Chapter 242 - 130: Ancestral Hall, Worshipping the Martial Saint, Receiving the Mantle! In the Black Market, the Celestial Killing Star Will Always Have a Successor

Chapter 242: Chapter 130: Ancestral Hall, Worshipping the Martial Saint, Receiving the Mantle! In the Black Market, the Celestial Killing Star Will Always Have a Successor

Under such an intense gaze, Ji Xiu felt thoroughly uncomfortable and couldn’t help but speak, his voice hesitant.

"Er..."

"Elder Chen, the ’Qi Charm’ you mentioned... does it refer to this unusual Sword Plaque?"

Ji Xiu pointed to a black gold plaque, the one inscribed with ’Five Declines Celestial Saber’.

Chen He’s chest rose and fell as he took several deep breaths to calm himself. After a long silence, he fixed Duan Chenzhou with a complicated gaze.

"Where in the world did you find this monster..."

Initially, Duan Chenzhou had been unable to contain his own shock.

But when he saw Chen He look his way, he instinctively straightened his spine and raised an eyebrow. The feeling was practically written on his face.

’See? This is the disciple I handpicked to carry on my legacy, plucked from some backwater county.’

’Isn’t he leagues better than all the disciples and grand-disciples you’ve taught here in your School?’

Chen He paid Duan Chenzhou’s expression no mind. Instead, he turned to Ji Xiu, his gaze softening to a degree never seen before.

"Correct."

He gazed at the plaque, hands clasped behind his back, a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

"This plaque, it is said, holds one of my father’s Martial Saint’s Ultimate Skills."

"A Martial Saint is the honorific for a Martial Arts Family granted a ’Title’."

"A master who reaches this realm can found their own sect. Their very presence is enough to establish a ’True Sect’ with the power to command an entire prefecture!"

"Secret Martial Dao is a form of Martial Arts that Qi Cultivation Grandmasters begin to study. It uses Qi to manifest various ’Qi Phases’. But Secret Martial Arts are merely the starting point, and they are also divided into tiers."

"Grandmaster Level, Sect Establishment Level, and True Sect Level!"

"Those are the tiers of the Secret Martial Dao!"

"A Martial Saint’s Ultimate Skill, on the other hand, is the ultimate killing move, forged from the burning Martial Dao will of a Titled master over their entire lifetime."

"Even in a True Sect, it would be a closely guarded secret!"

"Granted, no one in our Celestial Blade Style has ever managed to comprehend this plaque left by my father, Chen Danding. Not a single person has grasped even a shred of the Martial Saint’s Ultimate Skill within it, not even Ancestral Master Wang Xuanyang."

"But."

"He himself once said, with absolute certainty."

"This plaque holds the last remnants of my father’s Qi Number."

"It’s just that..."

"...besides you, no one has ever been able to elicit a response from it."

"It seems you are the destined one."

Grandmaster Level, Sect Establishment Level, True Sect Level, Martial Saint’s Ultimate Skill!

As he listened to Chen He’s explanation,

it felt as though the gates to a new world had swung open for Ji Xiu...

He finally understood why this Senior Master, his own master Duan Chenzhou, and his senior brother Qin Zhuo all wore such expressions.

’When my Primordial Daoist Talisman stirred a wisp of Dao rhythm, it made the plaque containing the Martial Saint’s Ultimate Skill tremble slightly. It made them all mistakenly believe I’d earned the plaque’s acknowledgment and would have a chance to uncover the secrets within.’

In response to this,

When Duan Chenzhou heard the clear interest in Chen He’s voice, his initial excitement vanished. He fell into a rare silence, his expression growing grim.

"I only wanted my disciple to enter the Ancestral Hall and learn the Sect Establishment Level Secret Martial Art the old man created."

"The Cause and Effect tied to that plaque of yours..."

"It’s a burden he cannot carry."

Emotion rippled through the Purple-clothed Martial Artist’s voice.

But Chen He shook his head.

"Do you want your disciple, the Qilin Prodigy of our Celestial Blade Style, to learn a Sect Establishment Level Martial Art?"

"Or do you want him to master a ’True Sect Level’ Secret Martial Art?"

"Though it is only a difference of one tier, the former can be founded by any great master of the Dragon Tiger Realm. The latter, however..."

"...can only be created by a ’Titled Martial Saint’!"

"A Qi Cultivation Grandmaster who has mastered the Qi Barrier, Will Barrier, and the Qi Dao, versus a Titled Martial Saint who can fly through the heavens and traverse the earth—can the two even be mentioned in the same breath?"

"Furthermore,"

"What is hidden inside here is not a ’True Sect Secret Martial Art’, but... a Martial Saint’s Ultimate Skill!"

"Not all True Sect Level Secret Martial Arts, even when brought to Perfection, can produce an ’Ultimate Skill’, junior brother."

"Aside from those nineteen great houses and the Great Xuan Royal Descendants, even a True Sect Disciple would be sorely tempted upon seeing it."

"Are you going to make such a big decision for Ji Xiu?"

At these words, a cold look surfaced on Duan Chenzhou’s face.

"Chen He, you are the Direct Lineage Son of the old Sword Dao Ancestral Court, a remnant of the Old Celestial Pillar faction that was well and truly driven out of Cangdu."

"In today’s Great Xuan, over in Cangdu, that Vassal Town, your identity alone is enough to make people deeply fearful."

"The old man kept you suppressed here for thirty years for your own good. It hasn’t been easy for you, working so hard to manage the School and finally taking on a few disciples to carry on your legacy."

"A vendetta that vast... even Wang Xuanyang couldn’t withstand it after earning his Title. You had better abandon this idea."

"There are some inheritances you can take without issue, but some things..."

"...will cost you your life."

"The complete Sect Establishment Level ’Crescent Celestial Saber Chapter’, created by Ancestral Master Wang Xuanyang of the Dragon Tiger Realm."

"And the True Sect Level ’Great Five Decline Celestial Saber’ left behind by the Titled Martial Saint, Chen Danding!"

"Can these two even be mentioned in the same breath!?"

"I, Duan Chenzhou, can shoulder the burden of the former. But the debts of Chen Danding and the Sword Dao Ancestral Court..."

"There’s Cangdu, the Ten Celestial Pillars, the war between saber and sword, and the Great Xuan Blood Descendants..."

"Forget the now-fragmented Sword Sect! Even if someone could unite all six branches and inherit the title of Sword Master, they still might not be able to shoulder that burden!"

The information revealed in their back-and-forth stunned Ji Xiu, a boy from a poor family who had only just arrived in Jiangyin Prefecture.

His mind reeled.

’There are... so many secrets behind the Celestial Blade Style?’

He swallowed hard a few times. A part of him was tempted, but after hearing Duan Chenzhou speak of all those factions and titles...