Chapter 94: Crossing the Tribulation Successfully, News from the Town

  "Yes, I heard it just emerged this year, but both its cultivation and achievements are remarkable!"

  "Wait a minute, I think I remember now. At the beginning of the month, I did see a description of this young man on the Dragon and Phoenix List. But Brother Han, is it possible for him to have such cultivation?" The middle-aged swordsman who spoke last hesitated.

  The grey-robed swordsman with the surname Han, who was standing beside him, sighed and said: "If I had to say it myself, I wouldn't believe it either. But have you ever seen any inaccuracies on the Dragon and Phoenix List?"

  The middle-aged swordsman was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said: "With such a person, the Lu family will have no problem rising again in a hundred years."

  "Not bad, it's not suitable for people like him to be enemies, but as far as I know, the streets seem to be not peaceful recently, and those people should also get a lesson." The sword guest with the surname Han spoke with deep meaning, his eyes turned towards Lu Qing who was wrapped in wind and thunder sword energy, revealing an admiring expression.

  He didn't know that at this moment, Lu Qing, with the help of Ye Lao, had his divine consciousness covering the entire Wangyue Mountain for several miles around, and how could their conversation escape his ears.

  What about the market? Lu Qing pondered in his heart, his family had shops in all five major cities, especially in this Luojing City. Due to its proximity to the Beast Ruins, many swordsmen who wanted to enter the Beast Ruins for training often passed through Luojing City, making the city's market a prime location for supplies. As a result, his family's shops here were extremely prosperous, with profits accounting for nearly 40% of their annual total revenue.

  After arriving at Luojing City, due to the emergence of the Cave Spider and the defensive situation of the Beast Ruins, he had no time to visit the Lu family's shop. Now, listening to the words of the sword guest surnamed Han, it seemed that something unfavorable to the Lu family's shop had happened.

  It seems it's time to go and take a look.

  Lu Qing muttered to himself, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. His family had always followed the tradition of not competing with others, never fighting for power or profit. Otherwise, with the Lu family's thousand-year-old foundation, it would be easy to cultivate a five-family alliance, if not effortless. However, there were still people who liked to kick others when they were down.

  I'm too kind to the Lu family!

  Then let you have a bloody lesson! A flash of murderous aura flashed in Lu Qing's eyes.

  Then he put all his attention on Wu Tie who was in tribulation.

  With the rapid rotation of Huo Yuan Jie, an even more powerful and majestic aura emerged. At this moment, Huo Yuan Jie seemed to have replaced the heavens themselves, wantonly releasing its fiery wrath.

  Finally, the second attack fell.

  Recite

  A streak of dark blue flames burst forth from the primordial chaos, this dark blue flame had an extremely high temperature. Lu Qing knew that even if he were to forge a sword, he would need to use top-quality purple coal and have someone exert their full strength to fan the flames in order to reach such a degree. This dark blue flame was so intense that even the heat-resistant and hard xuan iron would melt into a pool of molten iron after just a brief moment of contact.

  This fierce flame was only a foot long and as thick as an arm, but its power almost surpassed that of the sword master Wutie. The space it passed through rippled with intense waves, like boiling water.

  At this point, Wu Tie's expression also became extremely solemn. He knew that after this last Yuanqi attack, it would be the Heart Demon Refining Realm. If he was injured too severely, it could cause his heart to become unstable, and if his mental state collapsed, all his decades of bitter cultivation would be for naught.

  A scarlet, fiery sword aura burst forth from his body, the black iron longsword quivered, and a golden red True Yang sword aura churned at its tip. In Lu Qing's spiritual sense, the longsword suddenly began to tremble violently, and in an instant, it split into three sword silhouettes - one real, two illusory. As the black iron longsword stirred, the three sword silhouettes encircled and spun rapidly, a low humming sound rising with the increasing speed of the sword silhouettes.

  Deep and profound swordsmanship! Such momentum is absolutely unmistakable. Lu Qing's gaze was fixed on Wutie's movements, while also paying attention to the Huoyuan Jie above with a fraction of his mind. The dark blue flame in his eyes seemed to carry a subtle yet powerful realm.

  Although it was only a foot-long flame, to the swordsmen who had reached the boundary of their limits in the arena, it seemed like a giant fire snake that stretched for tens of meters, spewing out dark blue flames that burned everything.

  Crack!

  Without waiting for the flames to fall, Wū Tiě's feet stomped the ground fiercely, and he soared into the air. The ground where he was standing cracked open with fine fissures. In an instant, Wū Tiě rose several meters high. At the same time, the rotating sword shadow in his hand suddenly burst out a circle of spinning golden-red sword energy, which emitted a sharp and scorching aura. This sword energy instantly engulfed the dark blue flames that Huǒ Yuán Jié had unleashed.

  Hummm...

  The sword energy prison drawn by the black iron suddenly emitted a fierce humming noise after a moment, and at the same time, the originally golden red sword energy prison lit up with a faint blue light, which was the desperate struggle of that dark blue flame.

  "Broken"

  The dark iron face's blue veins stood out, and his entire body burst out with a fiery sword aura that was several feet long. The powerful momentum caused the ground to rumble loudly, and the earth, which had been suppressed by the yuanqi cage, quickly cracked open, and even broken rocks floated up several feet.

