Wenren Pingxin watched this scene, forcefully stopping herself from saying what she was about to.
She felt an inexplicably familiar sensation rising in her chest! Her slightly seductive and lazy eyes brimmed with mist. Through Su Bei’s figure, she vaguely saw the figure of that annoying old man.
She murmured to herself, "Master, the Qingping Sword has also been found... It’s time for you to come back."
Su Bei was bathed in a glow of special effects! With indifferent eyes, he looked at everything before him, listening to the buzzing discussions. He gazed expressionlessly at the dense crowd of Sword Sect disciples at his feet.
"This... Fifth Elder really pulled out the Qingping Sword!"
"Could Fifth Elder have reached Mahayana?"
"To be able to pull out the Qingping Sword, one must at least be at Mahayana, right?"
"Even the Great Elder, who is at Dao Integration, couldn’t pull it out!"
A deep sense of satisfaction that Su Bei didn’t know how to describe lingered in his heart for a long time! He had always liked to show off! The satisfaction that came from showing off was just, well, those who know, know! It was frickin’ awesome!
As a great researcher deep in the ways of showing off, Su Bei chuckled lightly.
Let everyone remember this! This one act is impressive enough to be recorded in the history books of the Twenty-One Provinces!
The Qingping Sword’s Qi overwhelmed everything! Because of the Selfless Realm, Su Bei could feel every bit of the Qingping Sword’s emotions.
It seemed to be leaping with joy!
All the Sword Sect disciples watched Fifth Elder with eyes full of shock, observing his weathered eyes. They saw the Qingping Sword Qi soaring into the sky, like an inverted Milky Way, flowing upwards!
This was the Sword Scripture.
Then Su Bei, his voice somewhat hoarse, spoke slowly, his words spreading across No-Sword Peak. "If Heaven had not created me, Su Bei, the Sword Dao would be an eternal... long night! Since Heaven *has* created me, Su Bei, my sword shall pierce the Heavenly Gate... and my Sword Qi shall be everlasting!"
The buzzing discussions came to a sudden halt. Everyone stared, dumbstruck, at Su Bei in the sky above.
This, this... This is way too amazing! The Sword Dao would be an eternal long night? That’s even cooler than a blade of grass cutting through the sun, moon, and stars! Has Elder Su’s cultivation really reached such profound depths?
The Sword Sect Disciple named Da Dao, dressed in blue, watched this scene, an overwhelming surge of emotion in his heart. He was so excited he didn’t know what to do with himself. He firmly grabbed a fellow Sword Sect Disciple next to him and roared, "Do you see it?! What did I tell you? ’How could sparrows understand the ambitions of a mighty swan?!’ Look! This is the realm of Fifth Elder! This is true vision! Fifth Elder is going to open the Heavenly Gate for our generation! He is the one who will open the Heavenly Gate for us..."
The disciple next to him went briefly blank, then tears streamed from his eyes. Choking up, he looked at Su Bei standing quietly with his sword in the air, then turned to Da Dao with a puzzled expression and slowly said, "I see it, Brother Da Dao! So... what is the Heavenly Gate?"
Following Da Dao’s outburst, a chorus of "OOHS" and "AAHS" erupted across No-Sword Peak. In an instant, the entire peak was boiling with excitement.
Some Sword Sect Disciples fiercely beat those who had previously claimed Fifth Elder definitely wouldn’t be able to pull out the sword.
"I’ll beat you, you trash-talking runts!"
Other Sword Sect Disciples felt an unbearable shame. They were deeply guilt-ridden for having doubted Fifth Elder and slapped their own faces hard.
Xiao Ruoching stared blankly at the scene, looking up at her Master in the sky. She suddenly felt weak and powerless, slumping to the ground. Gently leaning against a tree, her eyes were full of bewilderment.
Master actually mastered the Qingping Sword! Yesterday, all the Sword Sect Elders tried to pull out the Qingping Sword; I saw it very clearly. Not a single person could budge it! Why could Su Bei? What exactly is he hiding? I’ve been practicing so diligently, even arduously cultivating a trace of the Selfless Realm! But now, he makes me feel so utterly desperate! He was so difficult to contend with even *without* mastering the Qingping Sword, let alone now?
Tears began to flow uncontrollably, wetting her breathtaking visage.
That face, which was like a deity in everyone else’s eyes, could, in my own, transform into a demon at any moment and viciously pounce to tear me apart...
Amidst a chorus of praise, Su Bei, holding the Qingping Sword, slowly descended. He looked at the crowd with a calm demeanor.
"Fifth Elder is truly worthy of his title! Even after drawing the sword, there’s not the slightest hint of pride in his expression!"
"Yes! Fifth Elder’s words, though they made me feel a bit awkward, might actually represent his lifelong wish when you think about it."
"He is a role model for us all!"
"The Sword Sect can’t do without Fifth Elder! I want to go out right now, beat up those trashy cultivators from Wuhua Palace, and then announce Fifth Elder’s name!"
"Indeed! They have no idea how powerful Fifth Elder is! We can’t let him remain so modest!"
Wenren Pingxin calmed her heaving Da Bai, her breathing somewhat rapid as she looked at Su Bei, her eagerness showing. "Bei Bei, tell your big sister! Have you comprehended the Selfless Realm? Is it already complete?"
As soon as Wenren Pingxin finished speaking, the Sword Sect Elders and disciples all lifted their heads, looking at Su Bei with disbelief.
The Selfless Realm? Could it be that Fifth Elder has comprehended that legendary state? One with full awareness of his surroundings?
Su Bei, hands clasped behind his back, nodded lightly, appearing indifferent.
Wenren Pingxin thought, Indeed, it was so! Her eyes held a trace of melancholy as she looked at her junior martial brother, before asking slowly with a hint of curiosity, "Bei Bei, how exactly did you come to comprehend it?"
How did I comprehend it? Su Bei’s expression turned a bit odd. My utility disciple comprehended it, so I naturally understood it as well! But, of course, I can’t say that...
From a distance, Xiao Ruoching’s ears had already perked up. Her pearly teeth bit her slightly pale lips, one arm resting against her fair forehead as her eyes fixed on Su Bei.
The despair in my heart deepened! Why?! Why, just as I had begun to grasp a mere hint of the Selfless Realm, has Master already fully comprehended it? When did he comprehend it?!
Seeing the expectant and admiring gazes of the disciples, Su Bei cleared his throat subtly. Then, with an indifferent expression, he lightly flicked the sword’s edge with his finger.
Looking at his bleeding finger, Su Bei turned away smoothly, murmuring as if to himself, but loud enough for all to hear, "The Way of Sword dictates! In swordsmanship, one must distance oneself from emotions above all else! To comprehend the Selfless Realm..."
Su Bei paused. His gaze settled on the figure standing before him—Wenren Pingxin, her embroidered moon gown outlining a faint silhouette through the gauze. The breeze gently caressed her, playing with her somewhat languid and enchanting curves.
Su Bei sighed softly. Why did she wear that today?
Then, hands clasped behind his back, he faced the Sword Sect Disciples. Amidst their eager and expectant gazes, he said slowly, "Gentlemen, please remember! Women will only slow down your sword-drawing speed! With no woman in your heart, drawing your sword becomes a divine act!"