There were countless people who wanted to learn the Three Swords of Lingxu from the Old Sword Maestro. Back then, even though it was due to the vengeance of his enemy, the other party had still wanted to steal his secret manual as well.
Yet, when he took the initiative to impart his heritage to the other party, not only did the other party refuse to learn it, he even looked at him in disdain.
The intense depression made his chest feel stuffy.
"I won't be learning the sword technique, but the sword is useful to me. Can I take it?"
Zhang Xuan looked over.
The Three Swords of Lingxu … The other party had described it well, but from the Sword Intent he had just displayed, he could tell that there were many flaws in it. Rather than learning such a sword art, he might as well collect some ordinary sword arts and compile them into a Heaven's Path Divine Art.
That way, he would be able to improve faster and become more powerful … Most importantly, he wouldn't have to be a student!
He was used to educating others, so it was a little awkward for him to suddenly become a student.
"I used the Three Swords of Lingxu to seal the Lingxu Sword on the Heavenly Designer Stone Platform. Without learning swordsmanship and reaching a certain level, it's impossible to take it out …"
Seeing that Zhang Xuan was unwilling to learn, the Old Sword Maestro frowned.
He had sealed the sword on the stone platform with his swordsmanship. Only those who had cultivated the Three Swords of Lingxu to a certain level would be able to take it away. His goal was to leave behind his heritage …
It was impossible to take the sword away without learning the sword art.
Just as Zhang Xuan was about to ask the young man to acknowledge him as his teacher, he saw the young man casually touching the ground before stepping on each of the four corners of the stone platform.
Kacha!
The sound of a spring turning rang out, followed by another stomp of his foot on the ground.
Whoosh!
The long sword stabbed into the stone platform jumped up and fell into the other party's hand.
"You … you broke the seal and the Heavenly Craft Stone Platform?"
The Old Sword Maestro nearly failed to control the sword qi in his body and exploded on the spot.
He had just said that the other party would have to learn the Three Swords of Lingxu before he could draw his sword, and yet, such a matter had already occurred … Are you here to sabotage my efforts?
More importantly … Zhang Xuan had put in a lot of effort into setting up the seal on the stone pedestal. Even he would find it difficult to forcefully break the seal and retrieve the sword. Yet, that fellow actually managed to do so with just a few kicks …
The Old Sword Maestro felt as if he was nothing more than a clown. He was putting on an act before the other party, but the other party didn't seem to care at all!
"The seal and the Celestial Designer Platform that you set up aren't bad, but there are too many flaws in them …"
Ignoring the other party's attitude, Zhang Xuan chuckled as he looked at the sword in his hand.
Its entire body was pitch-black, and there was no cold glint to be seen at all. There was no sharp sword qi either. On the surface, it looked no different from ordinary artifacts. However, only by holding it in his hand would he be able to tell how fearsome it was.
Zhenqi flowed freely within his body, as if there were no obstructions at all. With just a light wave of his hand, he was able to unleash unimaginable strength.
Even though he was unable to wield the full might of the sword, even a tenth of it was more than enough to slay a Grand Dominion realm primary stage cultivator!
How terrifying!
Weng!
Just as Zhang Xuan was feeling its might, he suddenly heard the Lingxu Sword in his hand shaking intensely, as if it was trying to break free from his grasp.
"Hmm?"
Zhang Xuan frowned.
"I have nurtured the Lingxu Sword using my Sword Intent, and it took me a great deal of effort to raise it to such a level. Without learning the Three Swords of Lingxu and my swordsmanship, there's no way I can tame it … Otherwise, no matter how powerful a Saint artifact is, it's useless to a cultivator …"
Sword Elder said.
This sword was personally forged by him and nurtured by his sword intent. It contained his will. If everyone could refine it, it would not be so precious.
"Behave yourself!"
Before Sword Elder could finish his words, the young man harrumphed coldly. Following which, he tapped on the body of the sword a few times.
