Chapter 43: The Heavy Sword Has No Edge

  This is a mountain of ten thousand feet high. Under the peak, there is a precipice. Looking up from under the precipice, one can only see rolling clouds and mist.

  The desolate mountain scenery, the ancient trees with luxuriant foliage, the clouds and mist shrouding the sky, the ten-thousand-foot waterfall cascading down like a heavenly descent, transforming into a silver river pouring downwards, majestic and grand, beautiful beyond measure.

  At this moment, under the cliff's precipice, in a river valley formed by a waterfall of thousands of feet, a young man in black clothes with a huge sword on his back walked near, panting.

  All that could be seen was a young man in black, wearing a black tunic, slightly thin build, long hair scattered, axe-like face, sword-like eyebrows raised high, with a hint of evil intention on his lips, walking with the stride of a dragon and tiger. Of course, what caught people's attention most was the giant sword behind the young man. The height of that giant sword was almost as tall as the young man, but its width was even bigger than the young man's body, like a door panel.

  This young man is indeed Xiao Fan.

  Xiao Fan left Xuan Shan City before, let Fu Bo find someone to forge a giant sword, according to Xiao Fan's request is, the giant sword should be cast with Tian Wai Xuan iron, the weight must exceed 10,000 catties. As a result, in order to reach the weight of 10,000 catties, a sword turned into a black door panel.

  "What a beautiful scenic spot, especially this waterfall, it's as if the phrase 'doubt is the Milky Way falling from the sky' has come true." Standing in the valley, looking up at the majestic beauty of the huge waterfall, Xiao Fan couldn't help but become poetic.

  Xiao Fan stood under the waterfall, gazing up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and loudly chanted: "The void falls from the spring of ten thousand feet straight, how can the flow not stop? The sound is like thunder and strong winds shattering, the waves are like white jade breaking through the clouds!"

  "The beautiful scenery and the victorious place are indeed the ultimate beauty of the world, but unfortunately, there is no beauty to accompany." Xiao Fan slightly shook his head, with an expression of utmost regret on his face.

  "Never mind, never mind, what's the point of thinking about these things? Let's just get a good rest first."

  While muttering to himself, Xiao Fan took off the giant sword he was carrying on his back and threw it to the ground. With a loud "clang", the earth shook and mountains trembled.

  "This is just 10,000 catties, and the body shape is already so big. What to do when my physical strength increases in the future, and the weight of this giant sword reaches 20,000 catties, 30,000 catties, or even 70,000-80,000 catties?" Looking at a large piece of black door panel on the ground, Xiao Fan's face showed a worried expression.

  Actually, he didn't know that there were many refining materials in this world that were very heavy in weight but small in volume. Originally, when Fu Bo had someone refine the heavy sword for him, he had planned to use other materials, but Xiao Fan specially instructed them to use Xuan Iron, which was how such a large Xuan Iron heavy sword was forged... uh, it should be said that it's more like a Xuan Iron door plank.

  This is what they say, it's really a case of reaping what you sow.

  "The power of nature is the strongest, and I'm afraid that the force of this pouring waterfall has exceeded tens of thousands of kilograms at its center." Xiao Fan furrowed his brow as he looked at the massive water flow falling down like a silver river.

  All that can be seen is the majestic waterfall, with an overwhelming torrent of water pouring down, smashing onto the rocks on the ground, producing a deafening roar, this sound is even louder than thunder, as if the sky and earth are cracking apart.

  "Let's eat something to replenish our strength first, then we can start cultivating." Xiao Fan sat down on the spot and took out a small cloth bag from his waist. This was a storage bag given to him by Master Wang several months ago.

  After eating some dried meat, Xiao Fan took out the tent from his storage bag and scanned the surrounding valley. "We need to find a safe place to set up camp. Hmm, we can't do it by the river. With such a large waterfall, if there's a sudden rainstorm and a mountain flood, I'm afraid we'll be washed away."

  "It seems like we can only set up a tent in a high place."

  Xiao Fan directed his gaze up the steep cliff, and suddenly, halfway up the mountain, he discovered a platform. He was overjoyed and hastily climbed up to it.

  "Wow, there's actually another cave here."

  Xiao Fan found a small cave inside the platform after landing on it.

  "As the saying goes, if you fall off a cliff and don't die, you'll have good fortune afterwards. If you meet a cave at the bottom of a cliff, you'll have an extraordinary encounter. It seems that I'm going to be lucky today."

  Xiao Fan thought with great satisfaction, carefully walking into the mountain cave. The entrance of the cave was not large, only allowing one person to enter at a time. When Xiao Fan walked into the cave, he found that inside the cave was another world.

