Nine Heavens Profound Sword
After Lian Chengyu took the stage to demonstrate his martial arts, only five contestants remained from the Mortal Blood Realm.
Apart from Yi Yun, all five of them were elites trained by the Tao Clan.
These elite Tao Clan are stronger than Lian Chengyu in terms of martial arts skills because they have teachers at the Purple Blood Peak within the Tao Clan who are far superior to Yao Yuan.
Even Lian Chengyu had to admit that their "Dragon Marrow Tiger Bones Fist" was incredibly powerful, and their level of skill was even subtly above his own!
This made Lian Chengyu feel a sense of crisis.
His preliminary results were barely in the top five, and even making it into the top five in the second round is not very secure.
As Zhang Tan had mentioned before, this Divine Kingdom Grand Selection would have three rounds of selection. Lian Chengyu didn't know if he was good at the questions for the third round. Now, Tao Yunxiao and the nine Purple Blood Warriors had already taken up ten spots, and there weren't many spots left. Lian Chengyu felt a sense of urgency.
After three consecutive elite Tao Clan completed their martial arts demonstration.
Next up is Tao Yunxiao!
As a figure whose strength has reached the pinnacle of the Mortal Blood Realm, Tao Yunxiao can be said to be the focus of everyone's attention.
Moreover, Tao Yunxiao was on the home turf of the Tao Clan. Ninety-nine out of a hundred people watching were from the Tao Clan. As the Third Young Master of the Tao Clan, Tao Yunxiao's appearance immediately drew cheers from the audience!
Amidst the cheers, Tao Yunxiao was confident; he had already made his decision!
He strode onto the white jade platform. He was certain to win this battle, and he would win in a way that would never be repeated!
In this second round of elections, his father and the chief of the Tao Clan gave him a big surprise! This surprise gave Tao Yunxiao confidence that this second round of elections would be his personal showcase!
Standing on the stage, under the gaze of so many people, Tao Yunxiao revealed an air of pride!
This is his stage, the stage where he will stride towards a glorious future!
He loved this feeling.
Looking around at the countless candidates below the stage, Tao Yunxiao smiled slightly. As for Yi Yun, he no longer considered him a threat.
Tao Yunxiao will make these people understand the huge gap between him and the other candidates, and let them know what it means to be narrow-minded and ignorant!
Tao Yunxiao waved his hand, and an old man presented Tao Yunxiao with a long, narrow object wrapped in silk.
This is a sword!
"Arms?"
People were somewhat surprised, as no one had ever demonstrated martial arts using weapons before.
Getting started with weapons isn't difficult. Even someone like Zhao Tiezhu, who has wielded a large sword or copper hammer before, can wield them with impressive skill and style.
But true martial artists don't just use weapons for show; they integrate them into their martial arts, making them a part of their bodies.
While hand-to-hand combat is relatively easy to master, it's not so easy to use swords, spears, or halberds with perfect ease.
Before reaching the Mortal Blood Realm, martial artists focus all their efforts on breaking through to the Purple Blood Realm, and generally don't have the extra time to cultivate weapon skills.
Now, on the white jade platform, Tao Yunxiao has taken out a sword, which is not just for show, but shows that he has real skill!
Tao Yunxiao is a martial artist who has trained in swordsmanship.
At the age of fourteen, he had already reached the Purple Blood Peak realm and had also mastered swordsmanship, making him nothing short of a cultivation genius.
Even Zhang Tan showed a hint of surprise when he saw Tao Yunxiao solemnly untying the strips of cloth wrapped around the sword.
He also wanted to see just how well Tao Yunxiao had mastered his swordsmanship.
The strips of cloth were all untied, revealing a short sword more than two feet long.
The sword guard has a simple and archaic design, and the hilt is covered with ancient snakeskin...
Upon seeing this sword, the Clan Elder of the Tao Clan on the platform all wore expressions of pride mixed with complex emotions.
This sword is the Ancestral Artifact of their Tao Clan!
