This Is How You Ask for Help?

Ancient Evolution Sword Palace, Sword Washing Pool.

All eyes were on them!

"Wushuang, prepare to break through!"

Ji Yaoyue let out a sharp cry, forming hand seals in rapid succession. One True Essence rune after another flew toward Ji Wushuang, providing him with support.

"Today, I, Ji Wushuang, will surely condense Ten Thousand Sword Intent and set foot upon the supreme Dao of Sword!"

His resounding voice echoed without end.

Everyone held their breath, staring fixedly at the scene before them.

The next moment.

Ji Wushuang suddenly spread his arms wide, and hazy streams of Sword Qi burst forth around him!

This was precisely the sign that the Profound Heaven Sword Body had been fully activated.

"Rumble!"

The vast Sword Washing Pool suddenly boiled over. Extraordinary Sword Intent surged within it, as though it had finally awakened after slumbering for hundreds and thousands of years.

Some Sword Intent was soft and flowing, some swift, some strange and treacherous, some violent, some ethereal...

Such astonishing momentum made even the elders present gaze on in envy!

The path of cultivation was difficult every step of the way. The more extraordinary one's foundation, the farther one might go in the future.

And the extraordinary potential Ji Wushuang displayed was truly astounding!

"Wushuang, how do you feel?" Ji Yaoyue asked with concern.

Ji Wushuang smiled faintly and said excitedly, "Reporting to Master, I feel... absolutely wonderful! My Profound Heaven Sword Body will definitely absorb Ten Thousand Sword Intent and transform my Seventh Grade Golden Core into a Ninth Grade one!"

As he spoke, his outstretched arms slowly rose upward. His entire person seemed like a treasured sword tearing apart the heavens!

For a time, the spectators above the Sword Washing Pool began discussing among themselves.

"Has Vast Sword Sect's luck become too good? First, they produced a monster like Chen Xuan. After he was crippled, Ji Wushuang emerged... They're simply stealing the limelight among the Nine Sects Thirteen Schools!"

"So this is the Profound Heaven Sword Body? Worthy of being one of the finest spirit bodies—it's truly badass!"

"Ahhh! Ji Wushuang is so handsome! I want to sleep with him, or have him sleep with me..."

"At the end of the year, the Heaven Desolate Supreme Genius Competition, held once every sixty years, will begin! If Ji Wushuang truly condenses a Ninth Grade Golden Core, he will be one of the favorites to claim first place!"

All sorts of discussions continued without end. Quite a few people even brought up Chen Xuan, using him as a cautionary example.

At this moment, Ji Wushuang's arms had already risen above his head...

He shouted excitedly, "Swords, come! Myriad Swords Return to Origin!!!"

"Rumble!"

Countless strands of extraordinary Sword Intent surged within the Sword Washing Pool as though summoned, shooting out in a rolling torrent like the waters of a great river!

All of them rushed straight toward Ji Wushuang...

"Snap!"

Chen Xuan gave a mocking smile and leisurely snapped his fingers.

The next second.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The vast, boundless Sword Intent instantly collapsed and returned to the Sword Washing Pool, while the Sword Intent Lotuses it emitted all shattered and vanished!

Everyone standing atop the Sword Intent Lotuses was shocked and hurriedly soared into the air in disarray.

Some who were caught off guard fell like dumplings into a pot.

Cries of alarm rang out endlessly!

At that moment, the entire Ancient Evolution Sword Palace seemed to have had its power cut off, coming to an abrupt standstill!

What dazzling radiance? What vibrant Sword Intent? All of it vanished!

"Ah! No!..."

Ji Wushuang screamed as he uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood, suffering a powerful backlash.

He cried out in terror, "Save me..."

"Wushuang, do not fear!"

Ji Yaoyue cried out and rushed forward to save him at once.

After examining Ji Wushuang's condition, a thick layer of frost immediately covered her face!

At that moment, Li Yinglian flashed over as well and helped Ji Wushuang regulate the backlash within his body...

"Chen Xuan!!!"