  Only inside the cave was a vast space of over one or two hundred square meters, with various living utensils, including stone tables, stone chairs, stone beds, and stoves.

  "Hmm, this should be the legendary Night Pearl. This cave, although located under a precipice of ten thousand feet, was not dark at all, but rather bright as day, because on the top of the cave there was a fist-sized Night Pearl emitting brilliant light."

  "I don't know if anyone still lives here."

  Xiao Fang carefully scanned everything inside the cave, but didn't find anyone. Instead, he saw ceramic bowls, wooden chopsticks and some bamboo slips.

  Xiao Fan walked over and tried to pick up one of the bamboo slips. As soon as his hand touched it, they all turned into flying ash and scattered away.

  "This is..."

  Xiao Fan stared blankly at the bamboo slips that had turned to dust with just a slight movement, muttering softly: "This cave has existed for too long, these bamboo slips have all turned to dust."

  Xiao Fan wanted to pick up another ceramic bowl, but found that as soon as his hand touched the ceramic bowl, it had already turned into powder and fallen down.

  The age of this cave has far exceeded Xiao Fan's imagination, and the power of time has also corroded these ceramics.

  "But this is also good, the longer it exists, the more it proves that this cave has no owner, and next it will belong to me."

  Looking at the cave that was like a house, Xiao Fan smiled. Living in this cave, at least he didn't have to worry about being invaded by wind and rain.

  Although Xiao Fan's physical strength was extremely strong at this moment, having surpassed the limit of one thousand kilograms of Qi in the Tempering Body stage, fearless of wind and rain, however, if possible, Xiao Fan naturally did not like being blown by the wind and beaten by the rain.

  Next, Xiao Fan took out bedding and other daily necessities from his storage bag, arranged his bed, and only then left the cave.

  Xiao Fan held the giant sword with both hands, standing under the waterfall, taking a deep breath. "I hope that training here under the waterfall will allow my strength to make some progress."

  Having said that, Xiao Fan got into the water and slowly walked towards the bottom of the waterfall.

  Rumble...

  "Knock knock knock..."

  The water droplets that fell from Xiao Fan hit his body, and he felt as if bullets were hitting him.

  "The power of nature is indeed wonderful, and just the outermost raindrops of the waterfall already have such great power. If I were to go to the central position, I'm afraid I would be smashed into a meat paste immediately." Xiao Fan muttered to himself.

  "It seems I need to change my plan. If I want to practice sword under this waterfall, first and foremost, I must be able to withstand the force of the falling water. By the time I can stay at the bottom of the waterfall, I'm afraid I will have already cultivated a Diamond Indestructible Body." Xiao Fan muttered to himself, then he put away his giant sword and sat cross-legged at the outermost edge of the waterfall, starting to cultivate the "Mindful Sword Body" technique.

  As the technique rotated, Xiao Fan was surprised to find that within this waterfall, there was an extremely powerful heavenly energy. As soon as the technique started rotating, countless heavenly energies enveloped him, and a thick white mist, which could not be distinguished from water vapor or heavenly energy, wrapped around Xiao Fan, making him look as if he were in a fairyland.

  "With a sword in mind, I absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with my spiritual power, transform it into sword energy to temper my body..."

  At this moment, Xiao Fang's spiritual power has become extremely strong. While cultivating the 'Mind Sword Body', he can also divide his attention to observe the changes in his body.

  Only a thread of the most refined heavenly and earthly spiritual energy could be absorbed, which was then transformed and purified by the 'Mind Sword Body', turning into strands of heavenly sword energy that wandered through Xiao Fan's physical body, tempering his flesh and gradually purifying the impurities within.

  Xiao Fan's spiritual power could observe the situation inside his body, but what he didn't discover was that on top of Xiao Fan's head, a virtual image of Tongtian Sect Master's observation chart was sitting cross-legged in the void. Strands of heavenly and earthly powers were being absorbed by the observation chart, which then fed back to Xiao Fan, causing his spiritual power to continuously strengthen.

  This is the most important practice in 'Intention Sword Body', and the method of cultivating spiritual power lies here, using visualization charts to absorb a very mysterious energy between heaven and earth, transforming it into spiritual power.

  Raindrops falling from the high sky continuously hit Xiao Fan's body, beating out red scars on his skin. The sharp pain kept transmitting to Xiao Fan's mind, but he seemed to feel nothing, still focusing on practicing the "Mind Sword Body" technique.

  As night fell, a beast's roar echoed through the sky, and a thick atmosphere of unease spread out.

  Around Xiao Fan, pairs of emerald green eyes stared at him, carrying a bloodthirsty and ominous aura.