So, They Were the Protagonists All Along

The Sword Palace is located near the Xuanyin Palace. It is in a quiet environment with lush green mountains and forests.

At this moment, in the depths of the Xuanyin Palace, a man stood in front of the palace with his hands behind his back, quietly gazing at the vaguely visible palace in the sky in the distance.

Since yesterday, many cultivators have tried to enter the Sword Palace. However, up to now, at least more than 20 cultivators in the Refining Spirit Realm have been killed by lightsabers.

As for the cultivators in the Return to Void Realm, they simply don't have the opportunity to set foot.

As long as the cultivators in the Return to Void Realm approach the Sword Palace, the 108 lightsabers surrounding the Sword Palace seem to be ready to move.

This also directly discouraged those cultivators in the Return to Void Realm who were planning to approach.

Obviously, the Sword Palace is choosing a master, and the cultivators in the Return to Void Realm do not meet the requirements of choosing a master.

At this time, a servant behind him asked tentatively: "Palace Master, should we send someone to take a look?"

The Sword Palace is just near the Xuanyin Palace. If they want to take some actions to enter the Sword Palace, they will be much faster than other cultivators from the outside world.

However, the Palace Master of the Xuanyin Palace has never made any movement from beginning to end, which makes people a little unbelievable.

The man came back to his senses from his thoughts just now, and immediately shook his head and said: "Not necessary for the time being, the things in the outside world have nothing to do with us."

"Other forces in Dongzhou are interested in the Sword Palace, let them go."

"Compared to this, I care more about another thing."

The man turned his head to look at the servant and said slowly: "I asked you to send a letter to Liangyi Sect a few days ago. Have you responded?"

The man's name is Lin Jing, the Palace Master of Xuanyin Palace, and one of the top forces among the ancient families in Dongzhou.

Some time ago, he heard the elders in the hall mention that the Qing Emperor's reshaping of the cauldron may be related to a little monk, so he wrote a letter and sent it to the Liangyi Sect's library.

As for the reason, it was naturally related to his daughter Lin Keyu.

Before the Xuanyin body returned to the void realm, the body was weaker than ordinary people, and it might catch a cold and fever at any time. Although his daughter had a very high talent, she had been tortured by this Xuanyin body since childhood.

And Mu Zhian's natural furnace and cauldron can complement it.

Mu Zhian is a disciple of the master of the library. He, the master of the Xuanyin Hall, happens to have some friendship with Yan Ruyu. If Yan Ruyu is asked to speak up and act as a matchmaker... after that, perhaps the problem of his daughter's Xuanyin body can be solved.

The attendant hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and said, "Master Yan has not replied yet."

Lin Jing nodded slightly and said, "This matter is of great importance. Yan Ruyu has never accepted a disciple from the past to the present. This time she accepted Mu Zhian as a disciple, and I think she likes him very much. It is indeed necessary to reconsider it."

After all, this is a marriage between a man and a woman. Even Yan Ruyu, as a master, has to discuss it with her own disciple.

However, in terms of status and position, his daughter is not unworthy of Mu Zhian. If Mu Zhian knew about this, let alone whether he would agree, at least he would come to Xuanyin Hall to meet them, and he would not refuse.

"Where is Keyu?" Lin Jing suddenly asked.

"She is still in the room and has not left." The attendant beside him said respectfully.

Lin Jing sighed slightly.

Since knowing that he wrote a letter to Liangyi Sect, Lin Keyu has been throwing a tantrum and locking herself in the room to meditate all day long. According to her own opinion, marriage matters should be decided by herself, not by her parents.

After learning that the letter written by Lin Jing contained the meaning of "proposing marriage", Lin Keyu no longer paid attention to him as a father.

"Sooner or later, the young lady will understand your good intentions." The attendant said flatteringly.

Lin Jing waved his hand and said, "You go down first. If Yan Ruyu has a reply in two days, tell me."

After that, he put his hands behind his back and planned to walk into the depths of the hall.

At this time, a spy behind him hurriedly came and said anxiously: "Master, the young lady is missing!"

Lin Jing turned his head suddenly and looked over.

"Just now, a clan member saw her enter the Sword Palace, but it was too late to stop her." The spy continued.

"Should we send someone to try to enter the Sword Palace?" The attendant asked tentatively.

Lin Jing was silent for a moment, then sighed lightly and waved his hand: "Forget it, you all go down."

In the past, the girl rarely left Xuanyin Palace. This time, it was probably because of the "marriage" that she wanted to do some rebellious actions.

In that case, let her go.

