An old man in a long white cloth robe, spiritual energy circulating around his body, slowly walked out. He glanced at the desiccated corpse before Lü Bufan and sighed softly. "Alas... dust to dust, earth to earth. In the end, he was still a fool! Lü Bufan, let go..."
Hearing the old man's voice, Lü Bufan raised his head and studied the man before him. Then he gently laid down Sword Slave's corpse and bowed. "Lü Bufan, Attendant of the Taihua Sect's Sect Hall, pays his respects to the Sect Leader!"
"Mm. I heard what Sword Slave told you. I do not blame him... he had reached the end of his path in merging with Immortal Sword Tianxiu! However, there was one thing he did not explain clearly... the Immortal Sword has neither awareness nor perception, neither goodness nor evil in its heart. Merging with it is actually a rare opportunity for a Lower Third Realm Cultivator to directly comprehend the immortal path!"
The old man raised his hand, and Immortal Sword Tianxiu flashed into the air. "Difficult though it may be, there is still a sliver of a chance! Once one comprehends even a trace of the immortal path's True Spirit Dao arts within the Immortal Sword, a great road to the heavens opens straight to the Upper Third Realm-that is, the Ninth Realm... that was also his greatest reason for choosing the Immortal Sword!"
The old man waved the Immortal Sword into his body and looked down at Lü Bufan, a faint, tranquil smile in his eyes. "You need not fear. The Sword-Nurturing Platform being within you is your opportunity... as for merging with the Immortal Sword, that must also be voluntary! Your road is still long... cultivate well. We can speak of it later!"
Lü Bufan bowed