The Sword Clan of the Gale was one of the five holy lands of the County of Yan. The clan leader, Jian Kuangren, was at the pinnacle of the first level of Saint Plane. It was said that his swordsmanship was filled with arrogance.
The Sword Clan of the Gale was considered the weakest among the five holy lands of the County of Yan.
That was why Ye Futian chose to stay in Liuyue City, which was under the jurisdiction of the Sword Clan of the Gale. A sword saint of the first level of Saint Plane would not have been wiped out without being able to fight back, even if he were to run into some unforeseen circumstances.
While he pretended to be extremely arrogant at the moment, he still had to be cautious in his actions in the Dali Dynasty.
He had always done things in a righteous manner ever since he entered the Dali Dynasty. Those who fell under his sword were those who deserved to be killed, and no one could criticize him for that.
Ye Futian met Jian Kuangren, also known as the Sword Saint of the Gale, before a palace on a mountain in the Sword Clan of the Gale.
Nie Yun and the woman walked to either side of Jian Kuangren. There were many students of the Sword Clan of the Gale below, and they all looked at Ye Futian. Was this the person who defeated brother Nie Yun with a single sword attack?
Ye Futian sized up the Sword Saint of the Gale. He was tall and burly, but he emanated a sharp aura of the sword as he stared at Ye Futian.
"I am the Seventh Swordsman. Greetings, senior," Ye Futian bowed and said.
Jian Kuangren did not say anything. A formless might emanated from his body. His eyes were fixed on Ye Futian the entire time, and he realized that this person had a devilishly handsome temperament. Moreover, he did not have the slightest bit of restraint that others would have when facing a cultivator of the Saint Plane.
There were countless cities in the County of Yan and countless cultivators, yet there were only 18 saints.
Any sword saint would have been revered by countless people. This was the Lower Worlds, after all. Ordinary people, regardless of how talented they were, would have felt a sense of respect when they saw a saint.
But from Ye Futian, he did not feel the slightest bit of pilgrimage from the other party. Even his salute seemed rather casual.
He had no idea that Ye Futian was a palace lord of a holy land, and the saints under his command were enough to wipe out the County of Yan. There was no way he would have behaved like ordinary cultivators.
"You don't seem to have much respect for saints?" the Sword Saint of the Gale said to Ye Futian.
"I naturally have respect for seniors. However, there is a difference in seniority in learning the ways of the sword. There is no need for a cultivator of the sword to have too much respect," Ye Futian replied.
Might emanated from the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind as he continued to stare at Ye Futian. He was indeed as arrogant as the rumors said.
"What a good saying. It seems like you have absolute confidence in becoming a Saint." The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind said, "I heard that you claimed not long ago that it would be difficult for any swordsman in the County of Yan to make you swing your sword a second time?"
"Not just the County of Yan, but the Nine Counties of Dali Dynasty as well," the woman next to him said.
Ye Futian looked at the woman and said, "If you invited me here just to interrogate me, then I won't stay."
With that, he cupped his hands and prepared to leave.
"If you're so confident in your way of the sword, I'm sure you'd like to compete with the geniuses of the Nine Counties of Dali. The Dali Dynasty is now gathering people from the Nine Counties. If you're confident, go ahead and give it a try," the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind said to Ye Futian calmly.
"Where to?" Ye Futian asked.
"People from the Nine Counties will gather at Liwang City," the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind replied. "If you're exceptionally talented, you'll be able to train in the Upper Worlds. There might even be cultivators from the Upper Worlds of the Dali Dynasty coming to the Lower Worlds. If you're truly powerful enough, you might be able to soar into the sky and make a meteoric rise. If so, are you interested?"
"Not interested." Ye Futian replied plainly, "Judging from what you're saying, there seems to be a martial arts competition going on in the vast Lower Worlds?"
"That's possible." The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind nodded and a look of interest was seen in his eyes. He actually said that he's not interested?
"How many of the cultivators from the Nine Counties of Dali are worthy of my sword?" Ye Futian said plainly, "Such a martial arts competition is too boring. As for training in the Upper Worlds, I can head there anytime I want with the sword in my hand. As for the so-called meteoric rise, it's even more boring. All I pursue is the supreme way of the sword. If I wanted fame and fortune, why would I need to spend thirty years sharpening my sword and only come out now?"
"Only the supreme way of the sword?" The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind looked at Ye Futian with even more interest and said, "Those who train in the way of the sword indeed need to be indifferent to fame and fortune. They need to train their heart of the sword with sincerity. It seems that your state of mind is very high. No wonder you've achieved so much. However, even if you want to sharpen your way of the sword and think that there are few in the Nine Counties of Dali who are worthy of your sword, shouldn't you be heading to the Upper Worlds to train?"
"Indeed." Ye Futian nodded.
"If that's the case, then let's go together. I'm curious about your sword as well. If you think that there are few in the Nine Counties who are worthy of your sword, then wait until there's someone you think is worthy of your sword."
"Very well, I'll go with you, sir." Ye Futian nodded. That had been his goal in the first place. Traveling with the people of the holy land would have served as an explanation for his identity, rather than appearing out of thin air.
"Huanxue, arrange a place for him to train," the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind said to the woman beside him.
"I …" The woman was stunned. "I'm not going."
