Chapter 647: The Twin Sword Style

This ferry traveling from Whirlwind City to Liaolong was about seven zhang long and three zhang wide.

It had only a single deck.

Inside the cabin, only a few round wooden tables were bolted down, each with a wooden plate holding several apples.

But judging from their wrinkled skin, it seemed these apples had been sitting on this ferry for a very long time.

Although this ferry was quite small in scale, with outdated facilities, it looked as though it had been in operation for who knows how many years.

But for cultivators, even these shriveled apples were a bit too much.

Just like He Qingling now, her gaze would occasionally drift to the few apples placed on the table before her.

As the daughter of He Chengjie, the Sect Leader of the Xuan Sheng Sect, apart from cultivation, He Qingling had hardly ever endured any hardship in her entire life.

Even with her talent, when it came to cultivation, He Qingling had never really suffered much either.

The cramped ferry she currently found herself on had a cabin environment that was easily the worst she had ever traveled in her lifetime.

However, she didn't show any sign of disgust, only surprise that such a ferry could even exist in this world.

Then, He Qingling shifted her attention to the middle-aged man standing by the corner of the wall, leaning against the cabin, eyes closed in meditative rest.

Following that, He Qingling's gaze drifted once more toward the two long swords wrapped in bandages at the middle-aged man's waist.

"Is something the matter?"

Suddenly, without He Qingling noticing, the middle-aged man's voice came through.

"Senior Lin..."

He Qingling said:

"I'm just a bit curious, where are you from?"

Asked such a question, Li Haowen did not hesitate for long. After only a brief pause of half a breath, he immediately answered:

"The North Pass Sect."

"...The North Pass Sect?"

This answer caught He Qingling somewhat off guard.

The North Pass Sect was a first-rate cultivation sect in the Northern Region of the Chenping Continent, but its foundation was still shallow.

From its founding to the present day, it had only been less than thirty years.

The reason the North Pass Sect had grown so rapidly was that, during the sect's early founding, its first Sect Leader, the unfathomably powerful Upper Three Realm cultivator Si Chen, personally presided over it.

Another reason was that the North Pass Sect maintained excellent relations with a host of top-tier sects and Upper Three Realm cultivators across the Chenping Continent.

Around ten years ago, the North Pass Sect had encountered a "catastrophe."

Hundreds of North Pass Sect disciples, without anyone noticing, died one by one within the sect.

All of them had their throats slit by sharp blades.

And in the subsequent investigation, people were astonished to discover that these several hundred North Pass Sect disciples had all died by their own hand.

The occurrence of such an event had once thrown many cultivation sects in the Northern Region of the Chenping Continent into panic and chaos.

It even alarmed the Peak Elders of Wind Ravine Valley.

To this day, the unsolved case that befell the North Pass Sect remains an unresolved mystery in the cultivation world of the Chenping Continent.

He Qingling, who enjoyed listening to storytelling, had naturally heard of everything that happened to the North Pass Sect.

As for the North Pass Sect of today, it was already vastly different from what it once was.

After that unsolved case, the North Pass Sect had nearly been wiped out.

But with the support of the great powers who had once been close to the mysterious Upper Three Realm cultivator Si Chen, as well as many cultivation sects across the Chenping Continent,

the North Pass Sect quickly regained its strength.

However, the North Pass Sect of today had almost lost all traces connected to its founding Sect Leader, Si Chen.

Li Haowen's answer was quite clever.

The North Pass Sect's foundation on the Chenping Continent was still shallow. Aside from its founding Sect Leader being an extremely mysterious Upper Three Realm great who controlled one of the three major ferries in the Northern Region of the Chenping Continent, the North Pass Sect ferry,

the only other thing most memorable about it was that unsolved case.

By claiming to be a cultivator of the North Pass Sect, Li Haowen had indeed found a way out that would be very difficult to verify.

"The North Pass Sect in the Northern Region of the Chenping Continent?"

He Qingling continued.

Hearing this, Li Haowen merely gave a slight nod.

"It's not my intention to offend, Senior Lin."

He Qingling said:

"But I truly have never heard of any Guardian of the Dao on Du Cang Mountain currently hailing from the North Pass Sect."

"That's because I'm not a Guardian of the Dao on Du Cang Mountain."

Li Haowen replied:

"Seven months ago, Realman Shuangyu of Wind Ravine Valley issued a decree, summoning cultivators of the Qi Sea Realm and above from various cultivation sects in the Northern Region of the Chenping Continent to travel to Du Cang Mountain to assist Realman Du Cang and the Five Great Sects in governing Du Cang Mountain.

"At the time, this decree was personally carried out by Elder Ao Wenlin, the Sword Master Elder of Huiyi Ravine of Wind Ravine Valley. I represented the North Pass Sect and was fortunate enough to be summoned by Du Cang Mountain."

He Qingling said nothing, merely lowering her eyes slightly.

What Lin Fan had just said was utterly flawless.

She too, seven months ago, had heard that Du Cang Mountain was in dire need of manpower, and that Realman Shuangyu (Yin Xia) of Wind Ravine Valley had indeed issued a decree summoning cultivators of the Qi Sea Realm and above from the Northern Region of the Chenping Continent, with extremely stringent requirements.

After all, Du Cang Mountain was currently the sacred ground of cultivation on the Chenping Continent. Even without obtaining any cultivation resources from Du Cang Mountain, simply residing on the mountain, relying on its Yunxian Jades, one's cultivation speed would far surpass that of any other so-called blessed land rich in spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Therefore, cultivators had signed up with great enthusiasm.

Of course, regarding the matter of Realman Shuangyu (Yin Xia) of Wind Ravine Valley recruiting people from the Northern Region of the Chenping Continent, the vast majority of cultivators on Du Cang Mountain knew of the news.

But the speed and composure with which Lin Fan had just responded made it impossible to harbor any suspicion.

"Forgive my impertinence, Senior Lin. I really don't know much about the North Pass Sect, but it seems that you are also a swordsman, Senior."

He Qingling said as she once again cast her gaze toward the two long swords wrapped in bandages at the waist of the somewhat weather-beaten middle-aged cultivator before her:

"And not just that, a practitioner of the twin sword style..."

"It's not the twin sword style."

Li Haowen said.

The twin sword style was a relatively common sword path in the cultivation world of the Chenping Continent. Among the sword immortals that had appeared throughout the history of the Chenping Continent, the ones that could be ranked in the top three were the Falling Star Realman, Realman Cangyue, and Realman Bai Shang.

And then there was a Dao Union Realm cultivator renowned throughout the world for his twin sword style, Sang Zhe.

Sang Zhe had been active during the Heavenly Summit Era, over ninety thousand years ago. As a rogue cultivator, he achieved the Divine Ability Realm, then established a cultivation sect called the "Ruyi Sword Sect," and during the time he governed the Ruyi Sword Sect, he successfully broke through to the Dao Union Realm and pioneered the "twin sword style."