Chapter 212 - The Scheming Before Competition
Since Song Qingfeng had watched the scene, he immediately explained the story.
“So powerful?!” Although the legend said that powerful warriors could easily break mountains and block rivers, no one had heard of a powerful sword technique like this one! Not even Nalan Hongwu!
Everything was immobilized as if time had stopped?! It doesn’t sound like something humans could achieve!
Who would believe that? Even Nalan Hongwu didn’t believe it!
Besides, he had told them that this TV series was only useful for the low-level warriors to build their foundations.
He trusted his judgement.
“I agree with him!” At this moment, Dong Qingli had just recovered from her shock from watching the TV series. “Sword 23 isn’t a sword technique that belongs to mortals! It’s so horrifying!”
“I second that!”
“I agree, too!”
They were some instructors of the Huang House from Lingyun Academy, and their strengths weren’t that high.
Nalan Hongwu’s face twitched, feeling a bit embarrassed. He immediately turned to Fang Qi and asked, “Kid, what do you think?”
“You mean Sword 23.” Fang Qi scratched his ear and said with a serious expression, “Do you know why I’m still watching Wind and Cloud even though my sword control technique has reached the current high realm.”
Nalan Hongwu: “…”
Everyone who didn’t support this TV series froze.
“Is… Is it true?!”
Then, they shouted, “Sir! Activate Wind and Cloud for me!”
“In which episode? I’ll watch it!”
“It might be that you guys saw it wrong due to your low cultivation strength!” Nalan Hongwu couldn’t believe that there was such a sword technique in the world!
Warriors were inferior to cultivators? If the claim about this sword 23 was true, cultivators probably would flee at the sight of warriors if they all learned this technique.
He was sure that if such a sword technique appeared, the whole world would be turned upside down!
“The last part of the 12th episode?!” Soon, all the doubtful people began to watch it.
When they saw the Sword Saint’s wobbly old body climbing the steps of the Worldly Union, no one understood how such an old man could use a sword technique which could destroy the world!
However, in the next moment, they all gasped when they saw the Sword Saint standing on the Sanfen Field in high spirits.
When they saw the Sword Saint using Sword 23 which froze everyone, they felt like their brains were shaking!
“Is he a warrior?! Then, what are we?!” Nalan Hongwu froze, and so did the other warriors!
They couldn’t believe how this warrior could be so much more powerful than the others?!
“Kid, can we learn this sword technique?!” This time, Nalan Hongwu looked desperate to learn!
He felt that the Sword Saint developed this sword technique when he went beyond the realm of death, but the others couldn’t copy his death!
Fang Qi asked, “What do you think?”
Would I watch it if I can’t learn it?
After all, in Wind and Cloud 3, the Sword Saint was reincarnated and could use all versions of Sword 23!
In other words, Sword 23 was developed due to the Sword Saint’s detachment from life and death, and it could only be understood in the Sword Realm in the world of Wind and Cloud. However, after it was created, fewer restrictions were placed on its use!
The scene where the Sword Saint developed Sword 23 in the TV series was like a live textbook of this sword technique!
“Doesn’t it mean that everyone can learn it…” Then, Nalan Hongwu caught himself and said embarrassedly, “Right. This sword technique isn’t something that everyone can understand!”
Even he, an Emperor Warrior, couldn’t understand it at the moment!
He might have a tiny possibility of understanding it after he mastered the concepts described in this TV series and the first 22 sword techniques.
“I’ve decided!” Nalan Hongwu said in a loud voice, “I’ll focus my attention on Wind and Cloud!”
“Activate the first 12 episodes of Wind and Cloud for me!” Liang Heihu claimed that he would watch every episode of Wind and Cloud!
“While we watch it,” Nalan Mingxue said musingly, “I think we should recommend it to the cultivators. After they see such a sword technique, they will doubt themselves, and we’ll have a better chance of winning against them in the competition.”
Liang Heihu: “…”
Song Qingfeng: “…”
Everyone looked at her in a daze.
Fang Qi’s face turned dark. “It’s just a competition, and you want to wage psychological warfare?”
“Humph! All is fair in war!” Nalan Mingxue looked smug. “There’re no rules against it, right?”
“Not really…”
“Let’s go, Lan Yan!” Nalan Mingxue pointed at Section B of the internet café where Xue Daolv and his disciples of Liuyun Daoist Palace were staying today and said, “We’ll move to that section to discuss Wind and Cloud and Sword 23!”
Then, she pointed to Section C where the people of the Cloud Ocean Faction stayed and said, “Lin Shao, Xu Luo, you guys go there to discuss the TV series. When they ask, just recommend the TV series to them.”
“We’ll go to the shop on the other side of the street!” Royal Princess Ji Yu said.
“…”
Fang Qi’s face twitched as he watched them executing their scheme.
Soon, he saw his task progress growing swiftly!
Two days later, the cultivators who claimed that there was nothing to see in Wind and Cloud all came to Fang Qi, and some of them even had dark circles under their eyes from late-night discussions.
“Sir! Where’s the 13th episode of Wind and Cloud?!”
“You’ll have the competition in one day! Why are you watching Wind and Cloud now?!” Fang Qi’s face turned dark. “It will update next week!”
“Sir! It’s not fair! How can warriors have such a powerful sword technique! Even the spiritual spells in Jade Dynasty are no match to it!”
“Jade Dynasty is even more expensive than Wind and Cloud! Are there more powerful things in that TV series?!”
Fang Qi didn’t know what to tell them.
Meanwhile, Lan Mo, the Alliance Master of Wuwei Daoist Alliance and the Faction Master of Blue Flame Faction, Ye Songtao, the Faction Master of Cloud Ocean Faction, and Xue Daolv, the Palace Master of Liuyun Daoist Palace all sat on a couch with grim expressions.
They each bought a bowl of instant noodles.
“Alliance Master Lan, Faction Master Ye, have you received the message as well?” Xue Daolv said with a dark expression.
Lan Mo took a big bite of instant noodles before saying, “They cut off all the resources! The big cultivation families in Yundian Upper Realm are joining hands to give us pressure!”
Yinlong Elder sat beside them and asked, “Alliance Master Lan, what do you guys want to do? I want to hear your thoughts.”
Ye Songtao was busy eating noodles. “What do you think, Alliance Master Lan?”
“If we didn’t see Sword 23, I would have to reconsider our strategy now that they stopped the supply of so many resources to our Wuwei Daoist Alliance…” Lan Mo said.
They nodded at his words.
“However, since I’ve asked you guys to talk about it in this place, you must know what I plan to do,” he continued.
“Anyway, since this senior can produce such a horrifying sword technique as Sword 23, who knows if he has anything more powerful that can even change the power dynamics of our world?!”
The others nodded and thought that he had a point.
“So, I choose to continue patronizing this shop! As for the resources, our Wuwei Daoist Alliance isn’t without a stockpile or a back-up plan!” Lan Mo told them not to worry.
Then, he thought to himself, At least our resources can sustain us for a while!
“Guys, don’t worry about it for now! Let’s eat the noodles!”
“Slurp! Slurp!”
“…”