With his hands behind his back, Zhang Ruochen stood by the riverbank, releasing his powerful spiritual force to cover a small half of the county.
Apart from some special areas where formations were set up, everything that happened around him was all presented in his mind.
Suddenly, on the wide river surface, a small green-coloured boat with ancient charm cut through the flat water surface and slowly sailed in his direction.
At the bow of the small boat, stood a young girl with a slim figure, wearing a Confucian robe, a pair of eyes full of spirituality, searching around as if looking for someone?
The young girl, was none other than Lai Min.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, seeing her first, smiled slightly, “It can’t be such a coincidence, right?”
Right at this moment, Li-Min also saw Zhang Ruochen standing on the shore, and instantly, her eyes widened and froze for a moment.
Afterwards, she immediately turned the boat around and accelerated her rowing speed, returning to the five-story pavilion on the west side of the great river.
As the green-coloured boat docked, Ri Min fled into the pavilion, quite alarmed, and said, ”Old Ancestor, I didn’t see Senior Sword Saint, but instead, I encountered that perverted maniac. Will he follow me, what should I do now?”
The old man saw Li-Min’s panicked appearance, but he continued to sit calmly on the ground, only, the two white eyebrows were slightly raised upwards. The old man sensed something and said, “He’s already here!”?”Already arrived?”
Li-Min was even more surprised and released her spiritual power out, however, there was no sign of the Perverted Fiend.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the top of the five-storey pavilion, his feet stepping on the golden-coloured glazed tiles, and above his head were thousands of spirit lamps.
He carried the Monstrous Heavenly Sword on his back and stood upright, giving off an extremely transcendent sharpness.
“Swish!”?Zhang Ruochen’s figure moved and jumped down from the top of the pavilion, appearing in front of the old man and Ri Min.
“Perverted Maniac Devil.”
Li-Min’s shocked cry came out of her mouth.
The old man glared at her and reprimanded, “Min’er, don’t be rude.”
Li-Min was so frightened that she immediately flattened her mouth and silenced her appearance, lowering her head and not daring to speak again. However, her pair of eyes were still secretly staring over towards Zhang Ruochen.
The old man stood up, carefully sizing up Zhang Ruochen, and said, “When the Spirit Lantern appeared, I should have guessed it was you.”
Liku was a Spiritual Power Half-Saint, and at the first moment he saw Zhang Ruochen, he also took in his appearance and recognised him.
“It seems that you are the receiver of the Underworld Sword Mound.”
Zhang Ruochen removed the Monstrous Sky Sword from his back and placed it across the old man’s face.
The old man took the Monstrous Sky Sword and confirmed it, then, returned it to Zhang Ruochen. He clasped his hands and bowed to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Old Mu Liku, I pay my respects to the sword bearer.”
Seeing this scene, Li-Min’s jaw dropped to the ground in shock.
The old ancestor had actually called him a Sword Bearer?
There were only six Sword Bearers of the Zhen Gui Clan, each holding six extremely powerful Saint Swords. It was said that each sword bearer was a Sword Saint, the topmost great figure in the Kunlun Realm.
Although Li-Min had always treated Zhang Ruochen as a lewd uncle, she was not blind or stupid, and was able to tell that Zhang Ruochen was actually very young, not much older than her.
“It should be the heir of a certain Sword Saint.”In Li-Min’s heart, she guessed so.
Only a few days ago, she had received and welcomed a Sword Saint Successor who had returned to the Underworld Sword Graveyard, so it wasn’t strange to meet a Sword Saint Successor again.
When she thought of that Sword Saint Successor, Ri Min’s face burned a little.
Both were equally Sword Saint Successors, why was the other one so gentle and elegant, heroic and full of charisma, while the one in front of her was a perverted maniac?
Just as Ri Min was ruminating, Zhang Ruochen exchanged words with the Liku Half-Saint.
The Riku Half-Saint said, ”When I was young, I once met the Xuan Gui Sword Saint once, and I have considerable admiration for him. Can I take the liberty of asking, has the old man Sword Saint really risen from the dead?”
It wasn’t a secret in the first place, so Zhang Ruochen didn’t intend to hide it and said, “Master Elder has indeed gained a new lease of life after taking the Resurrection of Death Pill.”?The Riku Half-Saint’s eyes lit up, revealing a touch of joy as he said, “Since the Xuan Gui Sword Saint is still alive, why did he pass the Monstrous Heavenly Sword to you?”
The Liku Half-Saint seemed to feel that it was a bit inappropriate to ask such a question, so he immediately added, “According to the rules of the Ancient Clan of the Prison Suppressor, only when the previous generation of sword holders passes away can the sacred sword be passed on to the next sword holder.”
Zhang Ruochen was certainly able to hear that the greeter in front of him did not seem to welcome him.
It was true that right now, the entire Qingli County was plastered with wanted portraits of Zhang Ruochen. The Ministry of War had even dispatched a large number of experts to rush over.
Once the Ancient Clan of Zhen Jail accepted Zhang Ruochen, it also meant that it would offend the Ministry of Military Affairs and even be sanctioned by the imperial court.
Only, the Monstrous Sword lineage, a total of sixteen generations of sword bearers since ancient times, had always silently guarded the Zhen Jail Ancient Clan in the dark, helping the Zhen Jail Ancient Clan to resolve many crises. Some of these sword bearers had even given their lives.
