69: Chapter 69 Kunzu's Inheritance of Character Creation

Lu Hu took out a long sword that looked like red jade; this was the sword Wu Wen had given him.

According to Wu Wen, he and another Grandmaster named Yu De had obtained it after teaming up to raid the Sword God's Tomb.

In Wu Wen's words, this sword was known as the number one killing sword in history.

But this sword was not the demon-slaying sword. Wu Wen's experience could not compare to that of the Kun Kingdom, which possessed a thousand-year-old heritage, and he knew little about the events of over a thousand years ago. That Sword God had wielded more than just one sword.

According to the ancient records of the Ji Clan, this sword was named the blood-drinking sword. It was the sword the Sword God used when he first started out, and it had continuously evolved alongside the Sword God's slaughters.

But in the end, its foundation was shallow. Although the blood-drinking sword was the sword the Sword God used most frequently, it was also the weakest in terms of power.

The Sword God's other swords were each more powerful than the last.

"Roar~" (This sword is weak?)

Lu Hu sized it up seriously, sensing the majestic energy sealed within. He then shook his head; he would reserve his judgment until he saw the Sword God's other swords.

The Qian Kingdom.

Lu Hu pondered. The Sword God hailed from the Qian Kingdom, and the Sword Sect was the sect he had founded.

The Sword Sect and the Qian Kingdom were as close as brothers, and the Sword God's legacy seemed to be in their hands. Since the demon-slaying sword was suspected to be the god-slaying thatch, he would have to visit the Sword Sect and the Qian Kingdom in the future.

Lu Hu put away the blood-drinking sword and replaced it with an ancient kun script book, checking the 'recordings' within.

"Roar~" (Buddhist Sect.)

According to numerous ancient records, the Sword God had slain countless demons and monsters in his life, including dozens of great demons at the Earthly Immortal level.

Among them was a very special demon, which also marked the most difficult battle of the Sword God's life.

The ancient records stated that the demon was originally an Earthly Immortal who cared for the world. However, his strength was insufficient, and he was unable to stop the various demons from wreaking havoc. He could only watch helplessly as all living beings died tragically under the demons' claws.

That Earthly Immortal hated his own powerlessness. To increase his strength, he practiced various forbidden arts. Ultimately, because he risked eating an extremely evil fruit, he lost his mind and transformed into a great demon that slaughtered the mortal world.

The Earthly Immortal who had transformed into a demon was incredibly powerful. Observers could not even tell how tragic the battle was, only that the Sword God had drawn six divine swords in a row to no avail. Only after using the demon-slaying sword was he able to subdue it.

The Sword God had intended to kill that demonized Earthly Immortal, but as he was about to strike, an Earthly Immortal from the Buddhist Sect appeared and requested the Sword God to show mercy.

The ancient records stated that the Earthly Immortal of the Buddhist Sect said he could purify the demonized Earthly Immortal's demonic qi and restore his sanity. Upon hearing this, the Sword God handed the demonized Earthly Immortal over to the Buddhist Sect.

For an Earthly Immortal to turn into a demon just by eating a fruit... that fruit sounded a bit like a demon-transforming fruit.

The Buddhist Sect—there was a Buddhist Kingdom in the far western desert, so the Buddhist Sect should be there. He would have to go there in the future as well.

Lu Hu closed the ancient kun script and noted all of this down. When he had time in the future, he would definitely have to go and see.

He now had clues for the god-slaying thatch, the demon-transforming fruit, and the illusory immortal grass. The only thing that remained unclear was the fire dragon tree.

In truth, Lu Hu had some guesses regarding the fire dragon tree, but he wanted to find more clues.

Lu Hu flipped through the ancient kun script books once more, but in the end, he found no trace of the fire dragon tree.

Lu Hu sighed and stopped searching. Except for the ancient book that recorded the whereabouts of the illusory immortal grass, Lu Hu returned all the other ancient kun script books.

"Has Senior gained anything?" Ji Jing asked expectantly.

"Roar~" (Yes. Don't worry, once the holy lotus bears seeds, I will give you one.)

Lu Hu nodded. He kept his promise and reserved a green lotus seed for the Kun Kingdom.

"Thank you, Senior!"

Ji Jing was overjoyed. That was a Holy Lotus Seed! Although he was old, he could easily last another ten or twenty years. Once he obtained it, he was completely confident in making the holy lotus bloom and regaining his youth!

Afterward, Lu Hu asked Ji Jing to help keep an eye out for clues regarding the fire dragon tree.

"Perhaps Senior could go to the Xuan Kingdom to take a look."

Ji Jing gave his suggestion. Among the nations of the world today, the Xuan Kingdom's strength was the greatest. Even the Qian Kingdom, which had doubled its territory through years of war and produced many experts, did not dare to provoke the Xuan Kingdom.

It was a country that had existed even longer than the Kun Kingdom or the Qian Kingdom. Over a thousand years ago, it was the same as the Kun Kingdom, with its Earthly Immortal experts never returning after the great battle against the Evil Dragon.

