The Sword Master's Broken Sword

"You ignorant fools! You can't even recognize the Sword Master's divine sword. You deserve your bad luck, you deserve to be trapped here!"

Gu Shu's angry curses buzzed in Sang Ying's mind, making it impossible for her to hear what Elder Zhou and the others were saying.

She raised a hand to rub her temples and asked, "What do you mean by that? What exactly is in there?"

According to Elder Zhou and the others, an evil entity is hidden inside, causing everyone to turn to stone as soon as they step into the central area, and even making it impossible for them to leave the stone forest. Those who encounter the evil entity die even faster.

But in Gu Shu's hands, the so-called evil object became a true treasure.

"Don't listen to their nonsense. I sensed it in the jade pendant. It was clearly Gu Wangchuan's sword!" Gu Shu quickly explained to Sang Ying, as if afraid that she would be misled.

However, Sang Ying still believed Gu Shu's words. After all, besides her, the most important person to Gu Shu was the Sword Master Gu Wangchuan.

Gu Wangchuan can be considered Gu Shu's father; he wouldn't joke about something so important. Therefore, the thing hidden in the darkness must be Gu Wangchuan's sword.

"Or rather, it's part of the sword," Gu Shu suddenly added.

Sang Ying listened quietly as his voice gradually faded, and slowly revealed the past. "Actually, I didn't dare tell you everything. When Gu Wangchuan ascended to immortality, he not only left me behind, but also his sword."

A sword cultivator ascends to immortality, leaving behind his sword—this is unprecedented in history. The sword, named Sever the Heavenly River, had long since developed a sword spirit, and under Gu Wangchuan's tutelage, it gained the ability to control the Sever the Heavenly River.

It can be said that at that time, Blade Spirit's Swordsmanship was already not much worse than Gu Wangchuan's.

But no one expected that, on the moment of ascension, Gu Wangchuan would make a ruthless decision to sever his connection with the Sever the Heavenly River and throw the sword into the Lower Realm from the Heavenly Ladder.

Although Gu Shu was not present as Sword Qi, he could glimpse some scenes through his connection with the Sever the Heavenly River.

He saw Sever the Heavenly River fall from the Heavenly Ladder and crash heavily onto the barrier of the Lower Realm. The once indestructible sword shattered into pieces, scattering into various small worlds.

However, the sword spirit within the sword had long since vanished without a trace.

Gu Shu didn't believe that Gu Wangchuan would harm the sword spirit, and even less did he believe that Gu Wangchuan, who cared most about his natal sword, would abandon his own spiritual sword for no reason.

But when he sensed the presence of the Sever the Heavenly River here, Gu Shu finally couldn't resist and ran out of the pendant.

He would never allow anyone to slander Gu Wangchuan, or his sword!

Suddenly, a buzzing sound entered Sang Ying's ears again. The sound was so piercing that it even caused her to lose her hearing for a moment.

Sang Ying turned her head sharply towards the source of the sound, only to see a bottomless darkness.

"Are you really sure that's Gu Wangchuan's sword?" Sang Ying asked Gu Shu in her mind.

Gu Shu's tone was exceptionally firm. "I'm certain! That's definitely Sever the Heavenly River!"

Even if it's just fragments, he will never forget that familiar scent.

"Okay, I understand." Sang Ying's expression suddenly turned cold.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shu saw Sang Ying suddenly step forward, breaking the despair of the crowd. "In that case, the strange treasure is probably the cause of all the strange phenomena. This junior Sang Ying, is willing to go and remove this evil thing."

Their eyes all fell on Sang Ying, as if they were looking at a madwoman.

"Sang Ying, don't be impulsive! My master said that you'll die if you get close to that thing!" Fu Shuangjiang quickly stepped forward, trying to stop her.

But Sang Ying was not someone he could persuade, "The reason I dared to follow you into the Hidden Moon Forest was because I was unwilling to give up before even trying. Now that we have no way out, I am not afraid to try again."

She trusted Gu Shu, and even more so, she trusted her own judgment.

What was inside was something she would risk her life for. Sang Ying was willing to take that risk.

"How can that be? We still have a chance to survive, but if you touch that strange thing, you might..." Fu Shuangjiang didn't dare to say the last few words.

He even softened his attitude towards Jiang Zhuoxue: "You should persuade her, don't let her do anything foolish!"

Jiang Zhuoxue's smile remained unchanged, "I never stop her from doing what she wants."

Upon hearing this, Fu Shuangjiang's expression turned even more unpleasant.

He had initially thought this person genuinely liked Sang Ying, but now it seemed that their feelings were rather weak.

Unlike Fu Shuangjiang's desperate attempts to stop them, the other powerful figures trapped here had long since fallen into despair. Even Sang Ying's actions, which they saw as a voluntary suicide, could not stir their emotions.

"Heh, young Fu, if this girl insists on trying, just let her go. Enduring this torment here, slowly turning to stone, is far less satisfying than instantly vanishing into thin air, saving her from prolonged suffering." The speaker was none other than the powerful figure from the Limitless Sect who had previously argued with Elder Zhou.

"Shut up! You're pushing her to her death!" Elder Zhou retorted.

The two were already at odds, and now that they were trapped here, their resentment only intensified. So, they started hurling insults at each other almost immediately, venting all the pent-up anger they had accumulated.

But the others didn't want to listen to their arguing anymore.

"Let her go!"

A gray-robed cultivator who hadn't opened his eyes since Fu Shuangjiang and the others appeared suddenly spoke. His mysterious aura was completely different from the other cultivators present.

Upon hearing this person speak, another powerful being who had been concentrating with his eyes closed opened them. "This little girl is the glimmer of hope you spoke of?"

His aura was calm and composed, and even a slight glance from him made Sang Ying feel uneasy. Clearly, he was the one with the highest cultivation level among everyone present.

"That's right!" The person who had spoken out in support of Sang Ying nodded in agreement. "Whether we and the Black Tortoise Realm can survive depends on this little girl's abilities."

One by one, the cultivators opened their eyes, their sharp gazes all falling on Sang Ying, their eagerness even making Sang Ying somewhat afraid.

"Alright! Let her try. At worst, she'll lose her life. Anyway, none of us have many days left to live!" The sect leader of the Body Cultivation Sect said in a booming voice.

"Amitabha Buddha, this humble monk is also willing to give it a try." The abbot of the Buddhist sect murmured a Buddhist chant.

Even the Limitless Sect elder, who had initially been sarcastic, coughed lightly and said, "Since you all say so, let's just give it a try!"

As if by prior arrangement, the already sparse Spiritual Qi in the stone forest was completely swept away, and the powerful figures squeezed out their remaining Spiritual Power, pouring it into their fingertips.

What they didn't tell Sang Ying was that the evil entity was sealed within a small barrier, and only Soul Leaving Stage cultivator could break through it.

They had stayed here for too long, and their Spiritual Power was almost depleted. Only by working together could they barely break open a passage for Sang Ying to enter and exit.

This is their only chance; if they fail... they will face certain death!

"Break!" the crowd shouted, and a crack slowly appeared deep within the dark stone forest.

Inside the crack was a desolate wasteland, with only a piece of rusty iron standing there.

"Buzz!" It trembled violently, causing the powerful beings to vomit blood in unison.

All they could hear was the metal sheet vibrating wildly, shaking everyone to their core.

But when those words reached Sang Ying's ears, they sounded completely different.

"Come quickly, I've been waiting for you for so long..." it said.

A note from the author:

Waaaaah, I'm late! There was another power outage today. It's all my fault, I'm so sorry everyone.

Love you all~