The will of the upper echelons?
When Sword Demon said this word, Wang Lu became silent.
It was an unexpected explanation.
Sword Demon's words couldn't be completely trusted, but since things had come to this point, there was no better choice but to listen carefully. Thus, Wang Lu gradually extinguished his fighting spirit and quietly accepted the world's recovery.
The clouds in front of him broke through the sky, revealing a bright light. The traces left by Sword Demon had all disappeared. As for whether it was a temporary hibernation or a permanent disappearance, it was unknown for the time being. In a valley, Sword Spirit Autumn Beam was quietly lying on a clear lake. It seemed that she had overexerted herself and hadn't suffered any serious injuries.
Wang Lu inwardly heaved a sigh of relief. The feeling of escaping from death was not as good as he imagined it to be. The ups and downs did not all bring pleasure. Although this time, he managed to pull back a bit, but compared to his counterattack, he still preferred to crush his opponent.
Putting down the waves in his heart, Wang Lu decided to listen to Sword Demon's explanation.
"Where should I start?" After a moment of silence, Sword Demon shook his head in a self-deprecating manner. "Because I really didn't expect you to pass. I didn't even prepare an explanation, so I'll just say whatever comes to my mind."
With that, Sword Demon restrained his expression and said in a deep voice, "In fact, you raised an excellent question before, but unfortunately, you were interrupted by Sword God before you could go any deeper. At that time, you asked me why I went through so much trouble to come back from death. In fact, when I used Bai Li's earthline to fight the four-in-nine heavenly tribulation, I already had the will to die. At that time, I spent no less than twenty years preparing for it. When I raised my sword to fight the heavenly tribulation, I even felt that if I didn't die in that battle, I would have wasted the twenty years of hard work. Coming back from death was originally not part of my plan. "
Wang Lu said, "Didn't you say that you died with remaining grievances because you were tainted by the world's wish power?"
The Sword Demon said, "That's right. Being contaminated by the world's power of will before my death was completely out of my expectation. But because it was out of my expectation, I made all kinds of preparations in the past twenty years, but I never made any arrangements for this. At that time, I was simply helpless."
"In fact, this principle isn't difficult to see through. In this Sword Tomb, the swords are divided into Yin and Yang, and there's also the creation of life and death. How could it be arranged by someone who's about to die?"
Hearing this, Wang Lu finally understood. "So you asked someone else for help? With your temperament, you fought alone against the Heavenly Tribulation, but now you're willing to lower your head to others when death is at hand? "
Zhong Shengming coldly said, "What a joke! When have I, Zhong Shengming, ever lowered my head to anyone? They were the ones who approached me and offered me a deal. "
"Oh? Someone who has the qualifications to make a deal with you and raise conditions must not be an ordinary person, right? "
"Hmph, if it's a bunch of incompetent people trying to take advantage of the situation, I'll be able to destroy their souls even if I'm severely injured and on the verge of death. In fact, it was a group of Dixian that proposed a deal with me. "
"Dixian? What's that? "
Sword Demon sneered and said, "They're just a bunch of arrogant people who don't know how to appreciate favors. You'll know the specifics later. I'll continue first. At that time, they found me and promised to help me solve the problem of the Vow Erosion, and in return, I had to do them a favor. "
"Guarding the tomb?"
"More or less. They wanted me to choose a successor for them."
"Successor? Inherit what? What conditions do I need to meet? "
Sword Demon said, "I don't remember the specific conditions. In fact, they didn't say it in detail. After all, as a gatekeeper, I have to experience a transformation between life and death. My primordial spirit will gather and disperse once, and my memory will inevitably be lost. Therefore, only one basic condition was established at that time. If I can choose this person, I can obtain complete freedom. "
Speaking up to this point, Sword Demon further explained, "In order to prevent me from keeping my promise, this sword tomb was built with restrictions. Before finding a suitable successor, this layer is absolutely sealed, and one can only enter but not leave."
Wang Lu nodded. "And then?"
"And then?" Sword Demon sneered. "And then everything became a mess. According to their plan, I should have Resuscitation in a few decades, or at most a few hundred years. And there were enough materials left in the sword tomb for me to destroy the Sword God and reunite my primordial spirit. After that, as long as I try my best to find a successor who satisfies the conditions, everyone will be happy. But in fact, my Resuscitation will be ten thousand years later, and the materials for me to use will vanish into thin air. If not for you uninvited guests, hehe … "
Wang Lu asked, "Since the value of our existence is so high, what about the possession thing?"
Sword Demon said, "Isn't this a matter of course? When you Resuscitation, you find that everything in the original plan has become a mess. Can you expect that the next step will be the same as before? I found a successor for him, but what if the sword tomb still doesn't let him go? So, instead of pinning my hopes on the incompetent arrangement of a group of incompetent Dixian, it's better for me to do it myself. But it's not easy to break through the restriction of the Dixian level in the primordial spirit state … "
Wang Lu was silent for a while. "And Senior Sister and I just happened to provide you with an opportunity."
"Yes, although my cultivation is still shallow, I have the Void Spirit Root and the Sword Spirit Root. Both of them are top-notch aptitudes. Even if this world is isolated from the Great Dao, my primordial spirit has long carried my own Dao. Once I integrate your bodies, I will be able to break out in less than three years. Although the Dixian's realm is high, I don't care about it. "
Wang Lu asked, "What about now?"
