People were not swords, after all. An idea that could not be verified could only be a conjecture.
Thus, the claim of an innate sword body could only remain a hypothesis.
"If that wasn't an innate sword body, what could it have been?"
Cheng Youtian, the Jade Lake Peak Master, who had remained silent all this time, spoke.
Ordinary disciples could not understand what had happened in that instant, but how could great masters like them, who had cultivated the sword and sought the Dao for years, not be shaken?
"What exactly is going on with those hands of his?"
The Shiyue Peak Master frowned. "Guo Nanshan's sword is no ordinary flying sword."
As the Green Mountain Sect Master's Chief Disciple, Guo Nanshan naturally possessed a sword far beyond the ordinary. Named Blue Sea, it was a second-grade Immortal Sword.
There was also a story-or rather, a disputed affair-concerning that sword.
It was said that, to let Guo Nanshan obtain the sword while he was still a Sword-Washing Disciple, an elder of the Gu Household had, ahead of time... returned his sword to Green Mountain.
Guo Nanshan had taken two full years to gain the Blue Sea Sword's recognition, far longer than Zhuo Rusui and Zhao Layue.
Such a renowned sword had broken just like that. Who knew how many years it would take to reforge it? The Peak Masters, too, felt it was a pity.
"Even if Jing Jiu really knows the Great Compassion Hand of Fruitful Accomplishment Temple, he couldn't possibly have caught that sword."
By ordinary logic, anyone who tried to catch the sword named Blue Sea as Jing Jiu had would first lose all ten fingers, then their palms.
The Shiyue Peak Master frowned slightly. "Unless... that fellow has also practiced Vajra Indestructibility."
The Peak Master