Chapter382:WhiteLotusSwordMaster
"Letmeplayahundredmoreroundsagain!"Phoenixpluckedherfeathersagain.
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Ontheground,themostimportantmomentforthenewdiscipleswascoming.
"ExplaintheTao"isaspecialtraditionoftheEasternGod’sDomainandanextremelyhighhonor.
"Tao"meantthetruthoftheuniverse.Itwascountlesspeople’sdreamtobeinvitedto"ExplaintheTao".Theoretically,evenmortalscouldexplainthetruthoftheTao,buttheymustbeasupermasterabout"Tao".Ifthemortalwasgoingtoexplainit.
Mostofthetime,thepersonwhoexplainedtheTaowasattheherorank.
"ExplaintheTao"wasn’tassimpleasgivingalecture,thepersonwhohelditmustpayforitwithalotofeffort.MostmastersofmortalscouldexplaintheTaoonlyonceintheirlives.
Thecontentofthe"ExplaintheTao"dependedonthepresider,butitmustbeveryusefultothepeoplewhowereseekingforthe"Tao".Somepeopleevengaveawaytheirfortunesforlisteningacertainmaster’s"ExplaintheTao".
Thistime,thepersonwhoheld"ExplaintheTao"wasthecurrentmasteroftheWhiteLotusSwordDomain,thestrongestsixthrankedhumaninthisdomain,WhiteLotusSwordMaster.
AsWhiteLotusSwordMaster,hisnamehadbeenforgottenbythepublicalongtimeago.
Afterthepreviousmasterofthissworddomainpassedaway,hesucceededtothispositionhundredsofyearsago.Tillthetwinwitchesexplodedintoprominence,hefinallydecidedtoretire.
Today,standingatthefamiliarstageandlookingattheyoungdisciples,hetouchedhiswhitebeardwithjoy.
Asahuman,hewasalready300yearsold.Heknewatthisage,hewasnohopetobreakintothehigherrealm,thelegendrank,soheonlyfocusedonteachingstudentsnow.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫e啯袨)
MaybetherewerenottoomanygeniuseswhohadgraduatedfromtheWhiteLotusSwordPalace,butnoneofthemlostthefaceoftheSwordPalaceafterleaving.
AfterYunHaitheSwordMasterleft,theWhiteLotusSwordDomainwasgraduallyrestoringgloryduringhistenure.
Theherorankdidn’tmeanimmortal.Justliketheheroesinthetales,theywouldbecomeoldanddieastimewentby.Asastronghumanatthesixthrank,hesuddenlyhadapresentimentthatsomethingwasgoingtohappen.
Maybeitmeantmydeath.Hethought.300yearswasreallyalongtimeforhumans.
Fromthefirsttimeheheldasword,towhenhefollowedthefootstepsofhispredecessorsandfinallyreachedthesixthrank,hethoughthighlyofhimself,andlookeddownathisidentityofWhiteLotusSwordMaster.Hethoughtthathecouldstepintothehigherrealm.
Themostdesirableoutcomewastoenterthehighestsworddomain,"theGreatXiaSwordDomain".HeevenplannedtotakepartintheBattleGod’sChampionshipContestafterthat.
Unfortunately,hedidn’taccomplishanyofhisgoals.
Thereweredifferencesbetweendifferentpeopleanddifferentraces.
Afterenteringtheherorank,thegapbetweendifferentindividualsbecameevenwider.Especiallytheherorankedbeingsofrareraces,theirracecharacteristicscouldconferthemstrong,incrediblebonuses.Unlesstheywereasupergeniusoftheswordskill,humanshadnochancerivallingthem.
Unfortunately,hewasn’tasupergeniusoftheswordskills,whichhefoundoutwhenhetravelledthroughtheSkySwordGod’sDomains.
HewasthestrongestgeniusoftheWhiteLotusSwordDomain,however,whenhewenttoahighersworddomainsuchastheGreatLiangortheGreatJin,hefoundthathewasstillstrong,butwasn’tinvincibleanymore.
HetastedamuchpainfulfailurewhenheandhisfriendwenttotheThreeHolySwordDomains.
TheGreatZhou,theGreatHanandtheGreatTangweretheoldestthreesworddomains,andtheywerealsocalledthe"ThreeHolySwordDomains".Whilethere,hewitnessedwhatthe"realgeniuses"were.
Fail!Fail!Fail!Heexperiencedtoomanyfailuresinthethreesworddomains.Finally,herealizedwhatthedifferencewasbetweenhimandtherealgeniuses.
Theso-calledtalentofswordskillreallyexisted!Nomatterhowhardhepracticed,hecouldn’tstrideacrossthegap.
HistalentwasthestrongestintheWhiteLotusSwordDomain,andeveninmiddle-levelsworddomains,hewasentitledtobeafounderofanewsect.However,intheThreeHolySworddomains,histalentwasjustsoso.
Maybehecouldreachthelastrankoftheherorank,thesixthrankafterpracticinghardfor100yearsor200years,unfortunately,hehadnoclueaboutthepossibilityoftouchingthedoorofthelegendrank.
Ifanordinarypersonpracticedhard,thepersonstillhadafatchancetoentertheherorank.However,itwasn闁炽儲鐛﹑ossibletoreachthelegendrankevenafterpracticingoneselfahundredtimesharderthanbefore.
Therewerebillionsandmillionsoflivingbeingsintheendlessgod’sdomains,andmostlivingbeingsdidn’tstandanychancetoevenseealegendrank,nottomentiontoreachthisrealm.
Endlessyears,onlyaveryfewpeoplehadenteredthelegendrankintheSkySwordGod’sDomain,andallofthemwereknownas"SkySword".
Alargewatercurtainfloweddownbehindtheoldman,whosmiledandturnedtolookatthetwinwitches.
Theyhavethepossibilitytobecome"TwinSkySwords".
Maybeinthenearfuture,Icanretireandlettheminheritmyposition.