Cultivation Online

Chapter 1124 Nine Swords Trial

”S-Surely, youʼre jesting with us…” Tian Yanyu mumbled in a trembling voice.

”No, not at all. Take it. I have no need for a Divine-grade sword since I already have a much better one.” Yuan calmly shook his head.

”...”

After a moment of silence, Tian Suyin spoke with a deep frown on her face, ”Okay, what do you want from us?”

”What do you mean?”

”Are you telling me that youʼre going to hand over a Divine-grade treasure for free? I donʼt believe it. Sounds too good to be true.”

Yuan shrugged, ”Then I will leave it there and whoever is lucky enough will get it.”

When she heard such words, Tian Suyin immediately rushed to pick up the sword before throwing it into her spatial ring.

”I guess Iʼm the fortunate one,” she said with a stiff expression.

”Mother…” Tian Yanyu was left speechless by her actions.

”What are you looking at? Heʼs the one who said heʼd leave it there for anyone to pick up.”

”Since you want it that badly, you can have it.” Yuan smiled.

Tian Suyin cleared her throat but didnʼt say anything.

ʼIʼm glad I stayed behind…ʼ she smiled inwardly.

”What are you going to do now?” Tian Yanyu asked him. ”Are you going to participate in the next treasure hunt as well?”

”No, I came here mostly just to make sure you were fine. Now thatʼs done, I think I am going to do some exploring myself.”

”I see…”

Tian Yanyu pondered for a brief second before opening her mouth again, ”Do you mind if I followed you for a little?”

”Yanyu! You donʼt even know what kind of dangerous place heʼs going to! Youʼre just going to be a burden!” Tian Suyin quickly rejected her request.

”I know, which is why I will only follow him until he leaves the outer area.”

The Nameless Emperorʼs Tomb is split into three sections by the people; the outer area where itʼs the least dangerous; the inner area where only geniuses dare to enter; last but not least, the core area, a hellish area where most people that enter will never return.

”If itʼs just the outer area…” Tian Suyin felt a little more at ease after hearing this.

Furthermore, she wasnʼt completely opposed to following Yuan, as he was definitely powerful enough to protect them— even doing a much better job than the entirety of the Jade Sword Manor by himself.

Yuan began wandering the Nameless Emperorʼs Tomb shortly after while Tian Yanyu and Tian Suyin followed him from behind.

”There are actually a few places that I want to visit. In no particular order, the Sword Temple, Nine Swords Trial, and the Sword Pagoda.” Yuan mumbled out loud as they moved.

”Iʼve been to the Sword Pagoda once, but I was only able to make it to the third floor before getting kicked out.” Tian Suyin sighed as she recalled her memories.

”Whatʼs the Sword Pagoda, again? I know I heard it before.” Tian Yanyu asked.

”The Sword Pagoda is a place where you must climb seven floors by defeating the opponent on each floor. The higher floor you reach, the greater the reward. However, this place is immensely difficult. The highest anyone has ever climbed is only 5 floors.”

”You managed to reach the third floor, right? What kind of treasure did you acquire?” Yuan asked out of curiosity.

”My cultivation increased by three levels in an instant, and I received a Heaven-rank movement technique.”

”What?! One can increase their cultivation by three levels after clearing just a single floor?! That alone is already super good, not to mention the Heaven-rank technique!” Tian Yanyu was brimming with excitement.

”Perhaps, but 70 percent of participants cannot even pass the first floor, much less the second floor. About 10 percent of all participants can clear the second floor, but less than one percent will be able to clear the third. As for the fourth and fifth floor, less than 10 people have made it there.”

”What kind of enemies did you fight?” Tian Yanyu continued to ask.

”A masked cultivator.”

”Like the Nameless Emperor?” Yuan raised an eyebrow.

”No, they didnʼt have the same aura as the Nameless Emperor. Also, the masks they wore were different. Youʼll understand what I mean once you go there and face them yourself.”

Yuan nodded.

The Nine Swords Trial was the nearest to their current location, so Yuan decided to go there first.

After three days of traveling nonstop, they finally arrived at their destination.

”So this is the Nine Swords Trial, huh…” Yuan mumbled as he stared at the large platform in the distance.

This platform was not as large as one would expect. It was about 5 meters in length and diameter, and there was a large statue standing not far away from it.

This statue was of a man wearing a mask, and he was holding the handle of a sword with both hands in front of him with the blade of the sword pointing directly horizontally at the sky.

Currently, this platform was surrounded by at least a hundred people, and there was even a single person standing on the platform.

However, the person standing on the platform appeared to be in dismay. His body was dripping with blood, and his expression looked as though he was on the verge of collapsing, but his gaze remained fixated at the statue before him.

The next moment, Yuan watched as an illusionary blade appeared in the sky before descending upon the man on the platform.

BOOM!

The attack caused the surrounding land to tremble while the people around the platform were pushed back by the force.

Once the dust settled, one could see that the man on the platform had been cleanly sliced in half.

However, nobody there seemed to be surprised, almost as though it was a common sight.

A few more moments later, the corpse and blood on the platform vaporized into the air, leaving not even a trace behind.