Clang, clang, clang...!
The next moment, amid distinctly different sword cries, streaks of whirling sword light began appearing within the aura surrounding Xu Taiping.
At the sight, Dongfang Yuejian's pupils abruptly contracted, and her eyes filled with gratification as she said:
"Xu You, Xu Taiping has received the swords you forged in the Five Heavens!"
Clearly, Xu Taiping had now sensed the swords Xu You had hidden in the famous mountains and great rivers and various secret realms of the Five Heavens.
Rumble...
Soon, faint sword cries rang out not only within Xu Taiping's own aura, but throughout this world as well, coming from every direction.
Xu Chengling said, his face full of shock:
"They're coming! The swords hidden in the famous mountains and great rivers of the Five Heavens have found Uncle Taiping's aura!"
Dongfang Yuejian's face was equally excited.
Yet Xu Taiping still stood motionless with his eyes closed in concentration, as though he were still comprehending something.
The perceptive Dongfang Yuejian, however, could already tell from Xu Taiping's faintly furrowed brow that he must now be seeing the worldly suffering, birth, aging, illness, and death that Xu You had experienced in his stead.
In an instant, the aura emanating from Xu Taiping began growing increasingly weighty.
This weightiness differed from Mountain Spirit or Star Soul Power.
It was like the ruts of varying depths left in the earth after the wheels of time rolled over it, more like an elderly farmer's rough palms gripping a hoe, and also like the invisible traces scored into the clear sky overhead by the wings of countless birds.
This aura seemed gentle, yet it could silently destroy anything it enveloped.
Even intangible minds and thoughts.
Feeling Xu Taiping's gentle yet powerful aura, Dongfang Yuejian suddenly felt her eyes burn fiercely, with