Kacha! Kacha!
With a series of crisp sounds, the sword trembled intensely. It hurriedly stopped shaking and kneeled to the ground.
"Paying respects to master!"
"Un." With a flick of his wrist, Zhang Xuan stowed the sword into his storage ring. Then, he turned to the Sword Elder and asked doubtfully, "What did you say? I wasn't paying attention earlier!"
He had been too focused on sensing the might of the sword that he hadn't been paying attention to what the other party had said.
"N-nothing much …"
With twitching lips, the Old Sword Maestro's body dissipated even faster than before.
Even though he was already dead, and Lingxu was no longer an ownerless artifact, he was the one who had forged the sword. For it to submit to the other party in the blink of an eye … he found it hard to accept.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be taking my leave first!"
Zhang Xuan clasped his fist.
"This … How can you leave without learning the Three Swords of Lingxu?"
The Sword Elder exclaimed. "The stone platform is formed using Sword Intent. If you try to force your way through without learning my swordsmanship, you'll only suffer …"
Before the Sword Elder could say the word 'suffer', the young man had already touched the Sword Intent with his finger, and with a 'hu la', the sword qi on the stone platform dissipated.
"Cough cough!" With a reddened face, the Sword Elder couldn't hold himself back anymore. With a pleading look in his eyes, he said, "Please reconsider. My Three Swords of Lingxu is truly formidable …"
"I know, but I really can't become your student!" Zhang Xuan shook his head.
"It's fine if you don't want to become my student … as long as you pass down my heritage?"
The Sword Elder paused for a moment before replying.
He thought that he would be able to take in a talented student and bring his swordsmanship to greater heights in the future, but … the young man before him was simply too outstanding. Even he couldn't comprehend his swordsmanship, so there was no hope for him to accept him as his student. Thus, he could only hope that the other party would be able to pass down his heritage.
"That's easy. Where's your swordsmanship?"
Zhang Xuan asked.
"It's here …"
A glint flashed across the Sword Elder's eyes as he sent a surge of Sword Intent toward Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan didn't bother dodging. In an instant, he felt as if he could see thousands of surges of Sword Intent flashing across his mind, and a swordsmanship swiftly appeared in his mind.
Even though this swordsmanship only consisted of three moves, every single one of them harnessed incredible might.
In fact, even the Heavenly Demon Great Sorrow Palm that he had learned previously paled in comparison.
"It's probably a Saint high-tier battle technique …"
Zhang Xuan's eyebrows shot up.
The Heavenly Demon Great Sorrow Palm was an ultimate move that Ancient Sage Qiu Wu had learned in his younger days, and it was only at Saint intermediate-tier. On the other hand, the swordsmanship of the Heavenly Demon Great Sorrow Palm was likely to be at Saint high-tier.
It was no wonder the Sword Elder was so confident.
"But … how am I supposed to learn it with so many flaws?"
After confirming the swordsmanship, Zhang Xuan sighed deeply as a look of resentment surfaced on his face.
Sea Cleaving, Ocean Cleaving, Heaven Cleaving, each strike was fiercer than the last, each strike faster than the last, but … they also had so many flaws that it left one speechless. Not to mention the most powerful Heaven Cleaving, just the simplest Sea Cleaving … had a total of 336 flaws, causing one to lose interest and not want to learn it.
"More importantly, this swordsmanship requires the coordination of countless swords … and there's a total of 108 of them …"
Logically speaking, even low-tier battle techniques wouldn't have so many flaws. The most important reason for this was that … this swordsmanship couldn't be executed with just a single Ascendant Void. Rather, the formation required the coordination of more than a hundred swords!
With so many swords, each of them would have a different set of moves and direction, resulting in more flaws.
"This is the Three Swords of Lingxu that I created. If you aren't interested in learning it, I hope that you can pass it down to someone else."
Seeing the disdainful look on the young man's face after accepting the heritage, the Sword Elder said.
