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Chapter 463: The Sword Sovereign's Past, Lin Fan Attempts to Elevate His Sect (Part 2)
Chapter 463: The Sword Sovereign's Past, Lin Fan Attempts to Elevate His Sect (Part 2)
But compared to having the Moon Embrace Sect 'send him away', he felt that he could slightly hint at it.
However, he couldn't expose it to the other Sacred Lands, as this was definitely not a good thing.
Previously, the Vast Wilderness Sword Palace was forced into a difficult situation, but they did do some less-than-honorable things.
So...
The fewer people who knew, the better.
...
"Oh?"
"Aside from Huang Tian Jianzun, does no one else have a connection?"
Upon receiving Gu Xinglian's reply, Lin Fan was surprised yet felt it was within reason.
What surprised him was that none of the other Holy Sovereigns had a 'regular connection'.
But Huang Tian Jianzun, as a 'backup', was not beyond his expectations.
"The Sword Aura Great Wall..."
His thoughts turned to San Ye.
San Ye had left several years ago, and he didn't know how she was doing now, but according to shared data, she was still alive.
Moreover, her strength was rapidly increasing!
The fact that San Ye could enter the Sword Aura Great Wall before ascending to the Upper Realm proved that the Vast Wilderness Sword Palace indeed had a way.
But Lin Fan only knew that they had a connection, nothing more.
What was this connection...
He would have to chat with them to find out.
"This is a problem." Lin Fan smiled in response.
Gu Xinglian hummed, "Do you take me for a fool?"
"Of course not, you're the best."
"Pfft!"
"..."
...
"Lin Zongzhu."
Huang Tian Jianzun's expression turned serious. "I heard that you wish to lead your sect in ascending?"
Lin Fan nodded. "I do have such a thought. If there's a way, I'd appreciate your guidance."
Huang Tian Jianzun's expression grew even heavier. "It's not really guidance, but if we're talking about a way, I do have one."
"But..."
"But what?"
Huang Tian Jianzun's eyebrows furrowed. "It's extremely dangerous; calling it a ten-death-no-life situation wouldn't be an exaggeration."
"Oh?"
Lin Fan's expression also became solemn. "Please elaborate."
Hmm~
When it's time to cooperate, you should at least cooperate a little, right?
You can't just ignore it when it's time to cooperate, can you?
"It's like this..."
Huang Tian Jianzun waved his hand and set up a barrier, but then he sighed again. "This barrier can't even stop Gu Xinglian."
"I just hope she doesn't pry."
At this point, Huang Tian Jianzun couldn't help but smile wryly. "This matter, it's a long story."
"It was many years ago, before I took over as the master of the Vast Wilderness Sword Palace."
"Once, I accompanied my fellow disciples on a training journey, and by chance, we entered a peculiar Sword Dao secret realm."
"In that secret realm, we underwent numerous trials, and many junior brothers and sisters perished within."
"The rest were also eliminated and forcibly sent out of the realm."
"Only I, alone, managed to reach the very end."
"There, aside from obtaining several sword intents and sword art inheritances, there was also a mysterious altar."
"That altar was ancient and dilapidated, covered in cracks, sword marks, and countless traces of battles, leaving behind marks of time and wear."
He waved his hand again, and with his immortal energy, he condensed a phantom of the altar. "It looked something like this."
"This altar is too broken."
"I almost ignored it, but just before leaving, I discovered a faint yet astonishing sword intent emanating from within."
"It was intermittent, like an illusion yet real."
"I wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but I didn't want to give up this opportunity. After all, if I didn't feel it, there might be a Sword Immortal's true essence within the altar!"
"So, I brought the altar back with me."
"After that, I often pondered and contemplated it."
"But I gained nothing."
"And that Sword Dao true essence was elusive, appearing and disappearing, sometimes not showing itself for hundreds of years."
"Gradually, I gave up."
"Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, I took over as the Holy Sovereign, and then I experienced many things."
"Until several decades ago, I suddenly discovered that the broken altar had a peculiar vibration."
"After a brief contemplation, I realized that the altar could be activated!"
