Maximum Comprehension: Taking Care of Swords In A Sword Pavilion

Chapter 2168: 924, once sold is gone.

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Delivering Guo Hua’s Sword Bone to the Sword Nurturing Hut.

This was the promise made by the All-Encompassing Sword Sect’s Sect Master Xia Mingtang.

However, a promise is just a promise, it doesn’t mean Xia Mingtang would truly welcome Guo Hua’s Sword Bone into the Sword Nurturing Hut.

Guo Hua had been convicted of the crime of betraying the sect, how could he possibly allow his Sword Bone to enter the Sword Nurturing Hut?

Around All-Encompassing Peak, figures stood hidden in the shadows.

The dispersed peak masters and elders had not gone far, all standing around, waiting to witness the conflict between Moon-Encompassing Peak and All-Encompassing Peak.

“If Guo Hua’s Sword Bone is allowed into the Sword Nurturing Hut, it would show that All-Encompassing Peak has declined in influence, and from then on, Moon-Encompassing Peak will be the true master of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect,” Elder Yao Heceng of Mixing Peak said in a low voice to the old man beside him.

The man beside him was none other than the master of Mixing Peak, Yang Yuentian, who was at the Half-Step Extinction Realm.

Hearing Yao Heceng’s words, Yang Yuentian nodded, his eyes twinkling with starlight: “No matter who takes charge of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect, as long as the sect survives, that’s all that matters.”

Perhaps this was the thought shared by the other factions within the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.

Many cast their gazes toward the distance, watching columns of smoke billowing closer.

“Wu—”

The long sound of a horn filled the air.

Zhang Mingyuan, carrying the wooden box with Guo Hua’s Sword Bone, led the way, flanked by others from Moon-Encompassing Peak.

Behind them, various cultivators who had been subdued, marched in formation.

They too wore the disciple robes of Moon-Encompassing Peak, following behind Su Juesheng.

Five thousand cultivators stopped outside All-Encompassing Peak’s mountain gate.

The protection array of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect had not been activated.

All-Encompassing Peak’s disciples stood tense outside the gate, watching the large group of powerful individuals arrive.

“The sect master has arrived—”

A voice echoed from the mountain path.

Xia Mingtang, wearing a pale blue robe, hurried over.

With a sword hanging at his waist and his aura condensed, Xia Mingtang’s every step pulled at the Source Energy of the entire All-Encompassing Peak.

“Han Muye, come.”

Xia Mingtang let out a long shout.

Han Muye, standing beside Zhang Mingyuan, moved in response, stepping forward.

Xia Mingtang raised the sword in his hand, and the three-foot-long sword resonated.

“Take my sword strike, let me see if you have the qualification to take charge of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.”

Xia Mingtang’s voice trembled through the mountains and valleys, causing the surrounding hundred li to quake, and the clouds surged like waves.

Take a sword strike.

To have the qualification to take charge of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.

This sentence made countless people’s eyes widen.

Could it be that the sect master of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect, who had been in charge for hundreds of years, Xia Mingtang, would relinquish his position?

“Perhaps, this is the most difficult yet wisest choice…”

In the distant mountains, someone murmured softly.

The strength of Peak Master Han Muye of Moon-Encompassing Peak was beyond imagination, with Moon-Encompassing Peak coming with great momentum, they were hard to resist.

To preserve the inheritance of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect, the only way was to give up the position of sect master.

However, Xia Mingtang still had one last chance, and that was to defeat Han Muye with a single strike.

If Han Muye could not withstand Xia Mingtang’s single sword strike, then all the powerful cultivators scattered around would come together and expel Han Muye and Moon-Encompassing Peak.

It wasn’t false to say that this was Xia Mingtang’s final gamble.

“Weng—”

Xia Mingtang’s long sword vibrated, with endless sword light transforming into a dazzling Scorching Sun.

The inheritance of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect emphasized the evolution of the Dao of Heaven and Earth. At this moment, Xia Mingtang’s single sword strike demonstrated the prowess befitting a sword cultivator.

Such a sword strike, only Xia Mingtang in the entire All-Encompassing Sword Sect could deliver.

In the distance, Su Juesheng squinted his eyes, gripping his hand tight.

Xia Mingtang’s current sword strike was so much more powerful than when he had a duel with him before.

Had Xia Mingtang used this sword strike initially, he couldn’t have blocked it.

But now, it was hard to say.