"Don't worry. Even though your swordsmanship has many flaws and drains a lot of zhenqi, and it doesn't seem to be perfect … its prowess is still passable. I'll find a way to modify it and pass it down to someone else …"
Seeing the sincerity in the Sword Elder's words, Zhang Xuan clasped his fist.
In truth, he only felt that the Sword Elder's swordsmanship had too many flaws, so he had to gather more sword arts to fix them. He didn't think too much of it. After all, this swordsmanship wasn't weak at all.
"Ah …"
The Sword Elder swayed weakly before replying, "I'll be counting on you then …"
After he finished speaking, he couldn't hold on any longer. With a "Pa!", he dissipated before his eyes.
All he wanted was to pass down his heritage … Never in his dreams did he expect to meet such a fellow, causing him to be so infuriated that he didn't even have the time to impart his comprehension of swordsmanship.
"Sigh!"
Watching as the Sword Elder dissipated, Zhang Xuan sighed deeply. "Since I've learned your swordsmanship and accepted your sword, I'll be able to fulfill your wish. I'll bring this swordsmanship to greater heights and restore its reputation!"
The Sword Elder had left behind this heritage after sustaining severe injuries and leaving behind words to test him. Even though it wasn't a systematic test, it was still a testament to his determination. He didn't want his swordsmanship to be destroyed so that others could bring it to greater heights in the future.
Since that was the case, Zhang Xuan didn't mind imparting his heritage to the Sword Elder.
"This stone pedestal is a treasure as well. I'll take it as well!"
The fact that he was unable to draw his sword meant that the material of the stone pedestal wasn't weak either. Zhang Xuan grabbed the stone pedestal and placed it into his storage ring.
Even if he didn't know how to use the stone pedestal, it wouldn't be a bad idea to use it as a sword sheath. In the future, he would be able to stab his sword into it and swing the stone pedestal that had a diameter of more than ten meters … Just thinking about it made him feel good.
After leaving the stone pedestal, the flow of water returned to normal. Zhang Xuan stretched his back lazily before taking a look outside. Soon, he saw Ji Lingzhen lying on the ground, no longer breathing.
"I asked you to teach me a lesson, why did you kill me?"
Zhang Xuan glanced at his clone with a frown on his forehead.
As much as he disliked Ji Lingzhen, he had only asked his clone to teach him a lesson. Why did he kill him?
"They were the ones who did it, not me!"
Zhang Xuan's clone waved his hand and pointed behind him.
Zhang Xuan turned his gaze over, only to see the surrounding mist slowly dissipating, revealing a bunch of people lying on the ground. There were at least a hundred of them.
They were the ones who had been studying the 'sword' character in front of the stone pedestal earlier.
Taking a closer look, Zhang Xuan confirmed that these people had only fainted and weren't dead yet, and only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
Shouldn't these fellows be studying the characters outside?
Why would they suddenly faint here?
"The surge of sword qi earlier told everyone that a treasure had appeared, so they rushed over to snatch it … I told them that Ji Lingzhen had obtained the treasure, so they rushed over and beat him to death. However, they weren't able to find the treasure, so they wanted to make things difficult for me, so I … knocked them all out! "
Zhang Xuan's clone shrugged nonchalantly.
That fellow was able to defeat even the Grand Dominion realm primary stage Ji Lingzhen with ease. While these people weren't weak at all, they were still far from matching up to him.
"It's fine as long as they aren't dead.
That's nothing much, "Zhang Xuan knew that he would have made a move if he had been in Zhang Xuan's shoes, so he shook his head and decided to ignore the other party.
Greedy people tended to be irrational. Rather than wasting his breath, he would rather knock them out.
After having his clone return to the Anthive Nest, Zhang Xuan headed out of the mist. Soon, he heard countless footsteps, and soon, he saw 'Brother Sun', Sun Qian, and the others.
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