Supreme Sword Exalt

At the Meng family secret realm, Gu Han slowly opened his eyes. His cultivation was only half a step away from the fifth stage of the Essence Gathering realm. He never expected that a single Purple Mist Fruit could have such a great effect.

Not far away, continuous loud rumbles reached his ears. It was Murong Yan and the other two. They exerted their full strength, frantically attacking a restrictive barrier.

Murong Yan’s dissatisfied shouts rang in the mix.

“Senior Brother, put some more effort into it!”

“Senior Brother, you really are a softie!”

“Senior Brother, you’re not even as good as the guy surnamed Yang, how embarrassing!”

The corner of Gu Han’s mouth twitched as his heart surged with excitement again. A restrictive barrier? There must be something good!

After all, he had already experienced it. Just like the Soul-Nourishing Grass from the Yang family, the more precious the spirit herb, the more meticulously the two families protected it. With a flash, he had already arrived beside the few of them.

Shen Xuan was overjoyed. “Brother Gu, you finally woke up!”

The restrictive barrier before them was even a bit more formidable than the Yang family’s one. Murong Yan and Yang Ying had been going all out for a long time, yet they had only worn down half of that restrictive barrier. Shen Xuan’s contribution could almost be ignored. This was also the reason for Murong Yan’s great dissatisfaction.

Upon seeing the spirit herb inside the barrier, Gu Han was taken aback. “Is that the Green Lotus Fruit?”

The fruit was pale green in color, shaped like a lotus pod, with nine openings. He was very familiar with it.

Yang Ying was somewhat surprised. “You know about it?”

After all, in his understanding, the spirit herbs Gu Han recognized were not that many.

Gu Han calmly replied, “I’ve eaten it.”

Yang Ying felt a bit sour inside.

Seeing the astonished looks from everyone, he added. “My father gave it to me. It’s a bit sweet, and it tastes pretty good.”

Now, even Murong Yan and Shen Xuan felt sour.

Without further delay, Gu Han took out his sword. “Let’s do it! It’s such a good thing, so we must get our hands on it!”

With him joining in, the pressure on Murong Yan and the other greatly reduced. In less than half an hour, they completely broke through.

“What do we do?” Holding the fruit, Gu Han thought for a moment. “How about we split it and eat it? If we don’t use special methods to preserve this fruit, it won’t last more than a few days.”

Yang Ying became serious. “No! This fruit is a top-grade precious herb, rare and hard to find. Its value won’t be lower than the Soul-Nourishing Grass. If you eat it now, at most, it’ll only improve your cultivation level and physique a bit. However, if you wait until you’re about to face the heavenly tribulation to consume it, the significance would be completely different.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Han also became hesitant, suddenly thinking of Gu Tian.

After seeing him seemingly having difficulties, Murong Yan waved her hand dismissively. “Brother Gu, you take it! I’m still far from facing the heavenly tribulation. Besides, with my strength, a measly heavenly tribulation can’t do anything to me!”

“That won’t do...”

Shen Xuan smiled. “Brother Gu, what she says is the truth. Actually, she awakened the Giant Spirit Bloodline.”

Her bloodline was exceptionally rare in the world. It followed the path of overwhelming force with sheer strength. Not only was the physique extremely strong, but the strength was also immense. In terms of pure physical body and brute force, almost no one could rival her. However, this bloodline also had a drawback: without exception, those who awakened this bloodline would end up looking like Murong Yan

After hearing his explanation, Gu Han suddenly understood. “So that’s how it is.”

With such a strong physique, it would be much easier to survive the heavenly tribulation than others.

Shen Xuan sighed. “As for me, to reach the Heavenly Tribulation realm, I’m afraid it will take me even longer than her. Even if you gave it to me, I simply couldn’t use it. Moreover, given your current cultivation speed, you’ll probably reach that realm before I do.”

Yang Ying’s answer was simple. “You have it. It’s to repay my debt. Plus, I really have no use for this thing.”

Gu Han sensed something was off. Whether it was the Soul-Nourishing Grass or this Green Lotus Fruit, both were first-class precious herbs. Given Yang Ying’s character, if he wanted it, he’d say so. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t. He absolutely wouldn’t use such a lame excuse.

“Brother Yang, you—”

Yang Ying changed the subject. “There’s something I want to discuss with you.”

“Go ahead!”

Yang Ying hesitated. “I want to let my younger sister have the cultivation technique.”

“That’s all?”

“Mhm.”

Gu Han waved his hand. “Give it to whoever you want! It’s just a Heaven-tier technique. It’s an inferior thing, don’t take it so seriously! When my cultivation level is higher in the future, I’ll give you ten or eight of them to pick as you like!”

Yang Ying thought Gu Han was just saying this to comfort him. After a moment of silence, he solemnly cupped his hands. “Thank you!”

Murong Yan glanced at Yang Ying. “Pretentious!”

Shen Xuan nodded. “Very pretentious beyond words!”

Gu Han thought for a moment before saying, “This time, I’ll only take this Green Lotus Fruit. The rest are yours.”

Upon seeing the two about to refuse, he frowned deeply. “To be honest, I’m the one taking advantage by getting the Soul-Nourishing Grass and this Green Lotus Fruit! If you don’t agree, our cooperation ends here!”

Shen Xuan and Yang Ying exchanged a glance and didn’t refuse further. They could see that Gu Han was serious.

Yang Ying hesitated for a moment. “Then, this time let’s distribute according to the level of contribution...”

Gu Han felt a headache coming on. “Just split equally! Split equally, you hear me! By the way, I’m going to eat those spirit herbs that we can’t take with us.”

