"You should think about it—when did this Sword ever say it could only be a sword cultivator? What this Sword said was warrior! Wasn't 'sword cultivator' your own wording?" Chong Taixu smiled knowingly and said lightly. "Besides, within my Sword Domain, artifact cultivators, avian cultivators, and beast cultivators can all be called sword cultivators! Even if this Sword sends out a beast cultivator now, it still meets the conditions!"
"Hmph, you merely exploited a loophole!" Xunyunzi waved his hand. "Since you put it that way, there is nothing this old man can do. Those are simply the titles used by you Huan Kingdom Sword Cultivators!"
With that, Xunyunzi's figure faded away, no longer paying Chong Taixu any heed.
"True Person Tengjiao... I will be relying on you in this battle!" Only now did Chong Taixu's words carry a trace of respect. Such respect was hardly something a Sword Transformation Third Grade Sword Master ought to show!
"Mm, this old man understands!" True Person Tengjiao nodded slightly. Once Chong Taixu's sword shadow vanished, the golden light around him flickered again and concealed his figure.
"Fine, then let this old man see what astonishing methods you, an artifact cultivator of Sword Transformation second grade, possess!" Seeing True Person Tengjiao's form vanish from sight, True Person Yuqing knew his opponent had begun attacking. He hurriedly patted his hand against his storage bag and took out a cyan silk ribbon about a foot long. With a toss, the ribbon floated into midair, and an emerald radiance emerged from it!
"Haha, it truly is the Taiqing Sect's spiritual artifact, the Heaven-Binding Lock!!!" Xunyunzi, hidden within the formation, could not help but chuckle. "True Person Yuqing actually brought it out!"
"Heaven-Binding Lock?" Zhu Chenghe stared at the exceptionally clear silk ribbon in the mirror and muttered,