Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Chapter 1587: Chapter 1555: Kindred Spirits in Sword Dao

“Greetings, Great Sun fellow cultivator.”

The Light Sword Lord responded likewise.

The two Sun Inheritance Sword Practitioners each saluted with meticulous respect.

The Taiyou Sword Master, witnessing this scene, had a face that turned faintly greenish, with eyes full of fury.

However, someone who could catch her eye and become her lifelong Dao companion was not a mediocre or submissive person; such a cultivator could never become her Dao companion.

The Light Sword Lord had his ambitions and preferences and was not merely a vassal to the Taiyou Sword Master.

“Bright Daoist, what brings you here this time?”

Jiang Ding asked courteously.

“Hahaha,”

“It’s nothing significant, just a discussion about the Sword Dao with the Great Sun fellow cultivator. I’ve always been curious about the Great Sun Sword Pavilion and the Great Sun Swordsmanship.”

The Light Sword Lord laughed heartily and said, “Besides, I wish to have a life-and-death duel with you to push my Sword Dao further.”

“The Tianji God Monarch and others from the Eight Great Immortal Sects are pressing us hard. We are not optimistic about the future, so we chose this path.”

He spoke of a life-and-death duel casually, as if it were as mundane as going to have a meal.

“Oh?”

“Bright Daoist, are you so confident? You should know that in the previous battle, I was the one chasing dozens of your people.”

Jiang Ding praised.

As expected of a Sun Inheritance Sword Practitioner; setting aside other matters, such boldness alone deserves respect and equal standing.

“Ha ha.”

“Great Sun fellow cultivator, you’re mistaken.”

The Light Sword Lord smiled and said, “Your offensive power should be at a late-stage Harmony level now, right?”

“It’s only because of that Six Dao Reincarnation, the peak swordsmanship of the Sword Spirit, and a near Ninth Rank Sword Embryo that you always seize flaws and weaknesses in your opponents to attack, which makes you seem even more daunting.”

“And your concealment ability is, indeed, remarkable.”

“However, if you choose to attack under such concealment, its effectiveness is often greatly reduced. It differs from the assassination techniques of the No Light Heavenly Sect and the Shadow Demon Abyss; your concealment is merely a method to evade higher-level foes.”

“Perhaps it’s because you prefer a straightforward sword duel, so you’ve neglected development in this aspect?”

The Light Sword Lord keenly pointed out Jiang Ding’s various methods. Given the shared nature of being sword cultivators, these judgments were astonishingly accurate with minimal errors.

In fact, sword cultivators are often like this.

They lay their methods bare, inviting combat boldly, relying on strength to suppress without hiding anything.

“Based on what I’ve said, if you select straightforward combat, your strength should be around the Harmonization Peak, am I correct?”

“I wonder if this is accurate?”

The Light Sword Lord asked earnestly.

“Entirely correct.”

Jiang Ding wasn’t stingy with praise nor did he conceal anything, joyously saying, “Fellow Daoist, you’ve hit the mark. However, you should be cautious, as this isn’t the full extent of my abilities.”

“Hahaha!”

“I suspected as much.”

The Light Sword Lord laughed heartily, his voice echoing in all directions, feeling equally elated.

After a while, his laughter ceased, and looking at the green-clothed youth before him, he said seriously, “Great Sun fellow cultivator, you must also be cautious.”

“My spouse and I are at the Harmonization Peak realm, and recently our Sword Soul has seen a breakthrough, resulting in a significant boost in power.”

“Do not underestimate us too much, fellow cultivator.”

He earnestly reminded his peer.

If, due to underestimation or carelessness, his life were to be lost, even if he won, he’d feel immense regret because the honor of a sword fight would be diminished.

“Bright Daoist, rest assured.”

Jiang Ding solemnly responded, “I will certainly not be careless. I will prepare with the utmost lethal intent without any underestimation or negligence, honoring our Sword Dao.”

“That’s good, that’s good.”

The Light Sword Lord nodded repeatedly.

He didn’t mention the future of the Youming Sword Cave Heaven, those disciples, the sect elders, nor his own bloodline descendants, regarding how they should be handled if the other side won.

Such things need not be spoken.

Among Sun Sword cultivators, there is a mutual understanding; there is no need to worry over such matters.

Similarly, if the Light Sword Lord won, he would properly arrange for the Eastern Devil School and the Great Sun Sword Pavilion disciples.

