Strange Mother

'I only said he has the better Sword Dao talent because he had practiced Basic Sword Technique has reached True Meaning. In my life, I have only seen three people reach that realm. No, now I have seen four people. But how can he condense the Sword Aura without Sword Energy.'

The elder tried to look deeper, suddenly he noticed other people started noticing Li Xian. Not just other youths but also other elders. Seeing this, he directly caught Li Xian's and Mo Xuan's shoulders and disappeared.

"Damn! That bastard Mo once again caught the genius." The elder who was the first to arrive at that place looked at the disappearing elder and cursed.

"That boy had sword aura but I don't understand why did he come to the awakening hall?" Another elder arrived there and muttered. Although his voice wasn't loud, other elders clearly heard him.

"No, that boy passed by my section. I took a notice of him since he was accompanied by the true disciple. At that time, I didn't find a single trace of sword energy inside his body." Suddenly, a tall elder made a solemn face and spoke. Although he had a guess in his mind, he didn't want to admit it.

"Elder Shang, it's impossible. No matter how talented a person can be, can he practice Sword Aura without sword energy?" Another elder directly interrupted his thoughts and went back to his section. Other elders returned back to their own section.

As for Elder Shang, he stood there for a moment until he finally sighed and returned back to his position.

Elder Mo, Li Xian, and Mo Xuan appeared in the dark hall. When Li Xian appeared there, he looked at the surrounding with horror in his eyes. He felt his body was incredibly heavy for a moment. If it wasn't for the Sword Aura around his body, some of his bones might be broken.

He looked around and saw giant golden-red pillars all around him. These pillars were as tall as the trees in the Wind Mountain Range where he used to live. Each pillar was twenty to forty meters long. Suddenly, his gaze stuck on a door.

A door that was massive has a house. It was ten meters tall and nearly wide. It was rectangular with the half-circle at the very top that was painted with a golden dragon. This door had a majestic aura. But when Li Xian stood in front of the door, he felt incredibly closer to the door.

Suddenly, a hand caught his shoulder startling him. He almost jumped out due to fear but the hand pressed him hard. From behind, Elder Mo asked with an extremely solemn voice "Tell me, how you comprehended Sword Aura without stepping in the path of cultivation?"

"I...…I don't know." Li Xian's first reaction was a little frightened. When he turned around, his weird necklace came out of his shirt. It was an ordinary tattered necklace on the first side. It had a small pagoda hanging on it.

This necklace was something he had worn from childhood. His mother didn't allow him to remove it. And as long as he doesn't want it, it won't fall off his neck. It was also very hard even though it was made out of a thread.

"What do you mean you don't know? I know you have comprehended the Basic Sword Technique to the True Meaning Realm but even with that, it should be impossible to comprehended Sword Aura especially when you don't have Sword Energy." Elder Mo shouted at him without releasing him.

"What is True Meaning Realm?" He has no idea about the realms of Sword Art. He doesn't have any knowledge about Sword Art Realms, after all, he has only practiced Basic Sword Technique.

Elder Mo was surprised by his question, but he still replied "I don't know how you cultivated Basic Sword Technique to the True Meaning Realm. But everyone swordsman needs to go through countless battles and training to perfect their sword art."

"Realm of Comprehension start from Beginner, Entry, Small Accomplishment, Great Accomplishment, Perfection, Fine and Detailed Realm, True Meaning Realm, and Profound Meaning Realm. Each realm has its own distinguished part."

"Beginner Realm can exert twenty percent of sword art, Entry Realm can exert forty percent of sword art, finally, Perfection can exert a hundred percent of sword art. Above Perfection, Fine and Detailed Realm can go past hundred percent and remove most of the simple mistakes of sword art."

"Because the sword art no longer has many mistakes, its power will exponentially increase. Comparing it to the previous art with many mistakes, its current power will go beyond a hundred percent. Now, True Meaning Realm is kind of a difficult to achieve."

"...…. No, it isn't just kind of difficult, it's very difficult. In my life, I have only seen three people reaching this realm. And now including you, there would four people. In this stage, you can find the true intention of the sword art."

"This true intention is not the intention of the creator rather the uniqueness of that sword art. A uniqueness that even the creator wasn't able to find. As for Profound Meaning Realm, I don't know much about it. I only know one person that has achieved this realm."

"Well, it's not only me but other elders who also know about him." His words led Li Xian to confusion. Li Xian wasn't confused about the mysterious person rather about his own personal problem. He deeply frowns and thought 'Mother said, I have reached the Transcendence Realm. But from this elder words, the highest realm was Profound Meaning Realm.'

'So, what about Transcendence Realm? Could it be something higher than Profound Meaning Realm? ..... That must be it. I knew Mother wasn't simple. Her disappearance and her strange request definitely have something to do with my talent.'

While Li Xian was falling deeper into his own thoughts, Elder Mo's voice woke him up "Boy, I don't know how you cultivated Sword Art but you must know the rules of Sword School. Without Sword Meridians, we can't take you."

"So, even if you have a great talent for Sword Dao, you can't enter the Sword School. After all, you don't have a Sword Meridians. If you had low-level Sword Meridians, considering your Sword Dao talent, we could have let you join. Unfortunately...…"

After that, he didn't continue. He noticed Li Xian's mood was getting worse by his words. He didn't want to break Li Xian's heart but he can't change the reality. Suddenly, Mo Xuan spoke "Uncle, since you brought us here. You must have thought to let him go through that trial. So why are you wasting your breath and discouraging him?"

His voice was full of displeasure and disgust. He felt her uncle was deliberately making things hard for Li Xian. Hearing his words, confusion flashed in Li Xian's eyes. He didn't know the elder was Mo Xuan's uncle.

"Hush!" "I was just testing his attitude." Elder Mo sighed with disappointment. Finally, he lifted his finger at the big door and asked "Do you want to enter the Sword School?"

Hearing his words, Li Xian's eyes widen with a big smile on his mouth. He hastily nodded his head few times. After seeing his reaction, Elder Mo rolled his eyes and continued "Behind this door, there are three trials. Each trial has a few rules and rewards. You must know without the Sword Meridians, we can't take you."

"But if you finish the last trial, you will be rewarded with A Virtual Sword Meridian Pill. Our school founder met a mysterious Alchemist during his journey and win back this pill. If you pass the last trial, you can consume this pill to form Virtual Sword Meridians."

"As for the level of meridians, we don't know much about them. Although it won't be top-level Sword Meridian or even close to the top, it would still allow you to cultivate sword energy. With the Virtual Sword Meridian and your Sword Dao talent, we would compel you to accept you."

Hearing his words, a flash of joy appeared in his eyes. But at the same time, he remembers his mother's words in the letter. Even before coming here, he already knew he had no talent for Sword. His main goal was to join the Sword School.

As for the problem of his cultivation, he had faith in his mother. She told him she would allow him to walk in the path of Swordsman even if he doesn't possess Sword Meridian. But he must join Sword School. As for why he doesn't know. He only knows she told him, he must join the Sword School even without the Sword Meridian.

At this moment, a doubt arose in his heart 'Did mother know they would reject me without any hesitation since I didn't have any Sword Meridians? That must be the reason why she asked me to join the Sword School. But if she knows I would stumble upon an opportunity like this, why does she want me to make a grave for her without a body?'

'This is so confusing. Mother, what do you want me to do?' Li Xian couldn't understand anything. The more he tries, the more he falls under her words. After waking up from those thoughts, he looked at the door. Suddenly, Elder Mo's voice rang "Out of thousand people, nine hundred ninety-six people died inside. Do you still want to continue?"

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