Therefore, the Prison Zhen Ancient Clan owed Zhang Ruochen’s Liege Masters a huge favour, so if they turned Zhang Ruochen away because they were afraid of inviting trouble, it would be too snobbish.
It was because of this reason that the Liku Half-Saint spoke quite politely.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t get angry and appeared extraordinarily calm as he said, “His Elder Master has to go and do something extremely important, that’s why he passed on the Monstrous Heavenly Sword to me, allowing me to make a trip back to the Underworld Sword Graveyard.”
“You guys don’t have to worry, I won’t stay at the Underworld King’s Sword Mound for long, I’ll leave after meeting the contemporary patriarch of the Prison Suppression Clan and relaying an important matter.”
Hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, the Liku Half-Saint let out a slight sigh of relief and said, “The Lik Family in Qingli County is merely a peripheral family of the Prison Suppressing Clan, and the Stygian Sword Mound is not located in Qingli County but elsewhere, so my old self must first send a message back to give advance notice. Before the Underworld Sword Mound sends someone to greet them, I hope that the sword bearer will stay here first.”
“There is one more thing, Wan Zhaoyi has selected ten experts from the Yuanfu’s military camp to come and capture you. Five of them, are in Qingli County City and are living in the Li Family. Thus, I do not dare to bring the sword-wielder back to the Lai Family to receive them, so I hope the sword-wielder can understand.”
Zhang Ruochen just smiled faintly and nodded.
However, in his heart, he secretly sighed.
In the end, this receptionist was still quite repulsed by Zhang Ruochen’s current status.
If, for example, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint had personally arrived, I’m afraid that the Liku Half-Saint would immediately lead him to the Underworld King’s Sword Graveyard in a respectful manner, so how could he still leave the Xuan Gui Sword Saint waiting in Qingli County City?
Obviously, Half-Saint Liku wanted to ask the opinions of the core figures of the Prison Suppression Clan in advance, and didn’t dare to bring Zhang Ruochen back to the Underworld King’s Sword Mound rashly.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t blame Liku Half-Saint, after all, he wasn’t the core figure of the Zhenjiaoyi Clan, he didn’t have the power to make decisions, so naturally, he had to be careful.
Zhang Ruochen’s arrival, obviously, still caught Half-Saint Liku somewhat off guard.
The Liku Half-Saint gave a command to Li-Min, asking her to help receive Zhang Ruochen. Afterwards, Half-Saint Liku left in a hurry, obviously going to send the news of Zhang Ruochen’s arrival back to the Underworld Sword Mound.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, glancing towards Li Min, smiled helplessly.
At least he was a sword wielder, even if he couldn’t receive the hospitality of the entire Li Clan, he wasn’t so shabby as to let a little girl receive him.
However, it was fine, Zhang Ruochen’s current situation, which was quite dangerous, should have been a bit more low-key. Having one of the junior members of the Li Family on the side would instead not arouse suspicion.
Li Min had been eavesdropping on the conversation between Zhang Ruochen and the Liku Half-Saint from the side, and even though, the Liku Half-Saint had never mentioned Zhang Ruochen’s name from the beginning to the end, she still guessed it.
Thus, Li-Min asked cautiously, ”Are you that legendary Time Successor Zhang Ruochen? It is said that you have reached the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Heavenly Extreme Realm?”
Throughout the cultivation world, the vast majority of people’s perception of Zhang Ruochen still remained at the time when he had reached the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Supreme Extremity Realm, which was Zhang Ruochen’s first time of fame.
Subsequently, everyone assumed that Zhang Ruochen had been killed by the Nine Pale Sword Saint, and that a heavenly pride had fallen, like a shooting star crossing the sky, just a flash in the pan.
As for his achievements in the Dao of the Sword, as well as his stunning performance in the Boundary Feast and the Sword Contest, they all belonged to “Lin Yue”, and had nothing to do with Zhang Ruochen at all.
Li Min’s perception of Zhang Ruochen was also the same. In her opinion, more than a year ago, Zhang Ruochen was still at the cultivation level of the Heavenly Extreme Realm, and now, at most, he was at the Fish Dragon First Transformation, or Fish Dragon Second Transformation realm.
Thus, she wasn’t very afraid of Zhang Ruochen, and only looked at him as a rather outstanding person of her generation.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t reply to Li-Min and just smiled faintly, “There should be a martial arts market in Qingli County City, right? Take me over to have a look, I want to purchase one thing.”
Qingli County was, after all, in the hinterland of the Central Region, it was well-connected, with official roads connecting to all the major state capitals, even if it was just a county city, there were extremely rich cultivation resources, so perhaps one could buy, what Zhang Ruochen needed.
“What do you want to buy?”Ri Min asked.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “You should be very familiar with county cities, so do you know where I can buy the blood of the Silver Moon Dragon Elephant or the Discordant Heaven Sacred Elephant?”
Zhang Ruochen was very eager to successfully cultivate the ninth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, and subsequently, only then could he refine a body strong enough to impact the Fish Dragon Ten Transformations. Therefore, no matter what, he had to buy the elephant blood as soon as possible.
The growing crisis made him more and more urgent as well, hoping to break through the shackles as soon as possible and gain even more power.
