The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 943 - 941: Heart-sensing Sword Array!

Chapter 943: Chapter 941: Heart-sensing Sword Array!

Jian Ruohan stood in front of Lin Bai, her head lowered in a fluster of shyness, her cheeks flushing with a rising blush.

"Haha," Lin Bai laughed after being stunned for quite a while. How could this ice queen say something like that? Soon after, Lin Bai chuckled and broke the awkward silence, "We are both from Lingdong, we can be considered old friends."

"If that’s the case, then I don’t need these four, Fifth Level Spirit Crystals."

"Then I’ll call you... Ruohan from now on!"

Lin Bai said, smiling.

Lin Bai then stuffed the Fourth and Fifth Level Spirit Crystals into Jian Ruohan’s hands, "There’s no need for such formalities between us! It’s just that my Yellow Rank First Class Martial Spirit is despised and belittled by everyone."

"It’s not that I don’t want to make friends like you, I’m just worried you can’t accept my Martial Spirit..."

Lin Bai said, with a helpless wry smile on his face.

Lin Bai was not a cold and heartless person; it was just that because of his Martial Spirit, very few were willing to be friends with someone with a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Spirit, deemed by many as useless.

Therefore, Lin Bai had very few friends along the way.

Zhao Tiedan was one, but unfortunately, he was still cultivating with the War God Old Man and didn’t have time to meet Lin Bai.

Tang Bufan was another. Tang Bufan had been laughed at as a fat pig by his peers due to his obesity, shunned and bullied since childhood, which meant that when he met Lin Bai, the two shared a kind of mutual compassion.

When it came to friends, Lin Bai could only think of these two people.

Lin Bai had very few friends.

"I have never looked down upon your Martial Spirit. I admire that unyielding spirit in you, the courage not to fear power, to face strong enemies, to not be trapped by the past and to be brave for the future," Ruohan said, looking straight at Lin Bai with earnest.

"Even if you are a cripple, if you need me, I will still be by your side!"

Jian Ruohan said, staring intensely at Lin Bai.

"Uh..." Lin Bai was astonished again.

Jian Ruohan suddenly felt that what she said might have been inappropriate, so she quickly added another sentence, "Don’t misunderstand, I mean as a friend, I will be by your side!"

"It’s what a friend should do, isn’t it?"

Lin Bai nodded and smiled, "Right, that’s what friends are for."

Jian Ruohan nodded slightly.

Just then, Ruan Jinhui, Lu Rui, Ling Shuang, and others returned from the rear battlefield.

Following them, Qian Shanyun, Chi Hu, and others came from the front.

The guard team’s ten people once again gathered in the center.

"Junior Sister Jian Ruohan, Junior Brother Lin Bai, what are you two chatting about? You look so cheerful," Ruan Jinhui approached with a hearty laugh, looking at Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan asking them.

Lin Bai chuckled and replied, "Nothing much, just some casual talk. Elder Brother Ruan, is the rear battlefield taken care of?"

"What is there to take care of? Without the Fourth Grade Spirit Puppets and Fifth Level Spirit Puppets, we don’t need to lift a finger; our other disciples can kill all those Third Grade Spirit Puppets," Ruan Jinhui said with a smile.

"Senior Sister Ling Shuang, Junior Brother Lu Rui, you must’ve had quite a fight at the rear battlefield, and gotten many Fourth-level Spiritual Crystals, right?" Chi Hu asked with a smile at this moment.

Hearing Chi Hu’s words, Ling Shuang rolled her eyes in annoyance as if to say: You hit the nail on the head!

Seeing Ling Shuang and Lu Rui remain silent, Chi Hu awkwardly asked, "What happened? Weren’t there supposed to be a lot of Fourth Grade Spirit Puppets appearing at the rear? Did they get away?"

Lu Rui and Ling Shuang both kept quiet.

Especially Ling Shuang, the great beauty had a look of grievance on her face.

"Haha, Junior Brother Chi Hu, you’re not in the know. The Fourth Grade Spirit Puppets and Fifth Level Spirit Puppets at the rear battlefield were almost all killed by Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan working together. We didn’t even get a chance to fight, not to mention meat, we didn’t even get to drink soup," said Ruan Jinhui with a laugh.

