Chapter 421: It is better to take the straight path than to seek the crooked path. The current situation of the sword cultivators of the Prison Sword Sect

At the border between the Nine Realms and the Ancient Domain.

Lu Chen looked at the corpse that suddenly appeared in the boundless void, and naturally understood that this was not an accident, but the result of someone's deliberate act.

Especially when he sensed the terrifying sword intent contained in this corpse.

Lu Chen even vaguely understood the origin of the corpse.

If his guess was correct, this corpse was the only and last sword master in the Nine Realms.

By now, Lu Chen had already figured out the relationship between Gu Qie and Tian Dao.

There are no swords in the Nine Realms. Is this because there is no sword in the Nine Realms?

Not really.

And since there is the Great Way of Sword, why is there no sword cultivation tradition in the Nine Realms? When all the impossibilities are removed, no matter how shocking or unbelievable the remaining possibilities are,

That is the only truth.

There are no sword cultivators in the Nine Realms, not because there are no sword masters in the Nine Realms.

On the contrary, there are sword masters in the Nine Realms.

Because only when an ancient master occupies a certain road can he prevent the emergence of later comers.

Therefore, the truth about why there are no sword cultivators in the Nine Realms is that the only sword cultivator in the Nine Realms does not obey the discipline of the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Realms.

He would rather endure the attack from the Nine Realms Heavenly Dao and forcibly occupy this position to prevent the Nine Realms Heavenly Dao from swallowing up the Great Way of the Sword.

This can explain why there is no orthodox sword cultivator to be found in the three sects of the Nine Realms.

They can only take similar unorthodox methods.

The "corpse" that now appeared in front of Lu Chen was undoubtedly the legendary last sword master in the Nine Realms.

Although it is not clear what happened to this person.

But looking at the other party's severed limbs and the body covered with chains.

Lu Chen understood that the other party must have paid a very heavy price in order to protect the purity of the Great Way of Sword.

On this corpse that looked like a small continent, Lu Chen clearly saw many buildings, as well as a large number of mortals and monks.

There is no doubt that the swordsman's sacrifice was not in vain.

He used his own body and true spirit as a price to ensure that the sword cultivation tradition of the Nine Realms would not be polluted by the laws of the Nine Realms, and it has been passed down to this day.

It is truly the bones of the past that pave the way for future generations.

Just as Lu Chen was thinking about the large amount of information revealed by the corpse.

A guiding light came from the corpse.

Look at the guiding light.

Lu Chen, standing on the head of the strange bird He, directly controlled He to fall towards the corpse in the direction of the guiding spiritual light.

Prison Sword Gate and Reception Platform.

At this time, the reception platform was filled with monks from the Prison Sword Sect.

Among them, fifteen of the thirty-six heavenly swords came, and two-thirds of the seventy-two earthly swords came.

It was a bustling place.

Just looking at their expressions as if they were facing a formidable enemy, it was obvious that they were very afraid of the sword cultivator who would appear on the reception platform next.

Although Tiankui explained that the other party was not in much danger.

But even so, they didn't dare to believe it completely.

After all, over the years, the Prison Sword Sect has suffered a lot from the Three Sects of the Nine Realms.

Faced with the danger of extermination many times.

If they hadn't been careful enough.

It is impossible for them to be alive today.

They had long been wiped out by the three sects of the Nine Realms.

Amid the tense expressions of the crowd, a figure slowly walked out from the beam of light on the reception platform.

"Form a formation!"

Upon hearing Elder Tian Meng's words, the surrounding earth swords immediately formed a sword formation and began to be on full alert.

However, when they saw the figure walking out of the guiding light column, everyone was stunned.

Because that person's appearance was so normal.

It was so normal that they couldn't believe that this person could be from the Nine Realms.

After all, there is an unwritten consensus in the Nine Realms.

That is, the higher the level of cultivation, the more like a 'human' one's appearance.

If these words were put in the world of cultivating immortals, they would naturally be good words.

But if this is put in the context of the Nine Realms, then it becomes quite meaningful.

After all, the more he looks like a human, the less human this monk is.

Even the Black Lotus Sect, which is the most concerned with appearance among the three sects, has its senior practitioners whose appearance is more or less different from that of ordinary people.

Not only did Lu Chen's appearance appear normal, but his sword intent was also extremely terrifying.

Almost at the moment he stepped out of the guiding light column, the people around him felt a vast and majestic sword intent.

The sword intent was so strong that it even caused the swords in their hands to tremble spontaneously.

It's not fear, it's excitement.

I was so excited that I wanted to have a pure sword-intent collision with this overwhelming sword-intent.

Translated, that means, those swords were all eager to strike Lu Chen hard, or be struck by him.

