"Mister Admiral, sorry to trouble you. I've specially asked you to come here!"
In the meeting room of Yaoguang Sword Faction, Yaoguang sat alone on the main seat. There was only a chair beside him and a cup of tea on the table in front of him. Obviously, it was prepared for Guhan. Guhan sat down without hesitation.
"You don't look too good. After defeating the Great Waves of Storm, the reputation of your Yaoguang Sword Faction has soared to the sky. Shouldn't you be happy?"
Guhan noticed that Yaoguang's face was not as happy and excited as he had imagined. On the contrary, there was a lot of worry and cautiousness hanging on his face.
He couldn't help but evaluate Yaoguang a little more. This person was unfazed. His future was definitely immeasurable.
"Victory is victory, but since then, we have formed a huge grudge with the Great Waves of Storm Sword Faction. This will become a huge hidden danger sooner or later. Who knows when it will erupt. When that time comes, all our efforts will be in vain. The gains do not make up for the losses."
Yaoguang said with a wry smile. This time, he had intercepted the Great Waves of Storm Sword Faction. It had put him under a lot of pressure. If the First Sword Faction were to give him a leg up, his Yaoguang Sword Faction might have to spit out the benefits they had swallowed.
"These are all obvious things. Yaoguang, since you have foreseen this, why don't you take the initiative to retreat?" Guhan said with a smile.
"Yes, but the meat has been delivered to my mouth. I can't just not eat it, can I?" Yaoguang also smiled. "Could it be that Mr. Military Governor is willing to give up this delicious piece of meat?"
"Of course I am. Even if it is not delivered to my mouth, I will rush over and take a bite like a wolf."
Guhan looked at Yaoguang. He knew that Yaoguang was the same as him. He would never wait for meat to be delivered to his mouth. As soon as he saw traces of meat, he would rush over without hesitation and tear off the biggest piece of meat!
This was how the Yaoguang Sword Sect managed to become a sword sect that was second only to the top ten sword sects in just a dozen years. Other than the Canglan Sect when Gu Jinheng rose to power, no other sword sect could reach this speed.
"Then let's get down to business!"
Yaoguang took the initiative to end the topic, "Just an hour ago, the Billowing Storm Sword Sect had already delivered all the bets to me as promised. However, there was a small problem!"
Yaoguang tapped the table lightly. "The Tripartite Demon Subduing Sword Formation isn't included in this wager."
"They don't want to give it to me?
You don't want to keep your promise? "Guhan frowned. If that was the case, then there would be trouble.
This bet didn't happen in the game, but rather on the forum.
The system would not monitor or protect such a wager. In other words, the system would not enforce this wager. If the Billowing Storm Sword Sect wanted to be thick-skinned and break their promise, Guhan would not be able to do anything to them.
"No, they just said that since the Tripartite Demon Subduing Sword Formation wasn't a wager between the Yaoguang Sword Sect and them, the item should naturally be taken away by the owner. There was no need for the Yaoguang Sword Sect to do it for them. So, they asked me to tell you to take some time to go to the Billowing Storm Sword Sect and take it away."
Yaoguang stared at Guhan with interest. He wanted to see how Guhan would react. Anger, helplessness, or a bitter smile.
However, it was obvious that Yaoguang had guessed wrongly. Guhan only gave a simple "oh" and did not say anything else.
This made Yaoguang feel a little awkward.
"Mr. Military Governor, what do you plan to do?" After a moment of silence, Yaoguang took the initiative to break the awkwardness and asked.
"Wait for a while. I don't have the time to deal with them now."
Guhan waved his hand, as if the Billowing Storm Sword Sect were some annoying flies and mosquitoes. He had a completely indifferent attitude.
"Is that so?"
Yaoguang took a sip of tea. This Military Governor was really hard to read. No one could tell what he was thinking or thinking.
"You didn't ask me to come here just to tell me about the Billowing Storm Sword Sect, right?"
Guhan blew on the steaming hot tea. He was acutely aware that Yaoguang did not ask him to come here for something as simple as handing over the bet.
"As expected, nothing can be hidden from you, Military Governor. That's right, there is a very troublesome matter that I would like Mr. Military Governor to help me worry about. I wonder if Mr. Military Governor is willing to help us, Yaoguang Sword Sect."
"Troublesome matter …" Guhan pondered for a moment. "But you guys are preparing to challenge for the seat of the Eternal Autumn Water Sword Sect."
"Clang!"
The tea in Yaoguang's hand almost fell onto the table. He looked at Guhan with fear in his eyes. What was Guhan's brain made of? His words were still brewing in his head, and he said it out loud. This man was too scary, too scary.
"What's there to be surprised about?"
Guhan smiled. "This time, your Yaoguang Sword Sect obtained a huge amount of rewards for the First Clear of the Instance Dungeon. You also defeated the invincible golden body of the Billowing Storm Sword Sect and obtained an unimaginable reputation. Now, you even snatched away so many construction resources from the hands of the Billowing Storm Sword Sect. Your Yaoguang Sword Sect is probably going to develop to the point where it aims to conquer the world. Coveting the position of one of the top ten sects is only natural."
"By the way, I also participated in the crusade quest where your precious little sister, Mingyue, received the establishment decree. I know that you have an establishment decree in your hands. You don't even have the last thing stopping you guys from challenging the Eternal Autumn Water Sword Sect. Given your personality, how could you not be interested in that position?" Every single word that Guhan said struck Yaoguang's heart. They were all what Yaoguang was thinking.
