Chapter 52: Where is Hidden Edge?

  Mount Shu's main peak, Shengguan Peak, Jianjian Hall.

  It's already mid-August, and the grand assessment on September 9th at Mount Shu is approaching. This year is different from previous years, as the six peaks of Mount Shu have jointly announced that they will accept three new disciples, whom they will instruct with all their might, in the hope that within two years, one or more of these three disciples can break through to the Heavenly Realm. As soon as one enters the Heavenly Realm, they will officially become the most honored chief disciple of each peak.

  As time passed in these few days, the atmosphere of cultivation on each peak and within the Sword Testing Hall grew increasingly dense.

  At this moment, inside the martial arts arena, a woman in white clothes with a shining sword, her eyes like spring water, rippling waves, gentle and beautiful. However, the long sword in her hand was gleaming brightly, not to be underestimated. Her right hand held the long sword, she looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, a fiery red hairband tied behind her head, extremely vibrant, yet amidst the warmth and gentleness, there was an added hint of heroic spirit!

  She stood there, her eyebrows furrowed and her gaze cold, surrounded by more than a dozen disciples, yet no one dared to argue with her.

  Pride of the world's heroes!

  "Elder brothers, yesterday I was practicing the sword manual and had some thoughts. Today, I'd like to ask for your guidance so that I can determine whether my thoughts were correct or not?" She said a few words, her long sword quivered, and instantly the tip of the sword flashed with light, painting a plum blossom in mid-air, six cold glows!

  "Who dares to fight with me?"

  She asked again, her tone already somewhat angry.

  The disciples secretly cursed their bad luck and turned around, among them someone pulled out a bundle of wooden sticks from behind and whispered: "Let's follow the old rules, we'll draw lots. Whoever gets the short one will go up. Little sister looks pretty good, but her temper is really too strong, she won't be able to get married in the future. Whoever marries her will definitely be unlucky for eight lifetimes."

  "Speak softly, if you continue like this, there's no need to draw lots, it'll be you directly. I remember last time was you too. You've already drawn three times in a row. If it's you again this time, that'll make four times, proving you and she are really fated. Oh, Boundless Heavenly Lord, just put in some effort and capture that little chili pepper with love."

  "Nonsense! I'm so handsome, if I don't marry ten or eight wives, can I be worthy of my mother? If I marry her, I'll spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and draw lots, this time it's definitely not me. And another thing, I... I'm going down the mountain to go home!"

  He had just said that when a green light flashed in the sky, and he arrived at the center of the martial arts arena. Under the green light, there was another person faintly visible!

  Purple robes and magnificent attire, long hair dancing wildly, face like a starry river, but extremely cold and stern, like thousand-year-old icy frost! A chill ran through his entire body, emitting an icy aura that could be felt tens of meters away. The originally noisy martial arts training ground fell silent as soon as he arrived.

  All that was left was the sound of their own breathing.

  He turned around and asked just one question.

  "What's behind your words?"

  The voice was cold, like ice and snow, piercing through people!

  Tang An's tone was devoid of any emotion, he had come to kill! Moreover, he had never had a good impression of Shu Mountain. Seeing the disciples stunned and speechless, he asked again: "Where is Cang Feng?"

  All the disciples present heard this question and felt as if they had been struck by lightning, their hearts racing with shock. Even their souls were about to scatter. The pressure of a powerful Da Tian realm expert was not something that these disciples, who weren't even in the Tian realm, could withstand.

  At once, countless disciples all spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

  Among them, a few barely supported themselves without falling, but the woman who had just looked down on everyone with disdain was now staring blankly at Tang An.

  She seemed to remember that in the past few years, a young man had emerged in the world who was not to be underestimated. From what others described, his appearance was almost identical to this person's.

  She barely suppressed the chaotic true energy inside her body and slowly took a few steps forward, looking at Tang An carefully.

  She suddenly asked: "Are you Tang An?"

  As soon as this name came out, all the other Shu Mountain disciples immediately changed their faces!

  Tianjian Tang An, this is the number one archenemy of Shu Mountain! Even the first seat of the Red Gold Sword King died under his sword. There are countless versions of Jianghu rumors that say he has a life-and-death feud with Shu Mountain, almost to the point of no return. Yesterday, that crazy woman returned in disarray, and it's not like nobody saw her. That crazy woman is a master of the Great Heaven Realm, even the sect leader was helpless, yet she still lost to this person right before our eyes.

  He came up Mount Shu today, is he here for revenge? Is he here to start a massacre? The thought of it sends shivers down everyone's spine, no one is not afraid!

  Tang An turned his head and looked at the girl in front of him.

  He saw her eyes with tears in them and vaguely remembered that if it wasn't for her elixir, he might not have entered Shu Mountain back then.

  If I hadn't entered Shu Mountain, perhaps there wouldn't have been so many things afterwards.

  Tang An gazed silently at her eyes for a long time, then suddenly smiled. That smile seemed to melt some of the frost on his face. "Your eyes, I still remember them. Still as beautiful as before. It's been ten years, have you returned home? Where is your home? Is it far?"

  The woman's eyes suddenly turned red, she wiped them and burst into tears again, laughing... crazily. "I have no home. I can't go back either. This is my only home now. Are you really here for revenge today?"

  Tang An shook his head, but soon he nodded firmly!

  "I didn't want to come to Shu Mountain in the first place. Unfortunately... that damned person, always has a damned reason!" He said this, his momentum became even more fierce, he suddenly turned around, using his sword as a pointer, "Breaking" at one point, instantly, a green sword aura shot out from his finger, "Whooshing" towards the signboard of the [Trial Sword Hall].

  "Boom!"

  The lintel suddenly shattered into countless pieces, pulverized, and had become wood shavings.

