Martial Saint!
Chapter 498 - 0324 Nine Fierce Qi Heng (3k)

Chapter 498: 0324 Nine Fierce Qi Heng (3k)

Lu Chenzhou: ???

What’s going on, isn’t that the Cauldron Sword?

Why did it fly out by itself?

For a moment, Lu Chenzhou was completely bewildered.

He calmed his emotions and said, "I indeed don’t practice swordsmanship, I don’t want to deceive you."

[But I sensed innate sword energy within you.]

"That’s left behind by heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

[Alright... you’re quite an interesting fellow.]

Cauldron Sword suddenly thought of the wicked Daoist Zhang Sanfeng.

This young man seems clueless, lacking the demeanour of the Daoist Path’s founder, neither possessing the ethereal and wise demeanor, nor the dashing elegance...

One could say that apart from the profound tree intention that shook it, this youth had no qualities that attracted the Cauldron Sword.

But, but... this tree, was enough!

Moreover, the Cauldron Sword has been dormant for too long, exceedingly lonely.

Rather than waiting in vain, why not find someone who it sees eye to eye with... and make do?

Besides, this kid, though he trains with a spear, holds a strand of [innate sword energy] within him.

As a sword of the Heavenly Sword Sect, its perception of sword energy is acute.

This kid, claiming not to practice the Sword Dao, secretly has affinity with it!

Lu Chenzhou said, "Get it straight, you should go back soon."

This Cauldron Sword might be useful to him, but if placed in the Sword Tomb, it would benefit all sword cultivators.

He knew the importance of the matter.

Besides, so many Absolute Peak Experts couldn’t take this sword.

He, a mere Breakthrough Second, what qualifications and abilities does he have to take this sword?

If he had such confidence, he might as well take the title [Martial Saint]!

The heavens won’t drop a pie, the fortune of the Cauldron Sword is not something he can bear at this stage.

[I won’t go back]

"Then I will inform the seniors at Jiangnan Wu University."

[Zhang Sanfeng is a wicked Daoist, and you are a wicked... monk.]

"? I am not a monk."

[You have a strong monk aura about you.]

"I merely practiced some insignificant Buddhist Training and Buddhist Heart Sutra."

[...Don’t fool yourself, you are indeed a monk, otherwise why would the innate Pure Yang Qi still linger?]

Lu Chenzhou got off the car and ran towards the principal’s office.

[What are you doing?]

"Sending you back home."

He didn’t want a talkative sword by his side.

[I didn’t run away from home, my main body is still in the Sword Tomb... this is just a split sword spirit.]

[Hey, you human, others would give anything to have me recognize them as the master.]

[Wicked monk!]...

Jiangnan Wu University.

Principal’s office.

Top level Heavenly King, Gentleman Sword·Ye Xiaoyao was wiping a heavy sword.

Seeing Lu Chenzhou come in, he seemed not surprised and asked:

"Young friend, do you know this sword’s name?"

Lu Chenzhou looked at the heavy sword and shook his head.

Ye Xiaoyao said:

"This sword is named [No Inquiry of the World], forged from [Outer Heaven Immortal Iron], weighing 36,000 pounds, originally the sword of a Sword Dao Great Grandmaster [Nameless Swordsman] of the Da Ling Dynasty. In that era where martial arts were backward, lacking high-tech and systematic teaching. At 18, he was an innate genius, showing prominence; at 30, Breakthrough Third, defeating all talents; at 40, becoming a Land Immortal, obtaining Outer Heaven Strange Iron, forging the supreme heavy sword, shaking the martial world. At 60, as a Great Grandmaster, looking around, he had already become invincible in the world.

Even contemporary Shaolin and the Martial Arts sect leaders were not his match. Nameless Swordsman named the heavy sword [No Inquiry of the World], left the Clothes and Sword Tomb, and rode the rare bird [Black-Winged Eagle], disappearing from the world. He had reached the Realm of All Things Can Be Sword, proving the Supreme Sword Dao, and thus passed the sword to later generations."