…

Sword Palace.

This is a palace suspended under the sky.

It is extremely huge, and the surface is made of indestructible black gold stone. 108 sharp blades of light illuminate this ancient palace, making many cultivators near the Sword Palace both envious and fearful.

From today on, many cultivators are almost certain that the Sword Palace is "choosing a master".

It is choosing its own master, and the inheritance in this Sword Palace, and even the ancestral sword left by the Sword Emperor, are likely still in the Sword Palace!

The ancestral weapon left by the powerful in the Hedao realm, plus the inheritance of the Sword Emperor, a large amount of resources, skills, and even the Sword Palace itself, all of these are irresistible temptations.

It's just a pity that only cultivators with sword talent can set foot in it. As long as the rest of the cultivators have any movement to get close, they will be smashed to pieces by the sharp blades of light surrounding the Sword Palace.

This also makes many people feel a little regretful.

At this time in the air, many cultivators are flying with swords, or are eager to try whether they can enter the Sword Palace, or chatting about the Sword Palace.

"There are at least more than ten proud sons of the ancient family who entered the Sword Palace this time. If someone really gets the recognition of the Sword Palace, it will be a big profit." A cultivator couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey, you have seen the danger of the Sword Palace. It's so dangerous just outside. If you really enter the Sword Palace, you can't guarantee what dangers there will be. It's not that easy to get the recognition of the Sword Palace."

"Who knows, all the cultivators who entered the Sword Palace may not pass the test, and they can't get out?"

"If so, Dongzhou will probably be in chaos." A cultivator next to him couldn't help but sigh.

Most of those who can enter the Sword Palace this time are the descendants of the top ancient families, and these descendants will be geniuses who can inherit the ancient families in the future. If they really fall in the Sword Palace, it is unknown how much noise they will cause.

"Look, it seems that someone is not afraid of death and flies over again." At this time, someone suddenly pointed at the three figures in the air and said.

There have been too many monks who were killed in the past two days for wanting to enter the Sword Palace. Seeing the monks who fell one after another, all the monks have calmed down.

These three people are monks who just came from outside, so they are so reckless.

"Tsk... Two of them are beauties, what a pity." When a monk saw the yellow and white beauties flying swords, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and his eyes fell on the Sword Palace's sharp blade of light.

Today, the monks who rashly wanted to enter the Sword Palace were almost killed by the sharp blade of light when they were close to the Sword Palace.

"The blades of light didn't react... This means that they should also be recognized by the Sword Palace." The monk suddenly said.

Everyone looked up and saw that in front of the Sword Palace, the 108 blades of light remained motionless, allowing the three people to fly into the Sword Palace.

This also means that the three people have passed the first level of the Sword Palace test and can officially enter the Sword Palace.

Those who can enter the Sword Palace are basically the pride of some ancient families. For a while, there was a whisper outside the Sword Palace about the identities of these three people.

...

Inside the Sword Palace.

Mu Zhian and others who had already entered the Sword Palace naturally didn't know what happened in the outside world.

He looked around the layout of the surrounding environment at this time, and couldn't help but sighed:

"I didn't expect it to be so easy to enter the Sword Palace. I thought I would be intercepted at first."

At first, he thought that his sword talent would not be recognized by the Sword Palace. After all, his heaven was jealous of talents, and it was not his talent that was jealous, but his natural furnace physique.

Therefore, Mu Zhian never thought that he had a high talent in combat.

Maybe, I, the auxiliary, can also be the C... Mu Zhian thought to himself.

Then, he turned his head to look at Bai Ruoxi beside him and said, "Ruoxi, does the bronze piece have any other reaction?"

Bai Ruoxi was wearing a clean white dress, and her full and upright chest was proudly supported. At a glance, she was unfathomable.

After hearing Mu Zhian's words, Bai Ruoxi never made any sound, but just lowered her head, as if in a daze.

"Ruoxi?" Mu Zhian reached out and gently rubbed her delicate face, which brought Bai Ruoxi back to reality from the daze just now.

"Ah? What's wrong?" Bai Ruoxi raised her head in confusion.

"What's wrong with you? Something seems to be wrong since you entered the Sword Palace." Mu Zhian looked at Bai Ruoxi with concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Bai Ruoxi shook his head gently and smiled reluctantly, "It's okay... I just felt like there was a woman's voice echoing in my mind from the beginning, making me feel uneasy."

"Voice?" Mu Zhian's eyes moved slightly, "Do you know what she said?"

Bai Ruoxi shook his head and said, "The voice is gone now... I can't remember what she said."

