Who was speaking? That spirit?
Ren Ye watched the Nation-Guarding Sword warily and coaxed, "G-good buddy, where am I supposed to look for the reason?"
The spirit ignored him.
"Say something."
"If you don't talk, I'm gonna piss on you."
Ren Ye kept testing it relentlessly, trying to figure out exactly what kind of existence this spirit was.
Whoosh~
Just then, the Nation-Guarding Sword embedded in the ground suddenly turned into a streak of light and flew straight into Ren Ye's forehead, returning to his consciousness space.
``` [Congratulations. You have successfully found the lost "Sword Spirit," awakening the Nation-Guarding Sword once more and uncovering the secret concerning "it."]
[Legend has it that long, long ago, Shenzhou suffered an invasion by Ghostly Creatures. The Human Emperor ascended the Deer Terrace and personally forged a sword and a seal. The sword symbolized the supreme martial power under heaven, and the seal symbolized the supreme authority under heaven. The war between humanity and the Ghostly Creatures lasted three years. The Divine Dynasty led by the Human Emperor won a costly victory, the Ghostly Creatures were eradicated, and peace returned to the mortal world. The Human Emperor led his remaining forces into the heavens, but left the sword and seal to be passed down in Shenzhou.]
[As the years passed, after an unknown length of time, Zhu Xun happened to find the Human Emperor Sword when he raised a rebellion in Qingzhou during the final years of the Jing Kingdom. However, the sword was too heavy to wield with ease, and Zhu Xun did not know its origins, so he bestowed it upon his second son, Zhu Kai, to use as a weapon in battle.]
[Amid the struggle for supremacy, the Zhu family ultimately conquered the realm and founded a nation named Great