After the owner of the Great Dao Brush departed, Ye Xuan put away everything inside the Dao Gate, then left the endless dark void. At that moment, Qin Guan appeared before him.
Qin Guan smiled. “Why do you look a bit unhappy?”
Ye Xuan shook his head with a smile. “Not really. I’m just feeling a little emotional.”
He had to admit, the words of the Great Dao Brush owner had made many things clear to him.
Qin Guan smiled. “Did you get the items?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
Qin Guan said, “Come on, let’s find a place to look at them together.”
With that, she directly brought Ye Xuan to the shore of a lake in the small town.
Ye Xuan opened his palm, and twelve ancient books appeared in front of them.
Ye Xuan picked up one of the books. Qin Guan’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Dao Canon!”
Ye Xuan looked at the remaining books. They were titled: Law Canon, Divine Canon, Martial Canon, Sword Canon, Spirit Canon, Soul Canon, Pardoning Canon, Evil Canon, Benevolence Canon, Truth Canon, and Human Canon.
Ye Xuan and Qin Guan exchanged a glance, then began reading.
A moment later, Qin Guan said softly, “These have all been recently revised. It can be said that these twelve sacred canons form the very foundation of the current cosmic martial civilisation.”
Ye Xuan nodded. He knew that the origin of martial civilisation in this universe was none other than the owner of the Great Dao Brush.
These twelve sacred canons could be called the ancestors of today’s martial civilisation.
After flipping through them for a while, Qin Guan said gravely, “Impressive!”
Ye Xuan looked at her. Qin Guan continued softly, “The owner of the Great Dao Brush created these martial and cultivation systems. I have to say, he really is extraordinary. Without him spreading the Dao, who knows how far behind the martial civilisation of this world would be.”
Ye Xuan nodded. Truth be told, he actually held the Great Dao Brush owner in very high regard.
Although he sometimes teased him, that was only because of how miserably he had been toyed with in the early days.
Although he now appeared to live a leisurely life full of showing off, who remembered how pitiful he had been at the very beginning?
His enemies had never been normal people.
Leap across tiers?
He had leapt across countless tiers!
Thinking of this, Ye Xuan shook his head with a smile.
Although the past had been tough, he had to admit that sometimes he did get a bit too flashy.
Moreover, it was undeniable that having Qing’er around had given him a lot of confidence.
And that very confidence had gradually changed his mindset.
At that moment, Qin Guan suddenly said, “These twelve sacred canons are profoundly mysterious. I’d like to annotate them, otherwise future generations will struggle to understand them.”
Ye Xuan nodded. “Sure.”
Qin Guan directly handed the Sword Canon to Ye Xuan. “This one is yours.”
Ye Xuan blinked. “Me?”
Qin Guan smiled. “You’re the Sword Master of the Mortal World now. Of course the Sword Canon should be annotated by you.”
Ye Xuan thought about it, then nodded. “Alright.”
Actually, he also wanted to see what was inside this Sword Canon. After all, it had been written by the Great Dao Brush owner himself.
Ye Xuan sat down nearby and opened the Sword Canon. After a while, he became completely absorbed.
The Sword Canon described thousands of sword paths in the world, and not only that, it detailed every kind of sword path imaginable.
Ye Xuan was genuinely shocked.
Especially the latter half of the Sword Canon, which recorded all sorts of powerful sword cultivators: what sword path they followed, what their distinctive traits were, everything was explained in detail.
Among them was Mu Niannian. For Sister Nian, the Great Dao Brush owner’s evaluation was: Fourth Sword of the Mortal World!
Fourth Sword of the Mortal World!
Although Sister Nian’s strength could not compare to the Three Swords, that did not mean she was weak. On the contrary, her talent and wisdom were outstanding.
Clearly, the Great Dao Brush owner thought very highly of Sister Nian.
Ye Xuan continued flipping to the end, and finally, he found himself.
Mortal World Sword Dao!
Four characters.
But there was nothing after that.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan frowned. What did this mean?
Did it mean there was nothing to say?
Not even a single comment!
Ye Xuan shook his head, speechless.
After a moment of silence, Ye Xuan suddenly took out a brush. Since you won’t give me an evaluation, I’ll write one myself!
After thinking for a bit, he began to write: Sword Master of the Mortal World, sword cultivator from the final period of the ancient order, talent unmatched through the ages, born to cultivate the sword, arrived to face the calamity, unrivalled in his era, a life of extreme splendour, creator of endless legends. Two words to sum it up: bloody awesome!
After finishing, Ye Xuan nodded in satisfaction.
Little Tower hesitated, then said, “Little Lord, is this… really okay?”
Ye Xuan’s expression remained calm. “Got a problem?”
Little Tower fell silent.
Ye Xuan said seriously, “Did I say anything wrong? The Dao Gate order collapsed, and then I was born! Is my aptitude bad? Am I not a sword cultivator? Divine spirits have descended now; isn’t this a great calamity? Has my life not been glorious? Am I not bloody awesome?”
Little Tower said nothing.
Ye Xuan smiled. “Little Tower, don’t be scared. If you have something to say, just say it. I’m not petty. I’d never do something like making things difficult for others!”
Little Tower: “…”
Ye Xuan shook his head. “Little Tower, you’re still young. You don’t understand! Do you think I wrote this evaluation to show off? How shallow! Far too shallow!”
Little Tower remained silent.
Ye Xuan continued, “The main purpose of this evaluation is to let future generations remember what Ye Xuan has done for them! After all, I’m now going to fight the divine spirits. This is an extremely dangerous task! I’m doing all the dirty and tiring work! Is it too much to ask for a bit of fame?”
Little Tower hurriedly said, “Not too much at all! Little Lord, I didn’t mean anything else earlier. I just meant that this evaluation doesn’t do you justice. Why don’t we let Little Brush come up with a few even more domineering ones? Little Brush is cultured. It can do it!”
Little Brush: “…”
Ye Xuan thought about it, then said, “Little Brush, I think Little Tower has a point. This task is yours!”
Little Brush fell silent.
Soon, a chaotic jumble of noises came from inside Little Tower.
Ye Xuan shook his head with a smile, paid it no mind, and continued reading.
Qingqiu!
There was an evaluation of Qingqiu too!
Ye Xuan immediately grew interested. He was very curious what the Great Dao Brush owner thought of Qingqiu.
Qingqiu: In the three-dimensional era, single-handedly suppressed the four-dimensional realm, guarded three-dimensional peace for countless generations. Talent: exceeds the standard. Strength: near exceeds the standard!
Ye Xuan fell silent.
The Great Dao Brush owner clearly rated Qingqiu very highly!
But that was normal. Who was Qingqiu? The first generation of Heaven’s Chosen!
Ye Xuan smiled, then turned to the final page.
As expected, the last page was about the Three Swords!
The entire last page contained only one line: Three Swords, exceeds the standard!
Exceeds the standard!
That was the Great Dao Brush owner’s evaluation of the Three Swords!
And there was nothing else.
After a long, long silence, Ye Xuan flipped back to his own page and boldly added beneath his previous comment: Sword Master of the Mortal World, severely exceeds the standard!
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