329 Mountain Sea Sword

The torrential rain continued to fall. Teng Xiaoming stood up with greatdifficulty and wiped away the blood from the corner of his lips. He looked atthe metal sword in Chen Changsheng’s hand and was shocked speechless. Hethought, just what sword is that to actually possess such terrifying weight,such thunder-like power, and such an unimaginably thick sword intent? Where didthe metal sword come from? Why did it appear before the mausoleum? Chen Changsheng knew the metal sword came from the Sword Pool, but he did notknow of its exact location despite having known of its existence inside thegrassland of pouring, torrential rain. At the same time, he came to know of themetal sword’s history the moment he grabbed ahold of it. In the history of the path of the sword, this metal sword had widespreadrenown. It was called the Mountain Sea Sword. Countless years ago, the Heavenly Tomes transformed into countless meteors anddescended in rolling flames, falling into the centre of the continent, andformed the current-day Mausoleum of Books. Other than the stone monoliths,there were also countless pieces of meteorite shrapnel. People of the pastcollected the meteorite shrapnel and used all methods at their disposal tosmelt it. In the end, they smelted meteorite metal, which was also known as theTrue Metal of Meteorites. The meteorite metal was different from the metals onthe continent. It was extremely heavy, extremely dense, extremely strong, andextremely tough; it could be said to be the best material for forging swords.Actually, most of the meteorite metal of the continent was used to make asingle sword. This was also the black and heavy metal sword currently in Chen Changsheng’shand. It was heavy like a mountain and mighty like the sea, so it was given the nameMountain Sea Sword. The metal pole in Teng Xiaoming’s hand only contained two taels of the TrueMetal of Meteorites, and already it was as heavy as a mountain. Besides, theentire sword was made out of meteorite metal, so just how heavy and just howterrifying was it? The Mountain Sea Sword was very well known in history. No matter in thebattlefield or outside the Tong Palace, the sword and its appointed successorsacted out scenes of partings and reunions as magnificent as life and death.Before the metal sword, it was not known how many experts and famous people hadbeen crushed. However, the person who really made the Mountain Sea Sword seemthe most splendid was its last recorded owner.  Thousands of years ago, an expert called Xike appeared. He carried thebloodline of the White Emperor and was said to cultivate the methods of thelong extinct Buddhism. Coupled with his innate divine strength, just by powerand bearing, he could be ranked within the top three in all of history. When helifted the heavy metal sword, he could even fight armies numbering in the tensof thousands. Only such an expert had the qualifications to use the Mountain Sea Sword andto display the entirety of its power. Furthermore, only the Mountain Sea Swordcould match up to such a peerless expert. No one knew whether it was Xike whohad allowed the Mountain Sea Sword to gain its ageless fame of fighting prowessor if it was the Mountain Sea Sword that had allowed him to create countlessstorms on the continent in his time. In short, the metal sword and a matchingexpert in unison gave rise to a legend of countless victories. Xike carried the Mountain Sea Sword and consecutively defeated the experts ofthe continent. The Head Instructor of the Scholartree Manor and the Grand Elderof the Longevity Sect of that time were all people vanquished by him. He wastyrannical without equal, and some people even believed he had already enteredthe Saint Realm. In the end… just like many peerless experts before him, heentered the Garden of Zhou full of arrogance and ultimately left it in adownhearted state as though he had lost his soul. The Mountain Sea Sword neverappeared by his side again. Afterwards, after three years, in a very randomconflict in the Yunyang City, he died at the hands of a junior who had justbegun to rise in fame…  This question seemed to have finally reached an answer. Without the MountainSea Sword, he was just an ordinary expert. However, the Pope had a completelydifferent perspective on this. He believed above all that the most importantthing Xike had lost, after being bested in melee against Zhou Dufu, was not thesword but his proud and overbearing heart of the sword. This was the Mountain Sea Sword. If it was placed among a pile of the ten mostfamous swords in the world, regardless of who it was, they would all definitelychoose this metal sword. The Mountain Sea Sword was made out of the mostvaluable meteorite metal and had required the longest time to forge, so it wasthe most valuable. No matter who was in possession of this metal sword, theywould all become so excited that they were unable to control themselves, unableto believe their own luck. Chen Changsheng was also beside himself with joy. Hethought that if he could bring this metal sword out of the Garden of Zhou, itwas the most suitable in Xuanyuan Po’s hands. Also, Zhexiu had always said thathe wanted a sword, so shouldn’t he also get a sword for him? Only at this moment did he realise that, originally, the upper part of themetal sword was not naturally straight. The rumor that the Mountain Sea Swordwas definitely edgeless was wrong. Speaking of which, such a divine weapondefinitely had an edge hidden to its bluntness, but it was chopped off… justwhat blade chopped it off? To actually be able to chop off a part of theMountain Sea Sword, just how powerful was the blade? And just how powerful wasthe person? The Mountain Sea Sword had already disappeared from the world for almost athousand years, leaving behind nothing but hearsay and myths. That was also whyTeng Xiaoming was unable to recognise it from the onset. However, after lookingat it a few times, and thinking about the huge power that was like a mountainand boundless as the sea exuding from the metal sword, he very naturallyguessed the origin of the metal sword. As a result, he was even more shocked.He did not say anything and only slightly furrowed