later, her eyes widened, and she looked incredulous. "The Gui... Guiyuan Sword Canon?"

"Yes, the Guiyuan Sword Canon. I found it in the Secret Realm," Mo Fan nodded.

"This Sword Canon can o... open up a small space? No need to—" Chu Qian's body trembled slightly, so shocked she was almost speechless.

"Yes, opening up a small space means you won't have to cross the Life and Death Ordeal anymore. How far the Sword Nurturing Art can be improved will depend entirely on effort and talent, without having to go through life-and-death tribulations again."

"In other words, from now on, cultivating in the Sword Pavilion won't result in deaths anymore," Mo Fan said with a smile.

"This Sword Canon is too precious, you—"

Before Chu Qian could finish, Mo Fan interrupted, "I have cultivated the Sword Pavilion Legacy. Thanks to your care, I am a member of the Sword Pavilion, and naturally, I have an obligation to revitalize it."

Smiling, Mo Fan continued, "The Guiyuan Sword Canon is the best Cultivation Technique to revitalize the Sword Pavilion right now. Naturally, I won't keep it to myself."

"The Elder and Jingjing have both cultivated it; you're the only one left."

"My talent is poor; I might not be able to lea—"

Mo Fan shook his head. "Your talent isn't poor. Since you could comprehend the Sword Nurturing Art, you can also comprehend the Guiyuan Sword Canon."

In fact, Chu Qian was also someone with a sword dao physique.

Although her sword dao physique wasn't as outstanding as Xu Jing's and Chu Qian's, it was still far beyond that of ordinary people.

People with a sword dao physique like this would never have poor talent on the path of the Sword Dao.

Learning the Guiyuan Sword Canon would at least be no problem; it was simply a matter of how much time it would take.

Chu Qian lowered her head, hesitating to speak, but finally nodded solemnly and said, "Alright, I will work hard."

"Mhm, keep it up, Senior Sister. I'm going to see Jingjing now." Mo Fan smiled and turned to walk into the Sword Pavilion.

After taking just two steps, he seemed to think of something, so he turned back and asked seriously:

"Senior Sister, did you run into any trouble during your trip back?"

"No, everything was fine," Chu Qian shook her head.

"That's good then." Mo Fan smiled, turned around again, and walked straight into the Sword Pavilion.

"Thank you..." Watching Mo Fan's departing back, Chu Qian's thoughts drifted.

Last time, she had barely and with great difficulty survived the ten-year Life and Death Ordeal.

Chu Qian knew that was her limit.

In another ten years, she would reach her end.

However, after facing life and death, she had also come to understand many things. She let go of the burdens in her heart, returned to the hometown she hadn't visited in over a decade, and made a clean break with her past.

Originally, she thought the remaining ten years would be her final moments and that her path of the Sword Dao had reached its end.

She never expected to obtain the Guiyuan Sword Canon—

...Passing through the corridor, Mo Fan arrived at the backyard and saw Xu Jing, who had just finished her cultivation.

Mo Fan walked over, and sensing the aura on Xu Jing's body, he couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

"You've comprehended the Guiyuan Sword Canon?"

"I've... I've comprehended it..." Xu Jing nodded.

"That was fast," Mo Fan remarked with emotion.

"It's been a month..." Xu Jing shook her head.

"True, with your talent, a month to comprehend the Guiyuan Sword Canon seems just right."

Having said that, Mo Fan seemed to think of something and asked casually:

"Have you tried opening up acupoint spaces? Was there any resistance or anything?"

"N-no," Xu Jing shook her head.

"It's good that there's no resistance." Mo Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

The less resistance there was, the more small spaces could be opened.

Xu Jing's sword dao physique was exceptionally outstanding, even stronger than Liu Xiyan's.

Logically, her Sword Dao talent wouldn't be inferior to Liu Xiyan's. Perhaps she could also open 362 acupoint spaces, Cultivate swords simultaneously, and become a Sword Immortal within ten years.

"I... I haven't opened any small spaces..." Xu Jing said with her head lowered.