Ever since the establishment of the Yaoguang Sword Sect, it had developed rapidly. It had become an existence that was second only to the Ten Great Sword Sects. Naturally, it coveted the position of the Ten Great Sword Sects.
In order to enter the Ten Great Sword Sects, it was only natural that one of the original Ten Great Sword Sects would have to be ousted and replaced.
In order to challenge the Ten Great Sword Sects, two conditions must be fulfilled.
The first condition was that one's own sword sect had reached the level of Aspire to Rule the World. Only by reaching that level would one have the qualifications to challenge the Ten Great Sword Sects.
The second condition was that one must have the establishment decree. In order to challenge the Ten Great Sword Sects, one must first find the Sword Sect Management Committee under the Sword Council. Then, with the establishment decree and half of one's own sect's resources as the price, one must issue a challenge to the last place in the Ten Great Sword Sects.
If the challenger won, half of the resources would be returned.
If the challenger lost, the other half of the resources would be given to the tenth place sword sect.
The reason why these two rules were set up was to prevent too many challenges to the Ten Great Sword Sects. Without these restrictions, some of the smaller sword sects would challenge the tenth place sword sect every day. Then, the tenth place sword sect would not be able to survive. They would just be harassed to death.
The development of a sword sect to Aspire to Rule the World required a large amount of resources and a vast amount of Reputation. These two things required a lot of time to accumulate.
Even Yaoguang Sword Sect, led by a powerhouse like Dazzling Light, had spent more than a decade to gather the resources and Reputation needed to level up to Aspire to Rule the World.
However, Guhan had helped Yaoguang Sword Sect obtain the First Clear of the Instance Dungeon. He had also swindled a large amount of resources from Great Storm Waves. This instantly allowed Yaoguang Sword Sect to gather the resources and Reputation needed to level up to Aspire to Rule the World. That was why Yaoguang Sword Sect had gritted its teeth and agreed to Guhan's surprisingly risky challenge.
Although the risk was high, the reward of success was also great. It was so great that Yaoguang Sword Sect could save a few years to realize its ambition.
Next was the establishment decree. This item was limited to two per year, and it caused the other people who wanted to challenge for the position of the ten great sword sects to feel troubled. There were too many ambitious people, and there were also too many people who wanted to establish their own sects. The number of establishment decrees they produced was not even enough to establish a sword sect. Who would be willing to use them to challenge the ten great sword sects?
What's more, they had to take out half of their own sect's resources as a bet. Once they lost, the entire sect would completely collapse and then be unable to recover. That was why most of the sect leaders of the sword sects were not interested in doing something that had a high possibility of losing both their lives and their wealth.
In the past 30 years, the number of challenges to the Ten Great Sword Sects could be counted on one hand. There were about eight to nine times. Among them, there was only one victory, which was against the current fifth-ranked Ten Thousand Longevity Sword Sect. The rest had all failed.
And those sword sects that failed had basically withdrawn from the stage of history due to various disputes after their failure, never to rise again.
Especially the current tenth-ranked Eternal Autumn Water Sword Sect. It was established at the same time as Great Storm Waves. Its first sect leader was Yesterday's Snow, who had a tangled relationship with Gu Jin.
It was said that the two of them were originally childhood sweethearts, and had been decided to be a couple.
Unfortunately, the world changed, and this couple eventually parted ways, establishing their own sword sects in succession, and then killing their way into the Ten Great Sword Sects.
However, Gu Jin's Great Storm Waves Sword Sect advanced triumphantly all the way, becoming the number one of the Ten Great Sword Sects and dominating the world.
Meanwhile, the Eternal Autumn Water Sword Sect, which had snowed yesterday, had gradually fallen. In recent years, they had fallen to the last position. If not for the Great Waves of Azure Waves secretly helping them, the Eternal Autumn Water Sword Sect might have already fallen out of the top ten.
Therefore, the Eternal Autumn Water Sword Sect had become the best target for Yaoguang Sword Sect. Since they had already become enemies with Great Storm Waves, they did not care about what happened to Great Storm Waves. Yaoguang had already made up his mind to take down the Eternal Autumn Water Sword Sect.
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"I've already broken through and become an Immortal Sword Tier sword wielder!"
Yaoguang opened his mouth and revealed another extremely explosive piece of news. To think that Yaoguang had already broken through Spiritual Sword Tier and become an Immortal Sword Tier sword wielder.
"Originally, I had already drawn up a detailed plan that could completely take down the Eternal Autumn Water. Even if Great Storm Waves helped them, it would be useless."
At this point, Yaoguang smiled bitterly. "But I never expected that Marvelous Pen, who had been with me for 12 years, was actually a spy. He was the one who had drawn up this plan.
With his departure, my plan was completely exposed.
"More importantly, with Marvelous Pen's departure, I've lost a powerful Famed Sword Tier battle power. In this case, there's a high chance that I'll lose the battle, so I have to make up for the shortcomings of Marvelous Pen's departure."
"So you've taken a fancy to me?"
Guhan raised his head and looked at Yaoguang, then looked at his watch. "Your challenge shouldn't be so soon, right? I don't have time today. I'll tell you in detail next time. I have urgent matters to attend to now!"
"Goodbye!"
"…" Seeing that Guhan had left the conference room directly, Yaoguang felt very bad. He had only said half of what he wanted to say, and the various benefits and transactions had not been carried out. Was it really good for him to leave just like that?