Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 447 - 444 Making Things Difficult

Chapter 447: Chapter 444 Making Things Difficult

"Mr. Luo, what brings you here?"

Ye Xuan finally came to his senses and, smiling, looked up.

"What brings me here? You ask what brings me here!"

Luo Lin’s chest heaved with anger as she glared fiercely at Ye Xuan. "Ye Xuan, you don’t pay attention in class and even dare to disdain your instructor. Very well, I have a question for you now. If you can’t answer, you’ll wish you could."

At this moment, she felt like her lungs were about to explode with anger. This brat, Ye Xuan, always skipped classes, and even when he did attend, he was lost in his own world—distracted without a hint of remorse. This kind of student was truly beyond help, not even a god could bring him back on track.

"Please go ahead, teacher."

Ye Xuan still looked indifferent.

"I ask you, how many Heavenly Grade sword casting techniques are there in the world today?"

Luo Lin stared coldly at Ye Xuan. Her Sword Dao course not only covered swordsmanship theory but also included sword casting techniques.

"There should be eighteen Heavenly Grade sword casting techniques," Ye Xuan responded without a second thought.

"Ha ha, this kid really doesn’t know and is just spouting nonsense. The teacher clearly mentioned only fifteen. What about the other three, did he create them himself?"

"Just what I thought. Seeing how calm he looked, I thought maybe he knew something."

"Knew something? If he knew all that, pigs could climb trees."

Many of the Inner Sect Disciples scoffed. Ye Xuan, known for being a truant, couldn’t possibly know such advanced knowledge.

"Wrong!"

Luo Lin didn’t show a trace of surprise on her face; she had anticipated that Ye Xuan wouldn’t be able to answer. Moreover, she had already thought of a way to punish him that would make a lasting impression and make him realize his mistake.

"What’s wrong? The Heavenly Grade sword casting skills that have been passed down in the Spirit Martial Continent indeed number only fifteen, but there are three more, which are Ancient Sword Casting Skills that were lost a long time ago. They are the Ice and Fire Sword Casting Skill, the Lightning Induction Sword Casting Skill, and the Blood Bone Sword Casting Skill."

Ye Xuan spoke calmly, ignoring the various scoffs.

"The Ice and Fire Sword Casting Skill, the Lightning Induction Sword Casting Skill, the Blood Bone Sword Casting Skill; why do those sound familiar?" Luo Lin didn’t scold Ye Xuan any further but instead showed a look of grave contemplation and puzzlement.

"The Ice and Fire Sword Casting Skill requires the use of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire and Thousand-year-old ice, combined with Star Pattern Iron; forged with the full force of these two energies for forty-nine days..."

"To perform the Lightning Induction Sword Casting Skill, you must set up the ancient Nine Lightning Array, draw in the Heavenly Thunder to refine the sword body; forge it once every three days, repeating this process for eighty-one days until the sword is complete..."

Ye Xuan’s voice continued to echo around them, clear and forceful.

"What nonsense about the Ice and Fire Sword Casting Skill and the Lightning Induction Sword Casting Skill. Our teacher never mentioned any of these—it’s all made-up gibberish."

"Ha ha, that’s what I think too. This kid must think Luo Lin is an idiot to believe his nonsense."

"Exactly, pretending to know something he doesn’t and talking so much, he’s misleading us. He needs a heavier punishment to learn his lesson."

Mocking voices erupted, growing louder, until a sharp command silenced everyone.

"Quiet! Let him continue!"

Luo Lin slammed her palm on the lectern, creating a powerful pressure that swept through the entire classroom. Those students near the lectern turned pale, startled by her sudden action.

"The Blood Bone Sword Casting Skill uses the bones and blood of two Heavenly Grade Peak Demon Beasts, conceals the sword inside, and nurtures it with the Blood Coagulation Array. The resulting treasured sword, known as the Blood Bone Sword, is unparalleled in power, akin to a Quasi-Sovereign Level weapon..."

Ye Xuan faced this pressure unflinchingly, speaking with a hint of a smile.

Although Luo Lin was a Fifth Grade Martial Venerate, with her level of cultivation, almost all the Inner Sect Disciples present felt intimidated, but Ye Xuan, with his Heavenly Realm soul power, was not afraid of this pressure at all.

What he had stated was indeed the method of sword crafting; it’s just that these techniques had long been lost in the Spirit Martial Continent, with only incomplete parts preserved in some texts. However, for Ye Xuan, a Heavenly Realm Martial God, the art of sword crafting was more than just eighteen techniques. He had just happened upon these three incomplete records of the methods in the ancient archives of the Xuantian Sect.

"How could you possibly know about these three lost sword casting techniques!"

Luo Lin fixed her gaze intently on Ye Xuan, finding it hard to believe that this truant could know ancient sword casting arts that even she was unaware of—it defied all reason.

"What, the lost sword casting skill?"

An Inner Sect Disciple exclaimed in surprise, obviously finding it hard to believe. The lost sword casting skill was something that perhaps not even the Sect Master of the Xuantian Sect knew about, so how could Ye Xuan know it?

