Lately, Sword-Tasting Lord seemed to have vanished without a trace. Not only had there been no sign of him anywhere, but even Lord Taihua had found nothing after searching this entire space. Everyone felt that Sword-Tasting Lord had probably died and vanished from existence, and so they gradually abandoned all hope.
Lord Taihua had lost his closest friend and returned to his bamboo-forest retreat to devote himself to comprehending the sword. He was probably dejected and exhausted in both body and mind. Unexpectedly, though, there was news of Sword-Tasting Lord this time, which naturally aroused my curiosity as well.
"Where was he found?" I wondered inwardly. Don't tell me he got drunk in some godforsaken mountain hollow and slipped into a state of tortoise breathing.
Lord Mengxue hesitated before saying, "The Sword-Testing Platform."
"The Sword-Testing Platform? The Snow Mountain Sword-Testing Platform?" I was startled. Could he be looking for me? I glanced toward the entrance, thinking Sword-Tasting Lord had arrived, but Lord Mengxue shook his head and said, "Don't look. He isn't outside. He's at Sword-Hiding Mountain. And for now, if you want to see him, you can—unless you can defeat him."
"What do you mean?" I asked in shock.
"Xia Ruize mastered the nine miraculous techniques. Relying on the final technique, he has cut his way through one trial after another these past few days and reached the final five-hundredth level of Sword-Hiding Mountain's Sword-Testing Platform. And the one guarding the final trial is none other than Sword-Tasting Lord," Lord Mengxue said.
"How is that possible? Xia Ruize mastered the nine miraculous techniques?" I was utterly astonished. The final technique of the nine miraculous techniques required one to comprehend a new law. The minimum standard was to reach a state where no move could counter it; otherwise, the other