The woman's voice... Could it be the Palace Master of the Sword Palace?

Mu Zhian shook his head quickly and stopped thinking about it.

"Anyway, let's go in and take a look."

Since we are here, we can't be sure if we will be attacked by the lightsaber outside if we leave rashly. It's better to go in and take a look. If there is really any problem, just crush the jade slip and leave.

Yesterday, just in case, he asked Yao Mengduo to make a jade slip, and the three of them each held one. If there is really any problem, they can leave immediately.

The three of them walked slowly into the hall of the Sword Palace.

This is more like a palace courtyard than a hall.

There are flowers everywhere, and none of them have withered. They are of different colors, competing for beauty, and extremely beautiful.

Mu Zhian walked in this courtyard, observing the flowers around him. For some reason, he felt a chill.

He thought of something very strange.

Why are there still living flowers in a sword palace that has been around for tens of thousands of years...?

It stands to reason that even the disciples of the sword palace should have disappeared in the dust of history.

Or is it that someone is still alive and taking care of the flowers every day?

He quickly shook his head and didn't dare to think any further.

Not far away was a huge rockery with a few big characters engraved on it.

The Hall of Inquiry.

After leaving the courtyard, they walked along the bottomless corridor. They walked for nearly half an hour, but they still couldn't get out of the corridor.

"It's a bit strange... This sword palace doesn't look very big from the outside. How can this courtyard be so big?" Mu Zhian stopped and felt something was wrong.

"Logically speaking, many people should have entered the sword palace... Where did they go?" Wei Mengrou was also a little confused and observed the surrounding environment.

Then, she suddenly pulled Mu Zhian's sleeve gently and pointed to the rockery in front.

Mu Zhian looked up and saw three big characters engraved on the rockery: The Hall of Inquiry.

Mu Zhian's heart jumped slightly and realized something.

From the beginning to the end, they have been wandering in the same place and have never left this place!

"It seems that the test has begun since we entered the Sword Palace?"

Mu Zhian quickly calmed down, and then he and Bai Ruoxi and Wei Mengrou observed repeatedly in this courtyard for a long time, and finally saw countless sword pictures carved behind the rockery.

Mu Zhian's eyes moved slightly, and his natural spirit body was incisively and exquisitely at this time. He suddenly said: "This rockery is stained with some spiritual energy of cultivators... It should be left by the cultivators who just came in not long ago."

It seems that the secret should be on this rockery.

However, why is there spiritual energy of cultivators on the rockery...?

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of something. He stretched out his hand to touch the rockery, and then tried to inject a wisp of spiritual energy into it.

The next moment, the first sword carved on the rockery lit up silently.

As expected... This rockery itself is one of the tests of the Sword Palace!

When Mu Zhian thought of this, the second and third swords lit up one by one, and each sword shone with golden light. The appearance of these lightsabers was exactly the same as the 108 lightsabers outside the Sword Palace!

Finally, this light continued until the 90th sword and then stopped.

At the same time, a line of small words on the rockery also quietly appeared.

Ranking of sword talent: 26th.

This should be the stone tablet used by the Sword Palace to test the talents of disciples in the past, and before the death of the Sword Emperor, he used it as one of the tests to test future generations.

After the test, the sound of a door quietly opening suddenly came from the courtyard.

Mu Zhian looked at the bottomless room and said to himself: "Dongtian..."

Behind this door is a cave.

It seems that the cave may be the subsequent test of the Sword Palace.

He did not enter it directly, but stood aside waiting for Wei Mengrou and Bai Ruoxi to finish the test.

Besides, he was still very concerned about Wei Mengrou and Bai Ruoxi's sword talents.

Wei Mengrou stretched out her palm and gently touched the stone tablet.

The first sword, then the second, the third, and even the fiftieth sword... and finally, the light stopped in front of the eighty-sixth sword.

At the same time, the sound of another door opening sounded quietly.

The 108 sharp blades of light engraved on this stone tablet, could it be that the difficulty of passing the level will also be different depending on the degree of resonance... Mu Zhian looked at Wei Mengrou's delicate and cold profile, and secretly had some guesses in his heart.

"What's wrong?" Wei Mengrou, who seemed to have noticed Mu Zhian's gaze, glanced at him, feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at.

Mu Zhian came back to his senses, shook his head and smiled: "It's okay... I just didn't expect that Sister Mengrou's sword talent is not as high as mine."

But it's true that Wei Mengrou's talents in other aspects such as formations are top-notch. If even her talents in swords are also top-notch, how can other geniuses survive?

