Chapter 5: The Big Shot Arrives! Third Update

  Outside a small village on the edge of town.

  A dark-skinned youth looked back at the village gate, where all the villagers, including the village chief, were seeing him off.

  "Go for it, Mike!"

  "You'll definitely make it! At the Nine Swords Competition, you must work hard!"

  "Mick, wait for you to come back, I will marry you!!"

  Many villagers sent their blessings with the young man.

  Then the young man, with everyone's blessings, clenched his fists, carrying high spirits, shouldered his luggage, and headed towards Tianyu City, also known as the Heavenly Capital of Zhongzhou.

  ……

  A snow-capped mountain covered with a sheet of frost.

  An old man in a white robe looked at the young man in front of him and said warmly, "You were discovered by me from Xue Bao's hands, adopted and brought back. I taught you swordsmanship for ten years. Eight years ago, you already surpassed your master."

  "Ten years of studying swordsmanship."

  "Ten years of understanding the sword."

  "In terms of swordsmanship, you have transcended the ordinary and entered the realm of the sacred, grasping the essence of sword techniques and approaching the true way of the sword!"

  The elder said kindly: "Child, go and temper yourself in the Nine Swords Asking for the Championship competition. Only by fighting with the endless talents on the mainland can you get the greatest improvement!"

  The young man knocked his head in front of the old man, his forehead tightly attached to the cold ice, and his eyes were already filled with tears.

  Goodbyes are always sad.

  But the young man chose to take up his sword and set out, with a strong sense of masculinity, towards that distant Central Plains.

  ……

  In a pitch-black forest.

  Pffft! Pffft! Pffft!

  A three-headed ferocious blood bear silhouette. In an instant, it fell to the ground, and in the center of these three silhouettes stood a black-haired wild youth with eyes as bright as stars, exuding a wild aura.

  He licked the fresh blood at the corner of his mouth. Behind him, a pitch-black shadow emerged, surprisingly, it was a demon head.

  "Your Blood Demon Arts have reached great completion." The demon head said in a low, hoarse voice: "In ten more days, it will be the Nine Swords Tournament, the most renowned genius battle arena under heaven. You go and bring back some talented heads for your master to use as wine cups."

  "Yes." The black-haired youth replied respectfully.

  ……

  The imperial capital is as beautiful as brocade.

  Civil and military officials stood at the gate of the palace, seeing off the departure of several princes.

  "Children, if you can rank among the top 1,000 in the Jiuxing Championship, I will pass on the throne to you!" A middle-aged man in imperial robes stood on the city wall and shouted loudly.

  Several princes felt their heads spinning with anger.

  "Music for the prince's departure!" a eunuch shouted in a shrill voice.

  Rolls of drums and bugles sounded. As if it would shake the blood to a boil. To see off several princes.

  These scenes are happening in every corner of the mainland, and all the talents are gathering towards Zhongzhou.

  The world is like a chessboard, and all living things are like ants.

  At this moment, these talents are like a group of ants, following the mountains and rivers, quickly gathering towards Zhongzhou.

  The Tianyu Castle became more lively than ever before.

  Tang Lin lived in the quiet courtyard of Jiuxiang Building, and he seemed to hear a faint noise coming from outside.

  Tang Lin estimated the time. There were still seven days left before the Jiujian Championship began.

  "The boundless talents from all eight directions of the world. I don't know what kind of intense competition will take place." Tang Lin's eyes gleamed brightly, and he felt his blood boiling with excitement.

  I'm looking forward to it!

  Tang Lin really wanted to see what kind of strength youths around his age possessed.

  The sun shone from the sky and slanted under the eaves, Tang Lin sat by the pool in the courtyard, flipped his palm, took out the ruthless immortal mansion, opened it, and entered with a body as light as smoke.

  "What about Nian Feng?" Tang Lin asked Hei Mo.

  "He's in the room."

  Tang Lin arrived at the room and saw the six-eared snow leopard feeding Tang Nianfeng milk. He felt relieved in his heart, then let Black Magic keep watch, if anything happened, to immediately call him.

  Leaving the ruthless immortal mansion, Tang Lin suddenly thought of the magic sword he had obtained when leaving the Cangxue dynasty.

  Splash!

  Tang Lin flipped his palm, and this magic sword appeared in his hand. Around the magic sword, there were nine other magic swords surrounding it.

  "This demon sword shouldn't be in the possession of the Seven Stars Pavilion's master, so how did it end up falling on this mountain slope." Tang Lin furrowed his brow, stroking the body of the demon sword.

  The sword bears an ancient inscription, filled with dark and eerie magical energy, as if it can devour people's gaze, causing them to gradually sink in.

  "After a few days, I learned how to refine the equipment and then dismantled it, smelting out a sword that belongs to me!" Tang Lin muttered.

  At this time, the magic sword in his hand suddenly flashed a black light, and an extremely tempting voice came out of it, saying: "Do you really want to dissolve me?"

  Tang Lin's eyes flashed, "There is actually a spiritual device."

  "I am the great demon god Abels' sword, able to fulfill all your wishes...". The magic sword emitted a dark gloomy light, as if it was going to swallow Tang Lin's line of sight. "Do you have any desires? For example... letting you reunite with the Ninth Princess, how about that?"

  At the time of speaking, a wisp of black air suddenly sensed in Tang Lin's mind, invading his soul, but was directly dispersed by the Town Evil Bell.

  Tang Lin's eyes flashed with a cold light, his hand tightened around the hilt of his sword, and a thread of pure yang true energy seeped in, "A mere demon, how dare you try to bewitch me!"

