The Extermination Swordsmanship Sect itself was also a super sect that had been inheriting luck from tens of thousands of years; it had a well-deserved position among thousands of sword practitioner sects in the Sword Province. It was also a real powerhouse that ranked among the top five even in the entire Northern Region. Thanks to the sect’s guidance, the ancient Sword City was strong and solid, as if it had been built with iron walls. Ordinary Demon Royals or Demon Saints would not dare to get near it, not to mention invading Guo City as a provocation.

Hua Huai’an could finally relax once they stepped into Sword City.

However, he soon felt a little surprised.

That was, because there were actually well-dressed sword practitioners with strong auras in front of the space gates, seemingly waiting for some big shot.

Hundreds of space gates of various sizes were found in the space gate square at the center of Sword City, which led to other big cities in the Sword Province, as well as other large provinces in the Northern Region. This day, the gates used by the Camel Caravan were actually among the most basic. No one important would ever walk out from them…

Those sword practitioners were all dressed in white, holding silver swords and looking dashing; delicate patterns of small swords were embroidered on their sleeves.

Those were exactly the emblems of the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect.

Moreover, the small swords appeared to be pale gold; only sword practitioners above the third-generation disciple level were qualified to embroider such patterns on their sleeves. It meant that the dozen disciples waiting before the gates were at least experts above the Inborn Martial Grandmaster realm.

Hua Huai’an became alerted.

He immediately led the caravan team behind him to make way, just to prevent offending those proud sword practitioners and their long-awaited distinguished guest.

After all the caravan members stepped out one by one, Gu Xing’er and Ding Hao followed right after, walking at the end of that parade.

Hua Huai’an became flustered as he saw that the nerd Ding Hao walked out from the gate, squinted into the dazzling sun in the sky, and then actually walked straight to where the dozen third-generation disciples from the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect were, not intending to avoid them, at all.

“Sh*t. That stupid scholar.”

Hua Huai’an immediately trotted over trying to stop Ding Hao; however, those disciples approached Ding Hao sooner than him. They had already surrounded him; one of them took out a portrait and carefully compared it with Ding Hao.

“Crap.” Hua Huai’an was going to say something to help the foolish scholar out. After all, Ding Hao had paid him generously.

However, at that moment—

“Are you the Saber and Sword Addict Ding Hao, Senior Ding?” a leading disciple asked respectfully.

Ding Hao smiled and nodded. “Just leave out the title. Yes, I’m Ding Hao.”

The leading disciple was overjoyed as he introduced himself respectfully, “Great. You’re finally here. Martial Uncle Bai has been waiting for you these days, truly looking forward to meeting with you. He’s busy with sect affairs so he didn’t come to receive you in person. I’m Zhang Keyi, a third-generation disciple from the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect. Please follow us to the sect’s mansion.”

While saying that, Zhang Keyi turned around and said to someone beside him, “Haha, Junior Brother, quick, go inform Martial Uncle Bai. This is something great; we’ve just received Senior Ding, haha. Send the signal now. The guest is here.”

A red flame rose up from Zhang Keyi’s hand, turning into a life-like long sword in the azure sky and lasting for a long time.

The next second—in other places of the big Sword City every thousand kilometers—a red long sword was shot upward and stayed in the sky. Hua Huai’an roughly counted and found that the action was repeated twelve times.

Hua Huai’an was completely dazed at that moment.

“Twelve Extermination Expedited Swords. It’s said that the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect would only use expedited sword signals to receive a guest at a sect head level. And now they actually…” Hua Huai’an couldn’t believe his eyes.

It was the first time he had seen such a thing happen in all of his close to forty trips to Sword City.

Moreover, he knew about the young man, Zhang Keyi.

He might be young, but he had been known as a famous rising star in Extermination Swordsmanship Sect during the past years, nicknamed One Move to Kill Them All. He had defeated many young and old experts with his long sword, which earned him the title “young Bai Quanshui”. It showed that many people believed that he’d be as strong as Bai Quanshui in the future, a decisive figure of the newer generations who had won great admiration in the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect.

Zhang Keyi was definitely a big shot in Sword City; he was able to shake things up with just a few moves.

That kind of man was not easy to meet on usual days. Who knew how many rich caravans and merchants wanted to meet with him? They would even fail to do so with their wads of money. However, at that moment, this man was actually patient enough to wait there to greet someone and act with the utmost politeness; he had even called himself a junior in front of Ding Hao and treated him courteously!

Hua Huai’an’s mind went blank, completely unable to think.

“OMG, who is this guy that I’ve taken for a stupid scholar?

“How terrifying is his background?

