Huang Yanchen walked through the bustling streets and came to a mansion located in the center of Shentai City. He stopped and walked towards the gate.
The mansion is quite gorgeous.
On both sides of the gate, there is a beast protecting the palace, the Vajra Furious Lion. The body is very huge, and the fur all over the body emits a dazzling golden light.
At the same time, there were six guards wearing armor, standing next to the King Kong Raging Lion, guarding the door. The aura emanating from them was very powerful, and they were obviously first-rate masters.
"I've seen Miss Yanchen."
The six guards obviously knew Huang Yanchen's identity, and they bowed to salute her at the same time.
Then, the two guards walked over and opened the door for her.
"If you can live in the central area of Shentai City, you must be a powerful person."
Zhang Ruochen stood in the distance and carefully observed the six guards. He found that the armors they wore were all tenth-level true martial arts treasures and belonged to the law enforcement hall of Wucheng Academy.
Moreover, their cultivation levels are all in the Fish and Dragon realm, and they are obviously top masters selected from the Law Enforcement Hall.
If a monk from the Fish-Dragon Realm can be allowed to guard the door, then the person in the mansion is at least a semi-saint, and may even be a saint.
Zhang Ruochen curled his lips and could already guess who lived in the mansion.
Immediately, Zhang Ruochen stopped hiding his figure and walked forward.
"Ouch!"
The angry diamond lions standing on both sides of the mansion opened their eyes at the same time and stared at Zhang Ruochen, showing strong hostility.
Two golden waves of air emitted from their bodies.
Of course, the six guards also saw Zhang Ruochen walking over, but they recognized Zhang Ruochen's Taoist robe and knew that he was a disciple of the Liangyi Sect, so they immediately drove away the two raging diamond lions.
After all, they are now in the territory of the Liang Yi Sect, so of course they have to be more polite to the disciples of the Liang Yi Sect.
Among the six guards, the one with the highest cultivation level looked to be in his forties. He had a pair of ears the size of a cattail leaf fan. He was holding a spear. He took two steps forward and said with cupped hands, "Who is here?"
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, took out the sect token to show his identity, and said: "Lin Yue of the Liangyi Sect, came here to pay a visit to Senior Sword Master Xuanji."
Hearing Lin Yue's name, the six of them were quite moved.
After all, Lin Yue was the first-class genius of the Liangyi Sect and one of the most influential figures in the Sword Discussion Conference, so they had to treat him with caution.
"It turns out he is a swordsman prodigy from the Aoi Sect."
The faces of the six guards all showed respectful expressions.
The guard with the highest level of cultivation had a troubled look on his face and said: "Although the Sword Master temporarily lives in the mansion, his old man is like a dragon without a tail. Even we can hardly see him, and we don't know where he is now."
It’s not like he’s gone out already.”
Obviously, they felt that Lin Yue was too young. Even though he was quite famous among the younger generation, he was not yet qualified to be received by Xuanji Sword Master.
"Master is indeed in this mansion."
Zhang Ruochen showed a happy face and said, "You just need to go in and report. If Senior Sword Master doesn't want to see me, I will leave."
Just when the six guards were in a difficult situation, Feng Han walked out of the gate.
Feng Han is the fourth disciple of Sword Master Xuanji. He is tall and thin. He looks about twenty-five or six years old. His face is quite pale and he looks very sick.
"Wow!"
The six guards knelt on the ground at the same time, saluting Feng Han, appearing very respectful, and said in unison: "Greetings to Half Saint Feng Han."
Zhang Ruochen had naturally heard the name "Feng Han" before, but this was the first time he saw him, and he thought to himself: "It turns out that he is the fourth senior brother, Feng Han. The third senior brother once said that the fourth senior brother's talent in swordsmanship is the highest among all
The tallest among the brothers."
For some reason, Zhang Ruochen faintly felt that there was a very dangerous aura on Feng Han's body, which was both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
Compared with the other three senior fellow apprentices, Saint Qingxiao, Zhu Hongtao, and Wan Ke, this fourth senior fellow apprentice actually has a hidden cold and vicious aura in his body.
Feng Han looked sick, and gently raised a hand to signal the six guards to get up.
"Ahem."
He coughed twice, then looked at Zhang Ruochen, and said in a dry voice: "Little friend Lin Yue, Master already knows that you are coming to visit, and has specially asked me to take you in. Please!"
Zhang Ruochen saluted Feng Han, and then followed him towards the mansion.
This mansion covers an area of about 150 acres. It's not too big, but it's not too small either.
There were not many people in the mansion and it seemed very quiet.
In the central area is a lotus pond shrouded in white mist. At this moment, Sword Master Xuanji is sitting by the water, holding a green bamboo pole and fishing.
"Disciple has brought little friend Lin Yue. I wonder if Master has any other instructions?" Feng Han bowed and asked.
Sword Master Xuanji had a smile on his face, waved his hand and said: "Feng Han, please retreat first. I want to have a private conversation with Lin Yue."
Feng Han was quite surprised. He turned around and glanced at Lin Yue with a puzzled expression.
He really didn't understand why the master would personally receive a monk from the Fish-Dragon Realm?
After shaking his head gently, Feng Han retreated.
After Feng Han left, Zhang Ruochen could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart and immediately saluted his master.
