“What exactly happened, why are you two so excited?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
On Xun Hua Liu’s body, there were at least six sword wounds, and even the dao robe that had a certain amount of defensive power had become tattered and stained with a lot of blood, so it was obvious that he had just gone through a gruelling battle.
Nonetheless, he was all red and trembling with excitement as he joyfully said, “Boss Lin Yue, you still remember the bet with Gai Hao?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Of course I remember. What? You and Pang Long have already fought?”
Zhang Ruochen once had an agreement with Gai Hao for Xun Hua Liu and Pang Long to battle in the Sword Dao Competition. If, Pang Long won, Zhang Ruochen would give Gai Hao a holy sword.
If Xun Hua Liu won, Gai Hao would definitely promise to help Zhang Ruochen do one thing.
Looking at Xun Hua Liu’s excited appearance, one didn’t need to guess that he must have won a sparring match.
Xun Hua Liu laughed out loud and said, ”Boss, you weren’t able to see that when I defeated Pang Long, the entire arena was abuzz. Those disciples of the Supreme Clearance Palace, all of them were dumbfounded and simply couldn’t believe that Senior Brother Pang Long, whom they worshipped, would actually be defeated by me. At that time, I don’t know how many junior sisters, were calling my name wildly. This feeling, it’s simply too good!”
“In the future, I must cultivate hard with Master Black, and I will also become a top-notch powerhouse. Only a strong person can gain the respect of others and be admired by countless people.”
Zhang Ruochen patted Xun Hua Liu’s shoulder and said, “It’s also a good thing that you have such an awareness.”
Initially, Zhang Ruochen had made a bet with Gai Hao solely because he was interested in Gai Hao’s Yang Spirit Holy Body.
With the appearance of Gai Tianjiao, Zhang Ruochen realised that the difference between the Yang Spirit Saint Body and the Extreme Yang Body was really not a star.
Of course, since he had won the bet, it would be a good thing to make Gai Hao owe a favour, perhaps it would be of other use in the future.
“Boss Lin Yue, I’m going to invite the brothers and sisters of the Zhen Demon Academy for a drink tonight to have a good celebration, so you must be there.”
Xun Guihai defeating Pang Long was something he wouldn’t even dare to think about before, and now, his entire body was in a state of exuberance.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Don’t rush to be happy first, I have something to ask you guys. Do you guys know that the Xuan Gui Sword Saint has given a letter of war to the Nine Sephirotic Sword Saint?”
Seeing Lin Yue’s hindsight, Xun Guihai immediately developed a sense of superiority and said, “Of course I know. This matter, I’m afraid that no one in the entire Eastern Region knows about it. The two great Sword Saints having a life and death duel at the Sword Discussion Conference is surely a great event in the limelight.”
Mu Jiji, who was standing on the side, sighed, “It is said that the Xuan Gui Sword Saint initiated this duel in order to avenge his disciple.”
Zhang Ruochen chanted to himself, “To avenge his disciple ……”
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen had understood.
The Xuan Gui Sword Saint had placed a war order on the Nine Spectres Sword Saint, and as long as the matter was made bigger, then naturally, Zhang Ruochen, who was hidden in the shadows, would be the safer he would be.
On the flip side, if the disciple was killed and the Xuan Gui Sword Saint didn’t take a stand, only then would people wonder if Zhang Ruochen had really died?
What Zhang Ruochen did not expect was that the Nine Spectres Sword Saint actually answered the battle.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint had clearly not killed anyone, so why did he answer the battle? Moreover, he had never come forward to clarify a single word, as if he had already acquiesced that the person was killed by him.
In Zhang Ruochen’s heart, he was both touched and, at the same time, very worried.
For the Nine Pale Sword Saint to be able to become one of the Three Great Sword Saints of the Eastern Region, he was naturally not a generalist, and in the event that something happened to his master, Zhang Ruochen was afraid that he would have to feel guilty for the rest of his life.
“That disciple of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint is indeed a generation of wizards as well, not only is his talent in swordsmanship quite exceptional, but he is also able to control the power of time and space. For such an outstanding heir to be killed, even if I were the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, I would be thunderously angry.”Mu Jiji sighed.
“For the Nine Spectres Sword Saint to actually lay a harsh hand on a young martial artist, there really isn’t a shred of Sword Saint demeanour at all.”Xun Hua Liu sneered.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t reveal his identity, merely following suit and cursing the Jiu Yu Sword Saint, and with that, he went to the Devil Suppressor Courtyard with Xun Hua Liu and Mu Jiji.
Most of the people invited to Xun Hua Liu’s banquet were inner disciples, and of course, there were also some Sacred Transmission disciples who came to congratulate him.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Ruochen left Xun Hua Liu’s residence and re-entered the Violet Cloud Spirit Mountain.
“Master Teacher is covering me in the open, so I must work hard as well to not let his old man down.”
“Master Teacher’s greatest expectation of me is to be in the Fish Dragon Realm and cultivate Sword II to great perfection, I must do it before the Sword Discourse Conference.”
Zhang Ruochen clenched his fists, his eyes becoming more and more determined.
Three months passed.
Zhang Ruochen once again refined three drops of Xuanwu Sacred Blood and finally raised his cultivation to the peak of the Fish Dragon Fifth Transformation.
His entire body’s true qi reached a full state, and his Qi Sea was like a blown up leather ball, unless the realm broke through, he could continue to absorb true qi into his body.