Hearing this, Mo Fan was stunned for a moment, only reacting after a while.

It turned out the "no" this girl said was answering his first question.

Composing himself, Mo Fan continued to ask, "Then do you want to try opening an acupoint space now?"

"N-no need. I've p-put my Sword Intent in my Qi Sea to nurture it." Xu Jing still kept her head down.

Mo Fan: "?"

"You can use Sword Intent to communicate with your Qi Sea?"

"Y-yes," Xu Jing nodded.

"A Genius, a Sword Dao Genius rarely seen in ten thousand years—" Mo Fan lamented, mimicking the tone of the Trial Old Man.

He hadn't expected that Xu Jing would also be so outrageous, actually using Sword Intent to communicate with her Qi Sea and achieving Qi Sea sword nurturing.

This talent was simply beyond words!

Hearing this, Xu Jing's face suddenly flushed red, and she said somewhat diffidently, "Is Qi Sea sword nurturing v-very powerful?"

"Very powerful. As long as your Qi Sea quality is decent, you could potentially become a Sword Immortal within two or three years," Mo Fan said.

"Ah?" Hearing this, Xu Jing was stunned, as if petrified and motionless. Clearly, she hadn't expected Qi Sea sword nurturing to be so exaggerated.

"By the way, what does your Qi Sea look like?" Mo Fan asked casually.

"A sword," Xu Jing said.

"A sword?" Mo Fan was surprised. "How big is it?"

"V-very big," Xu Jing said.

"How big is 'very big'?" Mo Fan frowned.

"I c-can't see the boundaries, b-but I know it's a sword," Xu Jing said seriously.

"S-so strong—" Mo Fan was incredibly shocked.

A Qi Sea with no visible boundaries, regardless of its shape, has a quality at the "sea" level.

With a Qi Sea of this level, becoming a Sword Immortal within two or three years was not impossible.

Thinking of this, Mo Fan smiled and rubbed Xu Jing's head:

"Your Qi Sea quality is excellent. Keep working hard and strive to become a Sword Immortal within two or three years. May your Sword Qi sweep across thirty thousand miles, and your single sword strike chill nineteen provinces!"

"Sword Qi sweeping across thirty thousand miles, a single sword strike chilling nineteen provinces..." Xu Jing was thoughtful, her eyes unconsciously flickering with light, seemingly full of yearning.

"We'll talk about sword practice later. What do you want to eat today?" Mo Fan said with a smile.

"Anything e-except eggs is fine," Xu Jing said.

Mo Fan: "..."

In the end, Mo Fan selected a box of crystal shrimp dumplings from his system space and handed them to Xu Jing.

Several months had passed, and the stock in Mo Fan's system space was running low.

Not just the ready-made food.

Even the ingredients were running out.

"Once I've finished cracking the blood-colored array, I'll go out and restock," Mo Fan thought to himself.

Although he was already a Transcendent, he still ate and drank as usual, finding it more enjoyable that way.

"T-thank you." Xu Jing took the food container and began to eat with a look of anticipation.

Mo Fan smiled, just watching Xu Jing eat breakfast.

At some point, Mo Fan discovered that as long as he stayed by Xu Jing's side, he would feel particularly peaceful, and the fatigue in his heart would be swept away.

Mo Fan felt somewhat conflicted about this discovery.

Especially now that he had a clue about his Future Wife, he was even more conflicted.

To be honest, he didn't have much feeling for that ethereal Future Wife.

After all, he hadn't even met her.

How could there be any feelings?

It's just that, she was always the mother of his child.

Thinking of this, Mo Fan became even more conflicted.

Since his daughter had transmigrated here, under the butterfly effect, many things had changed, and the trajectory of the entire world might already be different.

The himself of this space-time.

Would he still have a fated connection with that so-called "Future Wife"?

Mo Fan didn't know.

But no matter what, he would still go there, break that Magic Array, enter the teleportation array, and see his so-called Future Wife to give his daughter an explanation.

As for the rest?

Let nature take its course.

"You... aren't you eating?" Xu Jing suddenly looked up at Mo Fan, seemingly wanting to share some shrimp dumplings with him.

