nownovels Chapter 157: The Dominance Of The Sword
Chapter 157: The Dominance Of The Sword
Wan Yan did not dare to be negligent. He immediately told Zhao Mu everything he knew about the Sword Immortal Pavilion.
The Sword Immortal Pavilion originated from the Ancient Sword Sect and was established in the Myriad Star Sacred Ground three thousand six thousand years ago. The first Sect Master was known as the Sword Ancestor. With just a single sword, he destroyed all the sword cultivation sects in the Immortal Martial Continent. From then on, there was the saying that the Immortal Martial Sword Dao was orthodox in the Myriad Star Sacred Ground.
As the saying goes, there are no sword cultivators beyond the stars.
There were no true sword cultivators outside of the Multistar Holy Land!
This was a confident statement, but the truth was indeed so.
All the sword cultivators in the world, even the demon sword cultivators, treated the Sword Immortal Pavilion as a sacred land.
In the entire Immortal Martial Continent, there was almost no one who doubted the orthodoxy of the Dao of the Sword.
As for the current Sword Immortal Pavilion, although it had a lifespan of thirty-six thousand years, it was still at its peak.
The current pavilion master, Sword God Qu Liu, one of the Five Great Supremes of the human race, had presided over the Sword Immortal Pavilion for more than nine thousand years. No one could shake his position.
Sword God Qu Liu might not be the strongest Martial Saint in the Immortal Martial Continent, but he is definitely publicly acknowledged as the strongest sword cultivator. As long as his sword hasn't aged, no one would dare to challenge the position of the Sword Immortal Pavilion.
In addition, Zhao Mu also understood some of the rules of the Sword Immortal Pavilion from Wan Yan.
Generally speaking, the Sword Immortal Pavilion did not recruit disciples to the outside world. Instead, they went out to various places and selected some youths with talent in the way of the sword to join the Sword Immortal Pavilion for cultivation. After many rounds of selection and assessment, only an extremely small number of people had the qualifications to officially become disciples of the Sword Immortal Pavilion.
The Sword Immortal Pavilion did not have any distinction between inner and outer sect personal disciples. As long as one joined the Sword Immortal Pavilion, their status would be determined by their attainments in sword arts.
Because of this, the value of the Sword Immortal Pavilion's disciples was very high and there were very few of them.
It is said that the number of official disciples in the Sword Immortal Pavilion has never exceeded a thousand.
Although Wan Yan claimed to be a disciple of the Sword Immortal Pavilion, in reality, he had not truly joined the sect. Instead, he stayed in the Sword Immortal Pavilion to study as a sword disciple.
The so-called sword disciples were similar to the odd jobs disciples of the Saint Prime Devil Sect, but their status was higher. They were more like the lay disciples of Buddhism.
However, if Zhao Mu wants to enter the Sword Immortal Pavilion, there is no need to go through so much trouble.
After all, he was a Deity Transformation Realm cultivator and could already be considered an expert on the Immortal Martial Continent.
Furthermore, Zhao Mu did not intend to join the Sword Immortal Pavilion. It was enough as long as he could sneak in.
Coincidentally, the Sword Immortal Pavilion will also accept some experts from the outside world to enter the Sword Immortal Pavilion as guest elders.
However, in order to become a guest elder of the Sword Immortal Pavilion, other than having great strength, one must also have a skill.
Regardless of whether it was Artifact Forging, Pill Concocting, Formation Setting, or Mechanism Setting, he had to be proficient in one of them, and his level couldn't be low.
"If one were to enter the Sword Immortal Pavilion as an Array Master, what level would one need to reach?" Zhao Mu asked.
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Wan Yan hurriedly explained, "According to my understanding, there aren't many array masters in the Sword Immortal Pavilion. They are considered rare talents. Array masters of the fifth grade and above should be able to enter the Sword Immortal Pavilion."
Rank-5 was enough.
