Wang Maozhong stared fixedly at the sword in Lu Changfeng's hand, his breathing quickening and his eyes blazing with fervent light-the excitement of a swordsman beholding a legendary divine treasure.
The sword at his waist abruptly rang louder, as though in excitement, yet also in regret.
The Wind-Raising Sword had begun to awaken, but after five hundred years of concealing its own brilliance, it had lost much of its spiritual energy, and its power had declined. At this moment, its might as a fourth-tier renowned sword fell short of [Purple Lightning], a fifth-tier Spirit Sword. Yet no one dared underestimate it. Even a dragon stranded in the shallows was still a dragon; an erstwhile sixth-tier divine weapon was beyond comparison with ordinary treasures.
What was more, it had belonged to Marquis Wu!
Li Longji forcibly suppressed his astonishment and swiftly exchanged a glance with Xue Chongjian.
Both saw the same realization in the other's eyes: deep within the Secret Realm at Hu Pass, the barrier sealing the doorway they had been unable to open by any means bore eight ancient seal-script characters-"Move through the nine heavens; hide beneath the nine earths"!
Those eight characters matched the legendary properties of this Wind-Raising Sword perfectly!
Moreover, a concealed slot beside the barrier seemed to have been made expressly for the Wind-Raising Sword!
"No wonder... no wonder my aunt sent Mr. Lu!"
Li Longji drew a deep breath, his gaze upon Lu Changfeng now utterly changed. "Sir, did you know that deep within that Secret Realm lies a magical barrier, inscribed with those very eight characters, 'Move through the nine heavens; hide beneath the nine earths'? We puzzled over them endlessly to no avail. Only now, upon seeing Marquis Wu's Magic Sword, do we understand that the doorway may have been waiting for