Novel Full Chapter 572: Ch 572 - Sect master, by that time...
Chapter 572: Ch 572 – Sect master, by that time…
When Yino saw Changli take out a Primordial fragment, his mind immediately retrieved quite a few keywords.
Yino still knew quite a bit about that instance of the Jianlan Sect.
The protagonist of the Jianlan Sect’s storyline was named Lin Che, whose golden finger was the Innate Pure Yang Sacred Body. The villain was the Jianlan Sect’s Holy Son, Ji Zichen, whom Yino had previously placed an evil curse on in the Western Region, and the heroine was their Sect master, Pei Zhihan, who was known as the number one Sword Master in the world back in the day.
The so-called number one sword in the world referred to the category of disciples below the Tribulation Crossing stage who had not yet ascended. It was impossible to truly compare with those millennium-old antiques.
Similarly, Yuyan’s title of Sword leader of Wuji sect and Sword Immortal was the same, limited to young disciples of the Five Great Immortal Sects not counting the elder tier.
Pei Zhihan was the only True Inheritor of that Primordial Sword Venerate from back then.
Approximately a hundred years ago, the Primordial Sword Ancestor fell in a great battle of conferring gods. His Primordial Divine Sword and Primordial Sword Art, and even the position of Sect master of the Jianlan Sect, were naturally passed to his disciple, Pei Zhihan.
Back then, Zhihan was also a candidate for the next Sword Venerate, attracting worldwide attention.
As the years passed, Zhihan’s cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the Tribulation Crossing stage. She lived up to expectations and gained the reputation of being the strongest sword cultivator below the Immortal Realm, but her predicament began right there.
Zhihan had been stuck at the Tribulation Crossing stage for many years, unable to advance.
The first ten years, the world could understand.
The second ten years, the disciples of the Jianlan Sect didn’t think much of it.
The third ten years, the disciples of the Jianlan Sect felt a bit puzzled.
The fourth ten years, the world gradually became curious about Zhihan’s cultivation.
The fifth ten years, the elders of the Jianlan Sect got a bit anxious.
The sixth ten years, the Old Ancestor of the Jianlan Sect also couldn’t sit still.
The seventh ten years, the world began to discuss whether Zhihan’s heavenly mandate for the tribulation was late in arriving, or if her limit was simply the Tribulation Crossing stage and it was impossible for her to ascend any further?
Until today, even Zhihan herself gradually began to doubt her own Sword Dao.
However. Her cultivation being stuck wasn’t exactly a difficult problem. After all, so many elders in the world found it hard to ascend for hundreds of years. And since Zhihan was still young and possessed the cultivation of the Tribulation Crossing stage, she could still securely sit in the position of Sect master.
But the real problem was that she occupied the Primordial Divine Sword and Primordial Sword Art, yet kept delaying taking a disciple to inherit the Sword Dao of the Primordial Old Ancestor.
This was the real reason the other elders of the Jianlan Sect couldn’t sit still.
Zhihan could be useless, but the signature treasure of the Jianlan Sect still had to be passed down!
Otherwise, with Zhihan occupying the top-tier primordial sword dao and not passing it on, the Jianlan Sect would sooner or later decline bit by bit…
Thus. In the last ten years, everyone in the Jianlan Sect, from top to bottom, was urging Zhihan to quickly find a few gifted children to pass on the Sword Dao.
But Zhihan, holding onto the Primordial Divine Sword, kept delaying and was unwilling to take a disciple.
She said that the Primordial Sword Ancestor had strict sect rules during his life; his Sword Art could only be passed to one person in a lifetime. Before waiting for that Child of Primordial who truly met the requirements in Zhihan’s heart, she would absolutely not casually pass the Sword Dao to anyone!
But the question was, where exactly was that Primordial one that Zhihan was waiting for?
Who knows about this kind of metaphysical question?
Up to this point, the core conflict of the Jianlan Sect’s main storyline gradually became clear.
The Ji Family Elders of the Jianlan Sect advocated passing the Primordial Sword Art to outsiders to revitalize the sect, but Zhihan guarded her master’s Sword Dao, preferring death over passing it on.
