Starting With 100 Million Lives-Chapter 573 Master of the Wood Sword
"Who is it?"
"Who became the Master of the Wood Sword?"
To refine a Sword Heart to Tier Nine is to be revered by all sword cultivators as the Master of that Sword Heart!
Although this title carries no substantial enhancement, from now on, all sword cultivators practicing this Sword Heart will regard him as their guide, their beacon.
Currently, among the fifteen Sword Hearts, only the Gold, Fire, Frenzy, Silent Extinction, Great Sun, Everlasting, and Eternal Night have seen the emergence of a Master.
And these seven Masters are all respected by sword cultivators of every sect.
"Our Wood Sword Heart has a Master now too!"
Among those who also comprehended the Wood Sword Heart, including Bai Luo Immortal King, joy was evident on their faces.
It was as if the Wood Sword Heart gained much prestige with the addition of a Master.
However, their joy did not last long.
"So who is it?"
"Why hasn’t he appeared yet?"
"Yeah, why hasn’t he shown up?"
Everyone craned their necks, eagerly awaiting the appearance of this new Sword Master.
Many were even ready to send messages to friends and family within their sect to announce this explosive news in the Sword Cultivation Realm.
Yet, despite a long wait, no one emerged.
Someone suddenly recalled something.
"Earlier in the Wood Sword Heart area, it seemed that only... Jiang Cheng was there."
"It’s him?"
"Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
Last time, Brother Cheng slaughtered so many Quasi-Emperor and Immortal King Level sword cultivators at the Rule Gate, forcing the remaining Immortal Venerables and Golden Immortals to surrender.
This dealt a severe blow to the face of all sword cultivators.
Therefore, he was never popular in the sword cultivating circles.
Moreover, he had been unanimously recognized as an evader among sword cultivators just moments ago.
No matter who the Wood Sword Master is, everyone could accept, except Sect Leader Jiang.
"He doesn’t even have a Sword Heart, let alone Tier Nine, are you kidding me?"
"There must be others in the Wood Sword Heart area!"
In the distance, a dazzling ’sun’ slowly rose in the area of the Wood Sword Heart.
At the center of the sun was a silhouette.
The figure was bathed in the same nine-colored halo, with a rich aura of wood clearly perceptible, appearing incredibly sacred.
Earth Sword Mountain is regarded as a type of Secret Realm naturally formed by the Great Dao of heaven and earth.
Reaching a Tier Nine Sword Heart is considered ’clearing the stage’.
And after clearing the stage to become a Sword Master, there is a ’special effect aura’.
Everyone present was well aware of this, as it wasn’t the first time someone became a Sword Master.
However, they were now extremely reluctant to acknowledge this rule.
Because the figure in the light halo was none other than the handsome Sect Leader Jiang.
This brother was unaware of everyone’s displeasure with him and, upon rising halfway into the air to see so many people looking up to him, habitually waved in greeting.
The gesture was reminiscent of a star making an appearance.
Everyone felt as if their faces had been slapped swollen.
It really turned out to be him?
How could it be him?
He had no Sword Heart, yet after such a short time, he became a Sword Master?
Is this a joke?
Moreover, hadn’t everyone just reached a consensus that his Sword Dao Talent was terrible, akin to rotten wood?
A Master of the Tier Nine Sword Heart is rotten wood?
Then what are they themselves?
The special effects in the sky lasted for a few seconds, after which Brother Cheng disappeared from the spot.
The crowd thought he had left, and only then did they begin to discuss again.
"Ahem, maybe he had already been a Tier Eight Sword Heart, right?"
The speaker, who had been mocking along with everyone else not long ago, couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed now.
"That’s right, he must have already been a Tier Eight of the Wood Sword Heart."
"Only this way can we explain why he could become the Master of the Wood Sword Heart today."
"Yes, yes, yes, it’s impossible for someone to go from having no Sword Heart to becoming a Sword Master within a quarter hour, that’s too absurd!"
"He was already a Quasi-Emperor, previously possessing the Tier Eight Wood Sword Heart... It makes sense."
Truth be told, it didn’t make any sense at all, as possessing an Eight-tier Sword Heart was extremely rare.
Among the three geniuses of the Immortal Slaying Sword Sect, only Gui Cang Quasi-Emperor had an Eight-tier Sword Heart, which is enough to show how difficult it is.
But only with this explanation could everyone somewhat accept it.
At this moment, the crowd’s enthusiasm had dwindled.
The once-popular Fang Yu Sword Immortal was long forgotten.
There was no choice; when compared to a Tier Nine Sword Heart, a Tier Six Sword Heart wasn’t even ordinary.
And the expressions of Bai Luo Immortal King and others were as discomforting as having constipation.
The ’traitor’ among the sword cultivators had become the guiding light of the Wood Sword Heart!
As pure sword cultivators, they were to regard someone who chose the Speed Rule Brand as a model?
This left them feeling very conflicted.
Sword cultivators of other Sword Hearts cast sympathetic glances at them.
"Alas, Brother Bai Luo, my condolences!"
"After all, this Sword Master has no real authority, it doesn’t matter!"
"Only henceforth, whenever the Wood Sword Heart is mentioned, he will be the first one brought up..."
Meanwhile, Brother Cheng was already heading towards the Fire Sword Heart area.
He did not intend to end just like this.
"You could directly comprehend the Tier Nine Wood Sword Heart, isn’t that too unbelievable?"
In the shadows, Cang Ling, if she had substance, would have her jaw drop in amazement by now.
Compared to those sword cultivators outside, she knew for a fact that Jiang Cheng initially had no Sword Heart.
She even witnessed the moment Jiang Cheng ’was slain’.
But now it seemed that everything was just her illusion.
"How did you do it?"
"Was it an epiphany between life and death? But even so, that’s too much of an epiphany!"
Brother Cheng thought to himself that’s a question for the system, though. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
The system presumably knew he wouldn’t leave unless it cleared the stage, so as a one-time solution, it directly granted a Tier Nine Sword Heart, so audacious.
Privately, Sect Leader Jiang couldn’t help but give the system a thumbs up—brother, you’re generous!
Cang Ling was used to major upheavals, and seeing her reaction showed how massive this act was.
"I always said I’m naturally gifted and have an extraordinary aura!"
"Alright, alright, so you’re planning to continue?"
"What else?"
"Stop while you’re ahead; though your Wood Sword Heart is at Tier Nine, ahead is the Fire Sword Heart area."
Cang Ling remained very composed.
"The Sword Heart you’ve just obtained has no effect in this area."
Using the Mental Realm of the Wood Sword Heart in a place testing the Fire Sword Heart is completely incompatible.
But Brother Cheng would not worry about such things.
"I calculated, today I’m in prime condition, and insights are overflowing, unstoppable."
"If I don’t seize this opportunity to continue breaking through, I’ll regret it for life!"
"Besides, hasn’t this Sword Rule Brand yet to reach late-stage Quasi-Emperor?"
Only he could speak such madness without Cang Ling treating it as nonsense.
"Are you really hoping to raise the fusion degree of a rule to late-stage Quasi-Emperor in just one visit to Earth Sword Mountain?"
Such advancements often take billions, tens of billions of years, you know?