"Ruoxi, you try it too." Mu Zhian turned his head and looked at Bai Ruoxi.

Bai Ruoxi nodded slightly, and then under the gaze of the two, he walked forward gracefully, stretched out his white wrist from his sleeve, and gently touched the stone tablet with his slender hand.

The first, the second, the third... the 30th... the 60th...

The light on the stone tablet lit up one by one like dominoes, and Mu Zhian's eyes never moved away from Bai Ruoxi.

If the person called by the Sword Palace was really Bai Ruoxi, maybe all the swords on the stone tablet could resonate...

If so, I don't know what will happen...

Mu Zhian looked at this scene with expectation in his heart.

Time passed silently, and when it was close to the 90th sword, the speed at which the lightsaber on the stone tablet lit up had gradually slowed down.

"Is Ruoxi's talent similar to mine...? It shouldn't be..." Mu Zhian couldn't help but doubt.

At the same time, the monks in the outside world also looked up. When they saw the lightsabers lighting up one by one, they couldn't help but secretly compare them with the geniuses who had entered before.

"It seems that the 108 lightsabers on the surface of the sword palace are connected to something in the sword palace and are used to test the monks."

"I remember that not long ago, a disciple of the Aye Yi Sect entered it? He resonated with 103 lightsabers. It was really terrifying."

"The daughter of the master of the Xuanyin Palace is also among them. I wonder how many swords she has resonated with." Someone said with a somewhat curious tone while looking at the ninety-seven lightsabers in front of them. , couldn’t help but sigh:

"There are really many geniuses who have entered the Sword Palace this time. From the looks of it, among the three people just now, there are also some who can break through the bottleneck of one hundred swords."

"If it resonates 108 times, could it be that we can truly get the inheritance of the Sword Palace?" Someone couldn't help but said with a somewhat teasing tone.

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately showed a faint smile: "108? Even only the Sword Emperor himself can do it."

They have all looked away. Since the Sword Palace requires sword talent to enter it, it is destined to be missed by monks like them who major in other ways, so they can only watch the show here.

"Breaking through one hundred." A monk suddenly said.

"The next is the most critical time. The slower the lightsaber resonance is, the slower it goes. Most of the monks with sword talents in Dongzhou have probably already entered it, right? However, the highest number only has 103 lightsabers. ”

"If you really want to get the sword palace inheritance, you really need to light up 108 lightsabers at the same time, then these proud people will probably have to go to waste this time." Someone next to him said with a gloating tone.

"snort!"

There was a cold snort immediately from the side, and an elder from the ancient family who was guarding the place gave the man an indifferent look.

The person who originally made fun suddenly fell silent.

But I still feel a little dissatisfied, even gloating about my misfortune.

It would be interesting if no one really could get the Sword Palace inheritance this time.

"It seems that we have reached 103." After watching the lightsaber's resonance speed stop for nearly a cup of tea, a monk finally spoke to break the silence.

"That's already very impressive... I don't know what the identities of those three people just now were, but there was someone with such a monster talent among them."

People were chatting and trying to look back.

However, at this moment, the lightsaber that had been stagnant suddenly lit up again!

The eyes of countless people froze slightly, and the chatter just now fell silent instantly, and countless eyes stared at the Sword Palace in mid-air.

Someone resonated with the 104th lightsaber!

There was no time for anyone to react, only a "boom" was heard. Under the eyes of countless people in disbelief, the one hundred and eight lightsabers that were originally silent on the surface of the Sword Palace completely lit up at this moment, blooming with endless energy. Less dazzling than the sun!

Almost at that moment, there was a thunderous sound in people's hearts, and the same thought flashed through their minds at the same time.

Someone has been truly recognized by Sword Palace!

…

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Mu Zhian also looked at the stone tablet that was completely lit up at this time with some amazement, and looked at Bai Ruoxi who was illuminated by the golden light like a goddess descending, and couldn't help feeling a little more emotional.

Although I had just vaguely guessed that Bai Ruoxi might be able to resonate with the One Hundred and Eight Swords, when I actually saw this scene, I was still a little shocked.

Bai Ruoxi never spoke, she just raised her head and looked at the stone tablet in front of her, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Ruoxi, what's wrong?" Mu Zhian saw something was wrong with Bai Ruoxi's state and couldn't help but ask.

"I feel like someone is calling me." Bai Ruoxi suddenly said.

Under Mu Zhian's gaze, Bai Ruoxi turned her head slightly, looked at a door not far away from her that had quietly opened at some point, and said softly:

"That voice came from there."