“Our Lin family’s Evil-Repelling Sword Manual isn’t that bad, is it?”

“It’s not that the sword manual is bad, but that these people are incompetent. Most of the truly capable ones are currently in arduous training, so why would they come looking for trouble? It’s not the right time yet. However, in a year or two, once some geniuses have achieved success in their training, then it’s hard to say.” As Zhang Weihao said this, he suddenly swung his palm back and struck the black shadow that had suddenly appeared behind Lin Pingzhi and tried to grab him.

“You dare to underestimate me, Zhang Lingyu? You actually dare to arrest someone right in front of me.” Zhang Weihao’s palm strike still did not use any true energy; it was just the power of a Dan Jin expert, without even using internal energy.

But even such “innate superhuman strength” is not something that ordinary martial arts masters can withstand. It directly sent this somewhat short martial arts master flying with a single palm strike.

“Who am I? It turns out to be Yu Canghai, the abbot of Songfeng Temple. Canghai is a nice name, it’s a pity he’s paired with you.” Zhang Weihao stood on the carriage, looking down at Yu Canghai, whom he had knocked away with a single palm strike, and teased him.

Yu Canghai never dreamed that this second-generation disciple of the Huashan Sword Sect would be so powerful. Was this still the Huashan Sword Sect he remembered?

Although Yu Canghai’s identity was exposed, he had no intention of admitting it. However, after witnessing Zhang Weihai’s terrifying strength, he suddenly became cautious and dared not make a move rashly.

Zhang Weihao drew his sword and suddenly slashed at the nearby grove of trees. A semi-transparent sword aura flew more than 30 meters away like a crescent moon, leaving Xie Xiaofeng speechless.

It should be noted that his most famous attribute as the Sword Emperor is his innate sword energy, which is praised by people in the martial arts world as “his sword energy spans 30,000 miles, and his sword light chills 19 provinces”.

However, even Xie Xiaofeng, upon honesty, could not have such exaggerated sword energy with his own sword strike. Therefore, it must be that the opponent’s weapon was too powerful, greatly enhancing the sword energy, such as the Xie family’s ancestral divine sword.

Zhang Weihao’s sword strike naturally astonished everyone. This was not something that just anyone could do. To unleash sword energy, one must be at least a fourth-rank sword cultivator. Moreover, a fourth-rank sword cultivator’s sword energy is at most three to five meters long. Anything over ten meters requires at least a third-rank master, or the support of a divine weapon.

For example, the Yitian Sword, the foremost of the Ten Divine Swords, was used by Abbess Miejue of the Emei Sect to roam the martial world with her ten-meter golden sword aura. Ordinary famous swords would find it difficult to even exchange dozens of blows with the Yitian Sword, and those below that level would break upon contact. It is undoubtedly the number one divine sword in the world.

But a sword aura of thirty meters is too exaggerated. Only a legendary master of innate skill could do that. So this handsome young swordsman from Mount Hua with red lips and white teeth, dressed in white, is actually a legendary second-grade master of innate skill. Is this another Ximen Chuixue who has suddenly appeared?

“Now you can calmly listen to what I have to say, right?” Looking at the group of martial arts idiots who had finally quieted down, Zhang Weihai slowly told them the true secret of the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual: “The Evil-Slaying Sword Manual requires self-castration, because it was originally created by eunuchs. The cultivation path was designed based on the physical characteristics of eunuchs. Want to practice the sword without self-castration? Dream on.”

Wanting to learn quickly, wanting to become an expert, and not wanting to castrate oneself—what kind of wishful thinking is that!

I started practicing swordsmanship at the age of three, braving the scorching heat and drawing my sword 30,000 times a day. It took me thirteen years of practice to acquire my current skills. What’s there to be dissatisfied about if you can become a master in just a few months, a level that most people can only achieve in a lifetime?

“If the Lin family had a version that didn’t require castration, they would have practiced it themselves long ago. This other family has only had one heir for three generations; they’re just businessmen, so naturally they wouldn’t castrate themselves to practice swordsmanship. The manual wasn’t distributed by them; it was stolen and spread privately by some ambitious individuals. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this is indeed the Lin family’s Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, and the complete version at that. Chief Escort Lin, am I telling the truth?”

Lin Zhennan then got off the carriage and clasped his hands in greeting to the heroes of the martial arts world, saying, “What Young Hero Zhang said is true. My son and I are indeed unwilling to practice this sword manual. I plan to send my son Pingzhi to the Huashan Sword Sect to learn orthodox martial arts. So please be lenient and do not make things difficult for my Lin family.”

Our Lin family truly has no other formidable martial arts skills now. Our only family heirloom is already in everyone’s possession; we have no right to call ourselves the Lin family’s Evil-Slaying Sword Technique anymore. From now on, it belongs to everyone in the world.

Upon hearing this, many martial arts practitioners who had not yet castrated themselves were naturally extremely disappointed, while some who had already castrated themselves were overjoyed.

This shows that this sword manual won’t become commonplace. Either no one practices it, or if everyone does, they’ll all be like eunuchs, which instantly makes me feel a bit more at ease.

Mei Jian and Zhu Jian were both covered in sweat and panting heavily.

After all, they were only fifth-rank officials, and dealing with so many people at the same time was quite tiring. It was only because these people were afraid of death and lacked unity and cooperation that they were no match for them.

Huo Xiu, the owner of Qingyi Tower, and Zuo Lengchan were also secretly observing. Huo Xiu was the first to use the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual, but top assassins all have self-respect. Who would castrate themselves to practice swordsmanship? So, it could only improve the quality of the lower-level assassins. In the future, some more difficult missions could be completed by sheer numbers.

Zuo Lengchan was the most unwilling. Like Yue Buqun, he was also very tempted, but the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual would only have limited benefits for him. The thought that practicing it would prevent him from breaking through to the Innate Realm naturally made him somewhat reluctant.

Most importantly, he wasn’t confident that he might not be a match for a second-generation disciple of the Huashan Sword Sect.

Of course, he already knew the identity and background of this second-generation disciple, so he naturally dared not act recklessly.

Let alone being unable to kill him, even if he could, unless he could guarantee that he would not be found out, the Songshan Sword Sect could simply wait to be wiped out and have its entire clan exterminated. This is not an existence that the Five Mountains Sword Sect can afford to provoke.