What I Suppressed Then, I Can Suppress Now!
18: Chapter 18: The Sword Intent Grows on Its Own—There’s Nothing I Can Do!
What I Suppressed Then, I Can Suppress Now!
“Guyue Fangyuan?” Guyue Fangzheng thought carefully for a moment, then shook his head.
“There is no such person in my family.
I’ve never heard that name.
What’s wrong, Brother Zhang?” Zhang Xuan let out a sigh of relief.
“Good.
As long as there isn’t one.” “But you must remember—if someone like that ever appears, you need to put him down immediately, understood?” “Oh, and one more thing—if he starts reciting poetry, rip his mouth open immediately!” Hearing this, Guyue Fangzheng looked utterly confused.
“Brother Zhang, is there some particular reason?” Zhang Xuan didn’t explain.
This wasn’t the kind of thing that could be easily explained.
“Just remember it, that’s all.” Regarding this question, Zhang Xuan had wanted to ask ever since he first heard Guyue Fangzheng’s name.
This world did have Gu cultivators.
Some of the more outrageous Gu worms had even reached the level of Immortal Gu.
Of course, he had never heard of anything called a Spring-Autumn Cicada.
But if such a person truly existed, even Zhang Xuan would be a little spooked.
He had his cheats, yes, but that other fellow was truly ruthless.
Before his transmigration, there was a saying that went: You can be the Immortal Venerable of Great Love yourself, but you must never have the Immortal Venerable of Great Love by your side.
Seeing Zhang Xuan’s evasiveness, Guyue Fangzheng grew even more curious, especially given the look of wariness on Zhang Xuan’s face.
But Brother Zhang clearly didn’t want to say more, so he didn’t press further.
He simply committed the name to memory.
Before long, Yun Yao and Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor returned.
Yun Yao still wore a faint smile, looking exactly the same as before.
Beside her, Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor’s face was pale.
The look he gave Yun Yao was filled with apprehension.
Her strength was far greater than he had imagined.
At this moment, he felt that the Guyue Family’s decision not to make an enemy of Azure Cloud Sect had been a wise one.
Though their exchange had lasted only a brief moment, he could almost be certain—to surround and kill Yun Yao would require at least ten immortals of the same realm.
He would also need to be prepared for at least two immortals to fall.
This was simply inconceivable.
Especially when he considered that she was merely Sword Venerable Cangming’s disciple.
How powerful must Sword Venerable Cangming have been in his prime?
It was said that Sword Venerable Cangming had perished under the Immortal Tribulation—that he had been struck down by the jealousy of heaven.
Was that really the truth?
Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor had his doubts.
“Ancestor!” Seeing that Guyue Shanyin’s complexion was clearly unwell, Guyue Fangzheng stepped forward nervously.
Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor waved his hand.
“It’s nothing.
Just a simple spar that consumed a bit too much energy.” Guyue Fangzheng breathed a sigh of relief.
“As expected of the Azure Cloud Sword Immortal!
You have truly opened this old man’s eyes!” Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor cupped his fists solemnly toward Yun Yao.
Yun Yao also smiled faintly and returned a graceful bow.
“The Daoist is too kind.” “Lit… Master, are you alright?” Zhang Xuan also hurried forward to check on Yun Yao.
In his haste, he had nearly slipped up, but he caught himself in time.
However, how could Yun Yao not know what he had been about to say?
Her expression shifted as she looked at Zhang Xuan with a half-smile.
Master, so you finally showed your hand, didn’t you?
“I’m fine,” Yun Yao replied.
Her heart was moved.
Master was still the same master.
He still cared about her.
Especially when she hadn’t been present earlier, and her master had faced the Guyue Family’s immortal with the determination to defend Azure Cloud Sect to his last breath.
She had seen all of it.
That determination was just like how he had once protected her.
“Now, it is my turn to protect Master!” Yun Yao thought.
Damn!
Zhang Xuan had no idea what Yun Yao was thinking.
He was busy mentally slapping himself, because the exposure value had risen yet again.
[Detected: Yun Yao’s certainty regarding the host’s identity has deepened.
Exposure value +1%.
Current exposure value for Sword Venerable Cangming identity: 11%.] [Exposure value increased.
Sword intent revival!] BOOM!
In the next moment, the supreme sword intent erupted from Zhang Xuan’s body.
Everyone present was stunned.
“This is…” Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor’s eyes widened, and he stared at Zhang Xuan with shock and suspicion.
Sword intent?