  Boom!

  The surrounding sword energy shattered, and the dark blue flames wrapped inside also shattered with the sword energy. The scattered blue fire fell like the starlight in the deep night sky. When it came into contact with the surrounding yuanqi prison, it strangely merged into it.

  Hmph——Hmph——Hmph——

  The black iron that had fallen to the ground retreated several steps, swinging its sword to block the scattered blue flames. A thread of blood seeped out from the corner of its mouth, and its face turned slightly pale, but there was no panic on its face. Such injuries were still within its control.

  It was the master of Jian Shen Temple, Lu Qing sighed and felt the power of the flame clearly after Ye Lao's blessing. It had almost reached the momentum he felt from Li Jingxuan before, but Wu Tie could withstand it with a slight injury. Not only was his swordsmanship profound, but also the realm of lightness and heaviness was barely grasped by Lu Qing. The power of that deep swordsmanship was also beyond doubt.

  He then placed his long sword across his knees and sat back down, closing his eyes as the aura around him subsided.

  And the rotation speed of Huoyuan Jie slowed down after the second blast of dark blue flames, under the solemn gaze of Gujian Feng and others, a thin red light column shot out from the center of Huoyuan Jie, instantly disappearing into the brow of Wutieng, who was sitting on the ground.

  Sigh——

  After shooting out this beam of light, the Huo Yuan Jie including the cage-like prison that had enveloped the Wuti's primordial spirit instantly dissipated, leaving behind only the quietly seated Wuti at the center of the platform.

  "Everyone, don't make a sound. This last Heart Demon Cultivation Realm is extremely perilous. If we're startled, it'll result in our cultivation being disrupted and us losing our lives." Gu Jianfeng's gaze was sharp, and he said this in a low voice. At the same time, he walked slowly to Wutie's side and sat down in meditation, clearly not trusting others at this critical moment, personally coming to his side to protect him.

  Time slowly passed, and this last heart demon tribulation was something that Lu Qing couldn't even peek at. Ye Lao didn't have a way to let his divine sense enter into someone else's sea of consciousness before he recovered, and besides, he currently only had the cultivation of a Sword Guest Small Heaven Stage. If he were to enter Wu Tie's sea of consciousness, it would be equivalent to going through this heart demon tribulation together with him, and with his current state of mind, it was also extremely dangerous - who knew what kind of strange changes would occur?

  It was not worth the risk, so Lu Qing sat down with others and withdrew his divine sense. The cyan airflow that had merged into his divine sense also retreated, and Lu Qing felt that his divine sense had returned to its original state, only feeling a bit more refined and pure.

  He carefully absorbed the epiphany he had just gained about Huo Yuanjie in his mind. These epiphanies were vague and related to the source of Huo Yuanjie's power. It was probably because Lu Qing wasn't a fire-attributed sword cultivator, so it was quite difficult for him to gain these insights. Nevertheless, they still counted as a kind of primal understanding. Having accumulated enough, he could also make connections between seemingly unrelated things. Lu Qing didn't lose heart and his mind was calm. At this moment, he felt that his mental state had risen by several degrees.

  Time passed bit by bit, until after several hours, the sunset slowly fell, and a pure and unparalleled flame aura suddenly emanated from Wuyi's body, which was originally sitting on the ground. At the same time, a layer of fiery red sword aura different from the previous orange-red color gradually rose up on his body, and a strong momentum stirred up a circular whirlwind, spreading in all directions.

  His eyes suddenly opened, and everyone felt that two terrifying fire-red lights burst out of his iron-like eyes, shooting out for several feet. An extremely sharp and majestic aura rose from his body. He stood up abruptly, pointing forward with a sword-like finger, and instantly a eight-zhang-long fire-red sword energy shot out, flying far away to a massive boulder weighing over 1,000 jin on the distant mountain cliff.

  Boom!

  The entire stone, tempered by the wind and snow for years, shattered into pieces no larger than a thumb, each one emitting a faint red glow, as if scorched by fierce flames.

  Seeing such momentum, who doesn't know that Wuyin has successfully crossed the Heart Demon Cultivation Realm and advanced to the Sword Master stage? Such a strong and pure sword energy is undoubtedly the pure fire-attribute sword energy after experiencing the Yuanqi Tribulation Refining.

  "Congratulations to Wu Xiong for successfully crossing the tribulation and becoming the Sword Master!" Gu Jianfeng laughed loudly and congratulated.

  "Congratulations to Wu Dian Zhu for successfully crossing the tribulation and achieving the Sword Master!" At the same time, the forces of Luoshen City on the observation platform, including Lu Qing and his party, all bowed respectfully.

  Even Luoxin Yu's face showed a faintly envious expression. In the Zixia Sect, the Sword Master was the strongest sword cultivator, second only to the Sect Master and the four Peak Masters, equivalent to the Outer Peak Peak Master and the City Master of the Main City.

  In the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, there is an unwritten rule that sword cultivators in the Sword Soul Realm are respectfully referred to as Grandmasters of the Sword Dao, those in the Sword Spirit Realm are called Masters of the Sword Dao, and the Sword Lord, having experienced the Heavenly Tribulation, is also referred to as a quasi-Grandmaster, showing that their status is also extremely high.