"Oh, Sect Master Huo, don't be so angry." Qingxuzi seemed not to feel the pressure that was enough to crush mountains.

He waved his hand with a smile, signaling the protagonist to step forward, "Disciple, show that thing to Sect Master Ling, so that he won't think we are here to make fun of him."

Li Xuan took a deep breath, and despite the terrifying pressure and strange phenomena in the world that almost crushed his soul, he carefully opened a corner of the sword case.

Buzz——!

A dark brilliance, condensed to the extreme and seemingly capable of slicing through time and space, shot up into the sky! Within the sword case, a sword lay quietly.

This is exactly the broken sword emitting a blue halo!

But at this moment, it seemed that because it was in the Tianyuan Sword Sect, its form changed again.

The sword body was seen to evolve into an extremely deep darkness and chaotic airflow, and its shape was perfectly matched with the shape of the inverted Tianyuan Peak and the outline of the hilt at the bottom of the abyss!

At the sword hilt, a faint starlight flickered as if it came from the beginning of the world. It was this starlight that caused the mountains, rivers, terrain, and spiritual ancient swords of the entire Tianyuan Sword Sect to resonate wildly!

This is the lifeblood of the Tianyuan Sword Sect, the sect’s most precious treasure that was just inexplicably lost - the Tianyuan Sword!

"Tianyuan Sword! It's really the Tianyuan Sword!" Even with Huo Yuan's great concentration, he couldn't help but lose his voice at this moment. A terrifying light burst out of his eyes, and his body trembled slightly with excitement and anger.

He could clearly feel the violent pulsation of the sect's roots caused by the return of this sword. It was a desire from the depths of his soul, but at the same time, this sword in someone else's hands was a great irony and threat to the Tianyuan Sword Sect!

Gu Xianzhi stepped forward at the right time and closed the sword case with a "snap". The terrifying aura that caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth was instantly isolated for the most part, but the vibration and buzzing of the entire mountain did not completely subside.

call!

Li Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that the artifact was nothing special, but just now he sensed the power of this broken artifact.

It seems that only under specific circumstances, or when the sword is tamed, can its power be fully unleashed.

But if you want to completely subdue it, you must have at least the peak of the eighth level of cultivation.

"Did you see it clearly, Sect Master Ling?" Gu Xianzhi rubbed his hands, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, with an innocent look of "See, I didn't lie to you", but the gleam in his eyes was frighteningly bright.

"My disciple is blessed with great fortune, having stumbled upon this lost treasure of your clan. But I, Old Gu, have always won over people with my virtue, and I know how important this treasure is to your clan, practically the very lifeblood of your life. How could I dare to embezzle it? Therefore, I have traveled a thousand miles to personally escort it back intact! Is this sincerity sufficient?"

It has to be said that Gu Xianzhi's verbal skills are very strong, and Li Xuan couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

Huo Yuan's chest heaved violently, and he stared at Gu Xianzhi's face, which was smiling like an old chrysanthemum, with his teeth clenched.

He knew this old bastard too well! What about winning people over with virtue, what about returning the jade intact to Zhao! This was clearly a blackmail attempt!

And the knock was justified, knocking him so hard that he couldn't refuse! The return of the Tianyuan Sword was a great thing for the sect, but to be "delivered" to the door by the other party like this was like riding on the neck and slapping him in the face!

Besides, he still hasn't figured out how the Tianyuan Sword was lost.

"Oh, why are you so angry, Sect Master Ling?" Gu Xianzhi seemed startled and patted his chest exaggeratedly.

"Master and disciple, we've traveled a long way, bearing the weight of danger, to bring this 'lifeblood' back to you. We owe you some compensation for the travel expenses, the fear and anxiety you've endured... right? We'll talk later."

He changed the subject, gesturing towards the still humming and vibrating mountains and the raging spiritual energy around them. "Look, your sect's 'foundation' seems a bit 'excited' by the appearance of this treasure? This commotion must have consumed a lot of the accumulated heavenly and earthly energy and the ancient sword's spiritual essence, right? What if it leaves some sequelae of an unstable foundation... Tsk tsk, that would be bad. Since we, master and disciple, have gone to great lengths to help your sect, we have to do our best to help stabilize it! However, stabilizing the foundation is a delicate task, and it requires some materials..."

He kept talking, as if asking for cultivation resources was a matter of course.

Li Xuan was stunned watching from the side. This was the first time he learned anything from his master!

I really learned a lot!

After he finished talking, Huo Yuan didn't even have a chance to interrupt.

"Wait, now I just want to know how the Tianyuan Sword fell into your hands?" Huo Yuan's eyes were like torches, staring at Li Xuan and the others.

I want to see if there is any trick here, whether the two of them stole the sword from the Sword Sect.

"I told you a long time ago that it was just a coincidence. You can't slander us at will!" Gu Xianzhi said directly.

Li Xuan also spoke up, "Sect Master Huo, I can guarantee that the Tianyuan Sword was definitely not obtained by us from within your sect."

When they said this, they all meant it, because they had indeed not committed any theft.

As a top-level eighth-level cultivator, Huo Yuan could naturally see some clues. Perhaps Gu Xianzhi, who was also at the eighth-level and extremely shrewd, could deceive him with words.

However, he could still see through Gu Linfeng, who was far inferior to him in realm and still young.

Now that he had confirmed this, the anger in his heart had largely subsided. Since the other party had come to give him the sword, he should indeed be rewarded. However, the amount of this reward...

Gu Xianzhi looked at his expression, and immediately took out slowly from his arms a jade slip that emitted a faint spiritual light. The jade slip was covered with dense handwriting.

The top line clearly reads "A list of resources needed to help the Tianyuan Sword Sect recover its most precious treasure, the Tianyuan Sword (including mental compensation and labor fees)."

After seeing the jade slip, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh again, he really learned something!

"Here, the list is ready. They're all worthless little things, like 'Ten Thousand Years Jadeite', 'Chaos Stone', 'Soul-Nourishing Wood'..."

Gu Xianzhi lightly tossed the jade slip towards Ling Juexiao, whose face had turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. "Sect Master Ling, your family is wealthy and powerful, so I'm sure you won't be stingy with this hard-earned money, right? After all, we're giving back your lifeblood... oh no, the very foundation of your clan!"

On the cliff of Hanging Sword, the wind was howling.

Huo Yuan held the jade slip that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, looking at Gu Xianzhi's smiling face that was full of words like "honesty to everyone" and "quick payment". He felt a surge of depression rising to the top of his head, but he couldn't vent it.

This old ghost is sure to get him!

After all, both he and the Tianyuan Sword Sect need the Tianyuan Sword so badly now!