The moment the idea popped up in the Yuanying's head, it occupied all their attention like a crimson tide.
The Yuanying experts, who boasted high computational abilities, thought quickly and realized that the speculation was very likely to be true.
It was because Yan Liren's sword was as fast as lightning, unpredictable, and all aimed at Li Yao. Other than Li Yao, who sensed it for a moment, nobody else knew what was going on.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Cultivators who did not know the truth, what happened just now was actually as follows —
Yan Liren suffered a brutal failure in the competition. His three primeval swords were on the brink of destruction. One of them had even exploded into powder and was not worth repairing.
Yan Liren himself was covered in blood and stains. He fell into the crevice, unable to fight back at all. It was truly a devastating failure.
Right then, Li Yao, who was also as devastated as Yan Liren, ran forward and said some mysterious, uncanny words to Yan Liren!
He said that Yan Liren could have executed Qi Zhongdao easily, that his fourth sword was better than the three primeval swords, and that he was an unparalleled swordsman …
He even suddenly covered his neck and fell on one of his knees, pretending that his throat had been cut by the sword. Even his voice was extremely hoarse.
The delicate acting skills had intimidated everybody at that time. Now that they thought about it carefully, they realized that it was all Li Yao's empty words!
The conversation between the two of them later was exactly the same.
At first glance, it seemed that Li Yao could tell the specific shape of Yan Liren's fourth sword from one of the sword auras and his marvelous sword forging arts …
However, wasn't all of this just two people talking to themselves and blowing their own trumpet?
No. They were not bragging but flattering each other. Li Yao complimented Li Yao's sword arts, and Yan Liren complimented Li Yao's sword forging arts. Just like that, they bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged and bragged. Soon, everybody present was dazed!
On second thought, did the so-called 'fourth sword' and the 'legacy of sword forging arts of Great Zhou' really exist?
"What 'fourth sword'? It can't be real. It's just an act!"
"There's also that mysterious sword forging technique that can sense the outline and weight of magical equipment and even the internal injuries of magical equipment from an invisible sword aura? Unbelievable! "
"I've been refining for a hundred and eighty years. I've never heard of such amazing arts of refining before!"
"The conversation between the two fellow Cultivators is indeed unbelievable at first. The levels and mysteries that they described can only be described as' appalling '. However, what if they had planned the whole thing up in advance?
"Their purpose was to save some face after Yan Liren's brutal failure and make us overestimate the capabilities of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, which would give them more advantages in the negotiation later!
"Yes. This Fellow Cultivator 'Master Spiritual Vulture' must've had a fortuitous encounter in the forests of the Southland of Sorcerers. Judging from the fact that he suppressed two fellow Cultivators in the Core Formation Stage easily, it is possible that he has truly advanced into the Nascent Soul Stage!"
"But so what? There are almost fifty fellow Cultivators in the Yuanying Stage here. If he were just a regular Yuanying, he would not be of much help to the Purple Pole Sword Sect even if he stood on their side!
"Therefore, they intentionally set up a good show with the mysterious identity of Cultivators of the Spiritual Pole Sword Sect!
"Cultivators of the Spiritual Pole Sword Sect blurted out 'Qi Zhongdao is bound to fail' in public in advance. It was just a prelude!
"If Master Righteous One did fail in the end, it would be because of his great foresight. While other people were shocked, he would naturally be able to throw out his identity as a visiting elder of the Purple Pole Sword Sect and take the opportunity to claim great benefits for the Purple Pole Sword Sect!
"If Yan Liren failed, the two of them would have reversed the situation after a round of persuasion, making it impossible for us to tell the Purple Pole Sword Sect's capability!
"This is obviously a trick of the tricksters who are betting on both sides. They will not suffer any losses in any case!"
"Exactly. That's exactly what happened. As expected of Senior 'Heavenly Jizi', who never fails to consider every possibility. Everything makes sense now that you've explained it to me!"
"Damn it. I was almost fooled!"
"Seventy years ago, Cultivators of the Spiritual Pole Sword Sect were only in the Jin Dan Stage. Even if he did have some fortuitous encounters, he is a regular Yuanying Stage Cultivator at best right now. How can he be as mysterious as he described?
"In any case, the fifty or so Yuanying Stage Cultivators here are all well-trained and aggressive. Are we going to be intimidated by their words and watch them walk away without having the courage to test their strength?
"Below Bronze Censer Peak, countless Cultivators from the smaller sects are waiting for the result of the battle. If they learn that the five major sects have been intimidated by the enemy's casual words when Master Righteous One has secured a great victory, how will the Grand Mystery Sect, the Gold Armor Clan, Thunderstorm Valley, Flying Spirit Island, and the Monster Taming Pavilion have any dignity left to intimidate the three thousand sects in the world of Cultivators?"
Doubts, noises, and other noises surged toward the center of the sword test field from all directions, overlapping each other like surging tides.
When the tides of fury reached the maximum, a thunderous roar finally echoed in the crowd. "Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, please wait!"
Boom!
A magnificent golden light soared into the sky and created a blast wave in midair. Then, it smashed down like a meteor and landed heavily at the center of the sword test field. Broken stones were splashing everywhere, and the air waves were soaring into the sky. The sound waves were echoing everywhere!
