Chapter 418: The Blade Comes

Li Luo's suggestion caused the atmosphere in the hall to quiet down for a few breaths; everyone else looked at him with strange expressions, thinking, "He was just being polite and offering a way out, and you really aren't being polite at all."

What the hell is this "disturbing" nonsense?

Gong Gong Shenjun also paused for a moment, then smiled helplessly and said, "Junior Li Luo is truly humorous."

He then turned to Vice Dean Su Xin and said, "Vice Dean, it seems I have no fate with the 'Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade'."

He was at least somewhat free-spirited, or at least appeared so on the surface; of course, given the current situation, he could only act this way, otherwise, could he really just forcibly snatch it?

Vice Dean Su Xin nodded; she was not particularly surprised by this. The Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade had been stuck there for many years. Previously, students who came here certainly included not just Gong Gong Shenjun and others, but to this day, no one has been able to pull this blade out.

She knew the specific reason very well: because the Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade had followed the Dean for many years, its spiritual nature was extremely strong, so it possessed a certain arrogance; after all, having experienced the power of a King-level expert, how could it still recognize anyone else?

Furthermore, having been in the treasury for many years, the Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade had formed some special connection with the treasury itself; therefore, if one tried to forcibly pull it out using brute force, it would undoubtedly be equivalent to one person resisting the entire treasury, and this treasury was a sacred ground of the academy, where the condensed power was such that even an ordinary Marquis-level expert might not be able to forcibly destroy it.

Therefore, even though Gong Gong Shenjun was considered the strongest student in the academy currently, pulling out the Xiang Elephant Blade was still an unlikely thing.

"Does anyone else want to try?" Vice Dean Su Xin looked at the others again; after all, since Gong Gong Shenjun had already made his move, if anyone else was interested, they could try freely, which would be fair.

Hearing Vice Dean Su Xin's words, the Eldest Princess immediately stepped forward and said with a radiant smile, "Although I feel I have little chance myself, such a fun thing, trying it shouldn't be a loss."

Vice Dean Su Xin nodded with a smile.

Then, under the curious gazes of everyone, the Eldest Princess floated up, extended her jade hand to grasp the hilt, and in the next instant, powerful Xiang power erupted, directly forming a green phoenix shadow behind her.

The green phoenix flapped its wings, swallowing and spitting out the energy of heaven and earth.

On the Eldest Princess's pale and tender back of the hand, veins slightly protruded; green qi surged between her pearl-white teeth, and she also exerted her full strength.

However, just as she had said, it seemed to have no effect.

The hilt remained motionless.

Seeing this, the Eldest Princess felt no regret; she decisively descended, shook her head at everyone, and said, "It seems I too have no fate with it."

Both Gong Gong Shenjun and the Eldest Princess had failed, which immediately made Li Luo, Duze Duze Honglian, and others feel a chill in their hearts; if even these two couldn't do it, it seemed there were indeed some reasons why this blade had remained in the treasury for so many years with no one able to take it.

Thinking of this, their interest in that Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade weakened considerably; the blade was indeed powerful, but if it couldn't be pulled out, it was merely a decoration.

However, Jiang Jiang Qinge did not lose her fighting spirit because of this; on the contrary, the failures of Gong Gong Shenjun and the Eldest Princess actually aroused her interest. In her golden eyes, which seemed to contain mystery, a rare heat and battle intent flowed forth.

"Jiang Qinge, do you want to try? Our academy has never produced a Ninth-Rank Light Xiang; perhaps even the Dean's own sword will lower its arrogance for you." Vice Dean Su Xin also looked at Jiang Jiang Qinge at this moment and asked in a gentle voice.

Everyone could hear that Vice Dean Su Xin seemed to have some expectation for Jiang Jiang Qinge's attempt, possibly truly feeling that she might have some chance.

Li Luo also clicked his tongue; was the Ninth-Rank Light Xiang really that popular? It was truly enviable.

Hearing this, Jiang Jiang Qinge nodded slightly in agreement, then turned to Li Luo beside her and said, "I'll try to pull it out; if I do, I'll give it to you."

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crowd immediately looked over with varied expressions.

The Eldest Princess smiled ambiguously.

