Chapter 583 - Xuanzhi Returns (1/2)

On that day, the whole Ethereal City strengthened its patrol; even the Lord of Qin City personally went out to patrol around with the city guards, for fear that another Fiend would kill people and set fires in the city.

The drums indicating the relief of the crisis never sounded again at night.

In the Myriad Dao Academy, Sword God Hall, Yan Tianhen raised his head and looked towards the door from time to time. There was some restlessness between his eyes that could not be ignored.

However, Sword Saint Tianshu was very calm. He looked at Yan Tianhen and said, “Ah Hen, do you remember what I just told you about the cultivation secret of《Decline and Prosperity》?”

Yan Tianhen took a deep breath and nodded. “I remember.”

“You have a unique talent in cultivating, not only in alchemy, but also including the miscellaneous Dao and sword cultivation, if you are willing to concentrate on cultivating, you can reach a fairly high level.”

Yan Tianhen had never heard anyone speak so highly of him like this, even though he was slightly stunned, he said, “Thank you very much.”

Sword Saint Tianshu shook his head and said slowly, “This is not an exaggeration. I’m merely telling the truth. You have to know that if you practice many paths, it means that you can’t become the best master in any of them, unless one day you break through the cocoon and become a butterfly, completely break away from the world, and become an immortal or a saint.”

Yan Tianhen thought deeply, but he wasn’t very concerned. “I don’t intend to be the number one in the world. I’m a person who doesn’t really have aspirations.”

Sword Saint Tianshu studied him and said, “You are not much different from what I thought.”

Yan Tianhen then laughed and said, “On the other hand, the feeling that Sword Saint Tianshu gives me now is quite different from before. I used to think that Sword Saint was an Elder Martial Brother, but now Sword Saint is the Hall Master. Sword Saint’s image in my heart suddenly became much higher and bigger.”

“Senior Martial Brother or Hall Master, what’s the difference? It’s nothing more than a title, let’s go back to this 《Decline and Prosperity》. The biggest reason why I singled out this book for you to practice is that the author of 《Decline and Prosperity》was a demonic cultivator. He was originally an orthodox Dao swordsman. Later he became a demonic cultivator. After he became a demonic cultivator, he acquired a great understanding of the relationship between Daoist and demonic cultivation, so he created this 《Decline and Prosperity》, but in these years, no one has actually practiced this secret book into a high realm.”

Yan Tianhen said, “I have also read the secret script, and I always feel that it is not so profound and difficult.”

Sword Saint Tianshu glanced at him and said, “You are going to be beaten if you say this. It’s not like the martial brothers and disciples of Sword God Hall haven’t ever had any ideas about this secret book. However, they are born with bloodline defects and cannot use them. You are half-human, half-demon, and have a furnace constitution. Naturally, you can get twice the result with half the effort and make it much easier to practice.”

Yan Tianhen laughed and said, “Now it seems that being a half-demon is not a bad thing, but speaking of which, the sect is quite tolerant towards demons.”

Sword Saint Tianshu said, “It’s not that the sect has never had any demonic cultivators, just not many. Since Myriad Dao Academy claims to educate everyone without discrimination, it’s impossible to turn away any student who has never done great evil. It’s just that the demons live in the seven regions of the extreme north all year round, and they still have some rejection of the human race, so they rarely come to Myriad Dao Academy to study.”

Seeing that he still wanted to discuss the Dao and the sword technique, Yan Tianhen immediately cut in, “It’s late now. Hall Master should take a rest.”

Sword Saint Tianshu looked at the sky and said, “True. You will sleep here tonight.”

Yan Tianhen was taken aback. “Why?”

“Tonight, all the gates of Myriad Dao Academy are closed and no one is allowed to go out. At these chaotic times, you must not run around.”

Yan Tianhen felt inexplicable and said, “I’m just going back to sleep.”

Sword Saint Tianshu said, “Before Huarong Sword Immortal left, he asked me to keep you firmly under my eyelids before he returns. I don’t want him to get angry at me again.”

Yan Tianhen, “….”

Yan Tianhen touched his nose and said, “He really understands me ah.”

After listening to the disciples who had run into the Fiends coming back and happily talking about the scenes of fighting with those Fiends, Yan Tianhen suddenly felt that Fiends were not so invincible.

He was called to the side hall of Sword God Hall by Sword Saint Tianshu again, who told him that Lin Xuanzhi had followed the Fiends towards the west. Yan Tianhen immediately felt uneasy, and it was really hard to sit still.

If it wasn’t for Sword Saint Tianshu, who insisted on pulling him back to ask questions, discuss the Dao, and chat about things, Yan Tianhen would have already sneaked out to look for Lin Xuanzhi.

Sword Saint Tianshu saw that he really had this intention, and said, “Huarong Sword Immortal’s swordsmanship is unparalleled, although he has not yet been enshrined to sainthood, but it is just a matter of a single step. If you go find him at this time, won’t you just make trouble for him?”

Yan Tianhen listened to what he said, but did not repent, and said, “I miss him in my heart. Sitting here is even harder. Besides, I have countless life-saving magic treasures on me. Even if I can’t beat those Fiends, I can still escape easily. The problem is, you actually let him go to such dangerous places alone, so no one will know if anything happens to him.”

“Boy, you are very bold. You call me the Hall Master, but you dare to accuse me of my mistakes regardless of the severity.” Sword Saint Tianshu sneered and said, “You really think that just because you have Huarong Sword Immortal as your backer, this Hall Master won’t be able to do anything to you?”

Yan Tianhen blinked, nodded, and said, “Yeah. If Huarong Gege comes back and finds that I’m missing even a single strand of hair, he’ll be angry. Once he’s angry, he’ll probably go back to Little Penglai and won’t come out anymore.”

Sword Saint Tianshu, “….”