Chapter 19: This broken sword, the young master has taken a liking to it

Luo Bingyao felt a cool breeze on her neck.

The sharp aura emanating from that golden heavenly spear,

made all her body hair stand on end.

She had no doubt,

as long as she said another word,

the thing on her neck would mercilessly slash down.

Who exactly are these people?

Luo Bingyao's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

She had originally come with a resolve to die fighting the Dark Ancient Emperor of the Burial Heaven Ancient Land,

but she never expected not to see the emperor,

but instead encountered a group even more terrifying and unreasonable.

Gu Yuan looked at this woman before him, her body stiff, her face deathly pale,

yet her eyes still showed a stubbornness, and he found it a bit amusing.

What time is it now, and you're still being stubborn with me?

He waved his hand, signaling the guards behind him to retreat.

The heavenly spear army knight seeing that, gave a cold snort,

withdrew his heavenly spear,

but the killing intent locked onto Luo Bingyao did not diminish in the slightest.

"Alright, don't scare the young lady."

Gu Yuan said lazily,

"Although this world is mine now, I, the young master, am not a bandit and won't take your things for nothing."

Hearing those words,

Luo Bingyao's tense nerves relaxed a little.

"Not a bandit? Then we can talk?"

"This sword of mine is named Slay Immortal, a token passed down from my sect, of great significance to me; I hope you can understand."

Luo Bingyao took a deep breath, kept her tone as calm as possible, and explained neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Slay Immortal?"

Gu Yuan raised an eyebrow,

"Your tone is not small, daring to call that broken half-immortal artifact sword embryo by that name?"

Luo Bingyao's heart jolted.

"Half-immortal artifact sword embryo?"

He actually saw through the essence of the Slay Immortal sword at a glance!

The origin of this sword is an absolute secret on the Profound Heaven Continent,

aside from past empresses, no one knows.

Even she herself only learned of it after inheriting the throne,

only from the ancient texts of her sect did she come to know,

this sword is not mundane; it is an existence surpassing holy weapons.

Yet this boy before her casually revealed its origin,

and did so with an air of disdain.

"Alright, cut the nonsense."

Gu Yuan, somewhat impatient, interrupted her train of thought,

"I, the young master, have taken a liking to your sword; name your price—what do you want in exchange?"

His interest in this sword is growing stronger.

That a false emperor capable only of producing a seventeenth-level Peak Saint Realm, and moreover walking the wrong path, could actually give birth to a half-immortal artifact sword embryo is itself highly unusual.

"Exchange?"

Luo Bingyao froze.

She never expected the other party to actually propose a trade.

For a moment, her brain couldn't wrap around it.

"What to exchange?"

"How? Can't think of anything?"

Gu Yuan looked at her dazed expression and curled his lip.

"Forget it; looking at your impoverished appearance, you probably can't produce anything good."

He casually rummaged inside his storage ring.

This storage ring was a gift he received at his coming-of-age ceremony at eighteen,

a present from his mother, the Jade Pool Holy Lord; its space is enormously vast, enough to hold dozens of treasuries with plenty to spare.

"Want this? Nine-turn Golden Pill; even a Peak Saint Realm powerhouse wounded can eat one and instantly jump about lively."

Gu Yuan took out a jade bottle and shook it before Luo Bingyao.

Luo Bingyao's eyes nearly popped out.

"Nine-turn Golden Pill?"

"Isn't that the legendary supreme divine pill that only immortals can refine?"

Or... is it meant for use by a Supreme Saint Realm expert?

What exactly is the Supreme Saint Realm?

She felt that her understanding,

was being refreshed over and over again.

"Don't want it?" Gu Yuan saw she had no reaction, casually tossed the jade bottle back, and continued rummaging through his ring.

"Then how about this?" The tea leaves of the Dao-Comprehending Ancient Tea Tree; taking a sip can put one into an epiphany state, allowing one to comprehend the grand Dao's laws—effects are decent." He then took out another bundle of tea leaves wrapped in divine silkworm silk.

Luo Bingyao's breath almost came to a halt.

Dao-Comprehending Ancient Tea Tree! She knows this!

Isn't that the heavenly-earthly spiritual root said to exist only in the most ancient myths?

It is said that drinking a sip of tea brewed from its leaves can instantly make one a saint!

He… he actually has a bundle? And he describes it as "decent"?

Still don't want it?

Gu Yuan saw she was still dazed like a wooden chicken, and grew a bit impatient.

"Why are you so indecisive? Forget it, forget it, this young master can't be bothered to waste words with you."

He somewhat irritably rummaged in his storage ring, pulled out a jade bottle that looked the most unremarkable, and directly tossed it into Luo Bingyao's embrace.

"This is for you; inside are ten Saint-Breaking Pills. For those below the Saint Realm, taking one allows a direct breakthrough of a major realm, with hardly any side effects—just that the taste isn't great."

"As for your broken sword, this young master will consider it bought."

Having said that, Gu Yuan didn't wait for Luo Bingyao's reaction, directly reaching out his hand,

An invisible force surged,

Luo Bingyao's Slay Immortal Sword, held in her hand, flew out uncontrollably and lightly landed in his hand.

Luo Bingyao instinctively clung to the jade bottle in her embrace, her whole person dumbfounded.

She lowered her head to look at the jade bottle in her embrace, which exuded a rich medicinal aroma,

then lifted her gaze to the boy who had already begun to play with her personal sword, and her brain completely shut down.

Saint… Saint-Breaking Pill?

Below the Saint Realm,

directly break through a major realm?

and hardly any side effects?

She felt as if she were dreaming.

Such a heaven-defying pill, he… he just casually tossed it over like that? And he gave ten at once?

All just to exchange for my tattered Slay Immortal Sword?

How is this a trade?

This is outright charity!

A feeling of unprecedented absurdity and impact,

exploded in Luo Bingyao's heart.

She had always thought she was the pinnacle of existence on the Profound Heaven Continent, the guardian deity of humanity, the empress admired by countless beings.

But only today did she realize,

how ignorant she was, how…… impoverished.

Before these people, everything she took pride in,

all seemed so laughable, not worth mentioning.

"The sword is not bad, just a bit broken."

Gu Yuan took hold of the Slay Immortal Sword, weighed it, and found it slightly heavy in hand,

the unyielding Sword Intent on the blade made him quite satisfied.

Third Uncle!

He shouted back.

"Hey! Yuan'er, what's up?"

Gu Xue Dao, who had been standing like a doorguard beside them, came running over, panting.

"This sword, could you trouble yourself to find a weaponsmith to fix it, add some good materials, and make it look nice?"

Gu Yuan casually tossed the Slay Immortal Sword to Gu Xue Dao.

"Sure thing!"

Gu Xue Dao took the sword, glanced at it, and nodded,

"Mm, it's a fine embryo; later I'll have the clan's best weaponsmith grandmaster work on it for you, guaranteeing it'll be beautifully crafted so you'll have face when you take it out."

Speaking, he glanced at the side where Luo Bingyao remained in a petrified state, and gave a hehe laugh.

"Yuan'er, what should we do with this little lass? I see her bone structure is decent; how about… I also have her brought back to be your maid?"