The principal sword of Heavenly Light Peak was the sword that safeguarded the Green Mountain Sect.
That sword had long since been lost. The so-called Heaven-Bearing Sword was merely a scabbard.
Without question, this was the Green Mountain Sect's greatest secret. Apart from the masters of the Nine Peaks, no one knew.
Zhao Layue still did not know. She had left too suddenly, or perhaps it had been deliberate; there were many secrets of Green Mountain she had yet to learn.
Naturally, the Green Mountain disciples knew even less of this matter.
What most concerned the outer disciples at South Pine Pavilion, Northern Crane Gate, and elsewhere was still when they could perfect their Embracing Spirit Realm cultivation and become inner disciples.
What most concerned the Sword-Washing Disciples beside the creek was which peak's masters would take a liking to them at the approaching Sword Inheritance Assembly.
What most concerned the Sword-Inheriting Disciples among the peaks was, of course, what rank they could achieve in the Sword-Trying Tournament held every few years, and whether they could qualify to attend the Plum Gathering.
More than forty inner disciples would participate in the Sword Inheritance Assembly, and the dozen or so from South Pine Pavilion drew the most attention.
Zhao Layue had come from South Pine Pavilion, and so had Liu S sui.
In less than ten years, South Pine Pavilion had produced two innate Dao Seeds in succession, yet the reputations and treatment the two now received among the Green Mountain Nine Peaks were utterly different.
When Green Mountain disciples mentioned Liu S sui's name, they no longer brimmed with admiration as they once had, but with contempt and disappointment. Occasionally there was some sympathy, but more often there was anger.
When they mentioned Zhao Layue's name, they grew even more