The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

After leaving Fu Wenxing's cave, Lu Yao looked at the Heavenly Star Sword Manual in his hand and fell into deep thought.

In Lu Yao's view, the Heavenly Star Sword Technique follows a mysterious and ever-changing path, and can be considered a decent sword technique.

However, Lu Yao would definitely not use the world's origin to improve the progress of this sword technique. Besides the fact that this sword technique is only an ordinary grandmaster-level sword technique, the more important thing is that the subsequent cultivation method is still with Fu Wenxing, and it will not be easy to obtain.

Just as Lu Yao was about to go to the Sword Pavilion, where the Sword Sect kept its sword manuals, he was stopped by a delighted voice.

"Senior Brother Lu! Senior Brother Lu, please wait a moment!"

Ao Kong ran excitedly to Lu Yao and bowed to him.

"Is something the matter, Junior Brother Ao?"

Lu Yao naturally saw that Ao Kong stood out from the group of swordsmen and became the last outer disciple of the Sword Sect.

"Senior Brother Lu is exceptionally talented and has even been accepted as a disciple by a Grandmaster Elder. We are truly envious."

Ao Kong looked at Lu Yao with envy in his eyes, wishing he could take Lu Yao's place.

"hehe."

Lu Yao chuckled softly, his gaze towards Ao Kong carrying a hint of speechlessness.

"Um, if you need anything in the future, Senior Brother Lu, please feel free to ask me. I will do my best to help you."

Looking at Lu Yao's expression, Ao Kong was very puzzled, but still wanted to get closer to Lu Yao and befriend him.

In Ao Kong's view, a sword genius like Lu Yao would definitely be nurtured by the Sword Sect, and it would be right to befriend him as soon as possible.

"talk later."

Lu Yao waved his hand and ignored Ao Kong, heading directly towards the Sword Pavilion.

Watching Lu Yao's departing figure, Ao Kong was somewhat confused.

After showing his newly acquired disciple token, Lu Yao successfully entered the Sword Pavilion.

"Innate-level secret manuals cost 500 taels of gold, acquired-level secret manuals cost 200 taels of gold, and those below the acquired level cost 50 taels of gold."

"The secret manual can only be practiced by oneself. Anyone who dares to spread it will be killed by the Sword Sect."

The elder in charge of the Sword Pavilion glanced at Lu Yao indifferently, finished explaining the rules, and then ignored Lu Yao.

Lu Yao went directly into the first floor of the Sword Pavilion. This floor mainly preserved martial arts manuals below the Acquired level, almost all of which were sword techniques.

After casually flipping through a few books, Lu Yao lost interest.

In Lu Yao's eyes, these sword manuals and secret techniques were nothing; as long as he was willing to spend the time, he could create as many as he wanted.

However, Lu Yao was very puzzled. Since there were so many sword techniques in the Sword Pavilion, why would Fu Wenxing go to such lengths to try and learn his disciple's swordsmanship?

With this question in mind, Lu Yao went up to the second floor of the Sword Pavilion.

Lu Yao was soon dumbfounded.

"Why are there so few innate-level sword techniques?"

Lu Yao couldn't help but ask the disciples on duty at the Sword Pavilion a question.

"A newly joined disciple?"

The disciple on duty glanced at Lu Yao a few times, then asked a question.

"This senior brother has a discerning eye; this junior brother is a disciple who just joined the sect a few days ago."

Lu Yao cupped his hands in greeting to the disciples on duty and began to speak.

"You've only been in the sect for a few days, and you're already here at the Sword Sect to learn swordsmanship. It seems you're quite wealthy, Junior Brother."

The disciple on duty looked at Lu Yao with a smile, his words clearly carrying a hidden meaning.

Lu Yao's expression shifted slightly, and he immediately understood.

"Please enlighten me, senior brother."

Lu Yao calmly handed ten taels of silver to the disciple on duty and said in a low voice.

"Haha, since you are so intelligent, junior brother, then let me tell you."

