Maximum Comprehension: Taking Care of Swords In A Sword Pavilion

Chapter 2162: 918, reward
 

The light screen dissipated, and Elder Shao Lin’s face darkened as he let out a cold snort and turned to leave.

The others looked at each other, their expressions also unpleasant.

They had thought that Su Juesheng could win, or at least probe Han Muye’s true strength, but they did not expect such an outcome.

Not only did they fail to ascertain Han Muye’s actual strength, but even Su Juesheng had been turned.

With an assassin of Su Juesheng’s caliber joining Moon-Encompassing Peak and accepting guidance from Han Muye of Moon-Encompassing Peak, then turning against them, this was a vexing matter indeed.

“This time, it’s probably not going to be easy…”

“The All-Encompassing Sword Sect’s strength is indeed respectable.”

Someone whispered, shaking their head and walking away.

This alliance attack on the All-Encompassing Sword Sect, most were merely hoping to grab a piece of the pie, not truly wagering their lives and fortunes.

If the All-Encompassing Sword Sect was truly this formidable, then abandoning the cause was an option, considering they had already reaped many benefits in their sweeping advance.

One by one, the figures scattered, leaving the few still standing there with even uglier expressions.

The sect master of the Blood Battle Spirit Sect, Xu Tang, gritted his teeth and looked at the few people beside him.

“These cowards are utterly unreliable,” Xu Tang said with rising anger in his eyes. “If it comes down to it, we’ll do it ourselves and slaughter everyone on Moon-Encompassing Peak atop Skywind Ridge.”

Clenching his fists tightly, Xu Tang took a deep breath, his face revealing a haughty demeanor.

“I refuse to believe that Han Muye’s sword techniques can match mine.”

He was at the Half-Step Dao Breaking Realm, and his cultivation and combat strength were such that only the sect master Xia Mingtang of the entire All-Encompassing Sword Sect could stand against him.

Could Han Muye make him, Xu Tang, submit as he did Su Juesheng?

“Let’s see what Elder Shao Lin has to say; neither the Fearless Vajra Sect nor the Heavenly Roaring Sect will likely retreat,” said someone else, shaking their head before turning to walk away.

The Fearless Vajra Sect was adamant about taking down the All-Encompassing Sword Sect.

The Heavenly Roaring Sect, having suffered substantial losses in strength, also needed to absorb the All-Encompassing Sword Sect to recuperate.

With these two leading the charge, others saw no need to push too hard.

Xu Tang snorted and turned to leave as well.

Though he spoke boldly, he still had to think twice about taking action himself.

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Three days later, the three hundred cultivators from various sects who had charged the front lines at Skywind Ridge returned.

But after three days of fierce battle, less than two hundred remained.

The disciple of Moon-Encompassing Peak were empowered by the grand array and motivated by the extraordinarily enticing rewards, each fighting with all their might.

To the eyes of the cultivators of Moon-Encompassing Peak, each disciple from various sects who stepped into the range of the Skywind Ridge array was merely a merit token.

It was already quite remarkable for these hundred or so disciples to have survived and fled back.

“The people of Moon-Encompassing Peak are madmen.”

“The disciples of Moon-Encompassing Peak indeed possess exceptional swordsmanship; in the future, they are likely to become a serious threat to us.”

“With such a formidable heritage in Moon-Encompassing Peak, there will inevitably be internal conflicts within the All-Encompassing Sword Sect; we might as well watch from the sidelines.”

The returning disciples had various thoughts, and within the alliance, a multitude of ideas intermingled.

For the moment, no one in the alliance could make a definitive decision on whether to directly attack Skywind Ridge or to take some other action.

A peculiar standoff thus ensued.

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Skywind Ridge.

After ten days of a ceasefire.

Outside the azure array, a phantom figure whirled with extreme speed, a faint sword light flashing past and then vanishing.

Zhang Mingyuan and others stood to the side, their expressions grave.

That sword light was Su Juesheng.

The peak master’s pick for induction into Moon-Encompassing Peak.

This lone cultivator, skilled in assassination, had such a formidable mastery of the sword that even Du Chen and Mei Yuchang, both elders, showed a deep wariness in their eyes.

Neither of the two elders was a match for his strength.

The key point was that in the past ten days, under Han Muye’s guidance, Su Juesheng’s combat strength had made leaps and bounds.

His ethereal and nimble swordplay sent shivers through anyone who witnessed it.

“Clang—”

The sword edge resonated, and Su Juesheng’s body was flung several yards away, crashing to the ground.

He stood up respectfully with a reverent expression on his face.

“You are still slow, your cultivation is lacking by a hair’s breadth, your sword is not decisive enough, and your basic control of the sword is too weak.”

Han Muye’s calm voice has risen among the clouds and mist.

Listening respectfully, Su Juesheng showed no signs of impatience.

In these days, he had been completely convinced by Han Muye.

In Han Muye’s presence, he couldn’t even complete half a move.

