Borrowing a sword

Chapter 285 Upon exiting the secret realm, one must manifest one's divine power before others.
Chu Huaixu looked at the Dao Ancestor not far away and "met his gaze".

Because he couldn't see or remember his facial features, he could only roughly locate the position of his eyes to make eye contact.

Every time the other person took the initiative to speak to him, it felt like a heavy hammer blow to his heart.

This is also true at this very moment.

As for the question the Daoist Ancestor asked him—"Huai Xu, what do you think?"
From Chu Huaixu's perspective, he was already a swordsman, so what else could he possibly think?
Even if he had to bite the bullet, he still had to say, "That's wonderful!"

The Dao Ancestor's reply was: "That's good."

Chu Huaixu always felt that there was something slightly off about these four words!
Within this secret realm, almost every word spoken by the Dao Ancestor to him contained an immense amount of information hidden in the shadows.

Just as he was about to ask a question, a gentle breeze blew by.

Everything around it was the first to disappear.

In the darkness, only he and the Dao Ancestor remained.

Immediately afterwards, the Taoist's figure also began to gradually fade into the background.

He grew fainter and fainter until he disappeared completely.

Only the black bead that had been floating in his palm remained suspended in the air, emitting a faint, eerie light.

Chu Huaixu looked helplessly at the Dao Ancestor's disappearing figure and couldn't help but mutter, "I knew it!"

However, he gained a great deal from this trip, so he began to properly perform a disciple's salute as a sign of respect.

He then took a step forward and grabbed the black bead.

The next moment, Han Shuangjiang, who was squatting in front of Chu Huaixu, saw her Daoist partner suddenly open her eyes!
Chu Huaixu first glanced at the girl in front of him, then looked down at his right fist.

He opened his palm, and the black bead was right there in his hand!
A system notification sounded in my ear.

"[Ding! Congratulations! You have cleared the dungeon - Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.]"

"Completion rate: 100%!"

Within the secret realm, Chu Huaixu held a black bead and looked up at the pretty face before him.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" he asked with a smile.

Han Shuangjiang immediately replied, "Because your qi was disordered before, I was afraid something might happen to you?"

"Is that so? Perhaps it's because of the concentration of sword energy."

Such an incredible feat, he mentioned it casually.

Then, Chu Huaixu changed the subject, still smiling, and said, "I feel like it's been many years since I last saw you."

After saying that, he gently took Han Shuangjiang's small hand.

The girl did not refuse, but nodded in agreement, and exclaimed, "The Dao Ancestor's Secret Realm is indeed wondrous, causing us to have a distorted perception of the passage of time."

Chu Huaixu pondered the system's final notification sound for a moment, then glanced at the black bead, thinking that the big ice block's experience might be different from his own.

“Tell me, what have you been through?” he asked.

Han Shuangjiang nodded and began to recount the events in great detail.

The dead fox listened from the side, and soon interrupted her.

He asked, "When you first saw the Dao Ancestor inside the Gentleman's Temple, was he wearing this pendant?"

The girl didn't even need to consciously recall; she simply nodded.

Upon hearing this, Chu Huaixu didn't say anything more and gestured for her to continue.

After listening to the conversation, he realized that the two men's experiences were quite different.

First of all, Dao Zu did not interact with Han Shuangjiang in any way.

In everything she saw, the black beads did not exhibit anything unusual.

Secondly, after leaving Sword Pavilion and learning [Azure Sky Flame], Han Shuangjiang's secret realm inheritance came to an end.

She never experienced anything that followed.

But everything she had experienced before had gone incredibly smoothly.
"It seems that she wasn't kicked out of the training program prematurely because she failed the test."

"In fact, she also reached the Great Perfection of Sword Intent at that stage."

"Her completion rate wasn't 100% simply because the subsequent permissions weren't granted to her!"

As Chu Huaixu thought this to himself, his gaze involuntarily fell on the black bead again.

When Han Shuangjiang saw him looking at the bead, she added a comment.

"When I woke up earlier, this bead was floating in front of you, and the entire scabbard was also floating in the air."

"Before you woke up, you suddenly reached out and grabbed the bead."

Chu Huaixu nodded slightly upon hearing this. "This bead may be related to this secret realm, but there are many things I haven't figured out yet."

"I'll tell you once I've figured everything out," he said to his Daoist partner.

