Looking at the plainly dressed, unremarkable man before him, Lu Fenghua spoke.
"I have long heard that the sword in the Sword Master's hand is beyond the ordinary."
"Perhaps today, I will finally get to witness it."
Lu Fenghua was waiting for Chen Feng to draw his sword, yet Chen Feng's gaze remained fixed on the Nine Splendors World below.
After an unknown length of time, Chen Feng murmured, "I came from a second-rate family in Green Mountain World. Strictly speaking, I cannot be considered a Rogue Cultivator."
"When I first stepped into the Cultivation World, I too was high-spirited, just like so many others."
"But it was also then that I vaguely sensed a kind of restraint."
"Back then, I did not understand where that feeling came from. It was not until much later that I realized the ones truly restraining the Pill Epoch had always been the aristocratic clans and great houses."
Faced with Chen Feng's muttering to himself, Lu Fenghua suddenly grew somewhat impatient.
"What exactly are you trying to say? Is the legendary Sword Master really this long-winded?"
Chen Feng's words were interrupted, and a subtle change appeared in his eyes.
Chen Feng slowly turned to look at Lu Fenghua, then said quietly, "I said so much because I have figured something out."
"I figured out why Teacher wanted me sealed away. I also figured out why that fellow Lu Mingyu kept urging me to leave the Pill Epoch."
"Teacher and Lu Mingyu both understand me well. They knew that once I understood the truth of it, I would surely draw my sword and confront the great houses head-on."
"But that was not yet the time to move against them, which was why they kept stopping me."
As his words fell, Chen Feng flashed to the