When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 198 : Gentleness and Cold

198: Gentleness and Cold

This longsword was slightly narrower than the Yue Maiden Longsword, its entire body semi-transparent as if cast from ice crystals. It was crystalline clear, able to refract the surrounding light. Within it, water element fluctuations seemed frozen, yet the blade edge was exceptionally sharp, reflecting a cold, soul-piercing gleam.

Heavy, elongated, terrifyingly sharp. Just holding it, Yuyin could feel the ancient power within, like a sorrowful river frozen for a millennium.

"Ding, High-Grade Spirit Artifact detected. Tears Exhausted, Sky Clear, a longsword for Sword Immortal maidens."

"High-grade... Spirit Artifact? For Sword Immortal maidens?" Hearing the female will's notification, Yuyin's chest tightened.

"Spirit Artifacts are a tier above Law Artifacts. Their power far surpasses what Law Artifacts can match," the female will explained.

"A tier beyond Law Artifacts? And a High-Grade one at that?" Yuyin had never even touched a High-Grade Law Artifact. Who would have thought that the treasure Rain Concubine passed down would be a High-Grade Spirit Artifact? And a longsword perfectly suited for her?

This size... was it truly a longsword for Sword Immortal maidens? Yuyin couldn't help but imagine those ancient flying immortals of legend, soaring through azure skies with ribbon-like sleeves dancing among the clouds, longswords in hand...

I am just an ordinary woman, yet because of Senior's inheritance, I can wield a weapon used by true immortals of legend?

Yuyin felt the sword's weight and extraordinariness even more strongly. If Gui Ji weren't present, she would have been unable to resist kissing the long hilt.

She loved it dearly, filled with admiration. After all, could a mortal woman like her truly be worthy of such a weapon? Since Rain Concubine had entrusted this immortal weapon to her, she would prove herself worthy. Yuyin's heart was resolute.

"This sword is truly beautiful, but that cold aura it emanates is a bit unbearable..." Beside her, Gui Ji hugged herself, legs pressed together in an inward stance, shivering uncontrollably.

Yuyin removed her Yue Maiden Longsword and slung the scabbard of Tears Exhausted, Sky Clear across her shoulder. It fit perfectly into the thin strap there. She sheathed the sword. The scabbard itself was a treasure; it exerted a force that naturally drew the blade in, not like mundane longswords that were difficult to draw and sheath.

The sword slid in, its sharpness contained. Yuyin left her Yue Maiden Longsword behind, placing it on the offering stand before Rain Concubine's altar.

"Senior said this sword and an inheritance in this wooden box were left for me." Yuyin's gaze fell on the small black wooden box beneath the sword stand.

She placed her hand on the small wooden box. It had a lock carved with a raindrop. Yuyin infused it with Primordial Energy bearing the sense of rain. The raindrop on the lock glowed and clicked open with a soft sound.

Yuyin opened the box and found a key inside. It was black, ordinary in shape, yet slightly elegant and delicate.

But when she picked it up, she discovered the key had no weight at all, lighter than a feather. No matter what light it was placed in, it reflected nothing, like a silhouette of ultimate blackness.

"What kind of key is this? Let me see..." Gui Ji's voice trembled. "D-don't worry, I know you obtained this inheritance through your own efforts, and you saved my life. I won't ask to share it. I doubt the Rain Concubine Goddess would allow it anyway. I just... so many Ghost Clan warriors sacrificed themselves. I want to see..."

"Alright." Yuyin handed the key to Gui Ji.

But the moment it touched her hands, it was like handing her a mountain. With incomparable, terrifying weight, the key instantly fell from Gui Ji's hands. Yet when it hit the ground, it made no sound.

Gui Ji was shocked and frantically tried to pick it up. But she found that even using both hands with all her strength, she couldn't lift it no matter what.

Yet when Yuyin bent down, she lifted it gently with just two fingers.

"This key is truly incredible. I wonder what place it opens? Is it some mechanism within this tomb?" Yuyin looked around but found nowhere to use the key.

At that moment, Rain Concubine's voice and the ancient female will within Yuyin spoke almost simultaneously.

"This is the key to the place I, Rain Concubine, can never forget."

"Ding, key to the Dream-Devouring Immortal Palace detected."

"That brief time flows eternally in my memory. If only I could go there once more..."

Yuyin focused for a moment, recalling what both voices had said.

"A place Senior Rain Concubine once briefly visited, yet never forgot..."

"The Dream-Devouring Immortal Palace?"

Holding the key, Yuyin felt somewhat dazed. What kind of place was it? Named an Immortal Palace, it must be extraordinary indeed. Even Rain Concubine spoke of it with such reverence and longing.

Even the female will, who treated everything with such indifference, called the Dream-Devouring Immortal Palace a great opportunity?

"But where is this so-called Immortal Palace?"

"Ah... one moment of spring night, one dream of the Immortal Palace, unforgettable for all time..." At that moment, Yuyin could still hear Rain Concubine's sigh echoing through the tomb chamber.

This black key had no weight. It had to be kept on her person, or she might lose it without noticing. Where should she put it?

Right then, Gui Ji beside her suddenly collapsed.

"Gui Ji? What's wrong?" Yuyin rushed over and caught her, feeling her body ice-cold and trembling.

This tomb chamber was far colder than outside. It was a cold that penetrated to the depths of the soul. Combined with Gui Ji's severe Primordial Energy depletion from battle, she could no longer endure the cold.

"Cold... Yuyin... I'm cold... so cold..." Gui Ji's face was pale as she shivered.

Yuyin looked around. Those torches were all ghost flames. There was no place to get warm. Everywhere was ice-cold. Only... she herself wasn't cold.

Yuyin wasn't affected by the cold aura at all. In fact, from the intense battle earlier, she was slightly sweaty. Her youthful body still radiated feminine warmth and vitality.

Yuyin pulled Gui Ji into her embrace. Gui Ji's trembling face buried into Yuyin's deep, soft chest. That warmth wasn't just temperature, but also the primal power of will and life itself.

Held so tightly, Gui Ji's trembling eased considerably. Gui Ji's body was cool and delicately soft, but Yuyin didn't mind. Her body's heat continuously flowed into Gui Ji.

Yuyin lifted Gui Ji's top and pulled her short skirt down slightly. She extended her slender fingers and pressed her palm against Gui Ji's Purple Source Palace. Circulating spirit water within her, she transmitted a warm Source Spirit Essence into Gui Ji.

Gui Ji, who had been losing consciousness, gradually regained her senses. Once awake, she felt the warmth of Yuyin's chest even more intensely and buried her face deeper into it. Her ice-cold small hands also pressed tightly against it, unwilling to let go.

Yuyin felt slightly embarrassed, but with Gui Ji's life at stake, how could she care about such things? Her face flushed pink. Instead, she indulged Gui Ji's clinging affection, gently patting her back encouragingly and holding her tighter.