Ji Yaoyue shouted sharply, shooting straight toward the Servant Disciple area.

No longer caring about her image, she roared, "Look what you've done!!! How vicious can you be? Are you trying to kill Wushuang?"

Everyone was startled by Ji Yaoyue's roar and turned to look over.

"You're jealous of Wushuang's peerless talent, so your heart became twisted and you did this, didn't you?" Ji Yaoyue demanded furiously.

"I'm not jealous of him," Chen Xuan said flatly.

Yet upon hearing this, Ji Yaoyue grew even angrier.

She shouted sternly, "You dare act but refuse to admit it? You wretch, you're truly hypocritical and shameless! The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Evolution Sword Palace obeys you alone! If you hadn't secretly instructed it, would it have stopped so abruptly at such a critical moment?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the way everyone looked at Chen Xuan changed.

A former Saint Son who had become a cripple still possessed such an important privilege?

In a sense, the Ancient Evolution Sword Palace still belonged to him!

Though it was somewhat absurd, it made people inexplicably want to sigh with emotion.

At this moment, Chen Xuan retorted bluntly, "You were the one who told me to have the Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Evolution Sword Palace activate it completely. Now that something has gone wrong, what the hell does that have to do with me?"

"You bastard! I told you to have the Ancient Evolution Sword Palace activate completely, not to have it fall completely silent!" Ji Yaoyue snapped, suppressing her rage.

As a result.

Chen Xuan merely stared at Ji Yaoyue as though she were a purebred idiot.

Only then did he say unhurriedly, "How many Spirit Stones do you think it takes every hour to fully activate such an enormous sword palace? And how many Spirit Stones do you think it takes to draw forth Ten Thousand Sword Intent? It running out of power is perfectly normal!"

"I..."

Ji Yaoyue was choked by those words, nearly coughing up a mouthful of old blood.

"For the past twenty-odd years, I have been using the Spirit Stones inside the Panlong Treasure Ring to keep the sword palace running! At least over a million High-Grade Spirit Stones have been spent!"

"Now that I, Chen Xuan, have been driven to stand in the Servant Disciple area, what obligation do I have to keep contributing? Am I an idiot?"

"Since Ji Wushuang is so damn impressive and declared that he would use Myriad Swords Return to Origin to raise the grade of his Golden Core, shouldn't he be the one paying for the Spirit Stones? That's reasonable, isn't it?"

Chen Xuan spoke at an unhurried pace, his tone dripping with mockery!

"Boom!..."

The entire scene exploded into uproar!

Dugu Xie and the other members of the Nine Sects Thirteen Schools even began mocking Vast Sword Sect one after another.

Chen Xuan's contributions could be called immeasurable!

Yet barely more than a month after he self-detonated his Ninth Grade Golden Core, he had become the target of ridicule throughout the sect. How truly pitiful!

These people from Vast Sword Sect had pig brains. They were used to receiving benefits, yet had even forgotten where those benefits came from!

Wasn't this far too greedy and excessive?

Ji Yaoyue's eyes blazed with fury as she said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense! Tell me! How many Spirit Stones are needed to make the sword palace operate again? Wushuang suffered a backlash, and his situation is critical!"

She knew very well that Ji Wushuang's condition was extremely dire!

He had forcibly activated the Profound Heaven Sword Body but failed to draw in the vast Sword Intent, which was no different from self-harm.

Now, the sooner Ten Thousand Sword Intent was drawn into him, the more beneficial it would be for his recovery!

Seeing Chen Xuan acting indifferent, Ji Yaoyue completely lost her patience!

She roared, "You bastard! I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me? If anything happens to Wushuang, don't think you'll get off easy either!"

The people from the Nine Sects Thirteen Schools exchanged looks, all watching with glee at her misfortune.

Tsk, tsk!

Ji Yaoyue, the so-called aloof fairy, was unexpectedly so rough with her disciple... She was asking someone for help while still threatening them. It truly opened everyone's eyes!

Chen Xuan smiled faintly before finally saying calmly, "This is how you ask for help?"