Lin Fan listened and nodded, still asking, "Is this true?"
"And then?"
The emotional value was maxed out.
"Later..."
"I made a mistake."
He sighed. "I activated the altar, thinking it would connect to some secret realm, but I never imagined it would connect to..."
"An extremely terrifying place."
"The Sword Aura Great Wall!"
"The Sword Aura Great Wall..." Lin Fan muttered, his fingers rhythmically tapping the table. "What is this Sword Aura Great Wall?"
"Why do you say you made a mistake?"
"If it only connected to the Sword Aura Great Wall, it wouldn't be a big deal."
"After all, I do know about the Sword Aura Great Wall."
"Our Vast Wilderness Sword Palace's predecessors who ascended early occasionally contacted us later generations, and they mentioned the Sword Aura Great Wall."
"That's the Sword Immortal's sacred land in the Immortal World!"
"It's a void defense line built by Sword Cultivators!"
"An immortal monument defending against the foreign realms!"
"With the Sword Aura Great Wall, the Immortal World has no worries!"
At this point, Huang Tian Jianzun slowly lowered his head and murmured, "At that time, I was excited, filled with countless aspirations and fantasies."
"But I don't know why, when I activated the altar and contacted the Sword Immortals in the Sword Aura Great Wall, I discovered..."
"It was completely different from what our ancestors said."
"Their auras didn't resemble Sword Immortals at all; instead, they seemed more like Sword Devils!"
"And they forcefully demanded that I send them Sword Cultivators of the Ninth Realm through the altar."
"When asked why, they replied..."
"To nurture their descendants and battle the foreign realms."
"But I kept a close eye on the situation."
"Through the secret techniques and treasures left by our ancestors, I can communicate with an elder who is going up there once or twice."
"And then I found out that the reason they want someone to go up there is actually for..."
"Soul Possession!"
Lin Fan's eyebrows rose, feeling incredulous.
"Soul Possession?!"
What the hell?
Isn't that the Sword Aura Great Wall I know?
Even if it's not the one that's unparalleled in the world, it's still one of the top places for sword cultivators!
How many great sword cultivators have perished in the Foreign Realm?
Generation after generation, they have never retreated, not even half a step, and they would never resort to soul possession!
They aren't even Sword Immortals, they're more like Sword Devils...
What kind of place is that?
He wasn't too worried about San Ye.
San Ye has been gone for several years, and since there haven't been any issues before, there's no need to rush.
But...
It seems like San Ye has some connection with the Sword Aura Great Wall.
This place...
"I understand your thoughts now."
Lin Fan didn't ask further about the Sword Aura Great Wall's origins or details, as Huang Tian Jianzun also seemed confused and couldn't figure it out.
The Sword Cultivator Sacred Land that the ancestors boasted about has turned into a place that harbors filth and evil. He couldn't help but feel his Dao heart collapse.
"However, it's not appropriate for so many of us from the Embrace Moon Sect to go up there."
"After all, not all of us are sword cultivators."
"Indeed."
Huang Tian Jianzun sighed, "That's why I said it's a ten-death-no-life situation. But I've discovered that the altar can teleport spatial treasures."
"Instead of ascension, where you can only refine treasures and store them in your Dantian and other places."
"In other words, perhaps we can use a relatively smaller secret realm to hide the disciples within, and then use the altar to reach the Sword Aura Great Wall."
"But..."
"Once we go up there, we'll face those 'Sword Devil'-like beings attempting soul possession, and the crisis remains, with no changes."
"So..."
"It's still a ten-death-no-life situation."
"I have no intention of harming you or the Embrace Moon Sect. It's just that others don't have a way, but I happen to have this risky path, so I'm informing you."
"I understand."
Lin Fan nodded.
He didn't have that many complicated thoughts.
But this path was indeed a bit of a stretch.
To go or not to go?
If it were just Lin Fan, he wouldn't be afraid at all. He could go to the Sword Aura Great Wall, explore, and then ascend to the Immortal World.
If San Ye could survive, then theoretically, he could too!
