The Chu Family was so vast and wealthy—why keep so many broken swords?
Chu Jiucheng explained unhurriedly, "Every broken sword here once belonged to an elder of the Chu Family who defended the nation. Back then, their masters died for their country, and the sword souls were severely damaged as well. They truly could not be repaired, so they became broken swords and were later kept here."
"I see."
Lin Qi asked again, "Famous swords all possess their own pride and find it difficult to coexist with other swords. How does the Chu Family keep tens of thousands of swords together in one place?"
Chu Jiucheng lifted his chin slightly and pointed ahead. "Because it stands guard over them."
Following Chu Jiucheng's gaze, Lin Qi saw that beyond the myriad swords, a snow-white longsword was embedded in a sword pedestal.
Its blade was white as frost, its sharp edge radiating a chilling cold. A powerful pressure blanketed the thousands of swords below the platform.
That was why the myriad longswords beneath it remained so well-behaved.
"This sword... could it be the legendary Sky Frost Sword?"
She had heard that the Chu Family possessed two divine swords. One existed only in scattered fragments of legend, while the other was the Sky Frost Sword, whose existence had been confirmed.
It was said that the Sky Frost Sword had not originally been a sword, but a wisp of frost soul that lived upon the northwestern ice plains. Then, an ancestor of the Chu Family, a Sword Saint, comprehended the Dao in the Western Continent and ascended.
The frost soul received an infusion of sword intent and formed into a snow-white longsword.
Seeing that fate had brought them together, the ascending Sword Saint ancestor deliberately remained in the lower realm for several days, pouring