,/.

Su Fan's gaze sharpened. There was something wrong with the black-robed man's tone!

After speaking, the black-robed man tilted his head and died!

"I was careless!"

Su Fan sighed. He had never expected the black-robed man to be so decisive.

He had directly killed himself rather than reveal who stood behind him.

If I'd known, I would've controlled him with the Puppet Life Forbidden Art right away!

Su Fan shook his head.

He had gripped the black-robed man by the neck, leaving him powerless to resist, yet he had not sealed away the man's cultivation.

The black-robed man had actually found an opening and severed his own life force, dying on the spot.

He had been that decisive!

"A death warrior?"

Su Fan's eyes turned icy.

"Nice move. You sent death warriors after me, huh? You can't hide forever!"

The black-robed man's trail had gone cold.

If he wanted to find out who was trying to kill him from the shadows, he could only investigate the truth behind the broken engagement.

Su Fan carried the black-robed man's corpse and vanished in a flash.

Sword God Mountain's Sword Testing Platform.

The Great Elder and the others were arranging for the disciples to return to their residences, ordering them not to leak even the slightest information about Su Fan!

Su Fan returned, carrying a black-robed man.

"Can you determine which faction he came from?"

Su Fan tossed the black-robed man's corpse onto the ground.

Ling Rushuang looked at the corpse in confusion. "This is?"

"This guy sent people to kill me time and again. I'd only just caught him when he killed himself rather than reveal the mastermind behind it."

Su Fan said coldly.

Ling Rushuang's expression changed as she said in shock, "He sent people to kill you? Who could pass through Sword God Mountain and enter the Cliff of Reflection?"

"A Sword God Mountain disciple, obviously."

Su Fan shrugged.

Ling Rushuang's face darkened. A Sword God Mountain disciple had actually violated the sect rules. Such a crime deserved execution!

"Who?"

"I already killed him!"

Su Fan tore off the black-robed man's hood, revealing the pale, utterly ordinary face of a middle-aged man.

"Look into it. Can you tell which faction he belongs to?"

The Great Elder stepped closer, scrutinized him for a long while, then shook his head. "I can't tell."

After a pause, he added, "If he was a death warrior, then unless one is extremely familiar with a certain faction, there's no way to know which faction he came from!"

Most of Sword God Mountain's affairs were handled by the Great Elder.

Since even he did not know, it meant the force behind this was not one Sword God Mountain knew well.

Of course, after Sword God Mountain had declined, there were not many factions it was familiar with anymore.

Su Fan frowned and flicked out a strand of sword intent, reducing the black-robed man's corpse to ash.

"I will thoroughly investigate Sword God Mountain. Anyone unfit to remain here will be purged!"

Chen Cang said gravely.

Although Su Fan had been cast into the Cliff of Reflection, he was still a Sword God Mountain disciple.

Taking someone's money to murder a fellow disciple was something Sword God Mountain could not tolerate!

"Do your best to investigate the black-robed man's origins."

Chen Cang then instructed the Great Elder.

"Understood!"

The Great Elder nodded.

Su Fan was now Sword God Mountain's main pillar. Anything involving him could not be handled carelessly.

"Why would anyone want to kill you?"

Ling Rushuang asked with a furrowed brow.

"How would I know? Maybe they're jealous because I'm too handsome?"

Su Fan leaned closer. "Senior Sister, tell me..."

Ling Rushuang remained as cold and detached as ever. "I was joking at the time."

"I wanted to ask who decided to throw me into the Cliff of Reflection."

Su Fan had always been curious. The moment news of the broken engagement arrived—

he had been driven to the Cliff of Reflection.

Now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed to have been done to protect him.

"Me!"

Ling Rushuang fell silent for a moment before speaking.

Su Fan looked deeply at her and did not press the matter further.

Chen Cang handed him a blade at that moment.

"This Demon Blade of Death is exceedingly sinister. How about sealing it within the Sword Abyss?"

Su Fan took the Demon Blade of Death and sensed the deathly intent coiling around it, along with even a trace of ominous energy.

"I'll take this blade. I happen to be short on weapons!"

