Chapter 87 - You Are the Only One Who Have Not Cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration

“Sect Master, you want to personally lead a team to explore it?”

“You can’t do that. That ancient street is really strange. Before the situation is clearer, please be more careful.”

“Sect Master, as a senior person, please reconsider!”

Senior person, my foot. I’m only 23 this year!

Almost immediately, an elder stood up to object.

The person who objected most resolutely was the Third Elder Chu Zhuyun, the only woman among the six elders. When she heard Feng Xia’s plan, she immediately expressed her clear objection, “Zhuyun hopes that Sect Master can consider it at length.”

Feng Xia looked at the Third Elder in surprise.

Based on his impression, the Third Elder Chu Zhuyun was the youngest among the elders, but her cultivation was quite good. However, her temperament seemed very cold. Most of the time, she only silently watched from the side and rarely voiced her opinion.

By openly expressing her objection in front of everyone, it was the first time she had done something like that!

“Oh? Third Elder, tell me your suggestion then.”

After thinking for a moment, Feng Xia smiled and said, “Go ahead and speak.”

The Third Elder tucked away the hair on her temples and said expressionlessly, “A few days ago, I had just cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration. It was also on that day that I accidentally sensed that there was a…”

Feng Xia: “… Stop! Stop for a moment!”

The Third Elder paused and frowned slightly, casting a puzzled look at Feng Xia.

Her gaze seemed to be asking, “You were the one who asked me to speak. Why did you stop me the moment I opened my mouth?”

Sensing the Third Elder’s gaze, Feng Xia hesitated for a moment before saying with a smile, “Third Elder, can you repeat what you just said?”

The Third Elder nodded and said, “That day, I accidentally sensed that deep within that ancient street…”

“No, no, not this sentence, the previous sentence!”

“Uh… Just a few days ago, I cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration?”

The Third Elder’s calm eyes revealed a trace of doubt.

Unexpectedly, their new Sect Master suddenly sank into his seat after hearing this. His expression alternated between bright and dark, like candlelight in the wind. After a long time, Feng Xia’s mouth twitched as he raised his head.

He crossed his hands under his chin and scanned everyone around the table.

Finally, Feng Xia spoke faintly.

“The few of you… who else has cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration?”

As soon as he said this, the Thousand Autumn Hall fell silent.

First Elder Lei Shao was the first to speak, “I’ve cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration for 30 years.”

The Sixth Elder Liu Chuanyuan did not back down. He immediately snorted and said, “I also cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration 30 years ago.”

When these two old opponents spoke, the other elders could not help but look at one another.

It was no secret that the First Elder had cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration. Basically, anyone from the Thousand Autumn Valley knew that the First Elder had used the Sword-Heart Integration to replace the naked eye many years ago.

However, no one knew that the Sixth Elder had cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration.

“No wonder the Sixth Elder could compete with the First Elder for so long.”

The Fifth Elder, practitioner Qingxu, looked enlightened and shook his head with a bitter smile. “I cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration six years ago. In terms of attainments in the Sword-Heart, I’m far inferior to the First Elder and the Sixth Elder.”

“Actually, about four years ago, I also accidentally cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration.”

The Second Elder Lu Jing coughed and interrupted with a strange expression.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the Thousand Autumn Hall became rather strange.

The corners of Feng Xia’s mouth twitched again and again. Five out of the six elders of the Thousand Autumn Valley—the First Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder, Fifth Elder, Sixth Elder—had actually cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration!

Dare I ask if the Thousand Autumn Valley was actually a wholesale distributor of the Sword-Heart Integration?

However, in an instant, he roughly understood—perhaps these elders had unanimously treated the Sword-Heart Integration as their trump card!

After all, for something like the Sword-Heart Integration in the Ways of the Sword, unless there was a huge gap in the level of attainments or if one took the initiative to utilize it, it would be very difficult for even another person with the Sword-Heart Integration to notice the existence of their own kind.

“Unfortunately, time waits for no man.” Feng Xia secretly sighed.

It did not mean that cultivating the Sword-Heart Integration could definitely turn the situation around.

The purpose of the Sword-Heart Integration was to enhance the sword skills and sword moves of divine beings so as to greatly increase their killing power.

However, even for a sword cultivator, the foundation of a divine being was still the cultivation level!

If not for the imperial court’s sudden attack and if the Thousand Autumn Valley had been given another few decades, they might have been able to wait for a turnaround even without his arrival!

“But then again, even with external pressure, there are too many Sword-Heart Integrations. Could there be something special about the Thousand Autumn Valley?”

Feng Xia’s heart skipped a beat. In an instant, he thought of another possibility. “Or… is it actually related to that ancient street?”

At the same time, everyone in the hall seemed to have realized something. Their gazes turned and landed on the Fourth Elder one after another.

“Fourth Brother, we’ve all already cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration. Then you…”

“I—”

The Fourth Elder’s face instantly turned red.

He stammered for a long time before he finally managed to withstand everyone’s gaze. Like a hamster, he trembled and spat out a few words, “Give me… give me another year… I will definitely be able to… comprehend the Sword-Heart Integration!”

Feng Xia opened his mouth but did not say anything else. No one knew if he was relieved or slightly regretful.

The other five elders also let out an “ah” sound. It was obvious that they realized that they had lost their composure earlier, so they all turned away awkwardly and pretended that nothing had happened.

Only the more straightforward First Elder slapped the table and shook his head righteously. “Fourth Brother, you can’t go on like this. If there’s time, I’ll come to you to practice more and strive to cultivate the Sword-Heart Integration as soon as possible.”

The Fourth Elder: “…”

So why did the Sword-Heart Integration suddenly become a necessary condition to be an elder of the Thousand Autumn Valley!

“Ahem, let’s get back to the main topic.”

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more twisted, Feng Xia finally came back to his senses, coughed and looked at the Third Elder again. “Third Elder, you said that you sensed something when you cultivated the Sword-Heart Integration?”

“The moment I cultivated the Sword-Heart, I made a connection with the sky and my soul was clear and transparent. It was also because of this that I sensed an extremely evil aura hidden in the depths of the ancient street. It’s completely different from the classical sacred aura on the surface!”

The Third Elder took a deep breath and replied with a grave expression.

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