“And I really believed him to be a weak and stupid scholar. Thank God I didn’t do anything too offending, or the entire Camel Caravan would be doomed.”

“Senior Ding, this way,” Zhang Keyi said respectfully.

At that time, somewhere far in the sky, flowing lights flashed; a silver and magnificent palace rumbled and emerged in the air. The palace soon reached them; a silver ribbon then flew out of the palace like a piece of cloud, connecting the palace with the ground. It landed in front of Ding Hao and turned into a long staircase, like an immortal’s artifact.

Other Extermination Swordsmanship Sect disciples who had been waiting next to other space gates hurried over to maintain order.

People had been streaming on the space gate square; all of them became somewhat curious when they witnessed that scene, not knowing what was happening or which important figures had descended, since the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect was actually greeting them on such a grand scale. “Have sect leaders from some other super sects arrived?”

The crowd started to gather.

The situation attracted the attention of many people.

At that moment—

A voice rang in the sky. “Hahaha, Brother Ding, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. You took a long time!” Bright white lights and Sword Qi streaked across the sky. A white and lean figure flashed from the magnificent palace and then arrived on the space gate square in the blink of an eye, appearing in front of the many Extermination Swordsmanship Sect disciples.

“I respectfully bow before Martial Uncle Bai!”

“Greetings, Great Martial Uncle!”

“Martial Uncle Bai!”

Hundreds of Extermination Swordsmanship Sect disciples had bent one knee like courtiers upon seeing their king.

Everyone who saw this went crazy.

The crowd became excited.

Because they had recognized that the white figure that suddenly appeared was none other than the top cultivator in the new generation of the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect’s disciples, the idol who countless young martial artists in Sword City and even the entire Sword Province worshipped, the peerless new-generation genius in the Sword Province, also, the openly confirmed future leader of Extermination Swordsmanship Sect—

The Extermination Swordsmanship Sect’s Monster, Bai Quanshui.

Bai Quanshui enjoyed reverence and fame on par with that of the sect leader of the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect in Sword City. Actually, Bai Quanshui had started handling many sect affairs in recent years, hardly showing his face outside. Therefore, he would always stir a round of crazy screams among people whenever he appeared in public.

“What in the world happened today? The chosen one in the Sword Province actually showed up on the space gate square?”

Everyone was curious, trying to guess the reason.

“Who is the guy who Bai Quanshui called ‘Brother Ding’? He can make friends with someone like the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect’s Monster? Is he the fat guy from the Blue Cloud Sect? But that rude guy’s surname is Song, not Ding!”

“Brother Ding, haha, you’re finally here. Be ready for a warm welcome.” Bai Quanshui was very excited.

He had gone to the Snow Province to help Ding Hao. Ding Hao had gifted him a small divine fire tower when he left. He had finally lit up the fire in recent days and gained a trace of divinity, thus greatly enhancing his cultivation; there were also various other benefits. Therefore, he was very glad that Ding Hao had paid him a visit.

“Brother Bai, I’ll have to trouble you this time.” Ding Hao smiled.

“Haha, that’s not true. Quick, follow me to the Golden Sword Palace. Master Sect Leader and other Martial Uncles want to see you, the genius who shook the Sage Battlefield and created the Heaven Sabre – Peerless Sword Tower.” Bai Quanshui grabbed Ding Hao’s hand and was about to walk toward the white cloud staircase.

In the distance, Hua Huai’an, Gu Shaochu, and others were dazed by the scene; they had almost stopped breathing.

“Heavens! That scholar Ding Hao has such powerful connections… He can make Bai Quanshui receive him in person?”

They thought about the opinion they had of him before, how they talked to him informally and sometimes bossed him around, how they had sent him to the worst tent, to ride on the last carriage, even sending people to watch him…

All the people from the Camel Caravan and the Changfeng Escort Agency were unable to avoid breaking out in a sweat.

Only Gu Xing’er, apart from shock, also felt frustration. She felt a little lost as she stood in the crowd.

Even though she had guessed that Ding Hao’s background wasn’t simple, she still hoped that she might still have a chance; however, at that moment, she realized that Ding Hao was basically out of her reach, a figure as powerful as the Extermination Swordsmanship Sect’s Monster. “How could I, a little Great Martial Mentor Realm armed escort, set my sights on him?”

She stared at the figure as she became lost in thought. She knew quite clearly that Ding Hao would be eternally unreachable for her the moment he stepped onto that cloud staircase and entered Golden Sword Palace. She would never be able to see him again, or even talk to him for a second.

She used to be conceited, thinking that her lover would be a peerless hero, a super genius, worshipped by millions; however, when a real mind-blowing genius appeared before her, it wasn’t as romantic as she had expected it to be. She had even been burned by his bright light.