The heart is stirred in silence, and the thunder is heard in silence.
This was the sword principle that Lu Qingshan had comprehended.
Ever since he comprehended this sword principle, he was no longer forced to retreat against Li Qiubai's two fingers.
But that was all.
He still had a long way to go before he could break through Li Qiubai's two fingers.
He had comprehended it, but he had only touched the threshold.
He still needed an opportunity to break through the door.
The path of the sword had always been an unreachable peak. It was difficult to achieve it in one go.
Even with Lu Qingshan's talent, it was impossible for him to make a leap and achieve enlightenment in just five days.
Even an immortal wouldn't be able to achieve this.
Lu Qingshan wasn't disappointed, but he wasn't anxious either. He remained calm.
Although his cultivation had stagnated due to the Ten Flowers Divine Gate, his path of the sword had never been cut off.
He could take it slow.
He was neither in a rush nor in a rush. The sword immortal's heart was rippling.
"Kid, you're ambitious. Your future is limitless," he once muttered to himself.
…
Lu Qingshan raised his eyes slightly in the increasingly echoing sound of the tide.
He had arrived.
The towering walls of the Sword Tomb could be seen.
Although it was called the Sword Tomb, it was actually a city. A city close to the Great Lancang River.
Beicang City.
Because it was located on the shore of the Great Lancang River, the fog in the north was very thick. From afar, it looked hazy. It was like a paradise, a city of immortals.
What would come would come in the end.
The Sword Tomb, Xu Su.
This was a name worthy of being called a legend.
The Da Xia Kingdom had three branches. They originated from the top cultivation clans of the Great Dao Ancestor Xia's three Dao Companions.
The Xu Clan's Sword Tomb was one of them.
The reason why the Sword Tomb was called the Sword Tomb was because there was a story that could be said to have a long history.
The Xu Clan was a clan of body cultivators. Moreover, they walked the purest path of martial arts.
They practiced Divinity realm martial arts together with their powerful bodies. Their combat prowess was unparalleled.
Body cultivators who walked the martial arts path needed countless battles to temper their martial arts to become invincible.
In addition, among all the cultivators in the world, in terms of martial arts skills, the one who had always been called number one had always been a sword cultivator. The Xu family was also unconvinced in their hearts.
With the combination of these two powers, the Xu Clan's Clan Head made a decision back then. Following the model of the Martial Arts Hall, he spent a huge sum of money to hire the cultivators of Building A to forge a batch of Beicang Famed Swords. He opened the Beicang City Gate and invited sword cultivators from all over the world to challenge him.
The rules were simple.
Challengers had to bring their own sword to the door.
If he won, he would be able to choose a magic sword that was two grades higher than his own sword from the Beicang Famed Swords.
If he lost, he would have to leave behind his sword.
This was giving the sword cultivators of the world a chance to win big with small gains.
If they won, not only would they gain fame, but they would also gain the name of their sword. The sword cultivators were also extremely happy, and it was incomparably lively.
But if you don't have a diamond, you won't take on porcelain work.
Since the Xu family dared to be so confident, they naturally had some foundation.
In the face of challenges from sword cultivators, the Xu Family cultivators usually won ten times and lost one.
Over the years, the Xu Family accumulated more and more swords in Beicang City.
Firstly, swords were not of much use to body cultivators. Secondly, in order to establish Beicang City's prestige, the Xu Family directly built a tall mountain called the Sword Tomb in Beicang City and placed all the swords they obtained on the Sword Tomb.
Then, they even boldly said, "All the famed swords in the world are in my hands."
Everyone fought for their pride.
Because of this, there was an endless stream of sword cultivators who came to challenge them.
Many sword cultivators treated picking swords in Beicang City as a mission and an honor. They swore to pick all the swords in the Sword Tomb.
In the end, not only was the Sword Tomb not empty, but there were more and more swords on it.
Over time, the name of the Xu Family's Sword Tomb even overshadowed the original name of Beicang City.
Most people knew the former and not the latter.
Beicang City was often called the Sword Tomb.
