Borrowing a sword

Chapter 52 A Treasure Mountain

A swordless swordsman, yet possessing a clear understanding of the sword's essence?

"Let Chu Huaixu go to [Hidden Spirit Mountain]!" Sect Master Xiang Yan suddenly made the decision on the spot.

This mountain can be described as a treasure mountain for the Taoist community.

Normally, only the most outstanding young disciples who have just entered the first realm are qualified to go up the mountain.

Unless under special circumstances, one can only go up the mountain once in a lifetime.

The sword left behind by the Dao Ancestor is located on the summit of [Hidden Spirit Mountain].

However, not many people can climb to the top of the mountain and witness the splendor of that sword.

Because the entire mountain is divided into three areas: the foot of the mountain, the middle of the mountain, and the top of the mountain.

The vast majority of disciples can only obtain a spot at the foot of the mountain and do not have the qualifications to continue upwards.

Those who can reach the mountainside are already among the best.

Liu Chenggong's pine sword was obtained at the foot of the mountain.

Don't let his position as deputy captain of the outer sect enforcement team fool you; it might sound impressive. In reality, what true prodigy would want to linger in the outer sect?

They're all definitely putting in their best effort to make a final push towards the inner sect.

Everyone present knew very well that when the sect leader said he would send Chu Huaixu to [Hidden Spirit Mountain], he certainly didn't mean he would give him a spot at the foot of the mountain.

—It's the entire mountain!
Naturally, no one objected to this.

Li Chunsong cupped his hands in greeting to everyone and said, "I'll go outside the secret realm to wait for you all. Please wait for me here in the Purple Bamboo Forest."

Since Shen Man has confined herself to this place, she certainly cannot go anywhere else.

Therefore, it is most appropriate to bring that kid here.

Before long, Li Chunsong flew to the edge of the cold pool.

At this moment, the crowd gathered by the cold pool did not decrease, but instead increased.

It feels like most of the outer sect members have come here to crowd together.

When everyone saw the Sixth Elder come over to take charge, they realized even more that this matter was of utmost importance.

But as soon as Li Chunsong arrived, he started chasing people away, even the stewards.

Niu Yuanshan cooperated fully and took the lead in leaving.

Upon realizing that the visitor was the Sixth Elder and not someone else, the perceptive man already knew what was going on, and he left with a smile on his face.

This left Mo Qingmei, who was glancing at him out of the corner of her eye, completely bewildered.

Liu Tianfeng wasn't stupid; he had some guesses, but he still mustered his courage and said, "Sixth Elder, my son's potential is still unknown."

"It's alright, this matter has nothing to do with him, so it has nothing to do with you either. You can leave." Li Chunsong waved his hand casually.

Upon hearing this, Liu Tianfeng felt as if he had been struck by lightning, as if the sky had collapsed!

As he left, he kept turning back to look at himself, his face growing increasingly pale until it turned ashen, like a walking corpse.

Inside the secret realm, Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang were already standing in front of the stone gate.

He raised his hand and tapped the mechanism on the stone wall, and the stone door slowly opened.

The third checkpoint was deserted, which put Chu Huaixu at ease.

Then, to Han Shuangjiang's astonishment, he suddenly jumped into the water.

The four holes underwater did not react; no body-tempering liquid flowed out, and the underwater formation did not produce water blades.

"I just felt that there must still be body-tempering potion in the facility," he explained, offering his explanation for his bizarre behavior.

"It seems that the formation and mechanisms cannot be activated in this way. This secret realm is likely to have a coordinated formation and mechanisms," Chu Huaixu said, expressing his guess.

"Let's go," he said to Han Shuangjiang as he climbed out of the water.

Before leaving, he glanced at the four holes one last time.

Undeterred, he decided to try again, starting from the first level next time to see if it would work.

"This instance shouldn't be a one-time event, it's just that the final reward was taken," Chu Huaixu guessed.

Standing beside her, Han Shuangjiang also glanced at the pool before leaving.

However, what came to mind were the beautiful scenes in the water.

She quickly composed herself, trying to clear her mind of these filthy thoughts and stop recalling them.

The man and woman walked out of another stone door, and what came into view was Liu Chengqi, who was still trapped in the illusion.

He walked around the large open space with a blank expression and heavy steps, looking a bit like a zombie from Plants vs. Zombies.

There was no light in his eyes anymore, as if he would never reach the end.

“This illusion is quite powerful; you see, he didn’t even notice we were there,” Chu Huaixu said.

Han Shuangjiang nodded, because Liu Chengqi hadn't even heard those words, clearly his five senses had been shut down.

"Ignore him, let's go." Chu Huaixu's heart was as black as the sword within his sea of ​​consciousness.

"This is also a kind of training for him. We shouldn't hinder Senior Brother Liu's experience!" Chu Huaixu added, looking completely self-righteous.

His system allows him to check the time; only six hours have passed, which is three shichen.

According to the words left by Senior Lei Wenyan, the time limit for both the first and second trials is two hours, otherwise they will be driven out.

