High Martial Arts: I Travel Through Heaven and Earth Through Dreams

Chapter 118 The Sword Master Alliance's Invitation, Scheme

Upon hearing about the secret technique that could "devour sword souls," Lin Hanzhou finally became interested.

He feigned surprise and disbelief, exclaiming in shock.

"How is this possible? How could such an evil and heaven-defying technique exist in this world?!"

Seeing Lin Hanzhou's reaction, the Green Wood Sword Master's expression became even more solemn, and he continued to speak.

"I know this is beyond common sense, but we have sufficient evidence to prove it."

"The first issue is Luo Ande's level of understanding."

"The opponent's cultivation level far surpasses that of all sword masters of our era."

"In fact, it seems that the opponent has already reached the end of the Sword Master realm and is about to break through to a completely new realm."

"This is clearly unreasonable."

"As you probably know, once we reach the Sword Master level, our cultivation speed will be suppressed by the rules of the world, making it increasingly difficult to break through to the next level."

Lin Hanzhou nodded in agreement. He was all too familiar with this feeling; he had experienced something similar in several worlds.

Sword Master Aoki then added.

"Secondly, the Sword Soul Hall has been doing something incredibly strange over the past few hundred years."

"They have been searching everywhere for and recruiting those with golden sword souls, but in the past few hundred years, no genius with a golden sword soul has ever appeared in the Sword Soul Hall."

"These golden sword spirit prodigies they recruited seem to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace whatsoever."

"More importantly, according to the messages sent back by our spies in the Sword Soul Hall..."

"Currently, apart from Luo Ander himself, there is no one in the Sword Soul Hall who possesses a golden sword soul."

"You should know that the Sword Soul Hall used to have many Heavenly Sword experts with golden sword souls. They were all strong contenders for the position of the next hall master."

"But ever since Luo Ande took office, these potential future sword masters have mysteriously disappeared one after another."

"These signs undoubtedly indicate that Luo Ander has a serious problem."

So, do you believe what I'm saying?

As he spoke, the Sword Master of Aoki stared intently at Lin Hanzhou, seemingly awaiting his reply.

"What you've said is a lot of information; I need to think about it carefully."

Lin Hanzhou frowned, looking as if he was deep in thought.

"Then please consider this carefully, fellow Daoist. I await your reply."

The Sword Master of Aoki didn't seem to be in a hurry. He picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself some tea, and leisurely drank it.

"Fellow Daoist Aoki, this matter is of great importance, and I'm afraid I cannot give you an answer in a short time. Could you allow me a few days to consider it?"

Lin Hanzhou spoke slowly with a serious expression.

In response to this request, Sword Master Aoki smiled and nodded.

"No problem, Fellow Daoist Zhou He, please consider it. It would be best if you could give me a reply within a week."

"This Luo Ande is very ambitious. If we don't get rid of him soon, none of us will have a peaceful day."

After saying this, the Sword Master Qingmu took his leave.

Clearly, he knew that Lin Hanzhou was telling him to leave.

Regardless of whether the other person is genuinely reflecting or what, he needs to leave.

For him, this didn't matter much, since the other party would eventually choose to join the Sword Master Alliance anyway.

The other party only has this one option; any other option would lead to certain death.

Faced with this inevitable trend, who can remain unaffected?

Lin Hanzhou watched the departing figure of the Azure Wood Sword Master, his eyes deep and unreadable.

After waiting for the other party to completely leave the Ice Soul Sword Sect's territory, he returned to his main hall to cultivate in seclusion.

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Inside the main hall, Lin Hanzhou sat cross-legged and began to carefully analyze what the Sword Master Qingmu had just said.

How credible is the information the other party has to say?

He was silently calculating in his mind.

He felt that what the old man said was a mixture of truth and falsehood.

Most of the historical accounts concerning the ancient ruins and the rise of the Sword Soul Hall are true.

This is a long-standing story, and it's easy to verify; he has no reason to lie.

However, it's hard to say whether the so-called Sword Master Alliance is truly determined to fight against Luo Ander.

The fact that not a single one of them made a move after the Star Dou Dynasty was destroyed shows this.

A cold smile curled at the corner of Lin Hanzhou's mouth.

Those old foxes who have lived for thousands of years, aren't they all shrewd and cunning?

When it comes to a life-or-death situation, how many people would be willing to fight to the death with Luo Ander?

I'm afraid that when the time comes, everyone will be eager to let others go first and be the first to stick their neck out.

As for Roand's terrifying strength and his bizarre secret technique that can devour sword souls, he was probably not lying.

After all, the Sword Master Aoki had no reason to lie.

He might even deliberately exaggerate the threat posed by Roand to force himself to join their camp as soon as possible.

"A golden sword spirit with spatial attributes... Dimensional Slash... a secret technique for devouring sword spirits..."

The more Lin Hanzhou thought about it, the more he felt that he had no chance of winning against Luo Ande.

That troublesome spatial ability was something he couldn't solve.

Unless he disregards the cost and uses the "Future Star Tribulation" to forcibly borrow the power of the future to kill his opponent.

Or, it could be through the "Heavenly Secrets Strategy" technique, which involves severing cause and effect and exchanging one for another.

That would indeed kill the other party, but it would completely reverse the purpose.

His ultimate goal in killing Luo Ande was to overcome his own destined death.

So you're telling me that killing Luo Ande requires exchanging a life for a life?

Why would I kill him?

Lin Hanzhou said he had never been so speechless in his life.

However, he was quite curious about the true extent of this so-called Sword Master Alliance.

If the Sword Master Alliance could be used to weaken Roande to near death, and then he could finish him off, I wonder if that would be a good idea.

Although this idea seems somewhat unlikely.

After all, Roand's strength is obvious.

But these old guys who could cultivate to the level of Sword Master were no pushovers either.

They were able to stand out among billions of living beings in this world, and rise above the clouds.

Everyone has some hidden skills.

They definitely have some skills.

"Forget it, instead of guessing here, let's go and see for ourselves."

So, Lin Hanzhou formed hand seals and activated the supreme causal secret technique—the "Heavenly Secret Strategy".

He wanted to personally deduce the causal relationship of that Luo Ande and see if there were any flaws that could be exploited.

He didn't do this when he was at the fifth rank.

The reason is that prying into the karma of others, especially the karma of those who are stronger than oneself, requires paying an extremely high price in lifespan.

At that time, he was only at the fifth level, how could he dare to easily spy on Luo Ande, who was at the peak of the sixth level?

Now, he is at the sixth rank, and so is Luo Ande.

At the same level, the price to pay for discerning cause and effect is relatively much lower.

He can afford this price.