Chapter 1283: Three Swords of Lingxu

Countless people wanted to learn Sword Elder's Three Swords of Lingxu. Back when he was severely injured, although it was due to revenge from enemies, to be honest, they also wanted to seize the manual.

Now that he was willing to pass it on, the other party actually refused to learn and even looked disdainful...

The intense frustration made his chest feel tight.

“I won't learn the sword technique, but the sword is useful to me. Can I take it?”

Zhang Xuan looked over.

The Three Swords of Lingxu sounded good, but from the sword intent just now, he knew it had many flaws. Rather than learning such a sword technique, it was better to collect ordinary sword moves and form a Heavenly Dao technique.

That would progress faster and be more powerful... Most importantly, he wouldn't have to be a student!

Having been used to teaching others, suddenly becoming a student was a bit embarrassing.

“The Lingxu Sword is sealed on the Heavenly Craftsmanship Stone Platform using the method of the Three Swords of Lingxu. Without learning the sword technique and reaching a certain realm, it's impossible to retrieve it...”

Seeing that he wouldn't learn, Sword Elder frowned.

The longsword on the stone platform was sealed by him with the sword technique. Only by cultivating the Three Swords of Lingxu and reaching a certain realm could one take it away. The purpose was to leave behind the inheritance...

Without learning the sword technique, wanting to take the sword was simply impossible.

As he explained and was about to say more to make the young man take him as a master, he saw the youth casually touch the ground, then step on each of the four corners of the stone platform.

Crack!

A sound of mechanisms turning rang out, and then he stamped his foot on the ground again.

Whoosh!

The longsword inserted in the stone platform leaped up and fell into the other's hand.

“You... you broke both the seal and the Heavenly Craftsmanship Stone Platform?”

Sword Elder staggered, nearly losing control of the sword energy within him and exploding on the spot.

He had just said that the other needed to learn the Three Swords of Lingxu to retrieve the sword, and then this happened... Had he come here deliberately to undermine him?

Most importantly... this stone platform and seal had cost him immense effort. Even he couldn't forcibly break them and take the sword away. This guy just kicked a few times and succeeded...

Sword Elder felt like a clown, putting on airs in front of the other, while the other didn't care at all!

“The seal and Heavenly Craftsmanship Platform you set up, though not bad, have too many flaws...”

Ignoring the other's attitude, Zhang Xuan smiled and looked at the longsword in his hand.

It was pitch black, showing no cold gleam or sharp sword energy. Outwardly, it looked no different from some mortal weapons, but holding it, he knew how terrifying it truly was.

True qi flowed within it as if without obstacles. A light swing could unleash strength beyond imagination.

Although he couldn't fully unleash the sword's power now, even a tenth of it could easily kill an expert at the initial Domain Realm!

Terrifying!

Hum!

Just as he was feeling its power, the Lingxu Sword in his palm suddenly shook violently, as if trying to break free.

“Hmm?”

He frowned.

“The Lingxu Sword was nurtured by me with sword intent, spending countless efforts to reach this power... Without learning the Three Swords of Lingxu and my sword dao technique, it's impossible to refine it... If it can't be refined, no matter how powerful a sacred artifact, it's useless to the cultivator...”

Sword Elder said.

This sword was personally forged by him and tempered with his sword intent, containing his will. If anyone could refine it, it wouldn't be so precious.

“Behave!”

Before he finished speaking, the young man across from him shouted, and then he saw his finger tap a few times on the sword body.

Crack! Crack!

A series of crisp sounds, the longsword trembled, quickly stopped shaking, and prostrated itself.

“Greetings, master!”

“Mm!” Zhang Xuan flipped his wrist, put the sword into his ring, then looked at Sword Elder with a puzzled expression: “What did you say... I wasn't paying attention just now!”

He had been too focused on feeling the sword's power to hear what the other said.

“N-nothing...”

His mouth twitching, Sword Elder's body formed of sword energy dissipated even faster.

Although he was dead and the Lingxu Sword was masterless, this sword was forged by him personally and was extremely proud. To submit to the other in an instant... was still hard for him to accept.

“If there's nothing else... I'll be going!”

Zhang Xuan clasped his fists.

“But... how can you leave without learning the Three Swords of Lingxu?”

Sword Elder called out again: “The stone platform is enveloped by sword intent. Without learning my sword technique, forcing your way through will only get you hu, hu...”

Before the word “hurt” could leave his mouth, he saw the young man's fingers touch the sword intent a few times, and the sword light on the platform dissipated with a “whoosh.”

“Cough, cough!” His face flushed red, Sword Elder could no longer hold back, and a pleading look appeared in his eyes: “Please reconsider. My Three Swords of Lingxu are really powerful...”

“I know, but I really can't be your student!” Zhang Xuan shook his head.

“You don't have to be my student... Just as long as you pass on my inheritance?”

Pausing, Sword Elder said.

He had hoped to take on a talented student to carry forward his sword technique, but this one was too outstanding, even he couldn't understand him. Taking him as a student was hopeless. He only hoped that after receiving the inheritance, the other would pass on this lineage.

