Chapter 12: The True Absolute Sword of Earth and Fire (Part 1)

  The atmosphere of the entire square was somewhat solemn, and the air was influenced by the momentum of many swordsmen, not blowing at all to the central sword platform. At this moment, it had passed noon, and the sun slightly inclined towards the west, with the four main peaks in the distance hidden in the clouds and fog, bathed in sunlight, as if covered with a layer of golden gauze.

  "Eleventh, Tuoba Ming, Sword Guest Xiao Tianwei, challenging, tenth, Sword Guest Xiao Tianwei, Zhuge Yu." Xuan Qing's calm and clear voice sounded again.

  "I give up." Just as Xuán Qīng said that, a young disciple standing at the end of the first row, who looked to be over twenty years old, spoke out.

  This man was Tuoba Ming. Lu Qing's gaze swept over him, and suddenly he understood. This Tuoba Ming had just advanced to the rank of Sword Guest in the past month, with a violent fluctuation of sword energy on his body, his face as crystal clear as jade, and an air about him that seemed to merge with heaven and earth. This was a phenomenon that only occurred when one had just been promoted, and would solidify completely after two or three months.

  At this time, his concession was also within everyone's expectation. A swordsman who had just advanced and hadn't chosen a profound swordsmanship, guiding the power of the seed, apart from being able to separate his sword energy from his body, at most could be considered an unparalleled thick swordsman. Such a swordsman, as long as their swordsmanship realm was equivalent, Sima Yi would be enough to defeat three by himself.

  So to say, Takubou's challenge is fundamentally meaningless. The absolute gap makes it impossible for him to gain anything, and if he gets injured as a result, it may affect his subsequent gains in the sword pool.

  The inner disciples present all understood this idea, so no one said anything. However, among the outer sect disciples, there was a considerable amount of discussion.

  "What's going on? Someone is already showing signs of cowardice in the first match."

  "I didn't know, it seems that Tuo Ba Ming is also useless. He's actually nervous in front of so many people, I was still looking forward to him!"

  Of course, many inner sect disciples would not care about the remarks of these outer sect disciples. Firstly, they did not have enough insight to see the true nature of Tuo Ba Ming's withdrawal. Secondly, the difference in status and cultivation made them disdainful of making too much of an account with him.

  Later, including Zhuge Yu, both of them gave up the opportunity to challenge. Compared with entering the sword pool, the result of this competition was not meaningful for them. On the contrary, they still need to avoid injury, so that when others are grasping precious time to practice, they will use it to recover from injuries.

  At this moment, the challenge has directly turned to Yu and Hua.

  "Ranked ninth, Sword Guest Xiao Tianwei, Yuwen Nu, challenged, eighth place, Yu Jihua, Sword Guest Xiao Tianwei."

  "Ranked ninth, Sword Guest Xiao Tianwei, Yuwen Nu, challenged, eighth place, Yu Jihua, Sword Guest Xiao Tianwei."

  Xuan Qing's voice sounded again, although he also understood the thoughts of many disciples, but at this moment, letting so many Si Feng disciples come in, with so many people watching, still made his face somewhat gloomy.

  However, Yu and Hua apparently had no intention of giving up. His feet stepped lightly on the ground, his body suddenly seemed to be weightless, rising from the ground and crossing a distance of five zhang, landing lightly on the sword platform on one side. It was as if he had only been blown by the wind, and the hilt of the sword under his feet trembled slightly before returning to calmness.

  At the same time, a sturdy young man standing beside him also leaped high into the air, like an eagle spreading its wings, and rushed towards the other side of the sword platform.

  Two men stood still, their long swords almost simultaneously out of their scabbards, slanting towards the sword platform.

  Such a battle was enough to pique Lu Qing's interest, and in his opinion, the Qingyun sword in Yu Jihua's hand was probably around seven grades, a rare good sword, which showed that their family background was also extraordinary. However, they all valued harmony, so none of them deliberately mentioned their own background, nor did Lu Qing know.

  However, his gaze was immediately drawn to Yuwen Nu, who exuded a strong and fierce aura. This man's name matched his personality - he was indeed a good fighter. As soon as he stepped onto the stage, his bright tiger-like eyes revealed a strong desire for battle. His gaze was clear and transparent, without any other thoughts mixed in.

  This person is worth getting to know, from Yuwen Nu's eyes, Lu Qing saw too many things, no impurities, as if born with a heart of innocence, this feeling also proved the three words that Lu Qing read in the pharmacopoeia at the beginning: Eye Tong Xin.

  However, what made Lu Qing feel strange was the aura on his body. At present, Lu Qing is very sensitive to the power of the five elements. At this moment, he felt a strong fire element aura from Yuwen Nu's body. However, it was strange that this fire element aura was different from what he had felt from Lie Feng and Li Jingxuan. In this aura, there was a deep-seated violence hidden, as if it were a volcano that had been suppressed for tens of thousands of years, and seemed to erupt at any moment.

  In Yuwen Nu's hand was a dark red long sword, the color of which was like a dying bonfire, and Lu Qing could see at a glance that it was made of volcanic copper.

