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The commotion at Tongtian Peak was unknown to the four rising stars in the Jianxia Peak cave.
At this moment, they were facing another mess.
The disciples of Shu Mountain were well aware that the Ziqing Twin Swords possessed sword spirits. However, their previous understanding of a sword spirit was at most a hint of sentience born from the nurturing of sword qi.
A talking and arguing sword spirit like this was truly a first in their lives.
"Both of you listen to me, there's no overnight feud between husband and wife. As the saying goes, 'A couple reconciles at the end of the bed after a quarrel at the head,'" Chu Liang advised helplessly as he sat on the ground. "Just sit down and talk it through, isn't everything fine once it's all out in the open?"
"If only it could be talked through," the male sword sighed, leaning against the stone steps next to Chu Liang. "It's always like this, making a fuss over the smallest things, can't we just talk nicely?"
"Have I not spoken to you calmly before? It's only when someone refuses to tell the truth that I get angry," the female sword was not to be outdone.
"Look, isn't sister-in-law giving you a chance?" Chu Liang said. "Brother, just explain the truth clearly, and then there won't be any problems, right?"
"I've explained it many times already, this stubborn woman just won't listen," the male sword complained. "The matter I promised Hakutaku, we agreed to keep it a secret!"
For some reason, Chu Liang felt that if the Ziyi Sword had hands, it would be throwing them up in exasperation at this moment.
"Not keeping secrets from you, but keeping them from me, how many little secrets do you have?" the female sword added from the side.
"What haven't I told you? Anyway, I've chosen this lad, you go find someone else," the male sword simply refused to argue further.
"I don't care! If you want to fight over him, then let's have a battle!" the female sword declared.
With that, the female sword transformed into a streak of green light and zipped into Chu Liang's body!
"There's nothing else I can fucking do!" the male sword also turned into a streak of purple light and followed suit, entering Chu Liang's body!
In an instant, Chu Liang, who was still trying to mediate, felt a chill as a purple and a green surge of fierce sword qi suddenly shot into his meridians.
Although they were careful not to harm Chu Liang's body, the sensation of being entered by two swords at the same time was far from pleasant… If it had been just one sword light, Chu Liang would have been delighted, but two was simply too much.
Visible to the naked eye, the purple and green sword qi collided within Chu Liang's body for several rounds, their struggle intensifying. For a moment, his left side was green, his right side purple, then they merged into a chaotic mass before separating again, with the colors switched…
As the battlefield, he dared not move an inch.
Just a moment ago, he had spoken of couples reconciling after a quarrel at the head of the bed, but he had never imagined that he would become the bed itself.
Watching Chu Liang stiffen, Jiang Yuebai and the others fell silent.
This situation was truly… some die of drought, others of flood.
Now they were just waiting to see which sword would lose in the struggle over Chu Liang and then choose a new sword master.
If the female sword lost, it would likely choose Jiang Yuebai. But if the male sword lost, then Xu Ziyang and Ling Ao still had a chance.
Although sharing a sword master with Chu Liang would be odd… for the sake of Shu Mountain.
They could endure it.
After a long struggle, Chu Liang suddenly let out a clear shout: "Ah—"
He fell backward, and a muffled "bang" sounded from within his body!
"Are you alright?" Jiang Yuebai and Xu Ziyang both stepped forward.
"I'm fine…" Chu Liang waved his hand and took a few deep breaths. "These two ancestors have finally finished fighting…"
"Hahaha, I told you, what right do you have to compete with me, see, you lost, didn't you?" the female sword emerged from his body, hovering in the air triumphantly, with a green glow flickering.
"What are you talking about, it's clearly me who won," the male sword retorted.
"The meridians have been taken by me, now he's my sword master, what have you won?" the female sword declared loudly.
"You've taken his meridians, so what have I taken?" the male sword countered.
The twin swords hovered in the air, stunned for a moment, then simultaneously turned into two streaks of sword light, re-entering Chu Liang's body.
Whoosh, whoosh—
After another flurry of sword light, the twin swords emerged again, both somewhat surprised.
"You lad, you're quite something, having several sets of meridians, making it quite comfortable," the male sword said.
Chu Liang naturally knew what they meant by meridians; it was the pathways used during the circulation of qi. The recognition by the Ziqing Twin Swords seemed to require a connection with one's own meridians.
Normally, a person has one Golden Elixir and thus one set of meridians for the circulation of qi.
But he had two Golden Elixirs, plus a puppet without a Golden Elixir, all circulating within his body, which meant he had three sets of meridians.
Jiang Yuebai watched as Chu Liang and the twin swords completed the recognition process, surprised and puzzled, "Circulating qi forms meridians, how do you have several sets? This…"
"Heh heh…" Chu Liang naturally couldn't reveal his two big secrets, so he could only scratch his head and chuckle awkwardly: "It's a little secret."
Upon hearing this, the female sword immediately leaned towards Jiang Yuebai and advised, "Girl, take it from me, men with secrets are no good."
The male sword immediately interjected, "What are you saying?"
The female sword pointed at Chu Liang and said, "I'm talking about him, not you, what's your hurry?"
"This lad is my sword master, you can't talk about him!" the male sword struck back immediately.
"He's also my sword master, I'll say what I want!" the female sword retorted.
As the two swords bickered and seemed ready to start another battle, Chu Liang felt a headache coming on, wondering how to mediate.
Suddenly, Ling Ao shouted, "Enough!"
He raised his hand, revealing a black jade, and a black light suddenly appeared out of nowhere. A heavenly gate opened in the void!
"Shattering the void?" The other three were startled by this revelation.
The immortal methods derived from the Space Dao were few: shrinking the earth to an inch, golden light traversal, shattering the void… These three were the most classic.
Among them, shrinking the earth to an inch had the shortest distance and fastest speed, able to pass through anything; golden light traversal was suitable for long-distance travel, the best for remote travel; while shattering the void could directly break through the barriers of space, descending from a vast distance, more direct compared to golden light traversal.
However, shattering the void couldn't be used to go anywhere one wished; it required a previously marked item to guide the descent.
The stronger the person descending, the stronger the guide needed.
For example, on Tongtian Peak, to summon The Taowu, a pre-prepared formation was required; whereas here, the person descending wasn't that powerful, and only a personal item was needed for guidance.
And Ling Ao was the one who had brought the guiding item!
Faced with his sudden betrayal, the three were somewhat surprised, and the external enemy had already descended from the sky!
The black-clothed figure who landed laughed wickedly and said to Ling Ao, "Well done, from now on you will be the only genius of Shu Mountain, and only you can become the chief disciple, kekekeke…"