Heaven Trampling Peak, in a pavilion at the foot of the mountain.
Jian Wushuang and the man in black opened their eyes almost at the same time.
"Senior, thank you for letting me win."
Jian Wushuang looked at the man in black in front of him and bowed slightly.
Previously, Jian Wushuang had only addressed the black-clothed man as Your Excellency. However, after the battle in the Space of Consciousness, Jian Wushuang understood that the black-clothed man's realm was much higher than his. The reason why he could defeat the black-clothed man in the Space of Consciousness was mainly because of his identity as a gatekeeper. Facing a Master of Laws like himself, his strength could only be displayed to a certain extent.
As for the man in black's true strength, there was no doubt that he was much stronger than Jian Wushuang.
Just the spear that he displayed in the space of consciousness and the profoundness contained within it were enough to prove his monstrous strength.
"I didn't expect a mere Master of the Rules like you to have mastered a trace of the aura of the universe's laws. That's really rare."
The man in black looked at Jian Wushuang with admiration, then shook his head and said, "Although you have some strength and passed the level I guarded, what you have to face next is the test at the mountainside. Although the person guarding the mountainside is not much stronger than me, the combat power he can use at the mountainside is far above mine."
"If your strength is only at the level of the space of consciousness just now, I advise you to give up because with such strength, there is no chance of passing the test at the mountainside."
"Senior, you were defeated too quickly. How would you know that was my strongest strength?" Jian Wushuang smiled faintly.
"Oh? It seems that you were holding back just now? " The man in black smiled slightly, "Fine, then I won't persuade you anymore. Go, I hope you can pass the test at the mountainside."
Jian Wushuang bowed to the man in black again, then left the pavilion and continued to walk up the stairs.
Seeing Jian Wushuang leave, the man in black slowly sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Looking at that little guy, he really didn't use his full strength in the space of consciousness just now. It's even possible that he's hiding a lot of his strength. Otherwise, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so confident." The black-clothed man muttered to himself.
From his point of view, he had already displayed some decent skills in the space of consciousness, and he had also indicated that the test at the mountainside would be much more difficult than this one.
However, Jian Wushuang was still as confident as before. This was enough to prove that Jian Wushuang's strength was not as simple as it appeared in the space of consciousness.
And that was indeed the case.
In the space of consciousness, Jian Wushuang had only displayed his own swordsmanship. In terms of power, he had only used the power of a novice dominator, the same as the black-clothed man. As for secret techniques and supreme treasures, he had not used them.
It could be said that he had hidden most of his combat power, and what he had shown in the space of consciousness was only the tip of the iceberg.
Because of this, Jian Wushuang wasn't worried at all when the black-clothed man mentioned how difficult the trial at the mountainside was. On the contrary, he was absolutely confident.
"Hehe, if that's the case, then it'll be interesting." The black-clothed man suddenly laughed strangely, and with a thought, he had already sent a voice transmission, "Old man, there will be a little guy in front of you soon. You have to be careful. That little guy's strength is not weak. Don't fail miserably."
After saying this, the black-clothed man ignored the other party's response, and directly closed his eyes.
…
After defeating the black-clothed man in the space of consciousness and passing the trial at the foot of the mountain, Jian Wushuang continued to move forward.
After walking through thousands of steps, Jian Wushuang finally arrived at the mountainside of the Heaven Trampling Peak.
Beside the stairs on the mountainside, there was a simple thatched cottage.
The cottage door was open, and Jian Wushuang stepped into the cottage directly. He immediately saw a crude table placed in the cottage, and a white-bearded old man in a white robe sitting cross-legged on a cattail hassock.
The white-bearded, white-robed old man's face was ancient, and his body was incomparably thin and weak. Just like the black-clothed man at the foot of the mountain, he didn't emanate any aura at all.
He sat there in the lotus position, like an old monk in meditation, causing the entire cottage to seem quiet and still.
"The Heavenly Sword Marquis greets you, senior."
Jian Wushuang bowed slightly towards the white-bearded, white-robed old man.
The white-bearded, white-robed old man opened his eyes, revealing a pair of strange eyes that glowed with white light. His eyes seemed to contain no emotion whatsoever, and were as cold as ice.
"A Master of the Laws?"
The white-bearded, white-robed old man raised his head to glance at Jian Wushuang, then nodded slightly. "You are the fourth person in the past few chaos cycles who has been able to reach me as a Master of the Laws. Not bad, kid. Not bad."
The white-bearded, white-robed old man's words clearly carried a hint of praise.
Upon hearing the white-bearded, white-robed old man's words, Jian Wushuang's heart trembled.
The white-bearded, white-robed old man had spoken of the past few chaos cycles. Jian Wushuang guessed that this was most likely a few chaos cycles after the Red Cloud Realm had been born in this starfield.
Over the past few chaos cycles, Linley was the fourth Master of the Laws to reach him. In other words, before him, there had been three other Masters of the Laws in this starfield who had reached this step.
Jian Wushuang wasn't too surprised by this.
After all, over the past few chaos cycles, this starfield had given birth to countless Masters of the Laws, and there was no lack of supreme geniuses amongst them.
It was normal for a few supreme geniuses to have the power of a Hegemon at the Master of the Laws level, or even amongst novice Hegemons.
Although the trial at the foot of the mountain wasn't easy to pass, based on Jian Wushuang's estimates, as long as a Master of the Laws had the power of a peak novice Hegemon, they would have a chance of passing.
Over the past few chaos cycles, it was normal for three Masters of the Laws to pass the trial at the foot of the mountain.
"Senior, you are the guardian of this mountainside. Do I have to defeat you to reach the peak?" Jian Wushuang asked.
"That's right. If you want to continue, you have to pass through me. However, I am different from the person at the foot of the mountain. You are a Master of the Laws. As long as you have the power of an advanced stage one Hegemon, you can pass easily. Even a peak novice Hegemon would have a high chance of passing his trial. However, with me, ordinary advanced Hegemons won't be able to pass," the white-bearded, white-robed old man laughed.
"I will try my best," Jian Wushuang said.
"Alright, drink this cup of tea first." The white-bearded, white-robed old man waved his hand, and two cups of tea appeared on the crude, narrow table in front of him.
The white-bearded, white-robed old man handed one of the cups to Jian Wushuang.
。 Nine Heavens Divine Emperor.
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