If one could be in the Sword Pavilion and train for several months, it would certainly be something that all sword cultivators would dream of.
Only, Zhang Ruochen did not dare to do so.
Although he was now at the cultivation level of Fish Dragon Fifth Transformation and had opened up a second Saint Vein, the Saint Qi in his body could only allow the change in appearance to last for five days at most.
After more than five days, it would change back to its original form.
In the Sword Pavilion, not only was there the Burial Moon Sword Saint guarding the tower, but there were also nine sword bearers. On top of that, there were also some profound Half-Saint level Sword Cultivators who were also in seclusion in the Sword Pavilion, upgrading their realms.
If, Zhang Ruochen stayed in the Sword Pavilion for several months in a row, his identity would definitely be exposed.
However, giving up this opportunity would also be a huge loss for Zhang Ruochen.
Only after deep thought did Zhang Ruochen say, “I can promise to fight on behalf of the Two Yi Sect during the Sword Discussion Conference, and I am also very much looking forward to entering the Sword Pavilion to cultivate, but I also have a condition, that is, I don’t know if you guys can agree to it?”
A joyful look appeared on Gai Tianjiao’s face as she said, “As long as your condition, is not too unreasonable, I believe that Lord Sword Saint, will definitely agree to it. Of course, before that, you must also obtain the approval of the Buried Moon Sword Saint before you can do so. Let’s go! Come with me to pay respects to the Buried Moon Sword Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen turned back once again and glanced towards the altar at the centre of the square before he followed Gai Tianjiao to ascend the White Stone Sacred Cliff and walked towards that lofty tower.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen had wanted to explore that altar to find the secrets of the Heaven and Earth Altar.
After careful thought, as long as he could obtain the approval of the Burial Moon Sword Saint, he would naturally have great opportunities in the future, so there was no need to rush.
After a recent period of cultivation, Zhang Ruochen’s “Formless and Phaseless Thirty-Six Changes” had improved again, and his control over his breath, flesh and bones, and martial soul had reached an extremely exquisite level, so as long as he was careful, he should be able to conceal himself from the Sword Saint of the Moon Burying Sword.
The Sword Pavilion appeared to be a tower, but in reality, it was an extremely powerful holy weapon, whether it was defensive or offensive, it far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.
Standing at the bottom of the Sword Pavilion, even with Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation, he had a feeling that it was difficult to catch his breath, the ancient, sacred, sharp aura was able to suppress even half saints to the point that they could only bow forward.
The door to the ground floor of the Sword Pavilion opened, and from within the door, wisps of white smoke gushed out, forming a fog bridge. In that fog bridge, there was a white, green and blue sword flying, emitting a “clattering” sound.
Gai Tianjiao bowed to the Sword Pavilion three times in a row before walking straight through the white smoke towards the Sword Pavilion.
Zhang Ruochen also bowed three times in a row and followed behind Gai Tianjiao, walking into the gate of the Sword Pavilion.
Just after stepping through the gate, all of a sudden, the scene in front of Zhang Ruochen’s eyes changed, and he actually came inside a huge hall.
The temple was in a quadrilateral shape, with a length and width of one hundred feet, and there were ten golden pillars standing vertically and horizontally, holding the temple up. On the ground, there were golden stone slabs inlaid, while the surrounding walls were made of white jade.
In the middle of the hall, there were rows and rows of bookshelves, and on the bookshelves, there were various sword scores.
“Wenxin Sword Technique.”
“Qingquan Sword Score.”
There were both paper sword scores and dan books and iron scrolls, and there were also some that were engraved on top of jade, tortoise shells, and bones, and the scripts were extremely old.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s shocked expression, Gai Tianjiao said, “On the ground floor of the Sword Pavilion, there are a total of seventy-two rooms, of which, thirty-six of them are storing all sorts of sword techniques’ secret manuals, as well as the insights left behind by all the sword cultivators since ancient times.”
“The other thirty-six rooms are quite messy, some of them are used to store the world’s famous swords, some are used to store holy intentions, some are used to store treasures that can help in the enlightenment of sword techniques, and some are reserved for the Two Element Sect Sword Cultivation’s closed-door cultivation.”
“The location we’re in now is the first room of the Qing character.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, looking towards the wall of the hall, only to see the word “Qing Yi” protruding from it.
“The space on the ground floor of the Sword Pavilion, would it be a bit too big?”Zhang Ruochen said.
If the seventy-two rooms, all of which were as huge as the first room of the word Qing, then the space on the ground floor of the Sword Pavilion would be too astonishing.
Obviously, the Sword Pavilion was a space-time treasure with a huge inner space.
Zhang Ruochen had noticed this when he stepped into the Sword Pavilion.
The reason why, he had to reveal a puzzled expression and ask it on purpose was purely because he wanted to try to pretend to be a normal person. Shouldn’t a normal person be surprised to see a space-time treasure?
Gai Tianjiao led the way in front and said, ”The Sword Pavilion is certainly more than just a tower, and right now, the location we are in is only the first layer. The space on the second layer is several times more massive than the first layer.”
Zhang Ruochen felt carefully and realised that the flow of time on the first level of the Sword Pavilion was also a little different from the outside world.
Two days passed in the tower, while only one day passed in the outside world.
Of course, only Zhang Ruochen could notice such a change in time.
“No wonder the General Forum of Taiji Dao and the three great clans want to seize the Sword Pavilion, just the time change in the Sword Pavilion is enough to make a superpower’s strength, within a hundred years, increase by a large margin.”
Right now, just the first layer of the Sword Pavilion was twice as long.
What if it was the second layer of the Sword Pavilion?
What about the third layer?
