Chapter 1651: Chapter 155: Sword Origin Coalesces into Gu Xi
Zhou Yan’s words made the faces of the Bishui Sword Sect’s Sect Master and Elders change involuntarily; after all, in their eyes, Zhou Yan opening his mouth and directly mentioning the Holy Ancestor of the Bishui Sword Sect’s Sect was already a kind of insult.
Moreover, when Zhou Yan spoke, the people of the Bishui Sword Sect could not hear even the slightest hint of respect in his tone.
This could be called an act of great impiety and rebellion.
Even if Zhou Yan had a heaven‑shaking kindness toward the Bishui Sword Sect, he still could not insult the Bishui Sword Sect like this.
Thus, not only did Zhou Yan’s words fail to gain the approval of the Bishui Sword Sect’s Sect Master and Elders, they instead made all of their faces grow even uglier.
"Heavenly Mechanism Saint Son, your kindness toward the Bishui Sword Sect is something I, Gu Yuxi, will remember in my heart, but disrespect toward the Holy Ancestor is a sin that cannot be forgiven. In view of the Heavenly Mechanism Saint Son being young and shallow in insight, there is no need for the Heavenly Mechanism Saint Son to say more on this matter."
The Bishui Sect Master, Gu Yuxi, said coldly, her expression ice‑cold.
The courtesy she had shown Zhou Yan earlier vanished without a trace in an instant.
"Sect Master, this—"
At this moment, Zhao Xuexun immediately wanted to help explain for Zhou Yan and bring up the matter of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb, but she was directly stopped by Gu Yuxi.
Zhou Yan quietly looked at Gu Yuxi, and Gu Yuxi did not avoid Zhou Yan’s gaze either.
"You’re not a junior of Gu Xi, you’re just someone who happens to bear the surname ’Gu,’ aren’t you."
Zhou Yan asked in a calm tone.
"How dare you, to actually address the Holy Ancestor by name!"
Among the Elders at Gu Yuxi’s side, two old women immediately shouted angrily in rebuke.
However, Zhou Yan merely swept them with a single glance; within that gaze, his Sword Intent was incomparably powerful, carrying a will and Intelligence that seized their very minds.
Under such a gaze, the two old women trembled all over, and the rest of their anger was extinguished completely.
An almost irresistible kind of fear arose, a submissive urge they could not control, making all their displeasure vanish into nothingness.
After a brief daze, the two old women came back to their senses, their faces growing even worse, but toward Zhou Yan, they were all the more apprehensive.
"Heavenly Mechanism Saint Son—please show the Bishui Sword Sect some respect. To respect the Holy Ancestor is also to respect yourself."
Gu Yuxi’s expression grew even more displeased, yet her voice was cold.
"To not respect her is the greatest respect I can give. This is something you people will never understand. After I summon Gu Xi’s will, you will come to know a few things. That too will be a kind of Transformation and baptism for the Bishui Sword Sect."
"As for whether my ability can accomplish this, that is not something you need to worry about."
"Besides, meaningless arguments like this need not exist. Of course, you can continue to be dissatisfied, but I don’t have such good patience, especially with certain people among you—truly harboring ill intent. I don’t speak of it, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know."
Zhou Yan’s calm gaze swept over everyone present, then he paid no further attention to Gu Yuxi’s attitude and flew straight toward the Bishui Sword Sect.
The Bishui Sword Sect had an Ancient Array of Sect guardianship protecting it, but while this Array might seem quite good in the eyes of others, in Zhou Yan’s eyes it was utterly worthless.
For the moment, however, Zhou Yan did not alter this Array; he simply followed the correct route and passed straight through the Ancient Array.
In this way, Zhou Yan seemed incomparably familiar with the Bishui Sword Sect.
This situation made the Bishui Sword Sect’s Sect Master, Gu Yuxi, and the Elders look even uglier.
In their view, even the secrets of the core Guardian Ancient Array had already been grasped by Zhou Yan.
And with no way to know the reason, the Elders immediately locked their gazes onto Zhao Xuexun and the other disciples, which made those disciples feel extremely wronged.
"Once we’re back, I’ll settle accounts with you!"
The gazes of those Elders were filled with blazing anger.
Under such looks, the more than ten female disciples in Zhao Xuexun’s group trembled in their delicate bodies, their faces pale.
"A rotten structure, narrow hearts, not a shred of courage to take responsibility. Once something happens, all the blame is pushed onto the disciples. So‑called seeking good fortune and avoiding calamity—laughable and pitiful. For the Bishui Sword Sect not to have declined under this is proof its Qi Fortune is not bad at all."
Zhou Yan suddenly said.
"Heavenly Mechanism Saint Son, what did you say! Don’t think that just because the Saint Master hasn’t acted against you, you really possess the Saint Master’s abilities! You’re nothing more than a junior—"
"Do you want to die?"
Zhou Yan directly cut off the seductive woman’s words.
This woman who had spoken was precisely the previous Third Elder.
At Zhou Yan’s single, counter‑questioning line, her face instantly turned terribly ugly.
Zhou Yan turned his head and glanced at Gu Yuxi. Seeing that Gu Yuxi’s expression was still very calm, but with a hint of loss, he roughly understood in his heart.
Immediately, Zhou Yan withdrew his killing intent and did not continue to act.
At this time, no one revealed any killing intent toward Zhou Yan anymore.
Very soon, Zhou Yan arrived at the Bishui Cold Pond Land of the Bishui Sword Sect.
This was a Sword Origin Pool, very similar to the Sword Origin Pool of the Great Zhou Zhou Family from before, except that this Sword Origin Pool was already somewhat ancient.
With his hands clasped behind his back, Zhou Yan looked at this Sword Origin Pool, an indescribable light flickering in his eyes.
Ordinary disciples had absolutely no chance of coming here.
And now, besides Zhou Yan, Zhao Xuexun and the other female disciples were not present here either, having temporarily returned to the Sect.
Present here were only eight Elders and Gu Yuxi—nine people.
Adding Zhou Yan himself, there were ten in total.
"Within the Sword Origin Pool are many Ancient Arrays. Within those Ancient Arrays lies some ancient Sword Dao inheritance. These are indeed an opportunity for the Bishui Sword Sect, but unfortunately, you no longer have the ability to open this Sword Dao inheritance."