Duze Duze Honglian sneered in disdain; Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan and Ye Ye Qiuding were full of jealousy; this damn Li Luo, eating soft rice every day.

Facing everyone's gazes, Li Luo remained calm; he had been eating this meal for so many years, and it was still so delicious; others' mockery was like passing clouds, completely unnecessary to care about, because that was purely just jealousy.

"Sister Jiang Qinge, go for it!" He even shouted loudly to encourage Jiang Jiang Qinge.

Jiang Jiang Qinge floated up, her slender jade hand firmly grasping the hilt; the light of the Ninth-Rank Light Xiang within her body shone brightly, her long hair fluttered, and golden light patterns rapidly spread across her pale skin.

Buzz!

Then, everyone present felt a shock in their hearts as they saw that the Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade, which had remained motionless under the full efforts of Gong Gong Shenjun, the Eldest Princess, and others, actually emitted a faint buzzing sound at this moment; afterwards, with extremely complex expressions, they saw that as Jiang Jiang Qinge pulled with force, the blade deeply inserted into the wall slowly came out a section.

It actually worked!

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, the blade was dragged half an inch out of the wall, with faint dark gold light flowing, and at the same time, a faint blade whistle sounded, that whistle resembling an ancient giant elephant roaring loudly.

Everyone present could even hear that within that blade whistle, there seemed to be an emotion of both excitement and hesitation.

At this moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge felt a resistance; the hilt in her hand seemed to become like a rock again, and no matter how she circulated her Xiang power, she could no longer pull it out.

"Still unwilling, are you?"

Jiang Jiang Qinge whispered softly; this Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade indeed had a very strong spiritual nature; it was clinging to its former master. Having had that Dean as its previous master, it was unwilling to fall into anyone else's hands.

The Ninth-Rank Light Xiang indeed made it hesitate, but in the end, it still did not choose.

"Then it's up to you."

Jiang Jiang Qinge did not care at all; she decisively released her palm, letting that Xiang Elephant Blade plunge back into the wall, leaving only a section of the hilt exposed.

She descended and shook her head at Vice Dean Su Xin, saying, "Vice Dean, this blade is too attached to its master; with the Dean's jade and gold before it, I'm afraid no second master will be able to gain its recognition."

Vice Dean Su Xin also smiled helplessly and said, "This temperament is exactly the same as the Dean's."

Seeing that even Jiang Jiang Qinge could not make this blade submit, everyone else completely gave up hope; for instance, Duze Duze Honglian didn't even have the interest to try.

The others also withdrew their gazes and, with regret, went to choose from those ten Golden-Eye Treasures.

Although Li Luo was quite envious of it, after seeing the failures of the previous three, he also understood that the difficulty of pulling out this blade was too great, so even he reined in some of his delusions, sighed, and turned his gaze back to that "Mo Lin Blade".

Perhaps today, he could only choose it.

While Li Luo was thinking this in his heart, he suddenly felt some burning sensation coming from his wrist; immediately, he was stunned, and his hand reached out to touch it; it was a dark red bracelet...

Inside the bracelet, the Three-Tailed Sky Wolf was sealed.

What is this situation?

Buzz!

At the same time, Li Luo seemed to hear an extremely faint blade whistle entering his ears.

Li Luo's eyes flashed, then he slowly turned his head to look at the hilt on the wall; whether it was an illusion or not, he seemed to see the hilt tremble slightly...

Must have been a mistake, right?

He thought this.

Then he felt the dark red bracelet on his wrist become increasingly hot, scalding.

A flash of inspiration struck Li Luo's heart.

The dark red bracelet was left to him by the Dean... and the Jin Yu Xiang Elephant Blade before him was extremely attached to its master; could it be that there was some resonance between the two?

Could this blade have mistaken him for the Dean?

Thinking of this, Li Luo couldn't help but want to laugh—was it really that absurd?

He thought for a moment, then raised his palm, pointing it from afar at the hilt of the blade embedded in the wall.

Jiang Jiang Qinge, the Princess, and Duze Duze Honglian all sensed something and turned strange looks his way.

What kind of pose is this guy striking here?

Their gazes made Li Luo's face flush a little too, but at this point he could only brace himself and let out a thunderous shout.

"Blade, come!"