"Holy hell... Look, everyone!"
"My God... That little kid actually lifted it!"
"..."
While Wang Wu and his companions were in the middle of their "grand discussion," a sudden burst of exclamations erupted from the crowd ahead.
Wang Wu's gaze pierced through the gaps in the crowd, and his eyes instantly went wide. He was frozen in place, completely dumbfounded.
Turning his stiff neck, he looked at his companions and found that they were all equally stunned.
Luo Yue, however, was beaming with pride.
Although she had long known that the trivial Mighty Celestial Stone was no challenge for Luo Xiu, seeing him actually lift it and shock everyone still filled her with an irrepressible sense of pride.
At that mont, in the testing square.
Luo Xiu held the Mighty Celestial Stone above his head with one hand. It felt as light as a feather. This test is so boring, he thought. I managed to produce nine unprecedented "Ultimate Boundary lting Paths" in the Divine Oracle Cave Heaven. How could this Mighty Celestial Stone possibly compare?
However, he could feel a strong Sword Intent radiating from the stone, continuously pressuring him and increasing its weight. It seed to be a Sword Intent left behind by the White Emperor. But no matter how fierce and tumultuous the Sword Intent beca, he remained as steady as a mountain.
He even countered by crushing it with his own pure Sword Intent.
In the blink of an eye, completely unnoticed by anyone, the Sword Intent left on the Mighty Celestial Stone was utterly suppressed. It retreated like a frightened turtle, too scared to poke its head out again.
As Luo Xiu's own Sword Intent spread, the onlookers in the square felt a tremor in their souls and instinctively retreated. However, everyone assud this terrifying Sword Intent, which felt like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, was emanating from the Mighty Celestial Stone, not from Luo Xiu.
"What the hell... This is the first ti I've ever seen the Mighty Celestial Stone unleash such a terrifying Sword Intent!"
"With a Sword Intent this horrifying, even we can barely stand it from so far away. Can that little kid really handle it?"
"..."
「Sowhere in the Inner Plains. In the depths of a mountain range.」
An old man opened his eyes, his brow deeply furrowed.
What a terrifying Sword Intent. It completely crushed the one I left on the stone... Who could it be? Could it be that an unparalleled sword talent will truly erge at this Sword Convention? This won't do. I have to go see for myself! A prodigy like this must not fall into the hands of others!
"..."
「Yunyang City. On the testing square.」
As ti trickled by, Luo Xiu grew bored and began to toss the Mighty Celestial Stone high into the air, passing it from his left hand to his right, and then back again.
As the disbelieving crowd watched, half a quarter of an hour quietly passed.
Bored to tears, Luo Xiu impatiently dropped the Mighty Celestial Stone. With a thunderous boom, the entire testing square trembled and large cracks spiderwebbed across the ground.
As the terrifying Sword Intent receded, the onlookers in the square finally let out a long, collective sigh of relief. God knows how they had endured that half-quarter of an hour. Under the influence of that dreadful Sword Intent, everyone had been in a stupor, feeling as if they were trapped amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, helpless and filled with despair.
"Incredible!" soone shouted, being the first to snap out of it.
"Yunyang City has produced another peerless genius!"
"Remarkable, truly remarkable! He's the pride of all Yunyang People!"
"If he could marry Her Highness the Holy Maiden, that would be even more amazing, hahaha..."
"..."
Within the crowd, Wang Wu's companion, A Wei, snorted. "This kid sure knows how to be clever," he said with disdain.
Hearing this, Wang Wu snapped back to reality and looked at A Wei, confused. "What do you an?"
A Wei pursed his lips and spoke in the worldly tone of an expert. "Everyone knows that the longer you touch the Mighty Celestial Stone, the heavier it gets. Normally, only a true one-in-a-million genius can last for half a quarter of an hour. And even those geniuses wouldn't have it this easy; they'd be completely exhausted. After all, this is a Sword Intent left by the White Emperor.
"But this kid is very smart. I admit, the fact that he could lift the stone is impressive, but by constantly tossing it back and forth, he reduced his contact ti by at least half. You could say he was completely exploiting a loophole."
Hearing this, Wang Wu's expression gradually soured.
