Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  "Haha! I told you, right?! I knew that his mind is still over there, because he's been looking so dazed all along our way to this place!" Bar and Thunder looked at each other and teased him.

  Knife knew that he could not hide his thoughts from his friends. "That is an ancient demon vessel. I refuse to believe that you don't care about Tiger Soul."

  Bar shrugged and pouted. He looked resigned. "What's the point of caring about it? It definitely won't belong to you, anyway. The more you care about it, the more disappointed you're going to be."

  "That's right. It's a waste of time, and you have to be in danger as well. Don't forget. With how 'fast' our horses are, they'll be able to catch up to us in the desert in just the blink of an eye. I don't want to die before we even finish the quest." Thunder was even more straightforward in his reply.

  Once they removed themselves from the area where the desert palace was, not only did that mean that they had resolutely given up on Tiger Soul, they had also left Cao Huaian and Mo Yan's sides. This meant that they had also given up on the quest they had been working on for most of the day. The sacrifice they made was quite great.

  When the quest was mentioned, Knife became even angrier.

  "We were doing Dragon Gate Inn's quest just fine, so why did it have to be mixed up with the quest from the desert palace? We were just helping Cao Huaian and Mo Yan save Yu Qian's kids, but now, we're trying to prevent Tiger Soul from reappearing in the world of martial artists, I'm going to…"

  "Alright, once you're done grumbling, hurry up on your way. Don't waste time." Silver Wolf's voice came from the direction ahead.

  Once Silver Wolf spoke up, Knife immediately stopped talking.

  He never said anything regarding Silver Wolf's decision. This time, he had only been so restless because Tiger Soul had made him greedy.

  "Flame Town…"

  His attention had finally returned from Tiger Soul. Knife suddenly noticed something intriguing, and he snapped at the reins so that he could catch up to Silver Wolf.

  "Silver Wolf, I think this is the border of the Chinese plains and West Region. Shouldn't we head east and return to the Chinese plains? Aren't we going in the opposite direction?"

  Silver Wolf rolled his eyes in resignation when he heard Knife's question. "Looks like Tiger Soul has seriously bewitched you. Boy, have you forgotten our original goal of entering the desert?"

  Knife was stunned.

  He was dumbfounded for a few seconds before he remembered something really important.

  Happy!

  Happy had asked them to head to the desert beforehand with a letter from a messenger pigeon. They had just been in time to run into the quest in Dragon Gate Inn, the black sandstorm, and the activation of the desert palace.

  The series of major events and the appearance of the people in the dao of heaven brought them waves of shock that were each greater than the last, and it caused Knife to forget that Happy had asked them to be here.

  When he thought of this, Knife's expression changed.

  "The sect master asked us to be here, but he has never shown up. Where is he?" As he spoke, he seemed to have remembered something. Suddenly, his eyes shone with a faint light, and he stared at Silver Wolf.

  Bar and Thunder stared at each other.

  Based on Silver Wolf and Knife's conversation, these two people also remembered that since Happy had learned beforehand that there was an important quest in the desert, he would have definitely arrived earlier than they did.

  "The sect master must have worn a human skin mask to observe the treasures of the desert palace and Tiger Soul. He definitely did that!"

  Knife stopped talking for a while. He put on a puzzled expression. "That's strange. If Happy's goal is Tiger Soul, why did he make us leave? Could it be that he's not there?"

  When he made this guess, the party of four had already reached the town.

  Flame Town was a town at the borders, at it was located at the westernmost side of the Chinese plains. It was a small town that had a lot of years of history, and it contained all sorts of people in strange clothes. It was a place that had almost fully adopted the culture of West Region.

  Flame Town was unlike a normal town in the Chinese plains. It did not have tall and sturdy walls or a gate made of bronze needles.

  There were only lumps of earth that had been emptied out. It looked incredibly barren and crude.

  "..."

  "Big Brother Silver Wolf, are you seriously telling me that we came here to drink and seek entertainment?" Thunder c.o.c.ked an eyebrow and looked at the dilapidated town. It was so broken down that not even the signs for taverns could be found. He was so startled that his eyebrows nearly flew up his hairline.

  "Look up."

  Silver Wolf ignored him. He just gestured at the sand wall beyond the town with his eyes.

  "Huh?"

  "Why is he here?!"

  To the left of the sand wall was a dilapidated and crude pavilion, and in the pavilion was a teenager dressed in white. He sat there in a leisurely manner and sipped tea. To his side was an old servant who held a teapot. They looked very relaxed, and the teenager looked like an aristocratic boy who had just passed by the place.

  It was the white-clad teenager.

  The party of four managed to recognize the person who managed to make the alliance master's full-powered slash scatter with just one attack near the quicksand. He was the mysterious white-clad teenager whose strength was inscrutable.

  Knife had been grumbling, but in an instant, he stared at the white-clad teenager as if he just saw a piece of treasure. He almost gulped.

  The trio resisted the urge to shout. All of them cast intense gazes on Silver Wolf's face, then at the white-clad teenager. Their eyes then moved back and forth between them.