He only knew that Zhang Xuan had apparently obtained Sword Venerable Cangming’s legacy.
He didn’t know exactly what that legacy entailed.
Now, seeing the sword intent erupt, he was completely dumbfounded.
This was something that pointed directly toward the Great Dao.
With it, as long as nothing went wrong, advancing to immortality was a foregone conclusion!
Even after achieving immortality himself, he had never comprehended any form of intent.
Yun Yao, however, possessed sword intent—which was one of the reasons for the vast gap in their strength.
The presence or absence of intent could be said to be the dividing line between immortals and mortals, the true watershed between prodigies and the rest.
And yet here he was, seeing sword intent on a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining.
How could he not lose his composure?
Seeing the shock on their ancestor’s face, Guyue Fangzheng smiled bitterly.
He hadn’t been much better when he first saw it.
Zhang Xuan’s mouth twitched uncontrollably, his expression one of helplessness.
In his first life, the Chaos Infinite Sword Body and sword intent had been slowly accumulated with the system’s help—it was like filling a reservoir.
Now, with the sword body awakened and sword intent reviving, it was like draining that reservoir.
Especially with the system reactivated, he simply couldn’t control it.
Though seeing Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor’s stunned reaction was quite satisfying, he really didn’t want this.
So he explained.
“Ah, well… it’s from the legacy.
The Chaos Infinite Sword Body—the sword intent grows on its own.
There’s nothing I can do about it.” This explanation might have been better left unsaid.
The moment the words left his mouth, everyone present was stunned.
Did you even hear what you just said?
There’s nothing you can do about it?!
Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor let out a long breath, feeling that this fellow was truly infuriating.
Even an immortal’s mental state could be rattled by him.
Guyue Fangzheng sighed inwardly.
Brother Zhang, you tell others to keep a low profile, but you yourself are anything but low-profile.
Yun Yao covered her mouth, trying hard to suppress her laughter.
As expected of her master.
But Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor didn’t truly take offense at Zhang Xuan’s words.
He simply focused on sensing the sword intent on Zhang Xuan’s body.
“The Chaos Infinite Sword Body—legend says it can autonomously condense sword intent and accumulate sword energy.” “Supreme sword intent.
Supreme sword dao.
Truly worthy of being Sword Venerable Cangming’s legacy!” “It is a pity I was born too late to witness that era.” Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor’s face was filled with emotion, his mind involuntarily imagining the scene of Sword Venerable Cangming dominating all sword cultivators under heaven.
That scene alone was enough to make one’s blood boil.
Hearing this, Zhang Xuan also raised an eyebrow.
Oh?
So he was a fan?
He wished he had cursed the old man a few times less.
Before long, the system’s revival of the sword intent ended.
Zhang Xuan’s body returned to calm, and Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor also came back to himself.
However, he continued to look at Zhang Xuan and said with a sigh, “But your advancement in cultivation seems rather slow.
That is not a good thing.” Hearing this, Zhang Xuan grew displeased.
Who are you looking down on?
Why was everyone saying this?
“What’s wrong with my cultivation level?
Believe it or not, I’ll reach Foundation Building tomorrow, Golden Core the day after, and achieve immortality the day after that!” Zhang Xuan retorted.
Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor chuckled and shook his head.
He seemed to have gotten a sense of Zhang Xuan’s personality and didn’t take the words to heart.
Instead, he continued.
“Now, the news of Sword Venerable Cangming’s legacy emerging has nearly spread across the entire Taiyi Realm.” “In the Central Region, many prodigies have awakened and begun traveling the world.
There are even rumors that ancient prodigies have revived from their slumber.” At this, Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor gave Zhang Xuan a meaningful look.
“Many of these prodigies are from the same era as Sword Venerable Cangming.
They were suppressed by the sword venerate back then.
Now that they have awakened, they are unlikely to be friendly toward the sword venerate’s successor.” Yun Yao narrowed her eyes at these words, seemingly lost in thought.
Zhang Xuan, on the other hand, couldn’t have cared less.
A bunch of nobodies.
What I suppressed then, I can suppress now.
But quickly, Zhang Xuan realized something and thought—this is bad.
“Wait.
If these are really people from that era, and I run into them, won’t they recognize me?” “Oh, damn it…” Why was this final mission filled with so many complications?!
Especially according to what this Guyue old man had said, the awakened ancient prodigies clearly weren’t just from Cangming’s era.
They were from other eras as well.
Would his other identities also be at risk of exposure?
Zhang Xuan felt as though he had lost the will to live.