Heart
The only sound in the wilderness was the breeze. Nameless Swordsman’s sword bounced off Yuan Jian’s sword in the exchange. It seemed to be Nameless Swordsman’s loss since Yuan Jian still had his grip on his sword. Though Yuan Jian watched Nameless Swordsman, the latter didn’t look back. Instead, Nameless Swordsman called his sword back, wrapped his sword up and descended to return to Yu Die.
An explosion of sword qi went off, with Yuan Jian as the epicentre. The sword qi wiped out all living organisms within three hundred square metres of Yuan Jian. Yuan Jian plummeted into shrubs below, life rapidly fading before his eyes.
Mu Yu was too focused on his own world that he missed out on the results. Nameless Swordsman didn’t distract Mu Yu as the latter could cause irreversible damage as a consequence. If Mu Yu couldn’t save Yu Die, that didn’t help.
Nameless Swordsman acted as Mu Yu’s sentry until the golden orb was seen on the horizon. Unfortunately, Yu Die woke up. Nameless Swordsman shook his head to gesture for her not to disturb Mu Yu. He helped her move to a shady spot and continued waiting. Heart bleeding to see his lover’s coughing intensifying, he hugged her and anxiously watched Mu Yu.
As the golden orb climbed higher and bloomed, Nameless Swordsman’s anxiety surged. Alas, Mu Yu was still in his own world. By the time the sun started to bid farewell from the west, Yu Die could no longer remain conscious. Nameless Swordsman fed her his last life extension pill, but it could only grant her a few more hours at best.
“Can’t we proceed without him?” Nameless Swordsman asked Xiaoshuai for the third time.
“No,” replied Xiaoshuai, wagging his tail in frustration.
Mu Yu still couldn’t figure out how to execute the nine techniques simultaneously. He needed… he needed to see Feng Haochen execute Regenesis again, but that was obviously wishful thinking. Suddenly, an imposing idea barged into his mind. Though the idea was simple enough to understand, he went in circles. The idea was one strike was all that was needed to counter a technique no matter how it varied or transformative it was in nature. That was the nature of Dustfallen Mental Cultivation.
Mu Yu opened his eyes, revealing a light flitting across. He launched Shadow Splitter Sword forward. Its velocity generated whistles as it ascended so fast it scorched the air. Eventually, it impaled the rock in its path, puncturing the rock with a hole the size of an index finger. Although shattering rocks was an impressive display of might, the control he exhibited was so incredible the rock didn’t even budge or have a scratch mark. Summoning his sword back to his hand, Mu Yu inspected the hole and mused over whether or not that was a single strike.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. One strike can be delivered a myriad of ways. A myriad of techniques can be delivered as a single strike. It takes unwavering courage to deliver a single strike at maximum potential,” conveyed Nameless Swordsman.
Mu Yu jumped to his feet and noticed the setting sun. “Crap, I have to perform the operation.”
Mu Yu flinched upon turning around. It hit him that the sudden understanding came from Nameless Swordsman, who was standing there with an indifferent expression. Nameless Swordsman ignored Mu Yu’s reaction and demanded, “It’s time to begin.”
Mu Yu shilly-shallied as he looked at Nameless and Yu Die. He was grateful for the assist, so he asked again, “There is still time to change your mind if you wish.”
“Is there a need to reconsider what I have decided on?” rhetorically asked Nameless Swordsman, stripping his shirt down and looking around. “Where’d the small beast go?”
As Mu Yu joined the search, he heard, “I’m right here” from afar. Carrying a bloody heart protected in a layer of spiritual qi, Xiaoshuai jumped onto the rock Mu Yu just punctured. The second his feet made contact, the rock crumbled, so he cried, “What the hell is this rock’s deal? It cursed or something?!”
“Where’d you get the heart from?” Mu Yu questioned
with his eyebrows together.
Xiaoshuai scratched his head with his claw. He levitated the heart that was visibly beating healthily and expounded, “It came from the bloke who died yesterday. I figured we shouldn’t waste the heart when he was already dead. And so, I used my spiritual qi to prevent it stopping. Had you not come back to us, I would’ve had to give up because it won’t last much longer.”
“You killed him,” Mu Yu asked Nameless Swordsman.
“If you can’t accept it, I’m still happy to offer up my heart.”
“Let’s use that heart, then. I imagine Miss Yu Die doesn’t want to wake up to your corpse. She’s only an ordinary maiden; she needs you to take care of her.”
It took Nameless Swordsman a while to say the phrase he never said to anyone besides Yu Die: “… Thank you.”
“Let’s roll already, then,” badgered Xiaoshuai. “So, once I extract Yu Die’s heart, I’ll block her arteries using my spiritual energy to prevent her bleeding out. Mu Yu, cover all of her arteries using vitality immediately after to ensure her blood doesn’t condense. I’ll stress it again: only vitality essence you borrow will be able to maintain her blood’s state.”
Nameless Swordsman opted not to pry where they obtained the vitality from and inquired, “How can I help?”
Knowing Nameless Swordsman had to let him have his way and still bitter his spot was taken, Xiaoshuai responded, “Mr. Deer Dog, you should keep watch to keep any beast fiends or challengers from sabotaging the operation.”
While Nameless Swordsman had something to say, he decided it wasn’t worth it.
Xiaoshuai removed Yu Die’s clothing, revealing impeccable skin. Mu Yu started clearing his throat and touching his face. Xiaoshuai smacked his lips and recited, “Please forgive me. Please forgive me.”
Uncomfortable, Nameless Swordsman posed his warning to Xiaoshuai as, “Can you start yet?”
Xiaoshuai finally got on with making an incision on Yu Die’s chest . Mu Yu blew out a big breath and focused himself. With one hand on a tree and his other hand holding Yu Die’s hand, Mu Yu transferred vitality essence from the tree to Yu Die’s veins.
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