Lu Chenzhou exclaimed, "Good sword."

Ye Xiaoyao said: "Good sword chooses a worthy master, since the Cauldron Sword wishes to follow you, let it be."

Lu Chenzhou: "This will impact everyone’s enlightenment of Cauldron Sword’s Dao Yun..."

Ye Xiaoyao: "No, because the Dao Yun is contained in the sword’s main body, following you, is just the sword spirit."

Lu Chenzhou: "Alright, since senior says so, junior will respectfully accept."

Following him was fine, but changing his cultivation to Sword Dao, impossible.

Everyone has compatibility with their weapons.

He felt that he was inherently incompatible with swords, spears were more suitable.

Why did this sword spirit choose him?

Ye Xiaoyao:

"The spirit of the Cauldron Sword is not of the Human World, it knows many things. Da Xia’s understanding of some secrets of the Mountain and Sea World comes from it."

"When junior was enlightening Dao Yun, he also perceived, junior will occasionally share some information with the association."

"Mm, in any case, treat it well, even though it’s just a sword spirit, it still possesses some power."

"Alright, then junior will take leave."

...

On the Xiangyun.

Lu Chenzhou looked at the sword spirit resting on the dashboard.

"Let’s go."

[Outwardly unwilling, inwardly ecstatic.]

"..."

[I am a sword spirit, needing to attach to a divine weapon.]

"Then go into my Tiger Gall Gun, just don’t cause trouble."

[Don’t you have a Sword Dao divine weapon?]

"No."

[You give me a sense of guilt, like I’m betraying the Sword Dao.]

Cauldron Sword reluctantly entered the Tiger Gall Gun.

[Believe me, you’ll fall in love with Sword Dao, this gun is too ordinary, it’ll be discarded sooner or later.]

"Don’t you dare speak ill of Tiger Gall!"

Cauldron Sword closed its mouth, pondering how to make Lu Chenzhou practice Sword Dao.

Suddenly, a blood pool emerged, out from it came a winged giant tiger resembling Qiongqi.

The sword spirit’s body instinctively trembled and couldn’t help but say:

[Your divine weapon has a Great Evil aura?]

"What Great Evil? Are you talking about Qiongqi?"

[Qiongqi is just what humans call it, the Divine Court calls it ’Qi Heng,’ the leader of the Nine Evils of the Great Wilderness.]

"Qi Heng? The Nine Evils of the Great Wilderness? Just Desolate Gods then."

[Yes, the Nine Evils are special beings among Desolate Gods, ordinary people avoid them far away to prevent bad luck and misfortune.]

"My divine spear is forged from the bones of a winged giant tiger, not related much to Qiongqi."

[How not related, Qi Heng, and Zouyu are the ancestors of all tigers.]

"Zouyu? Is it also one of the Nine Evils?"

[No, to humans, Zouyu is a Good God, a Blessing Beast, protecting the people.]

"But Qiongqi, oh no, Qi Heng must have contributed to opposing the Stellar Gods, right?"

[That was when they saw the Great Wilderness was about to extinguish, they were forced to act... However, among the Nine Evils, Qi Heng is quite decent, at least, it was brave and fierce on the battlefield, with the strength of one tiger, killed three Evil Gods, smashed their divine ranks, and in its final moments, wanted to drag the ’Distant Mountains’ Lord’ down with it. Qi Heng’s ruthlessness is pure, ’Bloody Infant’ and ’Greed Wind’ are no longer Great Evils but cunning and devious Evil Gods, colluding with the Stellar Evil Gods!]

"Who is the Lord of the Mountains?"

[You humans call it ’Deer Lord,’ the entity behind Eternal Heaven.]

Lu Chenzhou suddenly understood, no wonder the Tiger Gall Gun reacted so strongly to that giant deer.

Everything made sense.

"Have you heard of the [Witch]?"

