In Guhan's heart, there had always been a huge question, and that was, who exactly was his ancestor!
According to the three sets of Peerless Sword Techniques that had been passed down from his ancestors, his ancestor might really have been an Emperor Sword level sword wielder who stood at the peak of sword-bearers and led the entire human world.
However, if his ancestor was really an Emperor Sword level sword wielder, how could he have grown up in the Honeycomb Building? His parents could not live in the Core Area and enjoy the safest living environment.
Even the descendants of the Ming Yuan Jiandi, who had betrayed humanity in exchange for immortality, had lost all kinds of privileges, but they were still permanently settled in the Core Area and enjoyed a safe life.
Guhan could not understand, so he searched through countless historical materials, but he could not find a Jiandi with the surname Gu.
Even if his ancestor had changed his surname, there should be records of a Jiandi with no descendants.
However, all the Jiandi had left a clear genealogy of their descendants in the materials. In other words, they all had direct bloodlines, and they had nothing to do with Guhan.
In the end, Guhan concluded that either the information passed down by his ancestor was a lie, or there was no such thing as an Emperor Sword level sword wielder ancestor, and these three secret manuals were all picked up; or that his ancestor had made an even worse mistake than the Ming Yuan Jiandi, and the human world had completely erased all records of his ancestor.
The above was all Guhan's own speculation. He had never found any clues about his ancestor, but now, he had found one. The clue was in his hands, the ancient book with the words "Ninth Heaven Mysterious Sword" written on the cover.
That's right, the ancient book that Guhan was holding in his hands, which the old Taoist priest had used to hit him, was one of the three secret manuals passed down in Guhan's family, "Ninth Heaven Mysterious Sword".
Flipping open this secret manual, he was even more certain of this, because the first page was densely packed with the general outline of the 《Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword》, and it was exactly the same as the Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword passed down by Gu Han's ancestors …
"The secret manual that I'm so proud of is actually placed in a game's instance dungeon. Any player can see it … Doesn't this mean that the" Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword "is not my ancestor's unique secret manual?
It's a piece of trash that can be found on the streets! "
Thinking of this, Guhan suddenly had a bad feeling. Anyone who found out that something they treasured was casually placed in a dungeon like "Jin Ping Mei" would feel like their whole life was about to collapse. They would be like an idiot.
"No!
Something's wrong! "
Guhan immediately realized that something was wrong. "If this" Ninth Heaven Mysterious Sword "is really so common that players can read it at will, why can't I find any information about it on the forum? This is impossible!"
Thinking of this, Guhan's trembling hand flipped to the second page, and then he was stunned … The second page was actually empty … Guhan immediately flipped through the pages at the back of the book until he finished flipping through the entire secret manual. Finally, he was sure that other than the general outline of the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword" written on the first page, there were only a few blank pages left in the book.
The nine most important sword techniques of the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword", as well as the method to circulate qi, were not recorded at all.
If it was just a general outline on a piece of paper, then it would be inexplicable to the players and even the sword owner. It was a worthless thing, no different from garbled code.
No wonder this instance dungeon had been open for more than two hundred years, but no players had ever mentioned the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword" in the forum.
Even if they saw it, they would probably think that it was a useless piece of paper made up by the system to tease the players. They would have no idea that this was actually the general outline of a peerless sword technique.
Then a new question arose. Why would his family's ancestral sword technique appear on a page of the general outline, in this "Wudang's Finest" instance dungeon?
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On the way back to Chaotian Palace with the unconscious old Taoist, after throwing him into the care of the microcosm, when King Yue and the other three Sword Ladies fought with the invading Yuan Kou outside Chaotian Palace, Guhan did not say a word, as if he had lost his soul. He silently thought about the relationship between the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword" and this instance dungeon. In the end, after spending a full hour, he came up with a conjecture that Guhan felt was 80% reliable.
First of all, when BAT was designing the game instance, it would actively collect all kinds of information from the internet or physical literature. With BAT's super computing power, the information it collected was definitely hundreds of thousands of times more than what Guhan collected. So it was not surprising to find information about the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword" in some corner.
In other words, it must have been recorded in some information that in the WuTang Sect's Sutra Pavilion at the top of Mount Wudang, there was this "Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword" secret manual, and that information also gave the general outline of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword … That information only had the general outline.
The 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword' was a martial arts secret manual of the Middle Ages. Before the Great Calamity, Wudang Mountain had been the leading force of the martial arts world for over six hundred years. This' Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword 'should have been stored in the Scripture Depository by Wudang Mountain sometime during those six hundred years.
Guhan also learned from the information that in the two hundred years after the apocalypse, WuTang Mountain had always been isolated from the world, and the Sutra Pavilion had never been destroyed or stolen. In other words, the information obtained by BAT was spread after the Battle of the Dark Dragon King ended with the survivors of WuTang Mountain heading to Yan Jing Headquarter City.
