"???"
"This flying sword... seemed somewhat different?"
The grade of the final flying sword left Jiang Xuan momentarily stunned.
He was merely stunned, but some of the well-informed Cultivators by the shore were completely dumbfounded.
"This is... a Treasure Artifact, a true Treasure Artifact that has passed through Tribulation Lightning?"
"Who would have thought that even a flying sword of this caliber would be drawn to Jiang Xuan..."
Amid their astonishment and sighs, the knowledgeable Cultivators regarded Jiang Xuan even more highly.
At the same time, the looks they cast toward the elders of Evolving Immortal Heaven Gate became strange.
"A flying sword of such a grade... can you really bear to let it go?"
"Will you uphold the Sword Pool's traditions, or keep the flying sword?"
They could not be blamed for their unusual looks. The flying sword that had appeared before Jiang Xuan was truly extraordinary.
As an Upper Branch, Evolving Immortal Heaven Gate would never give ordinary Treasure Artifacts a second glance.
Every few years, someone took away Treasure Artifact embryos from Sword Heaven Pool, and Evolving Immortal Heaven Gate never said anything about it.
But the Spell Sword before Jiang Xuan was another matter entirely.
First, one had to understand that all the flying swords in Sword Heaven Pool were ownerless. Yet under such circumstances, it had still passed through Tribulation Lightning, meaning it possessed its own will.
This also meant that, beyond being a Treasure Artifact, it had nearly an eighty percent chance of advancing into a Spirit Treasure-grade flying sword.
And Spirit Treasures were already the foundation of medium-sized Dao Branches. Even an Upper Branch could not remain unmoved.
This was the Divine Firmament Sect, one of the Northern Region's foremost great sects. Outside, a single Spirit Treasure could serve as the foundation of