The emotions of the swords in their hands naturally affected their respective owners.

Therefore, the sword cultivators who now appeared on the reception platform.

Except for a small number of Heavenly Swords that have fully controlled the Sword, the remaining Earthly Swords all have painful expressions.

Reason told them that they must not act rashly now, especially when they were not sure whether the other party was an enemy or a friend.

But the strong fighting spirit in the swords in their hands drove them to draw their swords quickly.

This contradictory feeling makes them very painful.

After seeing this scene, Lu Chen immediately understood what had happened.

This immediately made him smile with a rare sense of interest.

They are really a group of pure guys...

Under everyone's solemn gaze, Lu Chen put his right fingers together and slowly raised them.

It was clear that he had no sword in his hand, and there was no power fluctuation around him.

But in the eyes of the sword cultivators of the Prison Sword Sect, it seemed as if they saw a huge, sky-holding sword appear above everyone's heads.

The sword was so huge that everyone felt like they were looking at a mayfly in the sky, and they could not muster the slightest desire to resist.

As Lu Chen's fingers fell.

The giant sword that held up the sky also slashed down.

During this process, the surrounding Sword Prisoner Sect monks didn't even have the ability to resist.

However, when this sword that could hold up the sky struck everyone, no one felt any discomfort at all.

This is because the Sky-holding Sword is an illusion condensed by Lu Chen's sword intent.

Intentional, invisible.

By the time they reacted, everyone from the Prison Sword Clan, including more than a dozen Heavenly Swords, found themselves sweating profusely.

The swords in their hands, which were originally restless, also calmed down.

After all, if your opponent is only slightly better than you, you might still want to catch up or even compete with him.

But when your opponent is far ahead of you and you feel there is no hope of catching up.

The only emotion left was admiration, and even...endless worship.

"Great, great, great, what a strong and powerful sword! This sword of yours, my friend, really wins my heart, really wins my heart!"

"This is what sword cultivators of my generation should do. If we don't draw our sword, it's nothing. But once we do, it must be powerful and invincible, and we must move forward without hesitation!"

Tian Meng, who woke up first, recalled the sword that had just been swung.

As if he saw something from it, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

However, his words did not receive any recognition, but instead received many rebuttals.

"What do you mean by 'strong sword'? It's clearly a 'flowing sword'. What can a crude fellow like you understand? What a joke!"

"No, no, no, that should be the sword of change. The sword looks ordinary, but it changes unpredictably."

"No, that's clearly..."

"What you said is wrong. What I said is right."

Several Heavenly Swords of the Prison Sword Sect started arguing on the spot about what the sword intent contained in Lu Chen's sword represented.

Look at how they are arguing and refusing to give in.

It seemed as if they were all very sure that the thoughts in their hearts were the real answers.

And since you can't convince the other party with words, there's nothing more to say, just draw your sword.

As for sword cultivators, rather than discussing the Dao with words, they prefer to use the swords in their hands instead of words.

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Fortunately, there are some irrational people among Tianjian.

Looking at the Tianjian disciples next to him who seemed about to roll up their sleeves and fight with their fellow disciples.

Tian Kui immediately scolded, "What are you all doing! Don't you see that we have distinguished guests? Behave yourself!"

Hearing Tiankui's words, several members of the Prison Sword Sect, who had already drawn their swords and were ready to attack, reacted immediately.

Yes, is this the time to draw the sword and discuss the Dao?

Let's first receive the distinguished guest in front of us.

As for whether Lu Chen is an enemy or a friend.

The Heavenly Swords no longer had any doubts in their hearts.

Because those guys from the Nine Realms and Three Sects cannot cultivate such pure sword intent.

It can be said that Lu Chen showed off his sword skills.

Better than any words.

"Fellow Daoist, I am sorry to have made you laugh."

"Don't get me wrong, they are not usually like this. They are just a little bit reckless after being here for nearly a hundred years. Please forgive me."

Looking at Tian Kui who was humble and polite, Lu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay. I think this scene is very interesting."

"After all, I have rarely seen so many pure seekers of truth along the way."

"I guess your life in these nine realms must not be easy."

"After all, the world is turbid, and the remaining sober people are undoubtedly the variables, the outliers, aren't they?"

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Tian Kui smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, if it weren't for the Sword Ancestor who sacrificed his life with his sword, we might have become like those guys outside, half-human, half-ghost."

"Fellow Daoist, please follow me. I know you have many doubts in your heart. I also have many confusions in my heart and I want to seek answers from you."

"This is not a place to have a conversation right now. Let's go to another elegant room."

Lu Chen nodded and agreed to Tiankui's request.

Under the other party's guidance, Lu Chen quickly went deep into the Prison Sword Gate.