Shen Xuan frowned deeply. “Brother Gu, while consuming spirit herbs raw may bring short-term gains in cultivation, it will inevitably lead to a buildup of impurities over time. It’s not a wise move. Instead, you have to spend a lot of time refining them.”

Gu Han waved his hand. “It’s fine. My physique is somewhat special, I’m not afraid of that.”

Shen Xuan’s eyes lit up. “Oh? Could it be that you also have a special physique?”

Gu Han said with a deadpan look, “That’s right. I have the Poison Immunity Physique!”

Shen Xuan and Yang Ying sucked in a deep breath. As if such a physique really exists! Are you kidding me?!

Murong Yan glanced at the two of them. “See, you’re worrying over nothing! Brother Gu is a man with his own mind. Even the old ancestor praised him, saying at such a young age, he’s highly intelligent, deeply values loyalty, decisive in killing, thick-skinned and black-hearted—”

The atmosphere became a bit awkward.

Murong Yan quickly tried to fix it. “No wait! The old ancestor didn’t say the last part!”

Gu Han’s face darkened, feeling that giving away that technique was a bit rash.

***

Murong Yuan didn’t know that he had been secretly resented by Gu Han. His face was livid as he crushed that jade talisman into powder, forcing the appearance of burning anger. “This is too much! As a senior, is it acceptable to play with us like this? It’s simply shameless to the extreme!”

Elder Mu sighed. “Haa... This senior has a really wicked sense of humor!”

Wei Fang was expressionless. “It’s not surprising. The higher the cultivation level, the stranger the temperament. It’s just that we were too greedy and fell for his trick!”

The moods of the two had gone from initial anger and unwillingness into helplessness. Compared to them, Wu De, Duan Ren, and Li Xun were not so calm.

Wu De’s expression was nearly crazed. “None? How could there be none?! There should be a few more sentences!”

Duan Ren also muttered to himself, “If there were just a few more sentences, I might have been able to comprehend its mysteries and use it to make a breakthrough. I hate it... I hate this!!!”

The two of them were nearing the end of their lifespans. Whether they could make another breakthrough depended solely on this technique. They never expected that in the end, it was just a farce. The extreme emotional ups and downs almost made them go insane.

Of course, the ones having the hardest time were undoubtedly Yang Tong and Meng Qing. This was what they got after losing almost one-third of their elite clansmen’s lives and being severely injured themselves?!

Screw this!

In an instant, two powerful auras surged. The two could no longer hold back and completely wrecked the relic site.

Yang Xiong and Meng Chuan seemed grief-stricken and indignant. “Old Ancestor, what should we do now?”

Yang Tong’s face twisted, gnashing his teeth. “Find him! Find that cultivator who spread the message for me!”

Meng Qing’s eyes were also bloodshot. “That’s right! I want to grind his bones to dust!”

Overwhelmed by fury, the two of them aggravated their injuries again, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

***

Inside the secret realm, Gu Han didn’t care if he could handle it or not. Whenever he saw a spirit herb, he stuffed it into his mouth, making the other three’s eyelids twitch.

Murong Yan seemed worried. “Brother Gu, are you still holding up?”

Gu Han shook his head with difficulty. “I’m fine! I can still eat a bit more...”

The three were speechless. More? Aren’t you afraid your body will explode?!

In fact, if not for his miraculous meridians being exceptionally resilient, Gu Han would’ve exploded long ago.

Holding onto the thought that not eating would be a loss, he gritted his teeth and stuffed the last spirit herb into his mouth. The Meng family’s secret realm was swept clean, without a single trace of spirit herb left.

Gu Han’s face flushed deep red. “Let’s go! I need to break through! This place isn’t suitable.”

Wave after wave of violent spirit qi impacts kept assaulting him inside. He felt so uncomfortable, he almost wanted to vomit blood. The breakthrough was different from before. He would definitely spend an extremely long time, and remaining here would be no different from seeking death.

Shen Xuan could also see that Gu Han was enduring great discomfort and didn’t hesitate. “Let’s go! Let’s find him a safe place first!”

Forcing down the nausea, Gu Han once again tore open the secret realm’s barrier and headed straight north.

***

Not long after the three left, a young man with a weathered face walked in slowly. Although he didn’t seem to be moving fast, he had already reached the center of the estate in just a short while.

Upon seeing his figure, the Meng clansman was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. “Huh? Y-Young Master?!”

The young man before him was none other than the young master who had been traveling outside for a long time, Meng Xing.

In an instant, his shout attracted many clansmen, who came forward to pay their respects.

“Greetings, Young Master!”

Meng Xing nodded faintly, his gaze sweeping around. He furrowed his brow. “Where are my father and the others?”

Before the clansmen could answer, Meng Qian’s voice full of surprise and joy came from the distance. “Brother, you have finally returned!”

She ran over to Meng Xing, her eyes filled with excitement and joy.

A smile appeared on Meng Xing’s face. “Sister, why does the clan seem a bit off, where did father and the others go—hmm?”

Just then, he noticed the lingering bruise on Meng Qian’s face. His tone instantly turned cold. “Who did this?!”

Thinking of her unfortunate encounter, Meng Qian felt sorrow welling up from within, sobbing. “Brother, it’s Fengwu Court’s chief disciple! And also...”

“What else?!”

“Second Brother is also dead!”

A powerful aura suddenly erupted from Meng Xing. Cold, murderous intent filled his eyes. “Tell me what happened in detail, from the beginning to end!”