Is This Really Our Sect Master?
8: Chapter 8: Master, You Don’t Want Little Yao Anymore?
Is This Really Our Sect Master?
The supreme Sword Intent erupted from Zhang Xuan’s body, and every face in the crowd drained of color.
Because their swords had gone out of control again.
When the Chaos Infinite Sword Body had awakened, their swords had merely bowed in homage.
But now, every single sword had broken free of its wielder’s grip and flown toward Zhang Xuan on its own.
In an instant, every sword in Azure Cloud Sect had arrived, circling tightly around Zhang Xuan, as if welcoming the return of their king.
Everyone’s jaws dropped.
Sword cultivators who had been in secluded cultivation deep within the sect cursed aloud.
“Holy crap, my sword!” “What’s happening?!” “Damn it, who stole my sword?!” Ten thousand swords in submission!
But some of the elders perceived what was actually happening, and their pupils contracted sharply.
“That’s… Sword Intent?!” an elder cried out in shock.
Guyue Fangzheng’s eyes went wide, and he could not help but draw a sharp breath.
“It truly is Sword Intent!” The concept of “Intent” was far too profound, intimately connected to the Dao.
When a cultivator reached the Spirit Transformation realm, they needed to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth.
Intent and certain special physiques served as the finest stepping stones.
In some respects, Intent even took precedence over special physiques.
With Intent, comprehending the laws and even the subsequent Great Dao became as natural as flowing water, without the slightest bottleneck.
One could say that talent, spirit roots, and special physiques merely accelerated cultivation speed, giving cultivators a chance to reach Mahayana or Tribulation Transcendence and comprehend the Great Dao.
But Intent allowed a cultivator to comprehend laws and the Great Dao as easily as eating and drinking.
A cultivator’s exceptional talent and unique physique did not necessarily make them a prodigy.
But anyone who comprehended Intent was undeniably a prodigy!
Because a single Intent represented a single Great Dao!
Sword Intent represented the Sword Dao!
Even as one of the candidates for young patriarch of the Guyue Eternal Family, Guyue Fangzheng found that comprehending Intent was something that came by chance, not by effort.
And now, a mere mortal before him had manifested a supreme Sword Intent.
How could he not lose his composure?
This was the true Immortal seedling!
But after the initial shock, Guyue Fangzheng recalled something, and his expression turned peculiar again.
Because Zhang Xuan’s spirit root was the Five Elements Low-grade Spirit Root.
With that spirit root, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy was agonizingly slow.
Even reaching Foundation Building would be difficult.
“This…” Guyue Fangzheng did not know what to say.
All he could think was that everything in life had its predetermined course.
But Zhang Xuan, the person at the center of it all, had no time to consider such things.
Because the way Yun Yao was looking at him right now, she looked like she might devour him.
“Master — this is your Sword Intent!” Yun Yao’s words were not a question but a certainty.
This supreme Sword Intent was another hallmark of Sword Venerable Cangming.
Zhang Xuan shook his head in resignation and addressed Yun Yao: “Fine.
I’ll come clean.” “I do possess both the Chaos Infinite Sword Body and the supreme Sword Intent!” Joy was plainly visible on Yun Yao’s face.
She blurted out in excitement: “Master!
I knew it was you!” As she spoke, she teleported directly in front of Zhang Xuan, looking for all the world like a lovestruck girl about to throw her arms around him.
The Azure Cloud Sect elders and disciples stared in disbelief.
They had never seen the Sect Master like this!
Could this kid really be the Sect Master’s master?
“Wait!” Zhang Xuan quickly stepped back, dodging Yun Yao’s embrace.
“Heavenly Sovereign, I have never admitted to being your master.” At these words, Yun Yao frowned again, her eyes glistening with tears.
“Master, what do you mean?” “The Chaos Infinite Sword Body and the supreme Sword Intent are both out in the open, and you still refuse to admit it?” “Master — do you not want Little Yao anymore?” Gasp!
Seeing this scene, the Azure Cloud Sect elders and disciples felt their scalps go numb.
Was this really their decisive, fearsome, Southern Region-dominating Sect Master?
Guyue Fangzheng’s eyelids twitched violently, cold sweat trickling down his back.
This was an Immortal?
Seeing an Immortal in such a state — would there be consequences for him?
Though the Guyue Eternal Family was a superpower in the Taiyi Realm, their deterrent against an Immortal was not as strong as one might imagine.
