Chapter 81

On the third floor of the Sword Pavilion, the head of the Nine Profound Sword Gate, Jin Ze, stood by the window with his hands behind his back.

Beside him stood the elder of the Sword Pavilion, also gazing into the distance.

Han Muye ascended to the third floor, looked at the two men, took a deep breath, and bowed, saying, "Han Muye greets the head and the elder."

The two men turned to look at Han Muye.

A heavy atmosphere pressed down, making it difficult for Han Muye to breathe.

This was what a great cultivator was like.

Not the elder who had shared a drink with him.

At this moment, Han Muye finally felt a sense of reverence for the great cultivator.

"Senior Brother Gao, have you made up your mind?"

After a moment, Han Muye felt the pressure on him ease, and then he heard the voice of the head, Jin Ze.

"Hehe, it's rare to find a disciple with both good insight and character. Our Sword Pavilion hasn't been so prosperous for many years."

The elder's voice remained gentle.

"Yes, his character and insight are indeed good," the head seemed satisfied and then said softly, "Let's decide it then."

"Han Muye."

Han Muye looked up.

"Your talent is still lacking. I have a pill that can enhance your talent, and I will give it to you."

The head raised his hand, and a small jade bottle flew into Han Muye's hand.

A pill to enhance talent!

Such a pill is never below the third grade!

A pill like this would cost at least 100,000 spirit stones.

Moreover, without sufficient strength, you couldn't even obtain such a pill even if you had the spirit stones.

"Thank you, Head, for your gift," Han Muye caught the pill and bowed hurriedly.

With this pill, even if it only raised his talent to the eighth grade, he would have the confidence to walk further and more steadily on the path of cultivation.

"Don't thank me," the head shook his head and walked straight down the stairs.

"If you want to thank someone, thank Senior Brother Gao for his guidance."

Han Muye turned to look at the elder of the Sword Pavilion.

The elder smiled and waved, then walked back behind the long table.

On the wooden stand in front of him were three long swords.

One was a dark long sword.

One was an ancient sword.

The other was the sword that had been placed on the stand, the treasured sword of the Three Qin Sword Sect.

"Have you seen a magical treasure before?"

The elder of the Sword Pavilion suddenly spoke.

A magical treasure?

Han Muye shook his head.

The best sword he had seen was the one stored in the Sword Pavilion.

"I haven't seen one either," the elder of the Sword Pavilion said calmly.

After all, magical treasures are precious, so it's normal not to have seen one—

Han Muye had just thought this when he suddenly widened his eyes.

How could that be!

The elder of the Sword Pavilion held the Nine Profound Sword, the treasured sword of the Nine Profound Sword Gate.

How could he not have seen a magical treasure?

Isn't the Nine Profound Sword a magical treasure?

"You're right, I haven't seen the Nine Profound Sword."

The elder of the Sword Pavilion turned his head, his expression calm.

"The Nine Profound Sword is stored beneath the Sword Pavilion, suppressing an extremely powerful demon."

"If the Nine Profound Sword were to emerge, the Nine Profound Mountain would be in its greatest peril."

The Nine Profound Sword is stored beneath the Sword Pavilion?

The Nine Profound Sword suppresses an extremely powerful demon?

These should be the Sword Pavilion's deepest secrets.

If not for seeing the might of Tuoba Cheng and the head, Jin Ze, today, Han Muye couldn't even imagine what an extremely powerful demon would be like.

Could it be a celestial demon?

Tuoba Cheng, who was one step away from forming a sword momentum, could strike a hundred miles with a single sword, with a hundred-foot sword light and thirty-six white tigers following, possessing the might to roar to the heavens.

How powerful would a true celestial realm expert be?

If such a powerful being were to break free from the suppression beneath the Sword Pavilion, would the entire Nine Profound Mountain still exist?

"The Nine Profound Sword has suppressed the Sword Pavilion for ten thousand years, and that demon has lived for ten thousand years."

"Didn't you want to know why there are evil swords sent to the Sword Pavilion?"

With a wave of his hand, the evil long sword landed in the elder's hand.

"The demon race will try every means to send the soul and blood of their descendants to feed the suppressed demon."

Feeding the demon with soul and blood?

Han Muye recalled that both this sword and Luo Tian's sword had once killed fox demons.

The sword killing demons, absorbing their blood and soul, and then sustaining the life of the demon suppressed by the Sword Pavilion?

If the elder of the Sword Pavilion knew, why didn't he stop it?

Cutting off the feeding would make the demon die, and the Nine Profound Sword wouldn't need to suppress it anymore.