  "Big Brother Silver Wolf, did you manage to activate some sort of hidden quest?"

  Regardless of whether it was at Dragon Gate Inn or after he showed up from the desert palace, this white-clad teenager had always been incredibly powerful in their eyes. In fact, he was so powerful that he was just second to the alliance master to the party of four. It was no wonder why they were so shocked when they saw the white-clad teenager.

  But Silver Wolf observed him closely for a while before he suddenly sighed. "I thought that Happy must have missed the show at the desert palace. I didn't expect that he was closer than any of us to it…"

  "Hmm?"

  Knife and the other two did not understand what he meant."

  "Come here."

  At that moment, a familiar voice traveled into their ears. Then, Happy stopped trying to keep his identity a secret to Silver Wolf and his party.

  Silver Wolf was the only one who looked like he expected it. The other three were shocked.

  "Sect Master!"

  "You're the sect master?!"

  The trio looked at each other and blurted out these words.

  Once Happy sent the message over, Silver Wolf and the other four did not dare to idle around. While still doubtful and shocked, they put away their horses and jumped up the city gate. Quietly, they sized Happy up.

  "You've worked hard over the past few days."

  Happy got up from his seat.

  His white robes brushed past the stone seat, and the motion had an otherworldly feel to it. It made him look incredibly elegant, and he did not look like a player at all when he did this.

  Even Silver Wolf widened his eyes at this. As he watched Happy pretend to be the white-clad teenager, he had great disbelief and incredulity shine in his eyes.

  The white-clad teenager's movements were incredibly elegant and free. His expression and presence seemed to come from the depths of his soul, and he looked like the heir of an aristocratic family in the world of martial artists. At that moment, even though they already knew who he was, they could not quite believe their eyes. They still felt that they were facing an NPC, not a human player.

  Silver Wolf was the only one who was able to regain his comp
osure quickly. The other three looked at each other and gulped.

  "What's wrong?"

  When Happy saw how cautious the trio was, he smiled faintly, raised his hand, and pointed at the lump of earth in the pavilion.

  "Sit."

  At that moment, they finally returned to their senses.

  Silver Wolf led the group to sit down. The four of them arrived in front of Happy one after another and sat down. Even though they were all tough men, when they stood before Happy, they still felt a strange sense of pressure, and they also felt intimidated.

  Perhaps it was because the white-clad teenager had managed to defeat the ric.h.e.s.t merchant in the world while they were in Dragon Gate Inn. Perhaps it was because he had managed to block the alliance master with just one slash. Happy had once needed to work together with Heavenly Saber Song Que to be able to come to a tie with Evil King, and he only managed it barely. But now, the sect master of Lovely Land had become even more unfathomable.

  This awe-inspiring presence and pressure he brought to them did not cause them any discomfort, however. Instead, it made them forget about Tiger Soul and the alliance master. They only saw Happy, and they felt incredibly safe.

  This small pavilion in the desert seemed to have become the safest place on Earth.

  All four of them sat down, and a person took one step forward from beside Happy.

  Whoosh!

  A few cups of tea giving off cold steam were instantly placed in front of them.

  "Taste this snow lotus tea. It's picked from Heaven Mountain, and it tastes pretty good."

  While Happy spoke, he picked up the teacup in front of him. He looked as if he was enjoying life.

  Silver Wolf and his party had their attention completely taken by the old servant behind Happy.

  Since they were shocked by the reveal of Happy's identity just now, they had not paid attention to the follower beside him just now.

  Now, they remembered it. Suddenly, they recalled something that happened in Dragon Gate Inn. At that time, this old man had easily blocked off three Myth Realm red-clad Lamas on his own. He possessed extraordinary strength as well.

  Since Happy was a player, who was this person?

  Another powerful person had appeared in the Chinese world of martial artists, and he might only be slightly weaker than Happy and One Emperor.

  But based on his actions and expression, his respect toward Happy came from the bottom of his soul.

  Silver Wolf and his party were instantly confused.

  Naturally, Happy could see the puzzlement in Silver Wolf and his party's eyes. He could also see that they were trying to guess his identity, but he did not expose them. Neither did he offer any explanations. When the party of four picked up their teacups to taste the snow lotus tea, he asked, "How's your training with Four Matchless Sword Formation?"

  Chapter 1196 - Top-grade Contribution Quest for the Sect

  "How's your training with Four Matchless Sword Formation?"

  The first sentence Happy mentioned immediately pulled Silver Wolf and his party's attention back from Thousand-faced Human Fox.

  The four of them exchanged a solemn look.

  Before they came to the desert, they had received a messenger pigeon from Happy.

  At that time, he had asked them whether they were willing to practice the high-grade sword formation—Four Matchless Sword Formation.

  In the beginning, they had been rather against the idea.

  After all, a sword formation was a fighting skill that required teamwork. Four people were needed to use it together before they could bring out its great power. It was a different idea from what they envisioned themselves doing in the game—to use their own swords to travel through the lands.

  But after Silver Wolf thought about it carefully, he convinced Knife, Bar, and Thunder to try it.

