"Your Jiushan Sect has offended the Great Freedom Demon Ancestor, that’s a minor issue."
"Carrying the Qingjing Bamboo, you’ve also drawn the attention of Leiyin Temple."
"The ’Nine-Stage Golden Elixir thod’ is ten or even hundred tis more precious to our Tianhe Sect than the Qingjing Bamboo is to Leiyin Temple, not to ntion, it is related to the Qingping Sword."
Xie Qingxue looked at Zheng Fa’s face, speaking word by word:
"Tell , would the three families of Supre Dao be willing to help you against these three major forces?"
Zheng Fa didn’t need to think; he knew the answer was negative.
Looking at Fairy Xie before him, he suddenly asked: "So, what is Fairy Xie’s intention?"
"Your Jiushan Sect shall not use the ’Jiushan Golden Core thod’ in the future."
This was not unexpected for Zheng Fa. Previously, when he activated the ’Jiushan Golden Core thod’, it resonated with the Qingping Sword, at that ti, Xie Qingxue was almost powerless.
Thus, Xie Qingxue naturally feared this thod.
The Tianhe Sect naturally feared it too.
"Also, I want the ’Jiushan Golden Core thod’."
"...Fairy Xie, don’t you think these two demands are excessive?"
"It concerns sect inheritance..." Xie Qingxue looked at Zheng Fa and suddenly laughed, "If the elders of my sect ca, they would be even more demanding than ."
Zheng Fa nodded slightly, sighed, seemingly a bit helpless.
What Xie Qingxue said was true; the Five Sects of Xuanwei are notoriously unreasonable. Zheng Fa’s current prestige is mostly fought for—it all cos down to the Jiushan Realm’s display of far superior heritage and contributions compared to other sects.
But... the ’Nine-Stage Golden Elixir thod’ is too much of a taboo.
"So?"
"If others from Tianhe Sect were to co, I don’t know what they would do. I do, however, have a few things to tell them." Zheng Fa looked at Xie Qingxue, slowly uttering the following two sentences, "Use people to nurture the sword, dark yet clear."
Xie Qingxue’s eyes trembled, losing her voice: "You!"
"The Tianhe Ancestor took in seven disciples, one died young, among the remaining six, five betrayed him, leading to the Tianhe Five Sects."
"But no one knows, the one who betrayed first, the third disciple, was actually the most loyal one..."
Zheng Fa glanced at the Qingping Sword, with a hint of sigh in his tone: "I don’t know the essence of Tianhe Sect’s cultivation thods, but the thod cultivated by the lineage of the Tianhe Third Disciple is actually—not intended to strengthen oneself."
The more Zheng Fa spoke, the more complex Xie Qingxue’s expression beca. Holding the Qingping Sword, she showed killing intent, yet Zheng Fa was not worried at all, instead he slowly said, "Not to ntion if Fairy Xie has the ability to silence in the Jiushan Realm."
"Even this Qingping Sword, does it obey you, or ?"
Xie Qingxue was silent for a while, slowly releasing her grip on the sword hilt, as if she recognized reality.
She sighed:
"Among the Tianhe Five Sects, they all use people to wield the sword, only the line of Shouzhong Ancestor uses the sword to wield people."
"Shouzhong Ancestor?"
"It’s what you called the Tianhe Sect’s third disciple." Xie Qingxue seed to realize she couldn’t deal with Zheng Fa, and instead started explaining, "His Dao na is Shouzhong. Among the seven disciples of the Tianhe Ancestor, Shouzhong Ancestor was the most mild-tempered and the least talented. But back then, the Tianhe Ancestor once said: ’Those who carry my will are like the flight of a roc, those who carry my Dao are Shouzhong."
"Pengfei... is the Tianhe disciple you encountered previously."
The Tianhe disciple from the bronze tower back then might be the Pengfei ntioned by Xie Qingxue.
Xie Qingxue continued: "Shouzhong Ancestor followed his fellow disciples in rebelling against the Tianhe Ancestor back then, but he had his own plans."
"His plan involves the Qingping Sword?"
"Yes..." Xie Qingxue lowered her eyes, chuckled bitterly, "His plan was simple. At that ti, when the Tianhe Ancestor was an enemy of the world, his help would be futile. On the contrary, if he could hold the Qingping Sword, he might leave a glimr of hope for the ancestor."
"But, it’s said that Dao Fruit doesn’t die... yet the Qingping Sword seems to have lost the spiritual wisdom of the ancestor long ago."
Xie Qingxue’s words confird what Zheng Fa saw within Qingping Sword; simply put, Qingping Sword is considered one of the Dao Fruits of the Tianhe Ancestor, possibly containing the spiritual wisdom of the Tianhe Ancestor, perhaps even a chance for resurrection.
For instance, the Blood River Ancestor was resurrected in the Jiushan Realm.
This Shouzhong Ancestor, holding this hope, found that Tianhe Ancestor hadn’t resurrected through the Qingping Sword, and even nurtured the Qingping Sword with himself. From a principle perspective, it might be similar to what Zhang did to the Nine Mountains Ancestor Master—except Zhang didn’t intend to restore the spiritual wisdom of the Nine Mountains Ancestor Master, while the Shouzhong Ancestor did have this plan.
