Chapter 280: 280. Chapter 277: The First Person to Come Out of the Heaven-Opening Battlefield

280. Chapter 277: The First Person to Come Out of the Heaven-Opening Battlefield

Fu Qijian took a deep breath. He was a sword expert and knew that no one in the entire Triple Heaven Star Land could possibly have forged this sword.

To be precise, this sword might not even have been forged by a person.

If it wasn't forged by a person, then doesn't that mean this sword is…

"Is this an immortal sword nurtured by the Buried Jianshan?" Fu Qijian finally asked in a trembling voice.

He had loved swords his whole life, yet he didn't have many good ones on him.

The truth was, truly good swords never made it out into the world — they were always privately hoarded or became natal treasures.

The entire Triple Heaven Star Land knew that the best swords of Triple Heaven all came from Buried Jianshan.

However, Buried Jianshan had only nurtured two swords in total. If this sword in front of him was one too, then it would only be the third sword nurtured by Buried Jianshan.

A sword like this was normally difficult even to get a glimpse of, let alone obtain.

Ding Huan smiled:

"This is indeed a sword nurtured by Buried Jianshan, but it can't yet be called an immortal sword. This sword has one good point — it can grow, and its upper limit of growth is an immortal sword. If Brother Fu likes it, I'll give this sword to Brother Fu.

This sword doesn't have a name yet. Brother Fu can give it one himself."

After saying that, Ding Huan handed the long sword in his hand to Fu Qijian.

This sword had been nurtured by the sword qi of his immortal sword, the Flying Smoke Sword, and had no idea how many years it had gone through.

Moreover, this sword was the closest to the Flying Smoke Immortal Sword, so it could be said to be the best of the three swords nurtured by Buried Jianshan.

Ding Huan already had the Flying Smoke Sword himself, so this sword was useless to him even if he kept it.

In fact, if the Flying Smoke Sword hadn't already acknowledged him as its master, he would have wanted to give the Flying Smoke Sword to Fu Qijian as well.

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The Flying Smoke Sword was an immortal sword. If Fu Qijian couldn't obtain the Flying Smoke Sword's approval, it would very likely cost Fu Qijian his life.

Ji Xinting had almost been slain by the Flying Smoke Sword — it was Ding Huan who had saved her life.

This sword nurtured by the Flying Smoke Sword was absolutely one of the finest existences in the Triple Heaven Star Land, and its value should be higher than that earth fire vein.

The main reason was that Fu Qijian as a person really suited his taste — this man was not greedy, not hypocritical, and had cultivation.

Therefore, Ding Huan gave this sword to Fu Qijian.

"No, this is far too precious." Fu Qijian hurriedly declined.

In his heart, this sword was more precious than everything Ding Huan had previously compensated him with combined, because he truly liked this sword far too much.

Ding Huan gave it a push, and the sword landed in Fu Qijian's hand:

"I greatly admire the way Brother Fu conducts himself. Although I myself cannot do the same, I do admire Brother Fu's way of doing things."

Fu Qijian took a deep breath, then suddenly raised his hand and grabbed. The earth fire vein he had planted beneath the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop was dragged straight out.

This earth fire vein was simply too large. The moment it was dragged out, the terrifying aura of flames instantly filled nearly half of Ten Thousand Treasure City.

Boom! With a roar, half the buildings of the entire Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop collapsed.

Fu Qijian, however, sealed the earth fire vein with restrictions at extreme speed, sent it into a ring, and then handed the ring to Ding Huan:

"Brother Ding, I truly feel unworthy of receiving this sword. Please accept this earth fire vein as a gift."

Ding Huan was stunned — he had never intended to take the other's earth fire vein.

This was Fu Qijian's livelihood; how could he possibly accept it?

Before Ding Huan could refuse, Fu Qijian said:

"If Brother Ding thinks well of me, Fu Qijian, and still regards me as a friend, then please accept this earth fire vein."

Ding Huan, who had been about to refuse, heard Fu Qijian's words and knew it wouldn't be quite appropriate to keep refusing.

In Fu Qijian's heart, the sword nurtured by the immortal sword's sword qi that he had given away was worth far more than the earth fire vein.

If Ding Huan didn't accept it, Fu Qijian probably wouldn't accept his sword either.

Ding Huan took the ring:

"I do indeed need an earth fire vein, so I won't put on airs about it."

"Haha…" Fu Qijian laughed heartily. "Brother Ding is a straightforward man. I, Fu Qijian, am making you my friend. If Brother Ding doesn't mind, let's go upstairs and have a chat."

The collapse of the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop immediately drew numerous experts over to investigate.

Liu Yinyu also rushed over anxiously — she knew Ding Huan had come to the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop to borrow earth fire.

Please don't let Ding Huan have caused trouble.

Others might not know the strength of the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop, but she knew it all too well.

The workshop master of the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop, Fu Qijian, might look like he was only at the fifth level of Human Immortal, but in reality, very few cultivators at the Human Immortal realm could be his match.

Among the Ten Great Human Immortals of the Ascending Realm, Fu Qijian ranked in the top three.

In fact, Liu Yinyu felt Fu Qijian probably wasn't any worse than the first place — he just didn't like fighting, that's all.

To deal with Fu Qijian, one would need an Earth Immortal expert to step in.

If Ding Huan had offended Fu Qijian, there was nothing she could do to help.

Liu Yinyu saw that half of the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop had collapsed, with all the alchemy chambers completely destroyed, and she covered her forehead, thinking it was over.

She could almost be certain this was Ding Huan's doing.

Because the earth fire vein here had been drawn away.

If Ding Huan had drawn away the earth fire vein here, she truly didn't know what to say to him.

Isn't this just too greedy?

