Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s distressed expression, Elder Xuan Gui thought that he had suppressed him too much and was about to speak out to comfort Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen’s expression was grave as he sighed, “The content of Sword 1 is quite obscure, my disciple’s qualifications are dull, I can only understand three tenths of it.”
Elder Xuan Gui froze.
What?
After only reading it once, he was only able to understand three-tenths of the content?
One must know that when Old Man Xuan Gui first looked at Sword One, he didn’t even understand one-tenth of the content.
To read and understand three-tenths of it, and still dare to say that one’s qualifications are stupid, isn’t that owed?
Old Man Xuan Gui carefully sized up Zhang Ruochen, somewhat disbelieving, and asked, “Are you sure you can read three tenths?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “It’s only three-tenths of what I’ve read, why is Master Teacher so surprised?”
Old Man Xuan Gui knew that Zhang Ruochen wouldn’t lie, and in his heart, he could only sigh that this one young disciple’s qualifications in the sword dao were truly astonishingly high.
Elder Xuan Gui stroked his white beard and laughed, “Being able to read three-tenths of Sword One shows that your understanding of the Dao of the Sword has surpassed that of some Half-Saints.”
“However, it only shows that you are very qualified above the Dao of the Sword, and it is still unknown if you can cultivate Sword One successfully.”
“Seeing and understanding is only the first step. Being able to successfully cultivate Sword One is only considered an introduction to sword cultivation.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t roughly understand until this moment, so it turned out that if he was able to read and understand three-tenths of Sword One, he was already quite remarkable.
However, Master Teacher had a point, even if one could read it completely, it was no big deal. Being able to cultivate successfully was the only thing that could be considered truly capable.
Zhang Ruochen said, ”Master Teacher said that many Half-Saints are unable to read and understand Sword One. Could it be that only when one reaches the Half-Saint realm can they be able to cultivate Sword One successfully?”
Elder Xuan Gui said, “Not necessarily. If your qualifications are high enough, at the Fish Dragon Realm, it is possible to cultivate Sword One successfully. When you reach the Half-Saint realm, you will be able to start cultivating Sword Two.”
Zhang Ruochen asked curiously, “There is also Sword Two?”
“Of course.”
Elder Xuan Gui nodded and said, “Sword One represents the self, Sword Two represents yin and yang, and on top of that, there is also Sword Three and Sword Four, and with every Sword Spectrum that is cultivated, the cultivator’s understanding of the Dao of the Sword will be elevated to a whole new world.”
Zhang Ruochen, as if he were a schoolboy, continued to ask, “How do you understand the self? How to understand Yin and Yang?”
Elder Xuan Gui shook his head, “It cannot be taught, you can only understand it yourself. Master can only tell you that only by successfully cultivating Sword One will you be considered a true Sword Cultivator.”
“Your Fifth Senior Sister, is also extremely talented in the Dao of the Sword. However, she has been cultivating for decades and has only barely reached the Sword Two initiation now. So, at this stage, you shouldn’t be greedy for higher, and succeeding in Sword One cultivation first will be enough to increase your strength greatly.”
Zhang Ruochen recalled the sword technique that the Fifth Senior Sister had performed in the Xuanwu Ruins Realm, defeating the Earth Fire Unicorn, and recited, “The Yin and Yang Qi divides Heaven and Earth, and the Sword Dao naturally ends in all laws.”
At that time, it was this phrase that Fifth Senior Sister recited.
Elder Xuan Gui said, “That’s right. It is precisely inside the Second Sword, one of the catchphrases.”
Zhang Ruochen couldn’t help but squeeze the Sword One in his hand a few points tighter and said, “Disciple will definitely succeed in cultivating Sword One right at the Fish Dragon Realm.”
Elder Xuan Gui laughed, “You must know that in the past thousand years, only thirty-four people, in the Fish Dragon Realm, have successfully cultivated Sword One.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Master Teacher is also one of them?”
“That’s right.”
Elder Xuan Gui looked rather proud of himself, after all, to successfully cultivate Sword One in the Fish Dragon Realm was indeed quite a remarkable thing.
