The Emperor Sword Sect was now acknowledged as the foremost sword sect in the Burial Sword Land, and had hosted the Burial Sword Convention many times.
For all these years, they had been searching for the Heaven Burying Sword. If anyone in the Burial Sword Land knew the most about it, it was probably the Emperor Sword Sect.
But Chen Changan felt there was more to this than met the eye.
Who had hosted the first Burial Sword Convention? It couldn't have been the Emperor Sword Sect.
In other words, the Emperor Sword Sect was a rising power. Someone must have told them what they knew about the Heaven Burying Sword.
"Old man, you've been around a long time, so let me ask you: before the Emperor Sword Sect, which sword sect was the foremost in the Burial Sword Land?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"Before the Emperor Sword Sect?"
"Let me think. I think it was called... the Arrogant Heaven Sword Sect."
"Before the Arrogant Heaven Sword Sect, there was the Absolute Sword Sect. Before that... it was so long ago, I can't remember."
"Are those sword sects still around?"
"And why were they replaced?"
"Unless something went terribly wrong from within, it should be hard to shake a power that's already reached the summit, right?"
"Or are these rising powers really that strong?"
Hearing Chen Changan's questions, Old Beggar suddenly froze.
He thought it over carefully, then furrowed his brow and said, "You've got a pretty sharp mind, kid."
"After the Burial Sword Convention began, every time the foremost sword sect changed, the previous one seemed to quietly vanish from the Burial Sword Land."
"Everyone paid more attention to the new foremost sword sect, and little by little, they forgot the sects that had once ruled the