Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 96 Sword Master
Han Qiu, A Le, Zi Qian, and Zi Yuan all have great potential for development. Han Qiu possesses the Dark Body, Zi Qian is not far from cultivating the Saint Body, and A Le is even more so. Having reached the Supreme Realm twice, he has already refined two kinds of Five Elements Spiritual Treasures and cultivated the Dual Spiritual Treasure Body. With his talent, even if he cannot cultivate the Five Elements Chaos Body in the Fish-Dragon Realm, he has a very high probability of cultivating the Four Spiritual Treasure Body.

Ziyuan's talent was slightly inferior, but she was Di Yi's most loyal subordinate. Di Yi's expectation for her was to cultivate the Three Spirit Treasures Body in the Fish-Dragon Realm and reach a level comparable to the Saint Body.

However, it will take a considerable amount of time for them to grow up, unless Emperor Yi can activate the Yuan Chen Sumi Stabilizing Banner and enter the inner space of this time-space treasure to cultivate.

Di Yi then turned his gaze to Zhao Hanhu. Zhao Hanhu was the leader of the Glass Knights, personally selected by the head of the First-Class Hall. He was loyal to Di Yi and was not old, not even fifty years old.

Among the masters of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish-Dragon, he is definitely considered young. Although his talent is not as good as that of the Seven Fiends Envoy, he is still a prodigy in the First-Class Hall.

Di Yi took out a portion of Nourishing Saint Blood Soil and looked at Zhao Hanhu, saying, "Dealing with Silver Moon in the Sky is a tough job. Commander Zhao is responsible for my safety, so I can't leave without giving anything in return. Consider this portion of Nourishing Saint Blood Soil my reward."

As Di Yi spoke, he threw it out. Zhao Hanhu hurriedly caught it with both hands, saying with trepidation, "Protecting the young master is my duty. I dare not complain about the hardship."

When the Emperor saw that he held the Sacred Blood Soil firmly in his palm, he smiled, though he was polite in his words, he did not refuse it.

The Glass Knights are ultimately different from the Seven Fiends; they have no background to speak of, and most of them come from the lower classes, so they have limited access to cultivation resources.

Even for Zhao Hanhu, the knight commander, the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures were rare treasures that were difficult to obtain.

"Once you have cultivated the Earth Spirit Treasure Body, I will bestow upon you the other Five Elements Spirit Treasures."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hanhu became incredibly excited, his whole body trembling slightly. He knelt on one knee and said, "Zhao Hanhu is willing to follow the young master to the death!"

Seeing this, the Purple Wind Star Envoy felt even more convinced of Emperor Yi's abilities.

The young master of Yipintang not only represents the face of the evil sects in the Eastern Region, but is also the leader of the younger generation of evil sects in the Eastern Region. He cannot hold this position simply because of his strength.

Those who follow the wrong path are countless, with many being stubborn and self-serving. These people may become strong, but they will never become qualified leaders.

Whether it's the Evil Emperor or the Master of the First-Class Hall, anyone who is the leader of a major power must have a broad mind, great strength, and the ability to use both kindness and severity.

By using the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures to win over Zhao Hanhu, it seemed as if they had only gained one person, but in reality, they had captured eight hundred Glazed Knights.

Of course, Zifeng Xing Shi was not jealous of this. Although the Five Elements Spiritual Treasures were precious, he was still qualified to obtain some from Yipin Hall with his status, not to mention that Emperor Yi had already bestowed upon him five kinds of Five Elements Spiritual Treasures.

"What Huang Shenyi and Xia Shaoyang are compared to the young master? Apart from their backgrounds, they are not even remotely comparable."

As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a good tree to perch on, and a good minister chooses a good master to serve. A proud person like the Purple Wind Star Envoy naturally has extremely high requirements for the people he follows.

After bestowing favors and winning people's hearts, Di Yi went alone to the back mountain of the Blood Cloud Sect.

The mountain is covered with azaleas, which are colorful and beautiful.

The sword cultivator friend that Illusion Saint mentioned is temporarily residing in this sea of ​​azaleas. In the middle of the sea of ​​flowers, there is a small courtyard with the door half-closed, looking quite ordinary.

As soon as the emperor entered the gate, he bowed to the old woman in blue who was watering flowers in the courtyard.

"Greetings, senior. I, Di Yi, have come to disturb you."

The old woman in blue and the Illusionary Saint were the same age, but their appearances were vastly different. One looked like a beautiful woman in her early twenties, while the other looked like an old woman in her eighties.

The old woman in blue had a face full of wrinkles, exuding vicissitudes and old age, but her eyes were very sharp, her gaze like two holy swords soaring into the sky.

She finished watering the flowers at a leisurely pace, then turned to look at Di Yi and said calmly, "You've finally come. I thought you didn't need this old woman to guide you in swordsmanship."

Di Yi said with shame, "Senior, please forgive me. In my position, I have a duty to govern. As the young master of the Black Market First-Class Hall, I cannot remain indifferent to its affairs."

The old woman remained noncommittal, only shaking her head and sighing, "The three great sword saints of the Eastern Region all possess first-class swordsmanship talent. If they weren't preoccupied with the forces under their command, at least one of them should have been able to become a king of the saintly path, so that the swordsmanship of the Eastern Region wouldn't have fallen to the bottom of the five regions."

The three great sword saints of the Eastern Region—the Xuanji Sword Saint of the Martial Market Money Shop, the Jiuyou Sword Saint of Jiuyou City, and the Zangyue Sword Saint of the Liangyi Sect—are indeed all in high positions within their respective factions.

"Is this a reminder from the senior that I shouldn't waste too much energy on these mundane matters?"

"This is your own business. I'm not a member of the black market, so I can't interfere. Illusion Saint invited me to instruct you in swordsmanship. I owed her a favor from back then, so I didn't refuse. But I must warn you first: I have a bad temper, and I especially hate stupid people. If you're too dull and don't have the swordsmanship talent I admire, I'll just turn around and leave," the old woman said in an unfriendly tone.

Emperor Yi was quite confident in his own swordsmanship talent and respectfully replied, "Rotten wood cannot be carved. If Emperor Yi is truly too stupid, it is only reasonable for you not to teach him."

The old woman nodded slightly upon hearing this and asked, "You have achieved Sword Heart Clarity, so your swordsmanship should be quite good. But no matter how high your swordsmanship is, you are still just a martial artist who uses a sword, not a sword cultivator. Do you know why?"

"I do know a little about that. No matter how strong the martial arts are, they can only be considered sword techniques. Only by mastering the [Wordless Sword Manual] can one be considered a sword cultivator," Di Yi replied.

The old woman was not surprised by this; it would be strange if the young master of Yipintang did not know the wordless sword manual.

"That's right. Only those who have mastered the Sword One of the Nameless Sword Manual can be called sword cultivators. In the past thousand years, only thirty-four people in the Fish-Dragon Realm have been able to master Sword One to perfection. And only two people have been able to master Sword Two: one is the Sword Emperor, one of the Nine Emperors eight hundred years ago, and the other is the invincible Empress Chi Yao."

"I don't ask much of you, just enough to master Sword One in the Fish-Dragon Realm."

Di Yi smiled helplessly. Being able to cultivate Sword One in the Fish-Dragon Realm already puts one in the top 35 sword cultivators of the past thousand years. This requirement is really not low.

However, he was confident in himself and ambitious. If the Sword Emperor and Empress Chi Yao could cultivate to the second level of the Sword Realm, he might be able to do the same.

(End of this chapter)