The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 886 - 884: Legendary Sword Cultivator! Ye Jinghong!

Chapter 886: Chapter 884: Legendary Sword Cultivator! Ye Jinghong!

Dugu Yun said, "Ye Jinghong’s Martial Spirit is only Yellow Level First Grade!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai became interested.

How did a Martial Spirit of Yellow Level First Grade become a legendary Sword Cultivator on the Miracle Ridge?

And how did his uniquely created sword skill become the Supreme Sword Skill of the Sword Art Academy?

Lin Bai curiously asked, "Senior Dugu Yun, could you tell me about this Ye Jinghong?"

Dugu Yun sighed lightly, "This person is a waste, but also a peerless genius!"

"Perhaps this world is just so full of miracles. The difference between a waste and a genius is just a fine line!"

"Ye Jinghong was born in a lowly town of a weak dynasty in Lingdong, and five hundred years ago, he was admitted to the Swordsmanship Courtyard of the Miracle Ridge. At that time, he was just an ordinary disciple, a Martial Spirit of Yellow Level First Grade, which in the academy was completely regarded as rubbish."

"Lin Bai, you should understand that a Yellow Level Martial Spirit on the Miracle Ridge is destined to be bullied!"

"Ye Jinghong was no exception!"

"From the first day Ye Jinghong entered the Sword Art Academy, he was ostracized, humiliated, scorned, despised, laughed at, and ridiculed by his fellow disciples..."

"But Ye Jinghong turned a deaf ear to all this, focusing solely on diligently practicing his sword skills."

"Sword skills that others could grasp in a day, he needed a month, two months, even three months to understand!"

"It was even possible that he couldn’t achieve success after three months of practice!"

"But he did not give up!"

"Unfortunately, heaven is blind; no matter how hard Ye Jinghong tried, how hard he struggled, he was unable to master any of the Sword Art Academy’s sword skills."

"Two years later, Ye Jinghong had become a disgrace in the Sword Art Academy!"

"Cultivation stagnated! Sword skills impure!"

"The disciples took pleasure in mocking Ye Jinghong!"

"Until one day, two years later..."

"That day was a turning point for the Sword Art Academy!"

"It was also a turning point for Ye Jinghong!"

When Dugu Yun spoke up to this point, his eyes darkened for a moment.

Lin Bai curiously asked, "What happened that day?"

Dugu Yun said, "That day, Ye Jinghong’s childhood sweetheart called him to a private meeting at a cliff behind the Sword Art Academy. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, she crippled his cultivation and pushed him off the cliff!"

"Later, we found out that Ye Jinghong’s sweetheart looked down on him for his low Martial Spirit and cultivation and had fallen in love with another male disciple within the academy!"

"So, this male disciple came up with the idea, asking Ye Jinghong’s sweetheart to lure him to the rear mountain. Together they crippled Ye Jinghong’s cultivation and pushed him down the cliff, fabricating the illusion that Ye Jinghong had accidentally fallen off the cliff."

"As long as Ye Jinghong died, the two of them could naturally be together."

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai suddenly thought of Lin Zi’er!

Back when Lin Bai’s Martial Soul awoke, Lin Zi’er turned her back on him in an instant, catching Lin Bai off guard!

Lin Bai laughed, "I suppose Ye Jinghong must have discovered some secret underneath the cliff and returned after learning it, killing that adulterous pair?"

Dugu Yun laughed, "You are wrong. That cliff was just an ordinary cliff with no fortuitous encounters waiting for Ye Jinghong below."

"However, after Ye Jinghong fell, he indeed did not die, but instead had a great enlightenment!"

"He came to understand himself, the sword, and how to wield the sword!"

"Under the cliff, Ye Jinghong had a night of great enlightenment. He tasted the full spectrum of worldly honor and disgrace, saw through the myriad forms of human behavior, and ultimately broke through and reached a transformation in his sword art."

"The next morning at dawn, Ye Jinghong emerged from beneath the cliff, sword in hand!"

