Vol 27 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Book 27, Twelve Palaces, Chapter 2 – A Holy Place for Sword Cultivators
Ji Ning led Su Youji forwards alongside him as Daolord Fudan continued to introduce the people and places within the Sword Palace
Boom!
The red-haired aze then fell upon Ji Ning, and his eyes instantly lit up He laughed loudly, “Is this a new junior apprentice-brother of ours?”
“I as, senior apprentice-brother Wildfire,” Ning said
“That explains it I’ve sparred with and recognize everyone in our Sword Palace” The red-haired h “Junior apprentice-brother Darknorth, since you are a new arrival I won’t disturb you, but in two days I’o find you and have a little competition with you I trust you won’t decline?”
“I’d be delighted to accept,” Ning said modestly
“Mo We can chat later,” the red-haired man said
Ning nodded
As they moved past the red-haired man, Daolord Fudan said in a low voice, “Of the six exalted Swordlords, senior apprentice-brother Wildfire is the htforward He loves to duel other cultivators and won’t look down upon weak ones He’s a person who is easy to make friends with, and is much more approachable than many of the other World-level cultivators of the Sword Palace”
Ning laughed He could sense how friendly and relaxed this senior apprentice-brother Wildfire was
A sword cultivator as capable of breaking through to become a Sa of his own nature, be it good or bad, honorable or dishonorable Wildfire clearly was an extrehtforward man, and his sas similarly a sword that crushed all before it in an open and aboveboard manner
“We are going to go to the Ancient Library next It is right up ahead” Daolord Fudan pointed towards a large, ancient-looking hall that was e The entire ancient hall took upcould sense the power of its aura
“The Ancient Library was built alongside the Sword Palace itself It has been around for an extre period of time,” Daolord Fudan explained
“Eh?” Ning stared at it in amazement
The Ancient Library had quite a few black-armored Daolords around it Soround, so with their swords There were over a hundred of the present
“Senior apprentice-brother Fudan” Ning was puzzled “On the way over, I saw quite a few black-armored Daolords If we include in the ones before us, I’ve seen more than two hundred But you told me that the entire Sword Palace only has a hundred Samsara Daolords…”
Daolord Fudan paused, aon his face “Let h “In the Sword Palace, all cultivators are like brothers There’s not much of a difference in terms of status between us World-level cultivators who run into Verge-level Daolords will simply address them as ‘senior apprentice-brother’”
Ning nodded
The Sword Palace was a place where elite sword cultivators gathered Everyone treated everyone else in a fairly equal manner
“But there’s still some differences, despite the overall equality,” Daolord Fudan said “The cultivators in the Sword Palace are generally divided into two different types”
“The first type consists of those who relied on thehts to beco with theh they aren’t actually Sah whenever they wish and possess treh, they will be far stronger than most Daolords of the First Step This is why even Samsara Daolords treat these Swordlords as equals
“The second type consists of the other World-level cultivators as well as black-armored Daolords like us
“In the end, World-level cultivators are still just cultivators who have a chance of breaking through to become Daolords They naturally have a somewhat lower status As for us black-ar Pseudo Samsara Pills We will forever re any further There are even so World-level cultivators who are even stronger than us” Daolord Fudan shook his head “Some Samsara Daolords view us as the lowest of the low They’d rather show kindness to World-level cultivators with potential than show us any real respect”
Ning was silent He could sense the sadness e from Daolord Fudan
“In the Sword Palace, there are actually a total of more than 2300 black-armored Daolords,” Daolord Fudan said softly “There are many more of them than there are World-level cultivators There were quite a few people in the Brightshore Kingdo those pills, after all, and the alemon has ordered that all Daolords must join the Twelve Palaces This is why the Twelve Palaces has so many black-armored Daolords”
Ning finally understood The Sword Palace had more than two thousand black-armored Daolords, but just two hundred World-level cultivators and around a hundred ‘real’ Samsara Daolords Given that they were fairly weak and had no prospects for future advance that they had low statuses
“Most of the black-armored Daolords are outside the Sword Palace, with just over five hundred staying inside of it,” Daolord Fudan said “Although they are treated with some disdain, they still choose to remain within the Sword Palace because there, ill have a better chance to improve than ould anywhere else Power depends on htenment Different sword-arts can also result in different levels of power, as do divine abilities and secret arts”
Ning nodded The [Novessence Thunder] was a great example of a very powerful secret art