331 Old Swords and the Teenager Part Two

Swords flew out from all over the grassland without end and arrived in therainy sky before the mausoleum. Over ten swords floated around Chen Changsheng. Countless Qis arrived in an earth-shaking manner. However, no matter if it wasTeng Xiaoming’s overbearing demon techniques or Nanke’s burning true blood, heonly needed to extend his hand and grasp a sword, breaking everything in hisway with a swing. Hua Cui and Ning Qiu looked at this scene. Their faces were pale, and theyfelt their two legs go slightly soft, nearly rendered unable to stand anymore. Some of the swords were long and some were short. Some were wide and some werethin. Some were very overbearing, and some were very low-profile. Some glowedwith sacred light, and some emanated demonic Qi. However, they all had onespecial aspect. These swords… were all very well known. The Mountain Sea Sword, the Holy Maiden Sword; the Yue Maiden Sword, theAutumn Water Sword; the Jade Lake Sword, the Ten Feet Eight God Sword; theDemon Commander’s Banner Sword, the Dragoncry Sword… after hundreds of years,these exceptional, well-renowned swords that had disappeared for a very longtime finally appeared for all to see once again. At present, the swords hovered silently in the rain. Chen Changsheng stood in the rain, surrounded by the swords. In the end, time was still the greatest magical artifact. The swords that wereonce renowned had already fallen into a horrible condition. The one maintainedthe best was the temple sword of the South Stream Temple followed by theMountain Sea Sword. The remaining swords were more or less in a rather dreadfulstate. Some of the swords had the soil of the grassland on them. When the soilwas slowly washed away by the rain, it revealed rust marks. They were no longeras elegant as they were before, causing people to feel sorrow. However, in the torrential rain, the swords still exuded their cold, proud Qi. Nanke was unable to understand and even more-so unable to accept it. Just whywould these exceptional swords that were once proud without equal obey ChenChangsheng’s will? No matter how she thought about it, she was unable to findan answer.Chen Changsheng did not even know himself. He only knew that the onceexceptional swords wanted to leave the Garden of Zhou. However, for the pastcenturies, there were many human and demon cultivators that had entered thePlains of the Unsetting Sun, so just why did these swords choose him? The most important reason was the sword intent currently in the Yellow PaperUmbrella. The sword intent separated from the body of the sword hundreds of years ago,and from that day onwards, it became the only sword spirit that had freedom. Itrepresented the renowned swords that were unable to leave the Sword Pool andreleased its Qi to the outside of the plains incessantly. Chen Changsheng held the Yellow Paper Umbrella, so he could clearly feel thesword intent. When he let the sword intent enter the Yellow Paper Umbrella, it meant thereturn of an old friend that had once left the Sword Pool. He proved hiscapacity to the proud, renowned swords. However, this was not enough. Theseswords were already unused for many years, and their great ambitions hadalready slowly dwindled away. If they did not have enough certainty in leaving,they would have rather continued to sleep at the bottom of the Sword Pool. Atleast, they could last for slightly longer, otherwise, if they rose vigorouslyon their remaining sword intent for a battle and did not succeed, it wasextremely possible for the sword to break and their intent to perish. Chen Changsheng needed to prove that he had enough perseverance and power totake them out of the Garden of Zhou. The former was not a problem. He was a teenager in the middle of his youth,and his eyes were full of the thirst for freedom and life.  Originally, thelatter was a great problem, but when the Black Dragon’s spiritual soul began tosleep in his body, it was no longer an issue. The jade ruyi that held the Black Dragon’s spiritual soul was currently tiedto his wrist, glistening as the rain washed over its surface. It grew brighterand brighter. The jade ruyi was a magical artifact that the Tianhai Divine Empress carriedby her side, so it possessed her powerful Qi. Chen Changsheng’s perseverance and kindness, as well as this powerful Qi, werespread widely across the entire grassland through the sword intent and theYellow Paper Umbrella like a signal. Although the exceptional, renowned swordswere in a horrible condition, their sword intent still remained. They had seencountless experts with their masters, and they had seen and experienced anunimaginable amount of things. However, when they felt the powerful Qi from thejade ruyi, they were all startled to their core. Even if Zhou Dufu was stillalive, the owner of this powerful Qi could still take them out of the Garden ofZhou. Why would they not oblige at this point? As a result, they travelled through the rain and wind and arrived by ChenChangsheng’s side. However, where exactly were these swords located previously? Just where wasthe Sword Pool? The rain that pelted the old and renowned swords also ran down Nanke’s smallface in rivulets. Her face turned paler and paler and took on a snow-like hue akin to the templesword. The flames in her eyes were slowly extinguished, but there still was nofear to be seen—her shock and anger were an interplay of her respect to thehistories these swords represented and her disdain for Chen Changsheng.Moreover, the interaction between the two made her feel mortified, which led toa strong emotional response and nothing more. Looking at the dozen or so swords that floated silently by Chen Changsheng inthe rainy sky, she stayed silent for a while and then said, “You all were oncethe defeated by the Halving Blade. Perhaps you want to revolt today?” The swords could not understand what she said and continued to float silentlyin the rain. Cold rain dripped from the miserable broken edge of the DemonCommander’s Banner Sword, falling onto the flat portion of the upper half ofthe Mountain Sea Sword. It did not respond to her. Nanke raised the Soul Wood in her hand. The color of the Soul Wood after beingwet by the rain took on a darker shade by the minute. The monster tide surrounding the mausoleum had been growing restless for along time already, and at this moment, in the aftermath of her action, itslipped further into its berserk state. Countless mournful cries from themonsters resounded, traveling up from the surface of the grassland into the thecurtain of rain like a shockwave. She did not want to do it like this, but Chen Changsheng and those swordsforced her hand. At that moment, she could not care anymore, even if theMausoleum of Zhou would be contaminated by countless inferior monsters. The Soul Wood suddenly began to glow brightly. With the countless, terrifying roars of anger, a veritable host of waves beganto rise from the black ocean that comprised the monster tide. The grasslandbegan to tremble, soon including the mausoleum. Droves of monsters began tolaunch their attacks. Nanke looked at him and yelled, “Chen Changsheng, do you think that you canrely on some old, broken swords to survive?” Chen Changsheng looked on at the endless monster sea surrounding the mausoleumand said nothing.