The fake prince was exposed at the beginning, and I took office as emperor on the spot

Chapter 96 What is a Sword Saint?
Gu Fangchen sat on the bed, his eyes flashing.

Before changing his profession to [Fisherman], he had already spent the 400,000 taels of gold in the Cave Heaven Ring to make the "Lotus in the Womb" come true.

Bringing out the last bit of light and heat of the [Angler] profession.

[Thief] This profession seems to be quite low-end judging from the name, but judging from the skill description, it has more of the feeling of "Thief Master" Chu Liuxiang.

When Gu Fangchen first saw this profession, he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Brother, you are “walking through a field of flowers without getting a single leaf on you”, so what is a flower thief?
Of course, there is no such profession as "flower thief" in "Mirror in the Dust".

After all, the highest relationship the characters can have is just friends, they can't get married, and there are no scenes that are inappropriate for children.

As the sect closest to the traditional Hehuan Sect, the "Sheng" Dao's main focus is also curiosity, which has nothing to do with astringency. Instead, it makes people feel very physically uncomfortable.

Therefore, "Flower Thief" was probably merged into "Thief" as a "Thief" type profession.

Many players keep this profession in their profession column simply because it looks cool.

But the skills of this profession are not bad either.

[Passing Through a Field of Flowers] Through continuous physical contact, you can steal items from the other person.

Although the five-minute time requirement is quite demanding, and it is also random and unstable, the value of the three words "unlimited" is too high.

It is enough to offset the two previous harsh requirements.

In other words, if you can maintain physical contact, then theoretically, you can steal everything from the other person.

Moreover, you can also use some props that can increase your luck value to increase the chance of obtaining high-value items.

In fact, the best way to do this is to use the previous [Angler]'s [Keep Hitting the Nest] skill.

But I didn’t have time to make such thorough preparations before, and the environment didn’t allow it. Now this job gives me a full 15 days, which is more than enough.

Gu Fangchen is now in Jiange, so there is no need to rush.

He thought for a while:

"Today is April 18th, the day when the seven southwestern sects unite and present the 'Fulong Tie' to His Excellency the Sword Master. It should be in three days... that's enough."

In the original plot, after the Seven Sects sent the "Dragon Subduing Post" to Jiange, they put pressure on Jiange on the grounds that the evil sword in Donglong Lake was moving strangely and they were afraid that it would break the seal of the dragon vein and bring disaster to the world.

We need to drain the water from Donglong Lake, take out the evil sword and recast it.

Jiange naturally would not agree.

Not to mention that Donglong Lake is the hometown of Jiange, if you ask me to smoke, I will smoke. As the boss of the southwest, wouldn’t it be embarrassing?

The swordsmiths of the Cui Weishan lineage in Jiange rely on the water from Donglong Lake to keep their three thousand furnaces burning day and night, continuously forging swords.

These furnaces cannot be closed for a moment, otherwise all the sword blanks being forged in them will be destroyed.

Furthermore, tens of millions of people living along the shores of Donglong Lake rely on it for their livelihoods. If you drain the water, it is unknown how long it will take to retrieve the evil sword.

How do these mortals survive during this time?
The Seven Sects came up with a high-sounding excuse, but they had no solution to these problems at all.

He just blindly set up Jiange and made accusations from a moral high ground.

As long as Jiange is unwilling, it will allow the evil sword to harm the world. It is selfish and unreasonable.

Then there is no need for us seven sects to talk about morality with you, let’s just fight together!
He is not a popular person inside or outside Jiange, and Ning Songjun, a sword cultivator with a pure heart, naturally cannot stand this humiliation.

If you want to fight, then fight.

The entire four southwestern regions suddenly became a mess.

This "Rebellion of the Seven Sects" will continue until the character controlled by the player arrives, and by that time, the strength of both sides will have been almost exhausted.

There's no way to waste any more time.

Jiange had no choice but to accept the court's mediation and choose to open a passage in the center of Donglong Lake for people to go down and explore.

As for who this person is, it depends on the player's choice.

If you want to take the Confucian route and achieve the ending of [Eternal Unity], then let the Confucianists or the prince's people go down.

They will find that the evil sword below is about to break the seal and the entire dragon vein is in danger. They must send a large army to guard it and reinforce the dragon vein again.

Jiange had no choice but to accept the imperial garrison and help guard the dragon vein. Players also started the [Kaitianmen] branch quest about the "evil sword", Ying Baishou and the truth about the civil strife in Jiange.

