Legend of the Great Sage

p>“I can’t cover your back.”

Li Xiaoyao shook his head with a smile.
He knew this junior brother Tian was known for his straightforward and blunt nature, such that he was not particularly dishonourable or calculating.
As for the assistance that Hua Chengzan had provided him with, there was no point in trying to deny it at all, as it would have been impossible for him to reach the tenth layer of Qi Practitioner at his current age.

“Whatever, whatever.
I knew I can’t rely on you.
I just have to rely on myself after all.
Oh right, why haven’t I seen senior uncle Hua around lately?”

“He seems to be in secluded cultivation.”

“I heard senior uncle Hua and elder Li are good friends.
Do you think that’s true?”

“I don’t know about that.
You’ll have to ask senior brother Hua.”

Actually, Li Xiaoyao did know about this.
The major reason for why Hua Chengzan treated him so specially was because of the man on the Sword Collection peak right now, his uncle!

Of course, he did not possess that kind of startling talent at the end of the day.
After so many years, he had not even undergone the first heavenly tribulation.

However, he was satisfied with this.
This was the swordsman’s path he wanted to walk.
Even if he could not make it to the apex, he would still continue down it step by step.

He thought to himself, Uncle, Even if you don’t recognise me, I still treat you as my uncle.

Li Qingshan sensed something and glanced down.
When he saw Li Xiaoyao, he obviously experienced a connection from his bloodline, which made him smile.
The child of the past had already grown up into an adult.

By now, he had already eliminated most of the swords on the Sword Collection paek.
They were all some spiritual artifacts and arcane artifacts.
Only twenty-three true treasured swords remained.
They seemed to be speckled with rust in the eyes of regular people, no different from the other swords, but they shone in his eyes. 

Li Qingshan could not help but sigh to himself. The Sword Collection palace sure has quite a heritage.
It’s a mystery where they collected all these treasured swords from.
Coupled with the ones already in use down there, there are several dozen in total.
The South Sea Sword pavilion also counts as a large sword cultivator sect, but they’ll probably bawl their eyes out if they see the Sword Collection palace.

However, what came next was a little more difficult.
He could vaguely recall that two or three of the Ten Renowned Swords of the Sword Collection palace still had not been pulled out.
Those were his targets, but how was he supposed to find these renowned swords among the twenty-three remaining swords?

By “Sword Collection”, they did not just collect swords.
They also sealed them.

Li Qingshan’s knowledge of the Ten Renowned Swords was very limited.
He did not even know the names or special characteristics of the remaining swords.
When their quality were approximately the same, even the spirit turtle struggled to identify which was a renowned sword.

He felt a tinge of regret inside.
If he had known earlier, he should have done some investigation first.
He made up his mind and just began examining them one by one.

“He seems to have identified the levels of the swords!” The Light Queen frowned at the palace master.

“That’s fine.
It counts as his skill.” The master of the Sword Collection palace was not particularly bothered over the fact that Li Qingshan was about to take away one of the Sword Collection palace’s treasured or even renowned swords.

“Fair enough.” The Light Queen sneered gently.

Hmm? The Soaring Dragon sword seems to have been planted here before!

Li Qingshan noticed a hole in a rock that was shaped like the Soaring Dragon sword.
He peered into the depths of the hole, and the hole seemed to stare right back at him like a black eye, but at a closer glance, it only seemed normal.

Li Qingshan shook his head.
Was it merely an illusion?

In the end, he eliminated another six or seven swords from the mix and was unable to distinguish between the rest anymore, so he simply gave up. So be it.
They’re all treasured swords anyway.
It’s not like I’ll be using it, so I’ll just pick one!

At this moment, to the west side of the Sword Collection palace, a treasured sword suddenly flashed.