Chapter 40 The Sword Competition Is a Speciality of Mount Shu, I Have to Taste It

With his outstanding character and charm, after subduing the Thunderbolt Sword, Ling Yunpo holed up in the Green Spiral Peak and focused on practicing sword control with Senior Sister An.

Occasionally, he would load and go to Qiu Changtian’s place to secretly practice how to fire the Jade Pivot Lightning. Or perhaps, he could go to Penglai Temple as Luo Yan to attend classes and deal with Miss Shi.

Time passed, and it was finally the day of the competition.

At noon, sword lights descended one after another on the peak of Mount Shu Golden Peak.

Most people were here to observe the sword competition. There were also some who were on good terms with the Purple Cloud Peak or had a grudge against the Green Spiral Peak. All of them had ulterior motives.

Lou Zhizheng was standing alone on the south side of the arena with his sword behind his back.

After a while, two sword lights landed on the north side. They were Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu.

“Since you’re here,” Lou Zhizheng said, “you can tell me your last words before the sword contest begins.”

His voice was loud and full of energy, causing the sky above the peak to buzz.The surrounding Foundation Establishment disciples all said in shock.

“Could this person have really entered the Purification realm?!”

No matter what the rumors were, in the eyes of most Mount Shu disciples, competing in swordsmanship has to be upright. Victory and defeat should be honorable.

It was shameless to use such a sinister move. For example, the challenger was in the same realm of the challengee when he issued the notice of duel, but then the challenger would then deliberately force himself to break through to the next realm on the day of the competition.

Now that they saw that Lou Zhizheng had really broken through to the Purification realm with the help of the secret technique, they all booed enthusiastically.

“Tsk, schemes are also part of the sword competition. What do you fools know!” Lou Zhizheng was completely unconcerned. He just crossed his arms and sneered.

Using the secret technique, Purple Cloud Summit, to forcefully break through would also greatly damage his future cultivation.

ce he had paid such a price, he would definitely beat Ling Yunpo to death this time. He would do whatever it took to damage his bones. It was only when An Zhisu couldn’t bear it anymore and was willing to offer the immortal sword in exchange for spirit stones that he would stop. Then, he would defeat Ling Yunpo and let him go.

In that case, the plan was perfect. It was flawless.

The only regret was that no advanced senior brothers from the Purple Cloud Peak came to watch. If a Perfect Golden Core stood on the sidelines, no one would dare to disturb him!

Listening to the waves of boos outside the arena, Lou Zhizheng’s eyes twitched. He secretly suppressed his anger and clenched his fists tightly.

“That guy doesn’t seem to be popular,” Ling Yunpo said.

“Don’t take those outsiders to heart,” An Zhisu said with a smile. “Just do your best.”

When Ling Yunpo stood still in the arena, the surrounding crowd burst into even louder boos. The viciousness of the curses and the sharpness of the curses shocked him.

“Is this the new disciple of the Green Spiral Peak? Why is he so blind to want to join the evil land of the Green Spiral Peak?”

“Is he the junior brother of that Grass-cutting Sword Immortal? I heard that he’s only at the Qi Refinement Realm. He’ll definitely die this time.”

“Hahaha, no matter which side is seriously injured or died tragically, it’s a satisfying thing. After the sword competition, I’ll treat everyone to wine.”

I just said that the other party is really unpopular. I didn’t expect my reputation to be so bad, Ling Yunpo thought to himself.

As for why this was the case, he had already roughly found out during the time before the competition.

It was said that his cheap master, Su Jian, was originally the killing machine of Master. Just the number of Perfected Ones and elders who had died in his hands was countless. It was only because he was in seclusion that he faded from everyone’s sight.

As for his Senior Sister An Zhisu, although she was usually gentle and considerate, she was a little killer in the eyes of outsiders.

There were even rumors in the outside world that if there was a slight conflict, she would smile and slash people with her sword. Not to mention that she was very powerful. Without at least a hundred disciples of the same level, she could not be restrained at all.

If it weren’t for the fact that Mount Shu had a sect rule that said that sword duels aren’t allowed to have people of different realms, the Perfected Golden Cores would have long rushed over to kill her.

The old and young of the Green Spiral Peak had suppressed the other peaks and many fellow disciples of Mount Shu for a long time. As a result, the reputation of the Green Spiral Peak was so bad in Mount Shu that it was almost second only to the Devil Sect.

From this, it could be imagined how much discrimination and blame Ling Yunpo would receive in the outside world as a disciple of the Green Spiral Peak.

Before the competition began, there was a commotion of curses.

They scolded Lou Zhizheng for being unscrupulous and for being a disgrace to Mount Shu.

They scolded Ling Yunpo for being a disciple of the “killing machine”, that he should die early.

Their curses were comparable to a ninth-rank flying sword. They simply wanted to skin the two people alive in front of everyone.

An Zhisu stood at the side of the stage, frowning slightly. It was obvious that she could not hide her worry.

Although Junior Brother was strong, this was the first time he had seen such an away-team formation. He wouldn’t feel pressured, right? She thought about it, and became more worried.

When a certain disciple saw this, he felt a little happy.

This disciple also had a grudge against the Green Spiral Peak. His senior sister, whom he admired, had once challenged An Zhisu. In the end, her Intrinsic Sword was broken, and her cultivation level was greatly reduced. She could not recover from her setback after that. Six years ago, she asked to be released from Mount Shu.

He usually did not dare to provoke the Green Spiral Peak. Seeing An Zhisu’s expression was gloomy because Ling Yunpo was surrounded by public opinion, he mustered his courage and came over to ridicule her.

“Senior Sister An, I didn’t expect your Green Spiral Peak to be so obsessed with sword duels. He can even do something like a Qi Refinement Realm challenging a Purification Realm?

“Tsk, tsk, tsk. Senior Sister, you’ve always been carefree with your sword, but there are times when you make mistakes. Now, you have to collect your junior brother’s corpse.”

An Zhisu smiled faintly and said, “Sword competition is a method for us sword immortals to break through. It’s only when we’re on the verge of death that we can have a great opportunity to achieve enlightenment.

“By the way, you should be a disciple of the Emerald Bamboo Peak, right? I wonder if your Senior Brother Jin, who is in the Transformation realm, has recovered from his injuries from the sword competition last time?

“If he’s better, please tell me. I’ll come again in a while.”

At first, the disciple only sneered. When he heard the latter words, his expression changed and his heart skipped a beat.

Initially, he just wanted to mock her, but he did not expect to get his senior into trouble.

If Ling Yunpo died in the sword competition, Senior Brother Jin would be half-dead from Killer An’s anger!

He looked at the surroundings. Not to mention the Purple Cloud Peak, none of the Transformation Realm disciples in Mount Shu dared to come!

They must have been afraid that Ling Yunpo would unfortunately die later and Killer An would go berserk on the spot to find someone to compete with her sword to vent her anger. Therefore, they had long hidden!

The more he let his imagination run wild, the more terrified he became. He could only muster up his courage again and lower his voice to An Zhisu, saying a few words of submission.

Seeing him so timid, An Zhisu couldn’t help but smile and comfort him.

The disciple’s expression became even worse when he heard that. He thought to himself that this Grass-cutting Sword Immortal was really vicious. How could she have such a treacherous smile?

He could only quickly find an excuse to leave and take the opportunity to make a hand seal to rush back to the Emerald Bamboo Peak to inform his Senior Brother Jin.

However, Senior Brother Jin turned pale with fright and scolded him fiercely. Then, he immediately left Mount Shu overnight on his sword and hid outside.