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He Qingling, of course, recognized these two long swords.

When she was young, she often went to Yulai Tower near Xuansheng Sect. Her favorite thing was listening to the storytellers there recount tales from a world far, far beyond her reach.

Of all those stories, the tragic heroism of Empty Mountain Sect fascinated her most.

And among the names of Empty Mountain Sect's disciples, Li Haowen had left the deepest impression on her.

Not a "favorable" impression, of course.

The abandoned dog of Yuanhua Mountain, the hunting dog of Empty Mountain Sect, Li the Dog, Li the Beast, Li Quan...

Even the somewhat derogatory "Li the God of Slaughter" was the most respectable of the titles people had given Li Haowen.

The two long swords in the hands of the old stallkeeper before her, who wore the robes of Xingtian Gate, were the very swords Li Haowen had carried with him.

Yuan Ji Sword and Xiao Hua Sword.

They had originally been the peak swords of Yuanhua Mountain, Empty Mountain Sect. It was said that the two swords had once been used by True Person Minghua, Xie Shou Zhuo, in his youth. Their symbolic value to Empty Mountain Sect far exceeded their practical worth.

Hundreds of years ago, Yuanhua Mountain's Sword-wielding Elder should have wielded Yuan Ji Sword, while its Chief Disciple should have wielded Xiao Hua Sword.

Li Haowen, then Yuanhua Mountain's Chief Disciple, had been allowed to wield Yuan Ji Sword entirely because of the favoritism of his master, Wei Mian, Sword-wielding Elder of Yuanhua Mountain.

Xiao Hua Sword, meanwhile, had been wielded by Lin Xinyang, another outstanding disciple of Yuanhua Mountain at the time.

This was entirely against the rules.

"Why be so bound by all those rules and regulations?"

That year, when the storyteller at Yulai