  Also, Wild Wolves was an international mercenary group who had extraordinary skills. Silver Wolf and his party would only be able to reach their level if they trained using the conventional route.

  In the end, Silver Wolf decided to try it.

  And reality showed that Four Matchless Sword Formation was indeed an unusual sword formation. It was a high-grade sword formation from Sword of Heavenly Lake Faction!

  Even though Four Matchless Sword Formation required four people to practice it at the same time, it was not a full-developed sword technique. Instead, it was a very high-class fusion skill that fused aura and the mind together.

  Those who practiced Four Matchless Sword Formation would get better teamwork. They could work in concert with each other and use their friends' true qi flow to form an aura. Then, it could increase their strength to the point that their qi realm could increase when they used the sword formation.

  This discovery caused Silver Wolf to be delighted.

  Even though Four Matchless Sword Formation was not of much help when it came to increasing a person's individual strength, but when they gathered together, their strength could increase by a small margin. In fact, they could even fight against people in the peak of Myth Realm, and this was when their mastery of the sword formation was just at the fifth realm.

  Knife, Bar, and Thunder became completely convinced by Silver Wolf's judgment, and they also believed that Happy now regarded them differently.

  Right now, when Happy asked them about this, Silver Wolf naturally answered honestly, "Sect Master, your recommendation is naturally not bad. Our Four Matchless Sword Formation is just at the fifth realm, and we already have fifty percent of our strength increased. We can already fight against those in the later stage of Myth Realm. When we completely master Four Matchless Sword Formation and we fight together, it will be equivalent to four people in Myth Realm fighting together. No one aside from you, One Emperor, and Evil Emperor will not be our opponent in the game."

  "Not bad."

  Happy nodded a little. "Four Matchless Sword Formation is a technique to defend a sect, and it can only be learned by the elders of the Sword of Heavenly Faction. If you're able to bring out its potential to this degree, then it shows your potential and strength. I didn't make a misjudgment."

  "Thank you for recognizing our worth and cultivating us, Sect Master."

  When Happy heard this, he said, "I gave you Four Matchless Sword Formation, because there is no one else in the sect who is more suited than the four of you to learn this. Besides, there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. I asked you to come to the desert to help me because you have the requirements to practice this sword formation."

  "Sect Master, please give us your instructions."

  Silver Wolf had naturally been told about this a long time ago. When he heard this, he said, "We had not been able to contact you just now, and since the quests for Dragon Gate Inn were activated, we wasted a little time coming here."

  "The rewards for the quests from Dragon Gate Inn aren't that great. We can give up on it," Happy said, "When we're done with this, you can go and get a contribution reward for doing a top-grade sect quest."

  "Top-grade?!"

  Silver Wolf's heart trembled.

  Even though it had not been long since he joined Lovely Land, they were already very familiar with the series of rules and regulations in Lovely Land. They had also memorized how they could contribute to the sect and get rewards.

  Most of the items in normal sects were consumable items, and at most, they had useless demon vessels contained in them, and they were not attractive to the players at all.

  But due to the large-scale battles Lovely Land participated in, there were a lot of demon vessels, divine weapons, and high-grade minerals as well as herbs contained in the sect storage. There were all sports of items in the sect storage, and Happy had also put in a few high-grade divine weapons from his personal storage, which stimulated the sect members' passion in gathering contribution points.

  But the contribution rewards for the sect were harder to gather than contribution points for the sect.

  The contr
ibution rewards for top-grade sect quests meant that the sect members had completed a high difficulty quest that the higher-level management had assigned to them, and this contribution reward was much more useful than obtaining tens of thousands for contribution points, because this meant that they could obtain a high-grade demon vessel of divine weapon.

  "A contribution reward for a top-grade sect quest?"

  Knife, Bar, and Thunder s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths. They were a little excited.

  Being able to obtain Four Matchless Sword Formation was already a great fortune for them. Right now, they had the chance to obtain a contribution reward for a top-grade sect quest, which meant that they could obtain the greatest high-grade divine weapons and demon vessels from the sect storage. There was no way that they could not be excited about it.

  It had to be known that the requirement to get Heavenly Saber Song Que's legacy was five contribution rewards for top-grade sect quests, and from this, it could be seen that the conditions Happy listed would not be easy to fulfill.

  However, at that moment, Happy said something airily.

  "It's not just one. You have four people here, so if you succeed, each of you will get a contribution reward for a top-grade sect quest.

  'What?!'

  Right after he said this, Knife, Bar, and Thunder's expressions changed drastically, and they gulped. Even Silver Wolf, who had always remained cool and calm, had a red flush appear on his face. He subconsciously tightened his grip over his teacup.

  Four contribution rewards for a top-grade sect quest. They did not even have to mention just how great the rewards were for this task…

  The requirement to get Heavenly Saber Song Que's legacy was just five contribution rewards. If they worked a little harder, they would be able to reach the requirements to obtain the legacy. Even if the legacy had already been listed as a reward for the competition that was going to be held in the sect, they could still choose other valuable martial art manuals or legacies from the sect storage.