  "Speak! Where is Cang Feng? Tell me!"

  His hands danced with the power of yuan, condensing and solidifying into sword auras that swirled around him. With just a thought, he could take a life. But his disciples lay on the ground, everyone exchanging nervous glances, yet no one dared to answer, leaving only faces filled with fear.

  "With a wave of his hand, he condensed the sword energy, indeed a great master of the sword path! Perhaps even the sect leader can't compare. Maybe only the Supreme Sect Leader, Li Zhenren, can match up? If not, today will be the great calamity of Shu Mountain..."

  Tang An looked at their shrinking expressions, but they were looking around left and right, obviously waiting for someone to come and rescue them. Suddenly, he burst out laughing. "Who are you waiting for? Will they arrive in time?"

  He had just finished speaking when a burst of cyan sword energy shot out from his hand!

  "Pffft!" "Pffft!" "Pffft!"...

  In an instant, the martial arts arena was filled with a splash of blood color. Everyone's arms and wrists were pierced by his finger, unable to move!

  "Shu Mountain Sword Sect is not a place for you to stay! Today, I will spare your lives and let you be witnesses to see how Shu Mountain harbors evil!"

  Tang An finished speaking and suddenly shot up into the sky, his entire body covered in a surging, cyan-colored Wind Element force that was already beginning to condense into a three-meter-long Yuan Sword!

  "Take a good look at all of you!"

  Just then, the mysterious old man Tang An had just met appeared again.

  He saw Tang An's action and suddenly his face changed greatly, shouting: "Stop! Stop! Stop at once!"

  Unfortunately, Tang Anjian has already left, how can he be called back!

  "Boom!"

  The mighty Sword Yuan suddenly rushed towards the largest, deepest and most revered hall of Mount Shu's disciples - the Hall of Ten Thousand Swords. Charging straight in!

  Under this sword, the world between heaven and earth dimmed for a moment. All the disciples who did not understand the truth stopped their movements and looked up at the sky, unsure of what had happened.

  Suddenly, a huge cyan-colored primordial sword appeared in the sky and flew towards the highest point of Mount Shu! That was where the residence of the sect leader was located, where all the elites of Mount Shu gathered - the Hall of Ten Thousand Swords!

  Rumble...

  Under one sword, Mount Shu and the land trembled...

  And that mysterious old man, seeing the sword light, didn't care about anything, his body was like lightning, and he suddenly blocked the sword light in front of him, withstanding Tang An's blow!

  The blue sword struck his body, and thunderbolts burst forth from all around him, rushing forward with great momentum. The heavens and earth shook with a loud "Boom! Boom! Boom!" sound. Afterwards, the sound grew smaller and smaller until it disappeared.

  That mysterious old man's purple lightning was also an illusion.

  He took another move, and his face suddenly turned pale, panting heavily with big mouthfuls of air.

  He stabilized his body shape, and the first thing he did was turn around. He took a look at Wanjiantang and let out a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, fortunately... didn't destroy someone's ancestral foundation, otherwise... this world would be in chaos again. Tiānshān, Jūntiān Teach, Shǔshān... the three major wars are about to begin, and this Heavenly Road will not be able to pass through! Maybe even my old man will have to join in."

  Although the sword energy was blocked, this movement was really too big, the sound of thunder and lightning shook the Shu Mountain up and down, and the Wanjiantang almost collapsed.

  Mount Shu shook violently from top to bottom!

  Countless powerful individuals rushed over upon hearing the news, all of them turning pale with shock.

  "Who is in the mountains and wilds of Shu?"

  A burst of angry shouts came from all directions, and in a short while, more than a dozen powerful cultivators from the Shu Mountain Tianjing appeared, all flying towards here!

  "What a person! Dare to trespass on my Shu Mountain's forbidden land!" Two disciples of the Shu Mountain Wan Jian Tang rushed over first. Seeing the long sword aura left in front of the Wan Jian Tang main hall, which had already divided the square into two halves, they were so angry that their whole body was shaking and their faces turned purple!

  "Looking for death!!!"

  They are the strong in the heavenly realm, and they usually look down on everything. This is also a forbidden place in Shu Mountain, and the Wan Jian Hall is where the master is located, which is the most concentrated accumulation of Shu Mountain's thousand-year-old culture! For many years, they have been proud of Shu Mountain, but today, someone dares to destroy all this!

  Shu Mountain's thousand-year reputation and prestige were almost destroyed under this sword. If it had been truly destroyed, from then on, in the Jianghu, Shu Mountain would be a laughing stock!

  "Get back!" The mysterious old man hastily shouted, trying to stop those two Shu Mountain disciples.

  Unfortunately, it's too late!

  Tang An drew his sword in one swift motion, and instantly...

  "Bang!"

  A crisp sound, two blood marks appeared on the foreheads of the two Shu Mountain disciples, and then these blood marks silently extended downwards.

  With a "whoosh", the two of them silently split into four halves, falling to the ground, blood gushing out...

  "Alas... I told you not to come..." The mysterious old man let out a sigh of helplessness as he gazed at the two corpses.

  Tang An didn't even glance at the two corpses of the Shu Mountain disciples, standing proudly in the sky with his eyes fixed on the surroundings. Another loud shout.

  "What is hidden in the sword?"

  That mysterious old man shook his head and muttered to himself: "Shu Mountain, Shu Mountain, you did something wrong back then, now the consequences have arrived, Cang Feng, how long can you hide... Fortunately, in Wudang Sect, we never discriminate against anyone. If not, who knows whether it would be a blessing or a disaster if someone like him were to become a disciple..."

  The old man said, and then looked up at Tang An again, sighing: "If he had joined the Wudang Sect back then, what would he be like now?"

  That old man imagined that Wudang's reputation should be even more prosperous than it is today...

  "What a waste..."