The Pearl Relic House Master answered, "Just last night, Sword Immortal Qionghua forcibly wielded Po Jun to slay that Demon Seed. But when she killed it, she could not withstand Po Jun's backlash. Her Primordial Spirit shattered, and she perished, her Dao extinguished!"
His expression was grim as he answered.
When he received the news last night, it had taken him a long time to compose himself.
The Pearl Relic House Master continued transmitting his voice to Great Elder Lou:
"Brother Lou, you know as well as I do that among the Sword Immortals still in the Shangqing Realm whose cultivation is below the Heaven Shocking Realm, none besides Sword Immortal Qionghua could wield Po Jun!"
At last, Great Elder Lou's voice sounded again-
"Is there truly no one else we can turn to?"
The Pearl Relic House Master heaved a long inward sigh, then gazed blankly at the raised platform directly opposite the private room's window and said:
"For this journey to Golden Court, not one person I invited refused, even knowing they might face certain death. None of us fears death, but the True Martial Sword Chief Ranking has not opened for tens of thousands of years. The Sword Immortals of the Shangqing Realm have long since dwindled away."
"Haven't even you switched to using a sword now, Elder Lou?"
"Even Xu Taiping, that disciple of the Azure Profound Sect whom you and I thought so highly of at the Golden Scale Assembly, has had his Spirit Bone shattered by that damned Faceless Tower."
"Otherwise, with just ten years to teach him, I could certainly have made the Po Jun Sword acknowledge him as its master."
After the Pearl Relic House Master finished speaking, Great Elder Lou remained silent for a long time.
Only when today's auction was