Chapter 98

"Come in."

Just as he reached the tent, the voice of the Sword Pavilion elder already rang out.

Han Muye walked into the tent and saw the elder, dressed in a plain white robe, sitting at a long table, writing something with a brush.

"Have you seen Mo Yuan?"

"Is he planning to leave the Western Frontier?"

The Sword Pavilion elder put down the brush, raised his head, and looked at Han Muye.

Han Muye nodded.

"Today, my sword technique is almost at the peak in the Western Frontier. If he wants to surpass it, he can only leave the Western Frontier."

The Sword Pavilion elder laughed, then sighed softly and said, "To be honest, these few days of discussion with him, and seeing his technique of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source, were truly remarkable."

"A century of cultivation, the realm of Heaven-Cutting is not just talk."

Mo Yuan's talent in swordsmanship is indeed extraordinary. By integrating ordinary sword techniques, he condensed the technique of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Source, capable of fighting against Earth Realm experts.

This opened a path for lower-rank sword cultivators.

Even though this path is filled with thorns, it is still a way to reach the distant realms of cultivation.

Too many lower-rank cultivators have no path to follow for their entire lives.

"Boy, to be honest, I didn't expect you to come." The Sword Pavilion elder looked at Han Muye, a smile appearing on his face.

"I am the Sword Pavilion's observer. Even if the whole world hopes for the elder to fall at Deer Garden Mountain, I should still come, shouldn't I?" Han Muye's gaze was fixed on the Sword Pavilion elder's face.

The Sword Pavilion elder's expression darkened slightly, and he sighed, "You have been cultivating for too short a time..."

Having cultivated for too short a time, he has not yet developed the heart of cutting off emotions and desires.

Han Muye didn't know if, when his cultivation reached a high level, he would also view the lives of others as insignificant.

"Have you seen the message I left for you?" The Sword Pavilion elder looked at Han Muye and smiled lightly.

His gaze fell on the small bronze sword that Han Muye had inserted into his hair.

After reading the jade slip, he cultivated the divine soul sword.

But how he did it, the Sword Pavilion elder was also curious.

A sword technique that took sixty years to master, how could Han Muye cultivate it in just a few days?

"Elder, I have read the jade slip." Han Muye nodded, then his divine soul trembled, and the divine soul sword emerged from his head, transforming into a small, crystal-clear jade sword.

On this small sword, a white fox shadow flickered.

Seeing the small sword, the Sword Pavilion elder's eyes narrowed, and his expression changed: "Heaven Realm divine soul?"

"Is it, that one?"

Han Muye nodded lightly and quietly explained what happened in the Sword Pavilion.

The head of the Cao family was attacked.

The secret place of the mountain gate was assaulted by assassins.

Earth Realm experts forcibly entered the Sword Pavilion.

When he heard that the great demon's soul, suppressed by the Sword Pavilion, almost possessed Han Muye's body, the Sword Pavilion elder's expression became somewhat strange.

After Han Muye finished speaking, the Sword Pavilion elder pondered for a long time and then said softly, "Boy, some things might really be the will of heaven."

The will of heaven?

Seeing his confusion, the Sword Pavilion elder smiled bitterly, "Years ago, a great power used the Nine Profound Sword to suppress the great demon for ten thousand years. Now, ten thousand years have passed, and it has been over nine thousand nine hundred years..."

The Nine Profound Sword suppressing the great demon for ten thousand years.

The ten thousand-year period is almost over.

When the time comes, will the great demon be reborn, or will it perish?

Will the Nine Profound Sword be taken back, or will it remain in the Nine Profound Sword Sect?

When that time comes, will the various sects of the Western Frontier fight over the Nine Profound Sword?

Too many uncertainties.

For ordinary people, these uncertainties are things they are powerless to change. They can only accept the results.

But for Jin Ze, the sect master of the Nine Profound Sword Sect, who controls the lives of hundreds of thousands of disciples, he cannot wait.

Even if there is just a glimmer of hope, he must fully prepare and make a determined effort.

Han Muye recalled Bai Suzhen's words.

To obtain the Nine Profound Sword, the sect master can let half of the Nine Profound Sword Sect disciples die.

So, did the sect master take advantage of the situation to have the Great Spirit Sword Sect release the great demon?

If the Great Elder of the Great Unity Sword Sect is really ten thousand miles away, the great demon's rebirth would inevitably result in a devastating blow.

But to invite the first sword cultivator of the Western Frontier to act, the cost would be significant.

In the eyes of this Heaven Realm great cultivator, the only thing he would value is probably the Nine Profound Sword.

But no one could have predicted that Han Muye, a mere observer of the Sword Pavilion, would actually block two Earth Realm experts outside the Sword Pavilion.

