Chapter 427: How Would You Choose? Would You Join Them?
The matter of the Immortal-Trapping Sword being at the Profound Mystery Sect was truly inconceivable. Doubt and fury tangled within Xie Qingxue's heart. She wanted to get to the bottom of it, yet she did not dare discuss something that concerned the Tianhe Sect's very survival through a Communication Talisman.
She simply hurried day and night back to the Tianhe Sect, intending to ask Sect Master Yan face-to-face.
"Qingxue?" Seeing her suddenly return from Nine Mountains, covered in dust from the road and unable to hide the urgency in her eyes, Sect Master Yan's expression immediately grew tense. "Could it be that Wu Shuang..."
"Junior Brother is unharmed."
Before her master, Xie Qingxue could no longer conceal the myriad doubts in her heart.
"Zheng Fa saw the Immortal-Trapping Sword!"
Sect Master Yan's face froze. Though this had caught him somewhat off guard, he was not particularly surprised.
At once, Xie Qingxue understood the truth...
"Master, the Immortal-Trapping Sword in our sect..."
"None of the Four Immortal-Slayer Swords are the Founder's original sword."
"..."
Before returning, Xie Qingxue had thought she had prepared herself for the worst.
Who could have imagined that a single sentence from her master would nearly shatter her Dao heart?
"Wh... why is it like this... Then the four swords in our sect are..."
Without realizing it, even her voice began to tremble.
Seeing her utterly flustered state, Sect Master Yan remained calm. He merely pointed to the chair before him and said gently, "Sit. We'll talk."
Xie Qingxue sat down in a daze, her eyes fixed fiercely on Sect Master Yan, as though she desperately wanted the truth from him.
Sect Master Yan pondered for a long while, seemingly arranging his thoughts, before finally speaking. "This