King of Wheel-Turning and the others in the Underworld excelled at formations, divination, and all sorts of strange arts, so they were the ones tasked with studying the rune rubbings on the White Jade Tablets.
Su Xin stayed in the Underworld for a few days, working with its many experts to study the Sword Canons they had seized from the Nine-Layer Sword Pavilion.
If he wanted to bring out the true power of Sword Twenty-Three, he needed to keep fusing powerful sword arts into it.
Unfortunately, there were limits to what a person could do. Sword manuals acquired from the outside world were nothing like those obtained from the system, which came with a natural five percent proficiency. If Su Xin wanted to master them, he would still have to cultivate and comprehend them gradually.
The Underworld had many experts, and some of their insights into martial arts surpassed even Su Xin's.
Exchanging ideas and cultivating martial arts with them had helped Su Xin make considerable progress.
After spending a few days in the Underworld, Su Xin left with all the rune rubbings. After all, he needed to deal with the Qingcheng Sword Sect before turning his attention to anything else.
Back in Shengjing City, Su Xin first went to see Tie Zhan.
Seeing Su Xin return, Tie Zhan asked, "Did it work?"
Su Xin smiled and nodded. "It went smoothly enough."
Hearing that, Tie Zhan drew a sharp breath.
When he had first heard Su Xin's plan, he had felt it was feasible, but in the end, everything had been based on Su Xin's deductions.
The human heart was the hardest thing in the world to fathom. No one could know whether some unexpected turn might throw the plan off course.
Only two months had passed, yet Su Xin