During these years when the Jianlan Sect was weak, the Grand Tutor’s Lin Mansion, also in the Northern Region, set their sights on this legendary Primordial Sword Art…
Multiple forces were eyeing it covetously; Zhihan’s possession of the treasure made her a target. The outcome could naturally be imagined.
This was exactly the reason Yino planned to go to the Jianlan Sect in the spring and summer of the coming year.
According to the original plot he knew, Zhihan would either die in battle or become a cripple. And at the final moment of a great battle, she would pass the Primordial Sword Art to the protagonist Lin Che!
How could Yino not covet such a protagonist’s opportunity?
Previously, in the Western Region Demon Abyss, Yino had already recruited Ji Zichen.
Going there next year, he only needed to use Ji Zichen’s connection to secretly ally with the Ji Family Elders to get rid of Lin Che. Then Yino would negotiate with Zhihan, relying on Chen Jianxin’s Innate Sword Dao Sacred Body to disguise himself as the fated hero in her heart. When the time was ripe, the inheritance of the Primordial Sword Art would naturally be within his grasp!
And now, this Primordial Sword Jade given by Changli to Yino was exactly one of the relics scattered in the mortal world when the Primordial Old Ancestor fell back then.
If he could obtain this item, he could easily gain Zhihan’s trust. It would be like adding wings to a tiger for Yino’s plan of replacing the prince with a civet cat!
“It seems you recognize what this is?”
At the chess table in the lake pavilion, Changli’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she observed Yino’s inner calculations with curiosity.
Yino was stunned for a moment, his thoughts returning from the plan regarding the Jianlan Sect.
He thought for a moment and smiled sheepishly:
“I do recognize it. This sword jade bears the mark of the Primordial Sword Art. I heard about it when I was studying cultivation methods with Senior Sister at Wuji.”
Yino started talking nonsense with a serious face.
However, Changli still looked at him with quite a bit of suspicion.
She pondered for a moment, then smiled faintly: “Is that so… Yuyan actually had a friendship with that miss Pei of the Jianlan Sect.”
“Is that so…?”
This time, Yino really didn’t know.
Although Pei Zhihan in the original work was arrogant, her fate was bitter. She basically met her end before Yuyan ever visited the Jianlan Sect.
So, Yino had never really seen the scene of these two female swordswoman with similar images conversing.
“Since you know what this sword jade is, I won’t introduce it further.”
“But…”
Changli nodded, lowered her eyelids, and quietly stared at the sword jade in her hand. In her mind, the ways of Zhihan’s death in the billions of timelines she had deduced couldn’t help but surface.
Although they never asked about each other’s details, they both tacitly held the script.
For Yino, Changli’s top-tier Art of Heavenly Divination, which could deduce the future, actually had a similar effect to his countless choices to restart the game with a new character in his previous life.
It’s just that…
Compared to the player’s perspective, Yino believed that Changli, being in a high position, could peek at the truth of the future from a higher dimension!
“But what?”
With a humble attitude, Yino still lowered his eyebrows and asked.
Changli passed the sword jade to Yino and said in a deep voice: “Yino, I give you a piece of advice.”
“Many times, what you see is not the essence of things.”
“The Jianlan Sect is like this. This Primordial Sword Jade may be like a key to the truth for you, but the direction of the future still needs you to go to the Northern Region personally to see.”
She spoke mystically.
But this time, with the previous experience of being killed by the Divine Gate, Yino wasn’t as willing to listen to riddles as before.
Changli’s reminder was very correct!
The Jianlan Sect plot that Yino knew was missing an important behind-the-scenes force, the Divine Gate.
From the perspective of the protagonist Lin Che, Yino couldn’t feel the existence of the Divine Gate at all.
As a player, Yino knew the plot was correct, but what he knew was only the life planned for the protagonist by the Divine Gate…
“Disciple is taught!”
Yino accepted the sword jade, stood up, cupped his fists, and bowed.
Although it was just a few words of guidance, Yino benefited greatly.