However, the various forces within the Xuan Kingdom shared their cultivation techniques with one another. This resulted in the Xuan Kingdom being able to digest the inheritances left by their predecessors even though Earthly Immortals were no longer present.

Unlike other countries that strictly locked away their respective ultimate techniques, having only one or two successors. If something happened to them before they had mastered the techniques, the legacy would be severed.

The Kun Kingdom was even more miserable. In other countries, if the predecessors left behind their insights into martial arts and techniques, one could still study them.

But in the Kun Kingdom, the kun script was held only within the direct line. After something happened to the direct line, the written legacy was severed. They could only stare helplessly at the various secret manuals left by their ancestors because they couldn't understand the ancient kun script.

"Roar~" (You know the problem and yet you don't change it.)

Lu Hu grumbled. He knew there was a problem, yet he didn't learn from the Xuan Kingdom and still blocked information about the ancient kun script from outsiders.

Ji Jing laughed awkwardly. The ancient kun script was the foundation of their Ji Clan's kingdom. If it were spread, it could easily shake the Ji Clan's status.

However, Ji Jing also knew that restoring the ancient kun script legacy this time had not been easy. He had already made up his mind that in the future, not only the direct line of the Ji Clan could learn the ancient kun script, but also those from the collateral branches who performed exceptionally well.

This was to prevent another accident like the one over a thousand years ago.

By learning from the Xuan Kingdom and generously sharing their respective ultimate techniques, any elder over the age of seventy from a first-rate force in the Xuan Kingdom would have at least three complete sets of advanced cultivation techniques in their head, even if their own martial arts attainment was poor.

It was precisely by relying on this advantage that the Xuan Kingdom could quickly recover its primordial qi even after suffering a disaster. Therefore, the Xuan Kingdom had more inheritances and might have clues about the fire dragon tree.

In the Xuan Kingdom, there was an Old Mountain Lord whose strength was formidable and whose fame spread through all nations. Lu Hu had heard of him back at the Cold Sea and had considered going to the Xuan Kingdom; now, he definitely had to go.

'I'll go after the green lotus matures.'

Lu Hu asked nothing more and continued to meditate on the ancient kun script in the Stone Tablet Forest. Two days later, Lu Hu had meditated on all the ancient kun script. After comprehending every character, the way he looked at the Stone Tablet Forest was different from his first time seeing it.

This time, the layout of the Stone Tablet Forest seemed a bit strange and awkward, like...

Chaos!

Yes, chaos!

The tablets in the Stone Tablet Forest had been moved and were not in their original order, which was why it looked so messy. Lu Hu followed his intuition and moved the stone tablets one by one. When the last tablet was moved to its correct position, a surge of energy radiated between all the tablets, linking them together.

Boom!

The illusions contained within each ancient kun script character merged, and finally, Lu Hu saw a scene.

It was an old man sitting cross-legged before a small blade of grass. The sun and moon rotated; sometimes the sky was clear for thousands of miles, sometimes dark clouds obscured the sun, and sometimes there was torrential rain or snowflakes filled the air.

The old man's aura became profound, and the small blade of grass also transformed from a simple green grass into an immortal grass flashing with various colors.

The small grass was extraordinary, imprinting the scenes of heaven and earth onto its leaves. The old man meditated beside it, sitting year after year without ever moving.

Finally, the old man moved. He dug up the grass and came to a massive, strange rock. He cut the rock into pieces and, using the grass as a brush, wrote characters on the stone.

With every character he wrote, the surrounding scenery changed accordingly, and the old man's aura continuously deepened.

Finally, the old man's aura suddenly surged as if he had broken through. The old man stopped writing and looked up at the sky.

"Heavenly Immortal, feathering and ascending; it is time for this old man to ascend as well!"

After the old man murmured this, the scene ended!

'This is the cultivation technique of the Ancestor of Kun Script, as well as the experience of creating the kun script.'

Lu Hu was amazed. It turned out that the tablets in the Stone Tablet Forest had been personally carved by Ancestor Kun. They contained Ancestor Kun's cultivation technique and also recorded the process of Ancestor Kun creating the kun script in detail.

In the scene, Ancestor Kun's cultivation was already at the Earthly Immortal level at the start. After comprehending that grass, his cultivation grew rapidly, and after creating the kun script, he broke through to a realm above the Earthly Immortal.

'Heavenly Immortal, feathering and ascending!'

In Ancestor Kun's legacy, these final words were spoken.

In the records of the ancient kun script books, Lu Hu had also seen mentions of Heavenly Immortals.

After an Earthly Immortal breaks through, they can achieve ascension in broad daylight, accompanied by thousands of auspicious signs.

The world believes that this is flying to the heavens, thus the titles of Heavenly Immortal and Feathered Immortal were born.

This is also what martial artists like Lu Qing consider as shattering the void and ascending to the upper realm.

Back then, Ancestor Kun's cultivation was at the Heavenly Immortal level; it seems he was a bit more powerful than him.