Zhu Tian: Starting from the Laughing Proud Yue Buqun

"Could Senior Brother Yun be the one representing Jian Chen?!" You Ruo looked at Bu Jingyun, then shook her head and said:
"I don't think that's right. Senior Brother Yun's sword heart should be madness!"

Sword Greed chuckled: "My sword eye never makes a mistake."

“Bu Jingyun’s madness is just a facade. His heart is full of hatred and resentment, which cannot escape my sharp eyes.”

Jian Tan's eyes were incredibly sharp, seemingly able to see right through Bu Jingyun's heart.

Bu Jingyun's gaze gradually turned cold; he was very unhappy about being seen through.

“Hatred? How could Senior Brother Yun harbor hatred?” You Ruo asked, puzzled.

Duan Lang seemed to be deep in thought. As Bu Jingyun's opponent, he could naturally sense that Bu Jingyun indeed harbored a deep hatred in his heart.

"I don't know about that," Jian Tan shook his head.

His sword eyes could only see a person's sword heart; how could he possibly know the source of Bu Jingyun's hatred?

Xu Qing watched this scene with great interest. Although Jian Tan's martial arts skills were not particularly strong, his sword eyes were indeed quite interesting.

So easily one can see through a person's sword heart.

"Then I wonder if you can see through my sword intent?"

Xu Qing became interested and wanted to test the limits of the Greedy Sword Eye.

"Your Excellency is joking. My sword eye can only be used against those who cultivate the sword. Who doesn't know that Your Excellency, at the Heavenly Blade Realm, slew Nameless with your blade and defeated the martial arts legend, the Heavenly Sword Realm expert!"

Jian Tan was somewhat apprehensive and dared not look Xu Qing in the eye. He quickly said...

"Then you're mistaken. My master is proficient in all forms of martial arts, including swords, knives, palms, fists, feet, and fingers. In terms of swordsmanship, no one in the entire martial arts world can surpass my master!"

Duan Lang spoke, and his words immediately surprised everyone present.

Xiong Ba is actually a master swordsman!?
And his swordsmanship is unmatched?!
Doesn't this mean that even Nameless is inferior to his opponent in swordsmanship?!
That's a huge exaggeration!

Both Aotian and Jianmo felt that Duan Lang's words were unbelievable.

How could someone surpass Nameless in swordsmanship after already being better at the sword?!
Moreover, there are also martial arts techniques involving fists and feet, which is simply too overpowered.

Even the supreme master of the martial arts world couldn't do that!

Because a person's energy is limited, no matter how talented they are, it is impossible to be proficient in everything.

Duan Lang snorted coldly, naturally able to see from their eyes that they did not believe his words.

But he did not explain further.

Xu Qing didn't pay much attention, but simply let Jian Tan try using the sword eye.

"Then I'll give it a try."

Under pressure from Xu Qing, Jian Tan could only concentrate and unleash the full power of his sword eye as he looked at Xu Qing.

"Ah! My eyes!"

In that instant, blood streamed from Jian Tan's eyes, and he could no longer see.

The Sword Demon and the others' expressions all changed; one look and their eyes were practically ruined!
"Brother Sword Greed, what did you see?!" Sword Demon asked.

"I! I didn't see anything, just a flash of sword light, and then I couldn't see anything anymore!"

Sword Greed was terrified. His eyes had been destroyed, and his sword eye was gone. This was a huge loss for a master swordsman.

"hiss!"

Upon hearing this, the Sword Demon couldn't help but gasp, feeling incredibly apprehensive about Xu Qing's strength.

What incredible swordsmanship this must be! It's terrifying that even a glimpse of it is impossible!

Now, both Sword Demon and Aotian believed Duan Lang's words; Xu Qing's swordsmanship was truly terrifying!
Madam Ao's face turned deathly pale. The Supreme One was indeed a master swordsman. If he also had designs on the peerless sword, then her son Ao Tian's hopes were even slimmer!
Even the Sword Demon couldn't compete with it.

