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In the small building to the right of the Jian Pavilion in Yuzhang City, which has always been the residence of the Jian Pavilion's Pavilion Master, responsible for guarding the Jian Pavilion and ensuring that the sleeping Jian Nü inside are not threatened in any way.
According to the ironclad rules of the Jian Committee, the Pavilion Master must not leave the Jian Pavilion for more than three hours at a time and must not leave the core area of the base city.
Therefore, this position is particularly suitable for powerful swordsmen who have decided to retire peacefully, such as the current Pavilion Master, Liu Lei, who, after turning 80, retired and took over the position of Pavilion Master, never appearing in public again.
At this moment, Liu Lei was lying in a bamboo rocking chair with his eyes closed, swaying gently in his sleep. However, no one knew that he was currently communicating with someone far away through a hidden communication line.
"Liu Sanshi, you old guy, you're enjoying your retirement pretty well, aren't you!" Judging from the voice, the person on the other end of the line was also an elderly man.
"Heh! Old Muyu, your life is more comfortable than mine. How about it, your precious granddaughter has taken back the Yixian Sword, are you finally satisfied? I risked being expelled by the Jian Committee to lift the seal on the Yixian Sword. Shouldn't you compensate me properly?" Liu Lei chuckled, and from his words, it was clear that the person he was talking to was none other than Lui Nian's grandfather, the former head of the Lui Nian family, Lui Nian Muyu.
"The Lui Nian family wants something, and even if the Jian Committee had a hundred lives, they wouldn't dare say no!" Lui Nian Muyu said disdainfully.
"Since your Lui Nian family is so powerful, I'm very curious why you agreed to the Jian Committee's foolish suggestion back then. Your granddaughter suffered a lot under Yixian. If it weren't for a sudden appearance of a foolish young man, your precious granddaughter might have lost her life." Liu Lei mocked.
"I don't believe that you, the Cloudy Sword Immortal Liu Sanshi, have no backup plan. If my granddaughter had died right in front of you, you would have no reason to live either." Lui Nian Muyu said calmly.
"Alright, Old Muyu, let's not talk about these trivial matters. It's been eighteen years, and this is the first time you've initiated contact with me. What is your true purpose? It can't be that your precious granddaughter's Yixian Sword has run into some trouble, and you want me to take responsibility, right?"
"The Yixian Sword has some issues, but that's Lui Nian's problem. As the successor of the Lui Nian family, if she can't subdue a mere Yixian Sword, what use is she? I'm not contacting you about the Yixian Sword; I'm contacting you about the Qingpin Sword!" Lui Nian Muyu suddenly mentioned the Qingpin Sword.
"Qingpin Sword? I think I've heard of it somewhere! Let me think... I'm old and forgetful, but I clearly heard the name yesterday!" Liu Lei recalled for a moment. "I remember now, it's the Jian Nü that the foolish young man who saved your granddaughter obtained in the Sword Burial Ground, right?"
"Yes, that's the Qingpin Sword." On the other end of the line, Lui Nian Muyu's tone became somewhat strange. "Old man, do me a favor and take back that Qingpin Sword."
"Take it back!!!" Liu Lei's rocking chair, which had been swaying continuously, suddenly stopped, and his face turned serious. "Old Muyu, did I hear you right? You want me to take back that Qingpin Sword!!!"
"You heard me right. That Qingpin Sword originally belongs to the Lui Nian family. It was passed down from our ancestor's grandmother. The Lui Nian family has every right to take it back." Lui Nian Muyu said firmly.
"You're crazy! That sword has already synchronized with that foolish young man! If you take back the Qingpin Sword, you'll sever his sword mark, and his entire life will be ruined! Your granddaughter should have already reported to you that his sword talent is probably even greater than hers. He might become a powerful Jianzhu who can support the backbone of humanity. You want to destroy such a genius?"
"No, even if Gu Han had no talent at all, as long as he is human, I will not allow the Lui Nian family to violate human rules!" Liu Lei became agitated. He couldn't understand why the Lui Nian family, a pillar of humanity, would destroy a promising swordsman's future for an ancient sword and trample on the social rules that have maintained human unity for a thousand years!
"Liu Lei, do me a favor, I'm begging you, please agree!" On the other end, Lui Nian Muyu fell silent for a moment, then spoke in a heavy tone, word by word.
