A cold, ruthless and deep voice echoed in the surroundings, instilling fear into Qiao Lan.
The person who spoke just now was an old man looking to be in his seventies, his long white hair and beard flowing in the air exuding a sense of magnificence as he floated in the air surrounded by around 20 more people.
"Who the hell are these people? How did they find this place?" She couldn’t help but speak out, still somewhat shocked from the overall situation.
"Cultivators of the righteous path, huh?"
At this moment, Kong Junyu’s indifferent voice swept across all, his killing intent seeping out of it.
"Yes, we’re cultivators of the righteous path, more importantly, cultivators of the Qingyun Sword Sect." The old man spoke up, his aura surging out, revealing himself to be a cultivator of the Void Refinement Realm!
"Mind if I ask what your position is in the Qingyun Sword Sect?" Kong Junyu asked, flying up into the air on the same level as the old man and his people.
He ran his Divine Sense through them all.
The 15 other people besides the old man were all in the later stages of Golden Core Realm, while the rest 5 or so were in the early stages of Void Refinement Realm, and as for the old man, he was at the Fourth Stage of Void Refinement Realm.
The reason why he could see through all of their cultivation levels, including the old man’s, was simple. His Divine Sense was clearly stronger than theirs despite him being lower in terms of cultivation.
Not just Divine Sense, but also the quality and quantity of his Spiritual Energy was greater than theirs because of him cultivating the extremely high level Profound Void Demonica Method and also his overall Providence, including the Connate Providence and normal Providence.
Even the Golden Core inside of his Sea of Consciousness held more power than the people in front of him. He only fell short of understanding and experience.
At this moment, the old man, pointing his sword at Kong Junyu, replied calmly, "I’m one of the Sword Guardians of the Qingyun Sword Sect, more specifically, a Sword Guardian of the 22nd Peak Master, Cao Ran."
Sword Guardians of the Qingyun Sword Sect.
Each of the thirty-six Peak Masters of the Qingyun Sword Sect had 36 Sword Guardians under them, all of them in the Void Refinement Realm.
This was another one of the many reasons why the Qingyun Sword Sect was considered as an extremely formidable force that had ruled the Qingyun Region for countless millenia.
They had more than a thousand cultivators of the Void Refinement Realm in every single generation!
While all the top Void Refinement Realm forces in the Qingyun Region barely had a thousand Void Refinement Realm cultivators combined!
With the addition of the Supreme Elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect, who was a Nascent Soul Realm mighty figure in every generation, there was no one who dared pick a fight against them, thus allowing them to be the overlords of the Qingyun Region for nearly a million years.
"Oh? Doesn’t that mean you’re a very reputed and formidable figure within the Qingyun Sword Sect?" Kong Junyu asked, his cold voice laced with a hint of mockery.
"Are you trying to buy time so that your allies can come and save you? If so, then you’re terribly wrong, the demonic cultivator who’s name I do not know. You won’t be able to escape today and continue with your wrongdoings." The old man Cao Ran declared coldly, his supreme pressure of the Void Refinement Realm spreading out in all directions, making the surroundings extremely suffocating.
Qiao Lan, already on her knees from the pressure, barely lifted her head to look at Kong Junyu, only to find a cruel smile on his face, his expression showing a hint of amusement.
He pointed his finger at Cao Ran, a blood red Spiritual Energy forming at his fingertip.
Feeling the immense pressure emanating from Kong Junyu, Cao Ran’s expression changed drastically as his sword instantly shot towards him, only to be countered by the blood red Spiritual Energy and shattered in an instant.
The Spiritual Energy surged towards Cao Ran, making his eyes widen in horror.
...
A few days later.
Tian Yongheng set out towards the Turquoise Lake Sword Manor with Yan Jingfei.
Before leaving last time, Sun Hao had passed on a Tracking Talisman with the location of the Turquoise Lake Sword Manor in it.
The Turquoise Lake Sword Manor was around 500,000 miles away from the Eternal Peak.
