Three days later.
A sword boat came roaring.
"Damn it, the people from the Sword Tower are here!"
"Jian Lou, didn't you never care about us casual cultivators before?"
"Are you going to force us to join the war?"
Amid the strange cries of surprise and doubt from many wandering cultivators, the sword boat picked up Pang Jian and wandering cultivator Huang Qi and rose into the sky from the sea of meteorites.
"Junior Brother Pang!"
A tall disciple from the Sword Tower introduced himself enthusiastically: "Like Zhuang Yuyan, I am a disciple of Guanghe. I am her senior brother. My name is Yu Shi."
"This time, I am sending a group of outer disciples to the lower realm to prepare for participating in the war that is about to break out in the third realm."
"My master suddenly sent me a message, asking me to take you back to the Sword Tower, so I hurried over."
Yu Shi said with a smile.
He is tall and strong, looks to be around thirty or forty years old, and has reached the level of Soul Wandering.
Pang Jian bowed in greeting.
"Who is this?" Yu Shi looked at Huang Qi.
"Self-cultivator Huang Qi."
Yu Shi frowned slightly.
"A friend of mine." Pang Jian added.
Yu Shi's brows relaxed, and he nodded with a smile, saying, "In the future, independent cultivators will have plenty of opportunities to join major sects and be treated as VIPs."
The sword boat broke through the air and flew away.
The layout of the entire sword boat was exactly the same as the one that had rushed into the strange fog, but there was only Yu Shi on board.
"Originally, I wanted to take the mortals from Hongshan and a group of people below the Dongxuan realm and send them to Qitian Continent. My master urged me to do it urgently and I couldn't delay for a moment, so I came to find you first."
Seeing Pang Jian's puzzled look, Yu Shi took the initiative to explain the reason.
"Thank you for your help, Senior Brother Yu."
Pang Jian bowed in thanks.
“It should be.”
Yu Shi laughed and came over to talk to him, asking about some secrets of the forbidden land. He also told Pang Jian about the situation of the sword tower, and the two sides had a very pleasant conversation.
After a while.
"You two can chat while I go to the cabin to buy some spiritual jade."
Yu Shi entered the cabin casually.
The third floor deck of the sword boat.
Pang Jian suddenly remembered what Qi Qingsong had told him about the internal strife within the sect when he was in a bad mood in Cave No. 56 on the First Peak of Yuanmang.
He talked about how he had failed to advance to the Xiantian realm and how he had wisely returned to the ranks of outer disciples, and the so-called fickleness of human nature.
According to Qi Qingsong, the inner disciples under the same master are fighting openly and secretly with each other, and are definitely not harmonious. There are many cases of people trying to trip each other up behind the scenes.
But all the Sword Tower disciples he met since the Yuanji shattered land, such as Guo Hongyuan and Nie You, seemed quite... kind.
He had never experienced anything like what Qi Qingsong had encountered.
Feeling doubtful, he whispered this to Huang Qi.
"That's because you are too noble, you are the master's personal disciple, so your fellow disciples are trying to curry favor with you." Huang Qi laughed dumbly and said pointedly: "What about you? If you were just an outer disciple, or an inner disciple of a lower status, how would others treat you?"
Huang Qi lowered his voice and said with a little fear: "I tell you, if you are only an inner sect disciple, the person below will refuse for many days before giving you a ride."
"If you were an outer disciple, he wouldn't come to pick you up. You would have to find a way to take the cloud sail to the sword boat stop."
"You must be at the agreed place and time. Otherwise, this sword tower will not take you."
As a casual cultivator, Huang Qi was well versed in the ways of the world within these sects. He sneered and said, "If you hadn't just said that you and I were friends, with my status as a casual cultivator, do you think he would have looked at me more?"
Pang Jian seemed to be thinking about something.
A few days later, the sword boat was anchored in the air above the Qi Tian Continent.
Huang Qi, with a big smile on his face, first expressed his gratitude to Yu Shi, and then said goodbye to Pang Jian: "Thank you very much, see you again if we are lucky."
After he left, the sword boat continued to fly towards the sword tower.
At this time, Yu Shi suddenly said: "He is from the Creation Sect."
Pang Jian turned his head, frowned, and asked, "Brother Yu, is there a problem?"
"No problem."
Yu Shi smiled and explained, "It's just that the Creation Sect was destroyed by our Sword Tower. We also collected the Creation Sect's body-tempering secrets and placed them in the Library. I'm worried that he will be upset because the Creation Sect was destroyed by the Sword Tower, and will do something to you in the future."
"Thank you for the reminder, senior brother." Pang Jian said perfunctorily.
"It should be. It should be."
Yu Shi responded with a smile.
Famous mountains and rivers appeared one by one in the world below the sword boat. Yu Shi introduced them carefully: "In the Qitian Continent, there are three strongest sects: Jianlou, Tianshuize and Tianmu Cliff."
“Heh, but the combined strength of Tianshuize and Tianmuya is not as strong as our Jianlou.”
"As for some of the so-called aristocratic families, they are even less worth mentioning. Junior brother, you don't have to take them to heart."
Yu Shi's words were filled with pride, and he said, "In fact, among the human sects in the Second Realm, the only one we really need to be wary of is the Demon Sect."
Pang Jian nodded slightly.
Half a day later.
A nine-story pavilion suspended in the air and hanging upside down between the mountains suddenly came into Pang Jian's sight.
It is like a giant inverted spiritual sword, revealing thousands of sharp and complex sword intents, and the sword intents echo with the mountains, forming an entire array.