But unfortunately, in the first five endings, the entire Jiange will become the first chess piece to be sacrificed because of the evil pollution of the "evil sword".

If the player meets the prerequisites and has a high enough favorability with Jiange, he can go down by himself.

This is also one of the triggering conditions for the ending of [Six Dusts Return to Truth].

When the player goes down himself, he will find that the dragon vein underneath is intact and there is no such thing as an "evil sword" at all.

Everything is a Confucian lie.

But most of the time, as soon as the players come down, the people in Jiange above will be killed, and the passage to Donglong Lake cannot be maintained.

The entire Donglong Lake's waters suddenly closed in, crushing the player to pieces. Game over!

Unless the player can complete a small Confucian side quest before that and obtain a secret about Xie Qian.

Only then will the players know that the dragon vein under Donglong Lake is not the dragon vein of Wei at all.

But...

The dragon vein of ancient Zhou!
Gu Fangchen narrowed his eyes:
"To prevent the fall of Jiange, what we need to do now is to prevent the 'Seven Sects Rebellion' from happening, and thus prevent the Confucians from getting close to the dragon vein below."

"Once the Confucians come into contact with the dragon vein, the Jiange above them will be doomed no matter what."

"And stopping the 'Seven Sects Rebellion' is actually quite simple."

"As long as we can prove that there is no evil sword under Donglong Lake, that will be enough."

"But with my current reputation, even if I'm just using Ning Caiyong's connections to bully others, I can't possibly force Jiange to lower its head and allow someone to investigate."

This group of sword cultivators are a bunch of stubborn asses who would rather break than bend.

And more importantly, the four sects and seven schools in the southwest are not to be trifled with. They dare to challenge Jiange directly and they have their own confidence.

as early as a few years ago.

They have already laid out the first step.

That is, to weaken Ning Songjun's strength.

Ning Songjun, the Sword Saint, is the core pillar of the entire Jiange.

After the civil strife that year, Jiange's strength was greatly damaged, and it was Ning Songjun who single-handedly supported Jiange.

Although it has been recuperating for many years, its overall strength is still relatively weak.

Only by weakening Ning Songjun could the Seven Sects have been able to fight with Jiange for so many years.

Otherwise, if the Sword Master strikes them with one sword, half of them will die first.

To this end, the Seven Sects planned for many years and bribed Cui Weishan's old swordsmith, who gradually ground tiny amounts of yin-yang magnet powder into the sword while sharpening it for Ning Songjun.

Of course, the Yin-Yang magnets they used were not the inferior stuff that had cheated Ding Xingfeng in the first place.

But it is the highest grade of meteorite iron.

Under normal circumstances, this level of material will not only not damage the sword body, but will also increase the strength of the sword body.

The sword in Ning Songjun's hand was originally one of the only five divine swords in the world.

Under the operation of the old swordsmith, the quality of this sword has become infinitely close to that of a top-notch product!
No one would suspect that it was this sword.

But the situation was quite different when the Seven Sects used the remaining Yin-Yang magnets that they had laid in the other three paths over the years to activate the "Dragon and Snake Landing" formation around the Sword Pavilion.

The sword in Ning Songjun's hand was directly unbalanced, which was equivalent to destroying his spiritual heart for a sword cultivator.

Especially since Ning Songjun was a stubborn person and had never doubted the old swordsmith, he could only look for the reason in himself.

However, the more you search, the more you will collapse.

At this point, it would be better to persuade Ning Songjun to drain the water from Donglong Lake rather than make him suspect that there is something wrong with his personal sword.

and so.

Instead of letting him waste time and energy, it is better to solve the problem directly from the root.

Gu Fangchen glanced at the skill [Passing Through a Field of Flowers] above his head and smiled brightly.

He decided to go talk to Ning Songjun...

They are all grown men, uncle and nephew, what obstacles in the world can't be overcome?

We can just chat, drink some wine, and talk about it casually, and then the matter will be over, right?

……

Ning Songjun slowly practiced his sword skills on the top of the mountain.

"Shh!"

He put away his sword and snorted coldly, thinking about how he had lost face in front of Senior Ding because of Gu Fangchen's complaint on the way.

I won't argue with you in front of my elder sister.

Now that we are at Jiange, we must teach this brat a lesson and let him know what a Sword Saint is!

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ps: I will adjust my schedule and will update during the day tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)