That woman was the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind's biological daughter. She would not have dared to turn down the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind with such an attitude otherwise.
She had experienced Ye Futian's arrogance before. At that moment, before her father, the Sword Saint, Ye Futian still showed no signs of respect at all. Despite Ye Futian's exceptional talents, she was still unwilling to have too much contact with him.
"It seems that you're not going with us?" The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind said plainly. The woman glared at her father and said to Ye Futian, "Come with me."
She took Ye Futian with her after saying that.
Everyone who left was puzzled as to why the clan leader would be so polite to that arrogant swordsman. While he may have exceptional talents and the clan leader was the Sword Saint, there was no need for him to be so polite.
"You're dismissed." The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind waved at everyone and the crowd left. Nie Yun was still there. He looked at the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind and asked, "Teacher, do you really think so highly of that Seventh Swordsman?"
"That kid has will about him." The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind did not look at Nie Yun. He looked far away and said, "It's not just you. Few cultivators below Saint Plane in the County of Yan would be able to fight him. Even in the Dali Dynasty, there are few who are qualified."
He heard from Nie Yun that the kid came from the Mountain of Hidden Swords. That was indeed a pure place for training in the way of the sword. It took ten years to hone a sword and 30 years to comprehend the way.
If that was truly the case, then that kid's heart of the sword was extremely pure. Few in the County of Yan could compare to him in terms of comprehension of the way of the sword.
How many swordsmen in the County of Yan could comprehend the way on their own?
"If so, why didn't you take him as a student of the Sword Clan?" Nie Yun asked.
"If he could comprehend the way, the Sword Clan of the Gale would not have been able to keep him. He belongs to the Upper Worlds of the Dali Dynasty. I had him accompany us for selfish reasons. The Sword Clan of the Gale has been the weakest holy land of the sword in the County of Yan for many years. Having a swordsman from our side be able to shine in the Dali Dynasty and overpower other holy lands in the County of Yan.
The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind smiled and said. In truth, that was not really selfish. It was just something that saints liked to do.
"By the way, don't tell your sister about it," the Sword Saint of Fierce Wind said.
"Why?" Nie Yun was puzzled.
"Let the girl suffer a little. The greater the blow, the better it will be for her training in the state of mind." The Sword Saint of Fierce Wind smiled and turned to leave.
At that moment, his daughter, Huanxue, sent Ye Futian to a courtyard in the clan. She said, "Stay here and train. The Sword Clan of the Gale is a holy land of the sword, and there are many forbidden places. Don't wander around outside of training."
"Thank you." Ye Futian walked straight into the courtyard and did not even look at the woman. He was naturally able to tell what she was thinking, but he did not care. They did not know each other in the first place.
The woman did not find Ye Futian's attitude strange either. She turned around and left.
…
A group of mighty ones from the Sword Clan of the Gale rode on their swords several days later. Their swords willed all over the place as they headed far away.
Ye Futian naturally went along with them.
However, their destination was not Liwang City, but Yandu, which was where the County Chief of the County of Yan was.
All nine counties of the Dali Dynasty had a County Chief who ruled over the land of the county. Even holy lands were under the jurisdiction of the County Chief.
At that moment, mighty ones stood at the County King's Residence in Yandu, as if they were welcoming something.
The County Chief was also known as the County King.
The County King of the County of Yan sat on an old wooden armchair at that moment. Many mighty ones were around him, waiting in silence.
That day was the day he and the holy lands of the County of Yan had agreed to meet there and head to Liwang City together.
"Who among the cultivators of the County of Yan will be able to stand out on this trip to Liwang City?" the County King asked the crowd.
He naturally knew that the trip had something to do with the selection of geniuses for the Dali Dynasty's Upper Worlds, and it was an extremely rare opportunity.
As the County King of the County of Yan, he naturally hoped that there would be more geniuses in the County of Yan. That would have made him proud as well.
"The two princesses will have no problem with that," someone below said. Suddenly, everyone's gazes turned towards the two women beside the Regional King.
Those two women were extremely beautiful. What was even more surprising was that the two of them looked exactly the same, as if they were one and the same.
The two princesses of the County of Yan were twin sisters. Their minds were connected, and they trained in the way of the sword together.
"Li Hanxing of the Ziwei Sword Clan," one of the princesses said at that moment, uttering a name.
"Kai Huang of the Juque Sword Clan," the other said.
Everyone nodded. The Ziwei Sword Clan and the Juque Sword Clan were the two most powerful holy lands of the sword in the County of Yan. The two people mentioned by the princesses were the strongest disciples of those schools, the strongest below the Saint Plane in the County of Yan. If there were to be people who could stand out in the County of Yan, those two would definitely be among them.
The County King looked far away and heard a hearty laugh. "Thank you for your appreciation of my unfilial disciple, Your Highness."
Sword aura was seen flying from afar. Two sword clans came together, but they were clearly separated.
It was the Ziwei Sword Clan and the Juque Sword Clan who came together.
The County King smiled and rose to greet them. The mighty ones of the two sword clans landed and cupped their hands at the County King.
The Crimson Phoenix Sword Clan and the Sword Clan of the Storm arrived one after another. The County King's Residence was bustling with activity.
The Sword Clan of the Gale was the last to arrive, and Ye Futian came with them!
PS: I haven't been in a good state lately, and I still owe everyone three updates!
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