However, Elder Xuan Gui added, “However, amongst the thirty-four people, there are still two others who, in the Fish Dragon Realm, succeeded in cultivating Sword Two as well.”
Zhang Ruochen had read the contents of Sword One, so of course, he knew how arcane Sword One was.
From this, it could be seen that Sword Two must be even more extraordinary.
It was already incomparably difficult to successfully cultivate Sword One. Surprisingly, there was still someone who was able to cultivate Sword Two at the Fish Dragon Realm.
Could it be him.
Zhang Ruochen’s mind thought of a person who was that one person eight hundred years ago.
That person, was one of the Nine Emperors.
As expected, Elder Xuan Gui’s next words affirmed Zhang Ruochen’s conjecture.
Elder Xuan Gui said, “Those two people, are the Sword Emperor and Empress Chi Yao.”
“My master does not seek for you to be able to compare to the two of them, if you are able to cultivate the Sword One successfully in the Fish Dragon Realm, my master will already be quite pleased.”
The name of the Sword Emperor could be said to be like thunder to Zhang Ruochen.
The Sword Emperor, named ‘Snow Red Dust’, was the son of the City Lord of Ten Thousand Fragrant City, with unrivalled talent, profound sword skills, and a flirtatious style like jade, at the age of only thirty-six years old, he had surpassed his father, the City Lord of Ten Thousand Fragrant City, and had become the world-famous Red Dust Sword Saint.
Later, snow red dust in the sword road realm, more and more high, and finally reached no one can surpass the realm, become the emperor of the sword in that era.
At the same time, Snow Red Dust was also the youngest of the nine emperors.
The reason why Emperor Ming named his son “Zhang Ruochen” was because he hoped that Zhang Ruochen would be as outstanding as the Sword Emperor Xue Hongduan.
At that time, there was a saying circulating in the Kunlun Realm, “The Sword Saint of Red Dust plays with red dust, and his son should be as good as Snowy Red Dust”.
Although Zhang Ruochen had never met the Sword Emperor, he grew up with the Sword Emperor as his role model.
Therefore, at this moment, when he heard Elder Xuan Gui mention the name of the Sword Emperor for the second time, Zhang Ruochen couldn’t help but ask, “Master, what realm did the Sword Emperor reach back then?”
Elder Xuan Gui looked into the distance, revealing an unprecedentedly mesmerised expression as he said, “The Sword Emperor hasn’t appeared in the Kunlun Realm for many years, and no one knows what realm he has reached. It is only heard that eight hundred years ago, he had already succeeded in cultivating Sword Ten, and there are also those who say that he has comprehended Sword Eleven. There are many rumours, however, no one knows the true realm of the Sword Emperor.”
Zhang Ruochen asked again, “Then, what realm can one cultivate to before they can be called a Sword Saint?”
“At the very least, one would have to successfully cultivate the Sword Seven before they can be named a Sword Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen was a little surprised and said, “In the entire Eastern Region, there are only three people who have successfully cultivated Sword Seven?”
“Exactly.”
Elder Xuan Gui sighed and said, “That’s why, in the Fish Dragon Realm, even if you didn’t manage to cultivate Sword One, you must not be discouraged, that was just an expectation for your master.”
Zhang Ruochen and Elder Xuan Gui continued to discuss the Wordless Sword Script.
It wasn’t until nightfall that Zhang Ruochen took the Sword One’s Sword Spectrum with him and left the Spirit Crane Pear Garden, walking out of the Sacred Courtyard and heading towards Famous King Street.
The half-saint mansion that Kong Lanyou had given him was situated on Famous King Street.
Zhang Ruochen walked in the middle of the busy street, and in his mind, he was still comprehending the Sword One, reaching a level of intoxication.
His eyes stared blankly ahead, his thoughts all gathered in his mind.
Unconsciously, he had arrived outside the mansion, pushed open the door, and walked in.
“Swish!”
Just as he walked through the door, suddenly, a sword sound rang out.
Sharp sword Qi, breaking through the air, reflected a two-finger wide white sword light above Zhang Ruochen’s eyes.
