Earth-grade sword, Nine-tailed Fox Emperor

Spirit Sword Sect Ancestral Hall.

The ancestral hall enshrined the spirit tablets of the Spirit Sword Sect’s successive sect masters, and above many of the tablets, a long sword of azure-gold color was inserted.

This sword was named tiangang sword!

The tiangang sword was a Heaven-tier sword, the personal sword of the Spirit Sword Sect's founding ancestor, Spirit Sword Emperor, and also the Spirit Sword Sect's treasured spiritual artifact.

At this moment.

The originally silent tiangang sword suddenly trembled and emitted a dazzling golden light.

The light, like a tide, instantly filled the entire ancestral hall!

As the golden light spread, the tiangang sword also let out bursts of sword cries, seemingly wanting to break through the air and search for someone.

At the entrance.

The elder guarding the ancestral hall was greatly astonished and rushed into the hall, unleashing seals onto the tiangang sword.

After doing all this, the elder was still not at ease, so he took out a communication conch and reported the news to Li Changfeng and Su Tianming, among others.

A moment later.

Li Changfeng, Su Tianming, and a group of elders rushed over in a hurry.

“What’s going on? The tiangang sword has reacted?!” Li Changfeng asked anxiously.

“Why would the tiangang sword emit sword cries for no reason?” The Grand Elder, Su Tianming, also had a puzzled expression.

The other elders who arrived were also astonished.

The elder guarding the ancestral hall quickly explained, “I was just at the entrance when I suddenly saw the tiangang sword erupt with golden light and emit sword cries. It seemed to want to break through the air and leave, so I quickly notified you all.”

No sooner had he finished speaking.

The tiangang sword erupted with an even stronger golden sword light, its entire body swaying as if it could break through the air and depart at any moment.

“The tiangang sword is our sect’s treasured spiritual artifact; it must not be lost!” Li Changfeng decided instantly, “Everyone, let’s act together and strengthen the seal on the tiangang sword!”

As he spoke, Li Changfeng was the first to act, unleashing powerful sealing techniques towards the tiangang sword.

Su Tianming and the other elders also quickly took action.

Under the seals of numerous techniques, the restless tiangang sword finally returned to normal and became quiet again.

“That’s more like it,” Li Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief, while also looking suspicious, “Why would the tiangang sword inexplicably want to fly away? Strange, strange!”

...On the other side.

At the waterfall behind the mountain.

Xiao Ming waited for a long time, but he didn't see the tiangang sword fly over, nor did he receive the acknowledgment of the tiangang sword’s sword spirit.

“Could it be that my luck is too bad, and I didn’t affect the tiangang sword?” Xiao Ming thought, feeling dejected.

According to the original plot, after Lin Feng cultivated the Emperor-Grade Heaven-Shocking Art, he obtained the tiangang sword.

But he failed to achieve this step.

“It’s probably because of my white destiny, after all, I’m just an ordinary passerby,” Xiao Ming self-mockingly said.

But that didn't matter.

When he cultivated his sword arts to a profound level in the future, his connection with the tiangang sword would deepen. As long as he cultivated diligently, he would eventually gain the sword spirit's acknowledgment.

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming walked out from behind the mountain waterfall.

Then.

He walked towards the sect’s Weapon Tower.

After becoming a true disciple, he had one opportunity to choose cultivation methods, martial arts, and weapons. However, Xiao Ming wanted to obtain the Spirit Sword Emperor’s inheritance as quickly as possible, so he had put this matter aside.

Now that he had obtained a Heaven-tier sword art, he no longer needed to choose a cultivation method.

However, he still needed to choose a weapon.

A suitable weapon could greatly enhance a cultivator's combat power!

The Weapon Tower and the Cultivation Method Hall were next to each other. When Xiao Ming arrived at the Weapon Tower, he happened to encounter Lin Feng, who had also come to this place.

His gaze swept over, and Xiao Ming discovered that Lin Feng had another fortuitous encounter:

Name: Lin Feng

Cultivation Level: Xiantian Realm Early Stage

Destiny: Child of Fortune (nine-colored), Defying the Heavens and Slaying the Dao (nine-colored), Turning Despair into Hope (nine-colored), Forced Intellect Reduction (nine-colored), Abundant Romance (nine-colored)

Physique: Mystic Sword Body (Earth-tier)

Main Cultivation Method: None

True Qi Attribute: Fire

Martial Arts: Shadow Transformation Art

Life Script: Protagonist of Destiny, Heaven's Favored Son!

Recent Fortuitous Encounter One: Lin Feng went to the Spirit Sword Sect’s Cultivation Method Hall, and on the bottom shelf of the first row of bookshelves, he obtained the hidden Earth-tier cultivation method: Great Sun Sword Classic.

