That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

Chapter 8 Sword Tomb

Lin Zhifeng took the storage bag and found that it contained more than a thousand low-grade spirit stones.

He asked in confusion, "Senior Brother Lin Jun, what is this?"

Lin Jun said, "This was found on that scoundrel Mingyue. With his monthly salary, there's no way he could have so many spirit stones. I initially thought it was evidence that you bribed him, but I was wrong. Since he tricked you out of it, let's return it to its rightful owner!"

Lin Zhifeng feigned reluctance, saying, "How could I possibly accept this?"

Lin Jun said dismissively, "It's just a little money, what's there to be embarrassed about? Just take it when I tell you to, don't talk nonsense to me."

Lin Zhifeng cupped his hands and said, "Then thank you very much, Senior Brother!"

Lin Jun said, "Don't be so polite! The sword selection is in a couple of days, so you'd better prepare well, or you won't be able to choose a single sword, and then you'll be crying!"

Lin Zhifeng chuckled and said, "Okay, thank you for reminding me, Senior Brother!"

Lin Jun felt rather awkward from his repeated thanks, so he stood up and said, "It's alright, I'm going back. Remember, that Mingyue is no good. No matter how much he begs you, don't accept him." With that, he left with his men.

Lin Zhifeng sent Qingfeng to rest, then opened the system panel to check, and sure enough, the side quest had also lit up with the "complete" button.

He clicked "Done" and gained another bit of luck points.

The system's electronic voice sounded again: "Master, you now have more than ten points of luck. You can consume ten points of luck to activate the Koi skill. This skill will grant you even more luck bonuses. As your skill level increases, you will find yourself becoming increasingly lucky."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhifeng realized that the luck bonus was an incredibly powerful buff. In the past, when he played games and opened chests or searched for equipment, he would always get good items if he had a luck bonus; and later on, when upgrading weapons and equipment, he would specifically buy items that increased luck to improve the success rate.

Generally speaking, such lucky items are very expensive and extremely rare.

How could we miss out on such a great opportunity?

Lin Zhifeng chose to activate this skill without hesitation.

The system received the command and activated this passive skill for Lin Zhifeng.

Lin Zhifeng discovered that this skill could be upgraded. He was currently at level one, a Little Koi, with a 10% luck bonus. The higher the level, the more luck points were required. Reaching the next level, Little Koi, required 100 luck points, increasing the luck bonus to 20%. The third level, Ordinary Koi, required 1000 luck points, with a 30% luck bonus…

Lin Zhifeng thought to himself: It seems that I'll have to do more quests in the future, even if it's just for this luck bonus!

The system happily said, "Master, that's exactly it. This skill is amazing! You'll see its benefits when you go to the Sword Tomb to choose a sword in a few days."

Lin Zhifeng said, "It's only a 10% increase in luck, it can't be that significant, can it?"

The system cheerfully replied, "Yes, yes! You'll see when the time comes."

Lin Zhifeng shrugged. "Okay, let's hope so."

A few days later, Lin Zhifeng received a message from Ding Mo. The message stated that they should meet at the forbidden area at 7:00 AM on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, as Ding Mo was taking him and Lin Jun to the Sword Tomb to choose swords.

Lin Zhifeng had been eagerly anticipating the sword selection ever since the last swordsmanship lesson. With nothing happening, he had assumed Ding Mo had forgotten about it. Now, looking at the date and time, he realized that choosing a sword required picking a specific day.

The next morning, Lin Zhifeng arrived at the entrance to the forbidden area. Before long, Lin Jun arrived with a group of his men. Because of what happened last time, the two of them, unusually, didn't exchange insults as usual, but instead greeted each other politely.

Ding Mo arrived at Chen Shi (7-9 AM).

Upon arrival, he didn't waste any words, simply nodding to Lin Jun and Lin Zhifeng and saying, "You two come with me." After saying that, he took the lead and walked into the forbidden area.

Lin Zhifeng and the others quickly followed.

The gate to the forbidden area is secured; ordinary people cannot enter without a token.

Lin Zhifeng followed Ding Mo through the gate and discovered that inside was a special barrier, completely separated from the outside.

This was the first time for both Lin Zhifeng and Lin Jun, and they couldn't help but look around curiously. Ding Mo, however, didn't stop until he reached the depths of the barrier.

Lin Zhifeng and his companion saw Ding Mo wave his sleeve, and somehow opened another barrier concealing the Sword Tomb.

