Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 793: Bad luck

Chapter 793: Bad luck

"Have you heard? The Kunlun Immortal Palace has a great Artifact Refiner who's handing out top-tier spiritual artifact flying swords for free!"

"You must be dreaming! How could something like that possibly be true?"

"I didn't believe it either at first, but my junior brother actually got a flying sword! With his level of skill, he can't even control it properly, so he just hangs it on his waist to show off! Now he's flaunting it everywhere. Think about it—if even a weakling like him can get one, it's very likely true!"

"Holy crap, you've got a point! Let's go, we're heading to the Kunlun Immortal Palace to check it out!"

Similar conversations spread throughout the Ascender sects within the Hua region of Earth Star.

Originally, no one would believe such a fantastical tale, but they couldn't ignore the fact that more and more Ascenders were bringing back top-tier spiritual artifact flying swords.

And not just one sword per person, but two or three each.

This naturally led even more Ascenders to head to the Kunlun Immortal Palace to seek swords.

Chen Huaian had set up a table on the thousand-zhang stone steps of the Kunlun Immortal Palace, with Hua Jin the True One standing to the side, her face full of heartache.

Giving away the swords was Chen Huaian's idea, and the swords belonged to Chen Huaian. He had the authority to dispose of them, so she could only watch helplessly as fine swords were handed out one after another beyond the Kunlun Immortal Palace.

She had initially tried to persuade Chen Huaian not to give them all away, suggesting it would be better to keep them within the Kunlun Immortal Palace or for his own use.

But Chen Huaian had just one sentence—When poor, look after yourself; when prosperous, care for all under heaven!

Anyway, there were so many swords that the Kunlun Immortal Palace couldn't possibly use them all. Wouldn't it be a waste to just let them gather dust in the warehouse?

Better to use these swords to buy goodwill, to get all the Ascender sects to join forces against Chen Niu.

Hearing this, Hua Jin the True One could only fall silent, having nothing more to say.

To make his sword-giving act seem less deliberate, each time before handing out a sword, Chen Huaian would secretly ask the sword-seeker a question.

Only if the seeker's answer satisfied him would he give them a sword.

"If your mother and I fell into the water, who would you save first? Assume neither your mother nor I have any cultivation."

The Ascender being questioned was stunned for a moment, then immediately replied, "I would definitely save you first, Senior Chen! You and my mother might not have cultivation, but I do! Saving you first and then my mother would be completely doable!"

Chen Huaian smiled and nodded. "What a filial son! Here! A sword for you!"

That Ascender, holding the shimmering, treasure-gleaming sword, couldn't contain his excitement. He hopped and skipped away.

The next Ascender stepped forward. Chen Huaian looked him up and down a few times, then asked, "If your father and I fell into lava, and neither of us had any cultivation, who would you save first?"

"Of course, my father!"

"Haha! So filial! Here's a sword for you!"

...

Chen Huaian felt like an emotionless sword-dispensing NPC.

No matter what question he asked or what answer the Ascenders gave, he would randomly hand out one or two swords.

Yet even so, there were still many flying swords left from this restock.

Since he couldn't give them all away, Chen Huaian decided to use them himself.

When the time came, he would pretend he was no match for Lin Fan, and all the flying swords behind him would be swept away by Lin Fan's Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect technique. Who could possibly suspect him then?

Just thinking about that scene made him want to laugh.

"You've all received your swords, so This Venerable One will say just one thing—Celestial Jade Marrow is a supreme treasure of heaven and earth, meant for those of virtue. However, the Demon Immortal avatar of the Great Thunder Temple is cruel and lawless. He has laid an inescapable Heavenly Net trap in advance at the site of the Celestial Jade Marrow eruption, attempting to swallow all the Celestial Jade Marrow for himself alone."

"Everyone, do you think it would be a good thing for us Ascenders if a demonic force obtained so many resources?"

At the entrance of the Kunlun Immortal Palace, Chen Huaian's voice rang out clear and loud.

The gathered Ascenders looked at each other, their faces showing indignation one after another.

This Celestial Jade Marrow was a resource their sects had dreamed of for ages. Obtaining just one piece would mean they'd basically never lack cultivation resources again.

Originally, the fight for the Celestial Jade Marrow was just a matter between the Kunlun Immortal Palace and the Great Thunder Temple.

But now everyone knew that the Great Thunder Temple was actually a group of demonic fiends hiding under the guise of Buddhist cultivators.