"It seems Father's sword heart is still more powerful; this old fellow's sword eyes can't even be looked at directly!" You Ruo said with a grin. Xu Qing smiled slightly, pointed his finger, and a stream of pure power shot out, surging into Jian Tan's eyes.

In an instant, Jian Tan felt his eyes become incredibly cool and refreshed, and the intense stinging sensation completely disappeared.

And then light and shadow reappeared before his eyes, and he could see again!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Jian Tan was so excited that he quickly bowed and expressed his gratitude.

"No need for that. Your eyes were injured because of me, so let's call it even!" Xu Qing withdrew his hand and said calmly.

Jian Tan dared not look Xu Qing in the eye again, and kept bowing.

The ease with which he could heal eyes injured by a sword once again astonished everyone.

Everyone felt that Xu Qing's strength was truly unfathomable, and his methods were even more mysterious and unimaginable.

After this minor setback, everyone held Xu Qing in even greater awe. At the subsequent banquet, everyone fawned over Xu Qing and treated Duan Lang and the others with utmost courtesy.

"Madam Ao, now that the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance have been gathered, why not immediately perform the sword sacrifice ceremony?"

Bu Jingyun was eager to obtain the peerless sword.

"Master Yun, please don't be impatient. The sword-worship ceremony for the peerless sword will officially begin in three days."

"That was the perfect time set by the swordsmith who forged this peerless sword," Lady Ao explained.

"Since the peerless sword is not yet in sight, I have heard that the Sword Worship Manor once forged an extremely ferocious divine weapon called the Sword of Defeat. I wonder if I could have a look at this sword?"

Xu Qing's sudden words startled Madam Ao and everyone from Baijian Manor.

"How could the Supreme One know about this?!" Madam Ao was deeply shocked.

The Sword of Defeat is a taboo in the Sword Worship Manor, and few people know about it; only a handful of people present have the authority to know.

How did Xu Qing know about this sword?!
The Sword Demon and Sword Greed also exchanged glances, which clearly indicated that the matter of the Sword of Defeat was true.

But the Sword Demon was unaware of this. He squinted, lost in thought.

"I didn't expect that the Sword Worship Manor had something even better hidden. Since Madam Ao's Sword of Defeat is a divine weapon, why hide it? It should be revealed!"

Sword Greed stirred up another idea in his mind. A divine sword that even the Supreme Being was interested in must be extraordinary.

Bu Jingyun, Duan Lang, and the others were also extremely curious.

"As you all may not know, the Sword of Defeat does indeed exist, but it has not been fully forged and is currently only in the form of a sword embryo," Madam Ao explained with a wry smile.

"Not finished again? What happened?!" Jian Tan was even more curious.

Instead of completing the divine weapon, which was still only in the form of a sword prototype, they devoted more energy to creating an unparalleled sword.

There must be some unknown secret behind this!
"The Sword of Defeat was forged a hundred years ago by a group of predecessors from my Sword Worship Manor using half of one of Nuwa's rare stones, the Black Frost."

However, during the forging process, the swordsmith was repeatedly injured by the murderous and ferocious aura of the defeated sword and died suddenly!

Then, the ancestors decided to abandon the forging of the Sword of Destruction, sealing it away and sealing off any news about it.

Lady Ao explained the origin of the Sword of Defeat, and then continued:

"It was because of the failure of the Sword of Destruction that our ancestors thought of using the remaining half of the Black Frost to reforge a divine sword."

And this sword is the peerless sword that is about to be perfected!

As Madam Ao revealed these secrets one by one.

Only then did everyone realize that there was such a connection between this peerless sword and the sword of defeat.

"That's why I'm wondering how Your Majesty knew about the Sword of Defeat," Madam Ao said, quite curious.

Few people know about this, so how did the Supreme Being find out?
...(End of this chapter)