As the sword boat approached, Pang Jian secretly sensed that every standing mountain seemed to be a sword.
The infinite sharp sword intent faintly shot towards the sky above the mountains and was tied to the towering sword tower.
"Pang Jian!"
His master Liu Junhong also looked at Pang Jian and nodded slightly.
"Pang Jian!"
On another hill, Zhuang Yuyan and her master Guanghe stood together, also smiling and nodding in greeting.
There were also several mountains that were as straight as swords. People popped up at the top of the mountains after hearing the news. They all looked at the sword boat with astonishment, and looked at Pang Jian who was dressed in black.
On the top of the highest mountain, a tall and thin man in blue, with a deadpan expression, said indifferently, "Here."
Yu Shi drove the sword boat to a stop and said, "We're here. This is the owner's Li Tianfeng. He is your Senior Brother Chen."
"Brother Chen, I've brought the person here."
Yu Shi bowed in greeting.
"Um."
The tall and thin man, Chen Weihuang, nodded slightly. When Pang Jian landed, he handed him a brand new sword order and said, "This is the sword order for inner disciples."
Pang Jian took it obediently and bowed: "Greetings, Senior Brother."
"Master is still in the First Realm discussing matters."
Chen Weihuang pointed to the nine-story sword tower and said, "With this order, you have one chance to pass through the sword tower without any hindrance. You can choose any sword you want."
"If the Sword of God recognizes you, then the Sword of God will do the same."
Before Pang Jian could speak, Yu Shi, who was about to drive the sword boat away, was startled and his face was full of horror.
"Qi Qingsong, Zhuang Yuyan, and those who were able to come out of the strange fog alive, all because of Pang Jian." Chen Weihuang glanced at Yu Shi coldly and said, "The news they brought back and the contributions they made are enough to give Pang Jian a chance to choose a sword without any restrictions."
"clear!"
Yu Shiyu activated the sword boat and flew to Guanghe.
Then he saw that the four elders, Guanghe, Liu Junhong, Wang Ce, and Xu Wei, were all looking at the sword tower, and it was obvious that they had known about this matter for a long time.
"Can he also pick the divine sword?" Yu Shi couldn't help but ask.
"The sword is spiritual. It's not him who chooses the sword, it's the sword that chooses the person." Guang He snorted and said, "The so-called qualification to choose the sword is actually the qualification to be chosen by the sword. I also want to see if Yan girl, the guy that Qi boy highly respects and the one that the host regards as his last disciple, is qualified to be chosen by the sword."
"Master, how many people have been chosen by the magic sword according to records?" Zhuang Yuyan asked in a low voice.
Guang He sneered: "How many magic swords do you have? How many people can you have?"
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"I can't fathom his realm."
Liu Junhong touched his forehead with his fingertips and used his soul to sense for a moment. He said, "It's not easy for me to directly enter his sea of consciousness to investigate, but his soul gives me a different feeling than yours."
"You have also refined the divine nature, but the thickness of your soul and the aura it exudes are too illusory and elusive."
"He is different. The aura exuding from his soul is majestic, rich and refined."
“And this is not the aura that a normal Concentrated Spirit Realm should possess.”
Liu Junhong was puzzled and said, "The average cultivator in the Soul Wandering Realm may not have his spirit and soul aura. It's really strange."
Qi Qingsong touched his nose and smiled, "My talent is a little lacking."
“No, it’s not just talent.”
Liu Junhong shook his head.
Qi Qingsong pondered, "There are only three divine swords now. Can Pang Jian be recognized by one of them?"
"It's not bad to get a holy sword." Liu Junhong frowned and scolded, "Freak like the girl from Tianbao Li's family are only a minority after all. Young people should not be too ambitious. They want to get the approval of the holy sword right away. They don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is!"
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"He is Pang Jian, the master's personal disciple."
"I heard that the building owner thinks highly of him, saying that his potential is even greater than that of Senior Brother Zhao, and that he is expected to inherit the building owner's legacy. Some elders also said that he is a person who can revitalize the Sword Building in the future."
"Owner, are you planning to pass that position to him?"
On the side of Elder Wang Ce, several female disciples of the Sword Tower had bright eyes that sparkled with wonder as they stared towards Li Tianfeng.
Wang Ce said calmly: "We in the Sword Tower look at, on the one hand, the talent for cultivation, and on the other hand, the talent for swordsmanship."
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Li Tianfeng.
Chen Weihuang, the senior brother, explained a few things that needed to be paid attention to, and then said coldly: "Go, many people are watching, don't embarrass the master, don't let people question his vision in selecting people."
Pang Jian said yes respectfully.
Since they first came into contact with Jianlou, everyone was warm and friendly to him. Chen Weihuang was the first one who was lukewarm.
On second thought, Pang Jian felt that given his status as Li Zhaotian's eldest disciple and his cultivation level in the late Soul Wandering Realm, there was really no need for him to be polite to him.
He grasped the new sword order, injected spiritual power into it, and flew up with the sword order.
“Whoosh!”
He went straight to the nine-story pavilion.
"My disciple, I wish you all the best and hope you can obtain a divine sword to bring honor to your master."
Li Zhaotian's domineering and cheerful voice came out from the sword order.
A series of inquiring and surprised gazes suddenly gathered from all over the hilltops.
Pang Jian, who was heading straight for the Sword Tower from Li Tian Peak, suddenly felt dozens of faint soul threads, like seaweed, draped over his shoulders, watching his every move.
“Bang!”
He landed on the ninth floor of the Sword Tower.
The moment he stepped on solid ground, he suddenly heard many noisy and strange noises erupting all at once.
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