If the Celestial Jade Marrow ended up in the hands of the Kunlun Immortal Palace, the human path could still flourish forever.

But if it fell into the hands of demonic fiends, who knew if this world would turn into a dead land overrun by a demonic horde once all the Wells of Heaven opened completely?

They had originally grown numb, unwilling to get involved in the struggle for the Celestial Jade Marrow.

However, now that they had taken the swords Chen Huaian gave them, whether due to the inflated confidence from their increased power or out of gratitude for Chen Huaian's gift, these Ascenders felt their fighting spirit rise once more.

This time, their fighting spirit wasn't directed at the Kunlun Immortal Palace, but entirely at the Demon Immortal avatar, Chen Niu.

"We absolutely cannot let Chen Niu get the Celestial Jade Marrow!" someone shouted, raising an arm.

A chorus of agreement rose from the crowd.

"That's right! Even though we aren't disciples of the Kunlun Immortal Palace, we are all human! How can we let demonic fiends take the resources of heaven and earth?"

"Fight Chen Niu to the death! We must not let Chen Niu seize the Celestial Jade Marrow!"

Roars and shouts joined together, creating an impressive show of momentum.

However, Hua Jin the True One wasn't very optimistic about these Ascenders.

"Senior, right now they're shouting fiercely enough, but when they truly face Chen Niu, perhaps a single glance from him will make their legs go weak. Forget about helping you defeat Chen Niu and seize the Celestial Jade Marrow. I'm wondering, among these Ascenders, will even thirty percent be able to muster the courage to swing their swords at Chen Niu?"

She didn't voice the second half of her thought, but she knew Chen Huaian understood what she meant.

—It's not worth giving such precious artifact flying swords to these guys who won't be of much use.

"No matter." Chen Huaian pretended not to know, his expression serious. "We human cultivators have always lacked that vital fighting spirit. The fact that they can now unite to oppose Chen Niu already satisfies This Venerable One greatly. As long as we vanguards don't mess up when the time comes, morale won't collapse."

Seeing that she and Chen Huaian weren't on the same wavelength, Hua Jin the True One could only sigh inwardly and drop the subject.

"Help This Venerable One calculate Chen Niu's location. Right now, with everyone's morale soaring, it's the perfect time to set out."

Hearing this, Hua Jin nodded. She took the Array Disk and began calculating with her fingers.

She wasn't just calculating Chen Niu's location; she was also divining the fortune, good or ill, of this attempt to seize the Celestial Jade Marrow.

As she murmured incantations, invoking the secrets of heaven, a clump of soil gradually coalesced on the Array Disk, followed by a drop of water condensing behind it.

"Earth molded into a mountain, water on the mountain's shady side, the mountain ridge facing south, the main peak to the north..."

"This place is... Mount Taihua?!" Hua Jin the True One frowned.

Mount Taihua wasn't too far from Kunlun. Who would have thought Chen Niu had actually gathered both the Celestial Jade Marrow and the four Demon Sealing Pagodas at Mount Taihua?

This Demon Immortal could alter Earth Veins. Such an action wasn't just about setting bait to attract the variable.

She continued her calculations. Gradually, a bloody aura condensed on the Array Disk. A chilling coldness surged from the soles of her feet straight toward her heart meridian.

Hua Jin the True One's vision went dark. A mouthful of old blood sprayed onto the Array Disk, staining both the soil and the water drop completely red, making the entire disk appear even more bloody and ominous.

When she regained her senses, she saw the bloody aura had coalesced into a coiled blood dragon on the disk, its cold eyes fixed intently on her.

"Earth Veins turning into baleful energy... Extremely inauspicious!"

Hua Jin the True One's scalp went numb. She stared blankly at the blood dragon, her lips trembling, her pretty face deathly pale.

Moreover, it seemed the baleful energy wasn't just coming from Chen Niu and the Earth Veins. There was something else mixed in.

Within the bloody aura, she saw darting Sword Qi, and even the shadows of some foreign individuals.

Was the struggle for the Celestial Jade Marrow this chaotic?

The next second, a hand pressed down on the blood dragon and crushed it with a squeeze.

It was Chen Huaian.

"Inauspicious? What inauspicious?" Chen Huaian gave a light laugh. "Let us act, and show that Chen Niu who the truly fearsome one is!"

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A response regarding the single chapter update: I've come down with gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhea. I've been getting IV drips recently. I'll resume normal updates as soon as I feel a bit better.