"Swish swish swish!"

The longsword sliced ​​through the air with a sharp momentum, cutting through the thick soil and cold snow that pressed down on him like a sharp blade.

Soil and snow fell in abundance, allowing Elder Sword Maniac to finally emerge from underground with great difficulty.

However, at this moment he looked extremely disheveled, covered in mud, with his hair in a mess, looking like a beggar who had crawled out of a mud pit.

"Master."

Elder Sword Maniac, disregarding his disheveled appearance, hurriedly walked up to the Carefree King and respectfully bowed.

However, his slightly flushed cheeks betrayed his embarrassment and shame at that moment.

Just now, although he was buried underground, his divine sense was not completely blocked, and he heard the conversation between Xiaoyao Wang and Fang Han clearly.

At this moment, he realized that the other party must have had a huge misunderstanding.

Moreover, he vaguely sensed that the relationship between Fang Han and the old sect leader Xiang Wantang was probably far more complicated than he had imagined, and was by no means ordinary.

"Whoosh!"

Just as Elder Sword Maniac was lost in thought, a dazzling streak of light streaked across the sky like a shooting star and appeared before everyone's eyes in an instant.

As the light faded, the figure of the old sect leader, Xiang Wantang, slowly emerged.

"Greetings, Grandmaster Uncle." Upon seeing this, Elder Sword Maniac dared not be negligent in the slightest and quickly bowed again, his attitude extremely respectful.

Xiang Wantang glanced indifferently at Elder Jianchi, her tone tinged with reproach as she said, "Jianchi, how dare you! You actually dared to fight with Mr. Fang! Do you know that my recent rapid progress in cultivation is entirely due to Mr. Fang's meticulous guidance? Even I might not be his match, let alone you. If it weren't for Mr. Fang's consideration for your master and me, you would probably still be buried underground right now."

"Grandmaster Uncle, are you... are you telling the truth?"

Elder Sword Maniac's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief, as if he had heard the most incredible thing in the world.

You should know that Xiang Wantang is the undisputed number one expert in the Longyuan Sword Sect, with a far-reaching reputation.

If Fang Han is really more powerful than Xiang Wantang, that would be absolutely incredible, considering that Fang Han looks to be only around twenty years old.

Not only Elder Sword Maniac, but even the carefree king standing to the side was greatly shocked by Xiang Wantang's words.

At this moment, he finally realized why his martial uncle Xiang Wantang addressed Fang Han as a brother.

Fang Han, on the surface, only had the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment, yet he was able to defeat the strongest Yuan Dan realm expert.

This level of strength is unprecedented and astonishing, both in ancient and modern times.

Recently, the cultivation level of the Carefree King has been stuck at the mid-stage of the Yuan Dan realm. No matter how hard he cultivates, he is unable to break through to the late stage of the Yuan Dan realm. It is as if there is an invisible window paper blocking his way, preventing him from reaching that higher realm.

Now, upon hearing Xiang Wantang say that Fang Han possessed such supernatural abilities, a strong desire welled up in his heart.

If he could receive guidance from Fang Han, he might soon be able to break through this bottleneck and enter a new realm.

"Recently, I have vaguely touched the threshold of the Spirit Embryo Realm, all thanks to Fang Han's careful guidance."

Xiang Wantang seemed to see through Xiaoyao Wang's thoughts and continued, "Sword Maniac, your character is fine, but your judgment of people is really terrible."

"Grandmaster Uncle, please enlighten me on this matter."

Elder Sword Maniac was slightly taken aback, his heart filled with resentment, and he couldn't help but ask.

He really couldn't understand why he was so bad at judging people.

"You actually took Zhao Ziyi as your last disciple and planned to cultivate her with special care? You must be incredibly foolish!"

Xiang Wantang snorted coldly, her tone full of disdain.

"Grandmaster Uncle, although Zhao Ziyi's talent is far inferior to yours and my master's, she is still considered an extremely rare genius among the younger generation."

Elder Sword Maniac retorted instinctively. In his heart, Zhao Ziyi had always been his most prized disciple, and he simply could not accept his grandmaster's disparagement of her.

"Genius? Ma Kun, Ma Rou, and Qiao Yue have only been in the Dragon Abyss Sword Sect for two months, yet their combat strength is already on par with Zhao Ziyi's. Does someone like Zhao Ziyi deserve to be called a genius?"

Xiang Wantang sneered, "Moreover, this person is morally corrupt. Back then, when Mr. Fang Han became mentally impaired, it was this woman who colluded with the Su family to poison him. The Su family and the remnants of the Hehuan Sect are closely connected. Moreover, this woman is a bully who preys on the weak and fears the strong. She showed no respect whatsoever to Qiao Qianshan, the instructor who once taught her, and even humiliated him in every way. Furthermore, Meng Kai and Yang Wenguang of the Longyuan Sword Mansion colluded and made the Sword Mansion a mess. If Fang Han hadn't killed these two, and I hadn't reassigned Xuanwu's two disciples, Zhao Wuchen and Zhao Wugou, to manage the Longyuan Sword Mansion, what kind of geniuses would the Longyuan Sword Mansion be able to discover in the long run? Without the geniuses recruited by the Longyuan Sword Mansion, my Longyuan Sword Sect will slowly suffer from a lack of successors, which is very detrimental to the development of the sect."

Upon hearing this, Elder Sword Maniac used his divine sense to carefully examine Ma Kun, Ma Rou, and Qiao Yue, and discovered that all three of them were at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

What surprised him even more was that the foundations of these three people were as solid as a rock, and every flow of their true energy had a natural rhythm, making them even more solid than Zhao Ziyi.

"Master, what Grandmaster Uncle said...is all of this true?"

Elder Sword Maniac was stunned for a long time, his eyes filled with disbelief, before he slowly turned his head and asked the Carefree King in a slightly trembling voice.

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