[Zixia Junzijian @ Tunshi Zhizhu: Jiang Li-dalao, why are you even talking so much with this poser? Does he have any real skill?]
[Tiandi Wuji Qiankun Jie Fa: Does it matter? Jiang Li-dalao treats everyone the same. Otherwise, in front of him, we'd be no different from this Yan Shisan.]
[Tunshi Zhizhu: Yan Shisan does have talent in sword dao. If he can develop his Fifteenth Sword, he could go far on the path of the sword!]
[Jiangshi Daozhang: That poser has that much potential?]
[Wudang Baishui Laodao: Jiang Li-dalao called him a "sword maniac." People like that are either real idiots—or true geniuses!]
[Taohuadao Xiaochuniang: Sword maniacs and martial maniacs… both terrifying. They're pure to the extreme.]
[Tunshi Zhizhu: His "Duoming Fifteen Swords" has changes reminiscent of the Sword Saint Dugu's "Sword Twenty-Three."]
The earlier strikes of his sword technique seemed plain and unremarkable,but once that final sword appeared—it was clear he had already surpassed ordinary mortal swordsmanship.
At the same time, Yan Shisan had already found the Points Shop.
[Xiao Li Feidao: From Xiao Li Feidao, Spirit-level Martial Art, value: 9000 points!]
[Sanfen Guiyuan Qi: From Xiongba, Grandmaster Martial Art, value: 8000 points!]
[Xuanxin Aomiao Jue: From Yan Chixia, Foundation Establishment-stage Cultivation Method, 15,000 points!]
[Jingang Buhuai Gong: From Tunshi Zhizhu…]
"Hah! What's all this trash? These techniques only cost a few hundred to a few thousand points?"
He still didn't really understand the value of points.Seeing martial arts that cheap, he felt no interest at all.
[Wushuang Jianjie: From Tunshi Zhizhu, Sword Dao Domain Secret Art, value: 100 million points!]
[Suikong Jianjue: From Tunshi Zhizhu, Great Sword Dao Offensive Art, value: 200 million points!]
[Hundun Bumie Zulong Shen…]
It wasn't until he saw the arts uploaded by Jiang Li that Yan Shisan's eyes finally lit up!
"No wonder this Jiang Li has such prestige in that chat group.Everyone calls him 'dalao'—he really does have the goods!"
"Hundreds of millions of points for a single technique…I wonder how they compare to my Duoming Thirteen Swords?"
A glance through the list told him that all the high-value arts came from Jiang Li.
"Let's upload my Duoming Thirteen Swords and see how much it's worth!"
"If I can exchange for that Wushuang Jianjie,I might even be able to refine and perfect my Duoming Fifteen Swords!"
As soon as he thought that, a new notification popped up from the chat group.
[Duoming Thirteen Swords: Grandmaster-level Sword Technique, Value: 1200 points. Confirm upload?]
"1200 points?"
Yan Shisan froze like he'd been struck by lightning.He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him—surely there was a missing zero?
He rubbed his eyes again.Nope, not 1.2 million. Not even twelve thousand.Just one thousand two hundred.
"How… how is that possible?! My Duoming Thirteen Swords—only worth a thousand-some points?!"
"Those techniques worth billions—what are they, immortal arts?!"
A cold shiver ran down his spine; his scalp tingled.
His Duoming Thirteen Swords—already pushed to the fourteenth strike through his own deductions—was worth barely a fraction of a drop in the ocean compared to those.
"So I, Yan Shisan… have been the clown all along!"
"I really was a frog in the well!The most pathetic thing here is my so-called Duoming Thirteen Swords!"
"What Xie Xiaofeng, what peerless swordsman—in front of these people in the chat group, they're nothing but farts!"
But Yan Shisan wasn't the kind of man who'd double down in denial.
Once he processed it, he didn't stubbornly think the group was fake.
He was a sword maniac—not worldly, but not an idiot either.
"Upload!"
