Chapter Nineteenth: Borrowing the Fire Cloud Sword

  "Do I have something to do?" Haitian pointed at himself in surprise.

  Hai Wuya smiled and nodded: "Actually, we all want to ask you for something."

  "What's wrong?" If there were other Hai family disciples present, they would definitely be shocked. The top leaders of the Hai family actually spoke to Hai Tian in such a gentle tone. It's known that Hai Wu usually appears very strict and serious in front of those disciples.

  Actually, the reason why these guys are so polite to Haitian is that they see Haitian's potential. At such a young age, he handles things so calmly and steadily, and with Haiyun's unexpected disappearance, the future master of the Hai family will definitely be Haitian.

  Although Hai Tian's strength is still a bit weak, they have already taken Hai Tian as the master of the house to cultivate.

  "This thing may be difficult for others, but it's very simple for you." Hai Wuyan smiled slightly and directly said, "We want to ask you to lend us the Huoyun Sword!"

  "Huoyun Sword? Father, what do you want to do?" Haitian was shocked and blinked his eyes. All the high-ranking members of the Hai family present had already obtained Xuan-level swords from him, so why did they still need his Huoyun Sword?

  Seeing Hai Tian's surprised look, Hai Wu thought Hai Tian was unwilling to lend it, so he patiently explained: "Actually, we borrowed it not for our own use, but to lend it to the Saru family."

  "Lend to the Saru family?" Hai Tian furrowed his brow, clearly perplexed: "Father, if I recall correctly, doesn't the Saru family already possess a Xuan-tier sword? Lending them another one now seems rather pointless, doesn't it?"

  "Alright!" The elder got up from his seat, "Actually, we can also lend them our own Xuanjie sword instruments, but they only know that our Hai family has the Huoyun Sword now, and don't know about other sword instruments. We don't want to expose the existence of other sword instruments yet. That's why we let you lend them the Huoyun Sword, just to let the Salu Family improve their combat power."

  "Improve combat effectiveness?" Hai Tian basically understood, nodded and continued to say, "Then think about taking advantage of the Li family's Sword King being seriously injured to destroy the Li family in one fell swoop? Then we'll take the opportunity to deal with the severely wounded Salu family?"

  Hai Wuya shook his head: "We indeed want the Salu family to destroy that Sword King, but the Li family can't be destroyed. Behind them is a group of masters even more powerful than the White Robed Sword King, and the Salu family is not weak either. What we hope for most now is for the two families to enter a prolonged state of conflict, constantly consuming each other's strength."

  "An expert even more formidable than the White Robed Sword King? Why have I never heard of it?" Haitian was shocked in his heart, in a small black stone city, the white-robed old man was absolutely top-notch, but the Li family actually had a group of experts who were even more powerful than him, how could Haitian not be surprised?

  He had originally planned to start learning alchemy, then refine a batch of yellow-grade sword equipment to arm the entire Hai family, and with their powerful strength, unify the entire Blackstone City. But if those other two major families really did have such power backing them, then he couldn't do that.

  Moreover, even refined swords cannot be widely disseminated. If a refiner does not have the powerful strength to protect himself, he will inevitably be robbed by others and forced to hand over the refining technique.

  "The Ninefold Overlapping Waves" is a top-notch equipment refinement technique that belongs to the highest level of equipment refinement secrets, and Hai Tian does not want it to be taken away by others.

  Hai Tian was deep in thought, and Hai Wu Ya thought he had been frightened, so she chuckled and said: "Although the two big families behind them are indeed very powerful, they usually won't come to provoke us. You can rest assured."

  "Father, I don't know what power is behind the Li family?" Hai Tian asked in a low voice.

  "The Li family's Sword King, you've seen him too. In the past, it was said that he was a core disciple of Jianlan Sect. Within our entire Wushan province, Jianlan Sect can be said to be the largest sect. It is said that the sect master is even a high-ranking expert at the level of the Sword Emperor." Hai Wuya didn't hide anything, anyway, these situations would all be known by Haitian sooner or later.

  "Jian Huang?" Hai Tian raised an eyebrow, it seemed that unifying Blackstone City under the Hai family would be more difficult than expected.

  Mind constantly changing, the sea and sky are finally relieved. This Jian Xuan Zong, he had never even heard of it before, and its status is obviously not high. As long as it's not one of those superpowers, that's all that matters.

  "My current main task is to cultivate, how others are with me is none of my concern, I just need to watch. Haotian shook his head and threw the miscellaneous thoughts in his mind to the nine heavens, what he was most worried about was still the secret method of his 'Ninefold Overlapping Waves' being exposed."

  Actually, Hai Tian was also overthinking. The other two big families had a background, and the Hai family, which could contend with them, would not have a background?

  "I understand, Father. Isn't it just the Huoyun Sword? What's the harm in borrowing from the Salu family?" Since there was still a Xuanjie sword in the storage ring, he didn't care either way.

  The sea has no bounds, and the sky answers with a smile on his face: "You promised that it would be best. However, we can't just borrow from the Salu family for nothing, they have to pay some price. This is an invoice, you take it to the patriarch of the Salu family to see."

  "Father, are you going to have me send it away?" Hai Tian was quite surprised.

  "Not only will I send you, but also let you follow the leader of the Salu tribe and watch them fight against the Li family." Hai Wuya said with a smile, "You can't just rely on your own cultivation now, you need to see more of other people's battles, which should be quite helpful for you."