[Of course, he’s far stronger than Qi Heng, the leader of the Nine Evils... He’s terrifying, before descending to the Great Wilderness, he had already conquered many worlds and civilizations, though an Evil God, he’s extremely learned, claiming to grasp truth, he’s the strategist among the Stellar Evil Gods, the Divine Court’s prime target to eliminate... Unfortunately, they failed.]

Lu Chenzhou thought it was bad, it seemed he was targeted by the [Witch].

Originally he didn’t want to bring this talkative spirit, now he found out, the sword spirit was quite useful.

It had experienced the Great Wilderness era, knew a lot, could be seen as a portable old grandpa.

"By the way, do you know where there are any heavenly materials and earthly treasures?"

[Yes, the military treasury.]

"...I mean inside the Void Realm."

[Don’t know, haven’t been to the Great Wilderness for years, it’s been Canghai Sangtian, things have changed... I’m just a sword!]

"Alright then."

[Are you still carrying this spear? It’s an ominous spear, it will bring you misfortune.]

"No problem, I can suppress misfortune."

...

Su City, somewhere.

Tang Zheng had just finished his cultivation and saw Gu Qianqian’s figure appear.

"What’s going on? I’ve told you, I can’t kill Lu Chenzhou, find someone else."

"It used to be difficult, now there’s an opportunity."

"What do you mean?"

"Your Carefree Travel organization probably got a Wushui Token?"

"How did you know? Do you have one too?"

"We naturally don’t, Zouyu blocked those with Stellar power in them when leaving the token."

"Tell me, what’s the deal? I have someone under me, but I can only act once."

...

Boom!

A winged giant tiger descends, larger than mountains, wind and thunder vibrate in the sky.

The winged giant hound is pressed into the ground, unable to move.

"Traitor! Tian Xun! You’ve disappointed me too much!"

"Better to live miserably than die, brother, we are already looked down upon, why bother serving them."

Crack, the dream shatters.

In the Ghost Mother Forbidden Zone, a thin and tall, eerie giant hound with a human-like head opened its blood-red eyes.

The leader of the Nine Evils of the Great Wilderness, Tian Xun, in human terms called a ’Heavenly Dog.’

The giant hound opened its mouth, gasping, eerie tentacles spread.

From the depths of the Forbidden Zone, a calm and gentle female voice said:

"What’s wrong? Another nightmare."

Tian Xun replied softly: "Nothing, mistress."

It looked towards the outside of the Forbidden Zone, eyes gloomy.

"Old things from the past era, no need to fear."

Even if the Divine Court had some backup, it would be useless.

To rely on those who could at most cultivate to the Ninth Step, to defy the heavens?

...

In a blink of an eye.

Another month passed, April arrived.

Back in Dali City, Lu Chenzhou continued his arduous training.

Honestly, opening the acupoint for 13 hours a day, and practicing so many martial arts, was exhausting him, too tiring.

So aside from collecting Life and Death Qi and practicing boxing, he rarely hunted demons anymore.

Today, the Martial Arts Association issued an announcement that in June, the All Nations Alliance would host the 1st World Spear Skill Exchange Tournament.

Yang Tian confidently invited Lu Chenzhou to compete, and decide the champion.

This competition’s rewards were very generous, the first prize was a rare Xuan Grade Enlightenment Treasure Medicine [Nine Heavens Star Spirit Pill].

This pill, when consumed at Breakthrough Second stage, can steadily enhance the acupoint opening speed by about one-third.

At Breakthrough Third stage, by one-fourth.

At Breakthrough Fourth stage, by one-fifth.

For Great Grandmasters, it holds little use.

In the War Merit Store, Xuan Grade Enlightenment Treasures started at hundred thousand in battle merits.

With such a desirable reward, naturally, Lu Chenzhou would go.

However, the competition style was different from before.

Upon learning the details, Lu Chenzhou showed a look of surprise.

"Battle Realm?"