Sword Maniac's Challenge

Bi Tianyu asked, "All right. I'll be your teacher in the Martial Soul Department and help improve your strength. In return, you'll be my teacher in the Soul Tool Department and guide me on matters concerning Soul Tools. Do you agree?"

"Of course I agree!" Meng Hongchen was so excited she nearly jumped up. Being both teacher and friend with Bi Tianyu meant that if she wanted to pursue a romance, it would no longer be utterly improper. Besides, she could complete the task Grandfather had assigned her—killing two birds with one stone.

Bi Tianyu and Meng Hongchen walked out of the cafeteria. With her hands clasped behind her back, Meng Hongchen skipped along, looking exceptionally happy.

An old man's deep voice rang out. "Meng."

"Grandfather!" Meng Hongchen's face lit up. She ran to Jing Hongchen's side and told him everything that had happened.

Jing Hongchen burst into laughter and gave Meng Hongchen a thumbs-up. "Really? Good, very good. Grandfather supports you."

Bi Tianyu did not focus his attention on Jing Hongchen. Instead, he looked at the man behind him, whose looks were no less outstanding than his own. The man held a sword—a pitch-black longsword around four feet long. Its design was ancient and plain, with no distinctive features at all. It even looked somewhat like a fire poker.

He had seen this man before. He was the man aboard the Soul Tool airship when the Ice Fire Secret Realm opened, the one known as the Sword Maniac. His name seemed to be Ji Juechen, the only man in the Sun Moon Empire who had ever consumed an Immortal Grade Herb.

Yet the moment Bi Tianyu laid eyes on him, every hair on his body stood on end. This had nothing to do with the gap in their strength,