According to historical records, in reality, during the Battle of the Dark Dragon King, the survivors at the top of Mount Wudang suffered heavy casualties. When the Immortal Sword level sword-bearers sent by Yan Jing Headquarter City arrived to fight with the Dark Dragon King and defeated him, there were less than three hundred survivors left from the top of Mount Wudang. This clue of the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword" must have been sent to Yan Jing Headquarter City along with all the other books in the Sutra Pavilion, and then passed down to the hands of its own ancestors, becoming the Gu family's heirloom!
Guhan made up his mind. When this mission was over, he would immediately go online to search for information about the Sutra Pavilion on WuTang Mountain, or the news of the three hundred survivors. Perhaps they had left behind records or told their descendants about who had obtained the secret manuals in the Sutra Pavilion in the end.
When Guhan finally sorted out these things with great difficulty, more than an hour had passed. Guhan, who was in a much better mood, walked out of Skyward Palace to observe the situation of the battle outside. He discovered that the new wave of Yuan Kou had already been wiped out.
However, apart from King Yue who was still excited and full of fighting spirit, the other three swordmaidens more or less showed signs of exhaustion.
This was especially true for the Skywalker Sword. Perhaps it was because its wielder, the old granny, was too old and too slow-witted, so the Skywalker Sword could not receive any sword essence from the wielder. She had been relying on the sword essence she had obtained from the old granny when she had awakened. After fighting for so long, there was not much sword essence left in her body.
However, the old granny wielding the Skywalker Sword was already completely confused. It was impossible to expect her to take the initiative to deliver the sword essence, but the swordmaidens could not actively absorb the sword essence from the sword-bearer. The only thing they could do now was to let the Skywalker Sword withdraw from the battle and conserve the little sword essence left in her body.
Therefore, Guhan immediately told the Skywalker Sword to withdraw from the battle and conserve the sword essence.
The swordmaiden, Tian Xing, hesitated for a while and looked at her sword-bearer who was curled up on the ground.
Guhan was not her sword-bearer. Giving orders to her was completely overstepping his authority. It was also a very rude thing to do. Tian Xing could completely ignore Guhan's orders.
However, in the end, Tian Xing withdrew from the battle without a word. There was not much sword essence left in her body.
"Why can Tian Xing withdraw, but we have to fight like idiots? This is not fair …" When the swordmaiden, Shui Han, saw that Tian Xing had withdrawn, she immediately became indignant. If Yuan Kong had not forcefully pulled her hand, Shui Han would have withdrawn after Tian Xing.
"I will be in charge of the area where Tian Xing is defending!
That should be fine, right? "
Guhan took out his Qingpin sword. In the entire instance dungeon, it was basically King Yue who was fighting. He was getting a little itchy.
"What a joke. You're just a human. What abilities do you have? Why did you come here and cause trouble? You think you're so great just because you have a Sword Maiden …" Before Shui Han could finish speaking, a long sword was pressed against her throat.
"Say that again. What's so great about me …" Shui Han's words did not do anything to Guhan, but King Yue was enraged!
The conflict was temporarily suppressed. Soon, another wave of Yuan Kou arrived. This time, Yuan Kou had ten Ghost-Face Spiders. King Yue took the lead and rushed forward alone, blocking two Ghost-Face Spiders.
Another Ghost-Face Spider rushed into the area that Cold Water and Yue Ling were in charge of defending. These Ghost-Face Spiders did not have strong attack power, but they could spit out poisonous webs. Once caught in the web, they would immediately enter a state of paralysis. They would be unable to move and could only let the Ghost-Face Spider bite them.
Just one Ghost-Face Spider was enough to make Cold Water feel very distressed. She was only a Grade 9 Sword Maiden and could only use one basic skill, Cold Strike.
The rest of the skills, advanced skills, and ultimate skills could only be unlocked when she reached Grade 7, Grade 4, or Grade 1.
Before her sword could even touch the Ghost-Face Spider, it spat out an extremely sticky white paste like poisonous web. She was immediately unable to move and was bitten a few times by the Ghost-Face Spider.
When the effects of the poisonous web disappeared, Shui Han prepared to attack frantically to vent her dissatisfaction. However, another poisonous web was spat out and she was paralyzed for another five seconds.
When Shui Han exhausted all her strength and consumed more than half of the shield's energy, she finally killed this Ghost-Face Spider. She fiercely breathed a sigh of relief and remembered that there were six Ghost-Face Spiders besieging that pretentious human.
With a powerful Sword-level personal shield, that human would not die for a while. However, he would definitely be tied up like a mummy, and would be ruthlessly trampled and humiliated by the six Ghost-Faced Spiders. He would take this opportunity to make fun of this arrogant sword-bearer. He would tell him to hide in Skyward Palace and not cause trouble for himself.
"Huh, where are the spiders?"
Cold Water looked over and saw that the human was leisurely standing in the same place, watching the gradually setting sun. The six Ghost-Face Spiders that had besieged him before had completely disappeared.
"Hmph, it must be that Famous Sword who saved her master … Useless human, always causing trouble for his Sword Maiden!" Cold Water thought with certainty.