The Xu Family was also seen as a thorn in the eyes of countless sword cultivators.
As for Xu Su.
As the current Clan Head of the Xu Family, he was neither arrogant nor impatient in the first thousand years of martial cultivation. He was neither anxious nor slow. He had always been patient at the top of Beicang City and coldly watched the sword cultivators who came to challenge him.
He only watched and listened, but he did not make a move.
How could a golden carp be a fish in a pond? Once it encountered a storm, it would turn into a dragon.
After a thousand years, Xu Su's first move was a complete victory against someone with a higher cultivation level.
He did not make a single move in the first thousand years. After that, he was undefeated in a hundred battles. The more he fought, the braver he became.
In a thousand years, he fought more than a thousand battles. After tasting no defeat, he stopped again and went into seclusion.
Another thousand years later, when Xu Su reappeared, he was already the Clan Head of the Xu Family, the owner of the Sword Tomb.
In the thousand years after the death of the previous Clan Head, he rose rapidly and reached the Ninth Realm. He took half a step and became a Martial Emperor. In terms of strength, he was even stronger than the previous Clan Head.
At this point, who would not be convinced by the boldness of a body cultivator?
.....
The ship approached Beicang City. Li Qiubai stood at the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back. He leaned against the railing and looked at the river, looking at the huge city gate from afar.
Speaking of which, he had a history with the Sword Tomb.
The Xu Family was Prince Qing's backer.
Back then, when Xia Xuanji was about to die and the three families fought for the throne, Prince Qing's family was the strongest in terms of strength and momentum.
First, there was Prince Qing's outstanding talent. Then, there was Xu Su who became a Martial Emperor. In the future, it was not a dream to have two Martial Emperors. Everyone was optimistic about Prince Qing taking over the throne.
Even when Xia Xuanji appointed Xia Hou to take over the throne, everyone still insisted on this view. After all, how could a weak Xia Hou fight against Prince Qing's family?
As long as Xia Xuanji died, the throne would belong to whoever took it.
Then, Li Qiubai appeared.
He entered Chang 'an alone and met Prince Qing outside the Imperial City. Before he drew his sword, his sword will had already defeated Prince Qing.
Then, he fought Xu Su, who wanted to avenge Prince Qing, in the sky above Chang 'an City.
The sky was like a dome that covered the wilderness. Only a sword could see the sky from the bottom of a well.
In this battle, the sword Qi was like a river that came from the sky and did not dissipate for a long time.
The Sword Tomb Martial Emperor, who had never tasted defeat against a sword cultivator, finally suffered the first defeat in his life at the hands of the Chang 'an Sword Immortal. Since then, he had sealed himself in Beicang City and never came out.
And because of this battle, the Sword Tomb became a lot colder.
— The body cultivator of the Xu Family in Beicang City was indeed strong. Few sword cultivators in the world were confident of defeating him.
But so what?
The Sword Tomb Martial Emperor was no match for the top sword immortal of our generation, wasn't he?
Which of the top cultivators of the major sects dared to say that they could defeat Li Qiubai? Could they defeat Xie Qingyun? Could they defeat Chu Mushen?
As long as these three sword immortals stood proudly in the world, they would always have the confidence of sword cultivators.
That's right!
In this way, Li Qiubai was actually a thorn in the side of the Sword Tomb, a thorn in their flesh.
However, while some in the Sword Tomb might have been worried about Li Qiubai, Li Qiubai had never taken the Sword Tomb seriously, not to mention his victory back then.
Even if his opponent was the new Martial Emperor who was in the limelight at that time.
Li Qiubai had always only cared about his Sword Dao …
And her.
Now, the Sword Immortal was leaning on the railing and looking into the distance. She did not think about the storm back then at all, but the three empty cities.
She already knew the vastness of the universe, but still felt pity for the greenery.
Li Qiubai, who was born in a mortal merchant family and started cultivating after the age of twenty, had never lost his humanity or his compassion for the human race.
Perhaps that was why sword cultivators were different.
