Xiao Tianmu said, "It wasn't only the Black Hu people who wanted Lin Baitao dead. The emperor of Great Yong at the time did too. After Lin Baitao mysteriously disappeared, some said he had perished together with the Black Hu experts, while others said he had hidden himself in the mountains and forests, leaving the Martial World behind. Then, one night a year after his disappearance, someone slipped into Great Yong's imperial palace and cleaved away half the emperor's Imperial Study with a single sword stroke. What a terrifying display of power!"
Zhou Mo said, "Could Sword Demon Dongfang Wuwu have come to avenge his disciple?"
Xiao Tianmu said, "Many people said so, but no one saw what that person looked like. Not long after that night, however, the emperor of Great Yong rebuilt the Sword Palace and invited its disbanded disciples back. He also had a bronze statue of Lin Baitao cast inside the Sword Palace, honoring him as the Sword God and granting him the posthumous title of Grandmaster Who Defended the Nation."
Zhou Mo lowered his head to look at the Heaven-Slaying Sword and said quietly, "To think this sword would pass through so many hands and finally end up with Third Brother."
Hu Xiaotian said, "Then this sword is a bit of trouble in its own right."
Xiao Tianmu nodded. "You must never casually reveal this sword in public. If the people of the Sword Palace learn about it, they'll certainly demand it from you. Returning it wouldn't be such a big deal, but I'm afraid they might refuse to let the matter rest and keep hounding you about where it came from. Then you'd have a tangled mess you could neither unravel nor cut through."
Hu Xiaotian pressed his lips together. He already had enough