Luo Xiu had lifted the Mighty Celestial Stone under the na of the Yue Wu Dojo. He had been planning to show off and gain so face in front of his peers. But after hearing A Wei's words, he suddenly felt a sense of sha.
"Damn, so he was just exploiting a loophole!"
"And here I thought this pretty boy actually had so real skill."
Nearby, Luo Yue overheard the conversation between Wang Wu and A Wei and let out a soft snort. She wanted to explain, but felt it was beneath her to do so.
Insignificant people like A Wei can never stand to see others do well. They'll always try to find fault where there is none, and if they can't find any, they'll invent sothing themselves. But what kind of person is His Majesty the Azure Emperor? Does he need to explain himself to such petty individuals?
"..."
On the testing square.
Luo Xiu walked up to the white-haired elder and stopped. "Elder," he asked, "does this an I've passed the test?"
The elder snapped back to his senses and nodded excitedly, then hurriedly reported the news. He was a true son of Yunyang, and now that the small city had produced another peerless genius, it was undoubtedly a mont of pride for all of Yunyang! Moreover, unlike the self-proclaid expert A Wei, this elder could clearly see that Luo Xiu had not used any tricks. On the contrary, he had been toying with the Mighty Celestial Stone.
"Young man, take this Jade Token. Co here tomorrow morning, and you can board the airship to the Inner Plains."
"Furthermore, according to the rules, for your trip to the Inner Plains to participate in the Sword Convention, you may bring along friends and family, as long as there are no more than ten people."
Luo Xiu nodded his thanks, accepted the Jade Token, and turned to leave.
The elder watched Luo Xiu's receding figure for a long ti before letting out a deep sigh.
"A golden scale is not ant for a small pond."
This boy... is destined for greatness! Given ti, he will surely shake the past and dazzle the present! Bai Haoran, is it? I hope your journey is smooth. This old man will await good news from you right here in Yunyang.
"..."
Among the crowd.
Seeing Luo Xiu approach, Wang Wu's eyes were filled with disdain, A Wei's words still echoing in his mind.
"You're a clever one, kid, quite good at finding loopholes!"
"Haha, but I guess it works. It's better than failing the test, and you even earned our Yue Wu Dojo a few spots to enter the Inner Plains!"
With that, he scanned the crowd and announced loudly, "Hey, if any of you want to go to the Inner Plains to see the Sword Convention with your own eyes, I have several spots right here, 500,000 Spirit Jades each! Highest bidder gets them!"
The crowd imdiately sward him, all willing to spend 500,000 Spirit Jades for a spot. As Outer Plains People, they had always dread of visiting the Inner Plains. And this ti, it was for the Sword Convention, a chance to witness the unparalleled elegance of the chosen ones from the Hundred Clans! For that, 500,000 Spirit Jades was definitely worth it!
...
Luo Xiu paid Wang Wu no mind, nor did he care that he was selling the spots. It had no impact on him. Besides, he knew Wang Wu had spent a considerable amount of Spirit Jades and pulled many strings just to get him this chance to test. Letting Wang Wu handle these spots was a fair way to compensate him.
「The next day.」
Early in the morning, Luo Xiu boarded the flying vessel to the Inner Plains. Accompanying him were Wang Wu and Luo Yue, as well as A Wei and his stunningly beautiful, flirtatious wife, plus a few disciples from the Yue Wu Dojo.
The mont they boarded the vessel, they started chattering away like country bumpkins seeing a city for the first ti.
Luo Yue was exasperated by this. She found Luo Xiu and said, "My apologies, Your Majesty. Awu… he just hasn't seen much of the world. He isn't a bad person, he just has so… issues… regarding 'Bai Haoran.' I hope you can be patient with him."
Luo Xiu smiled. "Consider it paying a debt on Bai Haoran's behalf, since I'm using his identity. Honestly, your husband is one of the better ones. If it were anyone else, finding out their wife brought a pretty boy ho, they'd probably be chasing with a knife right now."
"..."
After a journey of nearly half a day, the flying vessel landed at a place in the Inner Plains called Sword Forest.
Beyond Sword Forest lay the first trial of the Sword Convention.
Only by passing this trial could one truly proceed to Xian Yu City for the Sword Convention and et the Plateau Saintess.
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