Along the way, Lu Chen also observed the layout of the entire "Corpse Continent".

Although this place is under the jurisdiction of the Prison Sword Sect, the most common people here are not sword cultivators like the Heaven Sword and Earth Sword in front of them.

Instead, they are some ordinary people.

It can even be said that the sword cultivators of the Prison Sword Sect only occupy a very small part of the entire "Corpse Continent".

After all, in Lu Chen's perception, the number of sword cultivators in the Prison Sword Sect was surprisingly small.

There are thirty-six Nascent Soul stage sword cultivators, seventy-two Golden Core stage sword cultivators, and more than one hundred Foundation Establishment stage sword cultivators.

These are all the disciples in the Prison Sword Sect.

Although there are some sword practitioners among the mortals outside the Sword Prison Gate.

But those sword practitioners are generally only in the Qi training stage.

Not to mention comprehending the meaning of sword.

Their understanding of the sword may still remain at the most superficial level.

However, Lu Chen also noticed something interesting.

That is the sword cultivators in the Sword Prison Sect, whose general sword intent is one level higher than that of sword cultivators of the same level.

For example, among the more than one hundred sword cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, one fifth of them have comprehended the sword intent of entering the Dao.

The seventy-two Jindan stage sword cultivators have all comprehended the sword intent of the Hedao realm.

Among the remaining thirty-six Yuanying stage sword cultivators, five have comprehended the sword intent of the Dao Transformation Realm.

Tiankui, who led Lu Chen, was one of the five sword cultivators who had comprehended the sword intent of the Dao Transformation Realm.

Such a proportion is undoubtedly very shocking.

This shows that the sword practitioners of the Prison Sword Sect all have amazing talents.

Either they focus on the intention but not the repair.

Or maybe it's both.

Although Tian Kui was blind, he still seemed to be able to detect some changes in Lu Chen.

So he smiled and said, "Don't be surprised, fellow Daoist. All the sword cultivators in our Prison Sword Sect focus on cultivating the sword of the heart."

"So the sword will generally be much stronger than other sword cultivators of the same period. After all, if it weren't for this, we wouldn't be able to resist the assimilation from the Heavenly Dao and would have long since become sword slaves like zombies."

"Becoming a sword slave..."

Tian Kui's words reminded Lu Chen of a distant memory.

When he was still in the Qi training stage, he once encountered a foreign sword slave in the copy of Cangjian Peak.

At that time, his cultivation was still shallow and he did not know the nature of these sword slaves.

They just thought that the spiritual sword of Cangjian Peak had developed its own intelligence under the influence of time, thus contaminating the body of the original sword cultivator of Cangjian Peak.

But now it seems that things are not that simple.

The reason why those disciples of Cangjian Peak of Qingyun Sect became sword slaves.

Perhaps it is mainly related to the distorted way of heaven in the Nine Realms.

Tian Kui, who was walking in front, also noticed Lu Chen's thoughtful look, so he asked curiously: "Daoyou, have you also encountered sword slaves outside?"

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen replied, "I have indeed encountered some similar beings."

Tian Kui looked surprised, and then said: "That fellow Taoist has indeed rich experience. After all, I have never met a sword slave except in this Prison Sword Sect."

"After all, if you want to become a sword slave, you must at least have the sword spirit to enter the Dao."

“Although the Sword Ancestor’s body is dead, his true spirit has been sealed in the Sword Prison Gate, occupying the Nine Realms Sword Dao.”

"Without the permission of the Sword Ancestor, no one in the Nine Realms can enter the Dao with the sword, and naturally no one can become a sword slave."

"It seems that you, my friend, are not from the Nine Realms."

Lu Chen had no intention of hiding Tian Kui's test.

After all, at his current level, he has nothing to fear except for beings of the same level as the humans.

So he nodded and admitted directly: "Yes, my roots are definitely not in the Nine Realms."

Tian Kui suddenly realized and said, "No wonder you can cultivate such a sword spirit. It seems that the heavenly way where you are has not been corrupted by karma. It is really enviable..."

Lu Chen keenly grasped some key information from these words and asked, "Could the karma corruption you mentioned be the root cause of the changes in the Nine Realms?"

Tian Kui nodded and brought them to the core mountain of the Prison Sword Sect.

And this mountain was the hilt of the huge sword that Lu Chen saw from the border at that time, which was inserted into the corpse.

However, the middle area of ​​the hilt was artificially hollowed out by the people of the Prison Sword Sect to create a special cave.

And this cave is called... Locking Sword Abyss.

"Okay fellow Taoist, we're here."

"This Sword Abyss is the most critical place of my Sword Prison Sect."

"The answers you want are all here."

(End of this chapter)