Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âYou are Jiang Chen, arenât you? Can you please come with me? I have a matter to discuss with you,â the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress said.
âSenior, you can just speak bluntly.â
Jiang Chen followed after her.
It was only when Jiang Chen disappeared from Yi Chenâs line of sight did she calm down, and when she looked toward Wen Xin, she found out that her close sister was now looking there in rupture.
She bore bursting out in laughter, extended out her hand, and waved it in front of Wen Xinâs eyes.
It was only then did Wen Xin came back to her senses, and it seemed like she noticed something, and her face became flushed.
After the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress went into a secluded place, she turned over and wore a solemn look, and it seemed like she was hesitating over something.
âJiang Chen, please donât blame me for forcing you to do something you wouldnât want, but can you please still inherit my Ancient Sword Sect,â the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress said.
She was really like she said forcing him, as even the sect mistressâs cultivation wasnât as high as his, yet she wanted him to join it.
Jiang Chen believed that the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress was well aware of this matter, and he didnât speak, and just waited for her continue on.
His reaction let the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress became even more resolute about carrying what she planned.
âAlthough the Ancient Sword Sect is a small faction in the desolate land, but it still had a glorious past, and left a prestigious name in the Nine Territories and Ten Prefectures.
âHowever, it was a pity that the second past sect master had great ambition, and wanted to make a great achievement quickly. He brought with him all of the Ancient Sword Sectâs factions, and rushed our in full power, and wanted to look for a famous ruin, yet they ended up suffering grave casualties in the Desolate Forbidden Area.â
âAt that time, I was just a young girl, and witnessed with my own eyes how the Ancient Sword Sect declined gradually, and ended up stranded in the desolate land.â
The Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress spoke slowly, âI donât want you to assume responsibility for my Ancient Sword Sectâs rise, and I just hope that the sect could achieve a meteoric rise along with you.â
Jiang Chen still didnât reply, and revealed a pensive look.
âYou will become the next master of the Ancient Sword Sect, so I will hand over this ancient sword too to you.â
A sword appeared in the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress hands.
When he listened up to here, Jiang Chen became aware that he must quickly open his mouth, and refused her before it was too late.
It wasnât like he disliked the Ancient Sword Sect, but this matter went against his wishes.
He came to the Three Middle Realms just for three matters. Finding a way for treating his father, becoming a Great Venerable, as well as going to the Spirit Zone to meet his senior sister.
Those three matters could be in fact counted just a single one, or a single goal, and it was becoming a Great Venerable, as it was only then could he accomplish everything he wanted.
As for shouldering the Ancient Sword Sectâs fate burden, it would still be better to avoid it.
If the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress didnât mention the fact that she was truly forcing him to something he wouldnât want, and still spoke in an apologetic tone, then he would have already rejected her early on.
âSenior...â
Jiang Chen already started speaking, but when he had a clear look of the ancient sword taken by her, he was startled, and he even found it unbelievable.
This sword wasnât one of his swords of five hundred years ago.
Such sudden reunion let his heart thump crazily.
On a day five hundred years ago, he came to the Three Middle Realms to have fun, and go sightseeing. He already forgot about the concrete date, but he still knew that it was in springtime, and on a cloudless day.
He gifted his sword as a present to someone.
âYoung master! You wasted great efforts to make this sword, and it was just slightly short from becoming a Doctrine Artifact, so how can you just gift it to a stranger?â
âYoung master, please consider it carefully.â
He could still remember clearly the words of his followers, which grew up with him since childhood.
âThis sword wonât display its worth in my hands, but in his hands, it would shine with splendid radiance.â
At that time, Jiang Chen saw the delight on the face of the startled youth before him, which couldnât believe what was happening, when he gifted the sword to him.
He really didnât expect that the sword would come back to his hands after five hundred years in such a way.
âCan you please inform me about the first sect master?â After Jiang Chen received the ancient sword, and determined that he wasnât mistaken, he found himself quite touched and moved.
