Feng Jun needed Yi Jue's covert reminders, but True Venerable Jing Nian handled things with ease.
Faced with the Nascent Soul cultivator's frosty expression, he merely smiled. "This sword intent... resembles that of an elder from my sect."
"An elder from your sect?" The Nascent Soul Initial Stage cultivator froze, and the tension in his expression eased somewhat.
Still, he remained wary. After sizing the other man up twice, he asked in a low voice, "May I ask which sect you belong to, Fellow Daoist?"
"That isn't something I can casually reveal." Jing Nian waved a hand and answered indifferently.
Feng Jun suddenly understood. No wonder that whenever he mentioned an "elder from my sect," most people rarely pressed further.
So everyone followed the same routine.
Though Jing Nian was a True Venerable, he appeared fairly amiable. "What does the Sword Sect... have to do with this sword intent?"
The Nascent Soul Initial Stage cultivator hesitated before answering slowly, "The third patriarch of my Sword Sect... shared a master-disciple connection with the owner of that sword intent."
In truth, that was an exaggeration. The third patriarch of the Sword Sect had merely met the person who delivered that sword strike and asked a few questions.
Back then, the Sword Sect had not yet been called the Sword Sect, but relying on the connection of having asked those questions, the third patriarch had forcibly claimed this place.
Of course, that senior had permitted it. The third patriarch was simply more qualified than others to occupy this place.
"A master-disciple connection?" Jing Nian smiled dismissively, immediately understanding.
If the Azure Lotus Sect had wanted to leave behind an inheritance, why would it have accepted some "third patriarch"? It would certainly have been the founding patriarch.
Besides, this so-called Sword Sect did not