I’m Really Not A Supreme Master!

The Crystal Chip glowed.

Everyone instantly fixed their gazes on that scrap of iron.

Li Fan also paused, saying,

“Bring it here for your master to take a look.”

Wu Dade presented it with both hands, and Li Fan picked up the iron fragment.

Hmm, it was quite heavy to the touch, and the material was decent as well—this was a fine piece of iron.

Moreover, it seemed to be a part of a sword’s body.

The edge was evident.

It was just severely rusted… and upon closer inspection, there seemed to be traces of characters on the sword’s edge?

Li Fan immediately spoke, and Gong Ya promptly fetched it.

Li Fan used a magic stone to gently scrape away the rust.

The corroded blade shard suddenly revealed a sliver of its edge once more!

Li Fan carefully rubbed it and found that the characters on the shard were incomplete, seemingly half of the character “Vermilion.”

Could it be the name of the sword? Generally speaking, the body of the sword would be engraved with its name.

Vermilion what Sword?

Li Fan could not know.

He did not notice that when he was polishing the blade shard, the expressions on everyone’s faces changed drastically.

They all felt an incomparable sword intent emanating from that piece of iron!

The sword intent was warm.

It was melancholic.

Merely a wisp of sword intent was released, yet everyone seemed to witness a desolate swordsman dying amidst sorrow.

The sword intent was indestructible, but life had already fallen!

Among the many disciples, Dugu Yuqing was particularly shaken, his gaze becoming distant as he looked at the blade shard.

Because at this moment, his entire body’s sword intent faintly resonated and harmonized with this sword intent!

A sense of forlorn loneliness inexplicably rose in his heart!

“Why…”

He murmured to himself.

At this moment, the branches of the peach tree gently swayed, a hen lifted its eyes, no longer pecking at the corn, and a koi ceased its swimming.

…

“Where did this thing come from?”

Li Fan then inquired.

Wu Dade said,

“Bought it at the market, the vendor said it was brought out by a herbalist from the Depths of the Great Wilderness.”

“Master, that means there are rare animals and plants deep in the Great Wilderness.”

He was somewhat excited.

Li Fan said,

“The Depths of the Great Wilderness… With the vastness of the Great Wilderness, where shall we search?”

Wu Dade pointed to Big Black Dog, saying,

“Master, don’t worry, this dog has a keen nose. It can surely track the scent there; it was the one that sniffed out this iron fragment.”

Upon hearing this, Li Fan also thought for a moment, then said,

“Hmm, that’s good.”

“Let’s have dinner first, we’ll talk about this tomorrow.”

And Gong Ya had already prepared the dishes, the tempting aroma spreading.

“Dinner’s ready!”

Everyone happily sat down and began to eat.

Only Dugu Yuqing seemed lost in thought, his spirits seemingly adrift.

…

Wood Spirit Village.

“Village Chief Grandpa, we saw people from the Wood Spirit Dynasty today…”

Mu Wanqing recounted the day’s events that had unfolded at the market.

A look of utmost solemnity flashed across Mu Rantian’s face.

“It seems the records are true…”

“Wood Spirit Village… once produced an unparalleled mighty figure who established a powerful Imperial Dynasty in the outside world…”

There was a trace of bitterness on his face as he said,

“It’s just that Wood Spirit Village has been forgotten.”

He perused all the records of the clan.

Many legends had been regarded as unfounded rumors.

But the words of the Sacrificial Spirit made him reassess those ancient writings.

Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of Wood Spirit Village had fled from the Depths of the Great Wilderness and established Wood Spirit Village.

In the records, those ancestors had brought out many treasures.

However, the ancestors had left an edict, that all those from Wood Spirit Village shall not leave the Great Wilderness by even a step.

Nor were they permitted to allow things from the Depths of the Great Wilderness to be seen by the world.

But over time, some had violated the edict.

After all, only decay and desolation existed within the Great Wilderness.

One lineage took away the treasured possessions left by the ancestors, leaving behind only some useless seeds.

Wood Spirit Village’s vitality was greatly wounded, becoming increasingly frail and nearly extinguished, until at last from those seeds, a vine bore fruit.

That was their Wood Spirit Village’s Sacrificial Spirit!

A millennium had passed, and those past events were no longer spoken of in the village.

Nor did anyone believe in them.

Until today.

Mu Rantian sighed deeply, saying,

“Ah… let it be, there’s no need to meddle!”

“Everything, has passed.”

…

An open and flat area.

Mountains surrounded it.

Here stood a rare stone city.

Crow Food Tribe!

Outside the stone city, dwellings were scattered, with powerful cultivators standing guard on the city walls.

At the heart of the city, there was a tall stone hall.

It was rough and ancient.

Yet, this stone hall was not for habitation.

Even the chieftain of the Crow Food Tribe, Crow Tongtian, could only reside beside the stone hall.

In the stone hall lay the dwelling of the Divine Crow, the Sacrificial Spirit of the Crow Food Tribe.

At that moment, within the grand hall,

a Tricolor Lynx and an old tree root knelt on the ground.

At the head of the barren stone hall stood a gigantic stone-sculpted throne, and atop the throne sat a massive Black Crow!

The Black Crow’s feathers were so glossy that they seemed to shine; its eyes were blood-red, and, atop its head, there were surprisingly a few white feathers.

They looked just like white hair on a human.

