Chapter 180: Long Live Young Lord

Seeing Seng Wu remain silent, the Head Military Official hurriedly asked, “Department Chief Seng Wu?”

Seng Wu put his hands together and pretended to be surprised. “Oh, you’re actually the descendant of the Sword Master? Pardon me…”

Lu Tian smiled softly, “You don’t have to be so polite, Department Chief Seng Wu.”

Seng Wu went silent. A trace of killing intent flitted across his heart as he almost went against his oath of not killing anybody.

The Head Military Official smiled and said, “Department Chief Seng Wu, there will be some changes after the fight between Lu Tian and Ye Guan, but we hope that you’ll support us until the end.”

Seng Wu looked at Lu Tian before saying seriously, “My Buddhism Department will do our best to support Young Lord Lu Tian.”

Lu Tian’s demeanor brightened up, and he grinned widely.

The Head Military Official’s lips also curled up. “Much obliged, Department Chief Seng Wu. We won’t disturb you further.”

Seng Wu put his hands together in a prayer position.

“Head Military Official and Lu Tian, have a safe trip,” he said.

Lu Tian smiled softly and remarked, “Department Chief Seng Wu, there is no need to be so polite. I will support both you and the Buddhism Department once everything is over.”

“Thank you!” Seng Wu hurriedly said, “Thank you, young lord. May you be blessed with a long life. Long live the young lord!”

Lu Tian smiled. “Thank you.”

Seng Wu went silent. You two better leave soon, or I may just smack you.

Lu Tian turned to the Head Military Official and said, “Let’s go, Tutor.”

The Head Military Official nodded, and they turned around to leave.

Seng Wu looked into the sky and was silent for a long while before he shook his head and sighed. “He can’t be compared to Young Lord Ye Guan and Boundless Master.”

Seng Wu then frowned and muttered, “Is he really the Chosen One?”

He was suspicious. He had come across the Chosen Ones of the past two generations, and each of them was more than what met the eyes, but the Chosen One of this generation was just…

Seng Wu shook his head. There was no real benefit of being the Chosen One. The Chosen One was just a forever god.

With that, he turned around to leave.

Meanwhile, the Head Military Official and Lu Tian were traveling through the clouds.

Lu Tian turned to the Head Military Official and smiled before saying, “Tutor, Department Chief Seng Wu didn’t seem to be very smart…”

The Head Military Official spoke seriously, “Don’t underestimate him. The Sword Master personally gave him his current position as the Department Chief of the Buddhism Department. There must be a reason behind it.”

Lu Tian’s smile waned. He nodded slightly and said, “I understand.”

The Head Military Official continued. “Our chances of success have increased significantly with the Buddhism Department’s support.”

Lu Tian nodded and said calmly, “Don’t worry, Tutor. I will definitely kill him by then; it doesn’t matter, even if he’s a Great Sword Sovereign.”

The Head Military Official nodded slightly and said, “It’ll be great if that happens. Still, we need to have a backup clan.”

Lu Tian nodded. “Indeed.”

The Head Military Official said, “Let’s go!”

The two soon disappeared into the distance.

Moments later, an illusory figure appeared from the stretch of clouds where the two had conversed before disappearing into the horizon. The illusory figure was An You.

An You stared at where the two had disappeared before vanishing as well.

…

Ye Guan was busy cultivating. His sixth sword now had the same speed and power as his first sword. He sent out six swords consecutively, and each of them was as powerful and as fast as the first.

It was exhausting, but the combined power of the swords was horrifying.

The swords had become more powerful than his World Devastation Art.

It would be great if he could use the World Devastation Art consecutively, like what he could do with his swords, but he couldn’t do it. The World Devastation Art required a wind-up time, and it was a Simplicity-rank martial skill as well.

In other words, it consumed a ton of profound energy.

Ye Guan trained his seventh sword. Old Zhang gave him five million immortal spiritual crystals, so he had plenty of cultivation resources. However, he was still burning money as if it were paper—he had already spent ten million gold spiritual crystals.

