The sword technique of the seventh stage was a wood-attribute, low-grade De level sword technique.
Previously, the Azure Lotus Sword Technique had been of the same level.
Back then, when Yun Jin wanted to reach entry level in the Azure Lotus Sword Technique, she had spent quite a bit of time and effort.
But as Yun Jin's own sword dao comprehension deepened and her cultivation steadily improved, De level sword techniques were no longer much of a challenge for her.
The techniques Ji Wusi had taught her before were also De level sword techniques. Within ten days, Yun Jin had mastered them all, and she had even comprehended sword intent from them.
Now, this sword technique even had the amplification of the sword domain space. Yun Jin's cultivation speed was therefore even faster.
Although she had wasted quite a bit of time earlier playing mind games with the Azure Wood Sword, she still managed to learn the sword technique within twelve hours.
She didn't know how the space judged things, but the moment she finished learning the sword technique in her mental world, the space sensed it.
Her body, which had previously been unable to move, immediately regained mobility.
Yun Jin was just about to open her mouth to protest.
The next instant.
She was directly thrown out of the space.
Yun Jin quickly returned to the front of the stone tablet, and for a moment, her entire state of mind collapsed.
She just wanted to ask.
Was this really necessary?
Was this really necessary?
So much wood-attribute spiritual energy and such a huge space, what's wrong with letting her practice swordsmanship for a bit longer?
Did she get in your way?!
Yun Jin stood in front of the stone tablet, looking completely unhinged.
In front of the water screen.
Everyone was stunned.
This Yun Jin… what's going on with her?
This was only one day!
In just one day, she had cleared the seventh stage?
Is that even possible?
Is that scientific?
"No, no, no. She might not have cleared it. She probably failed and was expelled. In the next moment, she'll be transmitted out." Yu Lin's voice trembled.
If Yun Jin truly cleared it.
Then that would mean.
She had surpassed Ma Yuanwu and became the fastest one in terms of progress!
This time, the opening of the sword tomb involved a massive effort from Yuehua Sect, and they had even promoted Ma Yuanwu everywhere.
What was it all for? Of course, it was to make his name known!
Yuehua Sect and the Yu Family had painstakingly set up this entire stage, only for someone else to reap the rewards?
No matter whether it was the Yu Family or Yuehua Sect, this was completely unacceptable.
Mu Lan's face was dark as water. At this moment, he's no longer speaking, only staring fixedly at the list in the sky.
If Yun Jin had truly cleared it, she would become first place on the list!
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
"The list hasn't changed, just as expected…" Yu Lin was about to speak with relief.
The list suddenly changed.
Yun Jin shot directly from second place to first.
Beside her name was written: Seventh Stage Cleared.
She had truly… cleared it.
The entire scene fell into silence.
Mu Lan's gaze instantly turned icy.
Even Yu Lin's face turned deathly pale.
The treasure inside was secondary, after all, no one actually knew what it was.
But.
The news of the sword tomb's opening had already spread, and so many sword cultivators had come from all corners of the land.
Once Ma Yuanwu suppressed one genius after another and obtained the treasure.
Yuehua Sect would immediately spread the news across the continent.
This would become the stepping stone for Ma Yuanwu's fame.
But what if…
Ma Yuanwu was suppressed by another sword cultivator instead?
That meant Yuehua Sect had put in such tremendous effort, only to help someone else become famous!
If that truly happened, even the Yu Family would be implicated and punished!
Just as the list finished updating,
In the next moment.
Everyone below third place was transmitted out.
Even Feng Linglong, who was in the middle of challenging the sixth stage, was directly thrown out halfway through.
When she returned to the outside world, she was momentarily dazed.
In the next instant.
Many people, just like her, were dizzily thrown out.
Feng Linglong immediately understood.
Three days were up.
They had been eliminated.
So now…
Who were the remaining three?
"My heavens, first place isn't Ma Yuanwu?" a sword cultivator exclaimed.
"Yun Jin?? Who is Yun Jin? This name sounds unfamiliar!"
"I know! She's the one who came together with the Yu Family's cripple. The sword-testing stone was shattered by her."
"Wasn't that just because her sword was sharp?"
"How could that be! How could the sword-testing stone be that easy to break! I said long ago that she must be a rare sword dao genius."
"This sword tomb only tests sword dao talent. The trials are adjusted according to cultivation. Yun Jin is only at Golden Core Stage, but her sword dao talent might be even higher than Ma Yuanwu's!"
"Canglan Kingdom actually produced someone like this!"
"That Yu Family cripple is actually third."
"I've heard before how unbelievably talented that cripple once was. I didn't believe it. Now it seems there's some truth to it."
"He just can't cultivate anymore. His sword dao talent isn't affected."
"No matter how high his sword dao talent is, if he can't cultivate, he's still a cripple in the end."
All the sword cultivators were expelled at the same time, and they couldn't help but break into heated discussion.
A small portion discussed Yu Songnian, but more people focused their attention on Yun Jin.
Ma Yuanwu had always been known as the number one sword dao talent of the younger generation in Canglan Kingdom.
Now, he had been surpassed by an unknown girl from a medium-sized sect.
That alone was enough to fuel the discussion for three days and three nights.
These voices of discussion continuously drilled into Mu Lan's ears, and his expression grew uglier and uglier.
A trace of murderous intent appeared between his brows. He wished he could slap all these gossipers to death.
Qin Ping, on the other hand, looked quite pleased. He said with a smile, "Elder Mu, there's no need to be angry. Yun Jin is only temporarily ahead. Aren't there still two levels left?"
Mu Lan's face sank like water.
He finally understood.
This Yun Jin was doing it deliberately.
She deliberately went slow at the beginning, then suddenly exerted herself later, was she playing with them?
So many of them had been toyed with by a disciple of a medium-sized sect!
What an utter humiliation!
Yet the fact that she grew faster the further she went proved one thing, Yun Jin's talent was truly terrifying.
Based on previous years, a single kingdom could at most produce a few individuals capable of entering a Holy Land, and that was the total quota for all cultivators. If narrowed down to sword cultivators, only the very best even had a chance.
Yun Jin's sudden rise would likely affect Ma Yuanwu!
A flash of killing intent passed through Mu Lan's eyes.
This person cannot be allowed to live!
If possible, he really wanted to kill even the other sword cultivators present.
But he couldn't.
Not only could he not touch those sword cultivators, even Yun Jin herself might be untouchable.
Firstly, this was supposed to be a fair competition. If Yun Jin were to die afterward, these sword cultivators from all over the land would definitely spread the news. He would be unable to silence the world's voices.
Secondly, there was Qin Ping.
In a one-on-one fight, he might not even be Qin Ping's match.
Qin Ping seemed to greatly appreciate Yun Jin and would definitely protect her.
But to just let Yun Jin go?
To just watch her step on Ma Yuanwu and rise to fame?
Mu Lan was unwilling!
Absolutely unwilling!