"Using people to nurture the sword is the essence of the cultivation thod of Shouzhong Ancestor’s lineage. To inherit the Qingping Sword, firstly one needs talent, otherwise insufficient to nurture the Qingping Sword, secondly, one must possess this... patience."
Zheng Fa lightly nodded, not ntioning Xie Qingxue.
Even that Shouzhong Ancestor is doing the most rebellious thing in the Xuanwei Realm on one hand, while hiding secrets on the other, prepared for the next Qingping Sword Master to erge, even ready from the start with ’success can wait another’.
This tenacity, he couldn’t help but slightly admire.
"Darkness returns to light, is..." Xie Qingxue lowered her eyes to look at the Qingping Sword, and softly said, "The Ancestor Master once said, when the light of the Qingping Sword once again chills the Xuanwei, it will be the day the Ancestor Master reappears."
Zheng Fa fell silent for a while, gradually sorting out so of the matters involved.
Such as so of Xie Qingxue’s oddness, and even her excessive understanding of the "Nine Reincarnation Golden Core thod."
Such as this lineage, which from the beginning has such high requirents, makes it quite normal for its transmission to be broken within the Tianhe Sect.
"Fairy Xie, do you also nurture your sword with your own body?"
Zheng Fa suddenly asked.
"Yes... For the other four lineages of sword cultivation in our Tianhe Sect, the focus is primarily on the cultivator, but in the lineage of the Shouzhong Ancestor Master, the focus is on the sword."
Xie Qingxue sighed again, "If it weren’t so, how could I ever allow you to manipulate ?"
Zheng Fa also felt that Xie Qingxue was a bit unlucky—normally, there was no problem with this lineage’s Cultivation Technique, considering Qingping Sword had no spiritual wisdom before and would not take any initiatives. It always remained aloof, ignoring everyone.
Yet... Xie Qingxue encountered Zheng Fa, the Qingping Sword encountered Zheng Fa... No, it encountered the "Nine Mountains Golden Core thod," which makes it tremble thrice a day.
Now it seems that Qingping Sword was transford by the Dao Fruit of the "Nine Reincarnation Golden Core thod," which perfectly aligns with the current "Nine Mountains Golden Core thod," leading to Xie Qingxue becoming trapped by such a cultivation thod!
Objectively speaking, much of the power of the previous Qingping Sword ca largely from Qingping Sword itself, with a small portion attributed to Xie Qingxue’s profound Spiritual Power.
Zheng Fa... even rely operated the "Nine Mountains Golden Core thod" twice.
"Zheng Fa..." Xie Qingxue’s voice was faint, uncharacteristically soft, her deanor surprisingly gentle, "I thought about it, and realize that with your talent, it’s perfectly normal to create a ’Nine Mountains Golden Core thod.’
"Hmm?"
"I see, the ’Nine Mountains Golden Core thod’ has nothing to do with the ’Nine Reincarnation Golden Core thod!’ Before all the elders, I will also stand by you to clarify it!"
Xie Qingxue said it firmly and categorically.
Zheng Fa looked at her determined expression and started to laugh.
"..."
"Fairy Xie, you wouldn’t want the elders to know about you being a traitor of the Tianhe Sect, wouldn’t you?"
"..." Xie Qingxue pursed her lips, clenching her fists, seemingly ready to fight Zheng Fa bare-handed.
"What do you intend to do?"
"I’m thinking, this Qingping Sword suits quite well."
"This is the Supre Treasure of our Tianhe Sect!" Xie Qingxue imdiately replied.
"Of course, of course." Zheng Fa slowly said, "Fairy Xie, it’s naturally your sword, it’s just that I would like to use it from ti to ti."
Xie Qingxue instantly understood, "You an, my sword, my Spiritual Power, and you get to use them?"
"Yes."
"Am I supposed to beco your Sword Spirit?"
"...I never said that."
"..."
Master Cheng Kong was a bit worried in his room, thinking about Xie Qingxue’s character—let’s say, not too bad, but the common shortcomings of a genius from a major sect were inevitable.
What’s more, Xie Qingxue’s expression earlier clearly indicated she intended to cause trouble for Zheng Fa.
Although within the Jiushan Realm, Zheng Fa might not fear Xie Qingxue, offending the Tianhe Sect still wasn’t a good thing.
Alternatively, if he could help, it might even win over Zheng Fa to their side, who knows?
Therefore, his Divine Sense was constantly monitoring around the Jiushan Realm, waiting to see how the situation unfolded. After a long wait, Xie Qingxue and Zheng Fa finally walked out shoulder to shoulder.
Upon seeing their expressions, he felt puzzled—
Zheng Fa’s face retained its gentle and warm smile, even more serene than before.
But Xie Qingxue’s face was filled with hesitation, lost and defeated, much like a mortal woman left desolate after losing everything with no place to seek justice, appearing pitiful.
He looked back and forth several tis, frowning slightly.
"Cheng Kong, what are you looking at? Why such a face? What did Zheng Fa say?"
Mingde Master just ca to find him, seeing his look of contemplation and a very puzzled expression, thus asked.
"I seem to have seen a lon twist itself and deliver itself into Zheng Fa’s hands..." Master Cheng Kong looked at Zheng Fa’s expression again, nodding affirmatively, "This lon should be quite sweet."
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