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"Sigh!"

Sword God Mountain, Cliff of Reflection.

Su Fan let out a long sigh.

"Talentless trash, cast aside as a discarded pawn, engagement broken off, and now dumped by the sect onto this Cliff of Reflection for confinement—I've checked off every trope for a webnovel protagonist!"

Su Fan shook his head with a bitter smile.

Just three days ago, while still a disciple of Sword God Mountain, he had been abruptly tossed onto the Cliff of Reflection to be confined for the rest of his life, never to leave.

Any disciple confined to the Cliff of Reflection had essentially never stepped foot off it again.

This place was also known as the "Burial Sword Cliff," rumored to be the final resting place for the swords of all the past powerhouses of Sword God Mountain.

Su Fan hadn't been sent to the Cliff of Reflection because he had committed any offense; it was all due to news that had arrived three days ago.

The Gan Royal Estate, one of the three great non-royal noble houses of the Chu Kingdom, had announced that Su Fan was expelled from the estate and was no longer a young master of the Gan Royal Estate.

The catalyst for this was that Su Fan's fiancée, Wu Aoxue, the eldest daughter of the Tianwu Royal Estate—also one of the three great non-royal noble houses—had broken off their engagement!

As a cultivation failure, Su Fan instantly lost all value, and his existence had caused the Gan Royal Estate to lose face, leading to his expulsion.

He had only come to Sword God Mountain to cultivate through the connections of the Gan Royal Estate; now that his engagement was broken and he was expelled from the estate, he had become a discarded pawn.

With his mediocre talent, he was already the worst disciple in Sword God Mountain, so it was only natural that the sect would abandon him.

They threw him onto the Cliff of Reflection.

Usually, any disciple confined to the Cliff of Reflection would have their cultivation crippled, and given the harsh environment of the cliff, those without cultivation would not last long before meeting their end.

Su Fan's cultivation was not crippled.

That was because his cultivation was so appallingly low that he was barely stronger than an ordinary mortal!

Naturally, there was no need to waste effort crippling his cultivation!

Su Fan stood under the only large tree on the Cliff of Reflection, bowing his head slightly in contemplation: "With my current talent, if I cultivate diligently for a hundred years, I should be able to condense a Mystic Sword!"

Sword God Mountain specialized in the way of the sword and was once hailed as the orthodox authority of swordsmanship in the world, though it had long since declined and was not what it once was.

Even so, it was not to be underestimated.

The sword cultivation realms of Sword God Mountain were unique, divided into Mortal Sword, Mystic Sword, Spirit Sword, Void Sword, Emperor Sword, Heaven Sword, God Sword...

These corresponded to the cultivation realms: Mortal Realm, Profound Realm, Spirit Realm, King Realm, Emperor Realm, Heaven Realm, God Realm...

Only by breaking through to the Mystic Sword could one truly step into the path of cultivation and be considered a sword practitioner.

And Su Fan was currently still stuck at the early stage of the Mortal Sword...

To put it plainly, he had only learned a few sword techniques and was only slightly stronger than an average person...

Precisely because of this, when he was thrown onto the Cliff of Reflection, they couldn't even be bothered to cripple his cultivation; to put it bluntly, there was simply no cultivation to cripple.

Because he was truly that useless.

Despite his poor talent, Su Fan did not lose heart. He firmly believed that diligence could compensate for clumsiness; if his talent was lacking, he could use time to accumulate and slowly pile up his cultivation!

He also possessed the essential cheat of a transmigrator.

On his eighteenth birthday, his system had activated: the Infinite Lifespan System!

He possessed an endless, infinite lifespan and would never die from old age!

Su Fan had originally planned to lay low and develop, slowly accumulating his cultivation, with the goal of eventually outliving everyone while growing stronger and stronger!

But as it turned out, he had been thrown onto the Cliff of Reflection.

Between the broken engagement and being expelled from the royal estate, Su Fan suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

It seemed his life could be in danger at any moment!

Although he had an infinite lifespan, he could still be killed by others!

"I must improve my strength. Now that I have no background and no backing, it's easy for someone to kill me at any time!"

