Chapter 1040: Sword Demon’s Past
Wang Liang took a deep breath, coming back from his memories, and said, "Thirty years ago, the Star Sea Martial Realm wasn’t as chaotic as it is now. The Four Great Clans and the Eight Great Powers didn’t have as much influence in the Martial Realm as they do now. Of course, back then, the Jiang Family hadn’t made a name for themselves either!"
"At that time, there were two major sects, considered the largest sects in the Mortal Realm, akin to the Celestial Dao Alliance. They claimed to act on behalf of the heavens, rallying many martial artists to do some unspeakable things. Of course, back then, information didn’t spread as quickly as it does now, so people believed those two sects were the pillars of the Star Sea, the best martial arts sects!"
"To expand their influence, these two sects often held large martial arts gatherings. They also performed two sacrificial rituals a year. At the beginning of the year, a girl from the Martial Realm would be chosen as the Divine Maiden, and they would teach her all the cultivation techniques of the two sects, training her to become a top-notch martial artist in the Martial Realm."
At this point, Wang Liang grinned, "People thought this was a good thing, believing it contributed to strengthening the Star Sea Martial Arts, not knowing that at the end of the year, this girl chosen as the Divine Maiden would be killed. Before her death, she would be toyed with by the sect leaders and elders of the two major sects."
"This..." Liu Zixuan paused, "Is this a perversion?"
"No, it’s just a shitty plan they devised for thrill-seeking!"
Wang Liang snorted coldly, "They are all strong within the Martial Realm. If they wanted to toy with a woman who couldn’t even truss a chicken, that would be as easy as pie. But what if it were a woman who was also a strong martial artist?"
Liu Zixuan instantly understood.
Any man has a strong desire to conquer. To them, this method is comparable to a high-ranking businessman who would never easily marry a peasant girl; there’s no challenge in that for them, and no fun either.
But if the girl they face is not an ordinary peasant, but has the presence of a queen in the business world, that would stir their endless fighting spirit and conquest desire, making them go all out to win her over.
If they easily succeed, they won’t treasure her. If that queen of the business world repeatedly rejects them, yet eventually falls into their hands, they will have an even greater sense of achievement while toying with her.
It’s just like those two sects’ strongmen; nurturing an ordinary girl into a top martial artist will certainly evoke their endless conquest desire.
Training a martial artist is extremely difficult, but to train one just for them to use is a behavior no different from perverts!
Wang Liang lit a cigar and took a couple of puffs, "The fact that they were to be toyed with at the end was known by very few people."
"After being toyed with by them, those girls must be either dead or seriously injured, right? Didn’t anyone expose their ugly faces?"
"Very few knew about this thing in the first place. Every time a girl died, they would announce to the outside world that she was sent to other countries to battle martial artists. When facing others, they would even pretend to be mournful, saying those girls died fighting for the Star Sea. Because of this, more martial artists look up to them."
Wang Liang clenched his fist, "Do you think these people are hateful?"
"Of course they’re hateful, those perverts, even killing them would be too kind!" Liu Zixuan said angrily.
"But the world doesn’t know the truth."
"Does this have anything to do with senior old man?"
Wang Liang smirked, "That year, at the beginning, the girl chosen was the woman Xuanyuan Yanshu liked!"
"Xuanyuan Yanshu had just arrived in the Star Sea back then. At that time, he didn’t have his current terrifying realm, and he wasn’t famous in the Martial Realm. At most, he was just beginning to show his talent. Meanwhile, the girl was an ordinary person. She knew Xuanyuan Yanshu had a unique status and so wanted to seize this chance to become strong and able to stand beside him, only then feeling worthy of him."
"And then what happened?" Liu Zixuan asked.
"One year goes by fast for martial artists; maybe learning a set of cultivation techniques or several secluded trainings, it passes quickly. As the year-end approached, Xuanyuan Yanshu somehow learned of this conspiracy. In a fit of rage, he took his sword and rushed to the sacrificial place of the two sects."
Wang Liang took a deep breath, "However, by the time he arrived, everything had changed. According to the information he received, the woman he liked would be tortured to death by those people. But when he got there, he discovered that the woman he liked was voluntarily playing with the two sect leaders, like a prostitute of the red-light district."
Liu Zixuan’s lips twitched a few times, "That must have been a big blow to the old man, right?"
"A moment ago, the woman who made life vows with him was now sitting in someone else’s arms. It would be impossible for anyone not to be affected by that!"
Wang Liang sighed, "Xuanyuan Yanshu collapsed at that time, vowing to kill those people with his sword. However, he was still too weak and not only failed to kill them but was also beaten half to death by the two sect leaders. Do you know how he got out in the end?"
"Surely it wasn’t the woman who helped him, right?" Liu Zixuan laughed.
"It really was that woman," Wang Liang laughed self-deprecatingly, "But he didn’t find out until later. Because he had already been beaten unconscious at that time, and when he woke up, he had been discarded in the wilderness."
"At that time, feeling utterly desolate and as if his whole world was collapsing, betrayed by the one he loved, unable to avenge his shame, he even had thoughts of suicide. But as a man, when facing this kind of situation, there’s always an unwillingness."
Speaking of which, Wang Liang chuckled, "It is precisely this unwillingness that set Xuanyuan Yanshu on a unique and special path just for him!"
"Since then, he stayed away from the mortal world, hiding in the mountains. Due to his emotional wounds, he abandoned his practiced swordsmanship and created a set of Heartless Swordsmanship he invented, which is the method he just told you, truly severing his emotional ties, becoming a ruthless killing demon."
"Practicing swordsmanship to the peak, he broke and then built anew, once breaking through the realm and becoming an Innate Emperor Realm strongman. Though he severed his emotions, he never forgot that hatred. He came out of the mountain and charged directly into the two major sects."
Wang Liang took a deep breath, "That was already a year later, and it happened to be the end of the year again. When he went in, he saw the same scene, but the girl was someone else, which only fueled his anger even more, feeling that all women worldwide were the same, so..."
"So what?" Liu Zixuan asked, faintly feeling tense.
"In a fit of rage, he slew the two sect leaders, and within three days, not a single martial artist from the two sects survived. With this battle, he became an enemy of the Martial Realm, but no one dared provoke him. Because of his sword prowess and demon-like killing, people called him Sword Demon!"