"Last time, because the Fiery Demon Valley was pacified, the demon's blood and soul were not delivered in time, and the demon went mad."

The elder's voice sounded.

"Over a hundred sword viewers in the Sword Pavilion died in ten years."

"Huang Lao Liu was the only one who survived in that batch."

Without the demon's blood and soul, the demon would absorb the blood and soul of the Sword Pavilion's sword viewers!

Han Muye recalled what Huang Lao Liu said when he first came to the Sword Pavilion, that the swords in the Sword Pavilion would absorb blood.

It turned out it was true.

Looking at the sword in the elder's hand, Han Muye couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

He had gone to great lengths to find the secret of this sword.

"The true duty of the Sword Pavilion's sword viewers is to watch over the Nine Profound Sword."

"If there is any abnormality with this sword, they need to report it quickly and take action."

The elder of the Sword Pavilion spoke softly.

This is what a sword viewer is.

"You see the swords stored in the Sword Pavilion, their sword qi condensing, providing sword intent power to the Nine Profound Sword to suppress the demon."

"That's why the number of swords in the Sword Pavilion has never been less than eighty percent."

"The Sword Cultivation Technique is also left to nourish the Nine Profound Sword."

Having said this, the elder of the Sword Pavilion smiled at Han Muye, "Do you know the origin of the Nine Profound Sword Gate?"

No.

How could he know?

Now, Han Muye fully understood that he was just a novice in the cultivation world, and many of the true secrets of the cultivation world were unknown to him.

Not just him.

Even Mo Yuan, who soared to the sky and had combat power surpassing ordinary earth realm experts, was just a low-level cultivator in the eyes of true great cultivators.

Without reaching that level, it's impossible to touch the secrets of that level.

"The Nine Profound Sword Gate is named after the Nine Profound Sword."

"Our lineage is here to suppress the demon and guard this place."

"So," the elder of the Sword Pavilion paused, then said calmly, "Although I have only cultivated for sixty years, even the three grandmasters and the head of the sect call me Senior Brother."

The Sword Pavilion, in the Nine Profound Sword Gate, has such an important status!

Han Muye looked up at the elder of the Sword Pavilion, feeling a chill run down his spine.

He didn't want to be involved in so many secrets!

As Tuoba Cheng said, only the strong need to bear the karma of the weak.

He wasn't strong yet, and he didn't want to bear these secrets.

"There are actually three cultivation techniques passed down in the Sword Pavilion."

"The Sword Cultivation Technique."

"The Sword Condensation Technique."

"The Martial Sword Technique."

"The Sword Cultivation Technique condenses sword qi into sword bones, forming a thread of sword intent, which can form a great momentum in sixty years and can fight celestial realm experts."

"The Sword Condensation Technique nourishes sword intent with the soul, and when the sword intent is formed, it can last for a hundred breaths against celestial realm experts."

"The Martial Sword Technique, using people as soldiers and swords, infuses sword intent into the body, but this technique is incomplete."

The elder of the Sword Pavilion pointed to a small wooden box on the table and said softly, "I have already passed the Sword Cultivation Technique to you. The incomplete scrolls of the Sword Condensation Technique and the Martial Sword Technique are in here."

Hearing the elder's words, Han Muye couldn't help but ask, "Elder, why are you telling me so much today?"

The elder of the Sword Pavilion laughed lightly and waved, "These were originally meant to be told to Huang Lao Liu, but since he is leaving, who else should I tell if not you?"

Han Muye frowned, "Elder, you said I would need to wait ten years to know these secrets."

The last time Han Muye came to ask about the sword, the elder of the Sword Pavilion said he would tell him the secrets after he served as a sword viewer for ten years.

How long has it been, and why are you telling me these things now?

"Hehe, if you accept the position, you must bear the responsibility." The elder of the Sword Pavilion looked at Han Muye, his eyes deep and piercing.

"Tuoba Cheng has been cultivating the sword for ten years, and his great momentum is already formed."

"Su Yuan's Flame Sword has rekindled the fire lineage."

"The five lineages of the Nine Profound Sword Gate are thriving, and with the Sword Pavilion, it will make people wary."

"To form the great momentum of the Sword Gate, one sword must be broken."

The elder's expression was calm, without a hint of emotion.

"The five lineages rarely reunite, and the great revival is in sight. If we must break a sword today, it should be mine."

Breaking a sword!

"Clang—"

"Clang—"

"Clang—"

"Clang—"

"Clang—"

The bell on the Nine Profound Mountain rang again!

Five rings!

Great danger, second only to the death of a celestial realm elder!