"I understand! You old Muyu, you're probably afraid of a Jianzhu who is even stronger than the head of the Lui Nian family! I know that the head of the Lui Nian family has always been the strongest Jianzhu in the world, and you're afraid of losing that crown, right?"
"Nonsense! In which era have there not been swordsmen with talent surpassing the Lui Nian family? Do you think we would cripple all those people? If we were to cripple them, I might as well kill them outright! It would save people from gossiping about the Lui Nian family! The Lui Nian family maintains its reputation as the strongest Jianzhu through hard training and practice. Don't you, Liu Lei, understand this?"
"Then what is the reason? Old Muyu, unless you give me a reason I can't refuse, I will not allow this to happen!" Liu Lei said firmly.
"Fine, take a look at this..." On the other end, Lui Nian Muyu passed a document to Liu Lei.
"Gu Han's sword element detection record?" Liu Lei read the name of the document. It turned out to be Gu Han's sword element detection record from birth to the present.
"See it? From age one to five, his sword element increased from 1 quark to 9 quarks. After age five, his sword element stopped growing completely. Until four days ago, he still had a 9 quark innate sword element value. But in just three days, he increased his acquired sword element value by 101 quarks. Don't you find that very strange?"
"It is a bit strange!" Liu Lei tapped the armrest of the rocking chair. "But it's not that strange. As long as he spends money to buy sword element pills, increasing 1000 quarks in a day isn't that strange!"
"No, the strange part isn't that he increased 100 quarks in three days. The strange part is that his sword element value didn't grow at all after age five!" Lui Nian Muyu's words sent a chill down Liu Lei's spine. For twelve years, during the period when sword elements grow the fastest, his sword element value didn't increase by a single quark. This was indeed very strange.
"Why? Why is this so?"
"Old man, you've reached the rank of Immortal Sword. I'm sure you've heard of the person from 700 years ago whose name cannot be spoken!" Lui Nian Muyu's voice began to tremble. The prestigious Lui Nian family was actually afraid!
"Could it be that this Gu Han is related to that person..." Liu Lei's rocking chair couldn't withstand the surge of sword elements around him and exploded into powder. Liu Lei stood up, his eyes wide open.
"That person... that person..." Liu Lei's expression changed countless times before he finally made a decision. "Old Muyu, you shouldn't have mentioned that person. Since you did, I'll tell you. 700 years ago, we humans wronged him. 700 years later, I don't want to wrong his descendants. Even if Gu Han destroys the world, it's a debt we owe his family! I, Liu Lei, accept it!"
"Don't get so worked up, Liu Sanshi. I heard the explosion! Your temper is still as fiery as ever, and it hasn't improved in twenty years."
"I've calmed down a lot, Old Muyu. Otherwise, the entire house would have been blown up."
"I admit we humans owe him, and I don't plan to do anything to him. I just need to take back the Qingpin Sword. The Qingpin Sword can be in anyone's hands, but it absolutely cannot be in his hands!"
"Hmph, regardless of what secrets the Qingpin Sword holds, I ask you, what's the difference between taking back the Qingpin Sword and destroying his future?"
"Of course there's a difference!" Lui Nian Muyu laughed. "We have a few Qing Si in the Lui Nian family."
"..." Liu Lei was speechless. Qing Si can perfectly sever the connection between any Jianzhu below the Immortal Sword rank and their Jian Nü. If used on Gu Han, it wouldn't harm his future and might even make him stronger.
However, using a world-class treasure like Qing Si, which even an Immortal Sword rank Jianzhu like Liu Lei would fight for, on a mere Ancient Sword rank Jianzhu was an extreme waste and an extreme display of wealth.
"Old man, if you don't say anything, I'll take it as your agreement. In a few days, I'll send someone to take back the Qingpin Sword."
"Wait..." Liu Lei pursed his lips. "I still can't accept it, at least not in Yuzhang City."
"Hmph, are you worried about your reputation?" Lui Nian Muyu snorted. "Fine, he'll eventually leave the city to complete a mission. It will be more convenient to act outside the city. Just don't interfere when the time comes."
With that, Lui Nian Muyu ended the call.
"Trouble..." Liu Lei's foot stirred a wave of sword energy, sweeping away the fragments and dust left by the broken rocking chair.