Chapter 57

Thus, after all of that was done, Zhou Yan had seemingly felt a unique spiritual essence emanating from the tiny golden dagger, this had caused him to resonate some energy from his soul, as the young lad was instantly connected with that mysterious spiritual essence.

As this entire process was taking place, not a single person was even remotely aware of what had been transpiring. Zhou Yan was the only person that was able to sense what was happening.

After this scene had taken place… Zhou Yan could very clearly feel that this dagger had formed a connection with his heart as a mark of his soul was branded onto the dagger.

And at the same time, Zhou Yin too had felt something. She was also able to feel the peculiar energy emanating from the dagger. However, she paid very little attention to it, she had instead picked up the dagger and was observing it closely, like a little child picking up its favorite toy.

This curious and naively innocent expression of hers had made his heart grow ever so slightly in love with the young lass even by Zhou Yan’s nature,

Although Lil’ Yin was not as stunning as Ning’er and lacked the temperament Feng Lingqing had, however, she was innocently adorable, the extremely adorable persona was expressed through her personality.

Upon facing such a young lass, anyone would be tempted to take a huge bite on her face… In all honesty, every time Zhou Yan laid his eyes on her, he would recall the incident when he was little and had closely inspected her pink tender slit, thus causing him to resist the urge to grow closer with her in order to prevent him from ever losing control.

As the young lad was reflecting upon his memories, he somehow felt that someone was staring at him. Without even looking, he knew it was Zhou Lingyi who had been focused on him.

This young lass was the genius demon of the Zhou family… and now ironically, she was focused on the young lad.

As the young lad reflected on his past, he had unknowingly bid farewell to the naive foolish young lad he once was, as he felt he had grown to be a much more grounded and mature lad.

“Alright now, Zhou Yan, Zhou Yin. The both of you should follow me to meet up with the lord of the household. Zhou Lingyi and Zhou Yao, you guys could wait here for a moment, there will be some pupils to come get you both settled in a few moments.”

“Yes, Elder.”

Thus, Zhou Yan and everyone around him bowed with respect toward the elder as they replied in unison.

…

The main branch of the Zhou family was astoundingly massive!

This was the first thought that came to Zhou Yan’s mind.

Elder Zhou Xing transformed into a ray of Blade’s Light as he brought Zhou Yan with him to fly across a great distance. However, even if they were traveling from the complex to the Tower of Souls, it was baffling since they had not arrived yet!

Zhou Yan noticed countless idly standing buildings in a messy arrangement in a huge courtyard, and each of these buildings had its own Swordplay Alchemy protecting it!

This huge display of power had completely shocked Zhou Yan who was already in possession of the ancient sage’s collection of knowledge.

Thus, the Blade’s Light of Elder Xing had flown for six whole minutes before arriving at a giant palace.

This was an enormous glimmering palace of crystal, at the exterior of such majestic palace was surrounded by a variety of Swordplay Alchemy, this formed an indescribable majestic aura, under such a display of majesty, none could avoid staring at such a beauty.

With Zhou Yan’s massively powerful soul, a single glance by him had completely stunned him upon staring at the building. He was unable to recover from it for half a day!

The enormous sword that was present in his soul was slightly reverberating, this had caused a massive amount of spiritual energy to flood into his body. Hence, the young lad had finally found his purpose under such a majestic display.

“Not bad, to be able to recover in such a short span of time, truly a top tier genius!”

Elder Xing praised.

It was only at this moment that Zhou Yan began looking around every corner of this building with a curious look. Thus, he noticed Zhou Ying who was standing by his side was still under an unimaginable trance.

Upon witnessing such a situation, Zhou Yan had grown cautious of everything around him. It seemed to him that if anyone was to blindly explore any location in this family, they would die without knowing the exact cause of death.

As the young lad pondered, Zhou Ying was blinking repeatedly as if she was confused and lost. However, the gaze of her eyes began to light up as she stared at Zhou Yan with a confused and puzzled look. She said, “Brother Zhou Yan, have I made a mistake again, to cause everyone to worry about me?”

“No, the aura in this place was just too overwhelming, it had suppressed our souls, this was also due to the fact that we are unfamiliar with this place, hence we were overwhelmed by it the first time we lay our eyes upon it. The next time would be better.”

Zhou Yan explained.

“Yes, that would be good. As long as it was not a mistake is absolutely fine.”

Zhou Ying breathed out a sigh of relief as she gently patted her chest, causing her majestic peaks to bounce around a little.

Any maidens who had undergone training would in most cases develop their bodies well, especially their breasts, most of the time it would morph from a very soft state into a comfortably firm state. This alone is a blessing to all men in the world.

Zhou Yan could not hold back his temptations to grope that young lass as flames of lust were burning spectacularly in his eyes.

Under such stares, Zhou Ying’s face began blushing heavily, as she too felt the intense flames of lust in her. However, she said in her heart that her Brother Zhou Yan was not behaving seriously now.

“You would make mistakes? Could it be the inheritance of the bloodline in your branch who was merely known as ‘the mad’?”

After merely walking for a couple of steps, Elder Xing stopped walking in a sudden moment as he questioned Zhou Ying with a puzzled look.

Zhou Yan was able to feel the surprise and awe from his eyes!

“Yes indeed, it has a weird effect of causing one’s body to increase in size…for a maiden, it would be ugly for a maiden. It has always terrified me to end up like that, since if that was the case…It, it would be inhumanly embarrassing for me, and at the same time, I too would look inhumanly ugly.”

Zhou Ying was behaving in a slightly coquettish manner. To any young lass, if their bodies had grown bigger, they would resemble an ugly muscular lad, perhaps it would not bother someone else, however, Zhou Ying had never fancied this change, thus, this had haunted her and had become her crux in her heart.