The group of Inner Sect Disciples was all shocked. They had just assumed that Ye Xuan was trying to bluff his way through the test by making up random answers, but it turned out he was talking about an ancient sword casting skill that had been lost to time. Everyone found it incredible, and some looked at Ye Xuan as if he was a student who should have come in last suddenly solving an impossible problem.

"I come from the Chaotic Sea Domain, and I saw these three types of sword casting skills in an incomplete ancient book."

Ye Xuan had his explanation prepared. Naturally, he couldn’t say this was a piece of cake; after all, how could a disciple who always skipped classes know about such things? It just seemed suspicious.

"So that’s how it is, it’s unexpected that such a place as the Chaotic Sea Domain would still have ancient books in circulation." Luo Lin finally showed a thoughtful expression and nodded. What Ye Xuan said was not impossible—after all, during the Ancient Era, the entire Spirit Martial World was one big continent, and ultimately, places like the Chaotic Sea Domain separated off from the Spirit Martial Continent, so it’s not strange for them to have some relics from the ancient times.

"No wonder this guy could answer; he just had dumb luck and happened to come across a lost ancient book!" Some Inner Sect Disciples started to feel discontented again.

"Otherwise, what do you think? That he, a poor student, could learn it by his own abilities?"

"Damn it, we didn’t get to see this guy’s downfall!"

They had all wanted to see Ye Xuan getting severely punished by Luo Lin. Instead of witnessing that, Ye Xuan had unexpectedly stolen the limelight, which was simply outrageous.

"How can this kid be so lucky?"

Luo Lin stared at Ye Xuan with a bit of irritation. She had also wanted to use this opportunity to discipline Ye Xuan, but now her strike had missed its mark, leaving her feeling like she had nowhere to channel her energy. She decided to test Ye Xuan further; she didn’t believe his luck could continue.

"Ye Xuan, I want to test you again."

Luo Lin fixed her gaze on Ye Xuan, her anger growing as she saw his nonchalant expression. She thought bitterly, "You smug kid, just because you happened upon an ancient book and had some dumb luck, don’t think I can’t do anything about you."

"Another test? Whatever, it doesn’t matter."

Ye Xuan didn’t even lift his eyelids, which made Luo Lin tremble with anger. She then took a deep breath and said coldly, "I want to ask you, after a Swordsman reaches the peak of ’Sword Follows the Heart,’ how can one take a further step and reach the realm of ’Sword Heart Clarity’? Ye Xuan, if you can’t answer, you will have to leave this class on your own, and from then on, you will no longer be an Inner Sect Disciple!"

Hiss!

As soon as she spoke, a wave of gasps filled the classroom. How could one break through from the peak of Sword Follows the Heart to Sword Heart Clarity? Only a true genius would know that, right? To lose the status of an Inner Sect Disciple for failing to answer?

"Good, it serves this show-off right. He’s thoroughly angered Teacher Luo Lin now, and he won’t have a chance to regret it."

"That’s right. Losing his Inner Sect Disciple status will also sober him up. He shouldn’t be so arrogant and overestimate himself just because he has a bit of talent, failing to see the world from a broader perspective. This is what he gets."

"It seems like Teacher Luo Lin won’t rest until she has completely ruined Ye Xuan today. He’s in for it now."

These Inner Sect Disciples had harbored some resentment towards Ye Xuan, and now, with these words, most of them took malicious pleasure in his predicament and looked at Ye Xuan with mocking eyes, as if to say, "Kid, you think you’re so great, let’s see you be great now!"

"Losing my status as an Inner Sect Disciple? That won’t be necessary."

Ye Xuan helplessly shook his head; he had an agreement set with Fei Yue, within two months to become an elite Inner Sect Disciple. He couldn’t afford to be expelled just yet.

His expression was, in Luo Lin’s eyes, secretly satisfying. She thought Ye Xuan was regretting his attitude now; this kid who had not known to admit his mistake at once now understood it was too late.

But then she thought about it again and felt a stir of compassion. If she were to demote Ye Xuan to the Outer Sect, wouldn’t that be too cruel? After all, becoming an Inner Sect Disciple must have taken a lot of hard work. Wouldn’t her actions essentially be snuffing out his future?

"He deserves it for not respecting his teachers and always skipping classes!"

Luo Lin consoled herself with these thoughts, but as she was lost in them, Ye Xuan’s voice had already begun to echo in her ears.

"Actually, it’s quite simple. Sword Follows the Heart emphasizes the harmony between the sword in hand and the spirit; the higher the degree of harmony, the closer one gets to the realm of Sword Heart Clarity."

"But often, it is this small step that stumps many—a barrier they cannot cross for a perfect harmony between spirit and sword. And that’s because they lack one thing. If they possessed this one thing, then breaking through would not be an issue."

Ye Xuan casually spoke with a smile.

"What are they lacking?"

Luo Lin suddenly became involuntarily nervous, staring intently at Ye Xuan. She was at this very bottleneck and, hearing Ye Xuan’s words, couldn’t help but harbour high expectations.

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