Even more unexpected was that the countless schemes of others, which triggered the great demon's soul, ultimately benefited Han Muye, forming the divine soul sword.

In the end, the great demon did not rebirth, and the Nine Profound Sword remained suppressed under the Sword Pavilion.

Han Muye felt a mix of amusement and frustration.

It turns out that the one who disrupted the sect master's grand plan was himself.

But on the other hand, if the plan had succeeded and the great demon had rebirthed, wouldn't he, as an observer, be the first to die?

Shaking his head, he looked at the Sword Pavilion elder again and said softly, "Elder, why can't Elder Su Yuan perform the technique of Liao Yuan?"

Liao Yuan.

The Sword Pavilion elder's eyes narrowed, focusing on the table in front of him.

"Because this technique originally does not belong to our Nine Profound Sword Sect. Half of its sword intent comes from the Wind Spirit Sword Sect."

The Wind Spirit Sword Sect, the second of the four major sword sects.

Could it be that the Wind Spirit Sword Sect is the one prohibiting the Nine Profound Sword Sect from performing the Liao Yuan technique?

And why does the Nine Profound Sword Sect's sword technique have half of its sword intent from another sect?

Han Muye didn't speak, just looking at the Sword Pavilion elder.

After a long time, the Sword Pavilion elder said softly, "Ten thousand years ago, the Western Frontier only had the Nine Profound Mountain, which suppressed the great demon, and there was no Nine Profound Sword Sect."

"Until a thousand years ago, the Nine Profound Sword Sect was just an ordinary sect in the Western Frontier, relying on the Sword Pavilion to barely protect itself."

The Sword Pavilion elder's voice carried a hint of nostalgia.

"Over a thousand years, several of our ancestors of the Nine Profound Sword Sect plotted, maneuvering between the Dao Sects, Sword Sects, and Demon Sects, continuously accumulating strength."

"The sacrifices made, are unimaginable to outsiders."

The cultivation world is not as clean as people think.

Cultivators are mostly petty and selfish.

Between cultivation sects, there are many open and hidden struggles.

Cultivation is a struggle against heaven, and against people.

The rise of the Nine Profound Sword Sect was not due to luck but through open and hidden schemes, and through defying heaven and killing.

Cultivation techniques and resources are rarely obtained cleanly.

For example, the Five Profound Sword Technique Liao Yuan.

The ancestor Tao Ran of the Nine Profound Sword Sect, under the pseudonym Tao Yuhé, cultivated in the Wind Spirit Sword Sect for decades, studying wind attribute sword techniques, and finally mastered the way of wind and fire.

Three hundred years ago, the Nine Profound Sword Sect finally gathered the strength of the five veins, with five half-step Heaven Realm experts, three elders in the Sword Pavilion, and the sect's strength reached its peak.

With such strength, it was no longer possible to remain hidden.

The strength of the Nine Profound Sword Sect gradually revealed itself, shocking the Western Frontier.

The Moonlight Sword Sect, one of the nine major sects, was directly crippled by the Nine Profound Sword Sect and lost its position among the nine.

The Nine Profound Sword Sect was at its zenith.

"In the cultivation world, if you do not advance, you will retreat. Since we have risen, we cannot avoid the struggle..."

"Without reaching the Heaven Realm, one will always be a pawn."

"For over two hundred years, today's provocations and conflicts, behind them, are just a few major sects in the Western Frontier."

The Sword Pavilion elder's face showed a hint of pain, "Two hundred years of conflict, three of our Sword Pavilion elders have fallen, and the Sword Pavilion's inheritance is damaged, with the five veins incomplete."

"If it weren't for the crisis of the sect, I wouldn't have gone to the Sword Pavilion..."

Han Muye looked at the Sword Pavilion elder.

Sacrifice.

From the elder's words, he saw the sacrifices of countless people.

Everything, for the rise of the sect.

Could the Sword Pavilion elder not see through the sect master's plans?

Impossible.

Han Muye shook his head.

With the wisdom of the Sword Pavilion elder, how could he not see through it?

But he still came to Deer Garden Mountain, willing to deliver that one sword.

He did it for the grand plan of the Nine Profound Sword Sect for thousands of years.

"Actually, the sect master has already reached the half-step Heaven Realm." The Sword Pavilion elder said calmly.

Half-step Heaven Realm!

The sect master of the Nine Profound Sword Sect, Jin Ze, is a half-step Heaven Realm, peak Core Formation expert!

The Nine Profound Sword Sect has not only three Grand Elders at the half-step Heaven Realm but a fourth!

The sect master Jin Ze is hiding so deeply!

"But even if the sect master reveals his cultivation, can the current strength of the Nine Profound Sword Sect compare to three hundred years ago?"

The Sword Pavilion elder lowered his head and said softly.

No.

Han Muye shook his head.