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Chapter 719: Chapter 138: Acquired Dao Embryo, Layman Challenge (Two in One)_2

“Your sword.”

Li Hao handed the green-edge sword back to Lin Qingyue and said, “About this sword, if you want to learn it, I will draw it for you later.”

At this point, he was already exposed, so he simply stopped disguising his intentions and spoke openly.

Hearing Li Hao’s words, Lin Qingyue came back to her senses, looked at the green-edge sword that had just demonstrated its power, then raised her eyes to the young man’s cheeks. She bit her lip slightly and said,

“So, you were just making excuses when you talked about my posture and external appearance problems earlier.”

Li Hao immediately thought of the previous instances when he had pointed out and commented on her arms and waist among other areas, and couldn’t help but give a wry smile and awkwardly said, “Not exactly, there was indeed a consideration from an aesthetic perspective.”

Lin Qingyue bit her lip and looked at him, not speaking, but her eyes seemed to speak, as if saying, “Do you think I would still believe you?”

Li Hao coughed lightly, his gaze shifted to her abdomen where the wound had healed. The surface wound had closed, but the immense Dao power inside was no longer detectable.

He said softly, “Can your Dao Embryo still heal?”

Mentioning the Dao Embryo, Lin Qingyue’s eyes dimmed, and she shook her head slightly, “The Dao Embryo is inherently born, once destroyed it cannot be healed.”

Li Hao looked up at the Sword Master in the high sky, who had already approached the Sword Saint and the elders. His gaze flickered, wondering if the Sword Master would be willing to help and whether she could help Lin Qingyue to reconstruct her Dao Embryo.

While Li Hao was pondering, the Sword Master also looked at Li Hao and beckoned, “You two, come over here.”

Li Hao was slightly stunned, feeling as if the Sword Master had seen through his mind. He immediately said to Lin Qingyue, “Let’s go, let’s see if the Sword Master can help.”

Mentioned the Sword Master, a glimmer of hope appeared in Lin Qingyue’s eyes. She nodded and followed Li Hao to the presence of the Sword Saint and the Sword Master.

“Greetings to the Sword Master, Sword Saint, and all the elders.”

Li Hao bowed.

Lin Qingyue also bowed her head in salute.

The Sword Master looked at Lin Qingyue, his smile fading, and he sighed lightly, glanced at the Sword Saint, and remained silent.

Although he had not observed the battle closely, as a Saint who could perceive the heavens and the earth, merely from subtle clues, he had already deduced what had transpired.

Regarding the Sword Saint’s tacit approval, he had no other thoughts than a sigh.

He was too familiar with the other party and was not surprised.

“Sword Master, Qingyue’s Dao Embryo has been destroyed, I wonder if you could help reconstruct it?” Li Hao asked hopefully.

The Sword Master shook his head slightly and said, “The Dao Embryo is an innate entity. Even we cannot help reconstruct it, unless the Dao Heavenly Vine can be found to cultivate the Dao with its essence. However, this item is rare, found only under a Supreme Saint and generally not given to outsiders. Even the favors of Saints do not work for it.”

Li Hao was taken aback, while Lin Qingyue’s face turned pale.

“Senior, may I know who this Supreme Saint is?” Li Hao asked again.

Hearing Li Hao’s words, clearly not giving up, the Sword Master felt somewhat helpless and said,

“He is the Source Saint, one of the earliest Saints from the Land of All Saints, who has taught thousands. He excels in cultivating disciples, among whom three have become Saints. Nowadays, he is engrossed elsewhere and is hardly seen.”

Li Hao’s eyes revealed a flash of surprise. Was this the power of a Supreme Saint?

Lin Qingyue tugged at his sleeve and shook her head slightly, “Don’t bother. Having no Dao Embryo isn’t that bad, I can still practice cultivation.”

Li Hao looked at her, knowing that requesting the Dao Heavenly Vine from the unseen Source Saint had little hope, especially since even the favors of Saints were of no use, let alone his own.

“Though the Dao Embryo cannot be reconstructed, I have a Condensing Dao Skill which, once mastered, can also condense additional Dao Power within the body. It is not comparable to the Dao Embryo, but it is still much stronger than ordinary people,” told the Sword Saint to Lin Qingyue.

Lin Qingyue’s eyes dimmed. She had heard of such skills but knew they were not comparable to the Dao Embryo.

However, now that she had no Dao Embryo, she had to settle for the next best thing.

Li Hao’s eyes flickered, glancing at Lin Qingyue’s abdomen, which was now empty, yet with his current understanding of the Sword Dao, if he could reconstruct the Dao Embryo that would be good, but without it, perhaps it might even be better to leave it empty.

However, he planned to discuss this with Lin Qingyue later.

The Sword Master said to Li Hao, “I called you over because they want to know your thoughts.”@@novelbin@@

The Sword Saint’s gaze also settled on Li Hao, intently asking, “With your age and talent, you will participate in this edition of the Supreme Genius Battle, won’t you?”

Li Hao had heard about this event from Lin Shanhai before; it was a contention that impacted many geniuses across the Thirty-Three Realms. This current dispute for the Holy Land was merely to select participants for the Holy Land, and the winner, who would top the Thirty-Three Realms as the Supreme Genius, would receive the Incense Fire sufficient to become a Saint instantly!

Such a great opportunity naturally attracted countless contenders.

Li Hao had access to Great Yu Incense Fire, but he would need to stay in the Land of All Saints for three hundred years, or around three thousand years in the Mortal World, to accumulate enough Incense Fire to become a Saint.

Although Li Hao could take other paths, choosing the Ritual Path to Saint Ascension, since acquiring the Great Yu Incense Fire, he was rather inclined to try traversing all three paths.

Now that he had reached the Final Realm in the Power Passage Realm, and his Divine Power had transformed into pure Divine Blood, not only could he pursue the Ritual Path to Saint Ascension, but he could also pursue the path mentioned by Ying Xiaoxiao, the Extreme Path to Saint Ascension!

Combining all three paths might just be the most complete method.

Yet among these three paths, the Incense Sainthood, which was the easiest for others, turned out to be the most troublesome for Li Hao.

After all, Incense Fire required actual accumulation.

While the Extreme Path to Saint Ascension, on the other hand, was relatively simpler, as it only required enough disasters to convert the souls and killings.