With Tian Yongheng’s speed, it took him only a few hours to reach the destination along with Yan Jingfei.
He arrived below the floating mountains, from which emanated a powerful, majestic Sword Intent and an ethereal aura.
The Spirit Qi on the ground level was already very dense, and Tian Yongheng could guess that the Spirit Qi of those mountains above would be more or less on the same level as that of the Eternal Peak.
He deliberately revealed his presence, his aura and Sword Intent exuding out of him, astonishing even Yan Jingfei who was standing beside him.
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This pressure...has master already reached the Void Refinement Realm? So fast?
She couldn’t help but think, her amazement even greater than before.
The aura emanating from Tian Yongheng was at least of the Void Refinement Realm, there was no doubt about it. But in reality, he was still only at the Golden Core Realm.
After a few seconds, a middle aged man in a blue robe appeared in front of them, coming down from the floating mountains.
Tian Yongheng could see at a glance that this middle aged man was at the Ninth Stage of Golden Core Realm.
Seeing Tian Yongheng, the middle aged man bowed respectfully, cupping his fists as he said, "Junior greets the Master of Eternal Peak. Please follow me up the mountain to meet the Swordmaster." His voice was humble.
Tian Yongheng nodded as both him and Yan Jingfei followed the middle aged man up the mountain floating in the middle of all the other mountains, a small palace located at the top of it, surrounded by a grassland with a pond of Spirit Qi, a stone sword embedded inside of it.
Other cultivators of the Innate Realm and the Golden Core Realm could be seen time to time.
Seeing this, Tian Yongheng couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
One’s opportunities really depended on where one dwelled.
Back in the Yan Dynasty, even the Innate Realm was a legendary existence that could only be seen once a blue moon. The Golden Core Realm was considered a myth.
Yet here, those very same cultivators were everywhere in this place.
This was the difference in environments.
At this point, the three of them arrived in front of the small palace doors.
Four words read above the palace doors.
’Turquoise Lake Sword Manor’.
Reading these words, Yan Jingfei’s heart thumped with excitement.
This was the place where a legendary cultivator, a peerless genius of a generation, the Nine Heavens Sword Sovereign had emerged from!
She also wanted to witness his talents personally.
The palace doors swung open automatically upon their arrival, revealing multiple floors and chambers within. Right in front of them was the most grand chamber.
Soon, they got to the entrance of the grand chamber. Just as they reached there, the middle aged man accompanying them cupped his fists and said in a respectful tone of voice, "Senior, I won’t accompany you any further. Right in this chamber is the place where the Swordmaster is at."
Tian Yongheng just nodded slightly, and the middle aged man left.
Both him and Yan Jingfei stepped inside of the chamber. From the moment he stepped foot into a radius of a hundred miles of the Turquoise Lake Sword Manor till now, Tian Yongheng had not used his Divine Sense even once.
He was afraid of accidentally displeasing the Turquoise Lake Swordmaster, Zhao Ye. Even though he was now sure that he could defeat him, he still had to be cautious to not invoke any meaningless conflicts.
At the end of the chamber lay a high platform, on which rested a middle aged man wearing a loose, blue daoist robe, looking to be in his forties, his eyes closed.
Sensing the arrival of the two people, he opened his eyes, his gaze landing straight on Tian Yongheng.
What a handsome young man!
This was the first thought that appear in his mind upon seeing him.
Even in his long life of thousands of years, he had never seen someone so handsome yet beautiful before!
So this is a Chosen One!
Very extraordinary, indeed!
He could tell just from the presence that this young man in front of him might very well be not any weaker than him.
Tian Yongheng, on the other hand, could clearly feel the immense Sword Intent emanating from within Zhao Ye.
This Sword Intent was undoubtedly on the same level as that of him, who had comprehended the Sword Dao.
Not just that, even all the mountains and down the mountains were filled with such powerful Sword Intent!
This was the Sword Intent of a true Sword Cultivator!