“Reporting to the Raven King… the mission has failed,”

“The Old Grapevine of Wood Spirit Village has been reborn.”

“Moreover, on our way to the Crow Food Tribe, we encountered a terrifying black dog… If I’m not mistaken, that black dog should be the backing of Wood Spirit Village!”

The Tricolor Lynx spoke, recounting the events from beginning to end.

At the head, the black crow remained silent as a statue.

“A black dog…”

The black crow emitted a coarse voice and said,

“Thousands of years ago, Divine Spirits ventured to explore the Great Wilderness, countless creatures served them, and even opened up the ‘Vermilion Bird Ruins’ deep in the Great Wilderness. But in the end, the gods perished, and few beings that fled the Great Wilderness survived…”

“I was fortunate to be Undying. Could that black dog also be a survivor?”

The Raven King pondered.

“Was Wood Spirit Village discovered by it…”

Having escaped from the Depths of the Great Wilderness, it was acutely aware of how sinister that area could be.

And the Old Grapevine… should be one of the few survivors, a seed brought from the Depths of the Great Wilderness.

For years, it had been healing its wounds and covertly keeping an eye on Wood Spirit Village.

The Sacrificial Spirits of other villages were warped by the aura from the Great Wilderness, becoming bloodthirsty, mad, malevolent, and even it was not spared.

But the Old Grapevine of Wood Spirit Village had remained untouched…

This confirmed its suspicion: the Old Grapevine could resist the evil forces of the Great Wilderness.

Recently, it had finally restored its vital energy, and moreover, it received news from the Wood Spirit Dynasty that some powerful beings were preparing to explore the Great Wilderness once more…

It had begun to make preparations.

“Let someone from the Wood Spirit Dynasty come to me,”

the Raven King said.

Shortly thereafter,

a young girl in a green dress from the Wood Spirit Dynasty approached.

It was none other than Mu Manqing.

“The Wood Spirit Dynasty has sent just a young girl like you?”

The Raven King’s words carried a note of displeasure.

Mu Manqing shook her head and said,

“Of course not.”

Mu Manqing spoke deliberately, “The army of the Wood Spirit Dynasty… is already outside the tribe!”

…

At this moment.

Outside the Crow Food Tribe,

a troop had already appeared.

At a glance, there were about two thousand in number.

All were elite warriors, and the mounts they rode upon were powerful Ironscale Warhorses, their pale green armors glinting in the sunlight.

Among the troops, a great flag fluttered in the wind, displaying a giant green tree!

It was the banner of the Godwood of the Wood Spirit Dynasty!

And at the forefront of the formation, a middle-aged man draped in a thick green cloak had a strong and profound presence, with a hint of green in his eyes.

“Wood Jinglong, Uncle of the Wood Spirit Dynasty, requests an audience with the Crow Food Tribe’s Sacrificial Spirit!”

He spoke indifferently.

The sound reverberated through the entire Crow Food Tribe instantly!

Soon, the stone gates of the Crow Food Tribe opened.

Wood Jinglong led the army of the Wood Spirit Dynasty, slowly entering.

After the troops were settled, Wood Jinglong, guided by Crow Tongtian, the chieftain of the Crow Food Tribe, entered the stone hall.

“Uncle, you have arrived,”

Mu Manqing greeted him, speaking up.

Wood Jinglong nodded calmly and said,

“You imp, I told you to wait to come with us, but you insisted on coming ahead. Where is Mu Gang?”

Mu Manqing’s expression changed slightly as she replied,

“He has been injured…”

Immediately, she quickly recounted the incident that had occurred at the market.

After listening, a flicker of surprise crossed Wood Jinglong’s face.

A big black dog…

“Furthermore, according to Man Qing’s subsequent inquiries, those people… seem to come from a village called Wood Spirit Village!”

Mu Manqing spoke softly.

Wood Jinglong’s eyes instantly sharpened.

Wood Spirit Village…

“Since our ancestors stepped out of the Great Wilderness and established the dynasty, we have had little to do with the Great Wilderness,”

“The ancestral village has long since vanished.”

He shook his head.

“Hehe, young one, the Old Grapevine of that Wood Spirit Village is a seed they brought from the Depths of the Great Wilderness in bygone years, capable of resisting the evil of the Great Wilderness…”

At this moment, Old Crow spoke up,

“Without that Old Grapevine, entering it, the danger increases by a fraction.”

But Wood Jinglong simply looked towards the Old Crow sitting on the stone throne and said,

“What we brought out from the Depths of the Great Wilderness all those years ago wasn’t just some useless grape seeds.”

“This time, we have ample assurance, and you can rest easy about that,”

Hearing this, the Old Crow cackled loudly, its black feathers fluttering as if in the wind, and it said,

“Good… One last question, the people behind you this time, what caliber are they?”

Wood Jinglong spoke with profound meaning:

“Enough to sweep through the entire Great Wilderness!”

“Your Excellency, you can rest assured to lead the way.”

The primary reason the Wood Spirit Dynasty sought to collaborate with the Crow Food Tribe was that Old Crow was the only one still alive among those who had escaped that year.

With it leading the way, they could enter the Great Wilderness more effectively.

…

That very day,

the Crow Food Tribe mobilized all its warriors!

Together with the Wood Spirit Dynasty, they set off towards the Great Wilderness.

The news spread, startling all quarters!

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