Chapter 634: Chapter 338: The Azure Sea Sword King, a Fallen Star _2

The head of the Wanxing Martial Arts Institute was rumored to have a deep friendship with City Lord Fu, and thus, the Wanxing Martial Arts Institute was seen as backed by the city lord’s office.

To this day, the institute’s influence in Yuntian Azure Sea City and the entire Azure Sea was already significant.

The students of the institute included talents from all corners of the Azure Sea and also some offspring of the noble families in Yuntian City, especially those from declining families.

There were also students from the Sea Spirit Tribe in the academy. The Sea Spirit Tribe was increasingly fond of sending their descendants to the institute for training and cultivation.

A few years ago, something happened in Yuntian City.

For one, the princely heir of the Great Zhou King Qing’s household had been sent to the Wanxing Martial Arts Academy for training, and secondly, City Lord Fu Tianhai suddenly gained a son-in-law and a grandchild!

What was even more ridiculous was the rumor that his son-in-law came from the Inner Domain, summoned by the Fu Family’s Yu Ling from Yuntian City.

All the major forces in Yuntian City were dumbfounded.

Those who had long admired the city lord’s daughter were completely stupefied. Could it be that they were inferior to someone from the Inner Domain?

The goddess of their hearts had actually committed herself to a man from the Inner Domain?

And had even borne him a son in the Inner Domain?

As the incident spread among the major powers in Yuntian City, many were reminded of an event that had happened before.

The city lord’s daughter once went to the Eighteen States, reportedly because the scandalous affairs of Mu Qianliu, the libertine of the Mu Family, had reached the Azure Sea. The city lord’s daughter felt Mu Qianliu was too scummy and set out to cut him off.

She pursued the libertine of the Mu Family, and the chase was said to have reached the Inner Domain; it took many years before she returned to Yuntian City.

As for the matter of cutting off Mu Qianliu, there were no more rumors about it.

And Mu Qianliu, the libertine, seemed to have vanished as well. There were persistent rumors in Yuntian City that the Mu Family’s libertine had probably been killed by the city lord’s daughter.

And yet, after a trip to the Inner Domain, she actually had a son?

Her admirers felt as if they had been struck by lightning, all curious to see what was so exceptional about this man from the Inner Domain that he had won over the heart of the city lord’s daughter.

There was a rumor that when City Lord Fu Tianhai learned that he had suddenly gained a son-in-law and a grandchild, he nearly died of anger. But what was done was done, and he could only hold his nose and endure it. After all, he couldn’t just kill them, could he?

Moreover, the son-in-law seemed to have decent talent, for he had broken through to the Lesser Celestial stage not long after arriving in the Spiritual Realm.

At first, to avoid trouble, the city lord’s son-in-law lived reclusively in the city lord’s residence and did not go out, allowing rumors to swirl as he behaved very low-key and seemed to follow the city lord’s orders.

It wasn’t until the city lord’s son-in-law broke through to the Greater Celestial stage that he began to grow arrogant.

The first thing he did was to beat up one of the nobles’ descendants who had admired his wife.

Then he challenged another noble descendant, an early-stage Divine Refinement Martial Artist, spouting taunts and contempt, infuriating the challenger.

In the end, the city lord’s son-in-law, at the Greater Celestial stage, defeated the early-stage Divine Refinement Martial Artist.

This caused all the major powers to start taking him seriously.

When the city lord’s son-in-law broke through to the Divine Refinement Celestial stage, he became even more arrogant, regarding everyone as worthless, and he beat up all those who had once admired his wife.

And the city lord’s grandchild gradually began to show his sharp edge, defeating one noble talent after another.

However, the city lord’s grandchild now belonged to the fallen talents. As glorious as he had been before, he was now just as disgraced, surpassed by those he had once defeated, ridiculed by those subordinates.

He made no further progress in strength and had come to represent the epitome of wasted potential.

Within Yuntian City, with some encouragement, a saying even began to circulate: “The genius of the moment is not necessarily a genius forever; they could also be a waste, just like the Sword King’s son!”

The Sword King’s son may have fallen into obscurity, but the Sword King himself had become more and more outrageous, as unrestrained as his name suggested.

He had even once disdained his father-in-law, only to be beaten up in return.

In the City Lord’s residence, within a small courtyard,

a young man was sitting cross-legged on the edge of a pond, with a sword laid across his knees, surrounded by Sword Intent, which roared like turbulent waves, the sound of rushing water emanating from the Sword Intent.

“What kind of Martial Arts have you taught Feng’er to cultivate? Now look, he has hit a wall in his progress!”

At the entrance to the courtyard, a beautiful woman, with one hand on Xie Tianheng’s waist, spoke discontentedly.

She was Fu Yun, the cherished pearl in City Lord Fu Tianhai’s palm.