The sword light was quite blinding, causing Zhang Ruochen to uncontrollably close his eyes.
“Clang!”
Sensing the danger, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword automatically flew out from its scabbard.
Zhang Ruochen reacted almost instinctively, pointing his finger, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword drew an arc-shaped trajectory and chopped towards the shade of the tree to the left of the gate.
“Splat.”
As the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword fell, the other party’s sword, immediately snapped in response and turned into two.
Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes and was about to strike out his sword again to chop over, but then he saw that the person who had just struck out his sword at him was only a five or six year old girl.
It was none other than Han Xue.
At this moment, Han Xue was standing under the shade of a tree, her hand cupping a broken sword, her white and tender little hand full of blood, holding back the pain in her wrist, and hurriedly retreating backwards.
In an instant, Zhang Ruochen immediately woke up and hurriedly controlled the Heart of Sword Intent, withdrawing the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword back into its scabbard.
“Cold Snow, how could it be you?”
Zhang Ruochen immediately rushed over to check on Han Xue’s injuries.
That sword just now, although Zhang Ruochen had only struck it casually, the power it contained was extraordinary.
How old was Han Xue, how could she withstand Zhang Ruochen’s sword.
Fortunately, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword only chopped off Han Xue’s sword and cracked her right hand’s tiger’s mouth, suffering some minor injuries, which were not serious.
Cold Snow didn’t cry, but only pursed her lips with effort and said pitifully, ”Master, what things were you thinking about just now? Your hand was also too heavy, almost killing Cold Snow.”
“I’m sorry, master teacher was just in sword enlightenment and didn’t think that the person who struck was you. By the way, why did you ambush Master Teacher?”
Zhang Ruochen stretched out his broad palm and pressed it on top of Han Xue’s wrist, injecting a stream of true qi, into her arm meridians, wanting to help her heal her injuries.
However, Zhang Ruochen realised that before his True Qi was injected into Han Xue’s meridians, the injuries on Han Xue’s hand began to heal automatically.
Huh!
How could this happen?
Zhang Ruochen’s body, which possessed the Dragon Pearl, did not have such a powerful self-healing ability as hers.
In just a few moments, the tiger’s mouth on Cold Snow’s right hand, healed again, not even leaving a scar.
What surprised Zhang Ruochen even more was that the sword he had chopped out earlier, although it had broken Cold Snow’s sword, it had not shaken her sword off.
In her hand, she was still tightly squeezing the broken sword.
One must know that Cold Snow was only less than six years old now, and her cultivation was so strong that it was a little appalling.
“Worthy of being a Thousand Bones Physique, it really is extraordinary.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
Cold Snow revealed her snow-white teeth, her eyes flickering as she said, “Earlier, when Sister Smoky Dust came to the mansion, she told me that Master Teacher had returned to the Eastern Domain Sacred City. Thus, I thought of letting Master Teacher see the results of my recent cultivation when he returned. That’s why I purposely sneaked up on Master Teacher, but I didn’t realise that my cultivation was so poor that I was completely no match for Master Teacher. Master Teacher, do you think that Cold Snow is useless?”
With that, Cold Snow lowered her head in a rather distressed manner.
Zhang Ruochen laughed and shook his head, reaching out a hand and rubbing it on her head, saying, “If you are useless, is there anyone else in the world who is useful? By the way! What is your Smoky Dust Sister doing here?”
It was a bit strange for Cold Snow to call Zhang Ruochen as Master, but call Huang Yichen as her sister.
However, Zhang Ruochen did not ask the reason for it.
He was even more curious about the purpose of Huang Yichen’s visit?
Han Xue shook her little head, wagging her finger while saying, “I don’t know, I only saw that Sister Smoky Dust came with a middle-aged uncle, I was beside him, and I vaguely heard them talking about some kind of bride price as a guest as well as some kind of marriage contract anyway, I don’t quite understand.”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression was solemn, probably understanding the purpose of Huang Yichen’s visit, so he held Han Xue’s small hand and walked towards the inner courtyard.