Next, he would have to spend time condensing the true qi in his body again to fully consolidate the realm before he could go for the Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation.
At the very least, it would have to take half a year.
Half a year in the Scroll World was only about twenty days in the outside world.
Taking this time, Zhang Ruochen took out the Sword II notes of the Buried Moon Sword Saint, the Sword Emperor, and the Thousand Bones Empress, and began to study the mysteries of Sword II.
The first step, of course, was to read through the three Sword Two notes and study the meaning of each sentence.
For Sword Two, one must first have a concept.
What seemed like a very simple thing to do, was quite difficult to actually do.
Comparatively speaking, the Buried Moon Sword Saint’s Sword II notes were a bit simpler to understand. Zhang Ruochen only spent three days to study its contents.
The Buried Moon Sword Saint’s interpretation of the Second Sword was still quite orthodox, and every sentence contained great truths, giving people a feeling of enlightenment.
After reading a Sword II note, Zhang Ruochen felt that his understanding of the Sword Dao had greatly improved again.
It was also in the Sword Pavilion that he could easily borrow such precious volumes.
If it was in the outside world, a random Sword Dao Note of the Buried Moon Sword Saint could be sold at a sky-high price and would be madly snatched by countless people.
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen held up the Sword Emperor’s compilation of Sword II Notes, and the text on the booklet was obviously much more obscure.
However, with Zhang Ruochen’s Sword Mind Advanced Realm, he was able to roughly understand the content on it even after spending seven days.
“The Sword Emperor is worthy of being the number one person in the Sword Dao for a thousand years, his interpretation of the Second Sword is truly unique in many ways, making it impossible not to admire him.”
After reading this one note, Zhang Ruochen’s understanding of the Sword Dao deepened a few more points.
There was only one thing, if he were to cultivate with the Sword Emperor’s Sword II notes, the rate of improvement would definitely be faster, however, Zhang Ruochen had to go and find five women to be Sword Servants first.
Thus, Zhang Ruochen could only treat the Sword Emperor’s Sword II Notes as a reference, only drawing on the best parts of it.
In the end, Zhang Ruochen only began to study the Thousand Bone Female Emperor’s Sword II Notes.
Perhaps it was because, the era in which the Thousand Bones Female Emperor existed was too far away from now. On the notes, every sentence was quite esoteric, and Zhang Ruochen had spent half a month, but only managed to understand a third of it.
On this very day, Little Black’s voice came from outside the scroll, “Zhang Ruochen, Gai Tianjiao wants to see you. If you don’t hurry out of the gate, I’m afraid this Emperor won’t be able to stop her.”
“Gai Tianjiao.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t dare to be slow and immediately exited the picture scroll world.
In the courtyard, Little Black was confronting Gai Tianjiao, stopping her outside the door.
Zhang Ruochen pushed open the door and stepped out, glancing towards Gai Tianjiao and arching his hand, “Greetings, Eldest Senior Sister.”
Gai Tianjiao stared at Xiao Hei on the ground, revealing an approving smile as she said, “Lin Yue, this savage beast you raised is quite good in terms of both intelligence and strength. How about letting it to me?”
In the courtyard, there were some traces of being scorched by flames, as well as some places that had been struck by lightning, clearly having experienced a battle.
Zhang Ruochen picked Little Black up, patted its head and laughed, “It’s just a beast, it probably didn’t know how powerful Senior Sister was, so it dared to fight you, thank you Senior Sister for being merciful.”
Seeing that Lin Yue didn’t have any intention of transferring that cat to her, Gai Tianjiao didn’t mention it anymore and said, “Do you still remember the agreement you made with the Sword Saint of the Buried Moon? Every month, you have to go to the Sword Pavilion for at least nine days of training, and this month is about to end, and it seems that you haven’t been there even for a single day?”
Zhang Ruochen scratched his head, revealing a dazed look as he said, “I’ve been busy with closed-door repairs lately, so I did forget about this matter! Let’s go, let’s go to the Sword Pavilion now.”
Gai Tianjiao glanced towards Lin Yue on the opposite side of the room, naturally able to tell that his cultivation, indeed, had grown quite a bit.
“In less than a month’s time, the cultivation realm has actually increased so much, this brat has really hidden a lot of secrets.”Gai Tianjiao’s heart secretly said.
On the way to the Sword Pavilion, Gai Tianjiao transmitted her voice to Zhang Ruochen and said, “Qi Fayu won the first place in the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation level of the Sword Dao Conference.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyebrows lifted slightly and he immediately understood what Gai Tianjiao meant by saying that, so he asked, “Her strength, it’s surprising that she’s so powerful?”
In the Eighth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, there were a large number of top experts such as Qin Yufan, Silkworm Winter, Zhao Wuyan, and so on, and each of them were not oil-saving, so even Zhang Ruochen did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to defeat all of them.
With the strength Qi Fayu had shown before, it was simply impossible for her to win the first place.
“I purposely went to see her battle with Qin Yufan and Silkworm Winter, and based on my analysis, I’m afraid that she has already cultivated Sword One to the tenth level of great perfection.”Gai Tianjiao said.
Zhang Ruochen felt something bad and said, “Why do I feel that she used to hide quite a bit of her strength.”
“I think so too.”
Gai Tianjiao’s gaze, stared towards Zhang Ruochen and said, “What puzzles me is why she suddenly exposed her hidden strength? Could it be that she also wants to represent the Two Eyes Sect and participate in the Sword Discussion Conference? But what’s in it for her?”