The disciple on duty skillfully accepted the silver, looking at Lu Yao with great satisfaction.

Lu Yao quickly understood from the explanation given by the disciples on duty why there were so few innate-level secret manuals in the Sword Pavilion.

It turns out that when Jian Hui, the current sect leader of the Sword Sect, obtained the position, a rebellion occurred within the sect.

After losing the election for the position of sect leader to Jian Hui, the elder gathered several elders at the Grandmaster level and launched an internal strife.

Sword Pavilion was affected by that internal strife, and countless sword manuals and secret techniques were burned in the sea of ​​fire. In the end, Sword Pavilion was reduced to nothing but charcoal.

The current Sword Pavilion has been rebuilt on the original site, and the sword manuals within it have been newly compiled.

Jian Hui had also ordered the elders of the Sword Sect to rewrite the sword manual, but to little avail. Many elders outwardly obeyed the order, but never handed over the sword manual to the Sword Pavilion.

The destruction of Sword Pavilion has brought about a chain reaction to Sword Sect, and now the way Sword Sect teaches disciples has also changed.

From the past when the Sword Hall uniformly taught swordsmanship and martial arts, to the present day when each sword lineage is divided, students take an elder as their master and are taught swordsmanship by their own master.

Of course, the change in the teaching method had nothing to do with Lu Yao and the other outer disciples. They were just employees of the Sword Sect, being lured in by the bait of breaking through to the Grandmaster realm.

The outer disciples of the Sword Sect generally do not have a master. They can only complete the sect's tasks, accumulate contributions, and exchange them for ordinary Grandmaster-level sword techniques in order to compete for that slim chance of reaching the Grandmaster realm.

After reviewing all the innate-level manuals, Lu Yao left the Sword Pavilion without buying a single one.

These innate-level secret manuals are not even as good as Lu Yao's Dugu Nine Swords, let alone the stronger grandmaster-level sword techniques.

It seems that Fu Wenxing didn't completely exterminate his disciples; he even gave them a master-level sword manual, although it was only at the innate stage.

At the same time, Lu Yao understood why Fu Wenxing wanted to learn his disciple's swordsmanship; it was simply because the Sword Sect's Sword Pavilion didn't have it.

"It seems Jianhui isn't having an easy time either."

According to the words of the disciples on duty at the Sword Pavilion, many elders of the Sword Sect outwardly obey but inwardly defy Jian Hui, the sect leader, and do not listen to his orders at all. He is a useless sect leader.

"Wait, could this be the reason why Jian Hui froze so many experts?"

Lu Yao suddenly paused, remembering Jian Hui's freezing of many martial arts masters.

In addition to freezing thirteen top experts, including himself, Jian Hui also froze most of the elders of the Sword Sect, causing the Sword Sect to fall apart and eventually perish completely.

Since Po Jun represents the sect leader's faction led by Jian Hui, then wouldn't Wu Ming represent the elders' faction?

Upon realizing this, Lu Yao immediately understood why Jian Hui had frozen so many experts. The duel between Po Jun and Wuming was a clash between two factions within the Sword Sect, and it was not simply a matter of who would own the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect Sword Manual.

However, Lu Yao smiled faintly. What did the conflict between the two factions have to do with him? He only needed to wait for Jian Hui to use the Heaven-Returning Ice Technique before he could directly seize it.

Lu Yao then returned to his cave and quietly waited for the duel between Po Jun and Wuming to begin.

Both of them were the most outstanding disciples of the Sword Sect, and their martial arts cultivation had already reached the late stage of the Innate Realm. They had been slow to break through because they wanted the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect Sword Manual.

As long as they can advance to the Grandmaster level using the Sword Sect's ultimate technique, Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, Po Jun and Wu Ming will not use other ordinary Grandmaster-level manuals to break through.

After all, there are differences among Grandmasters. The more powerful the secret manual used to break through to the Grandmaster level, the stronger the Grandmaster will be.