Immortals transcended the mortal realm, no longer bound by worldly definitions.
The Guyue Family did have a record of ambushing an Immortal, but for any power, an Immortal battle was one best avoided if possible.
The cost was simply too great!
Zhang Xuan was also somewhat overwhelmed by Yun Yao’s display, as though he had been transported back to those days.
But he truly could not admit it!
He did not want to become a woman in his next life!
“Heavenly Sovereign, I can explain both the Chaos Infinite Sword Body and the supreme Sword Intent.” “I am truly not the Heavenly Sovereign’s master.
Please, Heavenly Sovereign, do not use such terms — it truly humbles this junior beyond measure.” Zhang Xuan spoke nervously, his body trembling.
Yun Yao felt the deliberate distance in his tone and seemed somewhat taken aback.
“Heavenly Sovereign…Lord?” Her delicate fist tightened silently.
She was growing somewhat angry.
“Very well!
Then explain to me — why is your Sword Intent identical to my master’s?!” How could Zhang Xuan not hear the fury in her voice?
He could only sigh silently in his heart.
Little Yao, I’m sorry.
Once I complete this life’s mission, I will reveal myself to you.
He then cupped his fists solemnly toward Yun Yao and spoke slowly: “Heavenly Sovereign, this junior’s Chaos Infinite Sword Body and supreme Sword Intent were obtained through inheritance!” “Just now, when this junior touched the Spirit Testing Stele, I was pulled into a strange dimension.
There I met a green-robed, sword-carrying senior.
He said I had extraordinary talent, a one-in-a-million prodigy of the Sword Dao, and so he passed the Chaos Infinite Sword Body and supreme Sword Intent on to me…” Zhang Xuan wove his story with absolute seriousness, spittle flying, painting the picture with vivid detail, utterly convincing.
Yun Yao listened and was momentarily dazed.
A green-robed, sword-carrying senior… The crowd listened with wide eyes, astonished.
“Holy crap, so that’s what happened!” “There was an inheritance hidden in the Spirit Testing Stele?
I’m an Azure Cloud Sect disciple — how come I never knew?” “No way — his luck is insane!” Guyue Fangzheng was also stunned, somewhat skeptical.
This sounded a bit too convenient, didn’t it?
But beyond this explanation, there was really no way to account for the situation.
After all, Sword Venerable Cangming was a figure from hundreds of thousands of years ago.
How could he possibly be this mortal who had just entered the cultivation world?
When people encountered something too outrageous, they typically found it hard to believe.
So in such moments, as long as you offered a somewhat reasonable explanation — even if that explanation was also somewhat outrageous — as long as it was less outrageous than the truth, people would accept it.
It was like asking everyone to eat garbage.
They would all refuse.
But if Zhang Xuan then asked them to drink river water instead, that would seem much more acceptable.
At least it did not stick to your teeth!
Of course, Zhang Xuan did not expect everyone to truly believe him.
After all, this was a hastily invented story with no time for refinement.
But at least no one would suspect him of being Sword Venerable Cangming.
And judging by the crowd’s expressions, they had bought it to some degree.
Zhang Xuan nodded in satisfaction.
He had bluffed his way through — for now.
“Heh!” But after he finished speaking, Yun Yao gave a cold laugh, her eyes still locked on Zhang Xuan.
Clearly, she did not believe it.
Whether the Sword Intent contained an inheritance or not — she was his disciple, and now an Immortal herself.
Could she not tell?
Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly in his heart.
The little girl has grown up.
She’s not so easily fooled anymore!
But he had made up his mind — as long as he refused to admit it to the very end, what could she do?
Would Yun Yao kill him?
So Zhang Xuan stood before Yun Yao with a perfectly composed expression, looking every bit the scoundrel.
So alike!
Truly too alike!
Watching Zhang Xuan’s insolent expression, Yun Yao bit her lip, her eyes reddening.
This mannerism, this insufferable look — if it was not her master, Sword Venerable Cangming, then who was it?
She could see it now.
Her master simply refused to acknowledge his identity.
This left her somewhat helpless.
She could not hold a sword to his throat and force him to admit it, could she?
“Oh right — Master always cared about his dignity!” Suddenly, an idea struck Yun Yao.
Looking at Zhang Xuan’s infuriating expression, she steeled her resolve.
“Master, since you refuse to acknowledge me, your disciple will have no choice but to force you!” “Afterward, your disciple will naturally apologize to you properly!”