Chapter 41: Chapter 38 Ten Thousand Swords Mountain

"Ye Chen!"

"Jiang Yao!"

Seeing Ye Chen and Jiang Yao rising from the Sword Pool, the Three-Eyed Giant Ape greeted them with a laugh, "Congratulations to the both of you for successfully opening up the Flying Sword Palace!"

"This time, you've set a record for the Inner Mansion; I've never seen anyone open a Sword Palace upon just entering the Sword Pool, let alone absorbing so much Sword Qi Spirit Liquid."

"Do you know, if it weren't for the replenishment of Sword Qi Spirit Liquid in the pool on the second day, I'm afraid all the Spiritual Liquid in the lake would have been completely drained by you!"

Just thinking about the rapidly declining water level in the Sword Pool as Ye Chen and Jiang Yao absorbed the Spiritual Liquid, the Three-Eyed Giant Ape couldn't help but express his amazement.

"The Sword Qi Spirit Liquid was replenished? I was so immersed in opening the Sword Palace that I didn't notice it. What about you, Ye Chen?" Jiang Yao said, slightly startled.

Ye Chen also smiled, "I didn't pay attention to that either, just focused on absorbing the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid."

The sensation of opening up the Sword Palace Acupoint was incredibly marvelous; both the influx of Sword Qi Spirit Liquid into the Sword Palace and the constantly expanding Sword Palace World had completely captivated Ye Chen.

Likewise, Jiang Yao had not noticed the changes happening outside.

"How big is your Sword Palace now?" At this moment, the voice of the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow came through.

Although the voice was still faint, it had shed some of its detachment, betraying a hint of concern.

"How big?"

Ye Chen looked inwardly at his Sword Palace Acupoint and saw that it had already formed a vast space of thousands of zhang in circumference, with the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid even forming a huge lake!

"The space is over one thousand zhang in length and width, and it's about three thousand zhang tall," Ye Chen reported to the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow.

"That big!" Although the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow had expected the space within the Sword Palace Acupoints opened by the two to be vast, it was still deeply shocked when Ye Chen described it.

"What about you?" the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow then asked Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao closed her eyes and looked inside the Flying Sword Palace between her eyebrows. To her surprise, she found that her Sword Palace Acupoint had also become about the same size as Ye Chen's without her realizing it.

"Mine is about the same as Ye Chen's."

"Senior, we should have met the requirements for this first challenge, right?" Jiang Yao asked.

"Of course!"

"If you couldn't meet the requirements, then no one would have ever completed it!" the Three-Eyed Giant Ape interjected.

The Gigantic Feathered Sparrow, unusually, did not retort but nodded lightly, "You've done it. You've done very well in this first challenge of opening the Sword Palace Acupoint."

They had done it!

They had passed the first challenge of the Inner Mansion!

Hearing the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow announce the result, both Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were excited. This meant that they were one step closer to the Flying Sword Heritage!

"The Flying Sword Heritage!"

The thought of Qian Jizi demonstrating the Flying Sword techniques filled Ye Chen with an intense excitement.

He was desperate to enhance his strength.

The Flying Sword Heritage, he certainly had to strive for it! The more cards he had up his sleeve, the better!

Martial Arts cultivation was filled with unpredictable dangers.

"Before you enter Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, I will give each of you a survival talisman. Should you face an irresistible fatal attack, this talisman will teleport you out of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain."

"Of course, if that happens, the Sword Palace Acupoint that you opened during the first challenge will be utterly shattered by the Sword Qi and Sword Intents of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, and you will no longer have the chance to cultivate flying swords. Thus, your challenge within Thousand Lotus Cave Abode will also be completely over."

"Alright, I have told you everything about the second challenge of the Inner Mansion. If you choose not to climb Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, I will erase your memories of the challenge and send you out of Thousand Lotus Cave Abode."

"It's up to you to decide whether to go to Ten Thousand Swords Mountain or not!"

After the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow finished, it quietly watched Ye Chen and Jiang Yao.

"Go, of course we will go!"

"Having come this far to the second challenge of the Inner Mansion, I certainly won't give up!"

Ye Chen said without hesitation.

"I'll go too."

"No matter how dangerous, no matter the difficulties increase a hundredfold, I will still choose to brave it!"

Jiang Yao also spoke firmly.

After speaking, they looked at each other and saw encouragement in each other's eyes.

They had joined forces to brave the Interior Mansion, and now they had chosen together to enter Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. No matter the challenges or difficulties, they still chose to continue the adventure together!

Seeing that they did not hesitate to choose to continue the second challenge of the Inner Mansion, the Three-Eyed Giant Ape and the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow both nodded internally.

Cultivating in martial arts requires exactly this kind of indomitable spirit!

If one shrinks back in fear, it is difficult to achieve greatness!

"Good, since that's the case, I will take you into Ten Thousand Swords Mountain for the second challenge of the Inner Mansion!"

"I hope you two will be the first ones to overcome the second challenge of the Inner Mansion!"

As the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow spoke, its mystical blue wings slowly unfolded, each azure-blue feather shining with a captivating luster.

It said to Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, "Climb onto my back. There's a Grand Formation around Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, which you can't reach on your own. I'll take you into the mountain."

"Thank you, Senior!"

Ye Chen and Jiang Yao bowed respectfully to the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow and leaped onto its back, sitting down cross-legged.

Boom!

Then, with a flap of its wings, the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow took off with Ye Chen and Jiang Yao, flying towards the towering Giant Mountain at the deepest part of the Inner Mansion.

The Three-Eyed Giant Ape followed closely behind, flying toward the Giant Mountain.

About half an hour into the flight, a torrent of Sword Qi surged forward.

This Sword Qi immediately made the newly-opened Flying Sword Palace within Ye Chen and Jiang Yao rumble, with the Sword Qi Spirit Liquid coursing fiercely inside it!

From atop the Gigantic Feathered Sparrow, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao looked toward the source of the Sword Qi and saw a Sky-supporting Giant Mountain rising thousands of feet high.

On the mountain, swords of all kinds were densely embedded. Looking up, the number of swords on the mountain obviously exceeded ten thousand. Furthermore, the peak of the mountain was shrouded within the clouds!

Ten Thousand Swords Mountain!

This was the challenge of the second challenge of the Inner Mansion, Ten Thousand Swords Mountain!