Chapter 198: Chapter 95: History Beneath the Dust

The white-haired elder, dressed simply yet with an air of elegance.

Opposite him, a young man in white sat upright, his body straight and upright like a sharp sword.

“Sir, you clearly know that there are evil spirits in the Imperial Capital, so why do you still insist on going there…”

The elder tidied up his clothes, slowly stood up, and slowly walked towards the courtyard gate.

His face bore many wrinkles, but his eyes were deep, his demeanor extraordinary. A longsword hung at his waist, his steps steady, and his gaze showed not a trace of the cloudiness or sluggishness of old age.

“It’s merely sacrificing oneself for righteousness.”

The elder shook his head, and the few attendant students and servants at his side immediately followed.

Pei Min sat upright in a somewhat dilapidated small temple.

The weather was cold and damp; it had just rained lightly, and the air was humid. Drops of water dripped slowly from the eaves, falling into puddles accumulated on the ground.

Pei Min carried a longsword on his back and looked at the elder’s departing figure.

The elder’s departing figure was somewhat desolate yet without any hesitation.

Pei Min had been in the mortal world for half a year; it was just half a year ago that Pei Min met the elder, discussing the classics and the Dao with him, gaining considerable insight.

Just from their conversations, Pei Min could feel his Vast Righteous Qi gradually growing.

And the elder’s Vast Righteous Qi was already vast like a sea of morning clouds, like a blazing sun.

Just from conversing with the elder, Pei Min could feel his own Vast Righteous Qi being gradually refined by the elder’s.

Pei Min encountered a Great Scholar from the folk, whom he called Mr. Tianyan. For many days, Pei Min accompanied the elder in the guise of a Jianghu swordsman.

If there were Jiuzhou Confucian Dao Skills, Mr. Tianyan might immediately achieve a Golden Core, using his Vast Righteous Qi to attain the Dao.

Even in this Sword Dao World, even if Pei Min taught the Yangwu Sword Technique to Mr. Tianyan, the achievements would be limited to this.

The Yangwu Sword Technique, although biased towards Confucianism, is essentially always about the Sword Dao.

“Sacrificing oneself for righteousness?” Pei Min murmured these words.

The place he was in was called the Hongg Dynasty.

It was not one of the Sword Dynasties, but it was one of the largest mortal dynasties, even attracting some expelled Sword Cultivators to this place, making this mortal dynasty increasingly prosperous.

In this remote corner, a mortal dynasty not weaker than the average Sword Dynasty gradually grew.

Pei Min withdrew his gaze and looked down at the basic classics left by Mr. Tianyan. These were just the classics, but with the annotations written by Mr. Tianyan on top, Pei Min found them fascinating to read.

The sky gradually darkened, the cold wind swept through the humidity, rushing into the temple.

“Almost there…”

Pei Min slowly closed the classic scripture.

The longsword on his back seemed like a decorative item, unmoving, but the treasured sword at his waist slowly unsheathed.

A piercing white light flashed to the extreme.

The white light soared, and the sky’s dark clouds were split in an instant.

Sword Qi transformed into a storm, sweeping away all the damp coldness from this place.

Pei Min’s white robes fluttered, and the treasured sword returned to its sheath.

Behind Pei Min, the so-called dilapidated temple… was no temple at all, but clearly a gigantic monster.

The so-called dilapidated temple was merely the gigantic head of a monster after transformation, now split into two halves, demon blood flowing on the ground.

A huge surge of Qi-Blood gradually appeared behind, with many auras attracted by this Qi-Blood but fearing the Golden Light, not daring to come closer.

“Sword Institute… have they gone too far…”

Pei Min looked into the distance, his eyes flashing with sword light. In Pei Min’s vision, countless demon Qi soared to the sky like countless smoke signals dotting the earth.

Sword Mountain River stood high above the sky, holding dominion over all.

But above the earth, demons and evil cultivators ran rampant.

It wasn’t until Pei Min broke through Foundation Establishment that he vaguely sensed that the so-called Broken Cocoon Alliance might deliberately be released by Sword Mountain River.

Sword Cultivation is born for combat; isn’t it inevitable to have opponents during the growth process?

Jiang Ming also watched these golden words, having a semi-divine perspective, seeing more clearly than Pei Min…

Under Jiang Ming’s influence, Pei Min began to consciously seek out those ancient texts.

These ancient texts had already been deeply buried by the Sword Institute, deliberately de-emphasized, though not destroyed, yet nobody inquired about them…

“Mountain and River Calendar Year 3621, the Black Mountain Demon King commanded the Demon Army attempting to overthrow the rule of Sword Mountain River, the Red Flame Sword Master cut him down with one sword, one man and one sword pacified a million Demon Army…”

“Mountain and River Calendar Year 7762, the Great Saint Guangxiao ascended to Lingxiao, attempting to shatter the heavens with his staff, the Wanhe Sword Master cut him down with one sword, his Treasure Blood nurturing a large batch of disciples practicing Qi Blood Sword Gang…”

“Mountain and River Calendar Year 9991, the Heart-Devouring Elder allied with the Eighteen Demon Lords of Minnan Mountain, and pulled in the first Array Master Yixin from Sword Mountain River, setting up the Heaven-Swallowing Blood Sea Divine Array, attempting to devour all mortals of the Sword Dynasty in mutual destruction with Sword Mountain River. The then Seventy-Two Swordsmen, with the three major Sword Masters, emerged together, and within a month, the remains of the Eighteen Demon Lords were nailed to the ground before the Central Domain Supreme Sword Stele, the Heart-Devouring Elder’s essence and flesh forged into an excellent Immortal Sword, now still the heritage of the Heart-Devouring Sword Institute…”

“Mountain and River Calendar Year 12,011, the Ghost King perused ancient texts, attempting to create the Underworld, thereby mastering heaven and earth authority, enhancing his cultivation to the Divinity Transformation Realm. The Ghost King learned from the previous three major events’ lessons, developing silently, eventually gathering the Eighteen Yama, self-claiming as the Netherworld Emperor, almost forging reincarnation, thereafter the Changfeng Sword Master entered Green Fall Yellow Springs alone, shattering the nether realm, leaving no Underworld…”

“Mountain and River Calendar Year 15,555, genius cultivator Master Wuguang established an Immortal Mountain overseas, forging a new path, creating a non-Sword Dao cultivation technique for the Human Race, widely accepting disciples, causing a great sensation. Numerous cultivators emerged, heading to the Overseas Immortal Island, like Ten Thousand Immortals coming to pay respects. Master Wuguang declared that the heaven and earth belong to all beings, not just one family, and claimed to overthrow one family’s domain with ten thousand Loose Cultivators… Beidou Seven Swordsmen emerged, seven swords of seven sons, the Immortal Island shattered, Master Wuguang disappeared, the sea turning into blood, the name Sea of Blood derived from here…”

The Mountain and River Calendar was the calendar of Sword Mountain River, different from the Celestial Sword Calendar provided by the simulator.

This year was Celestial Sword Calendar Year 97,947, but within Sword Mountain River, it was Mountain and River Calendar Year 17,957, an intervening gap of 80,010 years, the events of which remain unknown.

“After reading these ancient texts, I realized that this world is not incapable of cultivating the Path of Cultivation from Jiuzhou, this realm is very similar to the rules of Jiuzhou, the only obstacle is entering the path properly… If the entrance issue can be resolved, there’s still a chance to step into the orthodox Path of Cultivation… only…”

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