"I've already eaten, you eat more." Mo Fan shook his head... Watching Xu Jing finish her breakfast, Mo Fan then left the backyard and came to the back mountain.

"My matcha small cake—" As soon as she saw Mo Fan, Liu Xiyan walked over with an expectant look, speaking with hesitation.

"I didn't forget." Mo Fan scratched his head and smiled, taking out a box of still-steaming matcha small cakes from his system space and handing it to Liu Xiyan.

This was agreed upon yesterday.

"Thank you, I just occasionally can't help but want to eat some; I'm satisfied once I've had it. You don't need to bring it for me in the future." Feeling the warmth from the matcha cake, Liu Xiyan looked apologetic.

It was only seven o'clock now; one could imagine how early Mo Fan had to get up to cook.

It was very time-consuming.

To this, Mo Fan just smiled sheepishly and said, "It's fine. If you want to eat, just say so. It's no trouble for me."

With the bug that was the system space, even if he cooked it himself, he could cook many portions at once and store them.

During the cooking process, he could also Cultivate the Golden Body Art, so it didn't waste time.

Liu Xiyan shook her head slightly and said no more, while also warning herself to control her cravings and not keep troubling Mo Fan.

While thinking this, Liu Xiyan finished the matcha cake in a few bites and began to talk about serious business.

"It's exactly one month today, time to settle the mission reward."

Composing herself, Liu Xiyan continued:

"I checked last night. In this month, you have cracked a total of 2,175 blood-colored rune markings.

"The mission reward for cracking one blood-colored rune marking is 10 origin stones.

"Subtracting the 1,000 origin stones advanced on the first day, it comes to 20,750 origin stones."

As she spoke, under Mo Fan's expectant gaze, Liu Xiyan waved her delicate hand, and a pile of origin stones immediately appeared on the ground.

Looking at the small mountain of seemingly ordinary origin stones before him, Mo Fan's heartbeat quickened!

This was over two million attribute points!

"Put them into your storage space. With this many origin stones, it should be enough for you to study Magic Arrays and Fields for a long time." Liu Xiyan said with a smile.

"The remaining blood-colored rune markings are also left to you. Keep it up!"

Initially, she had been quite startled by the speed at which Mo Fan cracked the blood-colored array.

But gradually, she got used to being startled.

Now that a month had passed, she was long since unperturbed.

If he maintained this cracking speed, Liu Xiyan felt that in at most another month, Mo Fan would be able to crack all the blood-colored rune markings.

If that happened, she wondered what Xu Chaomu would think when she returned.

Had she gone to study for nothing?

Thinking of this, the smile on Liu Xiyan's face became even more brilliant.

"Thank you, Elder. Thank you, Academy. I will continue to work hard!" Mo Fan suppressed his inner excitement, touched the pile of origin stones with his hand, and collected them into his system space.

"Go on, I need to continue Cultivating as well." Liu Xiyan waved her hand, turned toward the cliffside, sat down cross-legged, and continued to grind.

Mo Fan shook his head and walked toward the grassy area.

Now Liu Xiyan had opened up 362 acupoint small spaces and could focus entirely on cultivating swords.

She had a solid foundation, and her Sword Nurturing Art was already at Perfection, so she wouldn't encounter any Bottlenecks at all. With 362 small spaces cultivating swords simultaneously, the speed was simply incredibly fast.

Mo Fan estimated that in five years at most, Liu Xiyan would become a Sword Immortal.

"Xu Jing can become a Sword Immortal within two or three years... Liu Xiyan can become a Sword Immortal in five years at most... Hiss, the talent of these people in the Sword Pavilion is more terrifying than the last!"

Mo Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

In a few years, the Sword Pavilion would have two Sword Immortals, and both would be invincible existences.

At that time, the landscape of the entire Blue Star would probably change.

Once the two of them emerged, the Demon and Fiend Races would naturally no longer be a threat.

Quelling the Demon and Fiend Rebellion would just be a matter of time.

