When Chi Yao gave the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword to Zhang Ruochen, Zhang Ruochen only knew that the sword was made of a special material that was exceptionally sharp and powerful. However, he had never thought that it was actually forged from the Divine Iron of Creation.
When Chi Yao had obtained the Divine Iron of Creation, she must have created two swords, giving one of them to Zhang Ruochen and leaving the other one for herself.
Such a precious divine sword, why did Chi Yao give it to him?
Could it be because of love?
Since it was love, why did she later kill Zhang Ruochen with her own hands?
It was really puzzling.
Instantly, Zhang Ruochen’s mind floated with thousands of thoughts and became even more confused.
Lu Tiantian stared at the broken sword in Lu Xuan’s hand and said suspiciously, “Little sister, you’re looking at it wrong! This is the Blood Dripping Sword?”
“Of course it’s not the Blood Dripping Sword.”
Lu Xuan rolled her eyelids and added, “Legend has it that the Blood Dripping Sword, with a body as white as jade and containing divine essence, was able to devour the blood of human beings and savage beasts to enhance the sword’s grade. Later, it was tainted with the blood of hundreds of millions of people and transformed into a blood-red divine sword. With the current power of the Blood Dripping Sword, as long as it is sheathed, blood clouds will emerge in the sky for ten thousand miles around.”
Lu Flipping Sky was even more puzzled and said, “You just said that in the entire Kunlun Realm, only Empress Chi Yao had obtained a piece of Divine Iron of Creation, which was forged into the Blood Dripping Sword. Now, how did another sword cast from the Divine Iron of Creation appear? Moreover, it’s still a broken sword. You’re not going to look away, are you?”
Lu Xuan’s fingers gently touched her chin and said, “I also have some suspicions …… But, the material of this broken sword is exactly the same as the description of the Divine Iron of Creation in the Artifact Codex.”
“Legend has it that when Empress Chi Yao cast the Blood Dripping Sword, she summoned ten of the most powerful artefact refiners of the Kunlun Realm at the time, and at the Sun and Moon Heavenly Ponds, she went through eighty-one days before casting it successfully. At that time, the old ancestor of our Divine Sword Holy Land was also one of those ten refiners. Since that’s the case, then I’ll bring this broken sword now and go see Tai Gong, perhaps his old man will know some secrets.”
Lu Flipping Sky nodded and said, “Indeed, we should report to the Great Duke.”
Afterwards, Lu Tiantian’s gaze was fixed on Zhang Ruochen again, his heart becoming even more curious, could it be that he was neither a student of the Martial City Palace nor a disciple of the Taijiquan Dao, but someone sent by Empress Chi Yao?
Lu Xuan took the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword with her and prepared to return to the Divine Sword Holy Land, when suddenly, she stopped, turned around, and asked, “Hey! What’s your name? Also, tell me the line of poetry you said earlier along with it, I’ll ask it for you.”
“Zhang Ruochen.”
Zhang Ruochen recited a line from the poem and said, “People in the deep forest do not know, the bright moon comes to shine on them. Thanks a lot, girl.”
“I’ll just call Lu Xuan! Hehe!”
A string of wind chime-like laughter rang out, after which, Lu Xuan made a few dodges and disappeared into the Spirit Mountain.
Lu Flipping Tian remained standing in place, staring curiously at Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Zhang Ruochen. Why have I never heard of this name before, with your strength, you shouldn’t be so unknown. Is this your real name?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “There’s no need for me to use a fake name, with the power of the Divine Sword Holy Land, it’s a breeze to find out my identity.”
Lu Flipping Sky nodded and added, “Your strength isn’t weak, it’s just a pity that your cultivation realm is still a bit short, if you were to really fight, you might not be able to catch ten moves from me.”
In front of an expert like Lu Tiantian, there was simply nothing to hide, and if one wanted to hide it, they couldn’t. With that one move exchange just now, Lu Flipping Tian already roughly knew the level of Zhang Ruochen’s realm.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen also roughly guessed the strength of Lu Flipping Tian, who was indeed quite a formidable opponent.
Earlier, when Lu Xuan said that he could rank in the top ten of the young generation of the Eastern Domain, it was probably not a lie.
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Divine Sword Holy Land, Jade Holy Spirit Mountain.
Jade Sacred Spirit Mountain was the first of the eighteen Spirit Mountains. The master of the mountain was named Lu Huaiyu, known as the “Jade Saint”.
The Jade Sage looked like he had grey hair, his face was full of gullies, he was in his eighties or nineties, and his body was so thin that the shape of his bones could be revealed. However, his eyes were as bright as two stars, capable of holding infinite wisdom and emitting eternal light.
At this moment, the Jade Sage was holding the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, and his entire body was incredibly excited, his hands were trembling, and his mouth recited:
“People in the deep forest do not know, the bright moon comes to shine upon them.”
“The people of the deep forest do not know, the bright moon comes to illuminate each other.”
……
After reading three times in a row, Yu Sheng calmed down the excitement in his heart, placed the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword on top of the stone platform next to him, and stared at Lu Xuan with an expectant look, saying, “What is that person’s name? How old is he? Besides this poem, what else did he say?”
Lu Xuan knelt in the centre of the holy temple in a regular manner, slightly raising her head to look up, it was the first time she had seen the old ancestor so excited.
One must know that the old ancestor was a Saint, someone who had already lived for over four hundred years.
How could he be so excited?
Next to her, Lu Xuan’s grandfather, Lu Jingyuan, and her great-grandfather, Lu Chongyu, were also kneeling in the middle of the holy hall, looking very respectful.
