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This was a very large cave, at least over a thousand square meters …
The entire cave was dotted with luminous pearls on the stone walls, emitting a faint light that illuminated the cave a little. One could vaguely see the scene inside.
Even if Qin Fang turned off the flashlight, with his eyesight, he could still see the inside clearly …
But it was precisely because he could see it clearly that he was so shocked. The scene before his eyes really made him gasp in amazement.
"Sword tomb, this is the real sword tomb!"
Qin Fang looked at the scene before him and said in admiration. This was because the huge cave in front of him was indeed a sword tomb … a sword tomb!
In this sword tomb, there were all kinds of treasured swords of various sizes, long and short. The number was definitely in the thousands, or even tens of thousands … This was what Qin Fang estimated at first glance. Although it couldn't be said to be very accurate, it wasn't too far off.
The sword tomb was a very important area for every sword cultivation sect. Almost every sword cultivator would have their sword buried in this sword tomb when they were about to die or had already died …
Similarly, when every disciple of the sect truly stepped into the ranks of sword cultivators, they would also come to the sword tomb to find a sword that was suitable for them, and this sword would accompany them for the rest of their lives.
It was truly "the person lives with the sword, and the person dies with the sword"!
In front of him, there were thousands of treasured swords buried in the sword tomb, which also represented the thousands of sword cultivator experts in this sect …
Of course, some of the treasured swords here might have passed through the hands of several sword cultivator experts since they were created, and their owners were not just one person … This meant that the number of sword cultivators in this sect was far more than this.
However, the establishment, development, prosperity, and decline of a sword cultivator sect … could have lasted for a very long time. It could be decades, centuries, or even millennia. It could have been passed down from generation to generation, with thousands or even tens of thousands of disciples. Actually, if one were to really calculate, it could not be considered too outrageous.
However, everyone in the martial arts world knew that sword cultivation was the easiest to learn, but it was the most difficult to advance … True sword cultivators were all experts, and sword cultivators who could bury their treasured swords in the Sword Tomb were even more experts among experts.
The sword is proud of its master …
If the owner of the treasured sword was not strong enough, then no matter how strong the treasured sword was, it could only remain unknown in the end. It might even be snatched away by someone someday …
However, only when the owner of the sword was powerful enough and had terrifying strength would they be able to unleash the sword's powerful attack power. Naturally, the sword would become famous.
These treasured swords before him were all the top swords of this sword cultivator sect, and every single one of them had an extremely glorious history …
"There are thousands of them … How powerful is this sect?"
However, Qin Fang couldn't help but have such a question in his mind.
In order to verify some of his guesses, Qin Fang specially walked into the Sword Tomb and prepared to inspect these treasured swords … to see if there were any people who were just here to make up the numbers.
Just as Qin Fang knew, it was very difficult for sword cultivator experts to advance. Naturally, the number of true sword cultivator experts was also relatively small … However, there were so many treasured swords before him. That was very suspicious.
If they were just here to make up the numbers, then it would not be a problem even if there were several times more … However, Qin Fang had some doubts in his mind. He felt that these treasured swords did not seem to be just here to make up the numbers. They were very likely real.
In order to verify his guesses, Qin Fang also walked slowly towards the Sword Tomb. He casually approached these treasured swords that had been in the Sword Tomb for god knows how many years.
"Eh, this is …"
Qin Fang casually walked towards a treasured sword that looked quite good. With the help of the faint light from the luminous pearls on the stone wall, Qin Fang clearly noticed the flowing light on this treasured sword. It was definitely not an ordinary sword.
However, when Qin Fang approached this treasured sword, he unexpectedly discovered something … To be precise, it was a few short words engraved on the stone beside the treasured sword.
"The name of the sword is Songyang. Seventh generation disciple, Song Li Zang!"
Qin Fang naturally paid attention to it and clearly saw the words beside the treasured sword.
Without a doubt, these words revealed the name of this treasured sword and its former owner …
Unfortunately, Qin Fang naturally could not have heard of this disciple's name. Even if he was once famous in the martial arts world, it was unknown how many years had passed. Many generations had passed in the martial arts world. No matter how talented he was, his name had already disappeared.
Unless he was one of those peerless geniuses, perhaps there would still be people who remembered his name thousands of years later …
However, other than these people, even some geniuses whose reputations were not that far off were overshadowed by these peerless geniuses. Even today, thousands of years later, they were still forgotten.
"The name of the sword is Lu Liu. Tenth generation disciple, Lin Qiu Yue Zang!"
"The name of the sword is Huifeng. Thirteenth generation disciple, Zuoqiu Ming Zang!"
