Chapter 470 - 468: Contention

Chapter 470: Chapter 468: Contention

Meanwhile,

Inside Heaven’s End Valley.

"Elder Gu, has he left?"

In a quiet courtyard, Jian Wuheng asked, his expression calm.

"He’s gone. It seems he had urgent matters to attend to. He mentioned it to me and left."

"What? Don’t tell me you still want to cross swords with him?"

"Forget it. You’re a Soul Emergence Ninth Layer expert, and from the previous generation at that. Challenging a junior at the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer... there’s nothing to gain from winning, and losing would only make his name for him."

Gu Xuanqing said, his brow furrowed slightly.

He understood the competitive spirit of a genius.

After all, in his youth,

he too was a genius,

and had his own moments of youthful arrogance.

But given Jian Wuheng’s status and power, it was truly unsuitable.

As a cultivator at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer,

Jian Wuheng was the face of the Ancient Sword Sect,

and the most likely candidate to become the sect’s next Divine Travel Realm expert.

For someone of his standing

to fight a junior at the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer

looked far too much like a senior bullying a junior.

Winning would bring no benefits,

and losing would be a catastrophic loss.

Using one’s own fame to build up another’s

is never a good thing.

Although Gu Xuanqing was very optimistic about Shen Changchuan’s future achievements and wouldn’t mind lending a hand to earn a favor, if it involved the interests of his own Sect, that was another matter entirely.

"Of course I want to spar with him."

"To defeat such a peerless prodigy with my sword would surely bring me immense benefits!"

"But even if I want to, now is not the time."

"The time is not yet right."

"Fortunately, that time is not far off."

Jian Wuheng shook his head.

He slowly wiped his longsword, its edge glinting with a sharp, snow-bright light, his voice inscrutable.

"The time you’re speaking of... are you referring to the Immortal Sect’s Centennial Grand Tournament?"

Gu Xuanqing looked a little surprised, a hint of curiosity on his face.

"The Immortal Sect’s Centennial Grand Tournament is less than ten years away. Are you so sure he can break through to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer before then?"

"I’m afraid that won’t be easy!"

Even he, who had lived for nearly two hundred years, was utterly astonished by Shen Changchuan’s talent and Comprehension.

But he still had his reservations about whether Shen Changchuan could cross three layers in ten years to reach the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer.

After all,

it had taken him a full sixty years to barely advance from the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer to the Eighth Layer Peak.

And he had no idea how many more years it would take to break through the bottleneck he now faced at the Eighth Layer Peak!

He knew full well how difficult the path was in the Late Stage of the Soul Emergence Realm.

"For an ordinary person, it would indeed be impossible."

"But for a true, peerless demon, it is not entirely impossible."

"I have a feeling that we will definitely meet at the Grand Tournament in ten years."

"And as you know, Elder, my premonitions are always accurate."

In response to Gu Xuanqing’s doubt,

Jian Wuheng didn’t argue. He just continued to calmly wipe his longsword and spoke with indifference.

"Is that so..."

Gu Xuanqing didn’t continue to argue.

He pondered for a moment,

then,

took out a brand new Jade Slip.

"Before he left, that kid gave me this. He said he spent half a month of hard work creating this Technique to control the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ants by integrating methods like the Gu-controlling Secret Technique and Gu Insect control."

"I have already looked it over. Some of the ideas within are quite novel."

"This might be of some help to you in understanding him."

Hearing this,

Jian Wuheng’s movements as he wiped his sword paused for an instant.

Nevertheless, he took the Jade Slip.

He began to scan its contents.

"As expected. Truly a peerless demon, the likes of which are seen only once in a thousand years!"

Jian Wuheng fell silent.

After a long moment,

he finally spoke, his voice filled with deep emotion.

In less than half a month, he created a new Secret Technique.

Even though it was just a Gu Dao Secret Technique,

it was still enough to prove his talent and Comprehension!

And Jian Wuheng knew

that the man’s cultivation in the Sword Dao was not the least bit weak either!

"I’m looking forward to our battle in ten years even more now!"

In Jian Wuheng’s eyes,

a burning battle intent ignited.

When prodigies clash,

the victor plunders the loser’s destiny,

constantly accumulating it until they build an invincible momentum,

and from then on, they press forward,

unrivaled and unstoppable!

This was a theory proposed by some Profound Pill Realm experts in the Immortal Sects,

and this belief had a certain currency throughout the Immortal Cultivation World.

Although Jian Wuheng only believed in the sword in his hand,

and not some so-called Power of Destiny,

he had no doubt that fighting a fellow prodigy and using them as a whetstone for his sword

would make his own blade even sharper!

Because he, Jian Wuheng,

had fought his way up exactly like this!

On his path of growth,

not only the Sword Dao Cultivators of his Sect, but also famous Sword Dao Cultivators from the outside world, had all ultimately become nourishment for his growth!

And Shen Changchuan,

to Jian Wuheng,

was undoubtedly a prime whetstone!

If he could defeat him,

Jian Wuheng felt that his own Sword Dao would undoubtedly rise to a new level!

His intuition had always been sharp!

"A pity, a pity!"

"I can hardly wait for the Immortal Sect’s Centennial Grand Tournament!"

His battle intent surged.

Jian Wuheng was eager to try, and the hand holding his sword couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

’It was truly a shame.’

’Right now, that whetstone is still too raw.’

’A mere Soul Emergence Seventh Layer,’

’is far from meeting the standard for a qualified whetstone.’

Although Shen Changchuan, who had mastered a Tier Two Top Level Skill, could erupt with power comparable to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer in an instant,

and had even faced, defeated, and killed the Mu Lan Brothers, who could also unleash Ninth Layer Power in the previous battle,

so what?

’Before me, Jian Wuheng,’

’those people are nothing more than cannon fodder.’

’But that’s fine. It’s only when he has truly grown that he will be at his most delicious...’

Jian Wuheng suppressed the battle intent in his heart, thinking to himself.

...

Far away, Shen Changchuan had no idea that he had already become a prime whetstone in someone else’s eyes.

Although, even if he did know, he probably wouldn’t care.

At this moment,

he was joyfully browsing through the batch of Jade Slips he had found buried deep underground.

’That’s right.’

’Just as I had guessed.’

’This batch of Jade Slips’

’is the core inheritance of the Li Family!’

Not only did it contain the Li Family’s core Gu Dao Secret Technique inheritance, but also almost all of the Manipulation Techniques for the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ants,

and even the detailed process of how the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King was cultivated hundreds of years ago, along with the insights and various speculations of the previous Spirit Binders who controlled it!

For Shen Changchuan,

this was undoubtedly a massive, heaven-sent boon!

With this,

among the materials for refining the Void Escape Gu,

the matter of the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant, the main ingredient, was finally and completely resolved.

Next up,

only the Purple Star Sand remained!