Moreover, the broken engagement had come too suddenly!

Su Fan couldn't help but think of the cliché plots he had often seen in the novels of his past life.

Would a love rival suddenly appear out of nowhere and send some lackey to finish him off?

It was too dangerous!

"Could throwing me onto the Cliff of Reflection actually be a form of protection?"

"It sends a message to the outside world: I am a piece of trash, tossed onto the Cliff of Reflection, destined to live a mediocre life and die in obscurity."

"In this way, no one would bother to come and kill a piece of trash like me?"

"Furthermore, the Cliff of Reflection is behind Sword God Mountain. To sneak in and kill me, one would have to pass through Sword God Mountain itself. The difficulty increases, and enemies won't have the urge to risk their lives just to kill a useless person like me."

Even so, Su Fan still felt he was in danger!

He had to improve his strength to protect himself!

"I hope I'm just overthinking things and that no cliché love rival will come to kill me!"

"However, my talent is too poor. How am I supposed to improve my cultivation?"

Su Fan was deeply troubled.

With such poor talent, it was simply impossible to increase his strength in a short period of time.

"Sigh!"

Su Fan let out a long sigh, turned around, and returned to the pitch-black cave on the Cliff of Reflection.

This was his dwelling place on the Cliff of Reflection.

Night fell, and a bright moon hung high in the sky.

Su Fan lay on the weeds inside the cave, unable to fall asleep. The sense of crisis that his life could be forfeit at any moment constantly haunted him.

"What should I do?"

"This system is too useless. Giving me lifespan is pointless; it should have improved my aptitude instead!"

Su Fan looked at the system and began to complain.

Moonlight shone in from the cave entrance, and out of the corner of his eye, Su Fan suddenly caught a glimpse of a flickering silver light.

"What is this?"

On the stone wall inside the cave, illuminated by the moonlight, a silver light the size of a fingertip appeared.

Su Fan was immediately curious. He stepped forward to take a look and discovered that the source of the silver light was a tiny pebble embedded in the stone wall.

He reached out and pressed it.

The glowing pebble sank inward.

Click!

The stone wall at the end of the cave suddenly opened up to reveal an entrance.

Su Fan was instantly invigorated. There was actually a secret inside the cave?

He recalled that the Cliff of Reflection on Sword God Mountain was also known as the Burial Sword Cliff. It was rumored that the powerful figures of Sword God Mountain would bury their swords here before they passed away.

However, to this day, no one had ever found a single buried sword on the Cliff of Reflection.

Because it was used to punish disciples, it was later renamed the Cliff of Reflection.

Could it be that those swords were all buried behind this cave?

Su Fan was incredibly excited; perhaps there was a stroke of fortune waiting inside.

He took out the Moonlight Stone he carried with him and walked toward the portal inside the cave.

The Moonlight Stone emitted a silver glow like moonlight, illuminating the surroundings of the cave.

He stepped through the door behind the cave, but after only two steps, click, his foot stepped on a sunken stone, and the door that had just opened instantly slammed shut.

Su Fan was startled. He wouldn't be trapped and left to die here, would he?

He lifted his foot and stepped on the stone again, and the door opened.

Su Fan breathed a sigh of relief. After closing the stone door, he continued to walk forward.

Under the illumination of the Moonlight Stone, Su Fan soon saw the space open up, and a vast underground cavern appeared before him.

And inside the cavern were rows of graves!

Sure enough, this was a place where swords were buried; those were the swords buried by the powerful figures of Sword God Mountain!

Su Fan walked into the cavern, where a stone tablet stood at the entrance.

He shone the Moonlight Stone upon it.

"Forbidden Technique Burial Ground!"

The five pitch-black characters on the stone tablet exuded a sense of desolation that rushed toward him.

Countless years had passed, yet the sorrowful state of mind of the person who originally carved the characters still lingered upon them.

"It's not a sword burial ground?"

Su Fan was stunned. Were forbidden techniques buried here?

What kind of forbidden techniques?

Suddenly, Su Fan's eyes lit up. These forbidden techniques... could he cultivate them?