A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Reborn into the Giant Sword Sect - Chapter 256: The Giant Sword Sect's Current State
In a spacious hall over a hundred feet across, six black-robed cultivators-five men and one woman-stood gazing curiously at the two people seated at the head of the hall. More precisely, they were looking at the young man among them.
Those standing were all Core Formation cultivators of the Giant Sword Sect. Earlier that day, they had suddenly received a message from their patriarch, summoning them to the Giant Sword Pavilion.
They had assumed they were being sent off to war again, or that something momentous had happened. Yet upon entering, they had found an unfamiliar young cultivator chatting happily with their patriarch.
They could not help wondering who this young Nascent Soul cultivator was and why he had come to their sect.
While they were still speculating, another man entered the hall. Dressed in black with a great sword on his back, he had handsome features and a short beard, and looked to be in his forties or fifties. His cultivation was formidable, nearing the peak of late Core Formation.
After entering, he strode to the center of the hall, bowed slightly to Tuo Feng, and said respectfully:
"Greetings, Martial Uncle Tuo. What instructions do you have for me?" This was none other than Zhao Wuji, currently the Giant Sword Sect's strongest Core Formation cultivator.
"Mm, dispense with the formalities. Pay your respects to your Martial Uncle Xiao Yu!" Tuo Feng told Zhao Wuji calmly.
Without thinking much of it, Zhao Wuji straightened, then bowed to the young man and said:
"Greetings, Martial Uncle... Xiao..."
Halfway through his greeting, he caught sight of the seated young man's face. His eyes widened in disbelief.
Seeing the middle-aged man's expression, Xiao