After the dust dispersed, a muscular man who looked like an iron tower appeared. He was wearing golden heavy armor, and his skin was dark gold in glamorous colors, too. A golden sword more than three meters long was hanging from his waist. It almost seemed to be made of pure gold!
"Bu Tiantong, leader of the Halberd Martial Hall of the Gold Armor Clan!"
In everybody's exclamations, the golden-armored man bowed at Li Yao casually. Baring his white teeth that could have chewed iron, he smiled and said, "Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, what you said just now was truly enlightening and unheard of. I cannot help but admire you! However, as a visiting elder of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, do you think that you can just walk away after throwing out a few words? "
The Gold Armor Clan, as its name suggested, was a super sect that focused on the production of all kinds of armor and defense magical equipment.
In fact, although the Grand Mystery Sect was leading the joint operation of the five major sects to intimidate the Purple Pole Sword Sect, it was only because the Grand Mystery Sect was the 'big brother' of the Cultivators in the first place.
In terms of foundation and main business, the Grand Mystery Sect was actually different from the Purple Pole Sword Sect. They were dominators in different fields, and the conflicts of interests between them were not the most severe.
But the Gold Armor Clan was different.
It was also a major sect of refining. Since a furnace could produce armor, it could also produce flying swords.
The market for attack magical equipment was much larger than that for defense magical equipment. The Gold Armor Clan had been ambitious enough to work out the strategic goal of combining attack and defense a long time ago. A lot of sabers and flying swords had been produced.
However, branding was the most important thing in the trade. The Purple Pole Sword Sect had the reputation of being the best sword sect in the world. Also, it had integrated the upstream and downstream channels and monopolized the entire market. It was more than difficult for the Gold Armor Clan to catch up.
When Lead Eunuch Wang Xi was in power, not only did the Gold Armor Clan fail to occupy the market of attack magical equipment of the Purple Pole Sword Sect, the Purple Pole Sword Sect even took advantage of their relationship with Wang Xi to swallow part of the market of defense magical equipment, which was their original business!
Cutting off one's wealth was like killing one's parents. The Gold Armor Clan hated the Purple Pole Sword Sect more than the Grand Mystery Sect. It was a super sect that was more eager to bite off a few pieces of meat from the Purple Pole Sword Sect than the Grand Mystery Sect was.
Therefore, Bu Tiantong, the leader of the Halberd Martial Hall of the Gold Armor Clan, was determined to provoke Li Yao even though he knew that he was probably a Yuanying Cultivator!
Yuanying was just Yuanying. The guy was in the beginning level of Yuanying at best, while Bu Tiantong was in the middle level of the Yuanying Stage. What was there to be scared of?
Li Yao frowned. He looked back at Bu Tiantong and said casually, "What can I do for you, Fellow Cultivator Bu?"
"It can't be considered advice!"
The fat on Bu Tiantong's face was shivering. He patted the gold sword on his waist and smiled. "The Gold Armor Clan knows how to refine swords, too. This' Gold Crow Devil Sweeping Sword 'is an ultimate product that the three sword forgers of the Gold Armor Clan have crafted after years of hard work! Since Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture is good at examining swords, why don't you examine the sword for me? "
"Bu Tiantong is taking action in person!"
"His' Grand Sun Devil Sweeping Art 'is a rarely-seen high-level Cultivation art that focuses on toughness. He is an expert best known for his fearlessness and brutality, too!"
"I've heard a thing or two about the 'Gold Crow Devil Sweeping Sword', too. It is said that the Gold Armor Clan accidentally found the debris of an extraterrestrial weapon that fell from the sky. The three sword forgers spent five years searching for hundreds of materials before they finally managed to combine them into such a divine sword!"
"It is said that the Gold Armor Clan was hoping to compete with the latest marvelous weapon of the Purple Pole Sword Sect with the sword in the first place so that they could steal the limelight in the Dragon Spring Meeting!"
The whispers around were soaring to the sky again.
Even Qi Zhongdao, who had been sitting below the banner of the Grand Mystery Sect the whole time, could not help but stand up and stare at Li Yao without blinking his eyes.
"Alright!"
Li Yao thought to himself, Thank the heavens, bro, you finally jumped out. I thought you were all so calm and unaffected by my provocation. If that were the case, I wouldn't be able to keep up the act of showing off my invincible might!
Hiu!
Hardly had Li Yao concluded his sentence when his clothes suddenly shivered softly. A few streams of smoke seemed to be crawling out of his collar and his sleeves!
"What!"
The high-level Cultivators felt that their eyes were blurred, and they saw the weirdest scene. Li Yao's common gray robe that was stained with blood was standing in midair, but the person inside was nowhere to be seen. Or rather, it was as if an 'invisible person' was wearing it!
A shriek that sounded like a vulture's suddenly echoed above Bu Tiantong's head. A cluster of green, ghostly fire suddenly exploded and condensed into a raging, intimidating shadow of a human being!
Li Yao at this moment was like a completely different person from a moment ago!
Below the gray robe was a glamorous green robe that was as thin as a cicada's wing and as smooth as a piece of brocade. It was obvious that it was not an ordinary item!
His hair, which had been tied neatly at the back of his head, was also disheveled and flowing down like black flames because of the explosion of spiritual energy!
As his black hair shivered, the green spot at the center of his eyebrow turned into a green vulture. Its wings extended past his eyes to the corners of his eyes, making them narrow, long, and slightly curled.
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