The Hidden Sword Convention hosted by Hidden Sword Manor appeared to be nothing more than countless people coming to select those hundred longswords.
The Hidden Sword Convention had been underway for quite some time.
What seemed like a simple selection process was actually governed by a great many rules.
Upon arriving, Qin Shaofeng first saw the longswords embedded in massive boulders at the very center of the square before the great hall.
The swords' Sword Sheaths had all been placed not far from the boulders.
Qin Shaofeng gave them a slight probing, only to find that he could not sense the slightest hint of power from any of those longswords.
Yet with such a display laid out before them, it was clearly not something just anyone could accomplish by pulling out a sword.
Before the great hall, atop several dozen steps, the three villa masters stood in immaculate attire, their deep gazes fixed upon every person who arrived.
As their eyes swept over the crowd, it felt as though everyone present could be seen through by them.
Near the steps stood seven separate private boxes. With the formidable cultivation of Hidden Sword Manor's people, constructing or dismantling such box-like structures was obviously an exceptionally simple matter.
There were quite a few boxes, yet only four were actually occupied.
Those hostile gazes were coming from within those boxes.
Though no one explained the remaining three boxes, Qin Shaofeng could understand that they had clearly been reserved for two factions that were unlikely to come, while the last was perhaps prepared for special guests.
Although past Hidden Sword Conventions had also been grand affairs, inviting people from those two great factions had clearly been impossible.
But Endless was now completely different.
Whether Chen Qingyi did it deliberately or had long regarded those