Fortuitous Encounter Two: Went to the Weapon Tower, and in a pile of sundries at the far end, obtained the Earth-tier sword: Nu Lei Sword.

Fortuitous Encounter Three: Accepted the sect’s mission for Gale Wind Wolf hides, went to the Tianyun Mountain Range, saved Hu Yunxi, the reincarnation of the Nine-tailed Fox Emperor, and obtained the Cloud Fox Celestial Pearl.

Fortuitous Encounter Four: ... Fortuitous Encounter Five: ... Looking at Lin Feng’s list of fortuitous encounters, Xiao Ming secretly marveled.

Lin Feng was indeed the Child of Fortune, Heaven's Favored Son!

Even after losing the Spirit Sword Emperor’s inheritance, he could still obtain an Earth-tier cultivation method, the Great Sun Sword Classic.

What was this?

Was it Heaven’s compensation for Lin Feng’s fortune?

Wait!

Lin Feng’s subsequent fortuitous encounters, the Earth-tier sword Nu Lei Sword, the reincarnation of the Nine-tailed Fox Emperor, Hu Yunxi?

Seeing this, Xiao Ming’s pupils slightly contracted!

The Nu Lei Sword was good, he wanted it!

That reincarnation of the Nine-tailed Fox Emperor was also good, he could also take her in!

What is a fortuitous encounter?

Whoever can get their hands on it, it belongs to them!

While he was thinking.

Lin Feng also noticed Xiao Ming.

“Senior Brother Xiao, you’re here too?” Lin Feng said in surprise, “How about we go to the Cultivation Method Hall together to choose cultivation methods?”

“I won’t go,” Xiao Ming smiled and shook his head, then pointed to the Weapon Tower next to him and said, “I’ll choose a sword first.”

“Alright,” Lin Feng nodded.

Then he walked into the Cultivation Method Hall.

Xiao Ming, on the other hand, changed direction and entered the Weapon Tower.

Upon entering the Weapon Tower, wooden shelves appeared before his eyes.

There were many layers of wooden shelves, and each layer was densely packed with various weapons.

They were mostly swords, as the Spirit Sword Sect was a sword cultivation sect after all.

Xiao Ming ignored everything else and went straight to the pile of sundries at the far end.

After a thorough search.

Sure enough, he found a long sword covered in dust.

This sword was about four feet long, entirely light blue, and its blade was covered with ornate and complex lightning patterns.

Two small characters were engraved on the hilt: Nu Lei.

“This is it! The Earth-tier sword Nu Lei Sword!”

Holding the Nu Lei Sword, Xiao Ming walked to the entrance of the Weapon Tower, registered it, and then headed straight for the Mission Hall.

The Mission Hall was a place specifically for issuing missions.

Xiao Ming had already learned that the Spirit Sword Sect was a medium-sized two-star sect, and the cultivation resources it needed daily were enormous.

Such as spiritual herbs, crafting materials, monster beast furs, and so on.

Spiritual herbs could be refined into pills, crafting materials and monster beast furs could be refined into swords or defensive armor, but neither alchemists nor artificers had time to seek out these resources.

So, the disciples of the sect were needed to obtain these materials.

And after completing missions, disciples in the sect could earn contribution points, which could be exchanged for pills, weapons, and various other cultivation necessities.

This was a healthy positive cycle.

At this moment.

The Mission Hall was bustling with people, some choosing missions, others returning to hand over completed missions.

Xiao Ming came to the mission board and saw a dense array of various missions:

Mission One: Go to the Azure Water Pool to kill a Xiantian Realm Azure Water Crocodile and obtain its hide. Reward: One hundred low-grade Yuan Stones, 50 contribution points.

Mission Two: Go to the Myriad Snake Cave to kill a thousand demonic snakes above Body Refinement Fifth Stage and extract their gallbladders. Reward: Eighty low-grade Yuan Stones, 30 contribution points.

Mission Three: Go to Blackwater Lake to kill a Yuangang Realm Blackwater Turtle and return with its carcass. Reward: Eight hundred low-grade Yuan Stones, 400 contribution points.

Mission Four: ... Xiao Ming scanned them one by one.

Soon, he found the mission for the Gale Wind Wolf.

Mission Seventeen: Go to the Tianyun Mountain Range to kill Body Refinement Tenth Level Gale Wind Wolves and strip one hundred Gale Wind Wolf hides. Reward: Ninety low-grade Yuan Stones, 50 contribution points.

“This is it!”

Xiao Ming tore off this mission slip, then wrote his name in its original position.

After accepting the mission, Xiao Ming went to the Mission Hall again to get a map of the Tianyun Mountain Range, and then headed straight for the mountain range.