The Sword God of the Universe - Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Legendary-grade Spiritual Stone

Jing Yan finished patching up the first flaw of the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods in about four hours. The repair had cost him more than 100 Spiritual Stones.

Due to having upgraded his rank, Jing Yan’s rate of absorbing Spiritual Stones had become a lot faster as well.

Jing Yan had spent around 200 Spiritual Stones in patching up over a dozen flaws in Moon-Freezing Triple Waves, yet it had taken more than 100 Spiritual Stones to patch a single flaw in the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods.

Just from that, he could tell that fixing all the flaws in the martial system would require massive sums of Spiritual Stones.

It was fortunate that Jing Yan had already prepared for that.

Jing Yan finished repairing the second flaw in the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods half a day later, which cost him more than 300 Spiritual Stones.

He then fixed the third flaw a day later, which came at a cost of more than 500 Spiritual Stones.

The farther he went, the more time and power were required to fix the flaws.

By the time he fixed the fourth flaw, he was feeling the strain of his efforts. The fourth flaw had taken two whole days to patch, and it had cost him a staggering 1000 Spiritual Stones.

Jing Yan then spent the next four days patching up the fifth flaw, which cost him more than 1500 Spiritual Stones.

Like it or not, he had to stop fixing the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods at that point.

First of all, almost all of his Spiritual Stones had been exhausted, and he only had a few hundred left on hand. Secondly, patching up the flaws had become increasingly difficult and time-consuming.

He was afraid that if he were to continue doing so, he wouldn’t even be able to finish fixing the martial system when the Great Competition was just around the corner.

Although he hadn’t completed the process, he had fixed five of the 11 flaws in the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods.

The Moon-Cutting Sword Methods would have definitely become a lot more powerful than it had been before he started the repairs.

“Let’s test it out then.”

Jing Yan walked out of his room.

Voom!

He activated his Vital Qi, and the flash of his sword coalesced immediately. Black specters of the sword stayed tangible in the air instead of immediately beginning to dissipate.

He looked closer and found that tiny black flashes of power were surging within each specter as if they were about to tear space apart. A chilling feeling spread out around each specter.

Just coming into contact with the cold emanating from the specter would probably have been enough to injure common warriors.

Jing Yan’s face began to redden from excitement when he saw that.

He had completely mastered the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods at the height of his power, so he knew the strength of the skill like the back of his hand. He had only patched five flaws of the skill, yet the skill’s power had become nearly twice as formidable.

It was a stunning realization.

Jing Yan dared not imagine what would have happened to the power of that martial system if he repaired it thoroughly.

Its power might actually exceed the strength of even Legendary-grade systems.

Shoop!

Tian Shui appeared beside him.

“Not bad.” Tian Shui nodded. He was without a doubt talking about the power exhibited by Jing Yan’s Moon-Cutting Sword Methods.

“While my Vital Qi at the Eighth Heaven is indeed thick and formidable, it’s still inadequate for using the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods. I won’t be able to bring most of its power to bear yet.” Jing Yan had gotten used to Tian Shui appearing out of nowhere and disappearing as quickly as he came.

“You’ll be about ready when you reach the Ninth Heaven.” Tian Shui’s eyebrows twitched and he continued, “Kid, I hope you didn’t forget that this Great Competition your clan holds is just around the corner.”

“Of course I remember,” Jing Yan replied.

“You now have a little more than a month. You have to hurry up, or you won’t be strong enough in time to fight Jing Tianlong,” Tian Shui said, gazing intently at Jing Yan.

Tian Shui was apparently aware of how Jing Tianlong had shown up at Jing Yan’s door and provoked him.

Despite rarely appearing outside the Ring of the Universe, he was nonetheless aware of what was going on in the real world.

Jing Yan went silent after hearing what Tian Shui said.

He knew that time was short, and the amount of time he had definitely wouldn’t allow him to continue patching up the Moon-Cutting Sword Methods. He had to put all of his focus on making a breakthrough into the Ninth Heaven.

That was the only way he would stand a chance of defeating Jing Tianlong, who was a Precelestial warrior.

“You’ll need Legendary-grade Spiritual Stones to further your training now,” Tian Shui said with a grin, flicking his eyes around the courtyard.

“Legendary-grade Spiritual Stones?” Jing Yan frowned slightly.

He knew of such Spiritual Stones, as he had once been a Precelestial. He had used those stones for cultivation before.

What he knew even better, however, was how expensive the stones were.

Legendary-grade Spiritual Stones were an extravagant luxury to the vast majority of warriors below Precelestial rank. Most people wouldn’t use them for cultivation since they were a rarity as well.

“Yes, Legendary-grade Spiritual Stones indeed. You’ll probably be able to crank your rank up to the Ninth Heaven in a shorter period of time, if you can get some. Of course, you’ll still have a chance of getting to the Ninth Heaven within a month even without the stones, but I wouldn’t bet on it.” Tian Shui’s knowledge of Jing Yan’s condition seemed to have eclipsed that of even Jing Yan himself.

“Legendary-grade Spiritual Stones are very expensive.” Jing Yan frowned.

“That will be something you’ll need to figure out yourself. Alright, I’m tired and I need rest,” Tian Shui said as he vanished into thin air again.

Tian Shui, who had but a sliver of soul left in his being, was indeed unable to stay outside for long. Staying within the ring reduced the rate at which his soul was expended considerably.

“Legendary-grade Spiritual Stones. Huh…” Jing Yan murmured.

“Alright, looks like I’ll have to pull out all the stops just to get to the Ninth Heaven as soon as possible!” Jing Yan touched the five Spiritual Stone Gold Cards in his pocket, focusing his will and breath.

Less than an hour later, Jing Yan appeared on the third floor of the First Tower of Dong Lin.

“There should be Legendary-grade Spiritual Stones for sale in the House of the Precious,” Jing Yan said to himself, looking at the plaque with the name of the shop inscribed on it.

“Hey, are you really going to buy the Tianqing Fruit for me?” A sweet-sounding voice was saying not far away, just as he was about to enter the shop.

His eyebrows twitched when he heard that voice.

It sounded rather familiar.

He thought for a bit and a name came to mind—Jing Mingzhu.

Jing Yan was definitely familiar with Jing Mingzhu. Just like Jing Chuanling, she had followed Jing Yan around all the time when he was still the number one genius in Dong Lin City, trying to get stuff out of him.

After Jing Yan’s rank dropped, Jing Mingzhu, just like Jing Chuanling, never even bothered to go see him. She had snubbed him whenever she saw him, pretending that he was only thin air.

Jing Yan tried not to smirk as he turned around.

It was indeed Jing Mingzhu standing not far away. There was another person by her side—Lin Ya of the Lin Clan.

Lin Ya’s status was anything but ordinary. He was the grandson of the First Elder of the Lin Clan, and he was also an extraordinarily talented warrior. While he had paled when compared to Jing Yan’s talent all those years ago, he had nonetheless become a High-ranking warrior at a young age. At present, he was already at the Ninth Heaven.

There were a great many in Dong Lin City who thought that Lin Ya would soon enroll in one of the three major institutes to further his training.

It seemed that Jing Mingzhu had begun to cling to Lin Ya. From what she just said, it seemed that Lin Ya intended to buy Tianqing Fruit for Jing Mingzhu.