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All of this was outside of Cang Yun's expectations because the sword spirit had changed the rules of the exam without letting Cang Yun know about it. Thus, the words of the Hierarch Xian Yang were like a bolt out of the blue, causing him to be stunned.
Seeing Cang Yun's confusion, the Venerable Immortal Yang was neither happy nor sad. He said slowly, ”The rules that I had set down earlier stated that the challenger must defeat the sword spirit in order to enter the ninth floor. However, because of some reasons, the sword spirit changed the rules that I had set for it, allowing you to luckily enter this place.”
”However, rules are rules. Even if the Sword Spirit favors you, my will will will not change in the slightest. Therefore, you cannot inherit my inheritance.”
Cang Yun remained silent. Venerable Immortal Yang's explanation had allowed him to finally understand the whole situation.
He did not doubt the words of the Venerable Immortal Xian Yang, because there was no need for the latter to lie to him. Everything here belonged to the Venerable Immortal Yang himself, so if he was willing to give it to him, no one could force him.
With regards to this situation, the disappointment in Cang Yun's heart was unavoidable, but he didn't complain about it. With regards to the chance, he couldn't ask for it.
However, there was one thing Cang Yun couldn't understand …
That is, with the relationship between senior sword spirit and elder Xian Yang, he must have understood the latter's personality. Then senior sword spirit must know that even if he let Cang Yun in, the latter would not be able to obtain the inheritance. On the contrary, it would be better to advise Cang Yun to give up.
This situation didn't make sense, unless … There was something else going on!
Indeed, the words of the Immortal Yang then directly verified Cang Yun's conjecture.
”Although you are unable to accept my inheritance, there is one thing that you might have some fate with. This is also the reason why the Sword Spirit did not care about the rules that I set for you and allowed you to enter …”