The Sword Tomb, the most mysterious place in the Sword Sect, was thus revealed to the two of them.

This sword mound perfectly reflects the frugal style of the Sword Sect—to put it simply, it's a towering stone wall covered with spirit swords. Between the swords, many unique patterns are drawn on the wall. Lin Zhifeng didn't quite understand them, only knowing they were a kind of rune array used to nurture and maintain the spirit swords.

Beneath the massive stone wall lies a spiritual vein of the Sword Sect. A continuous stream of spiritual energy nourishes these spiritual swords.

Lin Zhifeng was amazed when he saw this, and he began to understand why the Sword Sect was so poor. These spirit swords were like money-devouring beasts and ghosts!

Putting aside unimportant thoughts, Lin Zhifeng carefully examined these spirit swords.

He discovered that most of the spirit swords here had already developed sword spirits. Therefore, each spirit sword appeared to be shrouded in a cloud of spiritual energy.

Although the spirit swords are now completely submerged in the stone wall, with only the hilts sticking out, the different attributes of each spirit sword can still be roughly discerned through the emanating spiritual energy.

For example, a spirit sword enhanced by fire element will have a faint red glow; one enhanced by ice element will be enveloped in a thin white mist; and one enhanced by wood element will have a faint green glow...

Lin Zhifeng and Lin Jun were busy observing the scenery when Ding Mo spoke up, "According to the Sword Sect's rules, Golden Core cultivators can choose a spirit sword at a height of ten zhang or less from the Sword Tomb."

Lin Zhifeng asked, "Uncle-Master, what grade are these spirit swords under ten zhang in length? Could you please tell us about them?"

Ding Mo had been in charge of the selection of swords for Golden Core stage sword cultivators for many years, but this was the first time he had encountered someone asking him a question here.

People in the past didn't know everything. They either did their homework beforehand, researching relevant information, or consulted their elders to get a general understanding. Of course, there were also those who didn't make any preparations and truly knew nothing, but they didn't dare to ask themselves questions.

Lin Zhifeng is quite different today.

Ding Mo said, "It's a long story. If you want to know the details, you can go to the sect's library to look it up yourself. I will only give you a brief introduction today."

Lin Zhifeng said with bright eyes, "Please speak, Uncle-Master."

"Most of the spirit swords in the Sword Tomb that are less than ten feet long are low-level spirit swords, with a few being mid-level spirit swords. Most of these spirit swords already have sword spirits. You choose the sword, and the sword chooses you. You can take the one you can draw."

After listening to his explanation, Lin Zhifeng felt that he hadn't really said anything, and thought to himself that he should go back and look it up himself. However, he politely said, "I've learned a lot, thank you, Uncle-Master!"

Lin Jun then interjected, "Lin Zhifeng, stop dawdling and let's get started."

He was naturally reminding Ding Mo, but Lin Zhifeng stood obediently and didn't respond.

Ding Mo said, "Lin Jun, you go and choose first!"

Lin Jun had been looking forward to this moment for a long time. He walked happily to the stone wall and began to examine the spirit swords from top to bottom.

Lin Jun has a fire elemental root, so he naturally needs to choose a fire-attribute spirit sword.

He released his spiritual power and sifted through all the spirit swords under ten feet tall, finding that there were only a few dozen fire-attribute spirit swords.

It's hateful that although these spirit swords have sword spirits, they don't know that Lin Jun is the elder's son, and they refuse to make an exception for him.

Let's rely on our own strength and see which one we choose!

Lin Jun is an impatient person; he wants to do things quickly and decisively.

Once he made up his mind, he actually went and tried to pull out those fire-attribute spirit swords one by one.

After trying them all, they finally managed to pull out only a basic spirit sword.

This sword is named "Blazing Fire." Its former owner was a Nascent Soul sword cultivator. The sword had only recently become a sword spirit when its owner perished. The sect nurtured it in the Sword Tomb for many years, until a sword cultivator with a fire spirit root finally arrived, but whose aptitude was only average.

The previous owner of "Blazing Fire" failed to break through after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, and it seems likely that he will suffer the same fate again. However, staying in the Sword Tomb in a semi-dormant state for decades, even hundreds or thousands of years without any progress makes "Sword" even more desperate.

So when everyone else rejected Lin Jun, Liehuo decided to step in.

Who cares? Let's go out and have some fun for five hundred years first!