The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 1497 - 1494: Return to Dongshuang City!

Chapter 1497: Chapter 1494: Return to Dongshuang City!

After the ceremony for inheriting the title of Junior Sword Venerate ended, Lin Bai returned to Little Spirit Stream.

Back in his dwelling, with the door tightly shut, Lin Bai took out the first volume of the "Tongtian Sword Skill" from his Storage Bag and pressed it against his forehead, beginning to check the information within the Jade Slip.

The Heaven-reaching Sword Skill is the ultimate technique of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect, and only the contemporary Junior Sword Venerable and Sword Venerable may cultivate it.

Moreover, the Junior Sword Venerate could only cultivate the first volume. Only after becoming a Sword Venerable does one qualify to cultivate the subsequent volumes, or by contributing outstanding achievements to the Sect, the Sect would then grant the cultivation techniques of the following volumes.

Lin Bai spent an entire day reviewing the "Tongtian Sword Skill" from beginning to end three or four times. After he finished, a never-before-seen look of astonishment appeared on Lin Bai’s face.

"Not only can the Tongtian Sword Skill enhance strength and the might of one’s Sword Art, but the most crucial aspect is... this Sword Skill seemingly has no time limit; once deployed, one can maintain this state indefinitely!"

"This is just too monstrous!"

Lin Bai’s Eyes narrowed slightly, his mind somewhat agitated.

Lin Bai well knew that secret skills that could elevate strength mostly come with some limitations, such as the Great Desolation Skill, whose effects can only be maintained for a certain period before entering a state of fatigue!

But the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill is not like that; it has no time restriction.

In other words, as long as the Spiritual Power in your Divine Elixir is sufficient, you can always maintain the state of the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill!

"However, there is still one drawback to the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill," Lin Bai said indifferently. "That is, deploying it consumes a vast amount of Spiritual Power from the Divine Elixir, and if the Divine Elixir’s Spiritual Power is exhausted, the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill will lose its effect!"

After much research, Lin Bai finally discovered a minor flaw in the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill: it places too much emphasis on a Warrior’s Spiritual Power of the Divine Elixir.

Despite there being no time limit, the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill has extremely high requirements for Spiritual Power, and the consumption of Spiritual Power after deployment is exceptionally severe.

Nevertheless, Lin Bai possesses the Five Elements Divine Pill, equivalent to having five times the Spiritual Power of the Divine Elixir compared to ordinary Warriors. In past battles, Lin Bai hardly ever fully used the Spiritual Power of his Divine Elixir.

The Five Elements Divine Pill can indeed compensate for this drawback of the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill!

"I wonder, how long can I deploy the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill with the current Spiritual Power inside my Five Elements Divine Pill?" At this moment, a question arose in Lin Bai’s heart about how long he could maintain the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill using the Spiritual Power from the Five Elements Divine Pill.

Lin Bai memorized the first volume of the "Tongtian Sword Skill" in secrecy and began to deeply comprehend it alone in his room.

Days passed, and Lin Bai had been cultivating the Heaven-reaching Sword Skill in his room for half a month; the birthday celebration of Zhu’s Fairy City’s Patriarch Zhu Chang was drawing closer.

One morning, organized by Nie Xiong, the Seventy-two Sword Cultivators of Xian Dong Mountain arrived outside Lin Bai’s bamboo abode, calling out softly, "Senior Brother Dongfang, it’s time for us to depart for Zhu’s Fairy City."

After speaking, Nie Xiong quietly waited.

After a while, the door of the bamboo house opened, and Lin Bai, wearing a multicolored disciple’s robe, stepped out of the room. Raising his eyes, he saw over seventy Sword Cultivators at the door already primed for departure.

Nie Xiong said, "Senior Brother Dongfang, there are only seven days left until Zhu Chang’s birthday celebration. We should depart for Zhu’s Fairy City now, as it will take some time to get there."

Lin Bai chuckled lightly, "It looks like you’re all prepared, then let’s set off."