Zhao Mu nodded and said, "I'll ask you one last thing. Do you know if there's any place in the Sword Immortal Pavilion where prisoners are imprisoned?"
The goal of this trip is to find the Saint Prime Ancestor. This is the most important thing.
Wan Yan was slightly stunned. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I've been a sword disciple in the Sword Immortal Pavilion for twenty years. During this time, I've never heard of a place like a dungeon. If a disciple of the Sword Immortal Pavilion violates the rules of the sect or violates the taboo, the lightest punishment is to be sent to the Sword Testing Abyss to pass the sword array test. In serious cases, they will be expelled from the sect or executed. There is no such thing as being locked up."
From the looks of it, he would only know after visiting the Sword Immortal Pavilion.
Zhao Mu nodded and gestured for Wan Yan to leave. He then turned and left.
After returning to the restaurant, Zhao Mu was about to report the information to the Azure Cloud Empress when he saw that she had already fallen asleep on the bed.
The dishes on the table were also swept clean.
"Finished eating?"
There was quite a lot of food here.
Who would have thought that the empress could eat so much? Sure enough, when there was a little foodie, there would be a big foodie.
Zhao Mu smiled, tidied up the table, and walked to the bedside to take a look.
The empress, who was sound asleep, didn't look as lofty as she usually did.
Perhaps it was because she had lost all her strength, but the empress now looked more like a beautiful big sister next door. Zhao Mu couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Then, Zhao Mu set up a soundproof array and summoned the five spiritual beasts. He continued to teach the little bastards about array formations and fed the other four spiritual beasts pills.
There were no surprises.
After he was done, Zhao Mu didn't have the mood to sleep. He took out the basic fire-elemental skills and started to cultivate.
The night lasted until dawn.
Zhao Mu slowly retracted the purple flames on his body.
He got up and stretched his body, only to see that the empress was still sleeping soundly and hadn't woken up.
Zhao Mu frowned and walked closer to take a look. He saw that the empress's face was pale and her forehead was covered with sparkling beads of sweat. She looked like she was in pain.
Why was she sick again?
Zhao Mu quickly grabbed the empress's wrist and injected a strand of spiritual energy into her body to check on her condition.
What a weak body!
Although he knew that the empress wasn't in good condition, Zhao Mu was still shocked.
Her body seemed to be on the verge of stagnation.
Her heartbeat was extremely slow, her internal organs seemed to be failing, and the nerve currents in her brain were abnormally chaotic.
With just a simple check, Zhao Mu found dozens of symptoms.
If a mortal was in such a condition, they would die a few hundred times over.
Luckily, the empress's body was strong enough. Even if she couldn't use her spiritual energy, she could still withstand it with her body.
But if she couldn't recover her spiritual energy quickly, her body might not be able to hold on for long.
Zhao Mu immediately activated his pure Yang energy and slowly injected it into the empress's body to help her maintain her vitality.
Even so, Zhao Mu had to be careful.
If he directly used the Crimson Yang energy or even the Blazing Yang energy, the powerful Yang energy might send the empress to heaven.
After some time, the empress's condition gradually stabilized.
She gradually regained consciousness. She looked at Zhao Mu weakly and murmured, "I had a dream. I dreamt that my father was tortured and died in pain and loneliness …"
It turned out that the empress could also reveal such a delicate side.
Zhao Mu couldn't help but hold her slightly cold hand tightly, comforting her, "Don't worry, the dream is reversed, which means that the Elder Ancestor is very safe now."
"I hope so."
The empress forced herself to sit up and said, "Let's go. We can't delay any longer."
Zhao Mu wanted to say something, but when she saw the determination in the empress's eyes, she could only nod her head.
"Wait a moment. Let me modify the airship first."
As she spoke, Zhao Mu took out the airship and began to personally install a roof to increase its ability to withstand the cold and wind. After busying herself for a while, she brought the empress aboard.
Although the empress didn't say anything, the way she looked at Zhao Mu seemed to have become gentler.