"On the third day, he swept through the Nine Courtyards!"

"On the fourth day, he beheaded the Five Peaks!"

"On the fifth day, he battled all the masters on the Miracle Ridge, including the Sect Leader Supreme and all the high-ranking Elders!"

"On the sixth day, he was invincible under Heaven!"

"On the seventh day, he died a sudden and unexplained death."

Dugu Yun spoke up to this point with sadness in his words.

Lin Bai asked in astonishment, "He died?"

"Why?"

"Hadn’t he already become invincible under Heaven? Could it be that at that time on the Miracle Ridge there was still a master who could kill Ye Jinghong?"

Dugu Yun shook his head and said, "I don’t know why, but on the seventh day, Ye Jinghong died."

"Before his death, he engraved the sword skill he realized, leaving it at the Sword Art Academy!"

"After he finished writing, it seemed he felt his end was near. He then stopped at the Sword Art Academy and looked up at the sunset on the horizon."

"At that time, the Dean of the Sword Art Academy went to ask Ye Jinghong what the name of that sword technique was."

Ye Jinghong replied, ’Mo Wen!’"

"It’s unclear whether Ye Jinghong meant for the Dean of the Sword Art Academy not to ask the name of the technique or if the technique itself was called Mo Wen."

"In any case, after Ye Jinghong died, the Dean named the technique Mo Wen Sword."

"Since then, the Mo Wen Sword Technique has become the Sword Art Academy’s Supreme Sword Technique, and for five hundred years, no one has been able to fathom its essence."

Dugu Yun said calmly.

Lin Bai said, "I still don’t understand why Ye Jinghong would die."

Dugu Yun chuckled and said, "There have been many rumors about Ye Jinghong’s death over the past five hundred years!"

"Some say that Ye Jinghong died when he fell off the cliff on the first day, and the person who came back was but a ghost that crawled out of Hell."

"He returned just to prove he was not a waste!"

"The seven days were the time he had agreed upon with the Lord of the Netherworld Mansion. Once the seven days passed, his soul returned to the Netherworld!"

"Others say Ye Jinghong was too brilliant for his own good. Heaven envied the talented, causing him to have a profound revelation overnight, depleting too much of his potential and spirit, leading to his decline on the seventh day and ultimately to his death."

"Some also say Ye Jinghong took his own life because he could not find anything in this world worth drawing his sword for again!"

"But regardless of the rumors, Ye Jinghong is indeed dead."

"Back then, it was the Dean of the Sword Art Academy who personally buried the legendary Sword Cultivator. Two hundred thousand disciples of the Academy watched as Ye Jinghong was laid to rest!"

As Dugu Yun said this, his words were filled with boundless sorrow.

Even Lin Bai, upon hearing this, felt an extraordinary sense of sadness, "It really is a pity. Such a legendary Sword Cultivator, if he were still alive today, would probably have already reached the pinnacle of the Barbaric Ancient Continent, near the clouds above."

Dugu Yun said with a smile, "Yes, if Ye Jinghong were still alive, he would definitely be one of the strongest on this continent!"

"There’s no helping it, Heaven envies the talented!"

"So, any genius should keep a low profile. Otherwise, if the warriors of the Mortal World don’t get to you, Nature will surely come to claim your life!"

Dugu Yun gave a wry smile.

Lin Bai, too, could only offer a helpless smile like Dugu Yun.

Dugu Yun said with a smile, "Sword Heart Clarity is the first move of the Mo Wen Sword!"

Clang!

Hearing Dugu Yun’s words, Lin Bai’s eyes suddenly shook with extreme astonishment as he stared at Dugu Yun!

"What!"

"Sword Heart Clarity is actually the first move of the Mo Wen Sword!"

Lin Bai exclaimed.

Dugu Yun said with a smile, "Let’s go, Lin Bai, I’ll take you to see the Mo Wen Sword!"

"It has been sealed in the Divine Power Valley, hidden from the sun and moon for five hundred years!"