Besides, who didn't know how high the quality of the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop's earth fire vein was? If it could be drawn away, would it have waited until today for you, Ding Huan, to come?

……

Ding Huan had no idea Liu Yinyu was speechless at him; he was currently drinking tea with Fu Qijian in the pavilion.

Half of the Thunder Rhythm Elixir Workshop had collapsed, yet its master, Fu Qijian, seemed entirely unaware, still chatting happily with Ding Huan.

The two no longer addressed each other as "Brother Fu" and "Brother Ding," but called each other by name directly.

"Ding Huan, the fact that you could come out of the Opening Heaven Battlefield doesn't actually surprise me. Before you, there was already someone who came out of the Opening Heaven Battlefield.

So entering the Opening Heaven Battlefield doesn't necessarily mean you can never come out."

Fu Qijian's words left Ding Huan utterly astonished:

"Qijian, you're saying that before us, someone had already come out of the Opening Heaven Battlefield?"

No wonder Ding Huan was astonished—every piece of information he had obtained said that no one had ever come out of the Opening Heaven Battlefield.

How did it become, in Fu Qijian's telling, that someone had come out of the Opening Heaven Battlefield?

Fu Qijian sighed and said:

"The one who came out was my master. My master Ji Xuwen was once the foremost sword cultivator of the Ascending Immortal World.

I have been diligently cultivating the sword Dao only in the hope that one day I can enter the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon of the Opening Heaven Battlefield and rescue my master…"

"Wait…"

Ding Huan hurriedly stopped Fu Qijian from speaking:

"Why can't I make sense of what you're saying? Your master came out, so why do you still need to enter the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon of the Opening Heaven Battlefield to rescue him?"

Ding Huan was familiar with the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon—he had been there.

Fu Qijian said:

"When my master came out, he gave me a ring and then went back in. That earth fire vein was something my master obtained inside the Opening Heaven Battlefield—where else in the Third Heaven Star Land could one find an earth fire vein of such quality?"

Ding Huan was overjoyed; he hadn't expected there to be earth fire veins inside the Opening Heaven Battlefield.

He possessed a newly sprouted flame, and an earth fire vein would be of tremendous use to him.

"Why did your master go back in?" Ding Huan had too many questions; he needed to ask them one by one.

Fu Qijian explained:

"You probably don't know about the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon—every single one living inside is a monster. Earth Immortal powerhouses are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns in the Ascending Immortal World, but that place is basically full of Earth Immortal-level powerhouses.

The moment my master went in, he was trapped—he didn't even get the chance to activate an escape talisman. They knew my master was the owner of the Seven Swords of Fu Xu, and they forced him to hand over the Seven Swords of Fu Xu…"

Hearing this, Ding Huan already understood how Fu Qijian had gotten his name.

So it was simply derived from a divine ability.

"My master knew that refusing to hand it over would be useless, so he told them that as long as they let him come out once, he would return to the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon and hand over the Seven Swords of Fu Xu.

My master had a pair of Formation-Breaking Shift Talismans. After reaching an agreement with those people, he swore a blood oath, then used one Formation-Breaking Shift Talisman to leave the Opening Heaven Battlefield…"

Ding Huan knew about Formation-Breaking Shift Talismans—they were absolutely among the most precious talismans beneath the Immortal World.

Legend had it that such talismans could not be refined; they were naturally formed, and their grade should exceed the category of ninth-grade talismans.

The one who obtained such a talisman could refine it; once refined by its owner, even if snatched by someone else, it would be utterly useless.

The most important function of a Formation-Breaking Shift Talisman was to break through any restrictive formation and then shift a person away.

Normally, Formation-Breaking Shift Talismans came in pairs. After using one to shift away, if one wished to return, the other could be used.

Unless one was a fool, anyone who obtained a Formation-Breaking Shift Talisman would never use it that way.

Although such talismans came in pairs, a single one was perfectly usable—it was an excellent life-saving tool.

Fu Qijian's master had such a talisman and still got captured—he must have had no chance to activate it.

Ding Huan had been to the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon, so having no chance to activate a talisman made sense. Fu Qijian's master was probably only formidable in the sword Dao; his spiritual sense likely wasn't that strong.

"After my master came out, he gave me an earth fire vein, the original Seven Swords of Fu Xu, and the cultivation methods, and only then did he return to the Opening Heaven Battlefield.

I long for the day I can cultivate to the late Earth Immortal stage, and then go to the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon to rescue my master. Only later did I slowly come to understand that I probably will never reach that stage."

Ding Huan was puzzled:

"Your master should have been an Earth Immortal, right? If even an Earth Immortal like your master couldn't get out, how could you, an Earth Immortal, rescue your master?"

Fu Qijian shook his head:

"No, my master was only at peak Human Immortal. Because he could never step into Earth Immortal, he chose to enter the Opening Heaven Battlefield to try his luck.

I figure I, too, will find it very hard to step into Earth Immortal in the Ascending Immortal World. The reason I stayed in Treasure City and opened an elixir workshop is that I truly had nowhere else to go, and I was preparing to enter the Opening Heaven Battlefield at any moment to seek an Earth Immortal opportunity."

Ding Huan said in a serious tone:

"Qijian, if you trust me, then wait until I come back, and we'll enter the Opening Heaven Battlefield together. Others can't get out of the Opening Heaven Battlefield, but I can."

"I'm afraid I can't wait that long." Fu Qijian shook his head.

Ding Huan smiled and said:

"If you're going to the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon to rescue your master, then you must wait for me even more, because I've been to the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon—and I escaped from inside it."

Fu Qijian stared at Ding Huan with wide eyes: "Ding Huan, you're saying you've been to the Fourth Layer Sea Canyon? And even escaped from inside?"