"Ling Shuang only managed to obtain a single fourth-level Spirit Crystal, while Junior Brother Lu Rui got five. Before Junior Brother Lin Bai made his move, I promptly slew seven third-grade Spirit Puppets, securing seven crystals. Otherwise, once Junior Brother Lin Bai took action, I reckon I wouldn’t have been able to get even one," Ruan Jinhui said with a chuckle.

"What!"

Hearing Ruan Jinhui’s words, Qian Shanyun and Chi Hu’s faces both revealed shock as they turned to look at Lin Bai.

"Junior Brother Lin Bai, is everything Elder Brother Ruan said true? All the fourth-grade Spirit Puppets were slain by you—that’s over a hundred fourth-grade Spirit Puppets!" Qian Shanyun said in utter amazement.

"Not a hundred, just eighty or ninety. I indeed killed some and obtained seventy-eight fourth-level Spirit Crystals. As for the fifth-level Spirit Puppets, there were only eight, which Ruohan and I joined forces to kill," Lin Bai said softly.

"How many fourth-level Spirit Crystals did you get?"

"Seventy-eight?"

Qian Shanyun and Chi Hu’s eyes widened as they stared at Lin Bai, their expressions filled with disbelief.

Their faces bore an indescribable sense of grievance!

Ling Shuang said, "I know what Lin Bai wants to say! Speak boldly."

"Truly a freak of nature!" Qian Shanyun and Chi Hu exchanged glances and murmured.

Seventy-eight fourth-grade Spirit Puppets! It is no exaggeration to say that if Qian Shanyun and Chi Hu worked together, they could at most slay twenty, and that would already be pushing their limits.

Yet Lin Bai alone killed seventy-eight!

Ruan Jinhui spoke up, "Alright, everyone return to your positions. If we encounter Spirit Puppets later, be ready to strike and exterminate them!"

"Junior Brother Lin Bai, Senior Sister Jian Ruohan, stay behind, I have something to discuss with you," Ruan Jinhui said.

After arranging for the other warriors to leave, Ruan Jinhui spoke to Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan.

"Does Elder Brother Ruan have any instructions for us?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

"Junior Brother Lin Bai, Senior Sister Jian Ruohan, I see that your coordination is extremely in sync. Have you known each other for a long time?" Ruan Jinhui asked with a faint smile.

"Haha, Ruohan and I can be considered old friends," Lin Bai replied with a smile.

Jian Ruohan nodded slightly, "My family is in Lingdong, and every year we host the Martial Arts Competition for Dongling’s First Sword Cultivator. I noticed that Lin Bai’s Sword Art cultivation was extraordinary, so I invited him to participate!"

"In the end, during the competition, Lin Bai fought bravely against all challengers and won the title of Dongling’s First Sword Cultivator," Jian Ruohan said softly.

Hisss—

Upon hearing this, Ruan Jinhui gasped in shock, looking at Lin Bai and saying, "The competition for Dongling’s First Sword Cultivator, I’ve heard of it. It has a high prestige. Every year the Sword Art Academy sends high-ranking Elders to the Famous Sword Manor to watch the competition and select outstanding talents in the Sword Art to join the Academy!"

"Without exaggeration, the renowned masters of the Sword Art within the Academy today all come from that very competition!"

"If Junior Brother Lin Bai was able to win the title of Dongling’s First Sword Cultivator, he must indeed have an exceptional mastery in the Sword Art!" Ruan Jinhui exclaimed.

"Hehe, Elder Brother Ruan flatters me too much. It was just my friends going easy on me. How else could I have gained this empty title?" Lin Bai said with a wry smile.

Ruan Jinhui spoke again, "Junior Brother Lin Bai is too modest. However, such humility is a great trait. It’s not like some warriors who become arrogant as soon as they gain a bit of fame!"

"By the way, Junior Brother Lin Bai, Senior Sister Jian Ruohan, I actually wanted to give you a gift!"

"Seeing how impeccably you two work together, I have a Combined Sword Formation that just so happens to require two people to perform!"

"To master this Sword Array, the two people must clear their minds of distractions, cooperate seamlessly, and communicate telepathically to unleash its full power!"

"This Sword Array is named: Heart-sensing Sword Array!"