"Hmm." Big Ice Block wasn't the type to pry into things.

When he wants to speak, I will just listen attentively.

Chu Huaixu had no intention of hiding the subsequent events within the secret realm from Han Shuangjiang.

“I have more experiences than you, and I finally witnessed the Dao Ancestor unleash the Myriad Swords Return to Origin technique.”

"It was at that moment that I condensed my own sword heart." He never failed to make a shocking statement.

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to One!?" Even with the composure of a giant block of ice, he was astonished.

Chu Huaixu nodded and concluded: "To be precise, everything you have experienced before is actually the journey of the Dao Ancestor to comprehend the Myriad Swords Return to the Origin."

Han Shuangjiang looked at him, not with envy or jealousy, but with anticipation, and asked, "Have you learned it?"

"Learn what?"

"Of course, it's Ten Thousand Swords Return to One!" the girl replied.

"Cough cough cough." Chu Huaixu began to carefully choose his words: "Perhaps...it'll be soon?"

His character panel currently shows only a pitiful amount of experience points.

He doesn't even have the right to take a gamble.

And, barring any unforeseen circumstances...
"Don't even mention taking one gamble, it's useless even if you gamble several times!"

Outside, Jiang Zhi and the others stood beside the small pavilion, watching Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang emerge from the secret realm.

After the two were teleported out, the small pebble shattered, signifying the collapse of the world within the stone.

The two juniors were not surprised to see a group of high-ranking members of the Daoist sect gathered here.

They immediately bowed together.

Xiang Yan immediately asked, "How is it? Did you gain anything?"

"The harvest was enormous." Chu Huaixu didn't hide anything.

Next came the classic "startled" segment performed by the high-ranking members of the Taoist sect.

They were utterly astonished by what the two had experienced in the secret realm.

"They've already read through all three thousand volumes of swordsmanship inside, yet only a moment has passed in the outside world?"

"Both of you have reached the pinnacle of sword intent!"

"Chu Huaixu also witnessed the Return of Ten Thousand Swords to the Origin?"

Everyone marveled, once again feeling the supreme power possessed by the Dao Ancestor!
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but exclaim, "What you two have experienced in these few hours is equivalent to several years of arduous cultivation for others, or even a lifetime for someone with dull talent!"

Xiang Yan and the others exchanged glances, feeling even more at ease.

With this in mind, the upcoming East-West Continent Grand Competition of the Third Realm is practically guaranteed.

The sect leader looked at Chu Huaixu and asked, "Besides these, you must have gained something else, right? Don't hide it, kid. Are you afraid of scaring us?"

At this moment, Li Chunsong couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Another strange phenomenon has occurred in the outside world, and its scale is no smaller than when you entered the Cold Pool Secret Realm and comprehended the Body Refining Divine Power. Spit it out!"

Now that everyone has spent more time together, these elders have all come to know Chu Huaixu's true nature.

That kid's up to no good!

They always find opportunities to show off their skills in front of others and give everyone a big surprise!
Chu Huaixu, unhurriedly, asked first, "What strange phenomenon has occurred in the outside world?"

"The swords within a radius of hundreds of miles were all drawn by some kind of force, many of them were drawn about a finger's width from their sheaths, creating a commotion of ten thousand swords ringing out simultaneously," Zhao Shuqi replied.

"This is somewhat similar to when you reached the state of Sword Heart Clarity in the Cold Pool Secret Realm," Li Chunsong added.

As soon as he finished speaking, this kid actually said:
"That makes sense."

Even Junior Uncle has never triggered such a phenomenon, yet you're making sense of it in your mouth?
The crowd exchanged bewildered glances. Xiang Yan then asked, "Tell me, what is the reasonable way to do this?"

"Reporting to my masters and my grandmaster," Chu Huaixu began his performance.

"On that day in the Cold Pool Secret Realm, I awakened my spiritual embryo divine power and entered the realm of sword heart clarity. Therefore, I don't know why, but it triggered the strange phenomenon of ten thousand swords resounding together."

"The reason why everything is repeating itself today, and the scene is similar to that day, shouldn't the reason be obvious?"

At this point, he finally raised his head and uttered a statement that overturned everyone's understanding of cultivation.

"I have condensed my sword heart again."

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(End of this chapter)