But if he brought everyone from the sect...
If something went wrong, it would be putting everyone at risk.
This made Lin Fan hesitate.
As for secret realms, the Embrace Moon Sect didn't lack them.
Song Yunxiao has developed dozens of large and small secret realms!
Taking one up there wouldn't be a problem.
But whether to take this risk still needed careful consideration.
Therefore, Lin Fan said, "I need to ponder this decision. I can't give you an answer yet, Sword Zun."
"Once I have a conclusion, I'll contact you again."
"That's how it should be."
Huang Tian Jianzun breathed a sigh of relief, "But, forgive my frankness."
"This path..."
"Is better left untaken."
"Thank you for the reminder, I'll be more cautious."
"..."
...
After seeing Huang Tian Jianzun off, Lin Fan fell into deep thought.
He wanted to find someone to discuss this with.
Who would be the best person to consult?
Fan Jianqiang?
"That's not appropriate. He'll definitely disagree a million times."
With Gou Sheng's personality, getting him to agree to take a risk would be harder than killing him!
But aside from Gou Sheng, no one else was a perfect candidate for consultation.
"Let's try to find other ways and see if there are any other methods for the sect's ascension."
"This path..."
"Is indeed a bit dangerous. It shouldn't be chosen unless absolutely necessary."
"Even if..."
"Even if we don't ascend as a sect, we can't play around like this."
Lin Fan sighed.
Then, he contacted Gu Xinglian again and asked her to use the Sky-Gazing Mirror to observe the world.
But this time, they weren't observing a person, but rather an 'object'.
For example, ancient ruins, stone tablets, or related records.
He wanted to try to find clues related to the sect's ascension.
But...
Even with the Sky-Gazing Mirror's full power and several months of effort, no useful clues were found.
There were related records, but they mostly boasted about how powerful the divine beast clans were and how they managed to ascend.
In reality, there were no useful clues."
Helpless, Lin Fan could only find Fan Jianqiang and tell him about his desire for the sect's ascension, asking if he had any ideas. Fan Jianqiang also spread his hands, "I don't know?"
"What do you think, Master?"
"What else can I think?"
Lin Fan smiled wryly, "It should be related to strength and background, right?"
"I'm thinking that the most direct method is to forcefully open the heavenly gate with strength during ascension, like 'Sword Opening the Heavenly Gate', and then stabilize the gate for a while, allowing others to enter the Immortal World..."
"After all, the Immortal World isn't just for immortals, mortals can survive there too. As long as the gate is open, everyone can enter and live."
"I also think so, but if we do this, with your current strength, Master, it might only lead to death."
"This would be breaking the rules, and the powers in the Immortal World won't just stand by."
"And since we're breaking the rules first, Willow Deity might not be able to intervene..."
"Yes."
Lin Fan sighed, "I'm also considering this point. As for the previous Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin clans' ascension, I believe it's because their kin in the Upper World were responding to them.
"These tribes in the Upper World are bound to be even stronger, and their tribes are likely to be larger, with astonishing influence."
"By operating a bit more, the entire tribe could ascend, and it might be completed just like that."
"But we have no one in the Upper World."
"Although the Willow Deity is strong, she is very busy and has her own matters to handle. She can't always keep an eye on us."
"So..."
"This path is not viable."
Is it harder to attack the Immortal World or to deal with the Sword Aura Great Wall?
It is undoubtedly the former.
After all, no matter how strong the Sword Aura Great Wall is, it is only a part of the Immortal World, considered as a border.
And it is most likely just one of the borders.
After all, such a vast Immortal World can't possibly have only one border, right?
An existence like the Immortal World is least tolerant of its authority being challenged.
If we go up obediently, with the threat of the Willow Deity, they probably won't dare to bully the smaller ones openly. However, if I challenge the entire order of the Immortal World, then...
Hehe!
"There is another path."
Lin Fan decided to listen to Fan Jianqiang's opinion.
He is very cautious, but also very steady!
He might just come up with some useful suggestions.
He informed him about the matters of the Sword Aura Great Wall.