“That's simple. Where is your sword technique?”

Zhang Xuan looked over.

“Here...”

Sword Elder's eyes flashed, and a stream of sword intent surged straight over. Zhang Xuan didn't dodge, and in an instant, he seemed to see thousands of sword energies flashing through his mind. A set of sword techniques appeared in his sea of consciousness.

Although this sword technique had only three moves, each move was earth-shattering and infinitely powerful.

Even the Great Compassion Demon Subduing Palm he had learned before was far inferior in comparison.

“It's probably a Saint Domain upper-grade martial technique...”

He raised an eyebrow.

The Great Compassion Demon Subduing Palm was only a technique Qiuwu Ancient Sage cultivated in his youth, at the Saint Domain mid-grade level. This one was more powerful and more offensive, likely reaching the upper-grade level.

No wonder Sword Elder was so confident; it was indeed extraordinary.

“But... with so many flaws, how can one learn it?”

After confirming the sword technique, Zhang Xuan sighed, his face full of resentment.

Sea-Splitting, Vast Ocean, Soaring Heaven—each sword was fiercer and faster than the last, but... the flaws were too numerous to count. Not to mention the most powerful Soaring Heaven, even the simplest Sea-Splitting had a full three hundred and thirty-six flaws, making one lose interest and not want to learn.

“Most importantly, this sword technique requires the coordination of countless swords... as many as one hundred and eight!”

Logically, even some low-level techniques didn't have so many flaws. The main reason was that this sword technique wasn't completed with just one Lingxu Sword but was a sword array requiring over a hundred swords!

With more swords, each with different moves and directions, naturally there were more loopholes.

“This is my original Three Swords of Lingxu. If you don't want to learn it, I hope you can find someone to pass it on, so it doesn't die out!”

Seeing the young man accept the inheritance with a look of disdain, as if about to spit it out, Sword Elder said.

“Don't worry. Although your sword technique has many flaws, consumes a lot of true qi, and doesn't look perfect... its power is still passable. I'll find a way to modify it and help pass it on...”

Seeing the other's sincerity, Zhang Xuan clasped his fists.

In truth, he only thought the flaws were many and required collecting many sword techniques to supplement; he wasn't too disdainful. This sword technique, when carefully considered, was still quite powerful.

“Uh...”

Sword Elder swayed again, unable to hold on: “Then I'll leave it to you...”

After saying this, he could no longer persist and dissipated with a “pop.”

He had only wanted to leave an inheritance... never dreamed of meeting such a guy, who had angered him into dissipating before he could even impart his sword dao insights.

“Sigh!”

Seeing him dissipate, Zhang Xuan sighed: “Having learned your sword technique and taken your sword, I will fulfill your wish, carry forward this sword technique, and restore its reputation!”

The other had left this inheritance while severely injured and left a test with words. Although there was no systematic examination, it showed his determination not to let his unique skill fade away, hoping someone would promote it in the future.

Since that was the case, he didn't mind passing on the inheritance and leaving a name that would be remembered for ages.

“This stone platform is also a treasure. I'll take it too!”

The fact that it had prevented him from pulling out the sword showed that the stone platform's material was not weak. Zhang Xuan grabbed it with his hand and put it into his ring.

Even if he didn't know how to use it, it could serve as a scabbard. In the future, with the sword inserted, swinging the stone platform over ten meters in diameter to hit people... it would feel quite satisfying.

Leaving the stone platform, the water flow returned to normal. Zhang Xuan stretched and looked outward, seeing Ji Lingzhen lying on the ground, already dead.

“I told you to teach him a lesson, why did you kill him?”

Looking at his clone, Zhang Xuan frowned.

Although he didn't like Ji Lingzhen, he had only told his clone to teach him a lesson. Why kill him?

“It was them who did it, not me...”

The clone waved his hand and pointed behind him.

Zhang Xuan looked over and saw the surrounding mist slowly dissipating, revealing a pile of people on the ground, over a hundred in number.

They were the ones who had been studying the character “sword” in front of the stone tablet earlier.

After confirming that these people were only unconscious and not dead, Zhang Xuan sighed in relief, feeling puzzled.

Weren't these guys outside studying the inscription?

How did they all end up fainted here?

“Just now, sword energy soared into the sky, and everyone knew a treasure had appeared. These people rushed over to seize it. I said Ji Lingzhen got the treasure, so they charged up and killed him! When they didn't find it on him, they wanted to cause trouble for me, so I... knocked them all out!”

Shrugging, the clone looked unconcerned.

This guy could easily defeat even Ji Lingzhen, who was at the initial Domain Realm. Although these people were not weak in cultivation, they were still far inferior to him.

“As long as they're not dead, it's nothing...”

Hearing the account, knowing he would have done the same, Zhang Xuan shook his head and stopped paying attention.

Greedy people have no reason. Rather than waste words, it was better to knock them out.

Letting the clone return to the hive, Zhang Xuan walked out of the mist, hearing numerous footsteps, and then saw “Brother Sun” Sun Qian and the others appear before him.