Ling Rushuang immediately grew anxious. "It's a demonic blade! Using it will damage your lifespan. You can't use it!"

"Besides, you're a sword cultivator. It's not suitable for you to use a demonic blade!"

Damage his lifespan?

Su Fan did not care in the slightest.

The more sinister it was, the stronger its power must be.

The Forbidden Sword was incomparably powerful, the embryonic form of the Sword Dao.

He would not use it lightly.

The God Swords in the Sword Abyss were certainly powerful, but they were not sinister enough.

Su Fan liked weapons like these—strange and wicked.

With all the forbidden arts he possessed, nothing suited him better than using sinister weapons.

"This little broken blade is decent enough. As for damaging my lifespan, that doesn't exist."

Su Fan did not care at all.

"Besides, is it strange for a sword cultivator like me to use a blade?"

As he spoke, Su Fan directly stored the Demon Blade of Death in his dantian.

The sight made Ling Rushuang's face turn pale.

Chen Cang's eyes widened so much that they nearly popped out of their sockets.

This was the Demon Blade of Death!

Who would dare take it into their body to nurture it?

Were they tired of living?

Every master of the Demon Blade of Death had carried it with the utmost caution.

Let alone take it into their body to nurture it.

Its deathly intent and sinister nature would destroy one's vitality and could even drive someone mad.

Yet Su Fan had simply taken it into his body without another word.

The scene truly frightened Chen Cang and Ling Rushuang.

"Take the blade out, quickly! You can't keep it inside your body!"

Ling Rushuang said hurriedly.

"It's just a little broken blade. Could it rebel or something?"

Su Fan waved a hand.

The moment the Demon Blade of Death entered his body, it obediently remained in a corner of his dantian, not daring to release even a thread of deathly intent.

The Forbidden Sword only needed to tremble slightly for the Demon Blade of Death to shiver in terror!

When it came to being sinister, it was nowhere near Su Fan's level.

Besides, the Forbidden Sword was keeping it suppressed.

"You're all right?"

Chen Cang stared wide-eyed.

He was utterly stunned!

Su Fan was perhaps the first person ever to take the Demon Blade of Death into his body!

"What could possibly happen?"

Su Fan looked at him in puzzlement.

"It's just a little broken blade. Why are you making such a fuss?"

Chen Cang felt exhausted.

Sword God Mountain had produced a monstrous genius.

Su Fan was a hundred times more sinister than the Demon Blade of Death.

Seeing that Su Fan was unharmed, Ling Rushuang also let out a sigh of relief.

A Sword Seal appeared in her hand as she said, "Su Fan, you are the strongest person in Sword God Mountain. The position of Sword Master should be passed to you!"

Su Fan shook his head. "I won't be the Sword Master!"

"You are the most suitable person to be Sword Master. Do not refuse!"

Ling Rushuang said seriously.

Su Fan clasped his hands behind his back and declared proudly, "Sword Master is too ordinary, too commonplace. How many generations of Sword Masters has Sword God Mountain had? I, Su Fan, want to become the Sword Saint!"

"Sword Saint?!"

Ling Rushuang was stunned.

Chen Cang was stunned as well.

Throughout Sword God Mountain's history, there had never been a Sword Saint!

"That's right—the Sword Saint, the saint of swordsmanship throughout heaven and earth, across all ages!"

Su Fan patted his chest and proclaimed proudly, "From now on, I am Sword God Mountain's Sword Saint. Does anyone object?"

Chen Cang and Ling Rushuang fell silent.

Who would object?

No one dared object!

"Then it is decided. From today onward, Su Fan shall be the Sword Saint of Sword God Mountain!"

Ling Rushuang announced.

Su Fan said with a chuckle, "I'm a low-key person, and besides, not just anyone is qualified to know my title as Sword Saint."

He beckoned for Bai Shaokong to come over.

Bai Shaokong trotted over excitedly. "Brother Su, you're incredible!"

Su Fan waved a hand modestly. "So-so. I'm merely invincible beneath heaven."

He patted Bai Shaokong on the shoulder and asked seriously, "Did you find out anything?"