Tianpo's gaze completely softened. He said softly, "Little Master, then I will first expel you from the sword dao space. After that, I will come to find you."
"Alright."
Yun Jin responded.
In the next moment, she left the sword dao space and returned to the sword tomb.
Outside the water curtain.
When they saw Yun Jin reappear.
Everyone's eyes moved.
So then.
Did she obtain the treasure of the tenth trial?
What exactly was this treasure?
Mu Lan even let out a cold laugh.
No matter what the treasure was, it was destined to belong only to Yuehua Sect.
As for Yun Jin.
He would casually reward her with a few spirit stones, as thanks for her contribution to Yuehua Sect.
Just as Yun Jin came out.
Before everyone's shocked gazes, the entire sword tomb suddenly shook violently, as if heaven and earth were overturning.
After that.
Those rusted swords rose into the air.
They bent their sword bodies slightly toward Yun Jin's direction, as a sign of their recognition of the Little Master.
Then, they all rushed toward the giant sword.
Ten thousand swords hung in the air. At the very moment when they were about to collide with the giant sword, they suddenly all disappeared.
Everyone widened their eyes, watching in shock and uncertainty.
These swords…
Were all absorbed by the giant sword?
Th-this, what kind of situation was this?!
After absorbing the other swords, that giant sword also rose into the air, then transformed into a sword seal and directly entered Yun Jin's forehead.
On Yun Jin's forehead, a faint sword seal appeared, then slowly vanished without a trace.
In her mind, Yun Jin heard Tianpo's voice.
"Little Master, I will stay with you here, always."
"Alright." Yun Jin smiled and nodded.
The feeling of having an extra group of companions was actually quite nice.
At the moment the many swords disappeared, the sword tomb's barrier also began to crumble. Then, with a snap, it completely shattered.
The entire sword tomb, apart from slabs of tombstones and that calmly standing girl, had nothing else remaining.
Yu Lin was completely dumbfounded.
No.
Where was his sword tomb?
Where was his huge sword tomb?!
Even Yuehua Sect had only said they would take the treasure and then share the sword tomb with the Yu Family.
They never said they would just make the sword tomb disappear!
What exactly had Yun Jin done?!
Yu Songnian recalled the extra care he had received in the sword tomb and fell into thought.
These swords, had they set their sights on his Little Junior Sister?
"Yun Jin!" Yu Liangping couldn't help but shout angrily. "Where is the sword tomb? Where did you put the sword tomb?!"
Yun Jin walked over slowly.
With the barrier and layered trials gone, the originally extremely long path now took only a few steps.
"Yun Jin!" Yu Lin stepped forward and said coldly, "Just now, we all saw it. That giant sword turned into a sword seal and entered your body. However, the sword seal and the sword tomb both belong to my Yu Family. I ask that you immediately return them."
Yun Jin merely looked at him expressionlessly.
"Little Master, you tell the Yu Family head," Tianpo said. "Back then, the Yu Family and Master had a small karmic connection, so Master set up the sword tomb here. Now that a thousand years have passed, they used the sword tomb to temper Yu Family disciples and have gained quite a few benefits. That karmic connection can now be considered settled. From this day on, the Yu Family will no longer have a sword tomb."
Yun Jin nodded and relayed Tianpo's words verbatim. Then she said, "The Yu Family's fate with the sword tomb has come to an end. Yu Family Head need not force the matter."
Yu Lin's expression changed slightly. He stared at Yun Jin, "Whether the Yu Family has fate with the sword tomb cannot be decided by your one-sided words! Yun Jin, hand over the sword tomb and hand over what you obtained in the tenth trial. I can still let you leave. Otherwise—"
Yu Lin clapped his hands.
In the next moment, dozens of Yu Family disciples descended from the sky and surrounded Yun Jin.
Mu Lan stood to the side, watching with a half-smile.
"Otherwise, you will use brute force?" Yun Jin smiled. "Patriarch Yu, your Yu Family stated beforehand that you invited talents from all sides to break the formation. What, now you want to go back on your word?"
"But my Yu Family never said we would give away the sword tomb!" Yu Lin said coldly.
Yun Jin narrowed her eyes.
Just as a conflict was about to erupt.
Tianpo's body appeared in the air.
That was…the shrunken version of the giant sword.
The pupils of the Yu Family disciples all shrank simultaneously.
Tianpo said slowly, "We have been here for a thousand years. Have we ever wronged the Yu Family??"
This sword… could actually speak?
The Yu Family members' expressions all changed drastically.
Even Mu Lan's expression turned solemn.
This sword had actually developed self-awareness. Regardless of its grade, such a sword was extremely precious.
"For a thousand years, the sword tomb has helped the Yu Family temper many sword dao geniuses. We also frequently used our power to guide Yu Family disciples at key points. For a thousand years, have we ever wronged the Yu Family?"
Tianpo asked again.
The Yu Family disciples' gazes hesitated, and they couldn't help but look toward Yu Lin.
Yu Lin's body tensed slightly, "Could it be Senior Giant Sword?"
"It is me." Tianpo Sword nodded decisively. "We waited here for a thousand years only to find Master's inheritor. For this thousand years, we borrowed a place from the Yu Family, but we also cultivated many sword dao geniuses for the Yu Family. We can consider ourselves even. Is this fair?"
Yu Lin's expression changed slightly.
This was more than fair. Over a thousand years, the Yu Family didn't know how much advantage they had taken.
After all, back then, the Yu Family's help to that senior could be said to be negligible. That senior merely used that bit of karmic connection to borrow a place.
But they had possessed this sword tomb for a thousand years, and now they were to let it go just like that!
This was truly unwilling!
Yu Lin couldn't resist saying, "Senior. That Yun Jin may have decent talent, but she is arrogant and domineering in conduct, and is not suitable to inherit that senior's legacy. Why not have senior select one person from among the Yu Family disciples as the inheritor? In this way, it would also continue our karmic connection?"
Tianpo looked at him with a half-smile, "Patriarch Yu, this is the last reminder. Yun Jin is already my Master. This time, for the sake of a thousand years of sentiment, I will not take action. Next time, if you still dare to show disrespect to my Master, do not blame me for being ruthless."
Tianpo's voice was calm, but recalling its previous enormous body, Yu Lin felt an inexplicable chill.
He subconsciously looked toward Mu Lan.
Mu Lan observed for a while and finally decided to step forward.
He smiled and said, "Senior, I do not concern myself with matters between you and the Yu Family. However, this sword tomb has already been gifted to my Yuehua Sect by the Yu Family. You, including the other swords in the sword tomb, all belong to my Yuehua Sect. Today, you likely cannot leave together with this young girl."
Tianpo was stunned.
???
He had been a sword for many years and had seen mostly heroes and outstanding figures. He had never seen someone so shameless.
The operations of the Yu Family and Yuehua Sect truly left him somewhat bewildered.
No.
Others might not know.
But the successive Yu Family heads should've known!
When Master set up the sword tomb here, he had clearly stated that it was only borrowing the land for use. As compensation, he would help the Yu Family train disciples. Every ten years, it must be opened to the outside once. This was the original agreement between Master and the Yu Family, for the sake of finding an inheritor.
Under such circumstances.
How could the Yu Family dare to give the sword tomb to Yuehua Sect?
The sword tomb never belonged to the Yu Family!