"Liu Que?" someone exclaimed in disbelief, staring at him.
Jin Wan also looked over in surprise. Liu Que? It was actually him?
Jin Zhongshan was stunned. It was actually Liu Que?
Liu Que was the Sword Tablet Liu Family's greatest prodigy of his generation. He had spent years seated outside the Sword Tablet, one of the rare Liu family disciples who could study it at will. He had lived through the era of the Four Young Ancestors, though he had still been a child back then. Liu Hao had led that generation of the Liu family, but everyone in the family knew that Liu Hao was merely a prodigy who could contend with the Four Young Ancestors' peers. Liu Que, on the other hand, was a peerless prodigy, one on whom the family had pinned great hopes—a genius believed capable of surpassing even the Four Young Ancestors.
Liu Que had never appeared, but rumors about him had grown more and more numerous, and increasingly outlandish. The most famous tale was that he had defeated Liu Lu with a single strike. Liu Lu had been of the same generation as Liu Hao. Even though his cultivation was far inferior to Liu Hao's at the time, he was no one a junior could easily defeat—let alone with just one strike.
It was said that, if Liu Que wished, he didn't even need to draw his sword.
Many suspected he might have already reached the level of the Four Young Ancestors.
"What do you mean, 'teach me'?" Lu Yin asked, confused.
Liu Que looked at Lu Yin calmly. "I'm going to make my move. Please give me your guidance." As he spoke, the sword behind him slid straight out of its scabbard and floated before him. It was an ordinary-looking sword, but it