After that, Qin Fang looked at a few more treasured swords. Without exception, their names were left beside them, as well as some information about their former owners … There were even two or three people's names beside some treasured swords.
That was fine. After all, this was the Sword Tomb. It was very normal to leave these behind …
However, what made Qin Fang surprised and even shocked was that the quality of these treasured swords was not weak. Although they were slightly inferior to Qin Fang's Flowing Shadow Divine Sword, they were definitely of very good quality.
Any of the treasured swords here, if taken out and thrown into the pugilistic world, would definitely be sought after by many martial artists who used swords … Even after thousands of years, these treasured swords were still sharp, as if there was not much damage or rust.
"So many treasured swords …"
Qin Fang inspected a few more treasured swords. Without exception, they were all of good quality. Qin Fang even discovered a treasured sword that was only slightly inferior to his Flowing Shadow Divine Sword … This was already considered to be of the same level.
Although Qin Fang only looked at an extremely small portion of these thousands of treasured swords and still did not inspect 99% of the treasured swords, Qin Fang now believed that these treasured swords were definitely the real deal and not just there to make up the numbers.
However, it was precisely because of this certainty that Qin Fang felt deeply shocked. This reality was really … too frightening.
"Don't tell me … this is the Sword Tomb of the Mount Shu Sword Sect?"
At this moment, such a thought involuntarily appeared in Qin Fang's mind.
In the martial arts world, to be able to produce so many sword cultivator experts and have such a long history, there seemed to be only one Mount Shu Sword Sect … It seemed that only they had such a frightening background.
However …
"Is this possible?"
Qin Fang himself felt that this thought of his was too ridiculous …
The Mount Shu Sword Sect had long since split up and even died out. Its legacy had also been cut off for a long time. Even the sect back then had long been razed to the ground, leaving nothing behind … Naturally, the disciples of the Mount Shu Sword Sect were also gone. A place of inheritance like the Sword Mound had also completely disappeared.
However, no matter how it disappeared, it would most likely remain in Mount Shu … How could it run to some small island in Singapore thousands of miles away?
"However, other than the Mount Shu Sword Sect, which other sect has such a background?"
However, excluding the possibility of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, Qin Fang really could not think of any other sect with such a background. Even the once powerful South Sea Purple Bamboo Sword Sect of the South Sea was far from it.
"Let's not care about this … No matter how strong a sword cultivator sect is, I'm afraid that it has completely disappeared in the long river of history!"
However, Qin Fang was not the kind of person who liked to go down a dead end. After checking on some information about these treasured swords, he discovered that this sect seemed to have been passed down for about thirty-three generations … He really did not find any treasured swords buried by thirty-four generations of disciples!
Qin Fang carefully checked a few times before finally confirming this point.
Thirty-three generations of disciples, calculating that this sect had a history of at least five to six hundred years … It was not impossible for it to be even older than that.
With such a long history, what made Qin Fang even more shocked was that … After thinking about it, it seemed to point to the Mount Shu Sword Sect!
However, even if it was as strong as the Mount Shu Sword Sect, it had already completely disappeared. In the recent two to three hundred years, no one called themselves a disciple of the Mount Shu Sword Sect anymore. Even the Qingcheng Sect, Emei Sect, Diancang Sect and other sects directly drew a clear line with the Mount Shu Sword Sect.
Qin Fang did not know what exactly happened to the Mount Shu Sword Sect back then, and this had nothing to do with him … However, Qin Fang was now rather interested in this sword mound.
"Since this sword mound has been passed down for hundreds of years, and thousands of treasured swords of incomparable quality are buried here, is it possible that there are treasured swords that are not inferior to the Flowing Shadow Holy Sword, or even the Ten Great Godly Weapons?"
This was what Qin Fang was thinking at this moment.
The way of the sword was connected to the spirit, this was the spirituality that only the divine swords could possess …
Even if someone could forge a treasured sword that was comparable to the Ten Great Godly Weapons, if it lacked spirituality, then it would still not reach that level …
And this was also the reason why Qin Fang did not upgrade the Flowing Shadow Holy Sword even after collecting all the materials needed to forge the sword … Perhaps Qin Fang's upgrade process would succeed, but he might also lose an extremely precious opportunity.
There was only one chance to forge a sword, and one chance to upgrade it to the level of the Ten Great Godly Weapons …
Once he missed this chance, then there would not be a second chance.
Qin Fang did not want to waste this opportunity, which was why he had been suppressing the urge to upgrade the sword. He was looking for this opportunity … He needed to understand what was going on with the spirituality of this divine sword!
And to truly understand its spirituality, at the very least, Qin Fang had to see the Ten Great Godly Weapons …
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