“I will teach you once more to comprehend it; if you still can’t grasp it, then there’s no point in you learning the sword anymore.”

As the voice faded, the azure sword light coursed through the air.

This was Han Muye displaying sword techniques with the power of the grand array.

At this moment, everyone on Skywind Ridge could gain comprehension.

Han Muye did not give personal guidance to Su Juesheng alone.

However, in this swift and agile Sword Dao, Su Juesheng was unknowably superior to the others.

Han Muye said that Su Juesheng’s talent was insufficient, his comprehension poor, and compared to others from the Moon-Encompassing Peak, even worse by far.

“Boom——”

The sword moves dissipated, the mist turned into nothingness, and Su Juesheng, with a look of excitement, bowed low and then sat cross-legged to ponder over the sword moves.

Some of the others shook their heads and departed, while a few also had realizations and quietly began to practice.

One day later.

Deep within the array, Han Muye’s eyes opened, his gaze sharp.

In his palm, a thin cloud of mist was circulating.

If a powerful being from the Great Pantheon Plane saw this scene, they would surely exclaim in surprise.

Qiankun in the palm.

This was the Qiankun Mirror that originated from the Prime Origin Realm, possessing its very own Qiankun Heaven and Earth.

If the jump from the Dao Realm to the Prime Origin is regarded as the First Layer Heaven and Earth, the difference between Immortals and Mortals, then from Prime Origin to Qiankun is the Nine Heavens.

Countless beings at the Prime Origin Realm are barred by the Qiankun Heaven and Earth, unable to control the Qiankun in their lifetime.

Having one’s own Qiankun within grasp, subsequent cultivation would be smooth sailing, at least until the Life and Death Realm, without any obstacles.

Unbeknownst to all, Han Muye had already reached the Qiankun Realm, not far from stepping across Yin Yang, severing life and death, and grasping Heaven’s Secret.

As his cultivation ability increased, the shackling power around him was also gradually weakening.

When the shackles completely shattered, he would be able to cultivate unrestrainedly, just like a person from the Great Pantheon Plane.

At that time, he would no longer need to hide.

“Buzz——”

In the distance, a streak of Flowing Light roared forth.

“Han Muye, chief of the peak, the sect’s reward has arrived,” a voice sounded from outside the array.

This was the first time that the Moon-Encompassing Peak received rewards from the sect since it took up position here.

Expectation colored the faces of all the Moon-Encompassing Peak disciples.

Outside Skywind Ridge, the cultivators who came for detection had solemn expressions.

With the sect’s rewards, would the combat strength of Moon-Encompassing Peak become even stronger?

Han Muye raised his hand and a jade box fell into it.

Behind the jade box, there were twenty Great Pantheon Stones and ten pills necessary for cultivation in the Dao Realm.

A jade slip followed, containing the words of the sect master, Xia Mingtang.

The gist was that the sect was struggling, and all kinds of rewards could only be issued at half value.

There was also a hope that the disciples of Moon-Encompassing Peak would not stick to the defensive, but take the initiative to strike out.

“Moon-Encompassing Peak is also a part of the All-Encompassing Sword Sect. It is hoped that the entire Moon-Encompassing Peak would be united, with a great determination, great perseverance, fearless of sacrifice, overcoming all difficulties, to make a true contribution to the sect,” the jade slip’s message read.

Han Muye’s face revealed a smile at the message in the jade slip.

Sects as small as All-Encompassing Sword Sect really had too narrow a vision.

Reluctant even to provide proper rewards, yet they expected sacrifices from Moon-Encompassing Peak?

“Su Juesheng.”

Han Muye’s voice rang out, and a phantom-like figure drifted forth.

At this time, Su Juesheng had a three-foot-long sword on his back, the edge of the sword bearing a faint light, his entire body straddling the boundary between phantom and solidity.

His cultivation was, at this moment, in between the realms of path-breaking and Dao extinguishing.

Indeed, these past dozen days, training at the core of the Life and Death array, Su Juesheng’s cultivation had improved beyond what he had achieved in a hundred years of training.

This kind of improvement was something he hadn’t even dared to dream of before.

Beyond the improvement of cultivation, there was his Sword Dao comprehension.

The him from just over ten days ago couldn’t even make it past half a move against his current self.

More than ten days ago, he could assassinate beings in the Dao Breaking Realm.

Now, facing the Dao Extinguishing Realm, his sword could kill.

His limits, he himself dared not contemplate.

All this improvement came in just over ten days.

In his eyes, it was just like a dream.

He had never thought that sword cultivation could grant such overwhelmingly unimaginable combat strength.

Looking back on hundreds of years of cultivation now seemed like merely wasting time.

“Take this box to Moon-Encompassing Peak, just place it on the Sect Main Hall,” Han Muye said indifferently, tossing the box in front of Su Juesheng.

Su Juesheng bowed and took it, his form vanishing.