Thinking this, Mo Fan arrived at the grassy area, carved the Manifestation Rune, lit up the blood-colored array, and began his new day's work.

While cracking the rune markings, Mo Fan used his mind to connect to the system space and cast an Appraisal Technique on the pile of origin stones.

The virtual panel flashed, and a prompt box popped up.

[Discovered low grade origin stone * 20,750. Can be absorbed and converted into attribute points. Absorb?]

Mo Fan focused and glanced at his attribute information.

Having a slight bit of OCD, after a brief thought, he separated one origin stone to keep as a reserve and then chose to absorb the rest.

In an instant, the pile of origin stones turned into points of starlight and disappeared.

Mo Fan's attribute information changed.

[Name: Mo Fan (+)]

[Cultivation: Transcendent Sixth Level (+)]

[...] (Click to expand/collapse)

[Available attribute points: 2.09 million]

"Hiss, available attribute points have reached over two million!"

Looking at that staggering number, Mo Fan took a deep breath.

"To have 2.09 million available attribute points so quickly... at this rate, reaching ten million doesn't seem that far away?"

Mo Fan fixed his gaze on the name column.

As his available attribute points increased, he became more and more curious about what would happen if he added points to his name.

After staring at the name column for a long time, Mo Fan gritted his teeth and clicked the plus sign behind the storage space column.

He had long wanted to add points to his storage space.

He used to be poor and couldn't bear to do it.

Now that he was suddenly rich, he naturally had to make an impulsive purchase to enjoy himself.

The azure virtual panel flashed, and the attribute information changed again.

[Name: Mo Fan (+)]

[...] (Click to expand/collapse)

[storage space: 10,000 cubic meters (+)]

[Available attribute points: 2.089 million]

"Eh? By consuming one thousand attribute points, the storage space reached ten thousand cubic meters?"

Mo Fan was surprised: "That's such a good deal. The second time I added points, the storage space expanded by so much. What will happen if I add points again?"

Thinking this, Mo Fan fixed his gaze on the plus sign behind the storage space.

The virtual panel flashed, and a prompt box immediately appeared:

[storage space: 10,000 cubic meters (+) (2.089 million) / 10,000]

"Only ten thousand? Add it!"

The wealthy Mo Fan only hesitated for two seconds before focusing his mind and clicking the plus sign behind the storage space. The attribute information changed once more.

[Name: Mo Fan (+)]

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[storage space: Infinite]

[Available attribute points: 2.079 million]

"Infinite?"

Quickly scanning the attribute panel, Mo Fan was stunned.

After a long while, he came to his senses and used his mind to connect to the system space. He immediately saw a boundless pure white space.

The items previously stored in the system space were lying quietly within Mo Fan's vision, and he could take them out with just a thought.

"The system space actually expanded to infinite. These ten thousand attribute points were really worth it!" Mo Fan was delighted, feeling that this wasn't a loss.

But soon, he noticed that the plus sign behind the storage space had disappeared, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Is it because it reached the limit for adding points?"

Shaking his head, Mo Fan stopped thinking about it, closed the virtual panel, and focused on cracking the blood-colored array.

As for adding points to level up?

Mo Fan felt there was no rush.

He had only broken through to the Transcendent Sixth Level two days ago.

His cultivation was not yet stable, and his combat power had not reached its limit.

Transcendent Seventh Level was another minor watershed.

Choosing to add points now would only lead to being brutally beaten by the Red-Clothed Female Ghost.

"I'll wait until I've fought the Red-Clothed Female Ghost for a few more days and completely mastered this Realm before adding points."

...In the blink of an eye, another day passed.

The moon was bright and stars were few. In another fifteen minutes, it would be 10 PM.

Mo Fan said goodbye to Liu Xiyan, got off work as usual, controlled his Flying Sword, and flew toward the Trial Tower.

On this day, he had also only cracked 45 blood-colored rune markings, and he was beginning to feel it was a bit difficult.

"I have to find a way to speed up the progress of comprehending the Formation Source Runes; otherwise, it will be hard to even maintain this speed—"

Looking toward the Trial Tower, Mo Fan was lost in thought.