The Ancestral Artifact of the Tao Clan was a pair of swords, one Female Sword and one Hero Sword.
The sword Tao Yunxiao is holding now is the Female Sword.
"Elder, why did you agree to let Yunxiao take out the Ancestral Artifact? Aren't you afraid that other Ancestral Artifact will covet it, which could lead to the extermination of our Tao Clan?"
The two Ancestral Artifacts of the Tao Clan are the foundation of their existence. In the past, only when wild beasts invaded would the clan's Purple Blood Peak warriors wield these Ancestral Artifacts to fight against them.
Moreover, this pair of swords also has the effect of condensing Sword Qi to cleanse the body, making cultivation with the Male and Female Twin Swords twice as effective with half the effort!
But today, during a Divine Kingdom Grand Selection, the Clan Elder of the Tao Clan gave Tao Yunxiao one of their Ancestral Artifact, the Female Sword, and asked him to demonstrate his Tao Yunxiao arts! This sounds somewhat unbelievable.
The chief elder of the Tao Clan was a gaunt old man. He pondered for a moment and said, "The Tai'a Divine Kingdom is a behemoth. How could it possibly covet our two Ancestral Artifacts? Unleashing the Ancestral Artifact might cause trouble, but if we continue to guard this secret and dare not face the challenge, our Tao Clan will perish sooner or later."
"It's time to show our strength and resources. This Divine Kingdom Grand Selection is the best opportunity. We can't stay in this barren land of Yunhuang forever. We need to go out and try to build a Lineage!"
In the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, one dares not call their Lineage indiscriminately.
Tribes like the Lian and Tao clans can only be called "tribes".
The difference between Lineage and a tribe is like the difference between a noble family in the capital and a wealthy landowner in the countryside.
The Tao Clan has existed in Yunhuang for a long time. They are ambitious and want to establish a Lineage, own their own fiefdom, and gradually develop from small to large.
Throughout the history of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, many ancient Lineage have been established from a young age in this way.
Many Lineage have even existed through several dynasties, far surpassing the royal family of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom in terms of age.
The Tao Clan had already made sufficient preparations, and this time, they took advantage of the Divine Kingdom Grand Selection to demonstrate their strength. Tao Yunxiao was very fortunate; he became the Tao Clan's representative in the Mortal Blood Realm.
"Lord Zhang, what I will be using is— the Nine Heavens Profound Sword!"
<Nine Heavens Profound Sword>?
Ordinary people had never heard of this martial art, but those who had been involved in martial arts for a long time, such as Lian Chengyu, knew about the <Nine Heavens Profound Sword>.
It is a technique that uses nine sword moves to train the muscles and bones of the whole body. It is similar to the "Dragon Marrow Tiger Bones Fist" and can complement the "Dragon Marrow Tiger Bones Fist" to a certain extent. Since Tao Yunxiao has cultivated the "Nine Heavens Profound Sword", he has naturally also cultivated the "Dragon Marrow Tiger Bones Fist".
He practiced two sets of martial arts techniques all by himself!
This made Lian Chengyu sigh, "A large tribe like the Tao Clan is different; this is the difference in their cultural heritage."
It's important to know that the Nine Heavens Profound Sword wasn't widely circulated; it was treasured by certain powerful forces, making the Secret Manual extremely difficult to obtain. Furthermore, learning the Nine Heavens Profound Sword requires the use of a sword, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of mastering it!
The Tao Clan possesses the Ancestral Artifact Male and Female Twin Swords, which can bestow mysterious power upon the warriors who wield them. When combined with the cultivation secrets of the Nine Heavens Profound Sword, they can unleash incredible power, allowing warriors to successfully break through realms during their cultivation.
This is the true foundation of the Tao Clan, the capital that has allowed them to stand firm in the Great Wilderness for thousands of years!
This foundation was kept completely secret for a long time. Today, the Clan Elder of the Tao Clan believe that the Tao Clan has accumulated enough strength and it is time to demonstrate their power and grow stronger.