For other cultivators, the higher they reached the peak, the thinner their emotions would be, and the closer they would be to the so-called "immortals" who were "devoid of humanity".
However, sword cultivators were different. They followed their hearts, and their innocent hearts were far from dim.
Although the peak of sword cultivators was called Sword Immortal, sword cultivators were more inclined toward "chivalry" than immortals.
.....
The Sword Immortal stood at the bow of the ship.
Lu Qingshan stood behind him with his two disciples. He looked at this outstanding figure that had thousands of sword wills without even drawing his sword.
After a moment, Li Qiubai finally spoke.
"Xu Su, Li Qiubai has come to visit the Sword Tomb. Come out and meet him!"
Infused with vigorous primary force, this sentence instantly resounded throughout Beicang City.
"What kind of arrogant person is this? How dare he provoke our House Master? How audacious!"
Ten thousand years was a long time, and time could often wear away everything.
Even if Mount Tai fell into the sea, the splashes would only last for a moment. After hundreds or thousands of years, not a single ripple would be left.
Therefore, after the Year of Chang 'an and entering the Heaven's Origin Sector, and because the Sword Immortal of Chang' an became famous too early and disappeared for too long after he became famous, even the cultivators of the older generation only thought of Li Qiubai as a title, let alone the cultivators of the younger generation.
Therefore, many people in Beicang City didn't realize what was going on.
After a moment, they began to realize that something was wrong. "Li Qiubai, that seems to be … Sword Immortal?"
It was Li Qiubai, who had defeated Xu Su, the Xu Family's Master, and the Chang 'an Sword Immortal who had made the Sword Tomb fall from the limelight.
After a short moment of dead silence, the city exploded with noises that were louder than the waves.
"Is it really the Chang 'an Sword Immortal?"
"Why did he come to the Sword Tomb? Why?"
The main street, the restaurants, and the indoors were all in an uproar.
Everyone's thoughts were running wild. They rushed to the top of Beicang City's tall city wall or out of the city in an attempt to see what was going on.
Everyone could see that Li Qiubai didn't come with good intentions.
Whether it was the Chang 'an Sword Immortal or the Martial Emperor Xu Su, they were both reclusive figures. Now that the two of them were likely to face each other, who wouldn't be envious?
A short while later, a torrent-like human wave had already gathered on top of the tall Northern Cang City.
At this moment.
"Xu Su has been in seclusion for ten thousand years and has sealed himself in the Sword Tomb. Forgive me for not welcoming you. Sword Immortal Li, please go somewhere else." A powerful voice, which was also surging with Yuanli, came from inside Beicang City. It traveled all the way to the outside of the city and over the Lancang River.
It was the Sword Tomb's Martial Emperor, Xu Su.
"Xu Su, if you don't dare to meet me, I'll have to break into the city." Li Qiubai leaped up from the bow of the ship and into the sky.
Everyone couldn't help but look up at that figure.
Just like the thousands of cultivators during the Chang 'an era, they had no choice but to look up at the Chang' an Sword Immortal.
Beicang City was a large city. The Xu family wasn't the only family in the city.
"The Sword Immortal has come, but the Martial Emperor Xu is refusing to meet him. Isn't he being too pretentious?" someone murmured in the city.
There were definitely more than one or two people with such thoughts.
"Beicang City isn't a city that anyone can break into!" The powerful voice sounded again.
"Senior Li is a Sword Immortal!" Finally, a sword cultivator in the city couldn't take it anymore and shouted.
A Sword Immortal can't break into Beicang City?
Don't forget how you were defeated by the Chang 'an Sword Immortal back then.
Shouts of agreement rose one after another.
Being a Sword Immortal had always been the highest pursuit of a sword cultivator. It was a sword cultivator's belief and was not to be trifled with.
"If you're really a Sword Immortal, I'll naturally come out of the city to welcome you. But … that was then and this is now. Li Qiubai, you've even broken your ears and don't have a sword in your hand. How can you call yourself a sword cultivator, let alone a Sword Immortal?" Xu Su seemed to have heard the clamor and responded.
