Ning Fengzhi: Dear Ancestor, Please Stop Talking

Original timeline—

Seeing Lu Xuan's actions on the Sky Screen, the audience was baffled.

"What is the Supreme Douluo doing? He brought His Holiness the Pope to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Did the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect offend him? Or is the next disciple the Supreme Douluo plans to take at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?!"

However.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who had been watching the Sky Screen all along, had his eyes flash brightly as he said with delight:

"The Supreme Douluo is here to discuss the sword!"

As for who he would discuss the sword with...

What nonsense. Other than Sword Douluo Chen Xin himself, who else on the continent was qualified to discuss the sword with the Supreme Douluo?

He was not bragging. It was simply the truth.

Ning Fengzhi also said happily:

"Really? Uncle Sword, congratulations!"

"If you can gain some insight from the Sky Screen, your strength will rise another level!"

Gu Rong: "..."

He was truly jealous to death of these sword users.

Why could bone users not attain enlightenment at the drop of a hat?

Sky Screen timeline—

As Lu Xuan released his sword intent.

In an instant.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin, dressed in white, appeared outside the door together with Bone Douluo Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi said warmly:

"It is an honor beyond measure for our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to receive the Supreme Douluo!"

Lu Xuan gave a faint "Mm."

Thinking that he would need Ning Fengzhi's help later, he added another sentence.

"Sect Master Ning is too courteous."

Then Lu Xuan turned his gaze toward Chen Xin.

"A level 95 Super Douluo? Barely passable."

The audience outside the Sky Screen could not help complaining.

"Only the Supreme Douluo has the right to say that. Even a level 95 Super Douluo barely catches his eye!"

Lu Xuan looked at Chen Xin and said:

"You are too weak. I will not fight you. Even if I suppress my cultivation, you still would not be my opponent. It would be rather boring."

"Let us have a round of pure swordsmanship instead!"

A sharp aura burst forth from Chen Xin.

Regardless of cultivation and strength, discussing only pure swordsmanship was exactly what he had longed for all this time!

"Supreme Douluo, please!"

They arrived at an open space within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Sword Douluo sat cross-legged and released his Seven Kill Sword martial soul. The blade hummed as an aura of extreme sharpness and killing intent rose into the air.

Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back. The Godslayer Sword floated quietly before him. The sword intent he released was faint, yet in terms of killing intent and sharpness, it far surpassed Chen Xin's.

Others could not see anything unusual.

Yet Chen Xin broke out in a cold sweat.

From his perspective, he glimpsed countless things within that trace of Lu Xuan's sword intent: slaughter amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, an unstoppable edge, the courage to sever rivers and cut seas, and even the audacity to defy heaven and slaughter gods—nothing it would not cut!

The Seven Kill Sword hummed and trembled. It actually gave rise to a trace of fear before dropping to the ground in the next instant.

Chen Xin opened his eyes, his gaze filled with bewilderment.

Had he... lost just like that?

A sword discussion did not compare cultivation. It compared one's understanding of the sword and the strength of one's sword heart!

He, Chen Xin, had immersed himself in the sword for nearly a hundred years. All his life, he had no interest in women or power; only the sword held his devotion. How could he have lost so quickly?!

Chen Xin shut himself off.

Not only Chen Xin in the Sky Screen timeline, but even Chen Xin in the original timeline suffered a tremendous blow upon seeing this scene and did not recover for a long time.

Outside the Sky Screen.

Every expert who used a sword fell silent.

The path of the sword was as difficult as ascending to heaven. If one possessed even a little talent and was fortunate enough to enter this path, then continued onward with a sincere heart, one would eventually encounter an insurmountable mountain on the road ahead. This mountain was called Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

But today!

That insurmountable mountain had been effortlessly trampled beneath someone's feet!

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Ning Rongrong said in disbelief:

"Grandpa Sword actually lost?"

In Ning Rongrong's heart, Sword Douluo was synonymous with omnipotence. Seeing him lose so easily was difficult for her to accept for the moment.

Xiao Wu curled her lips. "Isn't that normal? This Lu Xuan is a freak! No matter how strong Sword Douluo is, he is still a normal person. How could he compare to a freak?"

Zhu Zhuqing stared at Xiao Wu in bewilderment.

Xiao Wu, you are quite bold.

Everyone else respectfully called him the Supreme Douluo, yet she called him Lu Xuan and kept calling him a freak.

Little did she know, the hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit spirit had already thought it through.

No matter how vicious Lu Xuan was, he was not in her spacetime. What was there to fear? If he had the ability, he could cross time and space to come catch Sister Xiao Wu! Nyah, nyah, nyah!

Sky Screen timeline—

Chen Xin recovered from the blow, his voice dry.

"I... lost."

"I know. You do not need to emphasize it."

Lu Xuan said blandly:

"Your sword intent is not pure enough. It is far weaker than I expected. It is quite disappointing."

Chen Xin picked up the Seven Kill Sword, the hand holding it trembling slightly.

Someone had actually said that his sword intent was not pure enough?

Lu Xuan said:

"The Seven Kill Sword is founded on slaughter. While your sword intent does possess killing intent, it is also mixed with other impurities."

"By rights, a killing sword should press forward with determination. Yet I glimpsed complacency, conservatism, and contentment with the status quo in your sword intent. I do not know whether you have lived too comfortably in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for too long, or whether you truly regard yourself as merely an honorary elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"A swordsman is a swordsman first, before any other identity. Nothing should be more important than the sword in your hand."

Chen Xin fell into deep thought.

Beside him, Ning Fengzhi looked at Lu Xuan in disbelief.

Seriously, brother?

You are discussing swords, so why drag my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into it?!

So my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has been obstructing Sword Douluo's sword heart?

Outside the Sky Screen.

Chen Xin, more than twenty years later, likewise fell into deep thought.

Ning Fengzhi: "..."

Supreme Douluo, you are my father—my living ancestor!

Please, stop talking. If you keep going, I am truly afraid that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's strongest combat power will run away.

Yet Lu Xuan did not care about Ning Fengzhi's thoughts at all.

Everything he said was the truth.

The Seven Kill Sword ranked first in slaughter, yet Chen Xin had somehow comprehended a protective sword intent. Was that not ridiculous? In the original story, Chen Xin's breakthrough to level 97 after losing an arm had nothing to do with that protective sword intent. It was purely because he had accumulated enough, then endured a major setback and relied on his will to emerge from it, rebuilding himself after destruction.

If he had comprehended a purer killing sword intent, he would only have been stronger.

"A swordsman is a swordsman first, before any other identity. My Seven Kill Sword's intent is not pure enough, mixed with too many other impurities..."

The Chen Xins of both timelines muttered to themselves in unison.

The Ning Fengzhis of both timelines simultaneously broke out in cold sweat, on the verge of tears.

Lu Xuan continued his guidance.

"When first learning the sword, one learns from all schools, embraces all rivers, and accepts all things. This is called breadth."

"In the end, only when the sword heart is pure, standing like sheer cliffs, unyielding through freedom from desire, can one be considered complete."

As his words fell.

The Seven Kill Sword let out a hum.

Chen Xin bowed deeply to Lu Xuan.

"Thank you for your guidance, Supreme Douluo."

"I understand now. What trapped me was not the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but my own heart. Once my heart began considering things beyond the sword, my sword heart became clouded."

Gu Rong wanted to curse.

I am still completely confused, yet you are already saying you understood. I really need to block and delete all you sword users!