“The main thing about this entire situation is still related to one’s bloodline. There is a saying from your branch that people from your bloodline would possess the Heavenly Spirit Blade’s Core, however, if you had mutated into an Emperor’s Blade’s Core and at the same time having the Heavenly Spirit Blade’s Core in your possession, this entire worry of yours would be solved completely.

“There is another benefit from that, since if you are able to awaken a twin Blade’s Core, then you could potentially become an incredibly powerful foe to master the Twin Soulblade.

“Twin Soulblade…along with a twin Qi Column, then, you would be able to break the heavenly laws! You would have the possibility of becoming a true spiritual genius!”

Elder Xing’s words had slightly stunned Zhou Yan.

The title of a true genius was given when one is unable to face an opponent three realms above and was capable of shattering the shackles of an entire realm. A person like this would be formally addressed as ‘Holy Lord X’

A true spiritual genius, on the other hand, was capable of shattering the shackles of three realms and was also capable of leaping across the walls of one major realm. A person like this would be formally addressed as ‘Spiritual Lord X’

A spiritual genius had not been present in the records of an entire millennia. Hence, Elder Xing would be extremely emotional to think about such hope.

“So that’s the case. Then in the name of the preservation of my beauty, I shall train hard and master the twin soulblade!”

Zhou Ying replied in a serious manner!

As Zhou Yan heard these words, he cracked a bitter smile.

At this very moment, the young lad had realized what exactly was the twin soulblade, hence he had now known why exactly did the Lady of the Snow-Jaded Palace would scoff at his claims of the ‘soulblade of three’.

A single Blade’s Core was the very foundation of a Blade’s Soul.

Twin soulblade would require two Blade’s Core! Zhou Ying had hopes of manifesting the Emperor’s Blade’s Core, and now it seemed, she possessed the Heavenly Spiritual Blade’s Core at birth, and it’s potential had not been awakened yet. It seemed if she was baptized in the Blade’s Cardinal Pond, she would have awakened a twin Blade’s Core by then.

In addition to her Twin Qi Column…this alone was a terrifying natural gift.

The young lad on the other hand? Zhou Yan was unsure of what kind of Blade’s Core he had in his possession since he was completely left in the dark in these matters, all he knew about these was absolutely nothing.

However, the only thing he was certain was the Qi Columns he had in his possession was four segments each, this alone had exceeded the very foundations of the Emperor’s Blade’s Core, at the very least, he was in possession of a Blade’s Core even more powerful than an Emperor’s Blade’s Core!

“Alright then, we shall hurry now, we would not want to keep the lord himself waiting.”

“Yes indeed.”

…

Within the interior of the grand palace, there was a variety of Swordplay alchemy surrounding the inner chambers. Clouds of colors were manifesting at the very top of the grand palace.

The moment Zhou Yan and Zhou Ying had arrived at this spot, the very center of this majestic grand plaza was filled with various scholars who were wearing an array of colorful spiritual armors.

These people were seemingly in their youths, however, almost everyone’s aura was as experienced and aged as Elder Xing. It seemed unpredictably heavy and deep.

Amongst these people was a young lad they had seen earlier, he was sitting on an extremely tall seat. This man’s appearance was exactly the same as the enormous specter they had seen earlier, judging from the looks of it, he seemed like the lord of the family.

At the bottom right corner from where he was seated, stood a menacing lad clad in black battle armor. He was emanating a ferociously terrifying aura from his body.

This lad had a head full of long black hair. The tone of his hair was as dark as ink. His long black hair was draped on his shoulder, as an aura of sinister undertone was emanating heavily from his body.

This lad was like a blade, he stood idly by as if a godly sword had been unsheathed. There was an indescribable menace coming from that lad’s body.

Zhou Yan had not unleashed his soul’s detection ability as he stood on the same spot, unmoving, However, as his gaze landed on that lad, that lad was already staring at Zhou Yan in an instant!

This gaze was predatory in nature, there was no hint of humanity from such a gaze! It seemed there was a slumber godly deity that was sealed within his body, if that lad had unleashed any form of attack, the very heavens and earth itself would shatter.

This man was inhumanly terrifying!

Zhou Yan trembled slightly in his heart, as he had grown cautious to such a person!

Even if the young lad had unleashed all of his trump cards, he would not even be remotely close to be a match for that man!

“I, Elder Zhou Hexing, had brought along two incredible pupils in possession of twin Qi Columns each with two segments. These pupils are as follows, Zhou Yan and Zhou Ying. We are humbled by your grace, our lord.”

As Elder Xing spoke, he had taken a step beforehand by bowing humbly before ending his statement as a form of respect.

“I, as your pupil, Zhou Yan is humbled by your grace my lord.”

“I, as your pupil, Zhou Ying is humbled by your grace my lord.”

“Very well, the both of you may step forward.”

That menacing young lad spoke with a coarse elderly voice, it seemed in exception to his appearance, everything else in his body had aged.

However, a man like this had an indescribable aura of pride without the need to display his wrath. This alone would cause anyone to feel uncomfortably tense.

“Yes, my lord.”

With Elder Xing’s lead, Zhou Yan had not caused a scene in this place, even Zhou Ying was behaving quite obediently.

“Zhou Yan, Zhou Ying, the both of you should go through the same test again, to show every single elder here.”

The Lord of the main family spoke casually, however, there was an irresistible menace to his speech.

With a single wave of his hand as he spoke, a peculiar rock carving of a maiden manifested itself at the very center of this palace.

This was even more terrifying than the peculiar rock carving from earlier, similar to before, the eyes of this peculiar carving of a maiden was also hollowed out.

Since the lord of the main family had spoken, Zhou Yan and Zhou Ying could not do a thing to resist him, thus, they proceeded to carry out the test immediately.