Seng Wu accompanied Ye Guan. Whenever Ye Guan stumbled upon issues, he would give Ye Guan advice on how to resolve them.

Ten days later, Ye Guan could finally send out nine swords consecutively, with each sword as powerful as the first sword. The swords were so fast that they looked like they had combined into one sword whenever they were traveling toward their target.

Ye Guan hovered quietly in the empty space. He was filled with peace. He was extremely calm and focused.

Moments later, Ye Guan abruptly flung nine swords toward a certain point.

Crack!

A crack appeared at the target, and it expanded until it covered an area of at least three hundred meters before shattering. Ye Guan’s nine swords had just shattered not only Seng Wu’s reinforced space but its spacetime as well.

Exactly one second later, the shattered spacetime recovered.

Seng Wu smiled and said, “Congratulations! You’ve done it!”

However, Ye Guan shook his head and pointed out. “I’m still missing the final sword.”

Seng Wu said seriously, “It’s going to be difficult—really difficult.”

Stacking consecutive attacks like what Ye Guan had been doing was bound to get even more difficult the more stacks there were.

Ye Guan looked at Seng Wu and smiled, “I think I haven’t reached my limit yet. I can do better.”

Seng Wu froze and smiled. “Go ahead and continue.”

Ye Guan nodded and swallowed a recovery pill.

Moments later, he took a deep breath and started his training once more.

Seng Wu stared at the serious-looking Ye Guan and smiled softly. What a capable young man. He’s much steadier than his father, and he’s less ostentatious as well.

Ye Guan sent his swords out once again. The final sword was truly the most difficult sword to cultivate, but he wasn’t willing to give up. He knew his limit, and if it were really impossible, he would have given it up. He wouldn’t have continued.

After all, one had to work smart as well, not just hard. He decided to continue because he felt that he could still do better. He still hadn’t reached his limits.

With that, Ye Guan sent his swords out over and over again, revising his technique with each attempt. Seng Wu’s reinforced space cracked and recovered over and over again.

Ye Guan kept on failing, but he was delighted rather than discouraged.

He was delighted because he had just realized that he still had room to become even stronger. He could finally send out ten swords at the same time, but the power of the final sword was only seventy percent of the first sword.

However, Ye Guan didn’t mind it. When he had just started, his tenth sword was only twenty percent as powerful as his first sword, but now, his tenth sword was already seventy percent as powerful as his first sword.

In other words, he was making progress.

Five days later, a loud noise echoed through the starry skies. Seng Wu’s reinforced space was torn open. The cataclysmic event caused a flood of power to spread outward for over three hundred meters, creating a spider web-like crack all over the space.

Ye Guan collapsed to the ground.

A soft energy enveloped Ye Guan and pulled him up.

Seng Wu walked toward Ye Guan. He had been with Ye Guan all this while.

Ye Guan closed his eyes with a smile.

He had done it! And he felt that he had finally reached his limit.

Seng Wu smiled and asked, “How do you feel?”

Ye Guan took a deep breath before grinning. “I feel great!”

“Congratulations!” said Seng Wu with a casual nod, but he was shocked inside. He thought Ye Guan’s limit was the ninth sword, so he was stupefied to see Ye Guan cultivating the tenth sword.

After resting for a while, Ye Guan suddenly sat up.

He stuck his finger out and pointed at the space ahead of him.

Crackle!

A rift in spacetime was torn open, and a sword flew out. At first glance, it was just a sword, but it was actually ten swords.

Crack!

The spacetime in a radius of eighty meters shattered upon impact.

Seng Wu froze and asked, “Was that the Royal Sword Art?”

“Yes!” Ye Guan smiled and explained, “I found that the Royal Sword Art can be used in the same manner as well!”

“Your Royal Sword Art is extremely fast,” Seng Wu lamented, “It’s a pity that you’re using swords made out of sword energy. With ten real swords, I’m sure the power of your attack will increase by at least fivefold!”

Ye Guan nodded. “I’ll ask my seniors at the Sword Sect if they have swords I can borrow.”