"Yes," Nie Xiong nodded. "For safety, we’ll use the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Teleportation Array and directly transport to the city closest to Zhu’s Fairy City – Qingyang City!"

"Agreed," Lin Bai nodded. "After exterminating the Zhu Family, only the Valley of Demons and Demolishing Mountain Demon Saint will be left! I hope the Demolishing Mountain Demon Saint will also come for the birthday celebration; that would be best."

"Let’s go."

Lin Bai stepped forward, leading a group of warriors away from Little Spirit Stream, heading directly towards the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Teleportation Array.

With a flash, seventy-two Sword Cultivators left the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect.

After Lin Bai and the others departed, Gui Jing hurried to Sword Master Peak and bowed with his fists clenched, saying, "Sect Leader Sword Venerable, Dongfang Bai has already taken the Seventy-two Sword Cultivators of Xian Dong Mountain away from the Sect, heading for Qingyang City."

Sword Venerable sat in the high seat, his voice cold, "Qingyang City is not far from Zhu’s Fairy City, just a three days’ journey to reach."

"I see. Gui Jing, has the matter with the Litian Dynasty been taken care of?"

Gui Jing nodded, "I have asked the master of the First Peak to go personally to the Litian Dynasty, and he has sent word back that the Imperial Clan there has already been taken care of."

"Good, then let’s just wait here for the outcome from Dongfang Bai," the Sword Venerable inhaled deeply, leaning back in his chair, his eyes like swords gazing at the clouds on the horizon.

Qingyang City, which a hundred years ago was also considered a large city within the Litian Dynasty, declined due to two outstanding individuals from Zhu’s Fairy City’s Zhu Family. One was Zhu Lei, the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Junior Sword Venerate, and the other was Zhu Bi, the favoured concubine of the Emperor of the Litian Dynasty.

The Zhu Family rose swiftly to prominence, leaping to become a major city within the Litian Dynasty, practically monopolizing all Cultivation Resources within a million miles.

From then on, Qingyang City never recovered, fading from the Territories of the Litian Dynasty.

One day, more than seventy disciples in purple robes from the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect emerged from the Teleportation Array within Qingyang City. After stepping out of the Teleportation Array, they left Qingyang City almost immediately without any delay.

"What did I just see?"

"Those more than seventy warriors, are they all wearing purple robes?"

"Yes, the Purple Robe Disciples, the inner gate Purple Robe Disciples of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect! Why would more than seventy suddenly appear in Qingyang City?"

"Not only that, did you see, the person leading them, is wearing a multicolored robe..."

"Multicolored robe? Isn’t that the disciple robe only the Junior Sword Venerate can wear?"

"Could it be that one of the Heaven-reaching Sword Sect’s Junior Sword Venerates has come to Qingyang City?"

"..."

When Lin Bai and his party passed through Qingyang City, they caused quite a stir in the city, as many perceptive warriors promptly informed the major families within Qingyang City.

But by the time these major families arrived upon hearing the news, Lin Bai and his party had already disappeared from Qingyang City, leaving them grasping at straws!

"Senior Brother Dongfang, are we heading straight to Zhu’s Fairy City?" After leaving Qingyang City, Nie Xiong asked eagerly.

Lin Bai pondered quietly for a moment and said, "Since there are still seven days until Zhu Chang’s birthday celebration, there’s no rush to go to Zhu’s Fairy City. Follow me to another place first."

Lin Bai soared in mid-air, identifying a direction and speeding away.

"Senior Brother Dongfang, where are we going?" Zhuo Lian caught up and asked.

Lin Bai’s eyes flickered with a cold light as he said in a chilly voice, "To... Dongshuang City!"

Dongshuang City!

Hearing this place, the seventy-two Sword Cultivators all changed their expressions; for them, this place marked the beginning of their nightmare, and if possible, they’d never want to visit Dongshuang City again in their lifetime!

But now, Lin Bai was first heading to Dongshuang City!