Chapter Five: The Senior's Cave Abode

  "I didn't gather you all here to argue!" Hai Wuya's cold voice echoed throughout the entire hall, and the Hai family members were all trembling with fear, no one dared to make a sound, afraid of provoking Hai Wuya.

  Everyone fell silent, Hai Wuya scanned the room with a glance, coughed and said: "Actually, this time I called you all over, is to announce something big."

  "What's going on?" A hint of puzzlement arose in the minds of Haitian and Xiaoyu.

  Hai Wuya didn't mean to sell Guan Zi, and continued: "I and my two younger brothers and the three elders will be leaving. During our absence, everything in the Hai family will be handled by the steward. None of you are allowed to slack off, you must work hard on your cultivation."

  "Yes!" Everyone was shocked, and all of Hai's experts had left.

  "Father, you've all left, what if the Sa Lu family and the Li family come to launch a surprise attack?" Hai Yun said suddenly.

  The Salu family and the Li family are the other two of the three major families in Blackstone City, with strength similar to that of the Hai family. For so many years, the three families have appeared very calm on the surface, but the underground struggle has never stopped.

  Hai Yun's doubts made Hai Wu Ya smile: "Cloud, don't worry. The Salu family and the Li family's high-ranking officials will leave with us, you have nothing to worry about. By the way, go with a few of us."

  "Is that true? That's great." Hai Yun excitedly jumped up, although he didn't know the purpose of this trip, but being able to go out with Hai Wu Jia was enough to show his status in the Hai family.

  Excited at the same time, Haiyun also provocatively glanced at Haitian and Xiaoyu, with a look of being pleased with oneself. Everyone looked at Haiyun with envy, hoping that Haiyun was themselves.

  "Hmph! Tian Ge, this guy is too arrogant. What's the big deal about going out with Da Bo and them? What's there to be proud of?" Xiaoyu said in a low voice, clearly not convinced.

  Haitian didn't care at all, in his own words, comparing himself to Haiyun would be self-deprecating. What he was truly curious about was why the high-ranking members of the three major families of Heishi City had left together at this time?

  Everything has been arranged, and Hai Wuya, sitting in the first place, nodded to the three elders, and immediately let everyone go back and continue what they were doing. However, Hai Wuya kept Haiyun and Haitian behind.

  "Xiao Yu, you go back first, I'll be right there." Seeing Xiao Yu's reluctant look, Hai Tian instructed.

  Xiaxia Yu silently nodded and glared at Haiyun with a hint of resentment before leaving.

  Before long, all the people in the hall had left, leaving only Haitian and his companions.

  "Tian'er, this time we may be out for a very long time, you must cultivate well. Be careful, never go to cultivate that 'Nine Heaven Divine Sword Manual', it will not bring you strong power." Hai Wuya's eyes were filled with concern, and Hai Yun, who was standing beside him, felt extremely jealous.

  An elder beside him suddenly opened his eyes and exclaimed: "What? Ha Tian chose the 'Nine Heavenly Sword Manual'?"

  "Yes, I don't know how this kid ended up choosing this technique either. But I've already instructed him to choose a new high-level yellow-grade technique." Hai Wuyan's face also had a hint of bitterness.

  He glanced at the elder and asked, "Excuse me, Elder, when did the seniors of the Hai family condense their sword spirit while cultivating the 'Nine Heavenly Divine Sword Manual'?"

  "Jianling? They have never even reached the level of a one-star swordsman, how can they possibly condense a sword spirit?" The one answering this question was not the elder from before, but another kind-hearted and benevolent-looking old man. Haitian knew clearly in his heart that this old man was the great elder of the Hai family, and also the number one expert of the Hai family, stronger than even his father by several levels.

  It was just the elder's words that made him feel a sudden sense of incongruity, those seniors had not condensed sword spirits, but he had now condensed sword spirits, what was going on?

  He looked inward and found that the half-transparent small sword in his body was still suspended above his dantian, the vortex formed by the milky white sword spirit energy inside his dantian was rapidly rotating, and a thread of white gas was being absorbed into it. Everything was normal, except that he now only had one segment of sword energy.

  He had just started practicing, but he was already different from those who practiced the "Nine Heavenly Swordsmanship" in the past. Could he still become a formal swordsman?

  Haitian's heart was filled with doubts, but if he were to give up like this, it would be too frustrating. Although it was incomplete, this was after all a Heaven-class cultivation technique.

  Those seniors were unable to reach the level of a one-star swordsman, and later switched to practicing other techniques. It's just a pity that their talent seemed to be wasted on this "Nine Heavenly Sword Manual", and afterwards they didn't have much progress. The oldest elder who spoke first also let out a sigh, revealing a deep sense of regret.

  "By the way, Tian Er, why are you asking this?" Hai Wu Ya asked sharply, sensing something strange about Hai Tian.

