Martial Arts are Too Involuted, and If You are Not Careful, You Can Quickly Pass the High Martial Arts

119: A lifeless, dead thing? Can’t we just pull it out?Gu Chunqiu’s Face flushed.

His gaze towards Ye Chen gradually became somewhat unfriendly.

Damn it, I know you’re powerful, but can’t you wait for me to finish speaking before ending it?

I am, after all, a dignified Ninth-Order expert. Don’t I have any Face?

Gu Chunqiu roared internally, but still stroked his beard and said, with a forced calm, and without a change in his expression:

”This old man believes that Ye Chen’s talent surpasses that of my Senior Brother, so he can naturally easily suppress the eighth Spirit Sword!”

Li Chengfeng squinted at Gu Chunqiu. He suspected Gu Chunqiu was trying to save Face, but he had no evidence.

”Ahem, why are you looking at me? Look at Ye Chen! Didn’t you see that little fellow has already reached the highest point!”

Gu Chunqiu coughed and glared at Li Chengfeng irritably.

Li Chengfeng rolled his eyes at Gu Chunqiu.

Damn it, so you can only bully me, huh?

However, despite thinking this, Li Chengfeng also turned his gaze to the highest point of the Sword Graveyard.

There... an extremely ordinary-looking Sharp Weapon was quietly embedded in a massive rock at the highest point of the Sword Graveyard.

Although it looked no different from an ordinary long sword, it stood at the highest point of the Sword Graveyard, and even... the Qi emanating from it caused the surrounding space to subtly twist.

At this moment, Ye Chen had just reached the highest point and glanced at his System panel.

[name: Ye Chen]

[cultivation: Golden Body Warrior (12/100)]

[Wu Qian Breathing Technique: Beginner (2/100)]

[Flowing Light Phantom Step: (99/100)]

[Star Sword Art: Beginner (90/100)]

[Sword Intent Domain: Second-Order (45/100)]

”A Second-Order Sword Intent Domain. I can already increase the Domain’s range to about five meters in radius, and the aura of stillness within the Domain has become even stronger and denser.”

”In this way, experts below the 7th Rank Golden Body, if they stay in this stillness for a long time, will only Face death.”

”Most importantly, the strength of the Second-Order Sword Intent Domain... already allows me to ignore the pressure and killing intent of these Star-grade Sharp Weapons.”

”But...”

Ye Chen looked at the panel, his eyes gradually narrowing, a faint glow flickering in his pupils.

”Why does this sword before me make me feel a hint of danger!”

Ye Chen couldn’t help but murmur.

At this moment, outside the Sword Graveyard, Gu Chunqiu slowly spoke, looking at the ordinary blade embedded in the rock: ”Do you know the origin of this sword?”

Li Chengfeng, beside him, was stunned. He glanced at the long sword, then shook his head.

He also didn’t know the origin of this sword.

After all, he had only gained the recognition of five Spirit Swords back then and wasn’t even qualified to climb to the highest point of the Sword Graveyard.

He could only see the outline of that sword from outside the Sword Graveyard.

Gu Chunqiu didn’t mind, he just slowly said: ”My Sword Refining Valley has existed on Blue Star since before the Spiritual Qi’s resurgence, enduring countless years. Legend has it that the Sword in the Stone at the highest point of the Sword Graveyard was a Spirit Sword born from heaven and earth, found by my Sword Refining Valley’s Ancestral Master during his travels across the world.”

”From then on, he established the Sword Refining Valley here, forging Sharp Weapons for the world, desiring to create a divine Sharp Weapon just like the Sword in the Stone.”

”It’s just a pity that after countless years of erosion, the Sword in the Stone has not changed at all, while my Sword Refining Valley, despite exhausting the strength of the entire valley, has never forged an existence like the Sword in the Stone.”

Gu Chunqiu spoke calmly, but his words carried a hint of helplessness.

”These nine Spirit Swords, which transcend their ranks, may seem to be on the same level, but only the Sword Refiners of my Sword Refining Valley know that the Spirit Sword standing at the highest point in the Sword Graveyard is of an even higher rank than the other Spirit Swords!”

”Even your Four Seasons, in front of this Sword in the Stone, would be easily broken common iron!”

As soon as these words were uttered, a hint of horror immediately surged in Li Chengfeng’s eyes.

One must know that after obtaining Four Seasons from the Sword Refining Valley, Li Chengfeng, in his prime, was even able to contend with Ninth-Order Ferocious Beasts with this Four Seasons.

It could be said that the power of Four Seasons helped Li Chengfeng a lot.

And Li Chengfeng had always felt that his Four Seasons was among the top existences of all Spirit Swords that transcended their ranks.

However, now, from Gu Chunqiu’s mouth, his Four Seasons was merely common iron in front of that Sword in the Stone.

Then... what level of Spirit Sword was the Sword in the Stone?

At this moment, ripples spread through Li Chengfeng’s heart, and he even dared not imagine.

Indeed, Gu Chunqiu’s words had a tremendous impact on him.

”Doesn’t that mean... if Ye Chen can gain the recognition of the Sword in the Stone...”

Soon, Li Chengfeng reacted, speaking excitedly.

