Chapter 27: Southern Forbidden Land, Xuanyin Forest

I finally managed to create Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, but the phenomenon seems a bit too grand. Su Yu could already feel people rushing towards this location.

This place is not suitable for prolonged stay. Su Yu transformed into a long rainbow and vanished from the mountaintop.

Not long after Su Yu left, sure enough, people arrived at the place where Su Yu had created the Cultivation Technique. Subsequently, more and more people continuously arrived at the mountaintop.

All of them were powerful Sword Cultivators. The mountaintop still retained an endless amount of Sword Intent that had not yet dissipated.

Everyone guessed that this was not the emergence of some Sword Dao treasure, but rather a peerless Sword Immortal comprehending sword techniques.

As it stands, the Sword Intent remaining on the mountaintop alone is enough to greatly benefit Sword Cultivators, deepening their understanding of the Dao of the Sword.

Those with outstanding talent might even be able to comprehend Sword Intent from it. This place is now an excellent treasure trove for Sword Cultivators.

What Su Yu didn't know was that not long after, this peak where Su Yu had once created Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, would be known to the world as Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.

Countless Sword Cultivators flocked to it, hoping to comprehend Sword Intent, and it was later called one of the Ten Great Sword Cultivator Treasure Lands by future generations.

Su Yu returned to the Sect. For over a year, he had rarely returned to the Sect, spending most of his time continuously perfecting Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.

During this process, his comprehension of the Dao of the Sword deepened, and his Sword Domain had already stepped beyond the scope of Sword Intent, reaching the level of a Sword Domain.

Only after possessing a Sword Domain did he realize how vast the difference between Sword Intent and a Sword Domain was. Now, dealing with his former self would be effortless.

His Sword Domain encompassed almost all attributes of Sword Intent in the world. Originally, when a single Sword Intent reached the realm of a Sword Domain,

the wielder of the sword would unleash their Domain, which would often form a scene related to their attribute.

Within the Sword Domain, his Sword Dao power would be greatly enhanced, and he could also suppress those with lower Sword Dao comprehension than himself.

Sword techniques performed within the Sword Domain would receive an enhancement from the attributes of heaven and earth.

For example, when you use a water-attribute Sword Domain, a Domain entirely of water will be generated; for fire-attribute, it will be a sea of fire.

However, depending on the individual and their strength, the Domains generated by Sword Domains of the same attribute will have some differences.

If there are two attributes, a scene of ice and fire will be generated.

But Su Yu was different; his Sword Domain encompassed everything. He could have an invisible Sword Domain, which, when unleashed, caused no scenic changes, or he could have a water-attribute Sword Domain.

As long as he wished, he could generate various Sword Domains, not limited by attributes. He could also generate a Sword Domain where hundreds of Sword Immortals in the sky worshipped him, or a Sword Domain of a ruined Sword Tomb with ten thousand broken swords.

However, with his identity as Passerby A, he would not use such a thing in front of everyone. It was enough for him to know it himself.

Subsequently, Su Yu returned to his daily life.

Su Yu's daily routine consisted of reading books and fishing. But this life didn't last long; when he held his sword, he always felt something was missing.

At this point, he knew what was missing: a Sword Spirit. Although Sword Nine's rank was already very high, it was still missing a crucial step: the birth of a Sword Spirit.

The birth of a Sword Spirit is extremely difficult; achieving this condition might be much harder than imagined.

However, Su Yu still wanted to accomplish it. During this time, he conducted extensive research.

To allow a sword to give birth to a Sword Spirit, in addition to the master's Qi it absorbed through constant companionship, it also needed to integrate innate dark iron and absorb the essence of the sun and moon.

The most important step is to find the legendary innate spirit. This innate spirit is born of heaven and earth, and no one knows where it will appear.

Nor do they know where the innate spirit will be born.

Generally, a mature innate spirit is not the best for forging a Sword Spirit; those that have just been born are, but these are even harder to encounter than the former.

This made Su Yu troubled for a moment. "Sigh, what should I do?"

"Never mind, I'll gather the other conditions first and slowly search during the process. There will always be an opportunity."

Without further ado, Su Yu prepared to leave Xuan Tian Sect again.

This innate dark iron is also difficult to obtain, as it grows in extremely Yin places. Each region has a Forbidden Land.

The Forbidden Land Su Yu was heading to this time was the Dark Yin Forest in the Southern Region.

In the Dark Yin Forest, Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators who enter will surely die, only those in the Golden Core Stage are qualified to enter.

If Su Yu felt the situation was wrong, he would immediately flee, but based on his current strength, there should be no problem.

However, Su Yu dared not be 100% certain of safety; there might be some unforeseen changes.

Su Yu was not in a hurry to enter the Dark Yin Forest to search for things. Instead, he planned to inquire about the situation in a nearby city before making any decisions, to see if there was any useful information.

Upon arriving in the city, Su Yu did not display his usual cultivation this time. He raised his outwardly displayed cultivation to the Middle Golden Core Stage.

This is because most of those who can live near the Dark Yin Forest are Cultivators, most of whom are at the Foundation Establishment Stage, with quite a few in the Golden Core Stage.

After Su Yu's investigation, there were also two Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators in this city, but they all seemed to be in the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

His Golden Core Stage cultivation was enough; he wasn't living there.

He was there to do business, and without cultivation, it would be difficult to conduct affairs here. Having this Middle Golden Core Stage cultivation made things much more convenient.

Subsequently, Su Yu arrived at the Market in the city.

Upon arriving, he heard vendors shouting, "Yin demon's inner core, excellent Materials!"

"Dark Iron, Dark Iron, good Materials for forging! Don't miss it as you pass by!"

Various treasures were being sold here, many of which were obtained from the Dark Yin Forest.

At this moment, Su Yu came to the stall selling Dark Iron and asked the boss, "Boss, I'd like to ask, who is the most skilled person in selling Materials or forging in your city?"

He then took out two Spirit Stones and handed them to him.

The vendor immediately beamed with joy. "You've asked the right person! The most skilled in forging here are the people in the Forging Tower. Their chief forger can be called a Grandmaster of forging! No one understands Materials better than him!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu headed to the Forging Tower.

As for that Dark Iron, although it also had the two characters 'Xuan Tian', there was a world of difference between the two.

Arriving at the Forging Tower, he heard the continuous sounds of forging coming from within.

Su Yu investigated and found the chief forger of the Forging Tower, then approached him.

However, he was in the middle of forging, so Su Yu didn't speak to disturb him, but waited for him to finish before asking about things.

Su Yu observed the old man's forging skill. He had not reached the level of a forging Grandmaster, only Advanced forging.

At this moment, the old man finished forging and looked at Su Yu, "Your Excellency, may I ask what you need from me?"

Su Yu said, "I apologize for the sudden visit."

Yang Tian waved his hand, "Are you here to commission a forging? Or something else? Just say what it is."

"Then I'll be direct. Does Your Excellency know about innate dark iron?"

Yang Tian exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this, "What? innate dark iron? This is a rare material! Does Your Excellency possess innate dark iron?"

"Not at all. I came here this time to inquire about the whereabouts of innate dark iron."

Yang Tian shook his head, "Then I might have to disappoint Your Excellency. I do not know the whereabouts of innate dark iron."

"However, someone might know the whereabouts of innate dark iron. There's a rumor of an old man living in the Dark Yin Forest who knows most of the affairs of the Dark Yin Forest."

"He might know the whereabouts of innate dark iron."