  "No, nothing. I'm just curious." Hai Tian shook his head, not wanting to let Hai Wuya know that he had already started practicing this heavenly-level technique.

  "Hmph! With his abilities, he won't be able to condense a sword spirit even in three years!" Haoyun, who had only reached the sixth stage of sword energy after cultivating for three years, let out a disdainful cold snort. He wouldn't believe that Haotian's talent was better than his.

  As for Haiyun's words, Haitian completely ignored them. In his previous life, he had only spent a year and a half to cultivate from a sword force to a one-star swordsman, with the experience of one lifetime, would he still spend more than three years? Ridiculous!

  He immediately shifted his gaze to Hai Wuya: "Father, what are you going to do this time? Why did the high-level officials of the other two families leave together?"

  "Haha, I'll tell you anyway. A young member of the Salu family discovered a cave in the Seventh Rank Mountain Range next to Blackstone City, and this cave had many mechanisms for defense, possibly left behind by a senior expert. The Salu family immediately organized an expedition to explore it, but unfortunately suffered heavy losses without being able to enter the true core of the cave. Afterwards, they invited our two families' experts to go together, and whatever is inside the cave will be taken according to one's abilities." Hai Wuya said with a smile.

  Haitian understood in his heart that there were many such caves left behind by senior cultivators on the Soul Sword Continent, and he himself had also left one behind. Unfortunately, it was set up with a seal that could not be broken without sword saint level strength or above, otherwise he would have gone to retrieve his things long ago.

  "It turned out to be so, but Father, you all came out in full force. What if this is a trick of the Salu family?" Haitian pondered for a moment before raising his doubts, he didn't want his home to be destroyed by others.

  "Not bad, you're able to think of this point proves that your brain is not bad. Actually, we were also suspicious at first, but the Salu family showed us something and we didn't doubt it anymore." Hai Wuya nodded in approval, clearly pleased that Hai Tian was able to think of this point.

  The sea clouds on the edge of the sea see no end, and the warmth of the sea and sky has always been so. Suddenly, he interrupted and asked: "Father, what is it?"

  The old man stroked his white beard and smiled: "It's a high-grade yellow-tier sword!"

  "Huang Jie's high-grade sword!" Hai Tian raised an eyebrow in surprise, looking extremely astonished. Hai Wu Ya and the others were all very satisfied with Hai Yun's expression, as they had also been similar to him initially.

  To know that on this Soul Sword Continent, the weapons used by swordsmen are called sword instruments, most of which are long swords, and these sword instruments are also divided into grades.

  Like the Sword Spirit, it is divided into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. Each level is further divided into primary, intermediate, and advanced stages. Now that he has figured out the Heavenly Sea Stage, it's no wonder that Hai Jia would be so tempted - sword equipment is extremely rare throughout the entire Soul Sword Continent.

  Ordinary swordsmen probably don't even have a sword, and even if a swordsman can get a yellow-level primary sword, it's already quite good. When Hai Tian first started out, he was only using an earth-level primary sword.

  A cave with only a yellow-class high-grade sword placed at the entrance, even an idiot would know what it means.

  "Father, I don't know if you can take me there?" Hai Tian's heart was also racing with excitement, perhaps within the core range of that cave mansion, there existed Xuan-level or even higher-grade sword artifacts.

  His soul entered the body of Haitian, but the first-level sword that had been used before was gone. On the Soul Sword Continent where the weak are preyed upon by the strong, a good sword can greatly enhance one's combat power.

  "No way, you haven't even started practicing yet. That place is quite dangerous and we can barely take care of ourselves, how can we possibly spare the attention to protect you?" Without hesitation, Hai Wuya rejected Hai Tian's proposal. "The reason I'm taking Yun'er out is mainly to let him experience the outside world. When you and Yun'er are roughly equal in strength in the future, we'll bring you out too."

  "Yes! Haitian, you'd better stay at home and take care of the house, don't give Old Manager too much trouble." Haiyun felt very pleased in his heart, it was the first time he felt so refreshing, being able to make Haitian speechless.

  If it weren't for Hai Wuya and a few elders, he really wanted to laugh out loud three times!

  He completely ignored Haiyun's cold ridicule, and Haitian lowered his head, he was very reluctant to give up like this, maybe there were other heart-moving treasures hidden in that cave.

  "Tian'er, your big brother is right, you should focus on cultivating well for now, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Hai Wuya noticed the disappointment in Hai Tian's eyes and hurriedly comforted him with a few words.

  "Yes, father, I'll take my leave now." Knowing that he wouldn't have another chance, Haotian didn't continue to drag things out and immediately withdrew.

  "But in his eyes was a glimmer of stubborn light: 'You won't take me? I'll go myself!'"

  "Who am I? I'm Mugen no Kensei!"

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