  Unlike ordinary copper, this volcanic pure copper is nurtured in the volcanic magma for ten years without any impurities and can almost cast eight or nine grade sword. However, Lu Qingguan's sword shape seems to be out of sync in some places, apparently the casting level is not high, at most it's around five grades. This way, this sword is left with only seven or six grades at most.

  What a waste of such good material, Lu Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As the heir of a sword-casting family, Lu Qing was influenced by his father and disliked the waste of precious materials or entrusting them to the wrong person.

  Finally, someone challenged him. After Yu Jihua and You Wenuo stepped onto the stage, the scene suddenly became quiet, which also improved Xu Qing's somewhat gloomy complexion. Meanwhile, among the six great protectors standing together on one side, someone spoke up.

  It was Qing Tian, the third protector, who spoke up, "Hú Shīdì, your disciple seems to have successfully merged with the Earth Vein True Fire. It's truly not easy. Rarely in half a year you personally took him deep into the earth fire mountain's fire mouth. Now that this Earth Fire Sword Qi has formed, it is enough to compare with ordinary non-five element sword qi."

  And the six guardians, Hu Luo Feng, also showed a joyful expression when he heard this. Yu Wen Nu was his personally accepted inner disciple, who had a natural inclination towards fire energy, so after entering the Sword Guest stage, he insisted on choosing the Di Huo Zhen Yue sword style, which was second only to the Yang Guang sword style in terms of its profoundness. This was also a deep and intricate fire-style sword technique that was not much weaker than the Yang Guang sword style. However, due to the violent nature of the earth's true fire, although it was not as difficult to master as the Feng Lei sword energy, no one had been able to successfully cultivate it in the past two hundred years.

  However, this disciple was also born with a fire destiny, and he actually managed to successfully guide the earth fire seed. Now, combined with his six months of cultivation at the mouth of the earth fire volcano, he had completely merged with the earth fire energy, forming a fierce and scorching earth fire sword aura.

  This is enough to put it in the top 20 of the Dragon and Phoenix List, how can Hu Luofeng not be happy, for these Protectors, before accepting a disciple, their cultivation is their face, once they accept a disciple, then the disciple's cultivation becomes their face.

  "It's about to begin—" At this time, Wu Hu Fa Luo Tianyou spoke up, and the gazes of the six great protectors also returned to the sword platform.

  At this time, on the sword platform, two different auras began to spread out. One was from Yuwen Nu's body, occupying half of the sword platform with its scorching aura. This aura was extremely violent, as if it would swallow everything that came into contact with it and turn it to ashes.

  On the other side, a faint breeze suddenly picked up on the half of the sword platform occupied by Yu and Hua. In just a few breaths, the gentle breeze turned into a strong wind. On the half of the sword platform where Yu and Hua were standing, the sound of the wind was loud and clear, causing the black iron swords stuck in the ground to sway and vibrate.

  Xun Wind Sword Qi!

  Lu Qing was overjoyed in his heart, he knew that Yu Ji and Hua had been practicing the Wind-Traveling Purple Cloud Sword, but they had never been able to fully merge the Xun wind's energy. Unexpectedly, after three months of closed-door training, they had successfully merged it, which made Lu Qing feel heartfelt joy for them.

  However, with Yuwen Nu's sudden outburst of anger, Lu Qing suddenly remembered a profound sword technique, which was the one he had seen in that book that was paired with the Yang Sword Style - the Huo Zhen Jue, the Fire True Absolute Sword. On it, there was once a description of Yuwen Nu at this moment:

  The cultivator of the True Flame Sword, must be cautious and deliberate. The earth's true fire is fierce and violent, and if one is not careful, they will surely be burned to death by the earth's fire, with no room for error. In my Purple Mist Sect, out of every hundred years, only one person can succeed in cultivating it.

  Feeling the intense aura of Yuwen Nu's anger, Lu Qing couldn't help but wonder if he was practicing the Earth Fire True Absolute Sword. However, Lu Qing immediately nodded to himself in secret, thinking that for Yuwen Nu to have the determination to practice the Earth Fire True Absolute Sword, he must be a person with great courage, and he had even succeeded in cultivating it. Looking at the current situation, it was clear that he had already successfully merged with the earth fire energy.

  The earth fire sword energy, what kind of sword energy is that? Lu Qing murmured a sentence, and his eyes looking at Yuwen Nu revealed a hint of expectation.

  "Junior brother, I didn't expect you to have fully merged with the Xun wind's energy. Now that your Xun wind sword energy has been achieved, I no longer have any reservations. Both of us are well aware of each other's situations, so let's settle this directly." As he spoke, Yu felt the flow of the Xun wind's energy converging on him, and the excitement on Youwen's angry face grew even more intense.

  And I, with a heavy expression in my eyes at this moment, also had an intense will to fight that was not inferior to Yuwen Nuo.

  "Alright, let's settle this once and for all!" Yu Ji and Hua answered in unison. This decisive battle would be a direct clash of their profound swordsmanship to determine the winner. PS: Recommended bookmark, recommended bookmark!