  This pure yang true energy seeped in, and immediately a thread of black demonic energy floated up on the magic sword.

  "It's not a delusion." The demon sword hastily said: "As long as you're willing, with my assistance, it would be easy to kill that young master. As long as you kill that young master, wouldn't the Ninth Princess return to your side?"

  "Shut up!" Tang Lin's eyes flashed with a cold light, the pure yang true energy in his hand was like a flame, enveloping the entire magic sword.

  The magic sword seemed to be evaporating, emitting a fierce magical mist. The voice was trembling with a hint of pleading, saying: "No, please stop..."

  Tang Lin said coldly: "If you mention this matter in front of me again, I will melt you on the spot!"

  "I'll listen..." The Demon Sword said with a hint of grievance.

  Tang Lin said coldly: "I ask you a question, and you answer truthfully."

  "Uh-huh." The demon sword replied cleverly.

  "Firstly, where is Qī Xīng Guǎn's master now?"

  "The master of the Seven Star Pavilion has gone mad and was later killed by that old woman. I was severely injured and fell down the mountain slope." The Demon Sword said cautiously.

  Tang Lin stared at the magic sword, let out a cold snort and said: "This is no small matter, it's actually caused the owner of Qixing Pavilion to become demonic."

  "The Demon Sword said: 'This is not my fault... It's because his willpower was not strong enough...'"

  "Shut up!" Tang Lin said coldly: "I'm asking you, what level of magic artifact are you equivalent to?"

  The Demon Sword heard this and immediately spoke with a hint of pride, "I am an upper-grade demon artifact, nurtured for tens of thousands of years. I will soon become an absolute holy artifact. If you become my master... it will be a life of luxury..."

  Tang Lin's eyes flashed, unexpectedly this magic sword was a top-grade holy artifact. To think that even the old nun of the Tianhe Sect only had one top-grade holy artifact, which shows just how precious top-grade holy artifacts are.

  "Recognize your master." Tang Lin said: "I temporarily need you."

  "Roger that." The demon sword fawned on Tang Lin, saying: "Master, just let me take a slash and swallow a thread of your vital blood, then I'll acknowledge you as my master."

  Tang Lin wiped his finger on the blade, and the wound healed instantly.

  At the same time, Tang Lin immediately felt that this magic sword seemed to be integrated with his own body. There was a kind of blood connection feeling.

  "Master." In Tang Lin's mind, a black bat flew out. It had a triangular black tail, like a small devil, with two small tiger teeth in its mouth, and said to Tang Lin: "Wow, from now on, you are my master, how does it feel, aren't you feeling very lucky, haha..."

  Tang Lin said coldly: "Knowing that I am your master, you should know that I can destroy you at any time."

  This little devil like a black bat immediately shut his mouth and noticed the Town Evil Bell on Tang Lin's Recognizing Sea Soul.

  "Wow, so there's such a treasure after all... No wonder my temptation didn't work..." The little devil muttered in anger.

  "Shut up." Tang Lin frowned and said, "Let me be quiet."

  Little devil just shut up.

  Tang Lin stroked the hilt of the magic sword, and after acknowledging its master, he fully understood the abilities of this magic sword. The other nine magic swords were the divided bodies of this magic sword.

  Strictly speaking, this magic sword is a set, and those nine magic swords can all merge with the main magic sword. After merging, they can display the full power of a top-grade holy artifact.

  "A sword is still a sword." Tang Lin gazed for a moment, then put away the magic sword. "My own strength is more important. After such a long time, my skills have not made much progress. I feel that I am only one step away from 'shrinking the earth to an inch'."

  "As for swordsmanship."

  "The swordsmanship on that wordless jade pendant seems to be just a fragment, although its power is unparalleled, it's only comparable to the seventh layer of the Seven Stars Sword Technique."

  "My strongest sword technique is still 'Heartless Sword Technique'."

  Tang Lin's mind conjured up the first layer of Wu Qing Jian Fa, the essence and outline of Shang Qing Jian Fa.

  He has always wanted to practice this swordsmanship, but the conditions are too harsh, requiring a sudden enlightenment in his state of mind.

  Tang Lin was at a loss for what to do and could only start by practicing his physical skills.

  ……

  Three days passed, and on the morning of the fourth day, Tang Lin suddenly received a notice from his boss that a big shot from the Little Fairy Realm was coming!

  Upon hearing this news, Tang Lin's heart rate inexplicably quickened by a few beats. "I wonder what kind of power this big shot has, is he an immortal?"

  Tang Lin's heart was nervous and tense.

  By noon, Tang Lin was led by his boss to the first courtyard of Jiuxiang Building. As he entered the courtyard, he saw eight other figures, all of whom were around his age.

  Tang Lin's eyes flashed and he looked towards the front of the crowd.

  There sat a middle-aged man in a green robe, with black eyebrows flying into his temples, deep eyes full of vastness, and a faintly cold expression on his face, sitting there like a floating yet stable great mountain.

  Tang Lin just stared for a moment and felt a strong sense of oppression, as if a great mountain was falling on him, his chest feeling suffocated.

  He withdrew his gaze and walked away with his head down.

  Nine people stood in front of the middle-aged man in a green shirt, with the boss standing beside him, beaming with smiles, waiting for orders.

  ……

  It's finally done at three o'clock, oh my, it's already past five o'clock, I'm so tired that I could die. If there are still people waiting for updates at this time, I'm really sorry to have made everyone accompany me in being exhausted, which is too physically demanding.

  I'd like to buy a monthly ticket.

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