Xie Tianheng smirked and said, “It was his own choice. Besides, hitting a wall is just because he lacks further Cultivation Techniques. It’s a minor issue. When I have time, I’ll go to the Eighteen States and bring back the techniques.”

“Is this Great Wilderness Martial Arts you speak of truly so powerful? If so, why didn’t you learn more techniques in the first place?”

Fu Yun was still unsatisfied.

“If I had memorized too many, it wouldn’t be good for comprehending them,” Xie Tianheng replied helplessly.

“Don’t worry, I’ll head to the Eighteen States in a few days. Although Feng’er has not yet broken through, his Sword Intent has become more refined and his understanding of the Sword Dao deeper. Once he breaks through, his strength will surely be far greater.”

Fu Yun sighed and said, “I suddenly realize, how did I get tricked into going to the Inner Domain back then? It’s all because I was too young!”

Xie Tianheng’s mouth twitched as he said, “Wife, I didn’t deceive you. I did everything I promised. In the Azure Sea, my Sword Dao is supreme!”

“You only strut around in the Azure Sea. I have heard that in the Eighteen States, there’s a Sword God who is just over twenty years old and has already suppressed the geniuses of the Spiritual Realm.

“He even blocked the entrance to the Thousand Martial Hall to challenge and killed the Hall’s geniuses right in front of all its powerful members, seizing a Divine Artifact from them, and the Thousand Martial Hall couldn’t do anything about him.”

Fu Yun gave him a disdainful look as she said this.

Xie Tianheng was shocked and asked, “A genius like that has emerged from the Eighteen States? What is his name?”

He wondered to himself, “Could it be Xu Yan?”

“Xu Yan, Sword God Xu Yan, is a big name in the Eighteen States.”

Fu Yun spoke up.

Indeed!

Xie Tianheng sighed inwardly. Xu Yan was as outstanding as ever, truly worthy of being his senior’s disciple. I still have a long way to go.

“Set a small goal for myself – when I’m strong enough to overpower my father-in-law, then I can be even more insolent!”

Xie Tianheng muttered to himself.

“What other rumors are there from the Eighteen States? Such as someone really good with swords or about pills?”

Xie Tianheng asked.

Fu Yun glanced at him suspiciously and said, “Did you already know?”

“I didn’t. I’ve been too busy settling scores with those bastards to ask about these things.”

Xie Tianheng shook his head.

“There is one called Sword Supreme Meng Chong, also very powerful, second only to Xu Yan. Then there is the Evergreen Pavilion where the Alchemical Medical Fairy is said to have miraculous healing powers that can bring the dead back to life – the efficacy of her pills is unbelievable.

“It’s rumored that she can easily cure a ravaged foundation, a shattered Spiritual Body, and old injuries as if by magic.

“It sounds so incredible; I’m even tempted to visit the Eighteen States myself.”

Fu Yun spoke of the rumors from the Eighteen States with an incredulous look on her face.

Xie Tianheng nodded. It was all within expectations. Having made such a name for himself in Yuntian Azure Sea City, how could Xu Yan and Meng Chong be any less formidable?

Only stronger.

He glanced at Xie Lingfeng, who continued to refine his Sword Intent, and couldn’t help feeling resigned; his son had indeed stopped his rapid progress.

“In a few days, I’ll take Feng’er to the Eighteen States.”

Xie Tianheng decided after some thought.

“Is it for Feng’er’s cultivation technique?”

Fu Yun asked.

Xie Tianheng nodded and explained, “The competition among geniuses has started, hasn’t it? If Feng’er goes to the Eighteen States, he’ll have a chance to participate. Otherwise, with his current strength, he won’t be able to partake in the battle of geniuses.”

Fu Yun sighed and said, “It might be too late to participate in the battle of geniuses. You know that the geniuses qualified to fight in it at least possess a strand of the Domain Spirit Spark.”

“That might not necessarily be the case!”

Xie Tianheng said with a smile.

“Where does this confidence come from? You’re only on par with a Martial Artist who has condensed a strand of the Domain Spirit Spark. Feng’er is even further behind, and with less than three years until the battle of geniuses, even if he acquires the subsequent cultivation technique, can he cultivate to match the Supreme Experts in two years?”

Fu Yun asked, her brow furrowed.

“That’s why we need to go to the Eighteen States for opportunities.”

Xie Tianheng said with a smile.

With the aid of medicinal pills and guidance in the Eighteen States, two years would be enough!

Just then, a steward rushed in.

“What’s the matter? Who’s challenging Feng’er this time? Tell them I’m not available!”

As soon as Fu Yun saw the steward, her expression darkened.

“Miss, outside the City Lord’s residence, there’s a man named Xu Yan who claims to be the young master’s old acquaintance…”

The steward began to report.