his brows. It was unknownwhat he was thinking about. Nanke also recognised the origin of the metal sword. Her clear voice piercedthrough the curtain of rain, and she spoke with a voice that was filled withanger and confusion, “This is impossible, why would the Mountain Sea Swordappear for you?!” Chen Changsheng did not say anything. He lifted the metal sword and pointed itat her from far away, through the wind and rain. Actions were much morepowerful than words. If the Mountain Sea blade did not appear for him, why wasit currently in his hands? “Also, you don’t understand the Mountain Sea Sword’s sword style at all! Justwhy are you able to use it to such a great extent?” Nanke asked a veryimportant question. Just as how it was before, even if the Mountain Sea Bladehad retained its sword intent, without the matching sword style and consideringChen Changsheng’s cultivation level of upper level Ethereal Opening, just howcould he defeat a Demon General so easily and effortlessly? Chen Changsheng did not hide anything and said to her, “I have read relativelymany books.” This was what Gou Hanshi had said to him at the Ivy Festival the year before,and also what he had said to Gou Hanshi. Also, only he and Gou Hanshi had theright to say that to each other. Anyone else could not, because nobody had readmore books than he and Gou Hanshi. In the three thousand scriptures of the Daoist Canon, stars were connected toeverything. There were beautiful colors like jade, as well as thousands ofmethods. These methods were the gate to enlightenment. After saying that, Chen Changsheng suddenly began to feel that he rathermissed the Ivy Festival, missed the capital, and missed the Orthodox Academy.The disputes during those times were all disputes over will and spirit. It wasnot related to life and death. It did not separate humans and demons. It didnot have shameless assassinations, ambushes, and betrayal. Thinking of it now,he could not help but find the disputes to be ridiculous, but they were alsocute. Compared to the bloody scenes in the Garden of Zhou, how could he notmiss those times? The surroundings of the mausoleum fell silent again. It was because thelegendary Mountain Sea Sword had appeared, because Chen Changsheng actuallyknew how to use the Mountain Sea Sword, and most importantly, because it wasnot sword intent but a real sword. Not many people knew that a sword had alsoappeared in the Garden of Zhou once before, which was then taken away by Su Li.To Nanke and the other demon experts, the metal sword that Chen Changsheng heldwas the first sword to appear in the Garden of Zhou. What did this mean? Thiswas unprecedented, and the unprecedented often came along with the sound ofthunder and great changes. Just where did this heavy, black, metal sword appear from? Did its appearanceout of nowhere mean the Sword Pool was also about to appear? Would thoselegendary famous swords also appear soon after? What made Nanke most confused,or even angry, was that she did not understand why the Sword Pool wanted tohelp Chen Changsheng. She looked at the dusky plains that surrounded themausoleum. She let the rain wash down her pale small face and looked on for avery long time with her eyes squinted. However, she still could not find anyclues to the Sword Pool. This caused her to grow more and more silent. “Will there still be more swords that appear? Will those swords continue tohelp you? Just like the peerless sword intent and overbearing metal sword? Evenif they do, do you know all the sword styles? I don’t believe it.” Nanke thought about these matters and then extended her two hands towards thetorrential rain. With her action, the complexion of the two maids that always stood behind herin the rain suddenly turned pale. Especially in Hua Cui’s charming eyes wasrevealed an extreme pain, which was followed by blood spraying from her mouth. Nanke’s petite body trembled slightly, as if she was about to keel over in therain, but in the end, she did not. An extremely cold Qi exuded from her bodyand mixed with the trail of blood that Hua Cui had spat out. Hua Cui’s blood was green. The trail of green blood was not diluted by the torrential rain. After itmixed with Nanke’s cold Qi, it instead became more concentrated. It wasextremely demonic. When it was about to be concentrated, the edges vaguelymoved up and down. That was a Peacock Plume. With a whoosh, the Peacock Plume that at the same time seemed fake and realpierced through countless curtains of heavy rain and shot towards him. The Peacock Plume contained Nanke’s true blood and burnt with flame as it cameinto contact with the rain. It burnt fiercely along the way, and even the heavyrain could not weaken the flames by a little. Instead, it caused the flames tobecome more and more berserk. Since escaping into the grassland, Chen Changsheng had treated Xu Yourongalong the way, so he understood extremely well the terrifying aspects of thePeacock Plume. He did not know whether the Yellow Paper Umbrella could receivethe burning of the peacock true blood, and as for the poisons in the peacocktrue blood, it caused even him to be fully alert. He could not help but admit that Nanke’s will in battle and resolution wereformidable to a terrifying degree, far exceeding the maturity and grimness ofthose of the same age. She did not hesitate to waste her most valuable trueblood to counter Chen Changsheng’s sword and umbrella. The strength of theheavy, black metal sword was without equal, and it was overbearing like amountain and the sea. However, it lost its flexibility in some situations,especially in Chen Changsheng’s hands. The Yellow Paper Umbrella became evenswifter and more powerful with the sword intent, but it was unable to chopthings like poisons and true blood into fragments. Chen Changsheng did notreally care if he was poisoned, but he did not want to come in contact witheven a sliver of the poisonous blood. In the blink of an eye, he thoughtthrough countless methods on how he could use the sword, the dagger, and theumbrella in response to the Peacock Plume, but he discovered that there were nomethods that were perfect. However, if he had that sword, perhaps he couldovercome this hurdle.