Trial Part 2

"Bang"

The sword moved like a viper trying to catch its prey. The sword stabbed forward, and the blue aura coated around the sword didn't buzz. The moment it stopped, a powerful echo emerged out of his sword. The echo was circular, the next moment, sword aura covered the echo, and both flew towards the wall.

"Bang" A loud voice rang inside the room, trembling the wall and buzzing off the specks of dust.

The collision between sword echo and wall made three inches deep circle in the wall. But the most surprising part was the wall inside the circle. There wasn't a single crack inside or outside. Only the place where echo collided was destroyed.

It wasn't the result of sword art. Rather it was the result of his control. He withdrew his sword and put it back to sheathe. Finally, he looked at an older man that had no legs and body like a cloud. This older man's whole body was white like a cloud. But his human body shape was made out of the cloud, so it wasn't hard to guess he was an older man, especially with his mature face and a long beard.

"Senior, did I complete the trial?"

"Complete? Do you think so many people would die if the trial was this easy?" Hearing his words, the older man couldn't hold back and scolded Li Xian. Hearing his words, Li Xian bitterly smiled. He also understands this trial wouldn't be so easy.

After all, everyone who participated in this trial must be someone who loves sword or have talent in the sword. Of course, Li Xian understands there must be no one who has comprehended sword aura without sword energy except himself.

But this wasn't something he was proud of. After all, he has no Sword Meridian. He has nothing to proud of. This is why he was feeling down even though he comprehended Spirit Rank Sword Art in just half an hour.

Although this move was only the first style, it takes nearly two or three days to comprehend it to the Beginner Realm for a normal swordsman. Not to mention, he had comprehended the first style to the Small Accomplishment.

Dark Shadow Sword Art is divided into four styles, each deadlier than the previous style. It is Low- Tier Spirit Rank Sword Art. Echo in Dark, Shadow Kill, Deadly Echo, and Dark Shadow in Dark Night are the four Dark Shadow Sword Art styles.

Echo in Dark has the power of Middle-Tier Profound Rank, Shadow Kill has the power of High-Tier Profound Rank, Deadly Echo has the power of Top-Tier Profound Rank, and Dark Shadow in Dark Night has the power of Low-Tier Spirit Rank.

In other words, he still hasn't comprehended the complete Spirit Rank rather a part of it. He doesn't know the power concept of sword arts. But he knows the power of Echo in Dark is amazing. When he analyzed his situation, he looked above.

At the same time, the old man looked down and said, "Boy that was just the first part. Now, you need to complete the second part. That Spirit Rank Sword Art is the reward of the first part. If you pass the second part, you will obtain another powerful reward. So, do you still want to continue?"

Just when Li Xian was about to agree, the old man interrupted him, "The second part would be much more difficult than the first part. It wouldn't be about comprehension."

Li Xian didn't want to waste his time on the old man, so he nodded his head and shouted, "Elder, I would like to continue."

Although he made it sound respectful, interrupting the elder is disrespectful in Xuanwu Continent. Even though Li Xian was disrespectful, the older man could only glare at him and do nothing. In an instant, a white fog appeared in the room.

At the same time, Li Xian felt his vision was blinding. Suddenly, he felt his body was weakening. After a moment, he felt his vision had come back. But suddenly, he found the white fog elder standing in front of him.

"Boy, I told you this isn't a game. You blink, you lost." Hearing his words, Li Xian's mind was almost blown out. He couldn't understand what the trial was and why did he lose.

"I don't even know the trial, how can you say I lost?" Li Xian didn't admit he's lost. He tried to rebuke.

"If you didn't lose, then why did you lost your consciousness?" The older man asked him with a sharp glare.

"Because you are unfair. Look at my strength, and then look at yours. And once again look at me and then look at you. There is a huge difference. You are a thousand years old. I am only sixteen." Li Xian shouted at him, pointing his finger at him. But the older man didn't care because he found Li Xian's words funny.

"Unfair! Hahahaha! Hahaha! Are you calling me unfair? Me?" Suddenly, the white fog old man rushed towards him and grabbed his collar and shouted at him, "Then what about the Heaven who took your talent? Why don't you say it is unfair? You got such a perfect talent for Sword Dao then why don't you have any talent for Sword Cultivation."

"And you are calling me unfair. Do you think I don't know the reason why you came here? The Virtual Sword Meridian Pill, you came here for it. I was the one who kept it here. And you are calling me unfair."

But hearing his words, Li Xian shook his head and said, "You are wrong. Heaven didn't take anything from me. Heaven didn't give me anything nor did it take anything from me. I got everything from my birth and my parents."

"I have Sword Dao talent and do not have Sword Cultivation Talent. But I also have only a mother, no father. So, I don't think me not possessing the Sword Cultivation Talent is unfair to me. Because I don't want to pursue cultivation, I want to pursue Dao."

"But Dao is long, I need a lot of time to walk on it. So, I need to cultivate. I need to improve my strength and lifespan so that I can live until I reach the peak of Sword Dao. But you are unfair to me..... because your trial was too easy."

Only at this moment, a gentle smile appeared on Li Xian's face. At this moment, he understood the trial, and not only he understood the trial, but he also won. As he said, it was straightforward, very easy, at least for him.

"You are right. It was too easy. If I could, I would have changed the trial for you but unfortunately, I can't. Enlightened Sword Heart, Transcendence Realm Basic Sword Technique, I have to admit your talent is really scary." Suddenly, everything in front of him disappeared, including the older man.

At this moment, the older man was in his original position. Everything that happened was nothing but an illusion. Li Xian's vision didn't change. His eyes didn't close. He just fell into an illusion. But against him, any kind of illusion is weak.

"Enlightened Sword Heart? What is that? And what is Transcendence Realm?" When Li Xian heard this name from an older man, he got alert. For a moment, he hesitated, but since his mother wasn't there. He got no choice but to ask him.

"It is normal that you don't know. Although this is above your scope of knowledge, it won't be a problem if I give you normal knowledge about them." After hearing Li Xian's question, the older man nodded his head and continued explaining while staying up in the air.

"Transcendence Realm is something only a few people in the universe can achieve. Don't ask me what the universe is because I don't know what the universe is. I only know everything exists within the universe. So, you can imagine how hard it is to reach Transcendence Realm."

"This realm has one unique feature that awakens Enlightened Sword Heart. With Enlightened Sword Heart, you can walk in the path of Sword Dao even without cultivation. Of course, you still need cultivation because Dao is long. You need hundreds and thousands of years to accomplish something in Dao and without cultivation, you can't live that long."

"Of course, if you are willing to give up everything including love, hate, parents, relationship, earthly desires, just like a monk then you can achieve it. After all, you can cut Life and Death when you reach a certain realm. So, even having a talent doesn't mean you can reach that realm within hundred years. So, you need to give up everything and practice ruthless sword."

"Since you don't want to give up everything, you would have always some restraint in your heart. This restraint won't allow you to understand Sword. And more importantly, you can't give up everything and that is why you chose a passionate sword."

"That's why you have to pass the third part and get Virtual Sword Meridian Pill. As for other features of Enlightened Sword Heart, you can completely immune to most of the illusions and inner demons."

After he finished speaking, Li Xian asked, "So, you mean with Enlightened Sword Heart I can practice Sword Dao without cultivation as long as I give up everything?"

The old man nodded his head and asked, "Can you?"

"No! I chose the sword because of my dream. And if that dream makes me abandon everything then I shall abandon my dream first." Without any hesitation, Li Xian shook his head and answered. At the same time, an aura of determination burst from his eyes as he muttered, "I must complete this task."