Seeing Lu Xuan’s delay in answering the old ancestor’s words, Lu Jingyuan immediately glared at her and said in a low voice, “Xuan’er, the old ancestor is asking you a question, what are you frothing for?”
Lu Xuan shivered and immediately reacted, kowtowing on the ground and hurriedly said, “Reporting back to the Old Ancestor, that person’s name is Zhang Ruochen, about twenty years old.”
When the Jade Sage heard the three words “Zhang Ruochen”, his brows frowned slightly, revealing a thoughtful expression, and a moment later, as if he had thought of something, his face changed, “How could it be this name? How could ……”
The Jade Sage’s eyes revealed a wise light as he asked again, “Where is he now?”
“Right at the Sword Monument.”Lu Xuan said.
The Jade Sage said, “Immediately invite him to the Jade Sacred Spirit Mountain, be sure to receive him well and not be slow.”
He seemed a bit uneasy, then added, “Lu Chongyu, go and receive him. Remember, try not to let outsiders see, and bring him directly to me.”
After Lu Chongyu left, Lu Xuan and Lu Jingyuan also walked out of the holy hall.
Lu Xuan spat out her tongue, somewhat puzzled, and said in a low voice, “Grandpa, what exactly is that kid’s origin, the old ancestor actually let Tai Gong personally go to pick him up, his face is too big!”
Lu Jingyuan’s face was serious as he said, “Xuan’er, this person’s origin, I’m afraid it’s even bigger than we imagined, just now the Old Ancestor has already secretly transmitted a message to me, so that I can’t spit out a word to the outside world.”
Lu Xuan grew her mouth, revealing an unbelievable expression, in her mind, she recalled Zhang Ruochen’s figure again, her heart was a little mushy, and she muttered in a low voice, “Apart from being a little bit handsome, there doesn’t seem to be anything remarkable about him.”
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A few moments later, under Lu Chongyu’s leadership, Zhang Ruochen arrived at the Jade Sacred Spirit Mountain’s Sacred Hall and met the Jade Sage, Lu Huaiyu.
Lu Chongyu retreated, and in the Sacred Hall, only Zhang Ruochen and the Jade Sage remained.
The Jade Sage carefully sized Zhang Ruochen up for a while before asking after a long time, “Are you the person sent by Ming Tang?”
The Hall of Ming, a force created by the old part of Emperor Ming at the time, like the Moon Worshipping Demon Cult, had always been active in the Kunlun Realm, fighting against the rule of Empress Chi Yao.
It was only that the forces of Ming Tang were mainly spread out in the nine states of the Middle Earth, and their forces in the four major domains of the East, South, West and North were relatively weak.
That was why the Ming Hall’s influence in the Eastern Domain was not that strong.
Although Zhang Ruochen had not come into contact with the people of Ming Hall, he knew of its existence, and after the Jade Sage asked this, he was not surprised.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I’m not someone from the Hall of Ming.”
The Jade Sage said, “If you are not a person of the Hall of Brightness, why do you know that line of poetry?”
Zhang Ruochen glanced upwards, the old man sitting above him was not his Sixth Senior Brother Lu Yuanzhi, so he was still defensive in his mind and did not dare to reveal his identity easily.
Zhang Ruochen pondered for a moment, slightly arching his hand, he said, “The late generation has something difficult to say, there are some words that I will only answer when I see Senior Lu Yuanzhi.”
The Jade Sage frowned slightly and said, “Lu Yuanzhi was the grandfather of the old man, don’t you know that his old man passed away three hundred years ago.”
“What? He has …… passed away ……”
Although, Zhang Ruochen had expected this outcome, but hearing the Jade Sage say it himself, his heart was still very sad.
Eight hundred years had passed, it really was a sea of change, even saints would die of old age.
The Jade Sage added: ”Now, I am the master of the Divine Sword Holy Land, if you have anything to do, or have something to say, tell me directly. Perhaps, Old Husband can help you as well.”
Zhang Ruochen naturally couldn’t tell the Jade Sage because, he only trusted his sixth senior brother, Lu Yuanzhi.
Other people, were they trustworthy?
What happened back then had happened too strangely, and even Zhang Ruochen’s favourite person had personally killed him with a sword, so what other people could be trusted?
Now, Chi Yao had already ascended to the throne for 500 years, and the court was as powerful as ever, sweeping away the Six Heavens and ruling over the Eight Directions, so how could Zhang Ruochen dare to casually reveal his identity?
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath, once again bowed his hand and said, “Late generation, I just came here to cultivate my sword, nothing else.”
A few disappointing looks appeared in the Jade Sage’s eyes as he gazed towards the broken sword, then smiled, “I take the liberty of asking, from where did you obtain this broken sword?”
Zhang Ruochen calmly replied, “I discovered it in the Martial Market of the Yunwu County Kingdom, and at that time, I felt that it was made of special materials, so I purchased it. Later, many master refiners were hired and were unable to restore it. I heard that the Divine Sword Holy Land was a sacred place for refining weapons, which is why I came to visit Master Lu without any knowledge of the sky, wanting to ask for Master Lu’s help in repairing the sword. But I didn’t realise that Master Lu had passed away three hundred years ago.”
The Jade Sage said, “In other words, before that, you didn’t know that this sword was forged with the Divine Iron of Creation?”
“That’s right.”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Jade Sage smiled and said, “Back then, the Divine Sword Holy Land also participated in the casting of the sword, and regarding the Divine Iron of Creation and this sword, the old man knows some hidden secrets. Are you interested in knowing?”
Zhang Ruochen knew that the Jade Sage was deliberately testing him.