Zhang Ruochen put away the thoughts in his mind and tried his best to remain calm as he followed Gai Tianjiao, arriving at the Qing character’s 18th room.
The Qing Character Room No. 18 was also a hall that was a hundred feet long and wide, and in the very centre, there was a cylindrical high platform.
At this moment, an elegant man who looked to be in his fifties, sat cross-legged on the top of the high platform, wearing a purple shirt with extremely fair skin, and using a purple-gold casting dao crown to tie up the purple hair on his head.
Just by sitting cross-legged above, he completely sucked in the light and heat between heaven and earth, as if he was transformed into the centre of the universe, causing everything in the hall to become dark and discoloured.
This person was one of the three great Sword Saints of the Eastern Region, the Burial Moon Sword Saint.
“Greetings to the Sword Saint.”
Gai Tianjiao and Zhang Ruochen, at the same time, bowed to the Burying Moon Half-Saint.
The Burial Moon Sword Saint opened his eyes, revealing two brilliant purple pupils, and shot a glance at the two of them, then he smiled and said, “There is no need to be polite, sit down first.”
Gai Tianjiao and Zhang Ruochen split on the left and right, on top of the two futons, sitting down.
It was only at this point that Zhang Ruochen raised his head and glanced upwards towards the Burial Moon Sword Saint above him, and he couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.
Above the dao platform, there was not a person, but a mass of Qi.
The true body of the Buried Moon Sword Saint was not here.
The gaze of the Buried Moon Sword Saint was like two sharp swords as he gazed at Zhang Ruochen’s body and laughed, ”Lin Yue, this seat has heard of you, that you obtained three Ancestor Sword Intentions at the Coronation Ceremony, and when I see you today, you are indeed quite a remarkable Heaven’s Pride. No wonder, even Ancestor Taiyi appreciates you.”
Zhang Ruochen hurriedly said, “The late generation is ashamed of it.”
“A person who is too modest cannot be a sword cultivator. What a sword cultivator needs is an unrelenting sharpness, only then can he break through all the sins in the world.”The Buried Moon Sword Saint said.
Gai Tianjiao arched her hand towards the Buried Moon Sword Saint and asked, “Senior, do you think that Senior Brother Lin Yue, can he take on a great responsibility?”
“There is already no more suitable candidate than him, in this seat’s opinion, he is a man born for the sword.”The Buried Moon Sword Saint still had a smile on his face.
A human master born for the sword!
Gai Tianjiao was slightly shocked, never expecting that the Buried Moon Sword Saint’s evaluation of Lin Yue would be so high. Just such an evaluation, if it was spread out, it would be enough to make Lin Yue famous in the Eastern Region.
The eyes of the Buried Moon Sword Saint were as bright as stars as he said, “Lin Yue, are you willing to worship this seat as your teacher and represent the Two Element Sect to participate in the Sword Discussion Conference?”
If he could worship the Burial Moon Sword Saint as his teacher, in the future in the Two Element Sect, naturally, he could walk sideways, who would dare not to give the Burial Moon Sword Saint face?
The key was that Sword Saints were extremely cautious in accepting disciples and would consider many aspects.
For the Buried Moon Sword Saint to decide to take on a disciple after only meeting Zhang Ruochen once was really quite a rare occurrence. Even Gai Tianjiao was quite surprised, and really did not understand why the Moon Burying Sword Saint did this.
Zhang Ruochen was also quite surprised, however, he still immediately stood up and bowed to the Moon Burying Sword Saint, saying, ”Many thanks for senior’s generosity, it’s just that senior already has a master, so I’m afraid that I can’t pay respect to senior as a teacher. However, as a disciple of the Two Element Sect, senior is naturally willing to represent the sect in the Sword Discussion Conference, and when the time comes, he will definitely go all out to defend the Sword Pavilion.”
A cultivator, from weak to strong, could not worship only one master.
Worshiping a master was for the sake of learning.
Only by combining the strengths of a hundred schools of thought and comprehending the martial arts of each school could one go farther in the Sacred Path.
Only, Zhang Ruochen had already worshipped the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, who was on par with the Buried Moon Sword Saint. If, Zhang Ruochen were to worship the Buried Moon Sword Saint again, he would actually be disrespecting the Xuan Gui Sword Saint.
For a disciple to do so, wouldn’t he be saying that the Xuan Gui Sword Saint was not as strong as the Buried Moon Sword Saint?
Although Zhang Ruochen’s current identity was “Lin Yue”, and outsiders didn’t know that he had worshipped the Xuan Gui Sword Saint as his master, he himself would never do anything disrespectful to his master.
Unless the two masters that Zhang Ruochen was going to worship were extremely different in strength. Or, the two master teachers were in different fields with extraordinary attainments.
Only then would a cultivator worshiping different masters not be criticised by the world.
The Funeral Moon Sword Saint’s eyes narrowed, obviously not expecting that Lin Yue would actually give up the opportunity to worship a Sword Saint as his master, and he couldn’t help but smile.
In fact, if it wasn’t for Grandmaster Taiyi’s personal appearance, the Buried Moon Sword Saint wouldn’t have taken on a disciple so easily.
“This seat knows that you are the disciple of the Zixia Half-Saint, however, you should understand that if the Zixia Half-Saint knew that you had worshipped this seat as your master, he would only be happy for you, and would never be able to complain about you.”The Buried Moon Sword Saint laughed.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Before my cultivation surpasses that of my Master, I will never worship a second Master.”
Since Lin Yue refused, the Burying Moon Sword Saint stopped forcing himself and said, “So be it! It’s a good thing that you have your own persistence in your heart, sword cultivators are supposed to have such a strand of persistence.