"Now?" Sword Demon smiled. "Isn't the situation very obvious? You're lucky to meet the conditions to become a successor. And according to the restriction of this place, I can't make a move on a qualified successor … So consider yourself lucky."
Wang Lu asked, "What are the qualifications for a qualified successor?"
"It's very simple, as long as I find him pleasing to the eye." Sword Demon said indifferently.
"…" Wang Lu was silent for a long time. He couldn't find anything to complain about — because there were too many things to complain about!
First of all, as long as he was pleasing to the eye? What kind of standard was that? Was the group of Dixian that had signed a contract with him crazy?
Secondly, if I'm pleasing to the eye, then I'm qualified. In other words, for a long time, you've been displeased with me? To think that you would pretend to be a hero of the valley and pass on your skills to me. Of course, now it seems that you didn't have good intentions when you taught me the Sky Splitting Divine Sword.
And most importantly, now that I've suddenly passed, does that mean that you've suddenly found me pleasing to the eye? In other words, you were forced into the path of mutual destruction by me. Tsk, can a test of life and death so easily shake a person's sense of beauty? Aren't they a little too afraid of death?
Now that I'm qualified, it means that you find me pleasing to the eye. But you're sneering one moment and shaking your head the next. It looks like you're absolutely irreconcilable with me. How is that pleasing to the eye?
Or could it be that the nature of Bai Li Sword Demon is a tsundere?
Seeing Wang Lu's silence, Sword Demon also guessed what he was thinking.
"For me, your Void Spirit Root, your Non-Phase Method, and your crooked ideas are certainly interesting, but that's all. I've been cultivating for thousands of years, and I've seen too many things. "
Speaking to this, Sword Demon paused. "However, the number of people who can force me into a dead end can be counted on one's fingers. I, Zhong Shengming, have always been unrestrained, but I have my respect for the strong. Since you can do this, you can barely enter my eyes … Whether I'm willing or not, rules are rules. They're not rules set by others, but the rules that I've abided by for thousands of years. "
"As for fear of death?" Sword Demon smiled and didn't try to argue further.
"Let's get back to the point. Since you've become the successor, you have the right to know the truth about this sword tomb. That is, the thing that you're going to inherit."
Wang Lu nodded. His heart was filled with expectation.
According to the Sword Devil, the people who came to him before he died were a group of Earth Immortals. Although he had never heard of the word Earth Immortal, he could understand it from the literal meaning. Since they had the word Immortal in their name, they should not be weak trash. They were probably below the True Immortal Realm and above the mortal world? Not to mention that Sword Demon also admitted that they were a group of strong people that he had to take seriously. Moreover, they were able to set up the Yin and Yang Division and other formidable array and restriction, so their strength was beyond doubt.
And how precious would the thing left behind by such a group of people be? After all, even Zhong Shengming was just the gatekeeper of the inheritance!
"I haven't seen the specific content of the inheritance, but look at this, and you'll understand everything … But before that, I have to confirm it with you."
Sword Demon's expression was unusually serious. His awe-inspiring eyes even made Wang Lu suspect that at any time, he would turn against him and kill him.
Of course, Sword Demon didn't do that. Instead, he asked a simple question, "Are you sure you want to know all this? You still have the chance to give up now — I won't suddenly dislike you because of this. "
While Wang Lu was muttering to himself, Sword Demon said, "With your ability, you should be able to see the problem here. What are the Dixian? Since they have the ability to make me approve of them, why don't you know of their existence? And the rich inheritance they left behind, was it really just for the sake of nurturing their descendants? "
Then, Sword Demon muttered to himself for a moment and added, "There are some things I can't say directly, but I hope you can seriously think about it. For example, this question: In the past, Bai Li Province's devil wreaked havoc and stole from the horizon. Because of this, he was suppressed by the vault of heaven, and the path of cultivators to ascend to immortality was almost cut off. People say that the might of heaven cannot be violated, but how can there be such a vengeful heaven in this world?"
"You mean …?"
Wang Lu was inwardly startled. However, before he could ask the question, Sword Demon had already bypassed this topic.
"So, are you sure you want to know all this?"
Wang Lu didn't hesitate at all. "Of course!"
"Good." Sword Demon smiled again. It was hard to tell whether his smile was gratified or sarcastic. He waved his hand and summoned a ray of light to project it into Wang Lu's world.
It was a map, and it was a very well-made three-dimensional map. It looked like an underground building divided into many layers … If he wasn't mistaken, it should be this ancient sword tomb.
"This is the sword tomb we are in." Sword Demon confirmed Wang Lu's guess, and then he waved his hand again.
The next moment, a hundred times more rays of light bloomed, and a net appeared in front of Wang Lu's eyes.
A grand and spectacular net almost blotted out the sky and the earth, covering his field of vision. And the three-dimensional map of the sword tomb he saw just now just happened to step on a node of the network.
And the nodes that were similar to the sword tomb were as numerous as the stars in the sky, innumerable.
"These are the inheritances you've inherited." Sword Demon lightly said, and at the same time, he looked at Wang Lu's reaction with interest, "Of course, the premise is that you can find the key to open the door."
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