Chapter 514 - The Divine Map and Natal Swordcraft Techniques
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Su Mo's vision changed again and then found himself in a grand hall.
When his figure appeared in the hall, Su Mo felt his body became heavy. A strange force sealed his cultivation, and he could not use his Vital Spirit at all.
"What's happening?" Su Mo was shocked. He hurriedly shook his swollen head and started looking around.
It was an empty hall made of stone. A stele with numerous ancient words engraved on it stood in the center of the hall.
Above the stele, a 33-meter-long giant picture scroll suspended itself in the air. It was a painting about a beautiful world, with vast mountains, rivers, and lakes.
At this moment, Xuan Feng and Hong Qingxuan were standing before the picture and gazing at it. Their willpower flowed into the picture like a flood.
"Brother Su Mo, you're here!" Hong Qingxuan exclaimed as soon as he arrived.
"What? How can he be so fast?"
Upon seeing Su Mo's arrival, Xuan Feng's expression changed suddenly. He had not expected that Su Mo would pass the second test so quickly.
Hong Qingxuan had arrived 15 minutes after Xuan Feng, and now Su Mo had came in another 10 minutes.
"Qingxuan, what is this picture?" Su Mo strode forth and asked in confusion.
"Brother Su Mo, it is a Spacial Device called Divine Map. It took elder Ou Lianzi hundreds of years to craft. There was another world in it, also the Legacy of Ou Lianzi. As long as you can get the picture, you'll get his Legacy." Hong Qingxuan said excitedly.
"What?" Su Mo was astounded. He was not excited about the legacy, but the picture itself.
"Another world?"
"Such a treasure exists?"
Su Mo was thrilled. If he could obtain this 'Divine Map', he would have his own Small World!
He could carry his family and all Firmament Sect members into the Divine Map with him. They would not be afraid of the Cold-blood Hall anymore!
"Qingxuan, how do you obtain this map?" Su Mo ignored the reward in his Mind from Ou Lianzi and asked hurriedly.
"Brother Su Mo, this is the third test." Hong Qingxuan sighed. "You have to get your Mind involved into this map so that it will reckon you as its owner. But there was a special formation set on it, and the formation keeps spreading out a special strength which blocks the spiritual consciousness and Mind from the formation. I've already failed 100 times!"
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"Oh! I get it!"
Su Mo then immediately released his spiritual consciosness, which was then shattered by the strange force 16 meters away from the Divine Map.
Su Mo frowned and started to look into the map.
He found out that the strange forces on the map were streaks of transparent strings, which were placed closely and numerously together like a maze, surrounding the entirety of the scroll.
Moreover, the strings were shifting directions constantly.
If he wanted to enter the map with his Mind, his consciousness would have to go across those strings and pass through the mazes.
"Magnificent!" Su Mo was amazed by this delicate method. Ou Lianzi was indeed an Imperial craftsman.
This was obviously a test for a martial artist's command of their willpower!
If the command of willpower was not strong, the Mind and the spiritual consciousness would crash once they touched the force of the strings and would fail to enter the Divine Map.
"Qingxuan, don't give up. Let's do this!" Su Mo said deeply and combined his Mind into his spiritual consciousness, which then also turned into a string and traveled toward the maze.
"Humph! There're only two hours left, you don't stand a chance!" Xuan Feng snorted in disdain.
Xuan Feng looked worse for wear. He also yearned for the Legacy inside the map, yet he had failed more than 200 times.
This made him angry and helpless!
Xuan Feng's eyes flashed. He did not think that Su Mo could make it since both he and Hong Qingxuan had failed.
However, he somehow hoped Su Mo succeed because if that happened then...
"Two hours?" Su Mo grew serious. He would be sent out the place if he could not succeed within two hours.
He took a deep breath and tried to control the string of his spiritual consciousness and Mind so it could cross the maze. However, the transparent strings shifted so quickly that Su Mo's string was shattered again at a distance of 16 meters.
"It's difficult indeed!" Su Mo was frustrated, but how could he give up?
This time, he did not release his Mind directly. Instead, he closed his eyes to feel the rhythm of the maze-like shifting strings of forces, trying to figure out their shifting frequency and pattern.
Only by understanding the pattern could he be able to succeed. Otherwise, he would never get through the maze, not even if he tried ten thousand times.
While he investigated the labyrinth as it's power changed, Su Mo took a look at the information that had flown into his mind.
Su Mo looked forward to the reward from an Upper Imperial Craftsmanship Grandmaster.
After investigating some, Su Mo became incredibly shocked.
It was a huge amount of craftsmanship knowledge called the Natal Swordcraft Techniques.
The Natal Swordcraft Techniques could craft the Natal Spiritual Sword, the highest grade of the Spiritual Swords!
The Natal Spiritual Sword connected to it's user's Mind, and its power grew with their cultivation progress without limits.
The Natal Swordcraft Techniques were not invented by Ou Lianzi alone. It was the most powerful swordcraft technique from ancient times, which was improved by Ou Lianzi to make it easier for matial artists to control.
Su Mo was completely thrilled because he had never expected Ou Lianzi to reward him with such a long-lost swordcraft method.
He could craft his own Natal Spiritual Swords with this in the future!
Under a given command from his Mind, the Spiritual Sword would fly out and cut off the enemy's head thousands of miles away. The thought alone made Su Mo excited.
Moments later, Su Mo managed to restrain his excitement—now was not a good time to study the Natal Swordcraft Techniques.
Focusing again, Su Mo sat down cross-legged and started to feel the shift of the strings of force around the Divine Map.
Time was slowly lost. Su Mo had been sititing there for half an hour.
Xuan Feng and Hong Qingxuan did not give up. They tried again and again to lead their Minds across the maze, failing continuously.
At this point, Xuan Feng started to be anxious as he had stayed there for almost one hour.
When his time came, he would be sent out from this place and lose the Divine map and Ou Lianzi's Legacy.
"Brother Su Mo, what are you doing! Give it a try!"
When he saw Su Mo sat still with his eyes closed, he suddenly became furious at Su Mo.