  "Watching others fight?" Hai Tian couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions, as in terms of experience, he was among the top five in the entire Soul Sword Continent, let alone a small Blackstone City.

  "Okay, then I'll go take a look. But can I bring Xiaoyu along?" However, Haitian thought for a moment and agreed, knowing that Xiaoyu would definitely love it.

  Hai nodded after a moment of thought: "Alright, but you guys have to be careful, after all, knives and swords are blind."

  Jian Hai accepted and bid farewell, leaving to inform Xiao Yu who was in the midst of her cultivation. As expected, upon hearing the news, Xiao Yu immediately jumped three feet high and directly pulled Jian Hai towards the direction of the Sa Lu family.

  "Xiaoyu, don't be so impatient, the battle hasn't even started yet." Haitian looked at Xiaoyu with a mixture of tears and laughter.

  "Brother Tian, if you don't hurry up, the Huanghua vegetable will get cold." Xiaoyu didn't listen to Haitian's persuasion at all and directly pulled him forward.

  Before long, they arrived at the gate of the Salu family. Haitian took advantage of the small rain and the carelessness of the guards at the door to secretly take out the Huoyun Sword from the storage ring and explain their intentions.

  The guard of the Nasaru family went in to report as soon as he heard it, and after a while the guard ran back and said that the patriarch of the Saru tribe invited them to come in.

  Right after that, Hai Tian and Xiao Yu arrived at the front hall, where a group of experts from the Sa Lu family were seated, their faces stern and full of murderous intent.

  "Haitian, you just said that your family is willing to help us, but is it true?" The Saru tribe leader didn't have the same cheerful expression as before, instead his face was gloomy, seemingly having been greatly impacted by Paen's death.

  "Yes, Chief Saru, our Hai family is willing to help you." Haitian said with a faint smile.

  Salu tribe's leader nodded: "Then how will your Hai family help us? Will you directly send out a high-ranking expert? Or..."

  "Chief Salou, you've misunderstood, the Hai family wouldn't send out a top expert... they just sent me..."

  Haitian's words were cut off before he could finish, a middle-aged man on the left with a disdainful expression: "The Hai family sent you, a junior, to help us? Don't joke around, we may need help, but your little bit of strength is not even worth looking at!"

  "Fart, my brother Hai Tian is willing to help you, that's your good fortune, you should feel honored!" Xiaoyu was used to being reckless and arrogant, plus her admiration for Haitian, seeing Haitian being insulted, she immediately jumped out and shouted loudly.

  "Hey kid, what did you say? Do you believe I'll kill you?" the middle-aged man bellowed with bloodshot eyes.

  The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense, but Hai Tian smiled calmly and quietly blocked the line of sight between the middle-aged man and Xiao Yu with his body. He said: "Why is the elder of the Sa Lu family so anxious? I haven't finished speaking yet. You all look down on my strength, but what about the Huo Yun sword in my hand?"

  As he spoke, Haitian drew out the Huoyun Sword which had been held upside down all along.

  The exquisite flower pattern and the fiery red hilt instantly made the eyes of the Saru family's masters shine, their gazes filled with longing and jealous expressions.

  They had long heard that a younger generation of the Hai family had obtained a Xuanjie initial sword by chance, but they searched for half a day before finding a sword, and also completely fell out with the Li family.

  "It's really a mysterious first-class sword, my god, I can feel the powerful energy inside!" The eyes of the Salu family's masters all turned red, if not for their last bit of rationality, they would have absolutely rushed up to seize it.

  The masters of the Xian family all had this expression, and Hai Tian's heart was slightly amused. If they knew that he had obtained not only one sword in the cave, but several swords, I wonder what they would think.

  "Haitian, you two juniors are carrying the Xuanjie sword, aren't you afraid that we will snatch it from you?" asked the Saru tribe leader in a deep voice.

  "Of course, we're not afraid. If the Salu family dares to take it by force, then our Hai family will stand on the side of the Li family. I believe the patriarch of the Salu family also knows the strength of our Hai family. You may have the confidence to suppress the current Li family, but do you have the confidence to suppress both the Hai and Li families united? I believe anyone who's not a fool would know how to make their choice."

  "I'd like to ask you another question, how old are you this year?" asked the Saru tribe's elder with a serious face.

  Haitian hadn't even spoken yet when Xiaoyu jumped out and exclaimed: "I'm only 10 years old this year, just like Tian Ge!"

  "What? Ten years old! Impossible!" The strong men of the Sala family were all shocked, and Hai Tian's calm and composed performance just now was absolutely not something a ten-year-old boy should have, but rather like a middle-aged man with many experiences.

  Like everyone else, the Patriarch of the Salou tribe was extremely shocked in his heart. Although he had guessed that Haitian's age was very young, he hadn't expected him to be so small. Looking at some of the powerful people in their family in the hall and the younger generation outside, the more he looked, the more annoyed he became. There wasn't a single person who could compare with Haitian's intelligence and potential.

  "Alright, we accept your help. We just don't know what conditions you want in return for lending us the Huoyun Sword. I suppose you won't be helping us for free, will you?" The Saru tribe leader shook his head and focused on the task at hand.

  "This is the list my father gave you, with the conditions written on it." Haitian handed over the list that Hai Wuya had given him earlier, a hint of a smile in his eyes. He and Xiaoyu had already read the contents of the list.

  "What? 100,000 gold coins and a bottle of Biyun Dan?"

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