Lin Huang's meeting with the Sword Servants lasted less than half an hour before the Sword Servants dispersed.
Only Swords 301 to 368 and Swords 1 to 10 were left in the square.
"Although the 68 of you can go to the great world with me, your combat level is limited by my combat level. It can't exceed one major rank at most. I'm now at grade-9 imperial-level, so after you go out, your combat level will be limited to Virtual God rank-9. Unless my combat level breaks through, your combat level can't be further unsealed.
"However, a little better than the previous Competitive Trial is that your Sword Dao will be unsealed to True Martial Level. Apart from that, some of your Rule Bending Powers will also be unsealed, but the maximum number is nine.
"According to my previous understanding of your abilities, under these restrictions, it shouldn't be a problem for you to deal with low-rank True Gods. Even if you encounter a third-rank True God, you should be able to put up a fight.
"Lord Swordmaster, I'm still a little worried about your safety." Sword1 frowned slightly as if he was not satisfied with the Sword Servants' abilities. "Can't you make an exception and bring one or two guards? Even bringing Sword8 would be good. "
"My authority is really limited." Lin Huang shook his head and patted Sword1 on the shoulder. "If it weren't for the issue of authority, I'd be more than happy to bring all of you back to the great world at once.
"I can also understand why Teacher Great Heaven made such a restriction. He's afraid that I'm used to relying on external objects and not paying attention to the improvement of my own abilities. If I were him, I might also make such a restriction for my inheritors. "
Lin Huang called Great Heaven his teacher because he had inherited Great Heaven's mantle. Whether in name or in reality, Lin Huang was considered Great Heaven's disciple. Even if he had fallen now, it was only right for him to respectfully call him teacher.
Sword1, Sword2, and the other sly old foxes could actually tell that Lin Huang did have an authority restriction, but this restriction was that he could not take everyone out of the Great Heaven Territory, not that they could not leave the Trial space of the Great Heaven Palace.
However, Sword1 and the others did not point it out. They had probably guessed the reason why Lin Huang was unwilling to leave them in the Great Heaven Territory, but they did not raise any objections and pretended that they did not hear the problem.
"I know my situation better than anyone else. It would probably take one or two months to elevate to virtual god-level. As for the True God Realm, it would take at least three to five years for him to break through. It was just that the Heavenly God Realm would take some time. Therefore, for the time being, I can only trouble you for the time being. "Lin Huang comforted them.
"The Swordmaster's cultivation speed is already very fast. It's not that easy to advance to the Heavenly God Realm, we all know that. " Sword10 was the first to speak, "We've already waited for over 300,000 years. A few more years won't make much of a difference. Moreover, the speed ratio has changed. Maybe the swordmaster will break through after we sleep. "
Sword1 and the others nodded as well. "We've waited for so many years, it doesn't matter if we wait a few more."
After Sword1 finished speaking, he looked at Sword301 and the other Sword Servants.
"After you go out, listen to the blademaster's instructions. Don't forget what you're supposed to do just because you see the outside world. Don't cause any trouble and cause trouble for the Lord Swordmaster. "
"Also, our guards are not by the Swordmaster's side, so the core task of all of you is to protect the Lord Swordmaster's safety. Usually, there must be at least four guards by the Lord Swordmaster's side. In special circumstances, at least two people must stay behind to take on the responsibility of guarding … "
After Sword1 gave a detailed explanation, he turned to look at Lin Huang. "Before the Lord Swordmaster leaves, I have one more thing to discuss with the Lord Swordmaster in detail."
Lin Huang nodded slightly and turned his head to look at the group of Sword Servants. "Wait here for a moment."
He then looked at Sword2 and the others. "If there's nothing else, you guys can leave as well."
Sword2 and the others bowed one after another and left after saying their goodbyes.
Only then did Lin Huang walk toward the Great Heaven Palace with Sword1.
Sword1 was on his left, half a body's length behind, but he immediately followed.
After entering the Great Heaven Palace, Lin Huang sat down on the sofa.
Sword1's gaze swept around unobtrusively and found that the interior of the Great Heaven Palace was still the same as before. A hint of nostalgia flashed in his eyes.
Just as Lin Huang was about to ask what the Lord Sword1 wanted to talk to him about in private, Sword1 suddenly knelt on one knee with a solemn expression.
"What are you doing?!" Lin Huang stood up.
"Lord Swordmaster, I have a presumptuous request, but this request may not be what the Lord Swordmaster wants to hear …"
"Stand up and speak," after hearing what Sword1 said, Lin Huang guessed that what he was going to say was probably related to the Raiders.
Sword1 still stubbornly did not stand up, but continued, "I hope that after my authority is unsealed, Lord Swordmaster will allow me to go to the great world and investigate the murderer who killed Lord Swordmaster Great Heaven and this Raider organization."
Lin Huang was silent for a moment and sat back on the sofa. "Stand up."
Seeing that Sword1 still refused to get up, Lin Huang continued, "It's not that I don't want you to investigate Master Great Heaven's murderer, but if it's related to the Raiders, it's too dangerous.
"How about this — I'll allow you to investigate this matter, but don't act alone. When the time comes, I'll bring people to participate. I'll be in charge of the investigation, and all of you must listen to my orders. If I sense danger and request that the investigation be suspended, all of you must obey my orders and not act on your own! "
"But if that's the case, once the matter is exposed, Lord Swordmaster will also be targeted by the Raiders." Sword1 shook his head and rejected the idea. "I don't agree with you participating."
"Have you ever thought that if you investigate alone, once you're exposed, I'll be implicated as well?" In fact, Lin Huang had already thought this through very clearly. "The Raiders' methods are beyond your imagination. Forget capturing you alive, even if they only get your corpse, or even just a wisp of your remnant soul, there's a high probability that they'll be able to trace it back to me.
"If you're exposed, I won't be able to escape. The other Sword Servants and guards will be implicated as well — none of them will be spared!
"So instead of letting you act alone, it's better for us to prepare and plan together. If we all come up with ideas together, it'll be better than if you act alone. This way, we can also reduce the chances of the investigator's identity being exposed.
"Moreover, Great Heaven is my teacher. I accepted his inheritance, so in terms of karma, I'm also involved in this matter.
"As for the Raiders, even if you didn't mention it today, sooner or later I'll be on the opposite side of them. It's only a matter of time before my identity as a traveler is exposed. Sooner or later, I'll become their hunting target. Instead of waiting for them to come knocking on my door, it's better to take the initiative to find out more about them first! "
When Lin Huang first heard about the existence of the Raiders from Yang Ling, he already knew very well that sooner or later he would be targeted by the Raiders. Unless he was willing to join the Raiders and join them in robbing other travelers of their Goldfingers, there was no way he could reconcile with the Raiders.
The reason why he had previously put this potential threat aside was partly because the Raiders were still very far away from him, and partly because his strength was far from being able to fight the Raiders.
Now, with the opportunity of Sword1's incident, he finally made a preliminary plan to fight against the Raiders.
"All you want to do is seek revenge on the Raider who killed Master Great Heaven, but in the long run, I want to destroy the entire Raider organization. At the very least, I want to destroy their branch in our great world!" Lin Huang made a grand wish.
"Sword1 is willing to fulfill this dream with Lord Swordmaster!" Sword2's eyes lit up like flames.
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