After hearing this, Yun Ye of the Three Sovereigns Dao Palace looked at Cui Tiegu in astonishment and asked:
"Senior, where did you hear all this?"
Cui Tiegu narrowed his eyes and smiled at Yun Ye.
"Not at your Wentian Pavilion, at any rate."
Yun Ye's expression changed drastically at those words.
Even he, an Inner Sect Disciple of the Three Sovereigns Dao Palace, had only learned of the palace's Wentian Pavilion a few years ago.
But when Yun Ye pressed him, Cui Tiegu kept changing the subject, refusing to answer his question directly.
Just then, Dugu Qingxiao awoke once more within that enormous Red Lotus.
Everyone's attention promptly returned to Dugu Qingxiao and Sword Fiend.
While watching the contest between Dugu Qingxiao and Sword Fiend on the Sword Platform, Xu Taiping sent a voice transmission to Fairy Lingyue.
After telling Fairy Lingyue the rumors he had heard from A Meng and Cui Tiegu, he asked curiously:
"Sister Lingyue, which of the two rumors Senior A Meng and Cui Tiegu mentioned is actually true?"
He was so eager for an answer because he vaguely sensed that Second Senior Brother Dugu Qingxiao's reason for undertaking this Sword Inquiry was very likely connected to why Mad Monk had created the Avīci Sword.
After hearing Xu Taiping out, Fairy Lingyue suddenly said in some surprise:
"To think Cui Tiegu actually knows this secret!"
Fairy Lingyue's reaction was exactly the same as Yun Ye's.
And her reaction more or less gave Xu Taiping his answer-
Regarding why Mad Monk created the Avīci Sword, the rumor Cui Tiegu heard should be the correct one.
Before Xu Taiping could ask, Fairy Lingyue continued:
"The rumor Cui Tiegu mentioned is correct. Before disappearing, Mad Monk deliberately left behind the Avīci Sword so he could use Sword Cultivators'