Divine Sword Villa.
Since that battle, Divine Sword Villa had not weakened in the slightest. Instead, it had borrowed the momentum—
"Inspector Jiang's honored presence truly makes Divine Sword Villa shine!" Shangguan Feilong came to the villa gates. The moment he saw Jiang Ning, he welcomed him with delight written all over his face.
At that moment, Jiang Ning looked at Shangguan Feilong, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes.
Shangguan Feilong, whose hair had been completely white before, now had black hair restored from white. His spirit and appearance were also far better than when Jiang Ning had last seen him.
"Villa Lord Shangguan, you look well!" Jiang Ning said.
Shangguan Feilong immediately beamed. "That's all thanks to Inspector Jiang taking away that demonic sword. Without it constantly draining my Essence, Qi, and Spirit, my physical condition naturally improved greatly."
Hearing this, Jiang Ning merely smiled.
He knew those were only Shangguan Feilong's words for appearances' sake.
Although that Spirit Sword possessed astonishing Spiritual Nature and would turn its wielder into nourishment, draining him day and night,
for the Shangguan Clan, it was a true supreme treasure.
As long as the Spirit Sword remained, the Shangguan Clan could produce a Heavenly Human Grandmaster generation after generation, allowing the Shangguan Clan to flourish without decline and preserve its family prosperity.
For a lineage, enduring prosperity and continuation were undoubtedly the most important matters of all.
As for an individual's physical condition, a Heavenly Human Grandmaster would be exhausted and reach his Life Limit after living for seventy or eighty years.
To a lineage, that was a minor matter.
If one Heavenly Human Grandmaster capable of guarding Divine Sword Villa died, there would naturally be a second one to emerge.
Sacrifice the lesser self to fulfill the greater self—that was