Chapter 18.3 - Shuang Ren (Frost Blade)

After sending Li JingHua to her room, Li XinWen went into his room and the first thing he did was to take out the rusty jian. "Time to reveal your true form, hmm?" Li XinWen said as he injected his spiritual force into the sword. The sword shook lightly in his hand and soon, the rust on the sword turned to dust and its beautiful design could finally be seen.

The sheath was white with silver and black fittings, and upon closer inspection, one can see that each design was made with care. The guard of the sword and its pommel was a matching colour of silver. The black handle was smooth to the touch and as soon as Li XinWen pulled the blade out, he couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship of the sword. Just below the guard, on its blade, Li XinWen noticed the characters that were carved on it read Shuang Ren (Frost Blade).

"... But how could treasures such as this and the cauldron end up in this lower realm?" Li XinWen couldn't help wondering as he sheathed the jian. Then he glanced at his palm where LanYu was currently. "And you too. Surely before me, you had your master."

As if responding to him, LanYu sent out a stream of warm spiritual energy, which made Li XinWen chuckle. "Right, since you're already in this state, then your previous master is long gone. I'm your new master now. Tomorrow, I'll check out that place where Rui-ge got you so we can see if we can recover those parts you're missing. As for you..." Li XinWen eyed the jian in his hand. His heart was itching to try it out but he was afraid that it might cause a huge commotion within the Li household.

"I'll bring you over to Mr. Min's place on the weekend. No, wait... I don't think that's a good idea. I need to be wary of that expert who put the seal within Mr. Min's mind..." after the betrayal of a fellow sect member back in Long Xing, Li XinWen became more distrustful when it comes to a fellow cultivator. Min XiaoYu was alright since he's stronger than the other, but when it comes to the expert that put the seal, he can't help but be cautious.

Li XinWen let out a heavy sigh before placing the Jian on the table. "I guess I'll just have to wait until the apocalypse," he murmured in a soft voice before he went to his bed. He laid down on the soft mattress and started to look through the original's memories. He sifted through everything, absorbing all the knowledge within the memories. By the time he was done, he looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was past midnight. "Hua-jie should be in deep sleep by now, right? Time to see what traumatized her so much."

As soon as he said this, Li XinWen sat up cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes. He sent out his spiritual energy towards Li JingHua's room and easily entered her mind. Then, he manipulated the spiritual energy to play out the memories of Li JingHua's past life.

Back in LongXing, memory search was one of the most dangerous techniques for cultivators. If not done carefully, it can cause mental damage to the one whose memories are being searched. But the main cause for that was because cultivators would instinctively resist the memory search, causing the seeker to expend more force to get what they want.

Memory search can also be used as a form of mental attack, but this kind of attack is like a double double-edged blade and almost none of the cultivators would risk doing it.

Fortunately, mortals have no way of resisting this technique so Li XinWen can easily extract the memories out of Li JingHua. He picked a timeline at random and let his consciousness enter the memories so he could get a glimpse of what Li JingHua experienced.

'I'm sorry, Hua-jie…I promise I'll erase this nightmare when I leave, so you won't remember ever dreaming about it…' Li XinWen thought, feeling a little guilty. But he still wanted to know how he could better help her.