“Then I will be at my sect, awaiting the arrival of the Great Sun fellow cultivator.”

The Taiyou Sword Master said coldly.

She seemed to have already guessed that the Great Sun Sword Master was nearing the Youming Sword Cave Heaven territory, as the current communication was so smooth, unblocked by the lengthy Domain Starry Sky.

“Thank you, Taiyou Daoist, for the invitation.”

“I shall indeed come.”

Jiang Ding nodded slightly, looking towards the Light Sword Lord: “Before arriving, I will survey the surrounding domains to ensure the Tianji God Monarch and others are not within threatening proximity, which might take several centuries. I ask for your patience, fellow Daoist.”

“Indeed, it should be so.”

“The Great Sun fellow cultivator is always cautious and prudent; I was overly concerned.”

The Light Sword Lord sighed.

Between them, there was no longer any sharpness, but instead, they began to exchange insights, discussing their Sword Dao, how the Sun Sword Dao and the Great Sun Sword Dao are.

Though the Taiyou Sword Master maintained a cold expression, she also coolly shared her Taiyin Sword Dao.

During this process, both parties reaped significant harvests, even feeling a bond of knowing each other deeply.

“Bright Daoist, this is for you.”

Jiang Ding recalled something and took out a Jade Slip, transmitting the information: “This is the eighteenth generation of the ‘Great Sun Sword Sutra’ I’ve begun revising. You can peruse it at your leisure, and if there are any shortcomings, please kindly point them out. Your guidance would be greatly appreciated.”

Shortly thereafter, a copy of the “Great Sun Sword Sutra” was transmitted to the Youming Sword Cave Heaven.

The Light Sword Lord was taken aback.

The Taiyou Sword Master was taken aback.

Both remained silent and speechless for a long time.

The Light Sword Lord showed a hint of struggle, then made up his mind. His expression changed several times, seemingly engaging in a heated argument with his Dao companion beside him.

This was indeed an unprecedented scene, extremely rare for someone as gentle as he usually was.

“Alas,”

“I cannot compare to the magnanimity of my fellow Daoist.”

Finally, the Light Sword Lord sighed longingly, also offering two Jade Slips: “This is the Harmonization Stage ‘Taiyou Brightness Scripture’, which includes insights from several hundred thousand years from this realm. Please correct it where necessary.”

“When it comes to complexity, it surely does not match Fellow Daoist’s ‘Great Sun Sword Sutra’; I accept it with humility.”

It was evident that he initially intended to offer the Heavenly Man Stage “Taiyou Brightness Scripture,” but was opposed by the Taiyou Sword Master, hence his somberness.

Even his Sword Heart exhibited a slight tremor.

His Sword Dao spirit appeared inferior to his opponent’s.

This subtle tremor in the Sword Heart might become the final straw in a Sword Soul duel.

“Bright Daoist, no need for this.”

Jiang Ding, keenly sensing this change, refused to take advantage and said solemnly, “Exchanging Harmonization Stage scripture for Harmonization Stage scripture is a fair and natural transaction with no high or low magnanimity to speak of.”

“Moreover, Taiyou Daoist’s reluctance is also reasonable.”

“Who in the world possesses no private desires?”

Jiang Ding looked at the Taiyou Sword Master and then at the Light Sword Lord, saying seriously, “If you posed a significant threat to the Xianmen Sect, my Sword Heart would similarly deviate, as Taiyou Daoist’s did, losing its purity.”

“Is there truly any higher or lower between Taiyou Daoist and me?”

“Or who is indeed more magnanimous?”

The Light Sword Lord was taken aback.

Gradually, his Sword Heart stabilized, becoming clear as a mirror.

Indeed!

In the world, who can be entirely without private desires?

The ultimate purity of the Sword Heart is a Sword Cultivator’s pursuit; one may infinitely approach it, but never fully become it, lest they lose the self of a living being.

“Great Sun fellow cultivator, I’ve been enlightened.”

The Light Sword Lord earnestly paid homage.

Jiang Ding accepted the gesture with composure.

Thereafter, the three skipped over this matter and continued their conversation, discussing the differences, strengths, and weaknesses between the Great Sun Sword Dao and the Taiyin Taiyang Sword Dao, occasionally striking their rhythm and laughing heartily, like friends of millennia, knowing each other as confidants.

No,

Not just like confidants.

In this moment, they truly were confidants in the realm of the Sword Dao.