As dusk approached, the sun sank westward.
After wandering all around the Sword Sect, Xu Xing arrived at the outer sect's Sword Enforcement Hall.
A pitch-black statue shaped like a longsword stood upon the earth. The glow of the setting sun spilled over it, drawing out a long shadow across the ground.
Behind the black sword-shaped statue stood a towering gray structure.
The building's surface was covered in blood-red talismanic inscriptions. A heart-palpitating curtain of light flowed across them, like blood continuously sliding down a blade.
If someone looked down from above, they would discover that the area occupied by the Sword Enforcement Hall resonated with the surrounding auras, forming a strange formation in the unseen—as though it were sealing something...
The Sword Enforcement Hall itself and the sword-shaped structure were the core of that formation.
"No wonder Senior Sister sealed Yueling inside the War Net to reflect on herself."
Xu Xing shook his head with a soft laugh, withdrawing his gaze and looking across from the Sword Enforcement Hall.
The Yueling of old had not merely been mischievous. Even Chi Jiuyu seemed well-behaved compared to her.
It would not have been an exaggeration to call her the Sword Sect's tyrant.
Back when the Sword Enforcement Hall had not yet been moved here, several Profound Penetration Supreme Elders from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall had jointly laid down several formations here, nurturing a batch of spirit ore of exceptionally high quality that was especially suitable for forging spirit swords.
The Spirit Net had not even existed then. Whenever she was bored, Yueling's favorite thing to do was wander around every corner of the Sword Sect.
From time to time, she would also do things she believed were "good for" the Sword Sect.
Once, she passed by this place and discovered that