Chapter 491: Chapter 490: The Origin of Mingtai_1

“In the first match of the Golden Core Stage Initial Phase, the winner is the independent cultivator, Zhuang Xuan.”

The emaciated referee declared the end of the first match, and the victor was a cultivator with no particular reputation.

Whether from a large or small sect, cultivators are provided with cultivation resources by their sects.

Independent cultivators are different, lacking in cultivation resources of all kinds, and without guidance from elders in their cultivation. Careless attention could easily lead to cultivation missteps that are hard to correct, causing their realm and cultivation quality to be significantly lower than that of sect cultivators.

To be able to defeat a group of sect cultivators, stand out amongst city-level and state-level competitors, and come to the Seek Dao Sect, one can only imagine the difficulty.

“Mark him down, he’s highly suspicious.” Jiang Qun instructed the Luoshui Guards.

He reviewed Zhuang Xuan’s records of previous battles, and it could be said that Zhuang Xuan crushed his way to the finals, with each match ending within five moves. Even in the finals, the first match only required five moves to defeat his opponent.

He was terrifyingly powerful.

“Yes.” The Luoshui Guard had already written down a long list of names.

“I will definitely win next time!” The losing side was a very energetic cultivator. Although he had lost to Zhuang Xuan, he was not discouraged and instead vowed to fight again.

Zhuang Xuan looked indifferently at his opponent and uttered two words softly.

“Boring.”

“You!”

The loser’s expression changed slightly, Zhuang Xuan was too arrogant.

Zhuang Xuan paid no heed to the reaction of the loser, jumped off the battle platform with his eyelids drooping, yawning out of sheer boredom.

If it were not for the generous rewards of the competition, he wouldn’t bother to come and play in this childish battle with them.

There was no fun in winning, there was no challenge at all.

Soon, Zhuang Xuan faced his second match. His opponent was a polite sword cultivator. Judging by his manners, he seemed to be a Confucian cultivator who practiced the Gentleman Sword.

“My name is Mingtai from the Sword Tower, please advise me.” Holding a sword with both hands, Mingtai bowed respectfully, with a bashful smile on his face.

Zhuang Xuan as usual looking like he just woke up.

He had no good feelings towards these polite cultivators, utterly lacking courage. They were all well and good in ordinary fights, but once on the battlefield, in a life and death battle, these were the first to die.

He had fought several times with Confucian cultivators at the Unification Stage, such cultivators should be debating in court, it was absolutely unnecessary for them to charge into battle.

Swish——

A flash of green Sword Qi shot past, Zhuang Xuan instinctively tilted his head back. The green Sword Qi grazed his neck, the cool wind blew past, and a faint Sword Qi mark appeared on the back of his neck, which soon turned bloody red.

“How did he manage to get his swordsmanship to such a level at this stage?” The competing cultivators gasped in astonishment. Some people who hadn’t seen Mingtai’s performance in the first match now realized that he was a formidable foe upon witnessing his move.

“If he has such a level of swordsmanship in the early Golden Core Stage, he could compete with Old Buyu.” An old veteran of the cultivation world exclaimed, it had been a long time since a swordsmanship genius capable of competing with Old Buyu appeared in the Central Continent.

“This Zhuang Xuan is not a simple character either. He has never used his full strength from the beginning.” Another old veteran of the cultivation world nodded, it was indeed the competition of the Great Era, the previous matches had already been eye-opening, and now at the initial phase of Golden Core Stage, all kinds of geniuses were showing their unique skills.

“It will be a fierce dragon and tiger fight.” A tall cultivator slowly spoke, his eyes cold as ice.

He had lost to Mingtai in the first match and had studied Zhuang Xuan’s fighting style. If these two were to meet, sparks were sure to fly.

“What a pity for my ‘Turtle Breath Technique’, nowhere to use it!”

On the stage, a jade pendant fell from Zhuang Xuan’s neck.

The green Sword Qi from just now, not only left a faint blood mark on Zhuang Xuan’s neck but also cut the string of the jade pendant.

Zhuang Xuan bent down and picked up the jade pendant with respect. His voice was low and hoarse, not the dispirited tone he had used before.

“Zhuang Xuan Daoist, are you finally serious?” Mingtai looked at Zhuang Xuan earnestly, eager for the challenge.

Zhuang Xuan didn’t answer, he spoke to himself and also seemed to be speaking to Mingtai.

“This jade pendant is of great significance to me. It was given to me by my master before he passed away. My master told me that I was an orphan and when he found me, I was holding this jade pendant in my hand. The pendant is the only clue left by my parents. I have always kept it close to my body and never let it fall onto the ground.”

“You are the first one to make it fall.”

“Do you know, the dragon, it has a reverse scale, touch it… and you die!”

Zhuang Xuan let out a roar like a wild beast, sending chills down people’s spines. Suddenly, he raised his head and stared deadly at Mingtai, his eyes like that of an insane demon beast.

“His momentum…”

The Sect Leader of Control Qi Sect was slightly surprised. At this point, Zhuang Xuan’s aura was almost comparable to that of a cultivator at the initial Nascent Soul Stage.

Lest we forget, Zhuang Xuan is only at the initial phase of the Golden Core Stage.

Raging, Zhuang Xuan dashed towards Mingtai. His body emitted a terrifying black aura that made anyone tremble, it was unclear what cultivation method it was, but the only certainty was— no one wanted to be his opponent!

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Bam——

Zhuang Xuan was swept away by a sword’s aura and fell off the platform.

“Phew, that was close, close call.” Mingtai seemed relieved and patted his chest.

After calming down, he walked to the edge of the platform, looked down at Zhuang Xuan who was still in a daze, and bowed with his sword.

“High momentum does not imply high cultivation level, Mingtai has learned his lesson.”

Zhuang Xuan blinked and couldn’t comprehend what had just occurred. Shouldn’t he be the one rampaging and ripping Mingtai apart? How did he end up as the losing side?

…

“Where did you guys recruit that disciple from?” Lu Baqian was surprised as he looked at Elder Sikong.

Others might not see it, but he, a powerful Transcendance Tribulation Stage Cultivator, could clearly see it. This move contained the complexity of the universe and the endless changes, decidedly not something a Golden Core Stage could execute.

Even if it were a Nascent Soul Stage Swordsman, they would have to be called a genius to execute this move!

Seeing Lu Baqian, who had been victorious the whole way, showing this expression, Elder Sikong felt more refreshed than having an ice cube in summer.

“Hehe, I told you, Mingtai is the only one in our Sword Tower who has inherited the Supreme Inheritance.”

…

“This move is quite something, it’s about the same level as when I use my ‘Sword Character Jue’.” Inside the Spiritual Space, the imprisoned Lu Yang watched the battle on the platform through the small window left by Fairy Eternity.

Mingtai’s move was indeed unexpected.

If it weren’t for Mingtai, he would have almost forgotten that he was a sword cultivator.

“This little guy doesn’t seem human.” Fairy Eternity glanced at Mingtai and lost interest quickly.

She was not interested, but Lu Yang was, and he hastily asked what was going on.

“He seems to be a Sword Spirit who has gained true intelligence, became a living being, someone then created a body for him, invited him in, united spirit and flesh into one, making him a real human.”

Lu Yang contemplated. He had the details of all the participating geniuses on hand. The information stated that Mingtai had been acknowledged by the Supreme of the Sword Tower and had inherited his mantle.

“Could it be that he is the Sword Spirit of the Sword Tower Supreme?”

This realization made sense of all things.