“Sounds great,” said Seng Wu with a smile.

Meanwhile, Ye Guan asked, “Senior, I want to cultivate another technique. Can I stay here for a few more days?”

Seng Wu replied, “You can stay for as long as you want!”

Ye Guan hesitated before asking, “Senior, how are you acquainted with my father—”

Seng Wu interrupted with a soft smile. “You will know in the future.”

“All right then!” Ye Guan nodded. With that, Ye Guan cultivated the Simplicity-rank body technique—Thunderclap.

As the name said, it allowed Ye Guan to summon a thunderclap with a thought.

Ye Guan was shocked when he first saw Lu Tian using Thunderclap. It was truly a terrifying body technique that allowed Lu Tian to match his speed. Of course, he was more awesome than Lu Tian, as he was already extremely fast without Thunderclap.

If he managed to cultivate Thunderclap, he would become doubly awesome—awe-awesome!

It took Ye Guan less than two days to gain mastery over the Thunderclap body technique, and his speed had doubled under the effects of Thunderclap. His speed was already heaven-defying, and now that he had become twice as fast as before; his speed could only be described as horrifying.

Unfortunately, Ye Guan’s physical realm was still his biggest obstacle. His profound energy reservoir was too low to accommodate his achievements in the Sword Dao, so he couldn’t find a long, drawn-out battle.

Seng Wu suddenly said, “You’re invincible to anyone whose realms are lower than you, considering your current speed. As for those in the same realm as you, as long as they aren’t geniuses with domains; you’re invincible against them as well!”

Ye Guan smiled softly without saying anything.

Seng Wu smiled and asked, “How confident are you against the Chosen One?”

Ye Guan replied calmly, “I have only one opponent.”

Seng Wu hesitated slightly before asking, “Who?”

Ye Guan replied, “Myself!”

Seng Wu was stunned.

Ye Guan said softly, “I’m on the Invincible Sword Dao. My true enemy is myself. I am invincible as long as my mindset is right and I stick to my morals and faith. The only one capable of defeating me is my future self.”

Seng Wu said seriously, “You’re on the Invincible Sword Dao?”

Ye Guan nodded.

Seng Wu’s expression turned grim as he asked, “Are you even aware that the Invincible Sword Dao allows not even a single failure?”

“You’re wrong, Senior,” said Ye Guan with a smile before explaining, “It’s not that one cannot fail while one is on the Invincible Sword Dao. In fact, failure is a must.”

Seng Wu froze.

Ye Guan said seriously, “Failure allows one to see which part of them needs improvement. What cannot fail is my heart and will. You can defeat me as an individual, but you cannot crush my faith and will.”

Bam!

A terrifying sword intent burst out of Ye Guan.

Seng Wu was shocked.

Ye Guan pressed down with his right hand and forcefully suppressed the sword intent.

Seng Wu stared at Ye Guan in a daze. “T-that was the sword intent of a Great Sword Sovereign…. You…”

Ye Guan grinned without saying anything.

Seng Wu’s expression turned serious as he continued. “You’re suppressing your sword dao realm.”

Ye Guan was still smiling, but he didn’t say anything in response.

Seng Wu looked at Ye Guan. “Why?”

Ye Guan thought about it before replying. “I’m still quite weak. I’m not invincible like the Sword Master nor as strong as the elite cultivators of the Guanxuan Universe, so I think it’s better for me to keep a low profile rather than boast and show off. I’ll emphasize—it’s better to keep one’s trump cards to oneself.

”Don’t show all of your cards to your opponent.” Ye Guan paused before continuing. “A swordsman can’t just fight. The world is too complex, and might is sometimes not strong enough to resolve issues.

“There are many powerhouses out there as well. If I only know how to fight, I’ll eventually make an enemy out of everyone, which will definitely become my undoing. In other words, I have to be soft at times and scheming at times.

“As the saying goes—use force and gentleness in tandem. I think it’s a saying that makes a lot of sense. I want my enemies to only see my cards once I’m about to bury them!”

Seng Wu went silent. Even the son is a devious brat!