In the inner city, a bulky middle-aged man who was sitting cross-legged opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the city gate.
Even though there were countless obstacles along the way, his gaze seemed to penetrate everything and met Li Qiubai's gaze from afar.
Li Qiubai was known as the leader of the Sword Dao. Firstly, it was because his attainment in the Sword Dao was at the peak and unmatched by others.
Secondly, it was because Li Qiubai cultivated the Single Sword Style. His only sword was named Ox Ear.
The pearl was called Luminous Night, and the sword was named Ox Ear.
This phrase was like thunder in the Chang 'an era.
Many heroes were defeated by Li Qiubai's Ox Ear.
"Ox Ear Fold?" The crowd that was like a flood heard Xu Su's words. It was as if a thunderbolt had exploded in their ears, making them dizzy.
"Ox Ear Fold?" On the ship, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but tremble when he heard Sword Grave Xu Su's words. "How is that possible?!"
As a sword cultivator himself, he knew very well how important an Intrinsic Sword was to a sword cultivator.
He was a sword cultivator who walked the path of multiple swords, but because one of his Intrinsic Sword Dragon Sparrow was tainted, his cultivation had stagnated.
For Li Qiubai, the impact of having his Intrinsic Sword broken was even greater.
If Sword Grave Xu Su's words were true, then what he said about "Sword Immortal" wasn't a provocation. He was just speaking the truth.
Was Li Qiubai really a Sword Immortal?
This thought popped into Lu Qingshan's mind.
However, it only lasted for a moment before he threw the thought to the back of his mind.
Who else but a Sword Immortal could wield the Immortal Sword on the Lancang River?
So what if he wasn't a Sword Immortal if he could wield such an Immortal Sword?
No wonder Li Qiubai hadn't drawn his sword.
Previously, Lu Qingshan had thought that those people weren't worthy of Li Qiubai drawing his sword.
Now it seemed that this was partly the reason, but it was more likely that Li Qiubai's ox ear had been folded and he had no sword to wield!
In the sky, Li Qiubai heaved a long sigh.
For him, having a sword or not didn't make much of a difference. It didn't matter too much.
However, since Xu Su wanted to ask for a sword, why not give it to him?
In the next moment, everyone's eyes widened in silence. They held their breaths and looked sideways.
They saw the middle-aged man standing proudly above the waves in the sky, his sleeves fluttering without any wind.
In the blink of an eye, Beicang City, which had been shrouded in the damp mist of the Lancang River, suddenly became clear. All the mist was pushed away and melted away.
In the center of the city.
The towering sword tomb that had buried countless swords and famed swords for tens of thousands of years began to tremble imperceptibly.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The Sword Grave trembled more and more violently. The countless ownerless swords embedded in it began to buzz as though they were being summoned.
Li Qiubai raised his arm and said softly to Beicang City, "Come."
Finally.
Whoosh!
A black sword turned into a streak of black light and broke free of the Sword Grave's 10,000 years of confinement. It rose into the air and hovered in the clouds above Beicang City.
It was like a signal.
Several breaths later.
An inconceivable scene appeared.
Swords broke free from the Sword Grave one after another.
The swords flew up one after another, closely interlocking with each other. They glided in an incomparably exquisite arc and pierced into the clouds. Finally, they abruptly stopped in midair and gently floated down.
Tens of thousands of swords lined up in an orderly manner above Beicang City. The tips of the swords were pointed downward at Beicang City.
Sword radiance flickered on the swords, and energy swords flickered.
There were as many energy swords as there were swords.
It was like a curtain of a waterfall pouring down.
It was like a shocking curtain of swords.
It was like a raging bull.
A moment ago, Li Qiubai had no sword in his hand.
However, at this moment, he had the entire city's swords in his hand.
Heaven and earth were moved.
On this day, this magnificent phenomenon appeared from the Sword Grave. It was so shocking that it was destined to shake the world.
A voice that was as loud as a bell resounded through the city again.
"Xu Su, if you don't leave the city, I'll send a rain of swords to Beicang City. Do you believe me?"
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