Xuanji Sword Master deliberately wanted to test his cultivation. With a shake of his arm, the bamboo pole was immediately lifted up. The fishing line hanging on the pole left the water, made a harsh sound of breaking wind, turned into a ray of silver light, and shot toward Zhang Ruochen's neck.
Cut it through.
Zhang Ruochen was slightly startled and quickly released the Holy Body Protector. Then, he circulated the Holy Qi throughout his body and swung his palm forward.
"Swish!"
The fishing line was originally very soft, but there was a layer of holy energy surrounding it, and it suddenly became extremely sharp, turning into nine wave-shaped sword energy, one after another.
The fishing line passed through the palm of his hand and wrapped around Zhang Ruochen's legs, hands, waist and abdomen, penetrating everywhere.
For a sword master, every plant and tree can become a sword, and it can even explode with infinite power.
With Xuanji Sword Master's cultivation, if he attacks with all his strength, even if he just holds a blade of grass and slashes it down, he can split a city into two halves.
At this moment, he was using the fishing line as his sword, and he didn't use much holy energy. However, the swordsmanship he displayed was extremely subtle and hard to guard against.
Zhang Ruochen wanted to retreat, but found that a circle of fishing line had wrapped around his body, blocking his escape route.
Xuanji Sword Master glanced at Zhang Ruochen and saw that he was trapped by the fishing line. He showed a smile and said: "A sword can be hard or soft. A combination of hardness and softness is the unbreakable sword."
Sword Master Xuanji's understanding of Sword Two is "hardness" and "softness", and he pays more attention to sword moves.
Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly, stretched his hands into the void at the same time, condensed a four-foot long sword, and shouted softly: "Sword Two."
The two swords were swung at the same time, forming a sword energy field that extended outward. Hundreds of sword energy quickly rotated in the field, turning into a vortex of alternating black and white, and rolled up the slender fishing line.
"break!"
Zhang Ruochen rushed upward and struck the fishhook with his sword, making a "ding" sound.
The fishhook lost its direction, and the fishing line became messy.
Taking this opportunity, Zhang Ruochen immediately rushed forward, passed through the entanglement of the fishing line, and appeared behind Xuanji Sword Master.
The swords in Zhang Ruochen's hands immediately dispersed and turned into two streams of holy energy, dissipating in the air.
Then, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Disciple, pay homage to Master."
Xuanji Sword Master squinted his eyes, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Not bad, quite good. You have actually reached the second level of Sword II. Ruochen, you have not let me down."
In the Fish-Dragon Realm, one only needs to practice to the tenth level of Sword 1 to be considered a Sword Master.
Zhang Ruochen is obviously better. He has cultivated Sword Two to such a high level. Why would Sword Master Xuanji be unhappy?
Sword Master Xuanji was in a good mood. He laughed loudly, stretched out his hands and lifted it gently. Zhang Ruochen was immediately lifted up by an invisible force and stood upright again.
Zhang Ruochen asked: "There is something unclear about the disciple. How did the master identify the disciple's true identity?"
Sword Master Xuanji looked at him carefully and said: "Your practice of the Thirty-six Invisible and Formless Transformations is still a bit behind. You can deceive others, but you cannot deceive me."
Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly, feeling that he was just playing tricks on his class.
After all, this kind of martial arts was passed down to him by his master. If others can't see the flaw, will his master see it?
Xuanji Sword Master stood up, walked around with his hands behind his back, and said: "With your current achievements, once you go to the sword discussion conference, you will be recognized by some old guys. You will stay at home for the next few days.
, I will personally help you cultivate the Thirty-six Formless and Formless Transformations to a more perfect state."
"Master knows that I am going to participate in the Sword Discussion Conference?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
Xuanji Sword Master's eyes widened and he said: "With your current swordsmanship attainments, even if you can't make it into the top three in the Sword Discussion Conference, it will be easy to make it into the top ten. Such a person can compete with all the swordsmanship wizards in the world.
Opportunity, if you don’t participate, wouldn’t you be angry to death as a teacher?”
"Being a master is a sword master, so of course you need to save face. If you can stand out in the Sword Discussion Conference, my master will naturally be very happy. When the time comes, you will have a mental advantage in a life-or-death duel with the Jiuyou Sword Master. With this
The stock advantage can at least increase the chance of winning as a teacher by 10%."
The cultivation levels of Xuanji Sword Saint and Jiuyou Sword Saint are among the same, and it is difficult to tell who is stronger.
However, their mentality on the day of the decisive battle will definitely have a great impact on them.
Whoever has a better mentality will have a greater chance of winning.
Thinking of a life-and-death battle, Zhang Ruochen naturally felt worried in his heart and said: "Master, you have done enough for your disciples. There is no need to take such a big risk to have a life-and-death battle with Jiuyou Sword Master. What if?
Something unexpected happened..."
Xuanji Sword Master immediately shook his hand and said calmly: "Actually, the reason why I made a challenge to Jiuyou Sword Master is not entirely because of you."
"More importantly, my master's cultivation has reached a critical point. It is impossible to break through this limit just by relying on cultivation."
"Only with the help of an evenly matched life-and-death battle can one unleash his potential and reach the realm he dreams of as a teacher."
"The Jiuyou Sword Master should be in a similar state to me. He also wants to use this battle to break through the final bottleneck. So, he clearly didn't kill you, but he still accepted the challenge."