Liu Chengqi was probably going to be kicked out soon too. "Judging from his zombie-like appearance, he definitely won't make it into the third level." Chu Huaixu didn't think he could waste the body-tempering elixir by going in.

Han Shuangjiang glanced at the dead fox beside her, and of course, she wouldn't wake up Liu Chengqi, who had harbored improper thoughts about her.

They left the secret realm and swam out of the icy pool.

Upon reaching the shore, they discovered that Steward Liu and Steward Niu were nowhere to be seen, and only Li Chunsong was standing on the bank.

"Greetings, Sixth Elder." They immediately bowed.

Li Chunsong looked Chu Huaixu up and down, marveling at him.

"You really do give me a big surprise every time!" he said.

"I never expected to alarm the Sixth Elder. I am ashamed," Chu Huaixu said modestly, unaware of the extraordinary celestial phenomenon that had occurred.

"Hmph, you've alarmed me? You've even alarmed the sect leader!" Li Chunsong said irritably.

This deeply moved Han Shuangjiang, who was standing nearby.

Sect Master Xiang Yan is a figure who stands at the very top of the entire Eastern Continent!
Unlike the Western Continent, where imperial power was at its peak, the Eastern Continent had four major sects that were more powerful than the imperial court.

Xiang Yan's words carry more weight than those of the Emperor of Jing Kingdom!
"Even the sect leader is paying attention to him?" Han Shuangjiang was truly ashamed.

She went up the mountain with Chu Huaixu, and being stubborn, she didn't want to be left too far behind by him.

"It seems I really need to work twice as hard." She was about to start rolling again.

Li Chunsong glanced at the two of them and said, "Shuangjiang, you should go back first. Chu Huaixu, you come with me."

"Yes." The two accepted the order.

As for Liu Chengqi, who was still at the bottom of the cold pool—no one cared.

Inside the Purple Bamboo Grove, Chu Huaixu was brought here by Li Chunsong.

He actually recognized every single one of the high-ranking members of the Daoist sect in front of him; he had seen them on the forum for "Borrowing Swords".

Li Chunsong introduced him to everyone, and he bowed to each of them.

"The sect leader looks even uglier in person than in the photos taken by the players. Is he actually the type to look good on camera? The pictures are better than the real person?" Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

"Elder Zhao Shuqi has squinty eyes. There's a meme circulating online that says all squinty-eyed people are monsters. I have to be careful of him."

"Elder Nangong Yue is indeed from the 'Great Thunderclap Temple'. No! How can it be so big? And she has such a strong wifely aura." He couldn't understand it.

"Elder Lu Pan, the law enforcement officer, always has a dark face, just like a headmaster. No wonder he's not popular."

"As for Chu Yinyin, she's just a little girl, she's not interesting."

What's the difference between her and a fifth or sixth grader?

"She is indeed cute."

But based on Chu Huaixu's experience, when he was a playmate, he also worked for some cute bosses. However, the cuter the person, the more difficult they were to deal with!

On the contrary, he paid special attention to the one sitting high on the boulder.

Although he couldn't see her face, only a slender figure from behind, he still thought to himself, "Is this the most mysterious Seventh Elder of the Daoist sect?"

Chu Huaixu didn't know much about her.

Because she died in the year 1993 of the Xuanli calendar, which is three years later.

Inside the bamboo grove, the sect leader, Xiang Yan, spoke first, his voice so unpleasant it would make anyone with a voice-controlled personality utterly disgusted: "Chu Huaixu, you don't need to be nervous."

"You just caused a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth. We called you here to check on your condition."

"Hmm?" Chu Huaixu was a little puzzled; it had actually triggered some strange phenomena.

But he could roughly guess that these powerful figures were probably using their divine sense to scan him.

In their presence, I felt completely exposed.

What made him uncomfortable was that they would occasionally make sounds of doubt.

For example, "hiss" and "eh"?
This feeling is very uncomfortable. You can imagine it as you have just had a CT scan and a bunch of doctors are surrounding you, making this kind of noise.

Later, the group even took a drop of Chu Huaixu's blood.

They were not surprised that Chu Huaixu had changed from a pseudo-spiritual embryo to a level three spiritual embryo.

They could still sense a trace of the residual aura of the Xuan Tian Fetal Breathing Pill on him.

Strangely, no one sensed the presence of Kenshin in him.

"How could a mere boy who hasn't even formally begun his cultivation achieve such complete control?"

"There's no reason for them to escape our watchful eyes!"

In fact, these high-ranking officials specifically summoned Chu Huaixu so that Lu Pan, a master of formations, could place a restriction on him to prevent those with profound cultivation from easily detecting his sword heart!
This is a way to protect him.

But now Lu Pan is in a dilemma.

Because he couldn't find where that thing was!

Left with no other choice, everyone turned their attention to the Taoist nun on the boulder, one of the "Four Divine Swords".

Of all people, no one understands swordsmanship better than her!

"The sea of ​​consciousness," the slender Daoist nun said in a very soft voice.

Chu Huaixu felt a sudden tightness in his heart when he heard that she had noticed this so easily.

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