Refining the Mountains and Rivers

f didn’t seem as if she were concealing anything.

This name was a bit strange.

Qin Yu wanted to say something, but as his thoughts swirled about, he couldn’t find anything to talk about.
This young girl seemed to have a halo of silence around her.

Spirity seemed to have realized this.
She pursed her lips, “If you didn’t want him to disturb you, why did you help him?” Before any explanation, Qin Yu understood what she meant.
He smiled, “Perhaps I only wanted to tell him that there will always be a day when the effort he puts in will be returned.”

This was clearly just a cursory answer.
As Spirity listened to him, her forehead wrinkled a little before she nodded.

Another silence followed.

But soon, Spirity continued to speak.
And as her words fell into Qin Yu’s ears, it was no different from a thunderclap.

“The Soul Mushroom is doing quite well.
How did you accomplish this?”

Qin Yu’s face darkened.
He slowly said, “How does miss know about this?”

Spirity seemed as if it were a matter of course.
“I just know.”

Qin Yu’s voice turned cold.
“As for how I accomplished that, it has nothing to do with miss.”

Spirity thought for a moment then nodded.
“You’re right.
I shouldn’t have asked.”

Qin Yu frowned.
“Miss, just who are you?”

Spirity said, “Once the Soul Mushroom reaches true maturity, you will understand.” She turned to leave.
After several steps, her figure started to fade away.
But just before she vanished, she told Qin Yu one more thing.

“The Five Element Sword Array is something you can cultivate.”

Qin Yu sat in place for a long time, unable to calm down.
It wasn’t only because of the mysterious Spirity, but also because of her final parting words.

Five Element Sword Array…Qin Yu had watched with his own eyes as a Nascent Soul supreme elder of Immortal Eclipse Valley used the sword array to force back three Nascent Souls of the demonic path, even cutting off one of their arms in the process.
And the sword curtain in front of him also quietly informed him just what sort of terrifying potential the Five Element Sword Array possessed.
If he could learn it…

He started to walk away.
Eclipse Yuan watched in shock and puzzlement as Qin Yu flew up into the skies.

….

Pill Crucible tightly frowned.
He muttered, “What nonsense! Who told you that you could cultivate the Five Element Sword Array?” This young junior-apprentice brother of his didn’t seem happy unless he was stirring up a mess.
Not only did he go to the Pill Disposal Department but now he even had thoughts of the Five Element Sword Array.

Could something like that be casually messed with? If he wasn’t careful he could lose his life!

Qin Yu cupped his hands across his chest.
“Why does senior-apprentice brother have to question me? Just tell me how, that’s all I need.”

Pill Crucible angrily waved his hand, annoyed.
“Of course you can’t…” But as he faced Qin Yu’s eyes, he couldn’t speak out the words he wanted to say.
He coldly humphed again and again before sitting down in an angry huff.
“You brat, you were just in seclusion and now you want to anger me to death.
You want the Five Element Sword Array right? Then I’ll tell you just what sort of trap it is!”

The Five Element Sword Array was an inheritance passed down from ancient times.
It was unknown what era it originated from and it was similarly unknown who created it.
When it was made public, it once created a tremendous stir.
The combined power of the Five Element Sword Array possessed infinite might.
It made one invincible amongst the same realm, and with it one could easily leap realms to fight.
But soon the Five Element Sword Array was destroyed by all factions and was no longer passed down.

This was because even if a multi-attribute cultivator were to spend endless time and effort and learn the Five Element Sword Array, they still wouldn’t be able to gather the five elements as one and utilize the sword array to its full potential.

To gather five elements as one, one needed five different magic power sources to simultaneously pour out five different types of magic power.
Each source needed to become as one, communicating and coordinating perfectly to achieve this.
Simply put, a person needed to cultivate five Golden Cores of five different elements to truly accomplish this!

Once, there was a great cultivating faction that chose the most outstanding juniors of their generation and assigned each one to cultivate their own sword element.
They hoped to form a five-man sword formation, but in the end they didn’t succeed.
As for those five disciples, they missed out on the best cultivating period of their lives, eventually ruining their future prospects.

Cultivating this alone was hopeless and the five-man formation had failed.
If it were only referencing the mysteries of the Five Element Sword Array, then it would have been a good source of knowledge and wouldn’t have needed to be destroyed.
But, the key problem was that it was simply too exquisite a technique.
Many disciples harbored thoughts of perceiving it as they looked through it, but in the end they plunged themselves into the depths of its mysteries and were unable to remove themselves.

And, the higher one’s martial talent, the easier it was to fall into the trap of perceiving it.
It was simply a massive bottomless hole that was destroying the most outstanding disciples of every faction! At this time, the various factions flew into a rage and joined together to destroy this technique!

Pill Crucible coldly sneered.
“Are you scared now? My Immortal Eclipse Valley’s Five Element Sword Array is just a relic that an ancestor inadvertently obtained from a wandering cultivator.
Even with the skill of our ancestors they still weren’t able to cultivate it, so they transformed it into a great valley-protecting array formation.
You little brat, you’re a bit smart and those that love falling into the trap of the Five Element Sword Array are exactly like you!”

Qin Yu had a dignified expression.
He lowered his head, quiet.

Pill Crucible thought that Qin Yu had been frightened.
His expression relaxed a little, but he still seemed stern.
“You are young, so you should understand how great and vast this world is.
You’ve seen how tyrannically powerful the Five Element Sword Array is, so don’t walk down that path.
Use this as a lesson.
After this, don’t think about these things too much.
In this world, free meat pies do not fall from the sky, so don’t even think about those fancy dreams where you soar up in a single move.
Honest and proper cultivation is the only way to go!”

Qin Yu cupped his hands together.
“I will sincerely remember senior-apprentice brother’s teachings.”

This was the first time that Pill Crucible had taught this young and wily junior-apprentice brother of his a good lesson.
He smiled in satisfaction and smirked.
But just as he was about to laugh, Qin Yu’s next words nearly caused him to pull off his beard!

“I ask that senior-apprentice brother grant me the Five Element Sword Array.”

He still hadn’t given up!

This old man had used so much saliva, and yet it was all wasted!

Did Qin Yu not know that this old man was the wealthiest person within the entire Southern Empire and Northern Dynasty? Just a single minute of his was worth tens of thousands of spirit stones! His time was extremely expensive!

Pill Crucible’s eyes popped up in rage.
Brat, you are a little bastard, completely hopeless!