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What does such a sword amount to in front of Peak Master Han?

“All-Encompassing borrowing from Heaven, Sect Master Xia Mingtang, you are truly skilled,” Han Muye’s voice carried tranquility.

As Han Muye’s voice faded, the sword light in his hand already rose.

The sword light transformed into a mystical moon.

Moonlight scattered, the surroundings were filled with a chilling serenity.

The sword light in Xia Mingtang’s hands was penetrated by the moonlight and instantly dissipated.

Xia Mingtang’s body trembled, he stepped back continuously, blood spilling from the corners of his mouth.

“Good, good, the transition between illusion and reality, the transformation from the All-Encompassing Moon to the actual moon, Han Muye, you have surpassed me in the way of the sword,” he praised.

In Xia Mingtang’s voice lay a sense of unwillingness, yet also a touch of relief.

He sheathed his three-foot-long sword and revealed a golden seal and a black token in his hands.

“I, Xia Mingtang, have lost the Wind Spirit Sword and am no longer fit to be the Sect Master of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.”

“I pass the Sect Master’s Order to you, as well as the summons from Cloud Heaven Dao Gate.”

“I hope you can bring glory to our All-Encompassing Sword Sect.”

After speaking, Xia Mingtang tossed the golden seal and token to Han Muye, then turned and left.

“I will enter Sword Prison to undergo secluded cultivation, standing guard for the sect. Unless the sect faces a great calamity, I shall not emerge.”

Unless the sect faces a great calamity, I shall not emerge.

These words moved many.

“What a cunning plan,” Yao Heceng watched Xia Mingtang’s departure and muttered softly.

“This battle for the heavens was already a struggle the All-Encompassing Sword Sect could hardly sustain. If the sect suffers heavy losses after the war, wouldn’t that be considered a time of great calamity?”

“At that time, won’t they have to ask him to leave Sword Prison to take charge?”

This was clearly a retreat to advance, passing all the burdens to Han Muye.

If Han Muye didn’t accept, he would have no right to lead the sect.

If he did accept, Han Muye would have to shoulder the mess that was now the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.

Everyone’s gaze towards Han Muye was filled with complexity.

Holding the golden seal and token, Han Muye said indifferently, “As the acting sect master, I shall send Peak Master Guo Hua’s Sword Bone to the Sword Nurturing Hut.”

“All peak masters and elders, come to see him off.”

The acting sect master.

This was Han Muye’s first order after receiving the Sect Master’s golden seal.

The experts from various peaks glanced at each other and rushed to stand at the gate of the mountain.

No one dared to disobey the order at this moment.

The procession to send the Sword Bone was majestic, heading towards the Sword Nurturing Hut up the mountain.

Zhang Mingyuan held the wooden box tightly in his arms, his face filled with excitement.

The other disciples of Moon-Encompassing Peak also showed excitement in their eyes.

Today was the proudest moment in the lives of everyone on Moon-Encompassing Peak.

“Sending the Sword Bone into the Sword Hut—”

Outside a green grass hut, a voice arose.

Zhang Mingyuan, holding the wooden box with the Sword Bone, walked in, and Han Muye also entered the Sword Nurturing Hut.

Here, he had once transformed into a sword and dwelt for many years.

With the Sword Bone entering the Sword Nurturing Hut, Han Muye stood before the array of honored three-foot-long swords.

“Peak master, no, Sect Master,” the elder of Moon-Encompassing Peak, Du Chen, looked somewhat troubled and spoke softly, “Right now, the All-Encompassing Sword Sect really doesn’t have the strength. If we participate in the battle for the heavens, I fear how many will return alive.”

He paused, then added in a low voice, “Also, aside from summoning three thousand disciples, Cloud Heaven Dao Gate is also demanding fifty thousand Great Pantheon Stones—how can we come up with that?”

Let alone fifty thousand Great Pantheon Stones, Moon-Encompassing Peak didn’t even have three thousand.

Now that Han Muye was in charge of the entire All-Encompassing Sword Sect, where could he find fifty thousand Great Pantheon Stones?

Especially since all parties were forbidden from fighting, even robbery wouldn’t yield Great Pantheon Stones.

“Fifty thousand Great Pantheon Stones?” Han Muye shook his head and pointed towards the long swords enshrined within the Sword Nurturing Hut.

“Aren’t all these swords crafted from Great Pantheon Stones?”

“Sell them, that’s how.”