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Chapter 243: 243. Non-Swordbearer Shines Again (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch “Wind Summer” for the 100k reward!)

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The attitude of the Demon Sect disciples not only startled the challengers, but also scared the Demon Sect players.

Especially among the challengers, some of them were simply boasting…

Lu Xun was sitting on the high platform, his eyes swept over the angry Outer Sect disciples, then locked onto Ji Li.

Ji Li looked very angry, her chest heaving with rage, wave after wave.

If it was outside the sect, she might have already drawn her sword and taught them how to behave properly.

Were these mediocre folks even worthy of comparing themselves with my future husband?

After stewing in her anger for a while, she glanced up at the high platform and saw Lu Xun, who was exchanging pleasantries with Mao Nanbei with a smile on his face, seemingly unaffected.

The difference was clear.

In reality, Mao Nanbei declared she won the bet. Lu Xun agreed with a smile and promised to make her a dessert.

Perhaps, this is the price of doting on Mao Nanbei.

On the challenger’s stage, the rookie cultivator who had just vowed to challenge Lu Xun involuntarily shrank his neck, somewhat frightened by the grand scene.

Only one man, with deep wrinkles on his face and rough skin, did not back down. Instead, he took a step forward in the face of the Demon Sect crowd, slowly raising his long sword.

His sword was a bronze one, and it had no tip.

It didn’t look like the tip was broken, but rather that there had been no tip from the start, when the sword was forged.

Thus, it looked somewhat unique.

The man held the bronze sword horizontally in front of him, picking it up with both hands, his whole body bending down until he was at almost a ninety degree angle.

Seeing him through this action, Lu Xun was puzzled, but Shen Yan and the other Great Cultivators present were slightly taken aback.

Shen Yan conveyed to Lu Xun, “Uncle, this is the highest etiquette among sword cultivators from the Ancient Times, requesting your guidance. If you consent to duel with him, he will consider you his semi-master.”

“Of course, uncle, it is unilateral. You don’t need to fulfil any duties towards him as a master.”

“Unexpectedly, there are still young sword cultivators who understand the etiquette of the Ancient Times.” Shen Yan commented, “I wonder where he comes from.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Xun became somewhat interested.

The man, still holding up his bronze sword with both hands, spoke in a deep voice, “Marquis of Sword Pond, I request Elder Lu’s guidance!”

At this remark, a slight stir was caused on the high platform.

Many of the Great Cultivators began to communicate with those near them.

“Sword Pond?” Lu Xun was also taken aback.

He vaguely remembered it as a sacred place for sword cultivators during the Ancient Times, which gradually declined.

Later, players even obtained secret scriptures left behind by the Sword Pond in a secret realm.

Legend had it that the founder of Sword Sect had intricate links to the Sword Pond.

The Great Cultivators on the high platform who came to watch the ceremony were surprised that there was still a successor to the Sword Pond.

Wasn’t this sect already lost in the river of history?

Could it be a scam?

But the most stunned were guests from One Sword Mountain and Ten Thousand Sword Mountain.

Sword Pond was once a holy land for sword cultivators; One Sword Mountain and Ten Thousand Sword Mountain are currently holy lands for sword cultivators, a bit like old and new kings.

The elders from One Sword Mountain and Ten Thousand Sword Mountain used Divine Sense to examine the man named Marquis, who proclaimed to be the successor of Sword Pond, discovering that he was only in his fifth year of cultivation and just entered the Initial Realm.

They deemed his aptitude to be rather terrible.

The successor of Sword Pond?

Even if he was the real successor of Sword Pond, what then?

Nothing more than that.

Lu Xun didn’t reply immediately, causing the Marquis to remain in his gesture.

Shen Yan conveyed to him that according to the rules of the Ancient Times, the one giving respects must continue doing so until he receives a clear response.

Back then, some sword dao predecessors would observe the sincerity of the sword cultivators this way.

If they sensed sincerity, they would impart their teachings.

And for Sword Pond disciples, what they valued the most was honing their Sword Heart.

They seemed to be the ascetics among sword cultivators.