Those others had uploaded techniques worth billions.How could he cling to something worth only a thousand?
[Group Member Yan Shisan has uploaded "Duoming Thirteen Swords." Please check it out.]
The moment his name appeared, everyone in the group clicked in to see.
[Yao Yue: Pfft… forgive me, I couldn't hold it in!]
[Zixia Junzijian: One thousand points? What kind of garbage is that?]
[Wang Chao: You talked so big earlier—'just looking for someone who can defeat me'—and this is what you show us?]
[Wudang Baishui Laodao: Hah… I couldn't hold it either. I have to admit, Yan Shisan really knows how to make people laugh.]
[Chen Beixuan: With that pathetic strength, you dare act cool in this chat group? When Jiang Li-dalao is around, even I don't dare!]
[Taohuadao Xiaochuniang: Haha… I usually don't laugh—but this time I really couldn't stop! Hahaha…]
[Long Bo: All that posturing, and you're from a low-martial world! Even Beixuan Xianzun wasn't this shameless!]
[Yan Shisan: Fine, I'm the clown, alright?!How the hell was I supposed to know you people were really from across the Myriad Worlds?!]
Yan Shisan wanted to die.
His face flushed red; he couldn't even bear to look at the chat.Too embarrassing.
All that posturing—and he'd been showing off in front of a bunch of true bigshots.
[Tunshi Zhizhu: Alright, alright. Don't mock him too hard.You all weren't any better when you first joined.]
[Yan Shisan @ Tunshi Zhizhu: Thank you for helping me save face, Jiang Li-dalao.Your sword dao is terrifying—a sword art worth a hundred million points is simply unimaginable!]
[Tiandi Wuji Qiankun Jie Fa: There are plenty of things about Jiang Li-dalao that are terrifying!]
[Wang Chao: Haha! Jiang Li-dalao's sword arts are just things he made on a whim.Those so-called terrifying techniques he uploaded are just the 'trash' he doesn't even use anymore—he uploaded them so weaklings like us could gape in awe!]
[Yan Shisan: Unbelievable… truly terrifying!]
[Yan Shisan: Could Jiang Li-dalao actually be… a god?]
[Wudang Baishui Laodao: He's not a god—he's stronger than one!]
[Long Bo: All the cultivation experts in this group rose up thanks to Jiang Li-dalao's guidance!]
[Chen Beixuan: Even someone like me, a Tribulation-level powerhouse,can only tremble in his presence!]
[Jiang Li @ Yan Shisan: Why aren't you off sparring with Xie Xiaofeng yet?]
[Yan Shisan: Not going, not going!That fallen Xie Xiaofeng can keep wallowing in his own filth for all I care!]
[Yan Shisan: After seeing how vast the heavens and earth truly are,people like him are no longer even my goal.]
[Yan Shisan: Even if I beat him, there's no meaning in it.My new goal is to create a sword dao technique worth billions of points—just like Jiang Li-dalao!]
[Tunshi Zhizhu: That's more like it.Broaden your horizons—don't stare at your little low-martial world.There are xianxia-world experts here,and soon there'll be ones from the xuanhuan and even the honghuang realms.If you want to challenge someone, aim at those worlds.]
[Tunshi Zhizhu: Go earn some points.Start by getting yourself a cultivation technique—raise your realm before worrying about anything else!]
[Tunshi Zhizhu: Cultivation is the foundation.No matter how exquisite your sword technique,a Foundation Establishment expert could slap you to death in one blow.]
[Yan Shisan: Thank you for the guidance, Jiang Li-dalao!]
[Tunshi Zhizhu: Someone explain to him how to earn points.This guy's a sword maniac—if we leave him to figure it out himself,he might take forever.]
[Tunshi Zhizhu: I've got something to handle. Logging off for now!]
[Long Bo: Farewell, dalao!Oh right, wasn't there another newcomer?Why haven't they spoken up yet?]
[Xiao Li Feidao: @Shi Potian! Come out and greet everyone!]
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