Chapter 25

Gu Chen helplessly tapped Baili Dongjun on the head.

"The Dao is not lightly passed on—surely you understand this principle?"

But just then, Jiang Mu Ming, having packed his own belongings, spoke up: "Baili Dongjun is a prodigy. I do indeed have a Dao to pass on to him."

"But now is not the time."

Jiang Mu Ming smiled mysteriously and said, "It must wait until he truly takes Li Changsheng as his master."

"Until he understands what real swordsmanship is."

"Then, I will pass on to him the ultimate form of the true sword!"

That was... a sword that came from three thousand li away.

That was... a sword that could scatter the mist from the mountains!

It was also... a sword that could move mountains, overturn seas, subdue demons, suppress fiends, command gods, pluck stars, sever rivers, destroy cities, and split the heavens!

Ten days later.

Just as Baili Dongjun was bidding farewell to his family at Marquis Zhenxi's Manor, Jiang Mu Ming had already set out.

Walking the road toward Tian Qi City.

Others had their own jianghu.

And Jiang Mu Ming had his.

At a roadside tea stall, A group of wandering warriors gathered.

But their discussion wasn't about blades or staves—it was about a novel that had just come from the Southwest Dao.

The title: Lin Ye!

It told the story of a youth who would rather have none than settle for less—Ning Que Wu Lan—who entered the Academy and opened the door to cultivation.

Just as the nation's fate teetered on the brink, battered by storms.

A group of people gave their all to turn the tide and save the day.

In the book, whether it was the mortal sword, the Sword Saint Liu Bai who wielded the Great River Sword Intent, Or Li Manman, who heard the Dao at dawn and entered it at dusk, Or the strongest figure in history, the Master, who defied all rules and lived in the world for a thousand years—

All of them left people in awe.

At the same time, it shattered their imagination of what a powerhouse could be. So it was true that a sword could bring the great river down from the heavens.

So it was true that one person could stand alone against the entire world.

The people of the Shaobai World had never seen such a grand realm before. So as soon as Lin Ye was released, it caused a sensation across the entire land.

Even though the Yan Family in the Southwest Dao rushed to print more copies, Supply still couldn't keep up with demand.

Countless people fought tooth and nail—

Either to get a copy of Lin Ye, or to read its continuation.

Some wandering warriors even went straight to the Yan Family in the Southwest Dao, Wanting to see who this author, signed as Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, really was.

The Yan Family, already weakened by the earlier Gu-Yan Conflict, could hardly withstand the relentless questioning from so many martial travelers.

But at the critical moment, The current head of the Yan Family, Yan Liuli, stepped forward.

Though she was a woman, She had somehow learned a set of formidable martial arts. With just a few moves, she drove those warriors back.

It was said that among them were even experts of the Free Earth Realm.

And Yan Liuli, the head of the Yan Family, had only been practicing martial arts for a month.

Truly a prodigy.

"Have you heard? Someone claims to have seen the Heavenly Stream God Finger from the book."

"Right there in the Southwest Dao, during the wedding between the Gu and Yan Families."

At the tea stall, Someone suddenly whispered.

As if he were revealing some earth-shattering secret.

The crowd was drawn in, intrigued. Though they were deeply absorbed in the world of the book, the idea that such a world truly existed in reality...

That was nothing short of a joke.

The Nine Provinces were vast, and their own Northern Li was merely a corner of it.

No one truly knew how big the world was.

But the world in Lin Ye actually existing? That was simply laughable!

The strong in that world were cultivators with powers that could shake heaven and earth!

"You don't believe me?" The man grew defiant.

He raised his voice. "Plenty of people saw it! Right in front of everyone at the wedding feast, he used a move—the Heavenly Stream God Finger."

"And word has it, he only made that move at the request of the current Yan Family head, Yan Liuli."

The crowd fell silent.

This was truly a monumental secret!

If the Heavenly Stream God Finger had really appeared in the world...