Chapter 98

After Lian Chengyu performed his martial arts on stage, only five candidates remained in the Mortal Blood Realm.

These five people, apart from Yi Yun, were all elites cultivated by the Tao Clan.

In terms of martial techniques, these Tao Clan elites were even stronger than Lian Chengyu, as they had been guided by peak Purple Blood instructors within the Tao Clan, who were far more skilled than Yao Yuan.

Even Lian Chengyu had to admit that their "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist" was performed with great power, and their realm was even subtly above his own!

This gave Lian Chengyu a sense of crisis.

His initial selection score was barely in the top five, and making it into the top five in the reselection was not yet secure.

Zhang Tan had previously mentioned that this Divine Kingdom selection had three rounds of selection. Lian Chengyu did not know if he was good at the third round's test. Now, Tao Yunxiao and the nine Purple Blood warriors had already taken up ten spots, leaving few remaining. Lian Chengyu felt a sense of urgency.

After three Tao Clan elites completed their martial arts performances,

Next was Tao Yunxiao!

As a person who had reached the pinnacle of the Mortal Blood Realm, Tao Yunxiao was the focus of everyone's attention.

Moreover, Tao Yunxiao was performing on the Tao Clan's home turf. Among the surrounding spectators, ninety-nine out of a hundred were from the Tao Clan. As the third son of the Tao Clan, Tao Yunxiao's appearance immediately sparked cheers from the audience!

In this atmosphere of cheers, Tao Yunxiao was very confident, and he already had a plan in mind!

He strode onto the white jade platform, determined to win this round and win in a way that would be unprecedented!

In this reselection, his father and the Tao Clan's patriarch had given him a big surprise! This surprise made Tao Yunxiao confident that this reselection would be his personal show!

Standing on the platform, with so many people watching him, Tao Yunxiao displayed a proud expression!

This was his stage, the starting point for his journey to a glorious future!

He loved this feeling.

His gaze swept over the surrounding area, looking at the candidates below who seemed like ordinary people. A smile appeared at the corner of Tao Yunxiao's mouth, and he no longer considered Yi Yun a threat.

Tao Yunxiao would make these people understand the huge gap between him and the other candidates, making them realize what it meant to be like a frog at the bottom of a well!

Tao Yunxiao waved his hand, and an old man presented him with a long, silk-wrapped object.

It was a sword!

"Weapons?"

People were somewhat surprised. So far, no one had used a weapon during their performance on stage.

Using weapons was not difficult to learn; even someone like Zhao Tiezhu, who could wield a large knife and a copper hammer, could perform with vigor and style.

However, for true martial artists, using weapons was not just for show; they had to integrate the weapon into their martial arts, making it a part of their body.

Generally, hand-to-hand combat skills were easier to control, but using weapons like swords, spears, and halberds with the same ease as one's own limbs was not easy.

Before reaching the Purple Blood Realm, martial artists focused all their efforts on breaking through to the Purple Blood Realm and generally did not have the extra time to practice weapon skills.

Now, on the white jade platform, Tao Yunxiao had taken out a sword, which naturally meant he had real skills!

Tao Yunxiao was a martial artist who had trained in swordsmanship.

At the age of fourteen, he had reached the peak of the Purple Blood Realm and had also practiced sword techniques, making him a true prodigy.

Even Zhang Tan, seeing Tao Yunxiao carefully unwrap the cloth around the sword, showed a hint of surprise.

He also wanted to see how Tao Yunxiao's sword skills had developed.

The cloth was completely unwrapped, revealing a short sword over two feet long.

The guard of the sword had an ancient and simple design, and the hilt was covered with ancient snake skin...

Seeing this sword, the elders of the Tao Clan on the main platform looked both proud and complex.

This sword was the ancestral weapon of the Tao Clan!

The ancestral weapons of the Tao Clan were a pair of swords, one female and one male.

The one in Tao Yunxiao's hand was the female sword.

"Grand Elder, why did you agree to let Yunxiao take out the ancestral weapon? Aren't you afraid that other forces will covet it, leading to the destruction of our Tao Clan?"

The two ancestral weapons of the Tao Clan were the foundation of their existence. In the past, they were only used by peak Purple Blood warriors within the clan to fight against wild beasts.

Moreover, this pair of swords had the effect of condensing sword qi to cleanse the body, making training with the dual swords much more efficient!

But today, for the Divine Kingdom selection, the elders of the Tao Clan had given one of the ancestral weapons, the female sword, to Tao Yunxiao for his performance. This seemed unbelievable.

The Grand Elder of the Tao Clan was a lean old man. He pondered for a moment and said, "The Taiyi Divine Kingdom is a massive entity. How could it be interested in our two ancestral weapons? While revealing the ancestral weapons might cause trouble, always keeping this secret and not facing challenges will eventually lead to the decline of our Tao Clan."

"It is time to showcase our strength and depth. This Divine Kingdom selection is the best opportunity. We cannot stay in the barren land of Yunhuang forever. We need to go out and try to establish a family!"

In the Taiyi Divine Kingdom, calling oneself a family was not taken lightly.

Clans like the Lian Clan and the Tao Clan could only be called "tribes."

The difference between a family and a tribe was like the difference between a noble in the capital and a wealthy landowner in the countryside.

The Tao Clan had existed in Yunhuang for a long time. They had ambitions to establish a family and have their own fief, growing from small to large.

Many ancient families in the history of the Taiyi Divine Kingdom started small and grew over time.

Some families had even survived through several dynasties, far longer than the current royal family of the Taiyi Divine Kingdom.

The Tao Clan had accumulated enough resources. This time, they would use the Divine Kingdom selection to showcase their strength, and Tao Yunxiao was fortunate to become the representative of the Tao Clan in the Mortal Blood Realm.

"Sir Zhang, I will perform the 'Nine Heavenly Swords'!"

The "Nine Heavenly Swords"?

The common people had never heard of this technique, but those like Lian Chengyu, who had been involved in martial arts for a long time, knew about the "Nine Heavenly Swords."

It was a technique that used nine sword moves to train the entire body's muscles and bones, similar to the "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist." Moreover, it could complement the "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist" to some extent. Since Tao Yunxiao had practiced the "Nine Heavenly Swords," he had also practiced the "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist."

He had trained in two techniques!

This made Lian Chengyu marvel at the difference in depth between a large clan like the Tao Clan and others.

It was important to note that the "Nine Heavenly Swords" had not been widely spread. It was treasured by some forces, and obtaining the secret manual was not easy. Learning the "Nine Heavenly Swords" required a sword, which greatly increased the difficulty of learning!

The Tao Clan possessed the ancestral dual swords, which could grant mysterious powers to those who used them. Combined with the secret techniques of the "Nine Heavenly Swords," they could unleash incredible power, helping martial artists break through their cultivation realms smoothly.

This was the true depth of the Tao Clan, the capital that had allowed them to stand in the Great Wasteland for a thousand years!

This depth had been kept secret for a long time. Now, the elders of the Tao Clan believed that their accumulation was sufficient, and it was time to showcase their strength and grow.