Gou Sheng's face immediately turned sour.
"This..."
"Isn't it almost the same?"
"The Sword Aura Great Wall is a modified version..."
"If it were the familiar Sword Aura Great Wall, there wouldn't be much of a problem. We could be cautious, and it wouldn't be a big issue. But with the modified version, we have almost zero intelligence, even with San Ye as an 'inside person,' there's almost no way out."
"Especially if the entire sect ascends, it would be even worse..."
"What if, I mean what if, they inspect the small world you bring up, what would you do?"
Lin Fan sighed, "That's exactly what I'm worried about."
"..."
Fan Jianqiang scratched his head, "Actually, Master, you might be falling into a misconception."
"Ascending the entire sect is certainly better, but we also need to consider whether our conditions are suitable."
"Moreover, nothing can be perfect, so some compromises are necessary."
"How about you go up first, establish a foothold, or when you have the strength to support us, we can go up then?"
Gou Sheng only wants to be cautious.
Lin Fan was not surprised by his attitude.
He had guessed it long ago!
But going up alone is a bit boring, right?
What's the point of that?
"Compromise."
He stroked his chin, "How about I bring you all up?"
"Ordinary disciples might not have much resistance if they encounter Soul Possession, but I trust you!"
"?!?"
Fan Jianqiang was taken aback.
This...
This is not what he had in mind!
He rolled his eyes, "Master, what you said makes sense."
"But our Moon Embrace Sect has only reached its current scale with your support and that of our fellow disciples. If we all go to the Immortal World, what will happen to the Moon Embrace Sect?"
"Would it be a fleeting prosperity, a flower that blooms and withers quickly?"
"Once we leave, the Moon Embrace Sect will inevitably decline rapidly!"
"At that time..."
"What should we do?"
Lin Fan had naturally considered this problem.
That's why he wanted the entire sect to ascend. It's easy for him to go alone, and it's not hard for his direct lineage to ascend either!
In a few years at most, Xiao Ling'er and the others will also ascend one after another.
If no reliable successors are cultivated during this period, the Moon Embrace Sect will still lack support and easily decline.
But Lin Fan's strength is closely tied to the sect...
That's why he wants the entire sect to ascend.
It's best if he can take care of and protect the sect as much as possible.
"Being too talented is also a problem."
Lin Fan smiled helplessly.
The environment was too harsh back then, and he had no choice but to take the unconventional path, only accepting protagonist templates or those celestial prodigies as disciples.
First, they knew their roots, and second, they grew rapidly, bringing more security.
But now, the aftereffects have appeared.
Everyone is too talented, and they keep ascending. Due to the short time, the Moon Embrace Sect hasn't even had time to cultivate excellent successors!
However~
Gou Sheng's words are not just literal.
Lin Fan's eyes twinkled, "So, what do you think should be done?"
"Simple!"
Gou Sheng patted his chest, "As the saying goes, a country cannot exist without a ruler, and a sect cannot exist without a leader. This leader doesn't have to be the Sect Master, but it has to be the backbone."
"Master, you know me."
"I may be cautious, but I can guard the sect... In this lineage, besides you, Master, who else can do it?"
"So, in my view, Master, you should take Senior Apprentice Sister and Shi Hao to ascend, and I will stay to guard the sect until we cultivate a qualified successor."
"This way, you won't have to take too much risk, and the sect will be more stable."
"What do you think?"
"..."
"Good strategy." Lin Fan nodded.
"???"
Fan Jianqiang was taken aback, "You agreed?"
Lin Fan: "What do you think?"
Fan Jianqiang: "..."
Clearly, it's a fake!
"There should be some compromise, forcing everyone to go up might not be suitable, developing in the Lower World for a while is also good." Lin Fan looked at Fan Jianqiang and smiled.
His white teeth seemed to glow: "But what's the point of you staying behind?"
"Old Two."
"You know me."
"You are so steady, what's the point of you staying in the Lower World? Naturally, we should all go to the Upper World together!"
"Our new home in the Upper World needs you more!"
(End of Chapter)
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