However, his words were cut short by Gu Chunqiu shaking his head.

”Impossible!”

”Hmm?”

Li Chengfeng was stunned. He looked at Gu Chunqiu, somewhat puzzled.

But he saw a bitter smile on Gu Chunqiu’s Face: ”No one can gain the recognition of the Sword in the Stone, not Ye Chen, and not any Prodigy in the future!”

The confusion in Li Chengfeng’s eyes grew even stronger.

He didn’t understand why Gu Chunqiu would say that.

Then, Li Chengfeng heard Gu Chunqiu speak faintly: ”Any recognition of a Spirit Sword is because there is a Sword Spirit within them!”

”And it is precisely because of the Sword Spirit that they, despite being inanimate objects, can possess a certain level of sentience!”

”Therefore, to gain the recognition of these Spirit Swords, one only needs to suppress their Sword Spirit.”

”But the Sword in the Stone is different... The Sword in the Stone... has no Sword Spirit!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Chengfeng’s body trembled instantly.

The Sword in the Stone... no spirit!

Li Chengfeng looked at the highest point of the Sword Graveyard in disbelief. He didn’t understand why a spiritless blade could be of a higher rank than all other Spirit Swords.

He also realized another point: if the Sword in the Stone had no spirit, then no one could gain its recognition.

After all, how could an inanimate object... possess sentience and recognize others?

For a moment, a bitter smile appeared on Li Chengfeng’s Face.

”Now, do you know why I said that no one can gain the recognition of all nine Spirit Swords? Because from the very beginning... it was impossible to do.”

”Unless... someone can imbue the Sword in the Stone with sentience!”

Gu Chunqiu spoke slowly, his words also filled with much bitterness and helplessness.

The Sword Refining Valley clearly possessed such a powerful Spirit Sword, yet they couldn’t use it. Moreover, it prevented their Sword Refiners from forging a Spirit Sword that surpassed this Sword in the Stone, which was a torment for them.

It had even... become the Heart Demon of most of the Sword Refiners in their Sword Refining Valley.

”Doesn’t that mean that even if Ye Chen climbs the Sword Graveyard now, it’s just a futile effort?”

Li Chengfeng still felt a little reluctant.

But he received a nod from Gu Chunqiu.

For a moment, the two fell silent, looking silently at Ye Chen at the highest point of the Sword Graveyard... Ye Chen looked at the Sword in the Stone before him, couldn’t help but reach out and touch it, his nerves also tensing at this moment.

The terrifying strength of the Sword Spirit of a Spirit Sword that could make him feel threatened was evident.

Ye Chen was already prepared to fight the Sword Spirit.

However, just as Ye Chen’s finger touched the Sword in the Stone, he suddenly discovered that nothing around him had changed.

Only a line of text from the System slowly appeared.

[Unknown energy detected. Host’s strength is too low to absorb!]

Looking at the text before him, Ye Chen couldn’t help but be stunned.

Unknown energy?

Strength too low to absorb??

Ye Chen was a little puzzled. One must know that the System could even absorb space stone shards that maintained Another Dimension.

Why... was the power within a Spirit Sword unknown, and even unabsorbable because his strength was too low?

This was the first time such a situation had occurred with the System.

For a moment, Ye Chen fell silent.

”This situation...”

”Wait, why hasn’t the Sword Spirit appeared either?”

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, and couldn’t help but ponder.

”Could it be... that this Sword in the Stone has no Sword Spirit?”

An absurd thought surfaced in Ye Chen’s mind.

”No Sword Spirit?”

”Then it’s an inanimate object, right?”

Ye Chen’s brows twitched slightly, but his eyes began to dart around at this moment.

Soon, Ye Chen grinned, revealing his pearly white teeth.

He rolled up his sleeve and walked towards the Sword in the Stone, leaping onto the rock and tightly gripping the Sword in the Stone with both hands.

This scene, in the sight of Gu Chunqiu and Li Chengfeng, instantly left both of them somewhat dumbfounded.

”No, what’s going on here??”

Li Chengfeng stared blankly at Ye Chen standing on the rock, asking in confusion.

Gu Chunqiu also looked at this scene blankly: ”I don’t know either, what exactly does this guy want to do?”

Suddenly, Gu Chunqiu seemed to think of something, and his entire Face showed a look of emotion.

”Wait... this guy isn’t trying to pull the Sword in the Stone out directly, is he!!!”

Gu Chunqiu’s voice was a little choked at this moment. He exclaimed, his pupils constantly contracting.

And at this moment, at the highest point of the Sword Graveyard, Ye Chen directly used all his might, and two Golden Body patterns on his body suddenly burst out with golden light.

A Sword Intent Domain with a radius of five meters erupted at this moment.

”No spirit means no recognition? I’ll just pull it out directly!”

Ye Chen said, gritting his teeth, his Face flushed.

Then, one could see that under Ye Chen’s terrifying strength, the rock actually began to tremble slightly, and the sharp power within the entire Sword Graveyard instantly became chaotic at this moment.

Most importantly... the Sword in the Stone was actually being pulled out of the rock little by little as Ye Chen exerted his strength.

The Sword in the Stone... was moved!