âThe founder was during that time one of the Three Middle Realmsâ influential figures, and he almost managed to topple the eight great Spirit Zones with just his power alone, but it was a pity that he was slightly short of it.â
âHe founded the Ancient Sword Sect afterward in the Nine Territories, and he depended just upon this ancient sword to deter anyone from daring to encroach on it.â
When the Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress spoke up to here, she sighed, and said, âItâs a pity that the Ancient Sword Sect turned into its current state in my hands.â
âIt seems like I didnât misjudge him in the past,â Jiang Chen said inwardly, before he unsheathed the ancient sword.
The swordâs blade patterns, which he hammered on it by his own hands, seemed quite familiar to him.
He used Extreme Cold Iron found in the deepest part of mysterious ice, as well as the Heavenly God Descent Iron to make the swordâs blade, and it was only after it was tempered in a worldly alien flame for a hundred days did it turn into a complete sword.
Five hundred years already passed, yet the sword was still as sharp as before, and it could be seen from it how brilliant was his workmanship.
When Jiang Chen was making the sword in the past, he was challenging a difficult problem, and it was making a Doctrine Artifact.
âFather, all artifacts of Doctrine grade or above were passed from ancient times, or an even more archaic time. We inherited the ancestorsâ knowledge and talent, so why canât we make a Doctrine Artifact, Immortal Artifact, or even a Divine Artifact, and let our current era became a legend for several hundred thousand years?â
He still remembered clearly his bold words at that time.
âHahaha, Chenâer, Chenâer, if you really managed to make a Doctrine Artifact, then you will throw the Sacred Zoneâs power structure into disorder.â
At that time, his father, the Over Cloud Palaceâs master, didnât believe it, but he still supported him.
âHowever, you can still set your mind at ease and work at it, and if you needed any materials, then you can just mention it to me, and they would be delivered to you in less than a day, and it didnât matter even if you failed.â
âFather, be at ease, I wonât fail,â Jiang Chen struck his chest, and assured him.
However, it was a pity that he still failed in the end. Even though this was the fruit of all of his efforts and thorough preparations, it was still just a failed product in the end.
The problem didnât lay in his technique, or in some other segments, but just because he lacked something.
None of the divine, and sharp weapons were made by mortals, and the Doctrine Artifactâs name wasnât just a mere title, and the âDoctrineâ word in it had a great and broad meaning.
If Jiang Chen wanted to make a Doctrine Artifact sword, then he must possess a powerful Sword Doctrineâs power, and he should imbue it into the sword through hammering it.
It was only through being refined by Sword Doctrineâs power would it sublimate, and became a Doctrine Artifact.
It was only afterward did Jiang Chen learn that Doctrine Artifacts werenât just mere weapons, they were also a sort of unique inheritance.
It was impossible then for someone like him, who had exhausted pulse, to cross such a chasm. Moreover, someone as weak and powerless as him couldnât even use a ten thousand pounds hammer to hammer it.
At that time, besides medical techniques, he depended upon other peopleâs assistance in everything else like setting formation, making elixirs, and weapons.
Those people were his right and left arms, and they were also the two loyal people, which grew up with him since childhood.
âJiang Chen?â
The Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistressâ voice suddenly rang near his ears.
The Ancient Sword Sectâs Mistress, who lived for a long time, couldnât believe that Jiang Chenâs current expression was genuine. It was impossible for someone, who didnât live at the very least for several dozen years, to sigh with feeling like he had done.
âSenior, I ridiculed myself in front of you.â
The sword let him recall many of the past matters, and Jiang Chen didnât detect that he was beside himself at such a moment.
He unsheathed the sword wholly. It was a long sword, which was one meter and third long, but its blade wasnât wider than a half a finger.
It didnât have any gorgeous patterns on it because this swordâs itself was already extraordinary enough, and people would be more willing to believe that this was a piece of art rather than a murder tool.
Even though it didnât become a Doctrine Artifact in the past, but it still caused a sensation in the Sacred Zone, and it was praised as the Magical Artifact closest to Doctrine Artifact.
It could be imagined well how great of a shock to the Sacred Zoneâs people was the fact that he gifted it to someone for nothing in return.
âItâs still a ninth-grade Magical Artifact,â Jiang Chen thought inwardly.
The ancient swordâs grade didnât become lower along with the elapsing of time, and it was still as sharp as in the past.